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Summary of Season 1939-40
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Football League Division 1
| Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Blackpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | Sheffield United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Arsenal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | Everton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | Derby County | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Stoke City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Brentford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Grimsby Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Huddersfield Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Portsmouth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | Preston North End | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Middlesbrough | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | Leeds United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Football League South Group B
| Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 26 | Bournemouth | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 37 | 24 | Chelsea | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 37 | 23 | Reading | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 37 | 22 | Brentford | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 41 | 18 | Fulham | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 51 | 18 | Portsmouth | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 42 | 16 | Aldershot | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 49 | 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 42 | 53 | 11 | Southampton | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 51 | 63 | 8 |
Football League South Group C
| Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 30 | 26 | West Ham United | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 24 | Arsenal | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 23 | Brentford | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 34 | 20 | Millwall | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 19 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 36 | 18 | Fulham | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 42 | 17 | Southampton | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 55 | 13 | Chelsea | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 53 | 13 | Portsmouth | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 45 | 9 |
Players Statistics
Appearances
| Player | League | League South B | League South C | War Cup | Other | Total | Club | |||||||
| App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | |||
| Samuel Abel | 1 | 1 | QPR | |||||||||||
| David Alexander | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 3 | |||||||
| Jimmy Argue | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| George Barber | 3 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 41 | ||||||||
| Wilf Bott | 1 | 1 | QPR | |||||||||||
| Robert A Brown | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Queens Park | |||||||||
| Peter Buchanan | 11 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 8 | |||||||
| Harry Burgess | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | ||||||
| Matt Busby | 3 | 1 | 4 | Liverpool | ||||||||||
| Malcolm P Butler | 1 | 1 | Blackpool | |||||||||||
| Walter Crook | 1 | 1 | Blackburn | |||||||||||
| Murdoch Dickie | 2 | 2 | Port Vale | |||||||||||
| Alec Farmer | 2 | 1 | 3 | QPR | ||||||||||
| Lester Finch | 1 | 1 | Barnet | |||||||||||
| Dickie Foss | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 4 | ||||||
| Bob Griffiths | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | |||||||||
| Alf Hanson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | |||||||
| John Jackson | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 28 | |||||||||
| David James | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Mossley | |||||||
| Tommy Kiernan | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | Albion Rovers | |||||||
| Henry Lowe | 2 | 2 | QPR | |||||||||||
| Arnold Mayes | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 19 | |||||||||
| George Mills | 6 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 8 | |||||||
| Billy Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| John O'Hare | 6 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 25 | |||||||||
| Joe Payne | 1 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 40 | ||||
| Eddie Perry | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Fulham | |||||||||
| Sidney Pugh | 1 | 1 | Arsenal | |||||||||||
| Edwin Reay | 1 | 1 | QPR | |||||||||||
| Alf Ridyard | 1 | 1 | QPR | |||||||||||
| Robert Salmond | 3 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 37 | 1 | |||||||
| Jack Sherborne | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
| Doug Smale | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| Arthur J Smith | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 26 | |||||||||
| Jackie F Smith | 3 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 3 | ||||||
| Dickie Spence | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 11 | |||
| William Strauss | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Aberdeen | |||||||||
| Albert Tennant | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ted Vaux | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Sam Weaver | 3 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 5 | |||||
| Alec White | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Vic Woodley | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |||||||||
| Jack Acquroff | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Own Goal | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||