Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, October 1, 1938

Port Vale Swindon Town
H.Griffiths (??' pen), N.Roberts (80')
 HT: 0-0
Attendance:  10,082   Referee:  W.J. Lewington


1
JEPSON
2
FELTON
3
CUMBERLIDGE
4
HANNAH
5
GRIFFITHS
6
SMITH
7
MASTERS
8
NOLAN
9
ROBERTS
10
DAVIES
11
BELLIS
1
WILDMAN
2
TONNER
3
BUTCHER
4
COUSINS
5
MORRALL
6
WILCOCKSON
7
JONES
8
FOWLER
9
MORTON
10
LUCAS
11
FRANCIS

Lineups
1
Arthur JEPSON
                 
Frank WILDMAN
1
2
Robert FELTON
                 
Arthur TONNER
2
3
Arthur CUMBERLIDGE
                 
Fred BUTCHER
3
4
George HANNAH
                 
Harry COUSINS
4
5
Harry GRIFFITHS
               
George MORRALL
5
6
Wilfred SMITH
                 
Stan WILCOCKSON
6
7
Arthur MASTERS
                 
Eddie JONES
7

8
Wilf NOLAN
                 
Alan FOWLER
8

9
Nipper ROBERTS
               
Ben MORTON
9
10
Harry DAVIES
                 
Billy LUCAS
10
11
Alf BELLIS
                 
Cliff FRANCIS
11















Results on Saturday, October 1, 1938: League Table
 
  Aldershot 3 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Bristol City 0 - 2 Newport County  
  Cardiff City 4 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Crystal Palace 4 - 2 Leyton Orient  
  Exeter City 0 - 0 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Ipswich Town 0 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Notts County 2 - 0 Reading  
  Port Vale 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 3 - 0 Mansfield Town  
  Southend United 2 - 0 Walsall  
  Watford 0 - 0 Torquay United  

Table as at Saturday, October 1, 1938:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Aldershot 9 5 2 2 10 4 2.50 12 
2 Crystal Palace 8 5 2 1 13 7 1.86 12 
3 Newport County 9 5 2 2 13 7 1.86 12 
4 Swindon Town 8 5 1 2 14 6 2.33 11 
5 Queens Park Rangers 8 5 1 2 18 8 2.25 11 
6 Northampton Town 8 5 1 2 12 8 1.50 11 
7 Southend United 8 4 2 2 15 11 1.36 10 
8 Brighton and Hove Albion 9 4 2 3 19 17 1.12 10 
9 Exeter City 8 4 2 2 11 14 0.79 10 
10 Reading 9 3 3 3 11 12 0.92 9 
11 Bristol Rovers 9 2 4 3 10 7 1.43 8 
12 Bristol City 8 3 2 3 12 11 1.09 8 
13 Cardiff City 8 3 2 3 12 12 1.00 8 
14 Port Vale 8 4 0 4 11 12 0.92 8 
15 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 8 2 4 2 6 9 0.67 8 
16 Notts County 8 3 1 4 13 11 1.18 7 
17 Watford 9 2 3 4 9 13 0.69 7 
18 Torquay United 8 1 3 4 9 15 0.60 5 
19 Ipswich Town 8 2 1 5 7 13 0.54 5 
20 Mansfield Town 8 1 3 4 7 16 0.44 5 
21 Leyton Orient 8 1 2 5 6 15 0.40 4 
22 Walsall 8 0 1 7 5 15 0.33 1 

Key: Promotion Re-election