The City Ground

SEASON: 1939-40

Prev Season: 1938-39
This Season: 1939-40
Next Season: 1940-41

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

MISCELLANEOUS

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 26, 1939	Barnsley	A	1-4	Loss	11,535	19	Perry (?)
2	Thu Aug 31, 1939	Newcastle United	H	2-0	Win	-	15	Perry (?), McCall (? pen)
3	Sat Sep 02, 1939	Newport County	H	2-1	Win	-	8	Surtees (?), Maund (?)

WWII Main League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Oct 21, 1939	Sheffield United	A	0-3	Loss	-
2	Sat Oct 28, 1939	Doncaster Rovers	H	1-1	Draw	3,000	Drury (?)
3	Sat Nov 11, 1939	Mansfield Town	H	6-2	Win	3,676	Drury (?, ?, ?), Hinchcliffe (?), McCall (?), Graham (?)
4	Sat Nov 25, 1939	Lincoln City	H	0-1	Loss	1,500
5	Sat Dec 02, 1939	Rotherham United	A	0-1	Loss	-
6	Sat Dec 09, 1939	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	Draw	3,116	Drury (?)
7	Sat Jan 06, 1940	Chesterfield	H	2-2	Draw	1,417	Drury (?), Hinchcliffe (?)
8	Sat Feb 24, 1940	Doncaster Rovers	A	2-3	Loss	-	Drury (?), Hinchcliffe (?)
9	Sat Mar 02, 1940	Notts County	A	3-4	Loss	-	Drury (?, ?), Hinchcliffe (?)
10	Sat Mar 09, 1940	Mansfield Town	A	0-2	Loss	3,000
11	Fri Mar 22, 1940	Barnsley	A	0-3	Loss	-
12	Sat Mar 23, 1940	Lincoln City	A	0-1	Loss	5,000
13	Mon Mar 25, 1940	Barnsley	H	1-0	Win	5,000	Hunter (?)
14	Tue Mar 26, 1940	Sheffield United	H	4-1	Win	2,581	Starling (?), Drury (?, ?), Hinchcliffe (?)
15	Sat Mar 30, 1940	Rotherham United	H	4-1	Win	3,000	Hinchcliffe (?), Drury (?, ?, ?)
16	Sat Apr 06, 1940	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	3,000	Starling (?)
17	Mon May 13, 1940	Grimsby Town	H	1-1	Draw	2,258	Drury (?)
18	Sat May 25, 1940	Notts County	H	6-2	Win	1,771	Peacock (?, ?), Drury (?, ?), Starling (?), Roulston (?)
19	Wed May 29, 1940	Chesterfield	A	1-6	Loss	-	McKenzie (?)
20	Sat Jun 08, 1940	Grimsby Town	A	3-4	Loss	-	Peacock (?, ?), Walker (?)

WWII Wartime Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Apr 20, 1940	Charlton Athletic	1	1	H	1-0	Win	-	Armstrong (89)
Sat Apr 27, 1940	Charlton Athletic	1	2	A	3-1	Win	-	Crisp (?), Armstrong (?), Drury (?)
Sat May 04, 1940	Southend United	2	1	H	3-1	Win	-	Broome (?), Crisp (?), Starling (?)
Sat May 11, 1940	Southend United	2	2	A	1-0	Win	-	McCall (?)
Sat May 18, 1940	Fulham	3		A	0-2	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 19, 1939	Notts County	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	Fryer (?)
Sat Sep 16, 1939	Peterborough United	England	A	3-4	Loss	-	Fryer (?), McCall (?, ?)
Sat Sep 23, 1939	Grimsby Town	England	H	1-2	Loss	5,000	Munro (? pen)
Sat Sep 30, 1939	Lincoln City	England	A	6-0	Win	-	Thomas (?, ?), McCall (?, ?), Drury (?), Mills (?)
Sat Oct 07, 1939	Sheffield Wednesday	England	H	1-2	Loss	-	McCall (?)
Sat Oct 14, 1939	Notts County	England	H	2-1	Win	-	Hinchcliffe (?), Lager (?)
Sat Nov 04, 1939	Chelmsford	England	A	4-1	Win	-	McCall (?, ?), Drury (?, ?)
Sat Nov 18, 1939	Bristol City	England	A	9-3	Win	-	Hinchcliffe (?, ?, ?), McCall (?, ?), Hunter (?), Drury (?), Maund (?), Walker (?)
Sat Dec 16, 1939	Stockport County	England	H	6-0	Win	-	Beaumont (?, ?, ?), Drury (?, ?), Walker (?)
Tue Dec 26, 1939	Leicester City	England	H	3-1	Win	-	McCall (?), Drury (?), Hinchcliffe (?)
Sat Dec 30, 1939	Port Vale	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Hinchcliffe (?, ?), Drury (?)
Sat Jan 13, 1940	Birmingham International XI	England	H	0-1	Loss	-
Sat Mar 16, 1940	Army XI	England	H	3-0	Win	-	Peacock (?), Drury (?), Hinchcliffe (?)
Sat Apr 13, 1940	Stoke City	England	H	2-3	Loss	-	Trim (?), Drury (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Ashley Hunt
GK		Cutts (1940)
GK		Doug Westland
GK		Percy Ashton	3	2		1
D		Beverley
D		Charles (1940)
D		Edward Blagg
D		Fred Stanley (1938-43))
D		George Cummings
D		Jack Challinor
D		John Munro	3	2		1
D		Reg Brook
D		Reg Trim	3	2		1
D		Tom Brawley
D		Ken Rawson
M		A Hydes
M		Alex Massie
M		Andy McCall	3	2		1	1
M		Bill Corkhill
M		Bob McCall	3	2		1
M		C Roulston
M		Colin Perry	3	2		1	2
M		EW Lager
M		Frank Broome
M		Frank Knight
M		Freddie Haycock
M		James Hunter
M		Jock Kirton
M		John Maund	3	2		1	1
M		P McKenzie
M		Paddy Mills
M		Robert Davies	2	2
M		Thomas Clark	3	2		1
M		William Baxter
F		Billy Walker
F		David Martin
F		Eddie Barks
F		EF Smith
F		Eric Houghton
F		Fred Moon
F		G Richardson
F		George Antonio
F		George Crisp
F		George Drury
F		George Pritty	3	2		1
F		Jack Fryer
F		Jack Surtees	3	2		1	1
F		Len Beaumont
F		Matt Armstrong
F		Ronnie Starling
F		Thomas Peacock
F		Tom Hinchcliffe
F		Tommy Graham	1			1
		A Nixon
		Beardall
		McStay
		Roberts (1939)
		Sid Gladwin
		Thomas (1939)

Competitive goals only

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season