THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1934
ENGLAND BECOMES CUP-TIE
FIRST CLASH
BIG TEAMS
OF
TO BEAT THE BOOK
JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT BE BASED HOME.
ON 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- ance 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 The visit of Aston mainly on recent form. 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 earlier this season.
C
HELSEA 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.
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(By "Robin")
Grimsby
Liverpoot
Reading Stoke
Southampton Bolton Barnsley Clyde
St. Johnstone Leeds Un. Leicester Sunderland
Derby
West Bromwich A Blackpool
DRAWS.
Tottenham Crystal Palace Tranmere
T'COOP
SOME PROBABLE ·
RESULTS
SOME OF THE TEAMS
CONSCIOUS ON SATDY:
CHELSEA GET A NEW
Telegraph forecast for Saturday's Male,
INSIDE RIGHT
An incident during the match be“ twoan England and France, shows a French player leaping bigh to hond the game which England won after dissppolating display by both teams. Thousands of French sup porters were present to see their
team defeated, (Planet News)..
A
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.
Total
P.
W. D. L.
Home
Away
Goals
W. D. L.
F. A. Pts..
42. 21
47
26
47.28
35
41
Arsenal
Derby County
24 14. 7. 8 24 13 G
24 12 8. 4
Manchester City 25 10 8 7
West Bromwich
W. DL
8 4 0 G 3 3
0
9 3 1
7.3 1
6 3 6
3 5 3 50
6 3 6
3 6 4
3 4 7 45 88
1 '8
Huddersfield
Tottenham
Midillenbro'
Blackburn
Portsmouth
Wednesday
Sunderland
Newcastle Everton
now in the Bolten side to the Wolverhampton .24 9 exclusion of Cook,
Aston Villa Leeds United Birmingham Liverpool Leicester Stoke City
40 45
45 51
20
28
41
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26 13 4 8
8 1 3
7 3 3
25 10 7 8
24 13 1
25 11 4 10
24
9
7 8
26 10
6 10
7.8
24
9
40
38
26 8 8 9
477
24 8 7 9
25
9 4 12
49
49
24
8 5 11
30
41
24
5 10 9
20
26
20
44
56
23
33 36
24
7 11
G 14
24
6 5 14
5 2
Argue, secured from Birming- ham, is now inside-right for Chel- 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 reads: Woodley;
sors, and had made 111 consecu- Odell, Law; Russell, O'Dowd,
tive League appearances and only Miller; Chitty, Argue, Mills, Priest-missed one game in the last 149. ley, Oakton.
Rennle again takes the Luton Bowden has recently deputised leadership, with Tait on his right for Jack nt inside-right in the and Hutchison at inside-left. Law- OUR FORECAST
Arsenal team and Coleman again sen, the ex-Brentford player, has Sheffield United 25
Chelsea Below will be found the special leads the attack. Team: Moss; made his initial appearance in the Hapgood: Jonca, Sidey,frat team, but at outside-right. Aenior English and Scottish foot-John: Hulme, Bowden, Coleman, Fred Kenn damaged a tendon re-
James, Bustin.
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 insult of the ankle injury ho received the English League, and the first at Tottenham, Webb again de- putised for him in Derby's match division of the Scottish League.
As usual, where a team is mark- at Villa Park. ed in capitals, it is expected to win, and where no such indication is mado, a draw is anticipated.
የ HUDDERSFIELD Plymouth CRYSTAL PALACE y Aldershot Manchester U. Y PORTSMOUTH
Gateshead WORKINGTON
Northampton SOUTHAMPTON
ball.
Chelsea Iristol City Rotherham
ERBY 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 their performance last week.
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Port Vale
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Bradford
Sheffield U. Bwindon
Aston Villa Preston N. E.
Southend Halifax Middlesbro Y Accrington
Newcastle
NOTTS FOREST Y Full пек ARSENAL'S draw is almost identical with last year's
READING but I forecast a different result. They are visiting
BIRMINGHAM Luton whose erratic progress is on a par with Walsall, BRISIRFIELD
BRIGHTON the lowly club which lowered the Highbury colours in LEEDS UNITED an amazing game in the Third Round last season. GRIMSBY Walsall or Clapton O.
TRANMERE Y BOLTON HALIFAX go to Bolton where I am not optimistic of their
chances; whilst Middlesbro', whose rapid improvement has SUNDERLAND
MILLWALL been a feature of the League, have the misfortune to travel to
Wolves Sunderland. Earlier this season the northern men inflicted a
Cheltenham defeat by four goals to none against the Club at Middlesbro'.
MANCHESTER CITYLACKPOOL THE Wolves-Nowcastle 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
TOTTENHAM won by two goals to one.
WEST HAM
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 carry off both points, and get very near to the long-unchall- enged leaders.
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.
I wonder how many realise to too tips all the time in the tense the full, however, what wide-struggle for supremacy and money cannot be stinted where the success
spread concerns they have be- of the Club is concerned.
There is compensation in big gates. come? Perhaps, a few figures dealing with a promnient First The record crowd that has ever at- tende a football match is 134,170. Division Club will serve.
was at the Scotland-England That wa During one season players salaries, international at Innipden Park on office salaries, benefits and transfers April 1, Inst year, and the record re antoanted to £10,000; travelling exceipts for an ordinary League fixture penses were £2,000; expense
and management viewing is £4,024, when Manchester United scoutя
ng played Aston Villa at Old Trafford in players, £1,100; maintenanc of 1920.
of
Wha
kround, bulldings, stands, etc.. The losers' ond of the purse in the 12,000; gatesmen, police, reforces,
Cup Final of three years ago linesman, etc, £1,000; Rent, rates, £4,870 but they only made a profit Insurance, lighting, heating, ote on the season of £1,477. £500; advertising and printing, £500; telephones, telegrams, etcą, £300 training, 2150; equipment, 150; and incdical expenses, sito.
erpenses
These very necessary make a grand total of £18,450 and in 42 matclics and the variable fortunes of the Football Association Cup it has to be turned into a profit of some Hort.
⚫ FROM PASTIME TO BUSINESS.
That is why football has grown from a pastime to an entertainment business and one which enters for a bigger public than any but the cinema houses.
Nowadays, tho fans are not con- tent with dashing play; they want to sco strategy and skill and abovo, nii their team gain they want, to neo points.
To draw the big crowd the diree tors and players have to be on their
6 A MINUTE EXPEDITURE.
been calculated that an ordinary First Division club costs $5 a minute to run and I don't think this in an overestimate considering the items of expenditure detailed chove. As many as 30 first-class players are on the books all the year round and the fact that a se cond_and_sometimes a third team is run by the samo Club, adds 'conal- derably to the general bijl Entertainment tax amounts several thousands of pounds annually and the League has to receive in share for organising the fixtures and competitions.
that
Lo
In fact, still dealing with average First Division Club, you will find that it costs upwards of £20,000 annually to give the hono crowdk that breathless ninety minutes of football each week!
Blackburn
R. Jones, the Port Vale loft-half-Grimsby back, has been suffering from an Bolton ankle injury. O. Jones returned to Blackpool displace Todd in goal and Dickin- Port Vale Swansea Town's poor record is son, the former Bradford player, is Preston N.E. causing considerable" anxiety. At-now preferred to Morton at out-Brentford Plymouth tendances at home matches have de-alde-left.
Crawford has recovered from his West Ham clined to an alarming extent.
ankle injury and has resumed at Bury Taylor, the outside-right | left-halfback in the Blacky ol side Bradford secured from Notts County, is to meet the Forest at Noti ngham.] Fulham
SECOND DIVISION.
Total
P. W. D. L. 24 17 0 7 26 13 2 10 24. 11 6 7 24 12 4 8 24 11 5 8
24 11 5 8
21 10 7
24 9
26 9
24 12 1
24 10 6 9
24
Hull City Bradford City 24
CLUBHOUSE CHATTER BY Notts Forest... 24
"THE PILGRIM"
Southampton. 24 Burnley Oldham
THE atmosphere at some grounds, DERBY County, it is believed, would Millwall
notably Chelson's and Middles- not be averse to parting with Swansea... brough's,. does not sult some players. their forceful inside forward Alder-Manchester U.
Lincolt If I were a player I should like to man, the Derbyshire cricketer. be at Plymouth, because of the lovely
or and country.
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•
JOE Brain, successor to Harper as
ALL referees can relate numerous in
Preston's centre forward, started
the Ebbw Vale team, of which
A amusing experiences, but can any O'Callaghan and Willle Evans (of the
of them say, like Mr. A. E. Fogg, of 'Spurs), Richards, and Phillips (Wol-Norwich Bolton, that he once sent his brother ves), all Welsh Internationals, were Coventry off the field?
members.
Fulham
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Goals
W. D. L.
W. D. L.
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7 0 4
33 34
62 6
4 3 5
88 28 31 28
4 2 7
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Notts County ... 26
8 5 12
5 .3
2 0
44
24
7 6 11
23 37
24
59 10
37
24
8 3.13
24
65 13
35
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH),
Total
22
22 Queen's Park Charlton
21
9
8 0 2
Home
Goals Away W. D. L. W. D. L. W. D. L. 14 3 5 10 1 1 4 2 4 12 & 4 9 1, 1 3 5 3 13 4 G 10 1 1 22 14 2 6 90 1 22 12 4 6 10 1 0
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3 3 4
43 25
6 2 5
53 31
2 3 6
48 29
46 35
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3 6 8
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WHEN West Bromwich Albion Reading
beat Preston North End in the Exeter Cup Final in season 1987-8 the Bristol Rovers wages bill amounted to only £5 105.Luton-
of species, and infiniteness of space; DR. John Bone now at the Royal
and on a longi papil
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Swindon
Hospital, Winchester, who has Aldershot train journey will ponder upon the secured an FA. permit to play at Crystal Palace works of Herbert Spencer, or H. G. outside left for Portsmouth, was a Northampton Wells, while others are immersed in professional with Motherwell and St Brighton ..... firren before getting his medical Clapton Orient un Edgar Wallace thriller.
Hegrec.
Newport Watford
ENGLISH LEAGUE THIRD DIVISION SOUTH
THIRD DIVISION NORTH BARNSLEY (1) Carlisle (0) Mansfield (2) STOCKPORT (2) ROCHDALE (0) v Doncaster (1)
New Brighton (2) YU would think that they would NOW that Billy Walker's days as Southend Southport (1) WREXHAM (0) v
Crewe (2) SCOTTISH LEAGUE
FIRST DIVISION
ABERDEEN (0) ▼
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. He;
a player are numbered, he is Bournemouth devoting much time to office routine Torquay
at Villa Park with a view to be Gillingham coming a League club manager.
Bristol City
Third Lanark (3) was considered too small. His name DORT Vale, with the best defence in Cardiff
Cowdenb'th (G)
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3
Partick (2)
CLYDE (2) FALKIRK (1) Hamilton (1) HEARTS (2) KILMARNOCK (1
Queen's P. (2) Q. o'SOUTH (-) HANGERS (3) St. J'STONE (1)
Ayr (0) Celtic (3)
Hibernians YSL MIRREN (1)
Dundee (-) Motherwell (1) Airdrie (1)
...Alex Jamest
PORTSMOUTH's four Scuts, none
the Second Divialan, owe much of their success to the brilliant plny of}- Vickers, their right back, who started his career with Bishop Auckland.
of them "old hands," have made
Chesterfield more than 300 appearances between A big magnet in Sectiund these days Stockport them. Goalkeeper Gitojjan cele. 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 Home time ago.
terested clubs.
KISS FOR THE CAPTAINS(—French girli kishing the English and French captaine after presente. ing them with bouquets at the International football match between England and France at White Hart Lane last month. (Planet Nows).
Tranmere Barrow ...
| Doncaster
Hartlepools Accrington
Chester
Gateshead
Carlisle
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
Home Away
22 14 2 6 10 1 1 4 1.5.
9 1 042
23 13 3 7 23
12 2 0
8 1 2
8 1 2
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1. 24 22
W. D. L. W. D. L. W. D. L. 18 2 4 11 0 2 7 2 2 14 4 4 10 2 0
F.
A. Pls.
58 21 38
4 2 4
26
32
24
30
45
29
52 20
26 26
45
39
40
40
42 .20
47 20
32 39 20
8 4 11
G1: 20
Wrexham
21
8.8 10
36
39. 19
York City
7 6 11
Southport
23
4 11 8
3. 6
New Brighton
22
6.10
5 2
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19
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Darlington
24
5. 7-12
4 4
1 3.9
87 50
17
Rochdale
22
7 3 12-
1 1
44 17
Rotherham
22
6 4 12
40
16
Mansfield
48.11
3
5
40
16
FIRST DIVISION.
Total
Home Any
Goals
W. D. L.
W. D. L. W. D. L.
F.
A. I'L
Motherwell
27
2282 11 1 2 11 2 0
G5 26
47
Rangers
25
20
10 4 2 11 2 0. 8 2 2 120-50 41
86 20
42
354
65 33
33
26
14 5 79 2
04
36 33
Kilmarnock
.13
6 9 7 2 4
6.3
56 48
31
Ayr
11 8 8
63
72-
30:
St. Johnstone
01
38
287
Falkirk
06 53 29
Queen o'South
26 14 111 23 9 6 8
51. 61
20
7 3
3 0
48 30
24 10 4 10
4.3
GA
25 7 8.10
5 0
42 .50
20 9 8 14 · 0
416
20 9 3 14
80 47
19 62
33
&
30
Hearts
Aberdeen
Celtic Hamilton
Clyde Dundeo Hiberniane Queen's Park Partick
St. Mirren Third Lanark Airdrie Cowdenbeath
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
12 6 9 27.12 5 10
25 10 20
1/14
8 8 14.
6.7.13
6 6 14 64.17 3. 4.19
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