1938/39 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: George Holley.
Captain: Stan Cullis.

Playing Staff: Jim Alderton, Allison, Thomas Anderson, Thomas Andrew, John Archer, William Archibald, George Ashall, Arthur Bainbridge, Thomas Barcley, Bryan Barley, Herbert Barlow, Herbert Barlow, Stanley Barrett, Bedford, I Benynon, Richard Betts, David Bewley, Selwyn Beynon, Kenneth Bird, Wilfred Blower, John Blythe, W Booth, William Booth, Albert Bradbourn, Brian, Brine, Douglas Britton, Thomas Brookes, Albert Brooks, Henry Brown, Frank Buckley, Buckley, Stan Burton, Charles Caine, Ronald Cameron, John Carrington, Douglas Chafen, Leonard Chambers, Charles Chaplin, John Cherry, Francis Christopher, Leslie Cliff, Cyril Cockerton, Paul Cook, Norman Corbett, Francis Craney, Jamie Cringan, Stan Cullis, Albert Darby, Arthur Davies, William Dixon, George Dodd, Kevin Doherty, Dickie Dorsett, Jack Dowen, Gordon Edmonds, Ted Elliott, Alfred Evans, William Evans, John Fagan, Leslie Farr, Herbert Fewtrell, Albert Flatley, Ivan Flowers, Daniel Foley, Jack Gallagher, Tom alley, Joe Gardiner, Louis Gardner, Raymond Goddard, Cyril Grant, Arthur Green, Ronald Greenaway, Edward Griffiths, Walter Griffiths, Kenneth Grubb, Victor Guelliam, Ernest Gunn, Frank Hansell, Harding, Fred Harper, Horace Harrison, Albert Hayes, Leslie Hayes, Jack Henderson, Donald Hensly, George Hickley, William Higgins, Harry Hobson, Holcombe, Leslie Howitt, John Hughes, Hulp, Eric Jackson, Harold Jackson, F Johnson, Arthur Jones, Robert Jones, William Jones I, William Jones II, Donald Kenyon, Samuel Kimberley, John Kirkham, Reginald Kirkham, Eric Lambert, Bill Langley, Herbert Layton, Edward Lees, Ivor Lewis, Albert Lilley, Harold Loverock, Teddy Maguire, James Marron, John Marshall, James Maserfield, Victor Matthews, Maxwell, Gerry McAloon, Bernard McArthy, Jack McDonald, Peter McEvoy, Alexander McIntosh, Doug McMahon, Miles, Joe Millbank, Harry Morby, Ivor Morgan, Bill Morris, Jimmy Mullen, Jim Myers, Albert Nelson, Gildas Nelson, Gwynfor Nelson, Harry Nock, George Nosby, William Parker, John Parr, Derek Partington, Thomas Paton, William Phillips, Sid Plunkett, Joseph Poole, Joseph Porter, Poulter, Stephen Preston, Arthur Price, Prince, Frank Rawcliffe, Albert Read, Tom Reece, Clifford Rees, William Rennie, Trevor Richards, Jeffrey Robbins, Eric Robinson, Joseph Rooney, Albert Ryder, John Sanderson, Jeffrey Sawyers, Alex Scott, Colin Seaward, Thomas Shield, Cyril Sidlow, Barry Simms Skinner, Tom Smalley, Leonard Smart, Alf Somerfield, Herbert Spalding, Henry Spinks, Alan Steen, Ernie Stevenson, Arthur Swallow, Frank Sweeney, Ernie Tagg, Frank Taylor, Harold Taylor, Jack Taylor, Rhys Thomas, Harry Thompson, Dennis Thornhill (I), Dennis Thornhill (II), James Thorpe, Robert Tibbatts, Thomas Tidmarsh, Paul Todd, Rowland Tomlinson, Cyril Tucker, Robert Vass, Frank Wade, Bryce Walker, Donald Walker, Thomas Wardle, Cyril Weaver, Dennis Westcott, John Wiggins, Walter Wildman, John Williams, Arthur Wilson, Richard Wilson, Dai Woodward, Arthur Wright, Billy Wright, Enock Wright, Ray Wright, Dick Yates,

Club Finances: Profit: £11,006; Income: Record of £91,841; Dividend: 7½ percent.

August

20 (H) Stoke City W 4-3 Details [Friendly]
27 (a) Derby County D 2-2 Details
29 (H) Leicester City D 0-0 Details

September

3 (H) Blackpool D 1-1 Details
7 (a) Sunderland D 1-1 Details
10 (a) Brentford W 1-0 Details
17 (H) Arsenal L 0-1 Details
22 (a) Worcester City W 5-0 Details [Friendly]
24 (a) Portsmouth L 0-1 Details

October

1 (H) Huddersfield Town W 3-0 Details
8 (a) Everton L 0-1 Details
15 (a) Leeds United L 0-1 Details
22 (H) Liverpool D 2-2 Details
29 (a) Middlesbrough L 0-1 Details

November

2 (H) International Details
5 (H) Birmingham W 2-1 Details
12 (a) Manchester United W 3-1 Details
19 (H) Stoke City W 3-0 Details
26 (a) Chelsea W 3-1 Details

December

3 (H) Preston North End W 3-0 Details
10 (a) Charlton Athletic W 4-0 Details
17 (H) Bolton Wanderers D 1-1 Details
24 (H) Derby County D 0-0 Details
26 (a) Grimsby Town W 4-2 Details
27 (a) Grimsby Town W 5-0 Details
31 (a) Blackpool L 0-1 Details

January

7 (H) Bradford W 3-1 Details [FAC3]
14 (H) Brentford W 5-2 Details
21 (H) Leicester City W 5-1 Details [FAC4]
28 (H) Portsmouth W 3-0 Details

February

1 (a) Arsenal D 0-0 Details
4 (a) Huddersfield Town W 2-1 Details
11 (H) Liverpool W 4-1 Details [FAC5]*
18 (H) Leeds United W 4-1 Details
22 (H) Everton W 7-0 Details
25 (a) Liverpool W 2-0 Details

March

4 (H) Everton W 2-0 Details [FAC6]*
8 (H) Middlesbrough W 6-1 Details
11 (a) Birmingham L 2-3 Details
18 (H) Manchester United W 3-0 Details
25 (N) Grimsby Town W 5-0 Details [FACsf]*
29 (a) Stoke City L 3-5 Details

April

1 (H) Chelsea W 2-0 Details
8 (a) Preston North End L 2-4 Details
10 (H) Aston Villa W 2-1 Details
11 (a) Aston Villa D 2-2 Details
15 (H) Charlton Athletic W 3-1 Details
22 (a) Bolton Wanderers D 0-0 Details
29 (N) Portsmouth L 1-4 Details [FACf]*

May

4 (a) Leicester City W 2-0 Details
6 (H) Sunderland D 0-0 Details
10 (a) International FC Copenhagen W 2-0 Details [Friendly]
12 (a) Danish FC Copenhagen W 5-0 Details [Friendly]
15 (a) Danish FC Copenhagen L 1-3 Details [Friendly]
21 (a) Feyenoord Rotterdam W 4-0 Details [Friendly]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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