1937/38 First Division

First Team Overall First Team Appearances & Scorers Reserves Youth

President: Sir Charles Mander.

Directors: AH Oakley (Chairman), RH Archer, JS Baker, J Evans, Major AJ Holloway, B Matthews, C Tildesley, JT Howley (Assistant Secretary).
Secretary Manager: Major Frank Buckley.
Trainer: Jack Davies
Captains: Stan Cullis and Tom Smalley.

Playing Staff: Evan Abraham, David Alcock, John Aldersea, Allenway, Kenneth Anthony, Fred Arnold, George Ashall, Barber, Charles Barkes, Stanley Barrett, Walter Basford, George Bayley, Selwyn Beynon, Douglas Billau, Kenneth Bird, Percy Blanton, Arnold Bonell, Boole, John Booth, William Booth, John Bracegirdle, Brennan, George Brock, Albert Brooks, Sydney Broome, George Brown, Henry Brown, John Brown, Harry Burgarin, Leonard Burke, Geoffrey Butler, Sydney Carter, Chatham, James Clayton, William Coley, Collins, Alfred Cottan, Stanley Cullis, Joseph Davies, William Davies, Denis Dingley, Kevin Doherty, Richard Dorsett, John Dowen, Frederick Edghill, Dan Edwards, Dennis Edwards, William Elliott, Alfred England, Leslie Farr, Martin Flynn, Arthur Ford, Thomas Galley, Joseph Gardiner, Raymond Goddard, Edward Gough, Walter Griffiths, William Griffiths, Cyril Guy, Bruce Halford, James Hankey, George Hardy, John Harston, Jutland Haynes, Sidney Haynes, William Hepworth, Henry Hill, Horace Hinton, D Hobson, Bruce Holford, Walter Holmes, Howe, Thomas Howshall, Eli Hughes, Ernest Hughes, Horance Hughes, William Hughes, George Jackson, William Jepson, Bertram Jones, Brynmor Jones, Eric Jones, John Jones, Richard Jones, John Kearns, Arthur Keeley, Keenan, William Kinsey, Charles Kipling, John Kirkham, John Lane, William Langley, Cyril Lawrence, Arthur Lees, James Leigh, James Lovery, William Lucas, James Maguire, Jack Manning, Aubrey Marsh, William Masson, James McDermid, Peter McDermott, John McDonald, Alexander McIntosh, Jesse McLarty, John Meaney, Edward Millward, William Moore, John Morby, Glyn Morgan, Stanley Morgan, Morley, Trevor Morris, William Morris, Herbert Moss, James Mullen, Albert Nelson, Alfred Newbold, Newstade, Cyril Ordish, Sidney Parkes, Thomas Paton, Robert Patterson, Frank Perfect, Joseph Phillips, Cyril Poole, David Powell, John Price, Cyril Prosser, Samuel Pugh, Victor Pulfrey, Robert Pursell, Arthur Rathbone, Thomas Reece, William Roberts, Eric Robinson, Joseph Rooney, Round, Thomas Rudkin, Alex Scott, William Sellars, Sydney Shenton, Clifford Sherwood, Cuthbert Shield, John Shield, Cyril Sidlow, John Silvester, Ernest Singleton, Skeel, Thomas Smalley, Harry Smith, Reginald Smith, George Stanley, Leslie Stanworth, Aldwyne Statham, Alan Steen, William Sterkens, Albert Stokes, George Stones, George Tallett, Frederick Tapping, Tatem, Eden Taylor, Frank Taylor, John Taylor, Douglas Thomasson, Harold Thompson, Kenneth Thompson, Thomas Thornton, Robert Tibbatts, Topping, Thomas Turner, John Turner, Reginald Twigger, Leonard Uren, Walker, John Ward, Dennis Westcott, Guy Wharton, Walter Wildman, Wildman, Frank Wilkinson, Albert Williams, Alewyn Williams, Ellis Williams, William Williams, Arthur Wilson, John Wilson, Howard Wood, Jack Worthy, Horance Wright, Richard Yates,

Club Finances: Net Profit £10,423; Assets stands for £92,607 against £79,486; Dividend 7½ percent.

 
August

14 (H) Pre Season Practice Match Details
21 (H) Pre Season Practice Match Details
28 (H) Manchester City W 3-1 Details

September

1 (a) Derby County W 2-1 Details
4 (a) Arsenal L 0-5 Details
6 (H) Derby County D 2-2 Details
11 (H) Blackpool W 1-0 Details
15 (H) Sunderland W 4-0 Details
18 (a) Brentford L 1-2 Details
25 (H) Bolton Wanderers D 1-1 Details

October

2 (a) Huddersfield Town L 0-1 Details
9 (H) Everton W 2-0 Details
16 (H) Liverpool W 2-0 Details
23 (a) Leeds United W 2-1 Details
30 (H) Grimsby Town D 1-1 Details

November

6 (a) Stoke City D 1-1 Details
13 (H) Charlton Athletic D 1-1 Details
20 (a) Birmingham L 0-2 Details
27 (H) Portsmouth W 5-0 Details

December

4 (a) Preston North End L 0-2 Details
11 (H) Middlesbrough P-P
15 (a) Bournemouth & Boscombe W 1-0 Details [Friendly]
18 (a) Chelsea W 2-0 Details
26 (H) West Bromwich Albion P-P
27 (a) West Bromwich Albion D 2-2 Details

January

1 (a) Manchester City W 4-2 Details
8 (a) Swansea Town W 4-0 Details [FAC3]
15 (H) Arsenal W 3-1 Details
22 (H) Arsenal L 1-2 Details [FAC4]
26 (a) Blackpool W 2-0 Details
29 (H) Brentford W 2-1 Details

February

5 (a) Bolton Wanderers W 2-1 Details
12 (H) Huddersfield Town P-P
12 (a) Norwich City W 7-1 Details [Friendly]
16 (H) Huddersfield Town L 1-4 Details
19 (a) Everton W 1-0 Details
26 (a) Liverpool W 1-0 Details

March

5 (H) Leeds United D 1-1 Details
12 (a) Grimsby Town L 0-1 Details
19 (H) Stoke City D 2-2 Details
23 (H) Middlesbrough L 0-1 Details
26 (a) Charlton Athletic L 1-4 Details
30 (a) Ipswich Town D 2-2 Details [Friendly]

April

2 (H) Birmingham W 3-2 Details
9 (a) Portsmouth L 0-1 Details
15 (H) Leicester City W 10-1 Details
16 (H) Preston North End D 0-0 Details
18 (a) Leicester City D 1-1 Details
23 (a) Middlesbrough W 3-0 Details
25 (a) Arsenal W 1-0 Details [Friendly]
30 (H) Chelsea D 1-1 Details

May

2 (H) West Bromwich Albion W 2-1 Details
7 (a) Sunderland L 0-1 Details
11 (a) Sparta Slavia L 0-4 Details [Friendly]
15 (a) Hungarian XI D 0-0 Details [Friendly]
18 (a) Silensin D 4-4 Details [Friendly]
22 (a) Paris League XI L 1-2 Details [Friendly]
26 (a) Antwerp XI L 1-3 Details [Friendly]