THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1933.
THE "TELEGRAPH'S" PAGE ABOUT HOME FOOTBALL
WILL SANTA CLAUS FILL
THE PENSIONERS' STOCKING?
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IN THE
YULETIDE FOOTBALL
TREMENDOUS IMPORTANCE OF THE RESULTS
(By "The Pilgrim")
A feast of football unparalleled at any other time of the year is always prepared for Christmas on Home fields, and this year's engagements are given an additional flavour of interest by reason of the leadership upsets- that are threatened.
The rapid succession of games during next week is seized upon by those clubs who are fortunate enough to be fielding their strongest teams, to make up leeway or to go. ahead.
And then there is tho added glamour of big gates, for the football fans in their hundreds of thousands will be there at strength to watch and criticiso their favourities' form.
It is not overy body by any means who can make the turn- stiles ellck regularly throughout the senson but at Christmas there is always one match at least and generally two, when there is no obstacle to attendance.
Forecasts are always hazardous but this week they can be pleked out with a pin-a much easier and in the circumstances probably n safer method.
Chelsen are twice performing at Stamford Bridge but I doubt whether Father Christmas haa much for their stockings.
It's
goals the Pensioners want, Daddy, and maybe a little nip in the "enervating" atmosphere.
To go a little further we come If the present weather prevails
to Rotherham who recently shock there should be some sparkling games high speed on crisp tarfed themselves by beating Hartle- and the ball kept low. tiames pools 4-2. The miners will be worth watching and with valuable there in force to see a repetition of the miracle and let us hope points at stake.
they won't waste their bobs.
Arsenal will be on foreign fields twice before they swell the figh- bury stand with their home match
against Loeds,
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CHRISTMAS FOOTBALL: FORECAST FOR THREE DAYS
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(By "The Pilgrims”)
BELOW will be found my forecast for the English and Scottish promier football league, programmes during Christmas. English clubs will be spending a busy time, for in all divisions matches have been arranged for Saturday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. The Scottish programme is confined to Saturday. The teams printed in heavy type are those oxpected to win. Where no such indication is given, a draw is anticipated.
SATURDAY'S
FORECAST
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION,
ASTON V. (2) Everton (1) CHELSEA (0) v Leeds (0) HUDDERSFIELD (0)
T
Birmingham (0) Leicester (1) - V MIDDLESBRO (0) LIVERPOOL (3) ▼ Newcastle (0) PORTSMOUTH (3) v
West Bromwich (0) | Sheffield U. (3) ▼ ARSENAL (1) Stoke (-) Y WEDNESDAY →→ Sunderland (0) v Derby (2) TOTTENHAM (~~) Wolves (1)
Blackburn (-) Manchester C. (2)
SECOND DIVISION.
Y
▾ Lincoln (~~~}
BLACKPOOL (~~)
v Bury (→)
Hull (-) Bradford C. (1)
BOLTON (~~~) Bradford (-) BRENTFORD (-)
turnley (-) MANCHESTR U. GRIMSBY (1)
NOTTS F. (1) OLDHAM (-)
V
*
(1) ~
Millwall (1)
*
Port Vale (1)
+
Fulham (3)
Вжапаст (0)
If Chesterfield lose every matel: this week-end and Christmas and Stockport do the reverse there IYMOUTH (1) v may be some interest in the | PRESTON (3) Northern Section but then, if WESTHAM (1) * Notts C. (1) football was played to form they would soon be leasing football pitches for housing sites,
The Scots carry their restraint
do not put on a
WILL TABLES BE TURNED.
There will gate records crash- ing at White Hart Lane where the gilt edged cock will look down at one of the sternest duels of the season when the so far they Spurs meet their northern rivals | programme at all for Christmas from luddersfield. And then or Hoxing Day but I suppose they there is the return visit and arp saving someway-if its only
energy! will the tables he turned?
CHANGES OF POSITION AS GOOD AS A REST
́SAYS "HERBERT CHAPMAN, MANAGER OF THE FAMOUS ARSENAL
.
In the accompanying article, written for the Sun- day Express, Mr. Herbert Chapman, Secretary-Manager of the Arsenal team, talks about managerial difficulties, and reveals his methods of successfully handling a team. Football is nover free from troubles And perplexities. Tho sagacious acheme of management may pronusợ n first-class sido, but, having succorded to this extent, another, bafiling pro- blera at once arisea-how are the
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Bu-
this
I have been told that as
much manager I claim too thority, but those who take view do not understand the position. The Araonal have a pool to which every one connected with the club contributos his ideas. Directors, of members of one family, and nothing
side to be main soomed as if the clala and players all work together as
Possibly it has affairs of the Arsenat nayo run with uncommon smoothness for several years, but we have had our difficulties, that should be known is hidden. which have been real, though they may not have been apparent. All tac tinio I have been conscious how easily the team might slip back.
THE KEY PLAYERS.
As long as one is in football one may learn, and recently I confess I Indeed, it is accepted as an inexor-have wandered whether one can de- ablo law that a team may never create pend too much on the key players in a team. The circumstances which have
TO BEAT THE BOOK
HOME
(By "Rubla")
Bolton Coventry Crystal Palace Wrexham Huddersfield. Charlton Manchester Un. Brentford Preston
Exeter
Tranmere
Plymouth
AWAY.-
Arsenal Chestor Manchester City
DRAWS-
Stoke Mansfield
Leicester
BOXING DAY FORECAST
ENGLISH LEAGUE. FIRST DIVISION. ARSENAL (1) ? Leeds (2) BIRMINGHAÀM (4) ▼
FIGURES Which speak
FOR THEMSELVES
A USEFUL LEAGUE TABLE RECORDS GUIDE
The following tabulated league table records of all the clubs in the English League and the first division of the Scottish League show their home and away performances up to and including |yesterday's matches.
Arsonal
Derby County fottenham
ENGLISH LEAGUE
FIRST DIVISION. · Total
10 11 8
Home Away
W. L. D. W. LA D
7 3 0 4 2 3
6 3 0
4 2 8
4 8
Goals
F. A. Pla
P.
W. L. D.
18
10 5. 8
19 10. 4 B
6.1
Manchester C.
19
9 6 4
Huddersfield
19 19
West Bromwich.
19
Sunderland
19
Blackburn
10
Portsmouth
19
Wolverhampton
10
Everton
18
29
26
Leeds United.
18
31 33
Middlesbro
18
36 40
Liverpool
19
7
36 30
Birmingham
18
4.8 6
Aston Villa
19
7 2 10
Wednesday
19
10
19
5 G 8
19
4 7 Я
19
6 11
4
10 * 2 14
3 1
Sheffield U. (1) Nowcastle
Chelsea, (1) P SUNDERLAND (1) | Leicester' EVERTON (0) ↑ Newcastle (0) Stoke City HUD'FIELD (—) ▼ Tottenham (Sheffield Ütd. LEICESTER (-) ▼ Stoke (-) Cholser Manchester C. (2) v Derby (1) MIDDLESBRO (4) v Blackburn (0) PORTSMTH (2) ▼ Liverpool (1) WEDNESDAY (3) v.
West Brom (1) Walres (2)
Aston Villa (4).
SECOND DIVISION,
BRADFORD C. (3) Bury (0)
GRIMSBY (1) ▼ Manchester U. (1)
JULL (-)
Y
Blackpool (~~)
Notts C. (1)
MILLWALL (1) r NOTTS F. (1) Plymouth (1) OLDHAM (2) Burnley (2) PORT VALE (3) ▼ Lincoln (2) PRESTON (-) Y Brentford (-) SAMPTON (2) ▼ Fulham (2) Swansea (1)
W. HAM (0) THIRD DIVISION (NORTH),
+
Southampton (CHRISTMAS DAY BARNSLEY (3) Hartlepools (2)
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
BOURNEMOUTH (0) v
Luton (2) Bristol Rovers (1) ▼ NORWICH (1) Cardi (5)
Northampton (01) CHARLTON (—) ▼ Aldershot (—) COVENTRY (5) v Clapton (0) CRYSTAL P. (0) v Newport (0) EXETER (5) Y Torquay (0)". Gillingham (4) QUEENS PK. (1) READING (7) Swindon (1) SOUTHEND (3) v Bristol C. (1) WATFORD (0)
Brighton (4)
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
ACCRINGTON (3) ▼ Carlisle (1) Barnsley (1) $
NEW BRIGHTON (2) CHESTERFIELD →→) ▼
Stockport (-)
FORECAST
ENGLISH LEAGUE
FIRST DIVISION.
ASTON VILLA (1) v Wolres (3) Blackburn (4) y Middlesbro (2) DERBY (4)
Y
Manchester C. (0) ARSENAL (0)
Portsmouth (3) Everton (2) Birmingham (1) Leicester (-) Huddersfeld (—)
Leeds (0) LIVERPOOL (4) NEWCASTLE (1) SHEFFIELD U. (2)
STOKE (—) TOTTENHAM (~~) ▼
-SECOND DIVISION.- Darlington (2) ▼ DONCASTER (2) | BLACKPOOL (—) ▼
Hull (-) GATESHEAD (2) v Barrow (3)
BRENTFORD (-) v Preston HARTLEPOOLS (2) ▼ Walsall (0) Bradford (-) BOLTON (-)] MANSFIELD (9) Rotherham (2) Burnley (1) Oldham (1) Southport (2)
Bradford C. (1) Southampton (2). TRANMERE (6) ▼ Crewe (0)
PORT VALE (1 v. Grimsby (1)
Millwall (0)
Notts F. (1) Swansea (1)
ROCHDALE (1) v Halifax (0)
✓ CHESTER (1)
WREXHAM (3) York (1)
♥
FIRST DIVISION.
❤
BURY (1) FULHAM (4) Lincoln (0) Manchester U. (1) NOTTS C. (1) PLYMOUTH (1)
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
W. HAM (3)
*
RANGERS (2)
V
Aberdeen (1) CHESTER (3)
v
L
Airdrie (1) Ayr (3)
New Brighton (0) CELTIC (~~) v
Queen O'South (----) | CHESTERFIELD (—) ›
Darlington (-) Cowdenbeath (4)
KILMARNOCK (1) DONCASTER (6) ▼_Crewe (1) v St. Johnstone (0) | HALIFAX (2) ▼Barrow, (0) DUNDEE (0) HIBERNIANS (~) ▼
HARTLEPOOLS (6) v Barnsley (4) Queens Park (—) | Mansfeld (2) WALSALL (0) MOTHERWELL (1) Clyde (0)
SOUTHPORT (2) Rochdale (0) Partick (1) ✓ HAMILTON (2) STOCKPORT (0) v Carlisle (1) St. Mirren (0) HEARTS (1)
TRANMERE(0) ▼ Wrexham (0) THIRD LANÁRK (4) ▼ Falklek (0) | YONK (4)
Rotherham (3)
a place of security for themselves, and created this doubt will be appreciated...
I have repeatedly been told that we were bound to striko a bad time.
This, in fact, In the sternent tank the Arsenal management hava to face, and we are fully aware of the dangers and pitfalls which lie ahead. It is sometimos auggested that a winning team aro got together by luck; that men fit and blond by neci dont and haphazardly drop into atyla which gives the best results.
A
To have James and Hulme ser- iously injured in the first match of the season was serious, and it must Je been apparent that these mishaps, followed by the injury of Roberla, affected our schemes.
In the emergency we have had to make all sorts of makeshift arrange wents, and I have wandered, whether we should have been less unsettled if our plans had not been so dependent:
lost.
V
SECOND DIVISION.
W. L. D.
Total
Home
W. L. D.
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Away Goals
603 48 3.3 3
25
28
G 25 20
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W. L. D. F. A.
Grimsby
19 14 0 5
-8 0 2
Blackpool
19
9 5.5
0 2 2
33 22
Brentford
19
9 6 5
G 2
3 3 4 42 30
Port Vale
19
10 3-5
Bolton
19 11 1
Preston N.E.
19
West Ham U.
19
Notts County
10
Plymouth
19
Southampton
19
8 3
Bradford City
19
9 1
1. 7 34 33
Bradford
19 1
36 89
Fidham
19
.30
Hull City
19
19
Notts Forest ...
39
18
BARROW (3)
Carlisle (2) CREWE (4) Darlington (~~) ❤
Y
V
STOCKPORT (1)
Doncaster (0)
Burnley Bury. CHESTER'D (~) Swansen GATESHEAD (1) v Accrington (0) Millwall NEW BRIGHTON (3)
Halifax (9)
Manchester. U.
19
18
Oldham
19
43
19
19
10
Lincoln
19
11
Chester (1)
ROCHDALE (1) ▼ Rotherham (1)
Southport (3)
V
York (0)
WALSALL (8)
Mansfield (1)
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❤
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Norwich Queen's Park BRIGHTON (2) v Northampton (1) Coventry BRISTOL C. (3) Newport (2) Cardiff (2)
Coventry (2) CHARLTON (—) ▼
.
8 1
17 10 3 4
9
17
8 6 4
17
9 3 6
17-
9 2 6
Wrexham (1) Y TRANMERE (1)
P. R. (2)
Reading Charlton Watford Crystal Palace | Clapton (2) QUEER. (0)
GILLINGHAM (2) v LUTON (2) NORWICH (3) Y READING (6) Southend (1)
V
Aldershot (1). Crystal P. (0)
Exeter Luton Swindon
y Bournemouth (2) † Bristol R.
EXETER (3) Brighton.. SWINDON (0). v Torquay (0)
Wednesday, Dec. 27. ·
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION.
W. Bromwich (2) v
Wednesday (0) Newport
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). ALDERSHOT (2) v Luton (2) Bremouth (0) READING (3) CRISTOL R. (1) r Gillingham (0) COVENTRY (G) Cardiff (0) CRYSTAL (4) EXETER (2)
Total
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Home Awny P. W. L. D. W. L. D. W. L. D. 17 11 3
4 2
Goals
F. A. Pts.
3' 2 2
44 24
1- 2 4
82 18
39 22
38 24
'THIRD DIVISION (NORTH),
Home Away
43 27
23 20 24 18 22
30 34
24-403
18
↓
Clapton O.
17
Aldershot
17 5 6
Torquay
17
Northampton
17
Bournemouth
17
6 3
28, 34
Gillingham
G. 4.8
30 38
17
4 6 7
8 2
15 25
Watford
4 4 9
24 80
Cardiff
17
5 2
23 40
Bristol City Southend
4 8
4 4 9
30
▼
Total
*
.
Norwich (0)
• Southend (0)
Bristol C (1)
Clapton (1) Swindon (3)
Chesterfield Stockport Tranmere Walsall Doncaster
P. W. I., D. W. L. D. W. L. D.. 18 15 1 2 8 0.1. 7 1 1 17 11 3 3. 8 20 17 9 3 5 7 0 17 10 1 .0 9
Goals E. 48 10
A. Pts.
3 1 8
42 22
2 3 4
33 18
40 23
17
5 8 4
30. 24
17
9 2. G
28.26
17
8.3
41 24
19
+48 89
17
7 4
G
38 30 18.
12
33..
6 5
21 27 27.41
24
20
44 32
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N'AMPTON (0) v Brighton (0) Newport (1) QUEEN'S PR. (2) Y Torquay (4) Watford (0)
*. CHARLTON (—) } Hallfax
Things I Hear From The Clubhouse
BY "THE PILGRIM"
STON Villa now hold the Cup and
Armchair
Barnsley
Barrow
Hartlepools
Crewe A. Carlisle Accrington
PRISTOL City, who are so hard up York City
hava refused offers for several of
their best players front managers who Chester are looking for good men at bargain Gateshead MAURICE Webster, the middle prices.
New Brighton I brough centre half is rapidly re-
Wrexham covering from his second cartilage
spectator at Shildon (North. Rochdale operation.
.
A Eastern League) kicked the ball Rotherham
17
17 G
16
18
3
2 8
| Darlington
18
3 4 11
23
away when it was placed for a free Mansfield
AN ex-Arsenal Scottish scout was kick, and--left the ground with a Southport
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This has not been my experience. on the players, we had temporary League record for attendances at jeft back, of Shawfeld, the Glasgow WANSEA pro credited with a faney
For any success I have achieved in team-building I have to work hard and persistently. It will, however, be insisted that I have been lucky, Ono has to watch a team like thermometer, studying every varying dogroo of play and trying to discover the reason for it. Ara mon. losing form because of stalonces, and do they want an antidote to the daily routine holiday of training, a game of golf,
by the seat Ard they growing old and beginning to find the pace too fast for them?
If succes is to continue the cause -of those troubles must be found and; the remedy prescribed, and this, in my opinion, can only be done by one who von with tho man and under- stands all the phases through which | the, footballer passos,
These are not matters while ülroc- tors, who watch the players-for
hour and a half each week, can docide, nor can they properly be discussed round a table.
At least one result was that we had Stoke,
to obtain another centre forward, and Gold, now recovering from injury, and although Dunne has been a splendid Coen are young Scots. acquisition, we might have been spared his transfer fee if we had not been robbed of some of our key men.
MYSTERIOUS FAILURES.
There is scarcely a senson, when some team does not crack mysterious--
greatly impressed by the clever, policeman, hess of Kelly, the soventeen-year-old
Junior club.
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for Hilller, the Middlesbrough and ex-Cardiff goalkeeper. They won't EIGHT works absent, three goals, find the Ayresome Park club unreason
promotion-this is the experience able THE "Spurs" "nursery," Northfeet of Brain, who maile his debut for
United, have "discovered" a bril- Preston last month in Ted Harper's DAWSON; the Angfield Plain Rangers liant outside right. He is Jimmy position. Smy, the former 'Spurs' inside left!
•
CLIFFORD Bastin attended the W Bobble Bruce, of Middles
•
•
LTHOUGH the rulemakers · have
Bro
•
Motherwell
Celtic
goalkeeper has gone to Charlton | Ayr. on a month's trial.
Aberdeen | St. Johnstone v How for intaance, is the decline
brough, is called a "pocket Ter-EORGE Camaóll, the 'Borough cen. Kilmarnock of Sheme! Wednesday end Newcastle Exoter Guildhall to receive his cales" by big Bradshaw, of Liverpool. tre forward, scored, his 250th Xcarta United to be explained! One expected portrait in oils and a cabinet for his who was sent sprawling by the midget League goal in the game against Falkirk both these teams to play a leading football trophiles.
forward.
Liverpool. The crowd and even his Queen ofSouth part. They may do so yet,
colleagues were not aware of thin. On the other hand, there in the always set their faces against-sals A Astley, and Stephenson on their
STON Villa, with Dix, Walker, TWO clover young "midget" for
Dundee disturbing experience of Everton astitutes for intured players, they
Hamilton wards are Albert Malam. of Chen-bernlana few years ago when they went down wavering a bit Ono legislator tells boere have her given the "once- terfield (nt Gins,) and Jackle Smith, Clyde
me ho la geing all out to get subati. over" to another inside left.
of Barnsley (5ft 3ins.).
Queen's Park Partlek THE centre forward we podla do Herbert Chapman had the job of WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers with the comment for more Third Lanark Alzdrla .... It is truly strange how a side tall would probably releet Anw, of Loices Funderland
picking the England team he would like one or two of the than one football manager after (Continued on Page D.) ter City, as the inside right.
players, particularly aming Boyd, of Cly play for St. Mirren Glasgow against Bhomeft,
Cowdenbeath
to the Second Division with n met
of players who proved themselves tutes for injured goalkeepers allowed. good enough to come back im-] mediately and win the champion-
Thomson,
0 10 CO LO CO IN 15 LA AD 20 20 10 1
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION
Total:
Home W. L. D. W. L. D. W. L. D. 22 10. 8 0 10 1 20 16..2 2 10 1.0 22 10 7 6
21 11 4 6 21 10 22 10 5
5-6
20... 0 6
10
10
18
21
8 2 11
7 4
21
7 3 11
20
4 8 8
20
7 1 12
20 20
6. 2 12
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Goals F.
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52 80
41 80
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44 27 4744
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81 19
01. 417
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37 49
20 48
37 61
43
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