GAME BY GAME: 1939-40
SEASON ABORTED DUE TO OUTBREAK OF WWII
SATURDAY 26th AUGUST 1939
PRESTON NORTH END 0
Holdcroft, Gallimore, Williams, Shankly, Milne, Batey, Mutch, White, Hunter, R. Beattie, Wharton
Referee: unknown
DIVISION ONE
LEEDS UNITED 0
Twomey✙31', Goldberg, Gadsby, Browne, Holley, Copping, Cochrane, Ainsley, Dunderdale, Stephenson, Hargreaves
Note: When Jim Twomey left the field with a leg injury, George Ainsley took over in goal
Attendance: 20,491
WEDNESDAY 30th AUGUST 1939
Wharton, Goldberg, Gadsby, Browne, Holley, Copping, Cochrane, Powell, Ainsley, Stephenson, Buckley
CHARLTON ATHETIC 1
Tadman xx'
Bartram, Turner, Jimmy Oakes, Green, Jack Oakes, Wright, Robinson, Dawson, Tadman, Brown, Hobbis
Attendance: 12,049
SATURDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 1939
Wharton, Milburn, Gadsby, Browne, Kane, Copping, Cochrane, Powell, Hodgson, Stephenson, Buckley
SHEFFIELD UNITED 1
Henson xx'
Smith, Young, Carr, Jackson, Johnson, Settle, Jeffries, Pickering, Henson, Hagan, Reid
Attendance: 9,779
LEEDS UNITED WERE BOTTOM OF DIVISION ONE
THESE GAMES DO NOT COUNT IN STATISTICS FOR OPPOSITION AND PLAYERS