Saturday 1939-04-15

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Scotland	1	2	England		Hampden Park, Glasgow	149,269
	Dougall	Lineups		Beasley, Lawton

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	1	Manchester United	Highbury	25,741
Drake, Crayston	Lineups		Hanlon
Aston Villa	1	3	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park	23,160
Starling	Lineups		Currier, Sinclair, Cobley OG
Blackpool	4	0	Middlesbrough	Bloomfield Road	13,733
Dodds 4	Lineups
Brentford	0	1	Birmingham	Griffin Park	15,298
	Lineups		Jones
Derby County	1	1	Leicester City	Baseball Ground	11,922
Stamps	Lineups		Liddle
Everton	0	0	Preston North End	Goodison Park	31,987
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	1	Liverpool	Blundell Park	6,164
Howe, Jones	Lineups		Nieuwenhuys
Huddersfield Town	3	1	Chelsea	Leeds Road	11,731
Mills 2, Price	Lineups		Payne
Portsmouth	2	0	Stoke City	Fratton Park	21,381
Parker, Anderson	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Leeds United	Roker Park	10,913
Robinson, Duns	Lineups		Ainsley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Molineux	18,420
Dorsett 2, Westcott	Lineups		Welsh (p)

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Everton	39	16	3	1	57	18	10	2	7	27	29	1.787	57	D	W	W	W	D	1939-04-22	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	14	5	1	55	12	7	4	8	31	27	2.205	51	W	D	W	L	W	1939-04-22	Bolton Wanderers	A
3	2	Derby County	40	12	3	5	38	20	7	5	8	27	31	1.275	46	D	L	L	W	W	1939-04-22	Middlesbrough	A
4	0	Charlton Athletic	39	14	3	2	44	22	6	3	11	26	34	1.25	46	L	W	W	W	D	1939-04-22	Everton	H
5	-2	Middlesbrough	40	12	6	2	62	27	7	2	11	28	46	1.233	46	L	L	W	W	W	1939-04-22	Derby County	H
6	0	Arsenal	39	13	3	4	32	14	4	6	9	19	25	1.308	43	W	W	W	L	L	1939-04-22	Stoke City	A
7	3	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	4	4	39	23	5	8	7	27	32	1.2	42	W	L	W	D	W	1939-04-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
8	0	Liverpool	40	12	5	3	39	23	2	8	10	22	37	1.017	41	L	D	W	W	D	1939-04-22	Sunderland	H
9	-2	Stoke City	39	11	6	2	48	25	4	5	11	21	43	1.015	41	L	W	D	D	W	1939-04-22	Arsenal	H
10	-1	Aston Villa	39	11	2	7	43	24	5	6	8	27	30	1.296	40	L	D	L	L	W	1939-04-22	Leeds United	A
11	0	Preston North End	38	12	6	1	40	18	2	5	12	16	37	1.018	39	D	W	W	L	L	1939-04-22	Huddersfield Town	H
12	0	Grimsby Town	39	10	6	4	35	26	4	5	10	20	41	0.821	39	W	L	W	D	D	1939-04-19	Portsmouth	A
13	0	Leeds United	38	9	4	5	36	26	5	4	11	19	36	0.887	36	L	W	L	D	L	1939-04-19	Huddersfield Town	H
14	3	Blackpool	39	8	8	4	35	25	3	5	11	17	39	0.813	35	W	L	W	W	D	1939-04-22	Birmingham	A
15	1	Sunderland	39	7	6	7	30	29	6	3	10	23	37	0.803	35	W	L	L	L	D	1939-04-22	Liverpool	A
16	-2	Brentford	39	11	1	8	29	26	3	6	10	23	42	0.765	35	L	L	L	W	W	1939-04-22	Manchester United	A
17	1	Portsmouth	39	9	7	4	23	14	2	6	11	21	52	0.667	35	W	W	D	L	W	1939-04-19	Grimsby Town	H
18	1	Huddersfield Town	39	11	4	6	38	18	1	6	11	19	41	0.966	34	W	W	D	D	D	1939-04-19	Leeds United	A
19	-4	Manchester United	39	5	9	5	25	20	4	6	10	27	45	0.8	33	L	L	D	D	D	1939-04-22	Brentford	H
20	1	Leicester City	40	7	6	6	35	31	2	5	14	13	47	0.615	29	D	W	L	L	L	1939-04-22	Grimsby Town	H
21	-1	Chelsea	38	9	4	6	41	28	2	2	15	19	49	0.779	28	L	L	L	L	L	1939-04-22	Portsmouth	H
22	0	Birmingham	39	8	4	6	33	25	2	3	16	22	57	0.671	27	W	D	L	L	L	1939-04-22	Blackpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Southampton	Ewood Park	13,722
Rogers 2 (1p), Butt	Lineups
Bradford	0	3	Sheffield United	Park Avenue	8,954
	Lineups		Reid, Hagan, Henson
Bury	1	1	Newcastle United	Gigg Lane	6,656
Roberts	Lineups		Ancell
Chesterfield	1	2	Luton Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	14,925
McMillen	Lineups		Redfern 2
Fulham	1	0	Coventry City	Craven Cottage	14,831
Arnold	Lineups
Manchester City	2	0	Burnley	Maine Road	19,230
Doherty 2,	Lineups
Millwall	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	The Den, New Cross	33,428
Rawlings 2	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough	24,640
Davies OG	Lineups		Fryer
Swansea Town	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Vetch Field	6,445
Tabram, Lloyd	Lineups		Smith E
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Norwich City	Prenton Park	4,898
	Lineups		Acquroff
West Ham United	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Upton Park	13,624
Bell, Foxall	Lineups		Clarke

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Blackburn Rovers	40	17	1	3	59	23	8	3	8	35	36	1.593	54	W	W	L	W	W	1939-04-22	Plymouth Argyle	A
2	1	Luton Town	39	13	3	3	46	24	9	1	10	35	37	1.328	48	W	W	W	W	L	1939-04-22	Millwall	H
3	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	38	13	4	3	46	18	6	5	7	36	37	1.491	47	D	W	D	L	W	1939-04-17	Fulham	A
4	1	Sheffield United	38	7	8	3	27	14	10	5	5	31	26	1.45	47	W	D	W	D	W	1939-04-22	Fulham	H
5	-1	Coventry City	38	12	3	3	33	10	7	4	9	24	31	1.39	45	L	W	D	W	W	1939-04-22	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	2	Manchester City	38	12	2	5	52	33	8	3	8	39	35	1.338	45	W	D	W	W	W	1939-04-22	Norwich City	A
7	-1	Chesterfield	38	15	1	3	48	18	3	8	8	13	29	1.298	45	L	D	W	W	W	1939-04-22	Nottingham Forest	A
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	39	12	6	2	44	24	6	3	10	18	28	1.192	45	L	W	W	W	L	1939-04-22	Bury	H
9	0	Newcastle United	40	12	3	4	41	19	5	7	9	17	27	1.261	44	D	L	L	D	D	1939-04-22	Swansea Town	H
10	0	West Bromwich Albion	39	14	2	2	50	18	3	6	12	35	50	1.25	42	L	D	D	L	L	1939-04-19	Swansea Town	H
11	0	Fulham	38	12	4	3	32	16	4	5	10	25	33	1.163	41	W	L	L	L	W	1939-04-17	Sheffield Wednesday	H
12	1	West Ham United	39	9	5	6	34	20	6	4	9	32	31	1.294	39	W	W	L	L	D	1939-04-22	Southampton	A
13	1	Millwall	40	11	6	3	42	17	2	7	11	20	35	1.192	39	W	L	D	W	D	1939-04-22	Luton Town	A
14	-2	Burnley	40	13	3	4	31	18	2	6	12	17	34	0.923	39	L	W	L	W	L	1939-04-22	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	0	Bury	40	9	5	7	48	36	2	8	9	12	33	0.87	35	D	D	D	L	W	1939-04-22	Tottenham Hotspur	A
16	0	Southampton	39	8	6	5	33	31	4	3	13	21	46	0.701	33	L	L	D	L	W	1939-04-22	West Ham United	H
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	38	6	7	5	20	13	6	1	13	24	40	0.83	32	L	L	D	L	L	1939-04-22	Blackburn Rovers	H
18	0	Bradford	40	8	6	7	33	35	3	4	12	24	45	0.713	32	L	L	L	W	L	1939-04-22	West Bromwich Albion	A
19	1	Swansea Town	38	8	5	7	31	28	2	5	11	14	46	0.608	30	W	W	L	L	L	1939-04-19	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	-1	Nottingham Forest	39	7	6	6	31	27	2	5	13	16	52	0.595	29	D	D	W	W	L	1939-04-22	Chesterfield	H
21	0	Norwich City	38	9	4	6	38	29	3	0	16	9	57	0.547	28	W	L	D	W	L	1939-04-22	Manchester City	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	40	6	4	11	26	38	0	1	18	12	57	0.4	17	L	L	L	W	L	1939-04-22	Coventry City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Carlisle United	1	3	Chester	Brunton Park	2,601
Hunt	Lineups		Horsman 3
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Bradford City	Gresty Road	3,453
	Lineups
Darlington	3	1	Barrow	Feethams Ground	2,720
Mason 3	Lineups		Samuel
Doncaster Rovers	4	1	Lincoln City	Belle Vue	6,585
Owens, Perry, Dell, Leyfield	Lineups		Clare
Gateshead	2	0	Halifax Town	Redheugh Park	3,149
Miller, Allsopp OG	Lineups
Hartlepools United	3	2	New Brighton	Victoria Park	1,554
Woffinden, Woods, West	Lineups		Montgomery, Turner
Rochdale	4	1	Accrington Stanley	Spotland	3,981
Duff 2, Vause, Wynn	Lineups		Waring
Rotherham United	3	2	Stockport County	Millmoor	4,054
Bramham 3	Lineups		Essex, Harker
Southport	4	0	Hull City	Haig Avenue	3,805
Colquhoun, Hawkins, Patrick, Clough	Lineups
Wrexham	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Racecourse Ground	2,326
Ratcliffe OG, Williams 2, Nelson	Lineups		Taylor
York City	2	3	Barnsley	Bootham Crescent	6,454
Milner, Brunskill OG	Lineups		Calder 2, McGarry

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Barnsley	40	16	2	1	54	12	12	5	4	34	22	2.588	63	W	L	W	D	D	1939-04-22	Rochdale	H
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	38	12	5	3	46	19	6	9	3	29	23	1.786	50	W	D	D	W	W	1939-04-20	Bradford City	H
3	0	Bradford City	39	15	2	3	57	21	5	6	8	26	31	1.596	48	D	D	W	L	W	1939-04-20	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	0	Southport	37	14	5	1	47	12	4	5	8	23	32	1.591	46	W	L	L	W	W	1939-04-17	Hull City	A
5	2	Crewe Alexandra	40	12	4	4	54	23	7	1	12	27	45	1.191	43	D	L	L	W	D	1939-04-22	Hull City	A
6	-1	Oldham Athletic	39	13	1	4	38	19	6	4	11	25	38	1.105	43	L	W	L	L	D	1939-04-17	Stockport County	H
7	2	Chester	38	10	4	4	49	29	7	4	9	31	38	1.194	42	W	W	W	L	L	1939-04-22	Darlington	H
8	-2	Hull City	39	11	5	3	53	23	5	5	10	25	45	1.147	42	L	L	D	D	W	1939-04-17	Southport	H
9	3	Rotherham United	40	12	4	5	45	21	5	3	11	18	41	1.016	41	W	W	W	L	L	1939-04-22	Accrington Stanley	A
10	-2	Stockport County	37	12	5	1	50	18	4	3	12	31	47	1.246	40	L	W	L	D	W	1939-04-17	Oldham Athletic	A
11	-1	Halifax Town	39	9	9	1	30	17	4	5	11	16	29	1	40	L	W	W	D	L	1939-04-22	Wrexham	H
12	2	Rochdale	40	10	5	6	58	29	5	4	10	33	46	1.213	39	W	W	W	L	W	1939-04-22	Barnsley	A
13	-2	Barrow	40	11	3	5	44	20	5	4	12	20	43	1.016	39	L	L	W	W	D	1939-04-22	Hartlepools United	H
14	-1	New Brighton	40	11	2	6	45	28	4	7	10	22	41	0.971	39	L	D	W	W	D	1939-04-22	Gateshead	H
15	0	Wrexham	40	15	2	4	46	28	1	4	14	18	51	0.81	38	W	W	L	L	W	1939-04-22	Halifax Town	A
16	0	Gateshead	38	11	5	4	44	23	2	6	10	24	39	1.097	37	W	W	W	L	D	1939-04-22	New Brighton	A
17	0	Lincoln City	39	9	6	4	38	27	3	3	14	26	55	0.78	33	L	L	L	W	L	1939-04-22	Southport	H
18	1	Darlington	40	12	2	6	42	28	1	4	15	19	62	0.678	32	W	L	L	W	W	1939-04-22	Chester	A
19	-1	York City	38	8	5	7	35	31	3	3	12	24	48	0.747	30	L	W	L	W	L	1939-04-22	Oldham Athletic	A
20	0	Carlisle United	39	9	5	6	39	32	3	1	15	21	75	0.561	30	L	L	L	L	D	1939-04-22	Bradford City	A
21	0	Hartlepools United	40	10	3	7	36	33	2	2	16	18	60	0.581	29	W	L	L	W	D	1939-04-22	Barrow	A
22	0	Accrington Stanley	40	4	5	10	25	36	1	1	19	19	64	0.44	16	L	D	W	L	L	1939-04-22	Rotherham United	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	1	Ipswich Town	Recreation Ground	4,816
Proud (p), Ray 2	Lineups		Fletcher
Bristol City	5	1	Reading	Ashton Gate	7,420
Willshaw 3, Booth, Peters	Lineups		Doran
Clapton Orient	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Osborne Road	8,090
Grant, Williams	Lineups		Smith (p)
Crystal Palace	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Selhurst Park	11,714
	Lineups
Newport County	3	0	Southend United	Somerton Park	11,397
Derrick, Hickman, Wood	Lineups
Northampton Town	0	0	Exeter City	County Ground	4,207
	Lineups
Notts County	1	1	Cardiff City	Meadow Lane	7,640
Cooper	Lineups		McKenzie
Port Vale	2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Recreation Ground	3,902
Nolan, Moreland	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	4	Walsall	County Ground	6,716
Francis	Lineups		Alsop 3, Buttery
Torquay United	3	0	Mansfield Town	Plainmoor	3,209
Knapman, Preskett 2	Lineups
Watford	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vicarage Road	6,336
Lewis G	Lineups		Cargill
Footnotes
Newport County champions & promoted

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Newport County	40	15	4	1	37	14	7	7	6	21	24	1.526	55	W	D	D	W	D	1939-04-29	Port Vale	H
2	0	Crystal Palace	38	14	4	2	44	17	4	6	8	20	33	1.28	46	D	D	L	W	W	1939-04-17	Bristol Rovers	A
3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	12	4	2	35	11	5	6	10	25	35	1.304	44	D	L	W	D	L	1939-04-22	Notts County	H
4	-1	Reading	40	11	6	3	45	23	4	8	8	22	34	1.175	44	L	D	W	D	L	1939-04-29	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
5	0	Watford	39	13	6	1	42	15	3	5	11	18	35	1.2	43	D	D	D	D	W	1939-04-22	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	0	Notts County	37	12	5	3	36	16	5	3	9	21	26	1.357	42	D	W	L	L	W	1939-04-17	Cardiff City	A
7	1	Aldershot	38	12	6	2	30	15	3	6	9	20	39	0.926	42	W	D	W	D	W	1939-04-19	Port Vale	H
8	-1	Swindon Town	38	14	4	2	50	24	3	3	12	19	42	1.045	41	L	W	L	W	W	1939-04-22	Exeter City	A
9	1	Bristol City	39	13	5	2	41	19	2	6	11	19	39	1.034	41	W	D	L	L	D	1939-04-22	Walsall	A
10	-1	Queens Park Rangers	38	9	6	3	41	13	5	5	10	23	33	1.391	39	L	L	D	D	L	1939-04-22	Watford	H
11	0	Exeter City	39	9	7	3	39	31	4	5	11	23	46	0.805	38	D	W	W	W	D	1939-04-22	Swindon Town	H
12	0	Northampton Town	39	13	4	3	41	20	2	3	14	10	35	0.927	37	D	L	L	L	W	1939-04-22	Bristol Rovers	A
13	1	Cardiff City	38	10	0	8	33	26	3	10	7	18	31	0.895	36	D	W	L	L	D	1939-04-17	Notts County	H
14	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	39	9	7	3	34	22	3	5	12	14	35	0.842	36	L	W	W	D	L	1939-04-22	Aldershot	H
15	3	Torquay United	38	6	5	9	25	28	7	4	7	25	33	0.82	35	W	D	L	L	W	1939-04-17	Clapton Orient	A
16	-1	Mansfield Town	39	9	7	3	29	17	2	6	12	11	43	0.667	35	L	D	W	D	D	1939-04-22	Crystal Palace	H
17	-1	Ipswich Town	36	10	3	4	33	18	2	7	10	16	31	1	34	L	W	W	D	L	1939-04-19	Southend United	A
18	-1	Southend United	36	12	3	2	32	13	2	3	14	22	48	0.885	34	L	L	L	W	W	1939-04-19	Ipswich Town	H
19	0	Port Vale	38	10	4	6	35	22	3	3	12	14	34	0.875	33	W	L	L	W	W	1939-04-19	Aldershot	A
20	0	Bristol Rovers	39	7	8	4	28	15	2	5	13	22	38	0.943	31	D	D	D	W	L	1939-04-17	Crystal Palace	H
21	0	Clapton Orient	37	8	9	2	32	16	1	2	15	11	34	0.86	29	W	L	L	D	D	1939-04-17	Torquay United	H
22	0	Walsall	38	6	6	6	31	20	2	5	13	21	45	0.8	27	W	D	W	L	D	1939-04-22	Bristol City	H