THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
LIKELY F. A. AND SCOTTISH CUP
ARSENAL, PORTSMOUTH
LEICESTER
AND MANCHESTER CITY
MOTHERWELL, ST. JOHNSTONE
· AND RANGERS
ST. MIRREN AND CELTIC MAY
HAVE
TO MEET
(By "The Pilgrim")
AGAIN
WITH the quarter-finals of both the English and Scottish Cup competitions being played off on Saturday, Homeside fans will have one of the greatest football feasts of the season greater even than the Cup final to which thousands have already made application, to find that the capacity of the venue has long been filled,
Arsenal have the fates on their side this season and, but for the fuck of the draw, it is hardly likely that they would have continued thus far in competition which they entered so inauspiciously.
The previous rounds enabled thom to sotto down in their stride now and the visit of Aston Villa will not be the obstacle it would have been a month ago. The Villa have been going great guns but I cannot easily imagine a report of their vistory,
Manchostor City are the only Club in this round who survived the distanco last season and they have a great chance of going even further, Stoko have improved considerably lately and took points from Aston Villa in the League last week, but it is unlikely that they will beat the City on their own ground,
It is not so unlikely how. ever, as Northampton's eclipse of Huddersfield at the First Divialoner's pitch in the fourth round.
I wonder if Portsmouth will hold the pace they have been set
į
ting lately. I think they will win despite the bad luck they encoun- tered in the draw. They travel to Bolton and will probably meet with even more exciting than at Swansea.
The
Acenes
mateli
Preston-Leicester is the most difficult to forecast.
Matters are a little easier north of the border where Aberdeen and Albion Rovora sustain the chal- lenge from the Junior divisions. Alblon have a sporting chance, being at home to Motherwell, but the League leaders seem to do better away from home and I expect them to win.
SPECTACULAR SAVE:~Wilson of the Arsenal effects a magnificent says et the exponie of a corner nġainst Crystal Palace. (Planet News).
CHATTER BY FOOTBALL
"THE PILGRIM"
INTERESTING ITEMS GLEANED FROM THE VARIOUS CAMPS
Queen o'South will give St. Johnstone a great game and if they had retained their form of a month or so ago I would fancy to them for the semi-finals. As its la I feel that the home club have to a loose football Ince. the winning advantage,
best
ESLIE, the Phlymouth Argylo|CTOKE refused to take Bert forward, has been to London Johnston, the Sunderland re consult an eye specialist. He serve centre half at a fee of £1,000. his fine display against Chelsea? Buffering from an injury due What is Johnston worth now, after
emergency CHESTERFIELD returned £1,200 | ENGLAND'S Rangers have the easiest task to unsuccessful applicants for goalkeeper-Brook (Manches- in entertaining Abordeen, and Celtic seats at the Aston Vills Cup tic. ter City) who has twice de- putised for the regular "keeper have perhaps the most difficulty in their journey to St. Mirren. Al-TILITY" Nicholas, of Derby with conspicuous succesy,
has deputised as goalkeeper, though the latter have proved poor League fighters, they will go right back, and contre half bo all out in the major competition cause of injuries to players, of the year.
This Special Cup Training
OLD
Is Only Superstition.
LEAGUE
PLAYER SAYS
WHAT
CLUBS NEED IS REST : CURE
another pick-me-up is not required
fortnight later."
TN seven years insido forward Albert Keating, of Cardiff City, has been attached to ten clubs
FRED Roberts, of Birmingham, professionally, yet he is now only
was playing minor football a twenty-seven. few weeks ago. He is already hailed as a star.
•
SEMI-FINALISTS
TO BEAT THE BOOK
HOME
(By "Robia")
Wolves
Manchester City
Grimsby
Coventry
Charlton
Reading
Chesterfield
Bristol Rovers...
Brentford
Plymouth
Tranmere
Barnsley
AWAY-
Portsmouth Queen's P.R. Southampton
DRAWS
Huddersfield Manchester U. Gillingham
OUR FORECAST
ENGLISH & SCOTTISH
CUP-TIES
cup
FIGURES WHICH SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
A USEFUL LEAGUE TABLE RECORDS GUIDE
The following tabulated league tablo 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.
Arsenal Derby County Huddersfield Tottenham Blackburn
West Bromwich
Wednesday
:: 2:
Manchester C. Sandorland Everton Portsmouth MIC flesbro Leeds Newcastle
United
Leicester
Aston Villa Wolverhampton Stoke City Birmingham Liverpool Shefeld Utd, Chelsen
The following is the special Grinisby Telegraph forecast for Saturday's Brentford English and Scottish
and Preston N.E. league programmes. Where a team Blackpool is in heavy type it is expected to Port Valo win and where no such indication Bolton 1s given a draw is anticipated.
ENGLISH F. A. CUP.
Preston Bolton ARSENAL
SIXTH ROUND.
V Aston Villa
LEICESTER PORTSMOUTH
Bradford
Bury Plymouth Fulham Bradford City West Ham Oldham ...
| Southampton
Notts County Hull City Burnley
MANCHESTER CITY Y Stoke
SCOTTISH' CUP.. Albion Rovers .. MOTHERWELL Swansea ST. JOHNSTONE v Queen 'South Notts Forest RANGERS
Aberdeen St. Mirren
Celtic ENGLISH LEAGUE.
V
FIRST DIVISION. CHELSEA (2) v Blackburn (2) Huddersf'd (0) Derby (0) WAS.. it wine? Moore (Leeds LIVERFL (1) Sheffld U. (2) United), Lumadon (Hudders- SUNDRLD (0) CANNOCK Town, the Birmingfield), Hall (Sheffield United), and SPURS (—)
ham League club, are in bad Tutin (Stoke) were turned down | Wolves (1) straits financially. They have by Bradford City after trials. placed all their professional staff upon the open to transfer list.
•
V Middlesbro (3)
V
Wednesdy (3)
V Everton (-)
Y
Y Newcastle (2)
DIRMGHM (0) ---SECOND DIVISION.
record is twenty-three years BRENTFRD ()
ENGLISH LEAGUE, FIRST DIVISION.
Total
P. W. D.
30 17 7 6
Homo W. D. L.
10 4 2
30 16 9 6 9 60
30 15 9 6 11 3 1
6 11 9 2 4
6 12 12 4 0
15
ht 14
12
8 11
12
8 11
10. 12
11
ZEEZSBAA888878887HO
30
8 10 9.10 10 11 9 10 11 9
13 4 18
12 6 12
9. 10 11
28 10. 8 10
30 10
Away W. D. L.
7 3
Goals-
F. A. Pts. 4.50
58-31
4. G G
6 8
OG 40 53 40
6 % 0
77
2 1 12
54 59
6 7 61 46 4 6 47 46
60 40
31
11 16
5
0 0 12 7.13
7
7:11 12
4
8.8 15
G
8 6 17 7
7
6 16
4 11
SECOND DIVISION.
Total
Home
Away
Goals
P.
W. D. L.
W. D. L. W. D. L.
F. A.
10
21. 1 8.
11
1 3 10 0 0
70
41
30
16 6.9 11
6 87
66
30
16 0 0 11 3 1
1 8 8
48 66:40
30
13 9 8
9 4 2
4 5 6
48 40
5 2
.8
44 38
30 16 2 12 10 0 6
6 2
67
45
30 16.
13
.10
61 66
31 12
7
50 57
30 11 9 10
50 65
87-44
30 15 5 10 10 3 2
30 12 7 11 30 15 4 13 00 10 9 11 30 11 7 12
29 11 6 12
31
10 8 18
30.
.9 10 11
30 11 6 14
30
7 11 12
30
96 15
Millwall Manchester. U. Lincoln
29
88 18
30
03 18
76 17
Total
Norwich Queen's Park Coventry
Reading
Bristol R. Charlton
5449
1
1 12
46 31
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH),
29 17 6 7
Home Away
446
P. W. D. Li W. D. L. W. D. L. BQ
12 2 1 7 4 4 19 G.G
18 1 30 15 7 8 11 2 2 20 14 8 7 12 2 0 28 15 5 8 11 0 2 28 16 3 0 11 1 90---14--6-11-11
Exeter
Luton
30
13 7 10
9. 8
3 4
Fulham (-)
Swindon
S'thmptn (0)
Crystal Palace
29 20
13 6 10
2. 4
11 8 10
Notts C. (1)
Clapton O.
BURY (3)
Aldershot
0 10
*
Y
CHELSEA'S Individual scoring BRADFORD (4) v Port V. (1) NORMAN Cole, the latest local to old. The inte "Bob" Whittingham Burnley (2)
a hit in Southampton's scored thirty goals in season GRIMSDY (1)
Mancher U. (1) League side, has not yet finished 1910-11..
Notta F. (2) his apprenticeship. He is a fitter.
OLDHAM (-) WEST HAM (3) ▼
.
A club sote of thanks for per-
The Cup quarter finals to be
LBERT Roberts (Southampton) CLAPTON Orlent have set up aA and Clifford Woodhead (Hull), played on Saturday make this
record for Third Division clubs.two of the Second Division's best article from the pen of a former
"After all, the players are per- Two centre forwards on their staff backs, played in the same school- player especially interesting now. fectly fit at this period. The Idea up to a week or so ago, shared an boy team at Darfield, Yorkshire.
"At this stage of the football of special training is not to try to aggregate of 500. League goals-
NDY Rennie, of Luton, deserves season, when players are begin- make them filter, but to prevent Morris (291) and Halliday (209). ning to feel the strain of the League them from being overtrained or,
Nelson (Nowcastle),
Come programme and F.A. Cup ties, as it is called, from becoming stalo, JAMES
Harry Morton (Aston Villa), suading his brother Joe to the question of special training As a matter of fact, special train- Vivian Gibbins (Southampton), south. Young Ronnie has been Race (Notts Forest), playing brilliantly while deputis- chuses a great deal of controversying is the wrong description. It Harry among players and spectators should be called "special rest for George McNeatry (Bristol Rovers), ing for Fraser at left-half. alike. Opinion is sharply divided Cup ties." Once a senson should and Ernest Whittam (Chester) all
be enough."
celebrate birthdays together.
the REENBANK,
Dartford as to whether it is beneficial to a
"While on the subject of fitness, wo team."
Plymouth (Kent League) outside left, is I wonder how many people realise | Argyle were thinking of let- a reporter. He refused to turn how perfectly trained, and how iing Archie Gorman go. It would professional when approached by hard a player really la! I did not need a big bid now." myself until my playing days were
"Personally, I was not greatly in favour of going to the seaside or into the country for a long period. I much preferred to get on to n gulf course, where I could obtain all the exercise I wanted. In those days there were trainers to whom the name of golf was a curse; so I had put in many spells away from home."
over."
CUP FINAL TICKETS.
Whenever I meet an old friend
or player he usually greets me with: "Why, you look fit enough to turn out again." So It will be gathered that in appearance I have altered little, but in fitness, compared with my playing days, I an invalid. I would not last ve minutes of an average League game.
Acasons
Ago
5 MINUTES OF FOOTBALL..
Bolton.
THIS AIR-BALL PLAY
CAN ONLY BE AVOIDED BY PLAYERS POSITIONING THEMSELVES
(By "Saracen").
It is a common complaint of modern football that the ball is too often in the air. There are two reasons for this. One is
Swansea (2)
Blackp'l (
Y Lincoln (3)
PLYMTIE (0) Millwall (0)
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). I'rnem'th (1) ́v TORQUAY (2) BRISTOL R. (2) v Clapton (0)
Y Q). Park (4) Cardiff (2)
(-) Northmpin (~~)
CRYSTAL P. (3) ▼ Bristol C. (2)
Newport (0) EXETER (4)
NORWICH (2) Gilaghm (0) READING (2) Aldraht (2) SOUTHIND (0) Swindon (0) Watford (4)
Luton (1) THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).. ACCRGTN (4) ▼ Halifax (1) BARNSLEY (2) Walsall (1)
CHARLTON) Brighton (0)
CHESTRFLD (—) • Crowe (-) DARLNGTN (6) v Carlisle (2) Gateshd (0) V STOCKPORT (3) Hartlen's (3)
Chester (1) MANSFLD (2) York (0)
Rochdale (1) Y S'thport (3)
N, Brighton (0) * Barrow (0) TRANMERE (1) v Rothrbm (0) Wrexham (3) ▼ Donestr (0)
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
T
Brighton Watford Southend Northampton Bristol City Gillingham Torquay Newport Bournemouth Cardift
30 11
13 10 -10
8 10 11
3 11 5. 6
4.9. 2 11
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)..
Home Away W. D. L. W. D. L.
Goals
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Pts.
FA Pts
68 39
63 83
67.
58. '80
2 6 13 0 2 0 2 4. 08
43
45
47
52
58
3T
41 44
49 50
9
37 49
9 6 13
2 2 9
52 59
7 10 11
2 3 8
44 G7
-2 2 11
65.70
28
5 16
38 60
23
6 12 12
32 40
43 68
7·317
41 74
17
Chesterfield Stockport
Total W. D. L.
17 8 4 18 20
Goals F.
A. Pts.
46 482 36
Barnsley
30
Walsall Doncaster Hallfax Traumere
13.2 0 19.
47 13 18 3 9 13
G Z
83 48
5 2
65 89
89
52.47
28
GO 34
Wrexham Burrow Hartlepools
58
46
79
០៨
Gateshead Crewe Alex.
58.00
30
11 G
10
GO 71
30 $ 14 10
üt
81 10 0 15
31 10 6 15 30 10 6 14
40 G2
30
9 7 14
32
9 7-16
30
7 10 13.
f
20
05 15
20
70 16
Southport Accrington York City
Brighton
FIRST DIVISION.
Darlington FALKIRK (~) Hibernians Mansfield HAMILTON (10) ▼ Cowdnb'th (2)
Chester... KILMARNOCK (2) ▼ Dundee (2) Rotherham
Partick. (1) 4. PARK (2)
Rochdalo
they
REST FOR CUP TIES. "It has many advantages and, frankly, in the long run, I think it does a lot of good if, like medi- cine, It is taken in small doses. If I needed any confirmation of But to go week after weck to the this fact I had it recently when seaside before each round of the playing with the schoolboys, a
resort to the long pass. This Cup, as some teams did is not part of the coaching scheme at the lack of attention to the details of positional play and the other style does not permit of much ac- to special training, but a superstition. Highbury. After ten minutes,
to the eagerness of teams to force the pace and score by hook or curacy. Indeed. It amounts practically They do so because, once upon although
walking
little by crook.
more than hard kicking. matcli. time, a team did something out of through the
I could
There is little constructive play Motherwell that The suggestion
faulty So he kleks it haphazardly into and there is no real attempt to Rangers the ordinary after staying in such scarcely drag one leg after the
other. Moreover, where my instop positional play leads to the ball the middle and up it goes into the "make" a goal. Rather by putting Aberdeen "Take the Arsenal and Chelsea had come into contact with the being kicked into the air may seem air and he trusts it may go to his the ball in the air and going hard Hearts....
in-own centre forward rather for ball It was black and blue.
Buppose strange. But
after it do they hope to worry an St. Johnstone stance, that a wing half back has to an opposing defender.
opponent into a mistake from Queen o'South go to Brighton regularly, staying Probably the explanation is that the ball at his feet under control
This blind kick would have which a chance to get in a successKilmarnock the muscles have disappeared in and that he takes it forward a fow
been avoided if one of the for- ful shot may come, wards within reach of him had In my experience there has been Falkirk
Celtic made it his business to get to a marked development of this type position. The half back would of football this season and the Hamilton
Dundee then have had the opportunity result has been that the game has Du to get the ball through to him lost a good deal of its spectacular Queen's Park
and such a place.”-
as typical examples." Arsonal now
at the same hotel, mainly because
it was from there that they won
B
than
to flesh. At any rate, my weight yards. His object is to make the Cup four years ago. Chelsea is now 4lb. less than it was during pass to one of his own forwards, aro going back to Guildford for the my carost, according to the scales but on looking up he finds the men reason that they have not lost at the Highbury, Stadium..
to whom he might send the ball match since taking up their quar- tera thers."
It is interesting to note hore stationaky. Moreover they have that the demand for Cup Final opponenta standing by them. In "In my opinion, it is a mistake tickets has been as gront as ever. the clrcumstances it is not worth to overdo the apoolal training Already the number for disposal to while to put them in possession. buninces. The change of air, the the publle has been over-applied What can he do? It is certain companionship and the restfulness for and they can only be obtained that he will be challenged and his "air-ball" play teams are obsessed for the hurry and scurry of the Airdrio of mind have supplied the required now through the clubs and the only alternative to the risk of with the idea of gaining ground players rather than for their Th Lanark tonic in the first instance. Gurely, various county associations. being robbed is to get rid of it.quickly and in pursuing this policy scienco and craft. -
by means of an accurate ground charm It has driven out close Ibernians.
and inter-passing movements and Clyde PASS
fo their stead we have had a style St Mirren In regard to the other cause of of play that he has been notable Partick
Cowdenbeath
8 8 19 6 2
SCOTTISH LEAGUE,
FIRST DIVISION.
Total
P. W. D. L.
1 0 1 12
62 64 38 62 36 -68
· Away
· Home W. D. L. W. D.
30 24 3 8 10 12 112 2
28 22 4 2 12. 2 0 10
30 16 0 8 11 2 2
·29 14 0 6 10
15 6 10
17 2 11
51:18
31 14 30-14
28:10 7 11 10 4:16 11 2 10 10.8.10 7 9 10 8.14
1·18.
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72 20
97 32 48
76 42
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744 63
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62 54
61 89
50 9
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