1933-09-27 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1933.

HOME FOOTBALL: FACTS & FIGURES TO GUIDE YOU

ARSENAL DOOMED TO

RETROGRESSION?

REVELATIONS OF FIRST FIVE WEEKS OF THE SEASON

MYSTERIOUS MIDDLESBOROUGH: BONNY BRENTFORD

(By "The Pilgrims”). -- -- ---.

AS all teams have played seven or more league matches it is now quite reasonable to begin to form some definite ideas as to the possible performances of the clubs for the remainder of the season.

Whilst I willingly subscribe to the generally ac cepted View that it is the post-Christmas matches which invariably solve the problems of promotion and demo. tion, the effect of carly season successes and failures, both psychologically and materially, cannot be ignored.

Though certainly not with-tion of the Third Division, Brent- out exceptions, the acknow-ford did not, like so many others ledged dictum that a good behave done, expect the promotion ginning is half the battle and team to gain aditional laurels in a bad start is a strangling the Second Division to which they handicap, holds good with football.

are promoted.

True, every one of the success- ful team was re-engaged and will At this point in the season be given his chance to make good, study of the League tables pro- but to make sure of establishing vides some interesting information their position in the upper circle, on the possibilities of champion Brentford made several notable and would-be promoted clubs.

ndditions to the playing staff.

It is very evident, even thus

Chief among them were Astley, curly, that last year's favourites a left-back from Ireland, McClure, are going to have a hard struggle a polished right-half from Ever- to satisfy their supporters that ton, Smith, a terrior-like half-back they have not lost their shine. from Sheffield Wednesday, Clough, The great stand at Highbury will goalkeeper from Bradford, and doon begin to show gaps if Lon-Mortimer (Northampton), and don's pride does not soon begin to Allon (Spurs), young forwards of pick up points. Although only good reputation. They are proy within two points of the leadersing valuable additions to their Arsenal's performances lately various departments of the team. have been rather colourless. for such a "star" team.

ly.

Blackburn are coming up strong.

This was wise policy, for there

is a vast difference. between the quality of play in the Second and Third Divisions, as many teams They are the only club with, have found to their cost. The perfectly clean home record but pace is faster, quicker thinking and. they are also one of the two clubs action are required, and above all, in the top half of the League who the ability to fight is vitally acces. have not yet registered an away sary. The judicious introduction win,

of experienced players will have tremendous effect on the Brent- ford side.

I doubt whether they will manage to break the spell at Manchester City's venue on Saturday.

As a matter of fact, Brentford

The Second Division is headed have little difficulty in command-

ACTION: Three striking pictures of action by Landon Club players. Here is Shaw of the Wolves (high kicking) and Gallagher of Cheleen in an acrobatic duel for the ball at Stamford Bridge, and inset top left shows a struggle between Baker, Brentford goalkeeper, Watson, the West Ham centreforward and Hodgs (stripes) Brentford's left back. Imust top right is a characteristic save by Jackson the Chelsea cur- todian made against Wolverhampton.

CLUBHOUSE

CHATTER BY "PILGRIM"

SOME NEW FACTSĚ

ABOUT CLUBS & PLAYERS

by Port Vale, Fulham, Bolton, and ing a deep respect from their op- CHEFFIELD Wednesday have hit a Preston-North End.....

ponents. They are so well equipp

Port Vale have recently showned in every department that I ex- a distinct ability to garner honnect them to occupy a position well ours away from home and like in the upper half of the table Fulham and Preston they have not conceded a point on their grounds very shortly. Brentford may yet be one of the surprise teams of the senson.

yet.

happy blend of style and effect,

TO BEAT THE BOOK

By... "Robin"

I

team would name them as the with perhaps the most consistent

Home

Arsenal

Brentford

Grimsby

Preston

Palace Exeter

English style in the country.

•

T times they scheme for openings -an essential but fading art in first-class football-and then flash the ball to the wings. The Wednesday, in the mood, play line football.

•

Fulham, by the way have not Visitors to Griffin Park find a had a goal scored against them yet wonderful improvement in the ac at home, and nor have Barnsley in commodation. A new stand has the Northern Section.

been built at a cost of 24,000, 80 that now 20,000 people can view DUT they are lucky. Someone at the matches from under cover, Hillsborough has a knack of find while concrete terraces take the ing bonny backs. place of the old cinder banks round the ground.

MIDDLESBOROUGH ENIGMA

How Have They Got Into Such a Mess

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great

- Middlesbrough had fright last season, but they madel a remarkable recovery, and, if their record after the new year really represented the merit of the team, they ought to start picking up

Boon.

Q.P. RANGERS'

MILLSTONE

.

But Optimism Is

Not Dead.

*

Strange, isn't it, how some clube discover stars for the same position? Oldham for goalkeepers; Huddersfield and Hillsborough for backs.

Luton Motherwell Millwall - Wednesday Sunderland York City:

Away

Rangers Norwich

CHEFFIELD Wednesday say that'

international honoure are in store-Bolton for both Beeson, at right back-surely" the best-built player in the game- and Catlin.

Back to Loftus-road from the son, White City, where they experienc-AND.if two of those three players

get hurt there is still a fourth

In the second half of last season, ed a disastrous season, Queen's back of note in George Nevin, from Middlesbrough actually did better Park Rangers are hoping that they Burnopfield, or something like it, in than the Arsenal, winning ten and have left their misfortunes behind the productive North-enat.

season.

them One thing, however, they

season.

Oldham

Bristol Rovers Walsall

me

their supporters.

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Fixtures and Forecasts

BY PILGRIM

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.

Portsmouth

Blackburn

Leicester Tottenham

Aston Villa Huddersfield Sunderland Birmingham Leeds Derby Everton

Arsenal

Manchester C.

Stoke Wolves.

Wednesday Liverpool Newcastle Chelsea ... Shefeld U.

West Brom. A.

Middlesbro'

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Port Vale...

Fulham

Bolton

Preston N.E. Notts County Grimsby

Hull.. Bradford West Ham Southampton Blackpool Plymouth Millwall

Brentford

Manchester U. Notts. Forest Oldham

Lincoln...

Bradford City

Swansea Burnley

Bary

Below are given fixtureg in Eng Charlton-. lish and Scottish Football Leagues Exeter with the results of their meetings Crystal P. last season and an indication of the Bristol R.

of their encounters Cardiff probable result on Saturday. Names printed in hea- Luton

the clubs expected to Queen's Park vy type are

where no in-

ENGLISH LEAGUE

FIRST DIVISION.

P. W...L. D. F. A. W. L. D. F. A. Pts.

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10 2

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2

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earn full points and dication is given a draw is the most Swindon likely decision.

ENGLISH LEAGUE

FIRST DIVISION. ','

Reading

Clapton Bournemouth

ARSENAL (4) T Middlesbro (2) Gillingham BIRMINGHAM (2) v Leeds (1)

Torquay

CHELSEA () Tottenham (-) Coventry HUDDERSFIELD: (1) y

Newport

Liverpool (7) v Everton (4) MANCHESTER C. (2)_y

Southend

Blackburn (3)

Northampton Watford

Sheffield U. (0) Brighton

Portsmouth (2) v Aston Villa (4) WEDNESDAY (2) ▼ Nowcastle (0) Bristol C.

v Wolves (~~) Stoke (2) SUNDRILAND (2) ▼ Leicester. (1) West Brom. (2) v 'Derby (0)

SECOND DIVISION BRADFORD (3)

West Ham (0) Chesterfold v Hull (-).

Brentford (~~)

V BOLTON O

Y FULHAM (1)

v Notts F. (1)

Barnsley... Hartlepools

Tranmere

Southampton (0) Doncaster

v Blackpool (Stockport

Y

Burnley (-) Bury (1) GRIMÈBY (1) LINCOLN (1) CEDRESTON North End are good| Millwall (~~) i drawing six of their last. 21

v Port Vale (0) Barrow matches. This gave them 20

cannot leave, that is the huge loasLUB changes have never been so "homers," but anything can hap- NOTTS C. (5)

Oldham (1)

Crewe A. points as compared with the 24 of over $7,000 they suffered last few, but two or three moves pen to them when they play away.

MANCHESTER U. (1) New Brighton- the champions obtained from the

interest mu. Plymouth Argyle, tired f

Halifax same number of games. But It is

Plymouth (0) Accrington With this millstone round his of being told that they fiddled and Y cannot they sustain a real PRESTON N. E. (3)

ellart for honours? Year after possible that this record is a little

year they only manage to tantalisc SWANSEA (2) v Bradford C. (0) Carlisle deceptive. In some casca points neck, the lot of "Mick" O'Brien, failed, have been looking for a goal-

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). Rochdale are more easily won towards the the Irish International who has gotter.

ALDERSHOT (4) Clapton 0. (0) Mansfield ABT scanon. James Cookson, the

City IT is the end than in the first half of the taken over the reins of manager-

ship, is not a happy one.

same with Plymouth Brighton (5) SWINDON (1) Cheater Walsall Like most Irishmen, O'Brien is who became a record-breaking scorer Argyle. It often strikes me that BRISTOL B) Charlton (--) But it was mysterious how a

York City team who could play so finoly got an incurable optimist, one who with Chesterfield; was top storer in the Argyle are beaten before they go COVENTRY (3) v Reading (1)

always, looks on the bright side, the Central League for West Brom- on the field when playing away from CRYSTAL PAL. (3) v

Bournemouth (0) Gateshand into quch a dreadful mess.

EXETER (2) klll horses, lot alone men When Grimths, Bolton Wander- He is confident that the Rangers, wich Albion, and he has got the job, home. The travelling they get would

Cardiff (1) Southport Gillingham (1) Queen' P. R. (0) Wrexham

v Bristol C. (4) crs' centre half, was signed on, it on their old pastures, will wipe

TTE is asked to translato Plymouth's

Darlington Dovon sido will gain honours Northampton (2) NORWICH (2) Rotherham

Watford (1) club. Instantly he made a wen-two seasons.

until some other method of transport Southend (2) dorful difference, and it is to be Thore can be no doubt that the Can ho?

can be used for long-fournoy matches. TORQUAY (4) v. Newport (0) hoped that a side who play so at-players will be more at home on tractively will do better this the Intimate Shepherd's Bush AND here's a peep into football How long will it be before air travel THIRD DIVISION (NORTH),

ground. The vast arena at the Albion won the Central Lengua cham- Leanis?

management West Bromwich is definitely established for Soccer ACCRINGTON (6) Mansfield (0)

Chester (2)

Y Barrow (1) CHESTERFIELD (~) ▼ At the present time the club White City, with a handful of pionship last May for the fourth time an

Barnsley (--)

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was Bold that ho would save the out all the misdeeds of the patriokery into tactics that toll,PHAT is why I never think the LUTON (0)

season.

.

have only 27 players, among those spectators watching from afar, in 12 seasons-showing how they tend Robert Jack has signed a pracarlington (1)

farlane, Elkes, and: Rigby, Stu- home teams usually derive from displays against us," says Mr,, Fred art, the young back, shows ex- their surroundings. Playing at Everiss, "was given by Harry Jones, cellent promise, and the fact that the White City must have been a local inside forward of Preston Warren, the outside loft, has attremely discouraging, to say the North End.

Jast begun to regain hts confidence least.

after his serious knee injury should With little money or time at his ALL too many of the forwards of waake a great difference to the at-disposal, O'Brien has collected a fame who have left Scotland for England -havo' failed. Our style of useful array of talent, which play doesn't give them time to think tack. The staff comprises:

blended with the pick of lastmore's the pity year's team, ahould effect a big Improvement. From near the bottom, the Rangers are advancing B

JUSTIFICATION

OF BRENTFORD

Strong Enough To Command Respect

English who recently joined Liverpool already has the gift. of

(Continued on Page 7)

ACCRINGTON WIN AT. HOME

Against Southport

London, Sept. 20. In the only English Football

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Motherwell v Wrexham (2)

Rangers Gateshead, (3)

HARTLEPOOLS (1) Kilmarnock New Brighton (1) v : Crewo (2) Queen's Park Rochdale (0) TRANMERE (8) Dundee

Hearts. ROTHERHAM (6) Halifax (1) SOUTHPORT (1) Donenster (0) Aberdeen

WALSALL (0) Stockport (0) York (0) PAY CARLISLE (1) SCOTTISH LEAGUE.

First Division.

Ayr St. Johnstond Falkirk Hibernians |∙Airdrio ́(2):

Hamilton (1) Ayr (2) ▼ Kilmarnock (3) Queen o'South CELTIC (2) || ▼ Queen's Park (0) Celtic

Hearts (2) St Mirren 177.1 to a very comfortablo position in making a quick decision, and his League match to-day, Accrington Cowdenbeath (0) 7 ADERDKEN (8) Hamilton

Airdrie Hibernians () St. Johnstone. the upper half of the table..

sudden sprints between the backs and Bouthport met in the northern DUNDER (3) soom admirably, suited to First, Divisection of the Third Division. MOTHERWELL. (2) * Falkirk FAs Captain

slon Zootball.

Accrington Improved their home.

RANGERS-(0); Partick (0) record by winding, but only just: 88 Mirren —AENDE kotarhaps the chiar capture made sure AS TENNANT

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