1938–39 Football League

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.

Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and Rothmans for the First Division and from Rothmans for the Second Division and for the two Third Divisions.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals, if the teams had a positive goal difference. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.

First Division

5th English title Leicester City (35 goals) (10 December 1938) Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 Everton (22 February 1939) (9 February 1939) Charlton Athletic 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers (10 December 1938) Sunderland 1–5 Aston Villa (26 December 1938) (10 December 1938)

Results

Maps

Arsenal Brentford Charlton Athletic Chelsea

Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Brentford Charlton Chelsea Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Huddersfield Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Portsmouth Preston North End Stoke Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Sheffield United Tranmere Rovers (28 goals) (19 November 1938) (26 December 1938) (26 December 1938)

Results

Maps

Fulham Millwall Tottenham West Ham

Blackburn Rovers Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Bury Chesterfield Coventry Fulham Luton Town Manchester City Millwall Newcastle Norwich City Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swansea Town Tottenham Tranmere West Bromwich Albion West Ham

Third Division North

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Accrington Stanley Barnsley Barrow Bradford C. Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Gateshead Halifax T. Hartlepool Hull Lincoln City New Brighton Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Southport Stockport Wrexham York City

Third Division South

Third Division South

|win_B&HA=19|draw_B&HA=11|loss_B&HA=12|gf_B&HA=68|ga_B&HA=49 |win_B&BA=13|draw_B&BA=13|loss_B&BA=16|gf_B&BA=52|ga_B&BA=58

Results

|match_ALD_B&BA=2–1 |match_ALD_B&HA=1–1

|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_ALD=4–0 |match_B&BA_B&HA=2–0 |match_B&BA_BRI=4–0 |match_B&BA_BRR=5–2 |match_B&BA_CAR=0–0 |match_B&BA_CLA=0–0 |match_B&BA_CRY=1–1 |match_B&BA_EXE=2–0 |match_B&BA_IPS=0–0 |match_B&BA_MAN=1–1 |match_B&BA_NPC=0–1 |match_B&BA_NOR=3–1 |match_B&BA_NTC=3–2 |match_B&BA_PTV=1–1 |match_B&BA_QPR=4–2 |match_B&BA_REA=0–0 |match_B&BA_STD=0–4 |match_B&BA_SWI=2–0 |match_B&BA_TOR=2–5 |match_B&BA_WAL=3–1 |match_B&BA_WAT=1–1

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_ALD=0–3 |match_B&HA_B&BA=1–1 |match_B&HA_BRI=1–0 |match_B&HA_BRR=6–3 |match_B&HA_CAR=1–2 |match_B&HA_CLA=2–0 |match_B&HA_CRY=0–0 |match_B&HA_EXE=6–1 |match_B&HA_IPS=2–0 |match_B&HA_MAN=3–0 |match_B&HA_NPC=0–0 |match_B&HA_NOR=1–0 |match_B&HA_NTC=2–0 |match_B&HA_PTV=1–0 |match_B&HA_QPR=3–1 |match_B&HA_REA=2–2 |match_B&HA_STD=3–0 |match_B&HA_SWI=4–0 |match_B&HA_TOR=2–0 |match_B&HA_WAL=3–1 |match_B&HA_WAT=0–0

|match_BRI_B&BA=2–0 |match_BRI_B&HA=2–0

|match_BRR_B&BA=1–0 |match_BRR_B&HA=0–1

|match_CAR_B&BA=5–0 |match_CAR_B&HA=4–1

|match_CLA_B&BA=1–1 |match_CLA_B&HA=2–0

|match_CRY_B&BA=3–0 |match_CRY_B&HA=1–0

|match_EXE_B&BA=0–0 |match_EXE_B&HA=2–2

|match_IPS_B&BA=0–2 |match_IPS_B&HA=0–0

|match_MAN_B&BA=2–0 |match_MAN_B&HA=4–2

|match_NPC_B&BA=2–2 |match_NPC_B&HA=2–0

|match_NOR_B&BA=2–0 |match_NOR_B&HA=1–4

|match_NTC_B&BA=0–1 |match_NTC_B&HA=4–3

|match_PTV_B&BA=2–0 |match_PTV_B&HA=1–1

|match_QPR_B&BA=2–0 |match_QPR_B&HA=1–2

|match_REA_B&BA=1–0 |match_REA_B&HA=3–0

|match_STD_B&BA=2–2 |match_STD_B&HA=1–1

|match_SWI_B&BA=4–2 |match_SWI_B&HA=3–2

|match_TOR_B&BA=2–0 |match_TOR_B&HA=0–2

|match_WAL_B&BA=1–2 |match_WAL_B&HA=0–2

|match_WAT_B&BA=1–0 |match_WAT_B&HA=1–1

Maps

Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Queens Park Rangers Watford

Aldershot Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Exeter City Ipswich Town Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Port Vale QPR Southend Reading Torquay Swindon Walsall Watford

Attendances

Source:

First Division

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aston Villa || 21 || 39,932 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Arsenal FC || 21 || 39,102 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Everton FC || 21 || 35,040 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Liverpool FC || 21 || 31,422 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Chelsea FC || 21 || 30,999 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Manchester United || 21 || 30,365 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Wolverhampton Wanderers || 21 || 29,328 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Birmingham FC || 21 || 25,528 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Charlton Athletic || 21 || 25,141 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Portsmouth FC || 21 || 23,154 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bolton Wanderers || 21 || 23,073 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Stoke City || 21 || 22,392 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Brentford FC || 21 || 22,069 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sunderland AFC || 21 || 21,740 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Preston North End || 21 || 21,534 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Middlesbrough FC || 21 || 21,184 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leeds United || 21 || 19,309 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Blackpool FC || 21 || 19,178 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Derby County || 21 || 19,101 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Huddersfield Town || 21 || 16,490 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leicester City || 21 || 16,225 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Grimsby Town || 21 || 12,064 |- |} }}

Second Division

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Newcastle United || 21 || 32,693 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Manchester City || 21 || 31,291 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Tottenham Hotspur || 21 || 29,397 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Millwall FC || 21 || 27,387 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sheffield Wednesday || 21 || 27,147 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sheffield United || 21 || 26,022 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || West Ham United || 21 || 20,135 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Coventry City || 21 || 19,506 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Fulham FC || 21 || 18,679 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || West Bromwich Albion || 21 || 18,400 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Blackburn Rovers || 21 || 18,262 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Plymouth Argyle || 21 || 16,735 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Luton Town || 21 || 15,327 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Southampton FC || 21 || 14,596 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Norwich City || 21 || 14,242 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Burnley FC || 21 || 13,731 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Chesterfield FC || 21 || 13,272 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Nottingham Forest || 21 || 13,033 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Swansea Town || 21 || 10,843 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bury FC || 21 || 10,175 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bradford Park Avenue || 21 || 10,005 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Tranmere Rovers || 21 || 9,938 |- |} }}

References

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

References

1. "England 1938-39". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
2. Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers".
4. "Ben Morton player profile". Swindon Town.
5. "Premier League 1938/1939 - Attendance".