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First Team Results & Match Reports

Season 1938-39 Division 3 (South)

Final League Position 7th

Date	Opponent	V	F-A	WDL	Competition	Att.	Scorers	Manager
19380820Sat 20/8	Norwich City	A	1-1	D	Football League Jubilee Fund	17,829	Davies	Duncan
19380827Sat 27/8	SOUTHEND UNITED	H	4-2	W		19,242	Davies, Jones², Alsop	Duncan
19380829Mon 29/8	Walsall	A	1-0	W		13,700	Mulraney	Duncan
19380903Sat 3/9	Exeter City	A	0-3	L		9,800		Duncan
19380907Wed 7/9	AFC BOURNEMOUTH	H	0-2	L		12,547		Duncan
19380910Sat 10/9	CARDIFF CITY	H	1-2	L		16,180	Alsop	Duncan
19380917Sat 17/9	Northampton Town	A	0-2	L		13,422		Duncan
19380924Sat 24/9	Reading	A	1-2	L		10,500	Chadwick	Duncan
19381001Sat 1/10	BRISTOL ROVERS	H	0-0	D		12,753		Duncan
19381008Sat 8/10	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0-2	L		10,000		Duncan
19381015Sat 15/10	NEWPORT COUNTY	H	1-4	L		13,810	Mulraney	Duncan
19381022Sat 22/10	Notts County	A	1-2	L		12,000	Chadwick	Duncan
19381029Sat 29/10	TORQUAY UNITED	H	1-0	W		12,722	Davies	Duncan
19381105Sat 5/11	Swindon Town	A	1-1	D		10,437	Chadwick	Duncan
19381112Sat 12/11	PORT VALE	H	2-0	W		13,628	Chadwick, Curran	Duncan
19381119Sat 19/11	Watford	A	0-0	D		8,442		Duncan
19381126Sat 26/11	STREET	H	7-0	W	FA Cup 1st Round	15,208	Davies², Chadwick⁴, Fletcher	Duncan
19381203Sat 3/12	Bristol City	A	2-3	L		7,822	Davies, Chadwick	Duncan
19381210Sat 10/12	TORQUAY UNITED	H	4-1	W	FA Cup 2nd Round	16,356	Jones, Little², Chadwick	Duncan
19381217Sat 17/12	Leyton Orient	A	1-1	D		6,500	Fletcher	Duncan
19381224*Sat 24/12	Southend United	A	0-0	D				Duncan
19381226Mon 26/12	MANSFIELD TOWN	H	5-1	W		3,562	Jones, Mulraney, Chadwick², Fletcher	Duncan
19381227Tue 27/12	Mansfield Town	A	1-0	W		6,500	Chadwick	Duncan
19381231Sat 31/12	EXETER CITY	H	2-2	D		12,114	Bell, Fletcher	Duncan
19390107Sat 7/1	Aston Villa	A	1-1	D	FA Cup 3rd Round	34,910	Hutcheson	Duncan
19390111Wed 11/1	ASTON VILLA	H	1-2	L	FA Cup 3rd Round, Replay	28,194	Jones	Duncan
19390114Sat 14/1	Cardiff City	A	1-2	L		1,400	Fletcher	Duncan
19390118Wed 18/1	CRYSTAL PALACE	H	2-1	W		5,219	Jones, Chadwick	Duncan
19390121Sat 21/1	NORTHAMPTON TOWN	H	2-0	W		11,135	Jones, Chadwick	Duncan
19390123Mon 23/1	Northampton Town	A	1-1	D	Southern Section Cup 1st Round	400	Cope	Duncan
19390201Wed 1/2	NORTHAMPTON TOWN	H	1-0	W	Southern Section Cup 1st Round, Replay	2,858	Chadwick	Duncan
19390204Sat 4/2	Bristol Rovers	A	3-3	D		7,209	Jones, Fletcher²	Duncan
19390211Sat 11/2	BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION	H	0-0	D		13,340		Duncan
19390218Sat 18/2	Newport County	A	2-3	L		11,700	Jones, Chadwick	Duncan
19390225Sat 25/2	NOTTS COUNTY	H	0-2	L		10,141		Duncan
19390227Mon 27/2	Port Vale	A	0-2	L	Southern Section Cup 2nd Round	300		Duncan
19390304Sat 4/3	Torquay United	A	1-1	D		6,000	Little	Duncan
19390311Sat 11/3	SWINDON TOWN	H	3-1	W		11,724	Jones, Chadwick²	Duncan
19390318Sat 18/3	Port Vale	A	0-0	D		6,000		Duncan
19390325Sat 25/3	WATFORD	H	5-1	W		11,447	Davies², Little, Mulraney, Chadwick	Duncan
19390401Sat 1/4	Crystal Palace	A	0-3	L		13,764		Duncan
19390407Fri 7/4	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-0	D		15,161		Duncan
19390408Sat 8/4	BRISTOL CITY	H	4-0	W		12,834	Fillingham, Mulraney³	Duncan
19390410Mon 10/4	QUEENS PARK RANGERS	H	1-0	W		18,963	Chadwick	Duncan
19390415Sat 15/4	Aldershot	A	1-3	L		6,000	Fletcher	Duncan
19390419Wed 19/4	Southend United	A	0-0	D		3,700		Duncan
19390422Sat 22/4	LEYTON ORIENT	H	3-0	W		10,394	McLuckie, Little, Fletcher	Duncan
19390426Wed 26/4	ALDERSHOT	H	7-2	W		8,061	Davies, Little², Mulraney, Chadwick², Fletcher	Duncan
19390429Sat 29/4	WALSALL	H	1-0	W		11,427	Davies	Duncan
19390503Wed 3/5	READING	H	2-1	W		9,527	Little, Bell	Duncan
19390506Sat 6/5	AFC Bournemouth	A	0-0	D		3,500		Duncan
19390508Mon 8/5	ASTON VILLA	H	2-3	L	Ipswich Hospital Cup	19,209	Davies, Little	Duncan

Results notes

(1) Matches marked * not included in official records

General notes

The following practice game was also staged:

Sat 12-8-1939 Blues v Whites (at Portman Road)

Season Summary

Comp	P	W	D	L	F	A
Friendly	1	0	1	0	1	1
League	42	16	12	14	62	52
FA Cup	4	2	1	1	13	4
Southern Section Cup	3	1	1	1	2	3
Ipswich Hospital Cup	1	0	0	1	2	3
TOTALS	51	19	15	17	80	63

Excludes abandoned games (if any), Matches decided on penalties (if any) count as a drawn game.

Attendance Summary

	Home Average	Home Total	Away Average	Away Total
League	11,941	250,770	8,344	183,557
Cup/Play-offs	15,654	62,616	11,870	35,610

Final League Table

Final League Table Division 3 (South)

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NEWPORT COUNTY           42  15  4  2  37  16   7  7  7  21  29   55
 2. Crystal Palace           42  15  4  2  49  18   5  8  8  22  34   52
 3. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  14  5  2  43  14   5  6 10  25  35   49
 4. Watford                  42  14  6  1  44  15   3  6 12  18  36   46
 5. Reading                  42  12  6  3  46  23   4  8  9  23  36   46
 6. Queen's Park Rangers     42  10  8  3  44  15   5  6 10  24  34   44
 7. Ipswich Town             42  14  3  4  46  21   2  9 10  16  31   44
 8. Bristol City             42  14  5  2  42  19   2  7 12  19  44   44
 9. Swindon Town             42  15  4  2  53  25   3  4 14  19  52   44
10. Aldershot                42  13  6  2  31  15   3  6 12  22  51   44
11. Notts County             42  12  6  3  36  16   5  3 13  23  38   43
12. Southend United          42  14  5  2  38  13   2  4 15  23  51   41
13. Cardiff City             42  12  1  8  40  28   3 10  8  21  37   41
14. Exeter City              42   9  9  3  40  32   4  5 12  25  50   40
15. Bournemouth              42  10  8  3  38  22   3  5 13  14  36   39
16. Mansfield Town           42  10  8  3  33  19   2  7 12  11  43   39
17. Northampton              42  13  5  3  41  20   2  3 16  10  38   38
18. Port Vale                42  10  5  6  36  23   4  4 13  16  35   37
19. Torquay United           42   7  5  9  27  28   7  4 10  27  42   37
20. Leyton Orient            42  10  9  2  40  16   1  4 16  13  39   35
21. Walsall                  42   9  6  6  47  23   2  5 14  21  46   33
22. Bristol Rovers           42   8  8  5  30  17   2  5 14  25  44   33

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