Leicester City 1938-39 season

Leicester City 1938-39 season | FoxesHistory

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Competition	P	W	D	L	F	A	Outcome
Division One (old)	42	9	11	22	48	82	22nd
FA Cup	3	1	1	1	4	7	4th round
All matches	45	10	12	23	52	89

All matches (45)

#	DATE	POS		RESULT	OPPOSITION	COMPETITION
1	27.08.1938	11	D	2 - 2	Stoke City (H)	Division One (old)
2	29.08.1938	13	D	0 - 0	Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)	Division One (old)
3	03.09.1938	17	L	0 - 3	Chelsea (A)	Division One (old)
4	07.09.1938	21	L	1 - 2	Birmingham City (A)	Division One (old)
5	10.09.1938	17	W	2 - 1	Preston North End (H)	Division One (old)
6	12.09.1938	8	W	2 - 1	Birmingham City (H)	Division One (old)
7	17.09.1938	15	L	0 - 1	Charlton Athletic (A)	Division One (old)
8	24.09.1938	13	D	0 - 0	Bolton Wanderers (H)	Division One (old)
9	01.10.1938	18	L	2 - 8	Leeds United (A)	Division One (old)
10	08.10.1938	17	D	2 - 2	Liverpool (H)	Division One (old)
11	15.10.1938	18	L	0 - 2	Sunderland (H)	Division One (old)
12	22.10.1938	16	W	2 - 1	Aston Villa (A)	Division One (old)
13	29.10.1938	12	W	3 - 0	Everton (H)	Division One (old)
14	05.11.1938	13	L	0 - 2	Huddersfield Town (A)	Division One (old)
15	12.11.1938	10	W	5 - 0	Portsmouth (H)	Division One (old)
16	19.11.1938	11	D	0 - 0	Arsenal (A)	Division One (old)
17	26.11.1938	10	D	1 - 1	Brentford (H)	Division One (old)
18	03.12.1938	11	D	1 - 1	Blackpool (A)	Division One (old)
19	10.12.1938	13	L	2 - 3	Derby County (H)	Division One (old)
20	17.12.1938	16	L	1 - 6	Grimsby Town (A)	Division One (old)
21	24.12.1938	19	L	0 - 1	Stoke City (A)	Division One (old)
22	26.12.1938	20	L	0 - 3	Manchester United (A)	Division One (old)
23	27.12.1938	20	D	1 - 1	Manchester United (H)	Division One (old)
24	31.12.1938	16	W	3 - 2	Chelsea (H)	Division One (old)
25	07.01.1939	-	D	1 - 1	Stoke City (H)	FA Cup 3
26	11.01.1939	-	W	2 - 1	Stoke City (A)	FA Cup 3 rep
27	14.01.1939	19	L	1 - 2	Preston North End (A)	Division One (old)
28	21.01.1939	-	L	1 - 5	Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)	FA Cup 4
29	28.01.1939	20	L	0 - 4	Bolton Wanderers (A)	Division One (old)
30	04.02.1939	17	W	2 - 0	Leeds United (H)	Division One (old)
31	09.02.1939	17	L	1 - 5	Charlton Athletic (H)	Division One (old)
32	18.02.1939	19	L	0 - 2	Sunderland (A)	Division One (old)
33	25.02.1939	19	D	1 - 1	Aston Villa (H)	Division One (old)
34	04.03.1939	18	D	1 - 1	Liverpool (A)	Division One (old)
35	08.03.1939	19	L	0 - 4	Everton (A)	Division One (old)
36	11.03.1939	21	L	0 - 1	Huddersfield Town (H)	Division One (old)
37	18.03.1939	21	W	1 - 0	Portsmouth (A)	Division One (old)
38	25.03.1939	21	L	0 - 2	Arsenal (H)	Division One (old)
39	01.04.1939	21	L	0 - 2	Brentford (A)	Division One (old)
40	08.04.1939	21	L	3 - 4	Blackpool (H)	Division One (old)
41	10.04.1939	21	L	2 - 3	Middlesbrough (A)	Division One (old)
42	11.04.1939	21	W	5 - 3	Middlesbrough (H)	Division One (old)
43	15.04.1939	20	D	1 - 1	Derby County (A)	Division One (old)
44	22.04.1939	22	L	0 - 2	Grimsby Town (H)	Division One (old)
45	04.05.1939	22	L	0 - 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (H)	Division One (old)

#	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1	Everton	42	27	5	10	88	52	59
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	22	11	9	88	39	55
3	Charlton Athletic	42	22	6	14	75	59	50
4	Middlesbrough	42	20	9	13	93	74	49
5	Arsenal	42	19	9	14	55	41	47
6	Derby County	42	19	8	15	66	55	46
7	Stoke City	42	17	12	13	71	68	46
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	15	12	67	58	45
9	Preston North End	42	16	12	14	63	59	44
10	Grimsby Town	42	16	11	15	61	69	43
11	Liverpool	42	14	14	14	62	63	42
12	Aston Villa	42	16	9	17	71	60	41
13	Leeds United	42	16	9	17	59	67	41
14	Manchester United	42	11	16	15	57	65	38
15	Blackpool	42	12	14	16	56	68	38
16	Sunderland	42	13	12	17	54	67	38
17	Portsmouth	42	12	13	17	47	70	37
18	Brentford	42	14	8	20	53	74	36
19	Huddersfield Town	42	12	11	19	58	64	35
20	Chelsea	42	12	9	21	64	80	33
21	Birmingham City	42	12	8	22	62	84	32
22	Leicester City	42	9	11	22	48	82	29

PLAYER	CLUB	FEE	DATE
John Osborne	Linwood Thistle	Unknown	September 1938
Charlie Adam	Strathclyde	Unknown	September 1938
Mal Griffiths	Arsenal	Unknown	September 1938

PLAYER		CLUB	FEE	DATE
Pat Clarke		Bristol City	Unknown	July 1938

Squad (21)

NAME	APPS	GOALS
Stan Baines	7	1
Jack Bowers	19	10
Joe Calvert	11	-
Billy Coutts	14	-
George Dewis	32	12
Billy Frame	31	-
Mal Griffiths	35	5
John Grogan	4	-
Percy Grosvenor	39	-
Roger Heywood	31	-
Bert Howe	1	-
Dai Jones	16	1
Danny Liddle	32	6
Arthur Maw	21	4
Sandy McLaren	34	-
Matt Moralee	27	3
Maurice Reeday	43	2
Fred Sharman	42	2
Arthur H Smith	8	-
Sep Smith	27	5
Eric Stubbs	21	1

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Largest victories

5 - 0 12.11.1938 vs Portsmouth	W
3 - 0 29.10.1938 vs Everton	W
5 - 3 11.04.1939 vs Middlesbrough	W
2 - 0 04.02.1939 vs Leeds United	W
1 - 0 18.03.1939 vs Portsmouth	W

Largest defeats

2 - 8 01.10.1938 vs Leeds United	L
1 - 6 17.12.1938 vs Grimsby Town	L
1 - 5 21.01.1939 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers	L
0 - 4 28.01.1939 vs Bolton Wanderers	L
1 - 5 09.02.1939 vs Charlton Athletic	L

Largest crowds

29,723 10.12.1938 vs Derby County	L
23,964 29.10.1938 vs Everton	W
22,565 25.03.1939 vs Arsenal	L
22,266 25.02.1939 vs Aston Villa	D
21,434 27.12.1938 vs Manchester United	D

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