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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1933.

THE "TELEGRAPH'S" GUIDE TO HOME FOOTBALL

"T" COOP-TIES" ARE

HERE AGAIN

FOOTBALL'S MOST POPULAR ATTRACTION

THIRD DIV. CLUBS BEGIN THE TREK TO WEMBLEY

(By "The Pilgrim")

When the calling-up whistle sounds on a certain 34 fields at Home on Saturday, the greatest popular attraction in the football world will have begun for another year.

I mean of course, the English Football Association Cup competition or, more familiarly, "The Coop."

Now in its 62nd year, the world's premier' soccer attraction grows from strength to strength and this year despite some waning of gates in League fixtures and the dwindling of mammoth transfer fees, the teams that win through the first two rounds will reap a rich, harvest in cash and fame.

"Do-Or-Die" Atmosphere

This season as in others, hitherto unheard of clubs find themselves in black and white against some veterans of the green, and again, as in many fateful tourneys, it will not always be experience or skill that will carry the day. It is these early games that potential cup-winners find most difficult for they have not become acclimatised to the peculiar do-or-die atmosphere of a "coop-tle" match and sometimes find themselves swept out of co-ordination by unskiful but determined dash.

Among the names that went into the hat on Monday were many from the northern and southern sections of the Third Division, some of the well known Amateur Leagues, the Southern League, and the Kent League.

Of the better known amateur clubs, five enjoy home draws.. Ilford entertain Swindon, Kingstonian receive Bristol City, Cheltenham have Barnet as visitors, Gillingham have to travel to Oxford City, and Dulwich Hamlet are at home to Newport.

Perhaps the most interesting draw is that between Barrow and Doncaster where the former should gain a narrow win.

Stockport's opponents should gain substantially from the visit of the powerful Northern Section club but I do not expect they will gain much more.

Clashes in the South

Exeten will have to go all out at Northampton and I do not think they will get the better of the home eleven though Southport should have a profitable_trip to Manchester North End..

Gateshead have no mean visitors in Darwen who are a team with latent possibilities.

In the south there are some interesting clashes notably that between Northfleet and Dartford. Epsom are visiting Clapton for better or, and more probably, for worse. Anyway they will put up a good show if my recollections of the side are any guidance to their present form.

Crystal Palaco and Norwich represent the cream of the conflict in the London zone and Mr. Parker who has to bring his Canaries from the Neat will spend an anxious 90 minutes

The combined Chilian and Peruvian football team which is touring England, met West Ham at Upton Park recently, and this picture, taken during the game, shows the Peru goalkeeper, Valdivusio, making an scrobatic sava. (Planet News).

LEAGUE FORECAST

TWO ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH DIVS.

(By "The Pilgrim")

ENGLISH LEAGUE, FIRST DIVISION. ASTON V. (3) Y Newcastle (0) CHELSEA (4) Y Birm'għm (2) 'Hudd'sid (0)

Arsenal (1) LEICTR (3) Leeds (1) LIVERP'L (2) West B.A. (0)

l'ortem'il (1)

Sheff'ld U. (2) STOKE (-)

♥

*

Manch'tr

C. (2)

V

BLACKB'N (1)

V

Everton ()

V

SUND RLND (1) v Sheff'ld W. (2) SPURS (—) v Derby )

Middl'bro (9) WOLVES.(2)

SECOND DIVISION. SM Bulton

Port V. (-) BRADFORD (1) v Bury (0) BRENTFD () r Notts C.

(~) BURNLEY (1) y Swansea (2) GRIMSBY) ▼ Hall (-)

Bradf'd C. (1)) MANCHTR U. (e) Notta. F. (1) ▼ Fulham (0) OLDHAM (1)

Millwall (0) Blackp'l ( Plym'th (--) PRESTON (5) • Lincoln (0) WEST HAM (3) v S'thamptn (1)

SCOTTISH LEAGUE. FIRST DIVISION.

...

AIRDRIE (—)

AYR (8) CELTIC (4) Cowenith (0) HEARTS (1) MTHWLL (3)

Q. Park (1)

Qo''th (~~) RANGERS (5)

Y

V

Y

V Ilib'alans (—) Dundee (0)

▾ PART

Y

✔ Th Laak (3)

(0)

*

8. M'en (0)

v. Inm'It (0)

v Clyde (1)

TO BEAT THE BOOK

HOME-

By "Robin"

Wolves Sunderland. Bradford Grimsby West Ham

Coventry. Chester

Rangers

Motherwell Plymouth Manchester U.

Preston

AWAY

Reading

Aldershot

Blackburn

DRAWS-

Chelsea

Northants

Halifax

English Cup Forecast

LONG LIST OF MATCHES

(By "The Pilgrim") Below are given the Football As scention Cup fixtures for the first round proper which are being played on Saturday, Teams expected to win are printed in large type. GAINSBORO Shrewsbury

Altringham Man. North End ♥ SOUTHPONT

GAINSBORO

OR

SOUTHPORT

FIGURES WHICH SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES

A USEFUL LEAGUE TABLE RECORDS GUIDE

The following tabulated league table records of all the clubs in the English Lengue and the first division of the Scottish League- show their home and away performances up to and including yesterday's matches.

Tottenham

Arsenal

ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION,

15 8 5 2

8 4 3

6 6

61 1

6 3.0

15

16

16 14

16

15

Huddersfield

Manchester C.

Blackburn

Dorby County

Wolverhampton. 15

Sunderland

Portsmouth

Liverpool

Total W. D. L.

Home.

Away W. D. L.-W. D. L.

Goals

F. A.

15

9 4 2

3

28.11

30 14

*3926

22 16

18

36.32

18

17

18

16

32 31

16

2G

JA

16

38 24

.15

30.20

16

'21 22

15

17 14

14

32 34

14

25 26 29 26

14

15

....

Aston Villa....

15

West Bromwich Birmingham

15

14

16

15

Middlesbro' Leeds United. Leicester Newcastle Stoke

Everton Wednesday Sheffield U. Chelser

Grimsby Port Vale Blackpool West Hum

Holl Brentford Plymouth Notts Forest Notts County

Bradford

Fulham

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è an 00 00 10 00 1ONDON 4 - 10 10 59 EO ED AO DO SO

SECOND DIVISION.

Total

Home V. D. L. W. D. L.

G 0 2

19 28

Goals

F. A. Pts.. 37 10

26

17

28 81.

22 26

19 23

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21 34

10 20

10

11

23

21

39

P.

Away W. D. L.

15 11 0 4

5 0.2

16 10 2 3

7 0 0

1 2 3

26 12

16

8 3 4

6 1

2 2 3

26 17

15

7 3 6

0 0 1

4

86 27.

Bolton:

15

8 1 G 5 0 2

4

27 25

Preston N.E.

16

65 4

24 21

15

6 5 4

26 26

15

32 26

16

32 .30

15

18

Bradford. City

15

IG

31

Southampton

16

OR

Manchester U.

Oldham A.

Workington ROTHERHAM

V

" South Bank

Swansea

16

4

St. Peters

Burnley

10

Lincoln

15

3

Millwall

15

8

Bury

16

3. B

9

THIRD DIVISION. (SOUTH).

Total

Home

Away

Goals

r.

W. D. L.

W. D. L. W. D. L.,

F. A.

Pts.

16

10 2 3

7 0 1 3 2 3

Crystal Palace ..

16 8 4 4

5 2 1 3

Y Darlington

Coventry

18. 8 3 4

39 22

▾ STOCKPORT OR

Reading

15 8 3 4

0

Queen's Park

15

8

Bristol Rovers.

IG

Chariton

16

| Clapton Orient

15

Exeter Luton

16

IG

Swindon

10

15

Bournemouth

Gillingham

16

16

Б

Scunthorpe

BARROW

COVENTRY

NEW BRIGHTON WALSALL

WALSALL GATESHEAD

ACCRINGTON

Doncaster

Crewe

v Mansfield

Spennymoor

Y Stockton

V Darwen

Y HARTLEPOOLS Norwich

Y ROCHDALE

V Tranmere

York

NEWARK

run in such a way that when ho CHESTER ronches the ball he is not only Chorley poised on the proper leg but he

On

is able to get his whole-weight Lancaster Tv-STOCKPORT.

Blythe Spartans v bohind the kick.

MURTON COLLIERY Perhaps most remarkable of ali NORTH SHIELDS_v_

_Murión Coll. Scarboro is his control of the ball. It is BLYTHE SPARTANS V very acldom that he makes it NORTH SHIELDS ▾ soar. Not once in half a dozen Halifax. times in shooting for goal from a Carlisle

Scarboro

Y BARNSLEY.

Y WREXHAM

▼ KILM'RNK (—frac kick does the ball travel over NORITTAMPTON Exeter

Falkirk (1)

the bar. Indeed, throughout the P. RANGERS Kettering Aight it keeps unusually low. Bath

9. J'STONE (3) v. Ab'rdn (2)

10 MINUTES FOOTBALL.

wondering whether it was not better after all that the Club SECRET

should lose their. interest in the Cup to concentrate on promotion.

Hayes and Epsom Town, two other amateur clubs, have to make journeya, Huyen going to Bournemouth to meet the Third Division team and Epsom visiting Cinpton Orient.

KEEN CLASHES IN THE ENGLISH LEAGUE

LOOK OUT FOR SOME NASTY SHOCK RESULTS

(Dy "The Pilgrim")

When Clubs like Bradford City beat relegated Clubs like Bolton by 5-1 and Queen o'South collect two points on the Heart of Midlothian, ground it may improve their positions but it doesn't help forecasters much.

OF HARD SHOOTING

EXACT TIMING NECESSARY

(By "Suracon") Houghton, the Aston Villa wing forward, is the finest kicker of a dead ball in modern football. In fact, I can recall few players who have been able to make the ball fly at the same thrilling pace,

Tottenham

Dimmock, the old Hotspur outside loft, was another who had the samo knack. Once as a test the ball was placed on the corner spot and he tried to This week's little problems, Hull, Preston toying with mortified make it carry to the opposite side are as dillcult as ever and I Lincoln, and Motherwell showing line. It fell only a yard or two shudder to contemplate doing St Mirren the way to the net, but short.

alone. ..

these certaintion have little sup But the methods of the players' anything to the Huddersfield-ort and the absence this week of were different. When Houghton Arsenal match but leaving it the Third Division from League shoats for goal from a free kick football narrows the choice still he takes a run of twenty yards or so, working up to top speed. further,

Dimmock, on the other hand, took Argonai have not lost a match in only two or three strides at the their Inst

engagements [most. sovon whilst Birmingham have only col- to concede anything lightly." lected two points in their last six

And then there is Boiton, smart- ing under their last humiliation, anxious to take it out of Port Vale who are in too inspiring a position

Even West Ham aro aahaky matches. choice this week though the Saints did fall down on their own ground last week,

It took Chelsea 11 strenuous games to make a pile of three points but they are settling down Scottish Clubs are in the melt now to better class football. ing pot and although Kilmar They have yet to equal the achieve nuck is the natural team to dement of Bradford City who have the harvesting against Queen a forlorn beginning now have a run

'South they do not justify a of six wins to their credit.

Sikandre mer Quasn's Park is another Club

ACCURATE TIMING.

In both cases, however, the secret was the same-necurate. timing and a full follow through, the foot carrying on well after the ball had been hit. That is the way to make the ball fly. The follow through fa all-im- portant. Any tendency to check the foot in bound to central botk the speed and the length of the Might

It is marked, too, in the case of

which has not lost one of-its-fast Houghton, as it was in that of: vo hayo, the Spura Lasvan matabor and lemah[gst÷4) Dimmock, that be hay arslendidi

Ilford

Y SWINDON

Y

CHARLTON Bristol City Norwich BARNET

v Margate

This is further evidence of his KINGSTONIAN ▼ fine sense of balance. Not only CRYSTAL PAL.. is the foot straightened out to Cheltenham allow the Instep to propel the ball but his body is well over the top of it when the shot is made.

An awkward and unexpected bounce of the ball often causes player to lift it. More often, the however, it gets up because kicker has his waight too far back and behind It.

Chelson v. Middlesborough-Fine action study of a. Middlesborough back sandwiched between Gallacher of Chelsea and Gibson, tha Middles» borough goalkeeper, when teams met at Stamford Bridge.

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| Aldershot

Brighton Walford Cardiff

Torquay Northampton Newport

Southend

Bristol City

TORQUAY

v Reading WATFORD CARDIFF

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20

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28

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26 31

32

28

22 33

20 88

21 29

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Total

Home Away W. D. L. W. D. L. W. D. L. 13 0 2 7 0 1 6 0 1

Goals F. A. Pta.

42. 18

26

Stockport

15 10

2 3

77

#

3 1 3

07-20 22

Tranmere R.

16

8 3 4

7 0

1

183

30 16

Barnsley

14

8 2 4

5 1 0

1 4

37 26

19 18

Doncastor

16

7 4

4 2

24 10 13

Hartlepools

1 4

36 31

24 21

18

Halifax Walsall

Barrow Accrington Gateshead Crewe A

Carlielo...

York City

New Brighton Wrexham Chester

15

Rochdale

14

Rotherham

14

Mansfield

15

Southport Darlington

Motherwell Bangors

SCOTTISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION

Total

P. W. D.L

Home

Away

W. D. L, W. D. L..

18 16 208 1 0 8-1

34 22:

36 .28,

21.32

29

18

Goal

F.A Pt

Aberdeen

17 13 2 2 8 10 5. 1. 2 18 11 2 5 7 1 1414 18 10 4 14

- GO 270 24-

18

16

18447

18

9 2.

16

Ayr

Kilmarnock Hearts Falkirk

St. Johnstone

Hamilton A Queen o'South Dundee Celtic Queen's Park Clyde... Hibernians

Partick

Airdrie

Third Lanark St Mirren Cowdenbeath

0-2 14 2 840- 51′′ 24

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04 5.5.1 3. 4.0 241 20

1 1 3 387 21 20

17 8 0 177 15 5 6 6 17 7 1. 104 6 7 17 6 2 10 17 61 11

4 2:10 8 4.10 -25 11 2:12

3 8 8 12 4

4 1 31 17

4 051 10 8.

40... 88.

20

27. 18

18

16

80 2816 8548 16: 20 86 18

29 3212 84451149

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