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Saturday 1940-04-13

Cup and International
Western
North Western
Midland
East Midland
North Eastern
South A
South C

Cup and International Games

War Time Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	England	0	1	Wales		Wembley Stadium, London	40,000	*
Notes and Foot Notes
Match brought forward 1 week so as not to clash with the First Round of the Football League (War Cup)
Wembley Stadium Ground capacity limited to 50,000
FL (War) Cup Pr Round						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Barrow	1	0	Carlisle United		Holker Street	3,581
	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	1	Bristol City		Dean Court	4,851
	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Clapton Orient		Goldstone Ground	3,000
	Bristol Rovers	2	0	Aldershot		Eastville	5,000
	Cardiff City	1	1	Reading		Ninian Park	3,000
	Darlington	2	0	Gateshead		Feethams Ground	1,567
	Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Rotherham United		Belle Vue	4,626
	Hartlepools United	2	1	Halifax Town		Victoria Park	1,941
	Hull City	1	0	Lincoln City		Anlaby Road	6,000
	Mansfield Town	3	5	Notts County		Field Mill	4,500
	New Brighton	2	1	Crewe Alexandra		Sandheys Park	3,765
	Northampton Town	1	1	Watford		County Ground	4,799
	Port Vale	2	2	Walsall		Recreation Ground	2,483
	Rochdale	3	0	Accrington Stanley		Spotland	1,000
	Southend United	1	0	Queens Park Rangers		New Writtle Street, Chelmsford	4,000
	Southport	1	1	Oldham Athletic		Haig Avenue	3,000
	Swindon Town	1	1	Torquay United		County Ground	4,643
	Wrexham	3	0	Stockport County		Racecourse Ground	2,988
	York City	6	4	Bradford City		Bootham Crescent	3,375

Western League

				Venue	Gate	Notes
Manchester City	5	1	Tranmere Rovers	Maine Road	3,000

				Home					Away
Ptn			Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Stoke City	19	9	1	0	26	8	2	4	3	25	25	1.55	27	W	D	W	D	W	1940-05-06	Port Vale	A
2	0	Manchester United	17	8	0	1	40	13	5	0	3	24	13	2.46	26	W	W	W	W	W	1940-05-06	New Brighton	H
3	0	Everton	18	7	1	1	35	13	2	3	4	18	14	1.96	22	L	W	L	L	W	1940-04-17	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	0	Liverpool	17	3	4	1	19	11	6	0	3	32	17	1.82	22	L	W	D	W	L	1940-05-11	Stockport County	H
5	2	Manchester City	17	4	3	2	30	22	4	1	3	17	11	1.42	20	W	W	D	L	L	1940-05-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	-1	New Brighton	18	6	1	2	29	15	3	1	5	20	28	1.14	20	W	W	W	W	L	1940-05-06	Manchester United	A
7	-1	Wrexham	19	6	3	0	28	13	1	2	7	8	32	0.8	19	D	W	D	W	L	1940-05-04	Stockport County	H
8	0	Port Vale	17	5	0	2	25	17	3	2	5	18	24	1.05	18	W	L	L	L	W	1940-05-04	Chester	H
9	0	Chester	18	4	3	3	22	20	1	2	5	9	24	0.7	15	L	L	D	D	L	1940-05-04	Port Vale	A
10	0	Stockport County	17	4	1	4	21	20	0	2	6	16	43	0.59	11	L	L	D	D	W	1940-04-20	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	0	Crewe Alexandra	19	4	0	5	24	23	0	1	9	12	48	0.51	9	L	D	W	L	L	1940-04-20	Stockport County	H
12	0	Tranmere Rovers	18	1	2	6	20	33	0	1	8	9	40	0.4	5	L	D	L	D	D	1940-04-17	Everton	A

North Western League

				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	5	0	Burnley	Bloomfield Road	5,000
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Preston North End	Burnden Park	2,000
Bury	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Gigg Lane	3,396

				Home					Away
Ptn			Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Bury	19	8	0	2	31	11	5	2	2	22	17	1.89	28	W	L	W	D	W	1940-05-04	Accrington Stanley	H
2	1	Blackpool	17	7	2	0	33	12	4	3	1	16	10	2.23	27	W	D	W	W	W	1940-04-24	Rochdale	H
3	-2	Preston North End	18	8	1	0	28	10	4	1	4	15	12	1.95	26	L	D	W	W	L	1940-05-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	18	9	0	0	26	4	1	4	4	14	22	1.54	24	W	W	W	L	W	1940-05-04	Preston North End	A
5	0	Oldham Athletic	17	7	1	1	34	17	3	1	4	11	18	1.29	22	W	W	L	W	W	1940-05-13	Blackpool	A
6	1	Barrow	18	5	2	2	24	17	1	2	6	18	30	0.89	16	L	W	D	W	L	1940-05-18	Oldham Athletic	H
7	-1	Burnley	18	5	3	1	26	11	1	1	7	10	30	0.88	16	L	L	D	D	W	1940-05-21	Barrow	H
8	0	Blackburn Rovers	19	3	1	4	12	12	2	2	7	15	23	0.77	13	L	D	L	L	L	1940-05-27	Carlisle United	H
9	0	Southport	19	4	2	3	19	15	1	1	8	13	33	0.67	13	D	L	L	D	W	1940-05-13	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	0	Rochdale	17	2	3	3	15	16	2	1	6	11	24	0.65	12	W	D	L	D	L	1940-04-24	Blackpool	A
11	0	Accrington Stanley	16	1	4	3	16	17	1	2	5	11	25	0.64	10	D	L	W	W	L	1940-04-27	Carlisle United	A
12	0	Carlisle United	18	2	2	6	16	23	0	1	7	9	36	0.42	7	L	L	W	D	L	1940-04-27	Accrington Stanley	H

Midland

				Venue	Gate	Notes
Coventry City	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highfield Road	5,448
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Luton Town	The Hawthorns	3,398

				Home					Away
Ptn			Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	West Bromwich Albion	24	13	2	0	54	14	4	2	3	25	24	2.08	38	W	L	W	W	W	1940-05-13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	11	0	1	49	12	6	3	2	19	17	2.34	37	D	W	W	W	L	1940-05-01	Luton Town	A
3	0	Birmingham	24	2	1	2	9	9	8	2	9	36	49	0.78	23	L	W	W	W	L	1940-05-01	Northampton Town	A
4	1	Coventry City	23	7	1	3	39	23	3	1	8	16	30	1.04	22	D	L	W	L	W	1940-05-25	Walsall	A
5	-1	Northampton Town	22	6	6	2	29	17	1	2	5	15	30	0.94	22	D	L	W	W	L	1940-05-01	Birmingham	H
6	0	Luton Town	23	5	1	6	38	35	2	3	6	23	41	0.8	18	L	L	L	L	L	1940-05-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	0	Leicester City	22	4	2	4	26	22	1	2	9	18	40	0.71	14	W	L	L	L	L	1940-05-18	Luton Town	A
8	0	Walsall	21	2	3	7	23	32	0	1	8	12	36	0.51	8	D	L	L	W	D	1940-05-04	Luton Town	A

East Midland

				Venue	Gate	Notes
Grimsby Town	0	0	Barnsley	Blundell Park	3,000
Sheffield United	1	2	Chesterfield	Bramall Lane	8,832

				Home					Away
Ptn			Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Chesterfield	17	8	0	0	37	4	4	2	3	19	14	3.11	26	W	W	L	W	W	1940-05-04	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Barnsley	18	6	2	1	20	14	3	3	3	18	11	1.52	23	D	D	W	L	W	1940-05-25	Mansfield Town	A
3	0	Sheffield United	16	6	0	1	23	7	4	0	5	14	22	1.28	20	L	L	W	L	W	1940-05-18	Grimsby Town	H
4	0	Grimsby Town	15	7	1	0	21	9	1	0	6	6	20	0.93	17	D	L	W	L	W	1940-05-04	Mansfield Town	A
5	0	Rotherham United	17	4	2	3	12	16	2	2	4	7	17	0.58	16	L	L	W	W	L	1940-05-04	Chesterfield	A
6	0	Mansfield Town	16	5	1	1	25	16	1	1	7	12	26	0.88	14	W	L	D	L	W	1940-05-04	Grimsby Town	H
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	15	5	2	2	21	16	0	2	4	5	14	0.87	14	D	L	L	W	L	1940-04-20	Lincoln City	A
8	0	Lincoln City	15	4	0	4	15	15	3	0	4	17	24	0.82	14	W	L	W	W	L	1940-04-20	Doncaster Rovers	H
9	0	Sheffield Wednesday	17	4	2	2	12	9	0	3	6	14	26	0.74	13	W	L	W	L	L	1940-05-04	Doncaster Rovers	H
10	0	Nottingham Forest	16	4	3	1	19	9	0	0	8	7	21	0.87	11	L	W	W	W	L	1940-05-13	Grimsby Town	H
11	0	Notts County	16	4	1	3	17	17	0	1	7	13	27	0.68	10	W	L	L	L	D	1940-05-04	Lincoln City	A

North Eastern League

				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Park Avenue	4,156
Middlesbrough	1	1	Leeds United	Ayresome Park	1,200

				Home					Away
Ptn			Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Huddersfield Town	16	6	1	1	19	8	6	2	0	22	9	2.41	27	W	W	W	W	W	1940-05-25	Darlington	H
2	1	Leeds United	15	6	1	0	19	7	2	2	4	11	13	1.5	19	D	W	L	W	L	1940-05-25	Halifax Town	A
3	-1	Bradford City	15	7	0	1	26	7	1	3	3	9	17	1.46	19	L	W	W	W	D	1940-05-11	Bradford	A
4	0	Newcastle United	16	5	0	3	29	15	4	0	4	13	16	1.35	18	L	L	L	W	L	1940-04-17	York City	A
5	0	Bradford	14	5	0	1	14	5	3	1	4	20	24	1.17	17	L	L	L	W	W	1940-05-04	York City	A
6	0	Middlesbrough	17	4	3	2	25	13	2	1	5	12	26	0.95	16	D	D	L	L	W	1940-05-18	Bradford City	A
7	0	Darlington	16	5	1	3	27	17	1	0	6	9	25	0.86	13	W	L	W	W	L	1940-05-18	Bradford	H
8	0	Hull City	16	5	0	3	19	14	1	0	7	7	20	0.76	12	W	W	W	W	L	1940-05-18	Halifax Town	A
9	0	Hartlepools United	16	5	0	3	17	15	1	0	7	6	24	0.59	12	W	L	L	L	W	1940-05-18	York City	A
10	0	York City	13	3	1	2	10	8	2	0	5	14	25	0.73	11	L	L	L	L	W	1940-04-17	Newcastle United	H
11	0	Halifax Town	16	1	2	5	16	22	1	0	7	8	22	0.55	6	D	L	L	L	W	1940-05-18	Hull City	H

South A

				Venue	Gate	Notes
Norwich City	5	2	Crystal Palace	Carrow Road	4,000

				Home					Away
Ptn			Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Arsenal	18	6	2	0	32	10	7	2	1	30	12	2.82	30	W	D	W	L	W	End of Season
2	0	West Ham United	18	8	0	1	34	14	4	1	4	23	19	1.73	25	W	W	W	W	L	End of Season
3	0	Watford	18	7	0	2	29	9	2	3	4	15	29	1.16	21	W	W	D	W	W	End of Season
4	0	Millwall	17	3	5	0	24	12	4	0	5	15	24	1.08	19	W	W	W	L	D	1940-05-25	Crystal Palace	H
5	1	Norwich City	16	5	1	2	25	16	1	4	3	11	16	1.13	17	W	L	L	D	D	1940-05-13	Southend United	H
6	-1	Charlton Athletic	18	4	1	4	34	28	4	0	5	27	30	1.05	17	L	W	L	L	L	End of Season
7	0	Crystal Palace	17	3	3	3	17	18	2	0	6	20	31	0.76	13	L	D	L	L	D	1940-05-25	Millwall	A
8	0	Clapton Orient	18	3	1	5	19	29	2	2	5	9	31	0.47	13	L	L	L	W	D	End of Season
9	0	Tottenham Hotspur	17	3	0	6	21	18	2	1	5	14	23	0.85	11	D	L	L	L	W	1940-05-27	Norwich City	H
10	0	Southend United	17	3	0	6	18	20	1	0	7	10	38	0.48	8	L	L	W	W	L	1940-05-13	Norwich City	A

South C

				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	2	Portsmouth	White Hart Lane	7,000
Charlton Athletic	2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	The Valley	4,702
Fulham	2	0	Millwall	Craven Cottage	8,000
Southampton	3	0	Chelsea	The Dell
West Ham United	1	1	Brentford	Upton Park	8,000

				Home					Away
Ptn			Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	West Ham United	13	5	2	0	18	5	4	0	2	28	16	2.19	20	D	W	W	W	D	1940-04-29	Chelsea	H
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	13	3	2	2	14	12	4	1	1	12	8	1.3	17	W	W	L	D	D	1940-04-24	Arsenal	H
3	1	Arsenal	12	4	1	1	16	8	2	2	2	11	10	1.5	15	W	L	W	D	D	1940-04-17	Chelsea	A
4	1	Fulham	13	4	1	1	14	9	3	0	4	12	16	1.04	15	W	L	W	L	W	1940-04-18	Charlton Athletic	A
5	-2	Millwall	13	4	1	2	21	11	1	3	2	7	11	1.27	14	L	L	W	D	D	1940-04-17	Brentford	A
6	0	Brentford	13	4	1	1	20	9	1	2	4	10	17	1.15	13	D	L	L	W	W	1940-04-17	Millwall	H
7	0	Charlton Athletic	12	2	2	2	14	13	2	1	3	8	9	1	11	L	W	W	D	L	1940-04-18	Fulham	H
8	0	Chelsea	12	2	0	4	14	22	1	2	3	10	16	0.63	8	L	L	L	L	L	1940-04-17	Arsenal	H
9	0	Southampton	13	3	1	2	13	15	0	1	6	8	28	0.49	8	W	W	L	L	D	1940-04-24	Portsmouth	H
10	0	Portsmouth	12	1	1	4	7	13	1	0	5	11	20	0.55	5	L	W	L	D	L	1940-04-24	Southampton	A