View Season FixturesWednesday 1940-05-08
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| Venue | Gate | Notes | ||||
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| Reading | 2 | 4 | Crystal Palace | Elm Park | 1,735 | |
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Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | Crystal Palace | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 2.5 | 20 | W | W | W | W | W | 1940-05-13 | Queens Park Rangers | H |
| 2 | 0 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1.09 | 16 | W | W | W | L | L | 1940-05-13 | Crystal Palace | A |
| 3 | 0 | Clapton Orient | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 0.94 | 16 | W | W | W | L | W | 1940-05-11 | Watford | A |
| 4 | 0 | Watford | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1.35 | 15 | W | W | W | L | L | 1940-05-11 | Clapton Orient | H |
| 5 | 0 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1.67 | 14 | D | L | W | W | L | 1940-05-18 | Crystal Palace | A |
| 6 | 0 | Norwich City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 1.04 | 13 | L | W | L | W | W | 1940-05-18 | Watford | A |
| 7 | 0 | Aldershot | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 1.03 | 12 | L | W | L | L | L | 1940-05-13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A |
| 8 | 0 | Southend United | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 0.91 | 12 | D | W | L | W | L | 1940-05-18 | Aldershot | A |
| 9 | 0 | Reading | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 0.64 | 10 | L | L | D | L | W | 1940-05-18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H |
| 10 | 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 0.38 | 4 | L | L | D | L | L | 1940-05-13 | Aldershot | H |
