Mr Jack tried to install his former club (Arsenal) methods into operation but with lesser skilled players than the Arsenal the results were poor.
Yet they still had a record 10-1 win against Golders Green in the Cup, a 5-1 win at Wimbledon and league wins of 6-0 against Bristol City, 5-1 Bristol Rovers, 6-1 Reading and 5-0 at Newport.
Southend can count themselves lucky to have finished bottom but one as Newport were eleventh at Christmas but then went on a horrendous run which saw 2 wins 2 draws and 19 defeats to claim the bottom spot.
Carlisle also had a dismal second half of the season they went bottom on the 26th January and stayed there to the end of the season. They won only 1 drew 4 and lost 14 in the latter part of their season.
However neither side had anything to worry about in being re-elected as there were no serious contenders to challange them and both sides lived to fight another day.
Division 3 (North) | Division 3 (South) | ||||
Rochdale | 33 | Gillingham | 35 | ||
Southport | 32 | Southend | 31 | ||
Carlisle | 23 | Newport | 25 |
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) RE-ELECTION
Only Shrewsbury Town of the Birmingham and District League challenged for re-election the voting was:
46 Votes CARLISLE UNITED Re-elected to the League
46 Votes SOUTHPORT Re-elected to the League
6 Votes SHREWSBURY TOWN Not elected to the League
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) RE-ELECTION
Bath City and Folkestone of the Southern league applied for election to the League. The Voting was as follows:
48 Votes SOUTHEND UNITED Re-elected to the League
43 Votes NEWPORT COUNTY Re-elected to the League
1 Vote BATH CITY Not elected to the League
1 Vote FOLKESTONE Not elected to the League