THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1933.
HOME FOOTBALL: FACTS, FIGURES AND FORECAST
LAST SATURDAY'S SAD
EXPERIENCE
ARE BAD DAYS AHEAD OF THE ARSENAL?
CLASSIC DUEL ANTICIPATED WITH SPURS THIS WEEK
(By "The Pilgrim").
TO BEAT THE BOOK
|HOME-
By "Robin"
Wednesday Bolton Brentford
Brighton
AWAY...
Palaco
Luton
Motherwell
Cardin
Exeter
Crewe
Arsenal
Coventry
Rangers
Millwall
Aldershot
Gillingham
With a fresh batch of fxtures, have a larger following than at to hand and the sad experience of any time in their history, though fast Saturday to guide them, the present team in my opinion partisans will be weighing up club does not equal that in which prospects in the coming games with Cantrell, Bliss, and Tommy Clay
new outlook.
figured so prominently when the DRAWS.— 'Spurs won the Cup.
Manchester City--or was it Ar- senal who caused the heartache at Highbury are going great guns.
The Arsenal, I am often told, are sure to topple from their pinnacle, but when it will be no one dare suggest. It is not doubted, how- through ever, that they will go their bad time.
It is terribly difficult to live at
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The Spurs have a wonderful op portunity to regain their position in the game, and if they achieve a fair measure of success the crowds will rush to the White Hartlane ground as never before.
The officials have exercised great ABOUT THE
patience in piloting the club back to the First Division, and they may
the top of the world. In fact, be left to consolidate their posi through all the years of the Lenguetion. I have no doubt, however,
have been better pleased if a bolder policy had been adopted-if all the players necessary to offer an im- mediate challenge to the Arsenal had been obtained.
I think only Aston Villa can be that supporters of the team would 'said to have consistently maintain- ed top-of-the-table form.
years, During the past seven alace the coming of Mr. Herbert Chapman to Highbury, the Arsenal have been amazingly successful. Not only have they been in three Cup finals, winning once, but they points in the
AMATEURS
THE CORINTHIANS PATCH
UP A QUARREL
MANY CHANGES IN LEADING TEAMS
All the samo I fancy, that the Arsenal will totter before the all- conquering leaders of the senior have scored more
division though as a coupon. bet, League than any other club.
the match would beat he left out.
Derby County are retrieving Their total In 346, three more
boldly took a than Sheffield Wednesday and four their position and more than Aston Villa. Huddera-point from Nowcastle on the cup-sometimes bordering on open hos- field are fourth on the list with 327 bolders own'ground. to their credit:
SPURS' HIGH HOPES.
Now they have to face the Spurs. red hot, from. the kick-off to dis- prove the "dash-in-the-pan" whis pers that were bound to greet their cyclonic entry to First Division football..
The popularity of the side hon nover been so great us now. They
Now a word on Amateur football. After four seasons of aloofness,
tility, an
entente between
the
The Wolves, for when I forecast. Corinthians and the Casuals has an early recovery were overwhelm-been effected again, and the two ed by Sunderland's young eleven famous Old Boy clubs are working
Striking picture taken during the Chelsen trial match. It shows Callagher, Chelsea's famous forward in a dual with the goalkeeper.
Callagher was injured in this match.
FIGURES WHICH SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES
A USEFUL LEAGUE TABLE RECORDS GUIDE
The following tabluated 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 ans including yesterday's matches.
Manchester C.
Tottenham-
Portsmouth
Arsenal
Aston Villa
3toke
underland. jackburn B. Leeds U.
Euddersfield Leicester Sheffield U. Everton
Nowcastle
Birmingham Wednesday Liverpool Wolves Derby
Chelsea
West Bromich Middlesboro
Grimsby Town Preston N.E. Southampton
Notts County Brentford Bradford
Fulham Wanderers
Hull West Ham
(though three of the goals against together in closer harmony than WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S Millwall
them resulted from mistakes) and aver before.
West Bromwich whose beautiful A joint selection committee, style was a feature of last season's composed of three Corinthians, football were helpless against G. N. Foster, A. G. Doggart and Everton. Chelsen are consistently J.G. Stevenson, and three Casuals, bad and a radien) revision of F. G. Smith, T. Ross and F. G. I. methods and personnel is their only Packington, will function cach hope in my opinion.
week.
A circular letter has been sent out to all the Corinthian players asking them to become members of the Casuals, so that they will be able to assist the Isthmian club in Important matches.
NEWCASTLE AND BIG TRANSFER FEES
So far as amateur football is concerned, the season promises to be one of the most successful in the history of the game.
the
WHAT
Pithy Pars Gleaned From a Number of Headquarters
at
to
Our Forecast
A PO
Port Vale Plymouth A. Blackpool Burnley Notts. Forest: Lincoln Bury
Swansea
Visitors Promised Oldham A
A Lean Day
Below are the fixtures in English and Scottish football leagues for brackets of their meetings last Saturday, with the results in
season.
Bradford City Manchester U.
(Bỷ "The Pilgrim”, - TOCKPORT County tried fifteen new players in the first. prac-
Teams printed in largo Norwich tico match
Park. Edgeley
and Crystal Pal Among those show apecial type are expected to win
where no indication is given a Aldershot were two young full draw. is the probable result.
Charlton A. promise backs, Angus, a junior from South
Cardiff Luton Shields, and Rothwell, an amateur
Bristol-R.-. from Heaton Mersey...
Swindon
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
DIVISION I
REFUSE TO BE "BLED WHITE"
Every
League, except More than once last season it was | City, and the demand for new and Isthmian and Athenian has been suggested that Newcastle United younger players appeared to bo strengthened by now clubs. were about to pay an extravagant justified. Yet although they won No amateur player of any note sum for a player 1-remember-it only-eight of their last seventeen except Gibson, the Kingstonian in was whispered that they had offer- matches they finished as runnera-side right, has joined the profes ed £12,000 for English, the up for the championship.
sional ranks, and every club has
BIRMINGHAM (3) ▼ Blackburn (1) Bournemouth Rangers' contre forward, who has Truly they must have had a deal secured promising new talent. TT was thought that Blackpool Chelsen (0) V ASTON VILLA (1) Exeter City. recently joined Liverpool-but not in hand as compared with their In trial matches over 200 new
and Bolton Wanderers, the re- DERBY (6) for £12,000...
rivals, and the appointment of a men were tested, and never has the jects, from the First Division of HUDDERSFIELD (-) team manager does not seem so outlook for the leading organisa-1932-33, would most likely set MANCHESTER C. (3) Everton (0) Reading
LIVERPOOL (1) Leicester (2) Gillingham urgent after all.
the pace, but personally I do not PORTSMOUTH (2) Wolves (0) Torguny think that at all probabile. WEDNESDAY (2) Middlesbro (1) Coventry
SUNDERLAND (2) v Sheffield U. (2) TOTTENHAM (-) v Arsenal WEST BROM (3) v Newcastle (2)
DIVISION 2.
The five-figure transfer fee may como back, but not until there is another boom. I believe the highest sum pald for a player lost season was £5,500.
BUMA
When Mr. Leslie Knighton left
tlons been so bright.
CLOSE SEASON CHANGES. Many changes have been made during the close season.
Lechworth Town and Waterlows
Leavesden M.H., Post Office En-
Leeds (1) Queen's Park Stoke Clapton 0.
Hull (-)
Fulham (1)
Brighton Southend Newport Watford Northampton Bristol City
Bury (-) BOLTON (-)
Grimsby Bradford (1)
(1) BRENTFORD (-) v Manchester D. (-) BURNLEY (1)
Plymouth (1) LINCOLN ( MILLWALL (2), NOTTS COUNTY (-)
West Ham (2) Tranmere OLDHAM ( FORT VALE (2) Bradford C (0) Chesterfield PRESTON NE (2) Notis Forest (1) Accrington S. Swansea (2) ▼ SOUTHAMPTON (1) Barnsley
v Blackpool, (-)
Birmingham it was suggested that Billy Walker would succeed him, A Birmingham director laughed at
As the teams are constructed at Meanwhile Nowcastle United the idea. "Walker", he said, "will bring new methods to the Premier present they are no doubt fair to
scanons Division of the Spartan League, have definitely decided that they play for at least two
And I do and Hoxton Manor and Shepherds, middling" when playing at home, are not going to be "bled white."longer for the Villa." More than once they have paid big not think the time has come when Bush add strength to the First but when away only Bolton seem Aylesbury to have sufficient "guts" to pro- without getting adequate they can do without his general- Division, in which reward, and I am sure the directors ship. But with Dix and all the United and Apsley will play this gress very satisfactorily. have not forgotten-it was only other clever forwards available, it reason, about three years ago that they should be possible to give him a
my view is that one must gineers, and Streathair Town will BUT had to provide money out of their reat when he may require it.
Aeek further than those luck- own pockets for the players' wages. Despite many departures Bir immensely improve the Premier:
mingham are strong forward. Division of the London League, less Lancastrians for the clubs
Northmet, 'I do not think Mr. Andrew Additions are Gore, an outside-left and
the successful likely to do the damage, and I like Cunningham, the manager, will en of Chesterfield, and Pearson, an Northern Suburban League team the look of Bradford even better courage a sponding policy. "In inside-forward from Grantham but of last season, will strengthen what than I did last season.
DIVISION 3. these days," he has told me, "we the outstanding recruit is Frank can't afford to pay big fees and in McGurk, of the Clyde, Many ra Division the London League has
(Southern Section) The many new additions to the our present position I prefer to get, garded him last year as Scotland's had for several years.
Park Avenue register ahould ALDERSHOT (1) The two outstanding clubs of Inst young players and train them our best man in his position, cutalde- selves."
right.
season, Kingstonian and Dulwich strengthen the side materially, DILIGHTON (7) He did not miss a singlo match Hamlet, will again be very much especially as Mr. Claud Ingram BRISTOL R (1) are well for practically two Fortunately, the club
has got a bit more youth to call CARDIFF (2) seasons, and in the limelight.
PALACE (0) enough placed to be able to do last season scored 18 goals in the H. Benka has, algned amateur upon.
EXETER (2) v this. That is to say they have no League and 6 in Cup ties, all from forms for Crystal Palace, but with
Bournemouth (a) Rochdule Gillingham (~)
Chariton (-) York City urgent need and they can wait for outside-right. Ho is 23 years old, the evergreen Edgar Kail he willWITH the erection of the new
LUTON (2)
Newport (2) | Gateshead their youths, to develop.. They oft. in. in height, weighs 11st. again regularly assist Dulwich | double-decker stand for 10,000 NORTHAMPTON, (2) ▼
Chester people at the Osmaston-road end of
Queen's Park (1) Southport The Amateur Cup holders, Kings- the ground holding capacity will
Southend (1)",
Coventry (3) Mansfield for lontan, will miss F. Rassell, who be approximately 40,000," says SWINDON. (3)
Clapton (3) Carlisle of has retired, and Gibson, but the Mr. Geo. Jobey, manager of Derby
"K's" expect to find the required County. "The covered accommo new back and inside right in their dation will be, at the lowest es-
timate, -30,000" trial match next Saturday.
·
is likely to prove the beat First
have a dozen or more on the staff Glb., and le a fast and tricky two- Hamlet., and I believe some of them are footed player. very promising.
All last senson's regular But the play last season suggest-wards, with the exception ed. that another, centre forward Brigge, are available and the club would have been very useful and has no difficulty in getting a useful J. Kelly, from Burnley, has boon front line, the basis of which is signed on. The need for n goal- McGurk, Grosvenor, Bradford or getting leader stiil romains. Allen Haywood, Gregg, and Curtis.
is of course, still at St. James's Park, and with all the other old players, I expect the alde will be much as usual.
Mr. Cunningham has formed new ideas as to how the modern gamo should be played. I agree. that the centre forward to-day fa little better than a chopping block, but if he le to fall back and the two inaldo mon are to go right up
at ice gotting rid of the W formation. E doubt whether the defensive system can be maintain ed.
VILLA FEARS DISPELLED.
HEARTS DROP!
1ST POINT
100 PER CENT.
RECORD GOES
:
London, Sept. 12.
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Crewe A. Stockport Hartlopools Barrow
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Bristol C (0) Reading (0)
Norwich Halifax
Doncaster
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Torquay
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Watford
New Brighton Walsall
DIVISION 3. (Northern Section)
Accrington (3)
+
8
Tranmere (0)
Halifax (1) Mansfeld (3) BARNSLEY (1)
SCOTTISH. LEAGUE.
Division 1.
Wroxham Darlington Rotherham
After thoir of last season, I am sorry to learnINCOLN City have transferred CHESTERFIELD (-) v Rochdale (-) that Brentwood and Warley are
their "star" Alan Hail, to CREWE (2), losing R. and K. Moyes to Barking. Tottenham Hotspur, and 1. must DARLINGTON (1)
Another loss to Spartan League advise you not to pick them too Gateshead (1)
Stockport (1) Queen's Park' football is J. Morrison, Callenders often, especially in away matches. New Brighton (1)
Carlisle (0) Motherwell ̈ Athletic scoring contre-forward, All the same, the club has for ROTHERHAM (1) ▼ who has joined the staff of Totten-yenre kept its head well above Southport (6) ▼ HARTLEPOOL (3) Rangers
Barrow (1) Kilmarnock. WALHALL (1) DA water, and will not sink this sea WREXHAM (1) ham Hotspur.
Chester (2) Hearts YORK CITY (2)
Doncaster (3) Aberdeen The really big "captures" so far son. have been made by Ilford and
Falkirk Wimbledon.
Ayr Dundee.. AIRDRIE (2)
Hearts (7) Hibernians
St. Johnstono RANGERS (8) Afr. (3): CELTIC (0)
Hamilton (8): Partick. COWDENDEATH (-) ▼ T
Hamilton Queen o'South (--) Clydo. Dundee (2) ▼ QUEEN'S, PARK, (1) Aidrio HIDERNIANS (-) v Clyde (-) Queen) MOTHERWELL (2) ▼ Aberdeen (2) Coltic
St. Johnstone (B) Tam
Sti
L. Young, the Colchester Town quired the art of how to bring centre half-back has joined Ilford, games to a draw. At home and and W. Truman and S. Smith are away their defence is really good, Queen's Park, the gallant team to nebist Wimbledon. Truman though I am afraid I cannot say which is offering such a determin-played. consistently well for Swin- the same for the forward line. od challenge, to the hitlierto ac- don last season,and Smith was cepted superiority of the Rangers, equally good in A.F.A. matches.
| Motherwell and Celilc, lost their Wimbledon, who had a lot of There was a perfed fast season 100 por cont, record to-day, when trouble with their defence last year,
a fraldinhout (they worn foreach
that dopark
Tobb
-und-J, Goddard will be availabi
to go grievously wrong from the Bath forms scored onca--Réu will of Park Boyal time of their Cuptfe with Bradford tor,"
PLENKINSOP, shows, every sign of having made a complete res covery, and that is excellent news, in recent years no playar, has
have yet to 800 him ex- TAIMEKA [ted; let alone, wunoyed.
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Away
V. L. D. F
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DIVISION II.
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Home
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SCOTTISH LEAGUE
DIVISION 1.
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