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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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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.

*

•

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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Home Away

Goals

W. D. L.

W. D. L.

A. Pia.

7 0 4

33 34

62 6

4 3 5

88 28 31 28

4 2 7

28 36 31

2

44 33

3 3 6 53 42

27

53 45 27

49 42

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34 39

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44 42 23

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9 4 11

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9 4 11

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82 38

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

11 4 9

2 22 11 4 24106.87_3.

F.

A. Pts.

62

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61

31

3 3 4

43 25

6 2 5

53 31

2 3 6

48 29

46 35

46 30

26

48.41

22

9 6 8 7 3 1

32

38

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22

7 8 7 6 4 3

2 4 4

24

20

23

8 6 9 5 4 2

3 2

22

8 5.9

7 6 10

75 11

4 11 7

12

6 10

22

7

4 11

22

8 2 12

26

22

G 4 12

5

10

99

4 8 10

3 6 8

1 2 7

30

49

16

6 3 19 4 3

3

2 0 10

32

16

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

is nn Esperanto

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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Goals

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

30.36 564.3050 1 1 0

19

19.

27-43 18

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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