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				 	|  |  | YORK CITY |  |   |   |  
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    | Season | League | Position | P | W | D | L | F | A | Points |  
    | 1939/40 | 3rd N | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |  |   |   |   |   |  
				 	|  |  | GATESHEAD |  |   |   |  
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				    7
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    | Season | League | Position | P | W | D | L | F | A | Points |  
    | 1937/38 | 3rd N | 5 | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 84 | 59 | 51 |  |   |   |   |   |  
				 	|  |  | MANCHESTER UNITED |  |   |   |  
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				    1
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    | Season | League | Position | P | W | D | L | F | A | Points |  
    | 1936/37 | 1st | 21 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 55 | 78 | 32 |  |   |   |   |   |  
				 	|  |  | BLACKBURN ROVERS |  |   |   |  
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				    82
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    | Season | League | Position | P | W | D | L | F | A | Points |  
    | 1935/36 | 1st | 22 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 55 | 96 | 33 |  
    | 1934/35 | 1st | 15 | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 66 | 78 | 39 |  
    | 1933/34 | 1st | 8 | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 74 | 81 | 43 |  
    | 1932/33 | 1st | 15 | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 76 | 102 | 38 |  
    | 1931/32 | 1st | 16 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 89 | 95 | 38 |  |   |   |   |   |  
				 	|  |  | CARLISLE UNITED |  |   |   |  
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    | Season | League | Position | P | W | D | L | F | A | Points |  
    | 1928/29 | 3rd N | 8 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 86 | 77 | 46 |  |   |   |    | 
    
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	      John Ernest Thompson
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      |  | Forward |  
	    |  | Born June 21st, 1909 in Newbiggin |  
          |  | Died December 28th, 1985 aged 76 |  
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      |  | Playing Career totals: |  |  |  
      |  | 203 | League appearances |  
      |  | 92 | League goals |  |  |  
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