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1939–40 Football League
Abandoned season of the Football League
Abandoned season of the Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | The Football League |
| season | [1939–40](1939-40-in-english-football) |
| winners | N/A (season abandoned) |
| prevseason | [1938–39](1938-39-football-league) |
| nextseason | [1946–47](1946-47-football-league) |
The 1939–40 season would have been the 48th season of The Football League. The kick-off in all divisions took place on Saturday, 26 August 1939. The season was abandoned after only three matches due to the outbreak of the Second World War. The FA Cup would not resume until 1945-46, and the Football League only restarted in the 1946-47 season.
Blackpool were leading the First Division when the season was abandoned.
On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. On the next day, all divisions of the Football League played their third game of the season. These were the last fixtures before the leagues were abandoned following the British declaration of war on Germany on 3 September 1939.
Large gatherings of crowds were suspended with the implementation of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939.
League tables when season was abandoned
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 Rothmans for all divisions.
First Division
Tommy Lawton (4 goals) (26 August 1939) Stoke City 4–0 Charlton Athletic (26 Aug 1939) (28 August 1939) Stoke City 1–2 Bolton Wanderers (28 August 1939) Sunderland 1–2 Huddersfield Town (30 August 1939) 0–1: three matches (2 September 1939)
Results
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Maps
Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Brentford Charlton Chelsea Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Huddersfield Leeds United Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal Brentford Charlton Athletic Chelsea
Second Division
(2 September 1939) (30 August 1939) (2 September 1939)
Results
Maps
Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Bury Chesterfield Coventry Fulham Leicester City Luton Town Manchester City Millwall Newcastle Newport County Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swansea Town Tottenham West Bromwich Albion West Ham
Fulham Millwall Tottenham West Ham
Third Division North
Third Division North
Results
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Maps
Accrington Stanley Barrow Bradford C. Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Gateshead Halifax T. Hartlepool Hull Lincoln City New Brighton Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Southport Stockport Tranmere Wrexham York City
Third Division South
Third Division South
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Maps
Aldershot Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Exeter City Ipswich Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Norwich City Notts County Port Vale QPR Southend Reading Torquay Swindon Walsall Watford
Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Queens Park Rangers Watford
References
References
- Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
- "England 1938-39". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- "The English National Football Archive".
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