Ten goals were scored in the first two home games as both Middlesbrough and Newcastle United conceded five. New signing inside-left John Ball came from Bury and scored twice in both matches. He was on form and went on to score eight goals in his first ten games. Centre-forward Vic Watson was also prolific as he scored twice in the 3–1 victory at Leeds United and grabbed a hat-trick in a 5–2 home win against Aston Villa in early December. Huddersfield Town won both games over the Christmas period and these came in a run of five successive defeats.

There was a comfortable 4–0 home win against Notts County in the FA Cup, and the next round saw another win, 4–1 against Leeds United, Vic Watson scoring all four goals. Round five brought another home tie, with local rivals Millwall the visitors. The in-form Watson scored twice in a 4–1 victory. Sadly the cup run ended in the quarter-finals again as Arsenal won 3–0 at the Boleyn Ground. A week later at the same venue Arsenal were beaten 3–2, with that man Watson again scoring twice. To add to his goal tally he scored another hat-trick in the 3–0 home win against Leeds. How the Leeds defenders must have feared Vic Watson. Last season he scored seven league goals against them and this season he netted five league goals and four in the FA Cup.

The campaign ended with three home victories and a good 3–2 win at Aston Villa, where Watson yet again claimed a hat-trick. A position of seventh in the table was a vast improvement and was due to the amazing scoring of Vic Watson, who scored 42 league goals and eight in the FA Cup.