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Summary of Season 1937-38

Football League Division 1

Home Away
Pl W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
  1.  Arsenal 42 15 4 2 52 16 6 6 9 25 28 1.75 52
  2.  Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 11 8 2 47 21 9 3 9 25 28 1.469 51
  3.  Preston North End 42 9 9 3 34 21 7 8 6 30 23 1.454 49
  4.  Charlton Athletic 42 14 5 2 43 14 2 9 10 22 37 1.274 46
  5.  Middlesbrough 42 12 4 5 40 26 7 4 10 32 39 1.107 46
  6.  Brentford 42 10 6 5 44 27 8 3 10 25 32 1.169 45
  7.  Bolton Wanderers 42 11 6 4 38 22 4 9 8 26 38 1.066 45
  8.  Sunderland 42 12 6 3 32 18 2 10 9 23 39 0.964 44
  9.  Leeds United 42 11 6 4 38 26 3 9 9 26 43 0.927 43
10.  Chelsea 42 11 6 4 40 22 3 7 11 25 43 1 41
11.  Liverpool 42 9 5 7 40 30 6 6 9 25 41 0.915 41
12.  Blackpool 42 10 5 6 33 26 6 3 12 28 40 0.924 40
13.  Derby County 42 10 5 6 42 36 5 5 11 24 51 0.758 40
14.  Everton 42 11 5 5 54 34 5 2 14 25 41 1.053 39
15.  Huddersfield Town 42 11 3 7 29 24 6 2 13 26 44 0.808 39
16.  Leicester City 42 9 6 6 31 26 5 5 11 23 49 0.72 39
17.  Stoke City 42 10 7 4 42 21 3 5 13 16 38 0.983 38
18.  Birmingham 42 7 11 3 34 28 3 7 11 24 34 0.935 38
19.  Portsmouth 42 11 6 4 41 22 2 6 13 21 46 0.911 38
20.  Grimsby Town 42 11 5 5 29 23 2 7 12 22 45 0.75 38
21.  Manchester City 42 12 2 7 49 33 2 6 13 31 44 1.038 36
22.  West Bromwich Albion 42 10 5 6 46 36 4 3 14 28 55 0.813 36

Matches

Aug 28 Liverpool Home 6-1 Mitchell, Argue, Mills(3), Burgess
Sep 1 Leeds United Away 0-2
Sep 4 West Bromwich Albion Away 0-4
Sep 8 Leeds United Home 4-1 Buchanan, Argue, Mills(2)
Sep 11 Birmingham Home 2-0 Burgess(P), Gibson
Sep 15 Grimsby Town Home 1-0 Chitty
Sep 18 Middlesbrough Away 3-4 Buchanan, Burgess(P), Chitty
Sep 25 Stoke City Home 2-1 Argue, Chitty
Oct 2 Portsmouth Away 4-2 Mitchell, Buchanan, Mills, Chitty
Oct 9 Arsenal Home 2-2 Argue, Mills
Oct 16 Blackpool Away 2-0 Buchanan, Argue
Oct 23 Brentford Home 2-1 Argue, Bambrick
Oct 30 Bolton Wanderers Away 5-5 Argue(3), Mills, Chitty
Nov 6 Sunderland Home 0-0
Nov 13 Everton Away 1-4 Mills
Nov 20 Manchester City Home 2-2 Mills, Burgess
Nov 27 Leicester City Away 0-1
Dec 4 Huddersfield Town Home 3-1 Bidewell(2), Spence
Dec 11 Derby County Away 0-4
Dec 18 Wolverhampton Wanderers Home 0-2
Dec 27 Charlton Athletic Away 1-3 Chitty
Jan 1 Liverpool Away 2-2 Burgess, Chitty
Jan 15 West Bromwich Albion Home 2-2 Mills, Burgess
Jan 22 Birmingham Away 1-1 Buchanan
Jan 29 Middlesbrough Home 0-1
Feb 5 Stoke City Away 1-2 Spence
Feb 12 Portsmouth Home 3-1 Buchanan, Mills, Chitty
Feb 19 Arsenal Away 0-2
Feb 26 Blackpool Home 1-3 Mills
Mar 9 Brentford Away 1-1 Foss
Mar 12 Bolton Wanderers Home 0-0
Mar 19 Sunderland Away 1-1 Chitty
Mar 26 Everton Home 2-0 Payne, Chitty
Apr 2 Manchester City Away 0-1
Apr 9 Leicester City Home 4-1 Weaver, Spence, O.G., Chitty
Apr 15 Preston North End Home 0-2
Apr 16 Huddersfield Town Away 2-1 Payne, Spence
Apr 18 Preston North End Away 0-0
Apr 23 Derby County Home 3-0 Spence, Foss(2)
Apr 27 Charlton Athletic Home 1-1 Payne
Apr 30 Wolverhampton Wanderers Away 1-1 Burgess
May 7 Grimsby Town Away 0-2

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 713,466 75,952 15,617 33,975
Away 539,250 51,125 12,886 25,679
Total 1,252,716 75,952 12,886 29,827

F.A. Cup

Round 3

Matches

Jan 8 Everton Home 0-1

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 41,946 41,946 41,946 41,946
Total 41,946 41,946 41,946 41,946

Diary

19/07/1937 Peter Corthine born

13/08/1937 Alex Cheyne transfered to Colchester Utd.

13/08/1937 William Barraclough transfered to Colchester for Free

20/08/1937 James Copeland transfered to Halifax

27/08/1937 John Compton born

28/08/1937 Chelsea beat Liverpool 6-1 in Football League Division 1

01/09/1937 Chelsea lost to Leeds United 0-2 in Football League Division 1

03/09/1937 Colin Court born

04/09/1937 Chelsea lost to West Bromwich Albion 0-4 in Football League Division 1

04/09/1937 Les Allen born

08/09/1937 Chelsea beat Leeds United 4-1 in Football League Division 1

11/09/1937 Chelsea beat Birmingham 2-0 in Football League Division 1

14/09/1937 Leslie Odell transfered to Bedford Town

15/09/1937 Chelsea beat Grimsby Town 1-0 in Football League Division 1

18/09/1937 Chelsea lost to Middlesbrough 3-4 in Football League Division 1

25/09/1937 Chelsea beat Stoke City 2-1 in Football League Division 1

02/10/1937 Chelsea beat Portsmouth 4-2 in Football League Division 1

04/10/1937 Chelsea drew with Charlton Athletic 2-2 in London Challenge Cup Round 1

09/10/1937 Chelsea drew with Arsenal 2-2 in Football League Division 1

13/10/1937 Chelsea lost to Charlton Athletic 0-3 in London Challenge Cup Round 1 Replay

16/10/1937 Chelsea beat Blackpool 2-0 in Football League Division 1

23/10/1937 Chelsea beat Brentford 2-1 in Football League Division 1

30/10/1937 Chelsea drew with Bolton Wanderers 5-5 in Football League Division 1

06/11/1937 Chelsea drew with Sunderland 0-0 in Football League Division 1

08/11/1937 Peter Brabrook born

13/11/1937 Chelsea lost to Everton 1-4 in Football League Division 1

20/11/1937 Chelsea drew with Manchester City 2-2 in Football League Division 1

27/11/1937 Chelsea lost to Leicester City 0-1 in Football League Division 1

04/12/1937 Chelsea beat Huddersfield Town 3-1 in Football League Division 1

11/12/1937 Chelsea lost to Derby County 0-4 in Football League Division 1

18/12/1937 Chelsea lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 in Football League Division 1

27/12/1937 Chelsea lost to Charlton Athletic 1-3 in Football League Division 1

01/01/1938 Chelsea drew with Liverpool 2-2 in Football League Division 1

08/01/1938 Chelsea lost to Everton 0-1 in F.A. Cup Round 3

09/01/1938 David Calderhead died

15/01/1938 Chelsea drew with West Bromwich Albion 2-2 in Football League Division 1

22/01/1938 Chelsea drew with Birmingham 1-1 in Football League Division 1

29/01/1938 Chelsea lost to Middlesbrough 0-1 in Football League Division 1

05/02/1938 Chelsea lost to Stoke City 1-2 in Football League Division 1

06/02/1938 Charlie Livesey born

12/02/1938 Chelsea beat Portsmouth 3-1 in Football League Division 1

19/02/1938 Chelsea lost to Arsenal 0-2 in Football League Division 1

26/02/1938 Chelsea lost to Blackpool 1-3 in Football League Division 1

09/03/1938 Chelsea drew with Brentford 1-1 in Football League Division 1

10/03/1938 Jack Smith transfered from Swindon

11/03/1938 Joe Payne transfered from Luton

12/03/1938 Chelsea drew with Bolton Wanderers 0-0 in Football League Division 1

19/03/1938 Chelsea drew with Sunderland 1-1 in Football League Division 1

26/03/1938 Chelsea beat Everton 2-0 in Football League Division 1

02/04/1938 Chelsea lost to Manchester City 0-1 in Football League Division 1

09/04/1938 Chelsea beat Leicester City 4-1 in Football League Division 1

10/04/1938 Jimmy Mulholland born

15/04/1938 Chelsea lost to Preston North End 0-2 in Football League Division 1

16/04/1938 Chelsea beat Huddersfield Town 2-1 in Football League Division 1

16/04/1938 Tony Nicholas born

18/04/1938 Chelsea drew with Preston North End 0-0 in Football League Division 1

23/04/1938 Chelsea beat Derby County 3-0 in Football League Division 1

27/04/1938 Chelsea drew with Charlton Athletic 1-1 in Football League Division 1

30/04/1938 Chelsea drew with Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 in Football League Division 1

07/05/1938 Chelsea lost to Grimsby Town 0-2 in Football League Division 1

16/05/1938 Chelsea beat Copenhagen Combined XI 3-1 in a friendly

18/05/1938 Chelsea beat Staevnet 4-1 in a friendly

20/05/1938 Chelsea beat UDV Dansk Hold 2-0 in a friendly

27/05/1938 Chelsea lost to Aberdeen 0-4 in Empire Exhibition Tournament

11/06/1938 Bobby Laverick born

Players Statistics

 

Appearances

Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
VR Woodley 40 1 41
S Weaver 39 1 1 40 1
H Burgess 36 7 1 37 7
R Griffiths 35 1 36
PS Buchanan 33 6 1 34 6
GF Barber 29 1 30
GR Mills 27 13 1 28 13
R Spence 28 5 28 5
J O'Hare 22 22
J Argue 21 9 21 9
W Mitchell 21 2 21 2
WS Chitty 19 11 1 20 11
E Barkas 18 1 19
LH Allum 15 1 16
AJ Smith 11 11
SR Foss 11 3 11 3
J Payne 10 3 10 3
GB Gibson 9 1 9 1
A Craig 7 7
HS Miller 6 6
J Sherborne 5 5
AJ Mayes 4 4
T Law 4 4
S Bidewell 4 2 4 2
J Bambrick 3 1 3 1
RE Gregg 1 1 2
J Jackson 2 2
D Smale 2 2
Own Goal 1 1