FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20493, 9 May 1938, Page 11

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

SOCCER SEASON CONCLUDED ARSENAL WINS CHAMPIONSHIP 1. 1 :<"*<1 Press *.ssn - -r “* '*■*”’ - fh. LONDON, May 7. Following are the results or Association rootbail games played in Great Britain today:— English League. First Division.—Arsenal 5, Bolton Wanderers 0; ciiadton Athletic 0, Preston North End 0; Everton l, Derby County 1; Grimsby Town 2, cneisea 0; Huddersfield Town 1, Manchester City 0; Leicester City 1, Birmingham 4; Miaaiebrougn 4, West Bromwicn Albion l; Portsmouth 4, Leeas United 0; Stoke City 2, Liverpool 0; Sunderland 1, wolvernampton wanderers 0. Second Division.—Aston villa 2, Norwich City 0; Barnsley 2, Nottingham Forest 2; Bradford 0, Swansea Town i; cneeterfleld 0, West Ham United l; Fulham 3, Blackburn Rovers l; Luton Town 4, Newcastle United 1; Manchester united 2, Bury 0; Plymouth Argyle 4, Southampton 0; stockport County l, Coventry city l; Tottenham Hotspurs 1, Sheffield Wednesday 2. Third Division. —Southern section: Aldershot 1, Swindon Town 1; Boscombe 1, Bristol Rovers 3; Bristol city 3. Notts County l; Clapton orient l. Southend United 1; Exeter City 1, Mlliwall 5; Mansfield Town 1, Brighton and Hove 1; Newport County 1, Walsall 2; Northampton Town 0, Cardiff city 0; Queen’s Park Rangers 6. Torquay United 3; Heading 2, Gillingham 0; watfora 1. crystal Palace 2. Third Division.—Northern section: Barrow 4. Lincoln City 1; Carlisle United 0, Rotherham united 1 : Chester 3, Accrington Stanley l; Doncaster Rovers l. Tranmere Rovers l: Gateshead 5. Darlington 2; Hartlespools United 2. wrexnam 0; Hull City 1, Crewe Alexandra 1; New Brighton 1, Port Vale 1; Oldham Athletic 1. Bradford City 2: Rochdale 1. Halifax Town 1; York City 1, Soutnport 2. Rugby League Contest. Rugby League cup competition.—Final: Salford 7. Barrow 4. This concludes the Association football season In Oreat Britain. In the English nrst division. Arsenal wins the championship from Wolverhampton Wanderers by one point, while West Bromwich Albion and Manchester city, last season’s champions, are relegated to tne second division. Aston Villa and Manchester United won promotion from tne second division to the first, with Stockport County and Barnsley suffering relegation. In the tmrd division. Tranmere Rovers. of the northern section, and Mlliwall, of the southern, earned promotion. The bottom teams, which win have to seek re-election to the third division, are Accrington Stanley, Barrow, Gillingham and Walls an.