THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1934.
ENGLAND BECOMES CUP-TIE CONSCIOUS
FIRST CLASH OF BIG TEAMS
TO BEAT THE BOOK
JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT BE BASED HOME~
SON LEAGUE FORM
HOW LONDON CLUBS MAY FARE
(By "The Pilgrim")
SOME intriguing fixtures are on the card for AWAY
next Saturday when the Cup element, now working up to its climax, again makes its appear- anco in Home football.
ON League form most of the engagements lend themselves to a fairly easy forecast but of course the uncertainty of cup-ties discounts this to a considerable extent.
·HOWEVER I have made my choice, relying
mainly on recent form. The visit of Aston Villa to Salter Lane where they meet the leaders of the Second Division will be watched by a big gate and I shall be surprised if the First Leaguers take away any honours. HUDDERSFIELD will not have too easy a task at Plymouth but they should-pull it off. CRYSTAL Palace and Aldershot have not met in the League yet this season but I am hoping that the latter will not emulate the performances of Norwich and Bristol Rovers on the Londoner's ground carlier this season.
CHELSEA receive West Bromwich at Stamford Bridge and will be all out to settle the issue at the first meeting. A goalless draw is my expectation, however.
DRAWS
(By "Rabia")
Grimsby
Liverpool
Reading
Stoke
Southampton
Bolton Barnsley Clyde St. Johnstone Loods Un. Leicester Sunderland
Derby
West Bromwich A. Blackpool
Tottenham Crystal Palace. Tranmere
T'COOP
SOME PROBABLE RESULTS
SOME OF THE TEAMS
CHELSEA GET ‘A NEW
INSIDE RIGHT
An incident during the match ber tween England 'and France, slowd a French player Isaping high to head the game 'which England won after disappointing display by both forms. Thousands of French sup porters were present to see. their team' defeated. (Planet: News),
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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.;
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION.
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DOUONGDAOHNCINCO *
27
46 46 27
45 51 26
20 28 26
Total
HomeTM
Away
Gonis
P.
W. D. L
Arsenal
24
F. W. D. L. W. D. L. 14 7 3 8 4 0 6 3 3 42 21 Derby County...24 13 6 G 8.3 0 Huddersfield... 24:12 493 1 Tottenham...... 25 13 4 8 8 1 3
10 Manchester City 25
A. Pts,
35
5 3 5
47 26
32
36 3
GG. "36
32
8 7 7 3 3
5 3 5 3 5
47 28
80
4
35 41
28
West Bromwich. 25 10 7 8
45 38
Middlesbro'
24 13
Blackburn
25
Portsmouth
24
Wednesday
26 10
0 7
Sundoriund
24 9 8 9
Newcastle
25
8.8 0
Everton ...
24
8 7 9
Aston Villa
25
9 4 12
24
8 6 11
24
5 10 0
26 7 6 12
23
6 7 10
24
6 7 11
United 25
G. 14 5
24
5 6 14
5
2 6
now in the Bolton side to the Wolverhampton, 24 exclusion of Cork.
Sheffield
Chelsea
Argue, secured from Birming- ham, is now inside-right for Click sea. Priestley moving to inside-
Taylor, who is 26, had been with left. With Odell replacing Barber Notts County eight and a half sea- the team now rends: Woodley;
sone, and had made 111 consecuLeeds United Odell, Law; Russell,
O'Dowd, tive League appearances and only Birmingham Miller; Chitty, Argue, Mills, Priest-missed one game in the last 149.
Liverpool ley. Onkton.
Rennie again takes the Luton Leicester Bowden has recently deputised leadership, with Talt on his right Stoke City for Jack at inside-right in the and Hutchison at inside-left. Law- OUR FORECAST ·
Arsenal team and Coleman gnin son, the ex-Brentford player, -has' Below will be found the special lends the attack. Tenni: Moss; made his initial appearance in the Hapgood; Jones, Sidey. Arst team, but at outside-right, Telegraph forecast for Saturday's Male, senier English and Scottish foot-John; Hulme, Bowden, Coleman, Fred Kean damaged a tendon re
James, Bastin.
cently and his place at right-half When Cooper was unfit as a re- was entrusted to Brown. It includes the English Cup, as well as the small programme in the English League, and the first division of the Scottish League. ed in capitals, it is expected to As usual, where a team is mark- win, and where no such indication
ball.
is made, a draw in anticipated.
Y HUDDERSFIELD Plymouth CRYSTAL PALACE v
y Aldershot Manchester U. PORTSMOUT}} WORKINGTON บ
Gateshead SOUTHAMPTON V. Northampton
West Bromwich DERBY
Chelsea Bristol City
Rotherham
■
V
WEDNESDAY
Port Vale
Fort Ya
v Queen's P. R.
BRENTFORD Bradford
V
Oldham
V
0.
V Sheffield U.
CHESTERFIELD v Aston Villa GRIMSBY Walsall or Clapton TRANMERE
Southend HOLTO SUNDERLAND MILLWALL Wolves Cheltenham MANCHESTER CITY ♥ Blackburn
Fulham
የ Halifax
Middlesbro
.
Y
Accrington
Y
Newcastle
V BLACKPOOL
ARSENAL
1
♥
Notts County Lincoln
v Everton
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ault of the ankle injury he received at Tottenham, Webb again de putised for him in Derby's match at Villa Park.
R. Jones, the Port Vale left-half- | Grimaby
Bolton back, has been suffering from att | ankle injury, O. Jones returned to Blackpool displace Todd in goal and Dickin- Port Vale son, the former Bradford player, is Preston N.E. now preferred to Morton at out-Brentford Plymouth
Swansea Town's poor record is causing considerable anxiety. At Lendances at home matches liave de-side-left. clined to an alarming extent.
Taylor, the outside-right secured from Notts County, is
CLUBHOUSE
Crawford has recovered from his West Ham ankle injury and has resumed at Bury left-halfback in the Blackpool side Bradford to meet the Forest at Nottingham. |Fulham
Hull City
CHATTER BY Notts Forest "THE PILGRIM”
THE atmosphere at some grounds, DERBY County, it is believed, would notably Chelsea's and Middles-į not be averse to parting with brough's, does not suit some players, their forceful inside forward Alder If I were a player I should like to man, the Derbyshire cricketer. be at Plymouth, because of the lovely air and country.
A
LL referees can relate numerous amusing experiences, but can any of them say, like Mr. A, E, Fogg, of Bolton, that he once sent his brother off the field?
W110 in football's highbrow? 1er-!
Wbert Junts, Blackburn Rovers'
international left-back, has made a study of such abstruse questiona na the origin
JOE Brain, succossor to Harper on
Preston's centre forward, started
SECOND DIVISION.
Total
P.
W. D. L
24
17 0 7 25 13 2 10 24 11 6 7 24 12 4 8 24 11 6 8
Home
39
41 25
18 63
45 33
49
37
40
41
49
49 22
39
41 21
26 26 20
44
20
Away
81
Gouls
W. D: L. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.
10 0 3 7 0
4 61 33 34
5 2.0 46 08 -28
8 0 4
2 8
7 3 2 4 3 5 38 31 28 8 2 1 4 2 7 36 31 28 9 3 0
44
6 53
63
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24 11
24
24
9
26
08
24 12 1 11
24
10
24
8 8
Bradford City
24
10 3 11
2.1
BG 10
Southampton
24
9 4 11
Burnley
24
9 4 11
Oldham
24
8 8 10
Notts County
25
8 6 12
Millwall
24
7. 6 11
Swangen Manchester U. Lincoln
24
6 9 10
24
8 3 13
24
6 5 13
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Total
Home Away
in the Eblow Vale team, of 'which O'Callaghan and Willie Evans (of the 'Spurs), Richards and Phillips (Wal-Norwich ves), all Welsh internationals, were Coventry members,
Queen's Park Charlton
WHEN West Bromwich Albion Reading
beat Preston North End in the Exeter Cup Final in Acason 1887-8 the Bristol Rovers .. wages bill amounted to only £5 10. Luton-
THERE are a few matches in the League and a full Scottish programme. The most interesting item is Motherwell's visit to Rangers whom I think will carTY BOURNENTH (1) ▼ _Clapton (1) Wells, while others are immersed in professional with Motherwell and St. Brighton ..... off both points, and get very near to the long-unchall- enged leaders.
DERBY and Wednesday visit Third Divisioners and should get through the round safely but Charlton stay at home for Port Vale, who I think will fail despite CHARLTON
NOTTS FOREST their performance last week.
Hull ARSENAL'S draw is almost identical with last year's STORE
READING but I forecast a different result. They are visiting BIRMINGHAM- Luton whose erratic progress is on a par with Walsall, BRIGHTON Swindon the lowly club which lowered the Highbury colours in LEEDS UNITED Preston N. E an amazing game in the Third Round last season.. HALIFAX RO to Bolton where I am not optimistic of their chances; whilst Middlesbro', whose rapid improvement has been a feature of the League, have the misfortune to travel to Sunderland. Earlier this season the northern men inflicted a defeat by four goals to none against the Club at Middlesbro". THE Wolves-Newcastle match will be a relentless struggle and LIVERPOOL
Luton I think a draw is the only result that can be anticipated, SWANSEA -although in-a-recent-meeting at Wolverhampton, the home team-LEICESTER-
won by two goals to one.
TOTTENHAM WEST HAM
the theory of the universe, Bradford City Burnley
Incy
of species, and Infiniteness of space; D. John Bone now at the Royal Hospital, Winchester, who has is an Esperanto pupil; and on a long ENGLISH LEAGUE
train journey will ponder upon the secured an F.A. permit to play it THIRD DIVISION SOUTH
works of Herbert Spencer, or H. Goutside left for Portsmouth, was a
Mirren THIRD DIVISION NORTH
an Edgar Wallace thriller.
before getting his medical BARNSLEY (1) v Carlisle (0) Mansfield (2)
STOCKPORT (2) ROCHDALE (0) Donenster (1) Southport (1) New Brighton (2) WREXHAM (0) V Crewe (2) SCOTTISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION ABERDEEN (0) ▼
Third Lanark (3) CLYDE (2)
Cowdenb'th (6)' FALKIRK (1)
Partick (2) Hamilton (1) Ayr (0) HEARTS (2) Celtle (3) KILMARNOCK (—)
Hibernians (-) Queen's P. (2) v St. MIRREN (Ú) Q. 6'SOUTH (~~) ▼ Dundee (-) RANGERS (3) v Motherwell (1) St. J'STONE (1) v Airdrie (1)
Balancing Football Club Budgets
PASTIME DEVELOPS INTO HUGE BUSINESS PROPOSITION
(By "The Pilgrim")
The public is accustomed nowadays to regard big gates and big transfers as part of the normal life of a football club.
the tense toe tips all the time in
money struggle for supremacy and cannot be stinted where the success of the Club is concerned.
I wonder how many realise to the full, however, what wide aprend concerns they have be- come? Perhaps a few Agures There is compensation in big gates. dealing with a promnient First The record crowd that has ever nt- Division Club will serve.
tended a football match la 134,170, That was at the Scotland-England During one season players. salaries,
International at Hampden Park on affice salaries, benefits and transfers April 1, last year, and the record re- amounted to £10,000; travelling exceipts for an ordinary League fixture penses, were £4,000; expense of is £4,024, when Manchester United scouta sing management viewing played Aston Villa at Old Trafford in players, £1,100; maintenance of 1020,
ago
WAR
round. buildings, stands, etc., The losers' end of the purse in the £2,000; gatesmen, potice, referees, Cup Final of three years Rndamen, old, £1,000; Rent, rates, 54,870 but they only made a profit insurance, lighting, - hesting, etc on the season of £1,477. £600; advertising and printing, £500;) telephones, telegrams, etc., £300; training, £150; equipment, £150: and
ibo. medical expenses,,
These very hecossary erpenses nake a grand total of £18,450 and in 42 matches and the variable fortunes of the Football Association Cup it has to be turned into n profit of xort.
Kome
£5 A MINUTE EXPEDITURE.
It has been calculated that an ordinary First Division club coats £5 a mlaute to run and I don't think this is an overestimato considering the items of expenditure detalled above. As many as 30 Arst-class players are on the books all the year round and the fact that a se cond and sometimes third team is FROM PASTIME TO BUSINESS. run by the same Club, adds consi
That In why football has grown derably to the general bill. from a pastime to an entertainment Entortainment Lax amounts 20 business and one which caters for a several thousands of pounds anntially bigger public than muy but the and the League has to receive Its cinema housEN,
share for organising the fixtures and Nowadays the fans are not con- competitions.
tant with dashing play; they want to In fact, still dealing with that seo strategy and skill and above all average First Division Club, you will they want to meo their team gain find that it costs upwards of £20,000 points.
annually to give the home crowds
To draw the big crowd, the dirce that breathless amety minutes tors und players have to be on their football eneir weekl
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Alegree.
You would think that they would NOW that Billy Walker's days as Southend
a player are numbered, he is Bournemouth devoling much time to office routine Torquay nt Villa Park with a view to be Gillingham ceming a League club manager.
know a footballer when they saw one at Newcastle. One day Davie Willis, Raith Rovers' trainer, and; formerly of Newcastle, brought a player to sign on for the United. Hel was considered too small. His home -Alex James!
PORTSMOUTH's four Scots, none
of them "old hands,” have made?
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PORT Vale, with the best defence in
the Second Division, owe much of their sucess to the brilliant play of Vickers, their right back, who started
his career with Bishop Auckland,
7 2
49
43 51
44 47
30
32
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34
44
38
8
31
30
8 35 40
7
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37 9
28 37
Goals
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F. A. Pte. 2 4 62 32
W. D. L. W. D. L. W. D. L. 14 3 10 11
1 1 3 5 3 61 31
31.
12 'G 4 9
30
18 4 G 10
· 14 2 G .9
0 1
1 1 3 3 4
.5.2
30 43 25
5
53 31
30
48 29
28
26
22 22 12 4 6 10 1 0
22 Bristol City Cardiff
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
46 35
45 30
26
Swindon Aldershot Crystal Palace Northampton ..
Clapton Orient Newport Watford
22
24 11 4 9 22 11 24106.8. 5.8
9 1 2.
7
8 0 2
7.3
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.7 3 1
32 38
23
22
8 7 5 4.3
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24 26
22
23
6 9
5 4 2
7
39 11. 22
22
6 3
42 43
G 10
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36
76 11
G
32 44
4.11 7
3
22
32 19
4 12
38
39
18
6
10 4
24 30 18
22
7
A 11
B
.35
48 18
22 - 8
2 12
G
26 50
18
G
4 12
5
10
39 57
16
4
8 10
3
2 7
30
49
16
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4
0 10
32
53
15
Total
Home
Away
Goals
P.
W. D. L
F. W. D. L. W. D. L.
A. Pta.
Chesterfield
24 18 2
11 0 2 7 2 2
58 21
22 14
44 10 2 0
4
2 4
64 26
32
22
14 2 G 10
1
4 1 5 40 24
60 46
23 12 2 0
8 1 2 1
1 7 30 52
Tranmere larrow Doncaster..S Hartlepools
21 10 5 6
4 43 25
55 49
39 89
10
53 46
Accrington
24
9
35
49
Chester
23
४
4 11
54 12
Gateshead
7
6 9
46
47
Carlisle
7
6 9
82
39
Crewe Alexander 23
8 4 11
G
39 51
Wrexham
21
8
3 10
36 39
York City
23
G 11
30 36
Southport
23
A 11 #
3 0 2
36 .60
New Brighton
22
GG 10
5 2 4
1 4 G
27
48
Darlington
24
5 7 12
4 4 3
3. 9
37 56
Roclidato
22
7 3 12
29
44
Rotherham
22
6.4 12
3
46
Mansfeld
23
4 8 11 3
8
1
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
more than 800 appearances hetween A big magnet in Sectland these days Stockport them. Goalkeeper Gillian celc. is Telford, the centre forward of Walsall brated his 200th recently, a stage Bridgton Waverley, Liverpool Mill Barnsley which Nichol and Thackeray passed wall, and Middlesbrough are the in- Halifax some time ago.
ièrested clubs.
Motherwell
Rangers Hearts Aberdeen
233 R3 3 7 9 1 0 ¿
8 1 2
FIRST DIVISION,
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W. D. L.. W. II. L
11 1 2 11 2.0
Total
P. W: D. L.
25
26
27 92 3 2 19 4 2 12. 9
11 2 0, 8 2
14
12 5 10
9 4 1 4 6 4 2
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Goals
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F. A. Pte.
65 25
85 29
66 33
64 46
Kilmarnock
Arr
7 2 4. 6 .3 43 4
GK
48
4 5
St. Johnstone
26.12
51
Falkirk
27
56 53
Queen o'South
26
Celtic
23
Hamilton
141 11 6 16
G 8 24 10 4 10 25- 7 8 10 26
3 14
61 01
48. 30
4 3 4
45 58
5 3 4
6
1 0
42 50 45 45
20 08 14
t
Queen's Park
26 10 1 14
6
25 8 3 14
30 47 49.62 46.55
20
6 7 13
7: 33. 60.
Third Lanark
5
6 14
KISS FOR THE CAPTAINS:-French girls klouing the English and French captains after present- ing them with bouquets at the International football match between England and Francs at White Hart
Lane last month. (Planet Nawa),
Clydo Dundee
Hibernians
Partick
St. Mirren
Airdrie Cowdenbentl
55 4 17
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39 77 30 77
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