Match Summary

Ireland Team

England Team

England beat Ireland at Windsor Park, Belfast, on Saturday by three goals to none, when about 40,000 spectators were present...

Half an hour had passed when England took the lead through Brook, who, receiving the ball from Crooks, shot past Scott without delay...

...Grosvenor scored a second goal for England and Bowers scored a third with a fine dash through the defence and a well-placed shot. - The Times - Monday 16th October, 1933

Football League Division One 14 October 1933
Team	P	Pts
Tottenham Hotspur	10	14
Arsenal	10	12
Huddersfield Town	10	12
Sunderland	10	11
Portsmouth	10	11
Leeds United	9	11
Aston Villa	10	11
Stoke City	10	11
Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	11
Derby County	9	10
Manchester City	10	10
Liverpool	10	10
Leicester City	10	10
West Bromwich Albion	10	10
Blackburn Rovers	10	10
Everton	9	9
Birmingham	10	9
Sheffield Wednesday	10	9
Middlesbrough	9	8
Newcastle United	10	7
Chelsea	10	5
Sheffield United	10	5

 

Division One matches played on 14 October 1933:

ARSENAL 3-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Birkett, Bowden, Fairhurst o.g.
32,821 (Highbury, London)

Arsenal were without Bastin and Hapgood, who were playing against Ireland in Belfast.

BIRMINGHAM 0-1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
(W.G.Richardson 1)
29,961 (St Andrew's, Birmingham)

 Birmingham were without Grosvenor, who scored the second goal on his international debut, against Ireland in Belfast, and Hibbs, who kept a clean sheet in goal against Ireland.

CHELSEA 2-3 MIDDLESBROUGH
Mills 1, Gallacher 2 (Camsell 5, 90, Ferguson 70)
16,078 (Stamford Bridge, London)

Chelsea were without Tommy Priestley, who was playing for Ireland against England in Belfast.

EVERTON 7-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS
White 4, 6, 16, Johnson 28, Stein 38, Dunn 58, Geldard 82 (Turner 23)
23,933 (Goodison Park, Liverpool)

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 5-1 LEICESTER CITY
McLean, Luke 2, Bott, W.Smith (Liddle)
10,251 (Leeds Road, Huddersfield)

Huddersfield were without Roy Goodall, who was captain against Ireland in Belfast, whilst Leicester were without Arthur Maw, who was a reserve against Ireland.

MANCHESTER CITY 0-1 LEEDS UNITED
(Fowler 67)
22,413 (Maine Road, Manchester)

City were without Eric Brook, who scored the opening goal against Ireland in Belfast, whilst Leeds were without Copping, who was also playing against Ireland, and Duggan, who was playing for Ireland.

PORTSMOUTH 0-1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
(O'Callaghan 70)
25,679 (Fratton Park, Portsmouth)

Tottenham's Joe Nicholls saved a penalty from Jack Smith, with eight minutes remaining. Portsmouth were without Jimmy Allen, who was making his international debut, against Ireland in Belfast.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1-1 DERBY COUNTY
Millership 46 (Ramage 10)
14,659 (Hillsborough, Sheffield)

Wednesday were without Alf Strange, who was playing against Ireland in Belfast, whilst Derby were without Bowers (who scored the third goal on his international debut) and Crooks, who were also playing against Ireland, and Reid, who was making his international debut for Ireland.

STOKE CITY 1-1 ASTON VILLA
Turner pen. 70 (Cunliffe 42)
37,511 (Victoria Ground, Stoke)

SUNDERLAND 4-1 LIVERPOOL
Gallacher 30, 41, 54, Yorston 80 (English 58)
25,321 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

Liverpool were without Elisha Scott, who was in goal for Ireland against England in Belfast.

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 3-2 SHEFFIELD UNITED
Hartill 23, 27, Phillips 35 (Pickering 17, Baines 56)
22,524 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)

The two north-London rivals were setting the pace, with a rejuvenated Huddersfield close behind and it was these clubs that made up the top three at the end of the season.

Football League Division Two 14 October 1933
Team	P	Pts
Bolton Wanderers	10	15
Port Vale	10	14
Grimsby Town	10	12
Blackpool	10	12
West Ham United	10	12
Hull City	10	12
Notts County	10	12
Fulham	10	12
Preston North End	10	12
Brentford	10	11
Bradford	10	11
Southampton	10	10
Plymouth Argyle	10	10
Bradford City	10	9
Nottingham Forest	10	8
Swansea Town	10	8
Millwall	10	8
Manchester United	10	8
Oldham Athletic	10	7
Burnley	10	7
Lincoln City	10	6
Bury	10	4

 

Division Two matches played on 14 October 1933:

BRADFORD 6-1 MANCHESTER UNITED
Lewis 2, Robertson 3, Blackmore (Hine pen.)
11,033 (Park Avenue, Bradford)

United were without Walter McMillen, who was making his international debut for Ireland against England in Belfast.

BURNLEY 2-1 FULHAM
Smith 2 (Arnold)
9,878 (Turf Moor, Burnley)

BURY 2-5 BLACKPOOL
Chalmers, Vernon (Hampson 3, Thomson, Bussey)
10,594 (Gigg Lane, Bury)

GRIMSBY TOWN 5-1 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Glover 2, Jennings, Dyson, Bestall (Melaniphy)
8,394 (Blundell Park, Cleethorpes)

HULL CITY 1-0 SOUTHAMPTON
McNaughton
11,740 (Anlaby Road, Hull)

LINCOLN CITY 0-1 BRADFORD CITY
(Spence)
6,792 (Sincil Bank, Lincoln)

MILLWALL 0-3 PORT VALE
(Gunn, Rhodes, Nolan)
12,045 (The Den, London)

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 0-1 WEST HAM UNITED
(Wood)
9,450 (City Ground, Nottingham)

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1-4 BRENTFORD
Reid (James, Hopkins 2, Holliday)
9,831 (Boundary Park, Oldham)

PRESTON NORTH END 1-1 BOLTON WANDERERS
Bargh (Cameron)
20,054 (Deepdale, Preston)

SWANSEA TOWN 1-1 NOTTS COUNTY
Olsen (MacCartney)
7,715 (Vetch Field, Swansea)

Bolton's point in the Lancashire derby at Preston kept them top, but it was their hosts who were to eventually win promotion at the end of the season.

Division Three on 14 October 1933:

Chesterfield led the northern section by four points from Tranmere Rovers. They won twelve of their first 13 games, but it would not be enough to win promotion straight back to the second division, after the previous season's relegation. Exeter City led the southern section by a point from Queen's Park Rangers, who had a game in hand, and Crystal Palace.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 14 October 1933 that Germany informed the Geneva Disarmament Conference that they were withdrawing from the League of Nations after Hitler's request to increase its military capability was refused by the other members.

Source Notes

Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Original Newspaper Reports
TheFA.com
Rothman's Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
Peter Mee
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