1938–39 Football League

The Football League
Season	1938–39
Champions	Everton
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

The 1938–1939 season was the 47th season of The 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^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and Rothmans^[2] 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.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division
Season	1938–39
Champions	Everton (5th English title)
Relegated	Birmingham Leicester City
FA Cup winners	Portsmouth (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,418 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tommy Lawton (Everton), 35 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Middlesbrough – Blackpool 9–2 (10 Dec 1938) Wolverhampton – Everton 7–0 (22 Feb 1939)
Biggest away win	Leicester – Charlton 1–5 (9 Feb 1939) Sunderland – Aston Villa 1–5 (26 Dec 1938) Charlton – Wolverhampton 0–4 (10 Dec 1938)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough – Blackpool 9–2 (10 Dec 1938)
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Everton	42	17	3	1	60	18	10	2	9	28	34	88	52	1.692	+36	59
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	6	1	55	12	8	5	8	33	27	88	39	2.256	+49	55
3	Charlton Athletic	42	16	3	2	49	24	6	3	12	26	35	75	59	1.271	+16	50
4	Middlesbrough	42	13	6	2	64	27	7	3	11	29	47	93	74	1.257	+19	49
5	Arsenal	42	14	3	4	34	14	5	6	10	21	27	55	41	1.341	+14	47
6	Derby County	42	12	3	6	39	22	7	5	9	27	33	66	55	1.200	+11	46
7	Stoke City	42	13	6	2	50	25	4	6	11	21	43	71	68	1.044	+3	46
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	6	5	39	25	5	9	7	28	33	67	58	1.155	+9	45
9	Preston North End	42	13	7	1	44	19	3	5	13	19	40	63	59	1.068	+4	44
10	Grimsby Town	42	11	6	4	38	26	5	5	11	23	43	61	69	0.884	–8	43
11	Liverpool	42	12	6	3	40	24	2	8	11	22	39	62	63	0.984	–1	42
12	Aston Villa	42	11	3	7	44	25	5	6	10	27	35	71	60	1.183	+9	41
13	Leeds United	42	11	5	5	40	27	5	4	12	19	40	59	67	0.881	–8	41
14	Manchester United	42	7	9	5	30	20	4	7	10	27	45	57	65	0.877	–8	38
15	Blackpool	42	9	8	4	37	26	3	6	12	19	42	56	68	0.824	–12	38
16	Sunderland	42	7	7	7	30	29	6	5	10	24	38	54	67	0.806	–13	38
17	Portsmouth	42	10	7	4	25	15	2	6	13	22	55	47	70	0.671	–23	37
18	Brentford	42	11	2	8	30	27	3	6	12	23	47	53	74	0.716	–21	36
19	Huddersfield Town	42	11	4	6	38	18	1	7	13	20	46	58	64	0.906	–6	35
20	Chelsea	42	10	5	6	43	29	2	4	15	21	51	64	80	0.800	–16	33
21	Birmingham	42	10	5	6	40	27	2	3	16	22	57	62	84	0.738	–22	32
22	Leicester City	42	7	6	8	35	35	2	5	14	13	47	48	82	0.585	–34	29

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham !BIR	Blackpool !BLP	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Brentford !BRE	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Chelsea !CHE	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Grimsby Town !GRI	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester United !MUN	Middlesbrough !MID	Portsmouth !POR	Preston North End !PNE	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !Arsenal		0–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–0
Aston Villa !Aston Villa	1–3		5–1	3–1	1–3	5–0	2–0	6–2	0–1	0–3	0–2	4–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–2
Birmingham !Birmingham	1–2	3–0		2–1	0–2	5–1	3–4	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	3–2
Blackpool !Blackpool	1–0	2–4	2–1		0–0	4–1	0–0	5–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–5	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–1		1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	0–0	4–1	5–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	0–0
Brentford !Brentford	1–0	2–4	0–1	1–1	2–2		1–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–5	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–3	0–1
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	1–0	1–0	4–4	3–1	2–1	1–1		2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	7–1	3–0	3–3	3–1	4–2	3–0	0–4
Chelsea !Chelsea	4–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3		0–2	0–2	5–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	4–1	0–1	4–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–3
Derby County !Derby County	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	0–1		2–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	5–1	1–4	0–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	2–2
Everton !Everton	2–0	3–0	4–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	4–1	2–2		3–0	3–2	4–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	5–1	0–0	1–1	6–2	1–0
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0		3–3	3–2	6–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–4
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–0		0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	1–4	0–1	1–2
Leeds United !Leeds United	4–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–4	1–2	0–1	2–1		8–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–3	1–0
Leicester City !Leicester City	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–4	0–0	1–1	1–5	3–2	2–3	3–0	0–2	0–1	2–0		2–2	1–1	5–3	5–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–2
Liverpool !Liverpool	2–2	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	2–2	3–3	3–0	1–1		1–0	3–1	4–4	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–2
Manchester United !Manchester United	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	5–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0		1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–3
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	1–1	1–1	2–2	9–2	1–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–4	3–2	4–1	1–2	3–2	3–0	3–1		8–2	2–2	5–1	3–0	1–0
Portsmouth !Portsmouth	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1		0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0
Preston North End !Preston North End	2–1	3–2	5–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–2		1–1	2–1	4–2
Stoke City !Stoke City	1–0	3–1	6–3	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–0	6–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–1		3–1	5–3
Sunderland !Sunderland	0–0	1–5	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	5–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	3–0		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	5–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	7–0	5–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	6–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	0–0

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division
Season	1938–39
Champions	Blackburn Rovers (1st title)
Relegated	Norwich City Tranmere Rovers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,441 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hugh Billington (Luton Town), 28 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Sheffield Wednesday – Norwich City 7–0 (19 Nov 1938)
Biggest away win	Tranmere – Manchester City 3–9 (26 Dec 1938)
Highest scoring	Tranmere – Manchester City 3–9 (26 Dec 1938)
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	1	3	59	23	8	4	9	35	37	94	60	1.567	+34	55
2	Sheffield United	42	9	9	3	35	15	11	5	5	34	26	69	41	1.683	+28	54
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	4	3	47	18	7	7	7	41	41	88	59	1.492	+29	53
4	Coventry City	42	13	4	4	35	13	8	4	9	27	32	62	45	1.378	+17	50
5	Manchester City	42	13	3	5	56	35	8	4	9	40	37	96	72	1.333	+24	49
6	Chesterfield	42	16	1	4	54	20	4	8	9	15	32	69	52	1.327	+17	49
7	Luton Town	42	13	4	4	47	27	9	1	11	35	39	82	66	1.242	+16	49
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	6	2	48	27	6	3	12	19	35	67	62	1.081	+5	47
9	Newcastle United	42	13	3	5	44	21	5	7	9	17	27	61	48	1.271	+13	46
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	15	3	3	54	22	3	6	12	35	50	89	72	1.236	+17	45
11	West Ham United	42	10	5	6	36	21	7	5	9	34	31	70	52	1.346	+18	44
12	Fulham	42	12	5	4	35	20	5	5	11	26	35	61	55	1.109	+6	44
13	Millwall	42	12	6	3	44	18	2	8	11	20	35	64	53	1.208	+11	42
14	Burnley	42	13	3	5	32	20	2	6	13	18	36	50	56	0.893	–6	39
15	Plymouth Argyle	42	9	7	5	24	13	6	1	14	25	42	49	55	0.891	–6	38
16	Bury	42	9	5	7	48	36	3	8	10	17	38	65	74	0.878	–9	37
17	Bradford Park Avenue	42	8	6	7	33	35	4	5	12	28	47	61	82	0.744	–21	35
18	Southampton	42	9	6	6	35	34	4	3	14	21	48	56	82	0.683	–26	35
19	Swansea Town	42	8	6	7	33	30	3	6	12	17	53	50	83	0.602	–33	34
20	Nottingham Forest	42	8	6	7	33	29	2	5	14	16	53	49	82	0.598	–33	31
21	Norwich City	42	10	5	6	39	29	3	0	18	11	62	50	91	0.549	–41	31
22	Tranmere Rovers	42	6	4	11	26	38	0	1	20	13	61	39	99	0.394	–60	17

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Burnley !BUR	Bury !BRY	Chesterfield !CHF	Coventry City !COV	Fulham !FUL	Luton Town !LUT	Manchester City !MCI	Millwall !MIL	Newcastle United !NEW	Norwich City !NOR	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Sheffield United !SHU	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Southampton !SOU	Swansea Town !SWA	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	Tranmere Rovers !TRA	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers		6–4	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–3	3–1	3–0	6–0	3–2	4–0	1–2	2–4	3–0	4–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	3–1
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	0–4		2–2	3–2	0–0	0–2	1–5	2–1	4–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–3	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–4	1–2
Burnley !Burnley	3–2	0–0		0–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–3	1–0
Bury !Bury	2–4	0–1	1–0		3–1	5–0	0–2	2–5	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–3	5–2	4–0	3–1	5–0	3–3	1–1
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	0–2	2–2	3–2	2–1		3–0	0–1	1–2	0–3	3–0	2–0	2–0	7–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	6–1	6–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–0
Coventry City !Coventry City	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0		3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–0
Fulham !Fulham	2–3	4–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0		2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–2
Luton Town !Luton Town	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	5–0	1–3	2–1		3–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–4	2–0	1–5	6–2	6–3	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–2
Manchester City !Manchester City	3–2	5–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	3–5	1–2		1–6	4–1	4–1	3–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	2–1	5–0	2–0	5–2	3–3	2–4
Millwall !Millwall	4–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–1		1–1	6–0	5–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–5	0–2
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	2–2	1–0	3–2	6–0	0–1	0–4	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–2		4–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	5–1	5–1	2–0
Norwich City !Norwich City	4–0	1–3	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1		1–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–3	2–6
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–4	3–4	3–0	2–0	1–0		2–1	0–2	3–3	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	4–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–0		0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–0
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–1	0–1		0–0	5–1	1–2	6–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	5–1	4–1	3–1	3–1	0–2	7–0	1–1	1–2	1–0		2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–4
Southampton !Southampton	1–3	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–4	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	4–3		4–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–2
Swansea Town !Swansea Town	2–1	2–2	4–0	3–3	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–3		1–1	1–0	3–2	3–2
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	4–3	2–2	1–0	4–3	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	4–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	1–0	2–2	3–3	1–1	3–0		3–1	2–2	2–1
Tranmere Rovers !Tranmere Rovers	1–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	3–9	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–4	1–1	2–0	0–2		3–1	2–2
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	2–0	0–2	1–2	6–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	5–2	4–2	0–0	4–2	3–4	5–1	2–0	0–0	4–3	2–0		3–2
West Ham United !West Ham United	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–2	5–2	0–2	6–1	2–1

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North
Season	1938–1939
Champions	Barnsley (2nd title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,609 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wally Hunt (Carlisle United), 32 ^[3]
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Barnsley	42	18	2	1	60	12	12	5	4	34	22	94	34	2.765	+60	67
2	Doncaster Rovers	42	12	5	4	47	21	9	9	3	40	26	87	47	1.851	+40	56
3	Bradford City	42	16	2	3	59	21	6	6	9	30	35	89	56	1.589	+33	52
4	Southport	42	14	5	2	47	16	6	5	10	28	38	75	54	1.389	+21	50
5	Oldham Athletic	42	16	1	4	51	21	6	4	11	25	38	76	59	1.288	+17	49
6	Chester	42	12	5	4	54	31	8	4	9	34	39	88	70	1.257	+18	49
7	Hull City	42	13	5	3	57	25	5	5	11	26	49	83	74	1.122	+9	46
8	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	5	4	54	23	7	1	13	28	47	82	70	1.171	+12	44
9	Stockport County	42	13	6	2	57	24	4	3	14	34	53	91	77	1.182	+14	43
10	Gateshead	42	11	6	4	45	24	3	8	10	29	43	74	67	1.104	+7	42
11	Rotherham United	42	12	4	5	45	21	5	4	12	19	43	64	64	1.000	±0	42
12	Halifax Town	42	9	10	2	33	22	4	6	11	19	32	52	54	0.963	–2	42
13	Barrow	42	11	5	5	46	22	5	4	12	20	43	66	65	1.015	+1	41
14	Wrexham	42	15	2	4	46	28	2	5	14	20	51	66	79	0.835	–13	41
15	Rochdale	42	10	5	6	58	29	5	4	12	34	53	92	82	1.122	+10	39
16	New Brighton	42	11	2	8	46	32	4	7	10	22	41	68	73	0.932	–5	39
17	Lincoln City	42	9	6	6	40	33	3	3	15	26	59	66	92	0.717	–26	33
18	Darlington	42	12	2	7	43	30	1	5	15	19	62	62	92	0.674	–30	33
19	Carlisle United	42	10	5	6	44	33	3	2	16	22	78	66	111	0.595	–45	33
20	York City	42	8	5	8	37	34	4	3	14	27	58	64	92	0.696	–28	32
21	Hartlepools United	42	10	4	7	36	33	2	3	16	19	61	55	94	0.585	–39	31
22	Accrington Stanley	42	6	5	10	30	39	1	1	19	19	64	49	103	0.476	–54	20

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Home ╲ Away	Accrington Stanley !ACC	Barnsley !BAR	Barrow !BRW	Bradford City !BRA	Carlisle United !CRL	Chester !CHE	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Darlington !DAR	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Gateshead !GAT	Halifax Town !HAL	Hartlepool !HAR	Hull City !HUL	Lincoln City !LIN	New Brighton !NWB	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Rochdale !ROC	Rotherham County !ROT	Southport !SOU	Stockport County !STP	Wrexham !WRE	York City !YOR
Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley		0–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	2–3	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–4	1–2	1–3	0–5	2–1	1–4	3–2	3–1	3–1
Barnsley !Barnsley	4–1		4–0	5–2	3–0	3–0	5–2	7–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0
Barrow !Barrow	2–3	1–2		2–1	5–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	4–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	4–0	0–2	4–0	2–0
Bradford City !Bradford City	2–1	0–2	3–0		2–0	1–0	4–1	6–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	6–2	3–0	3–3	1–4	3–0	5–2	2–1	4–0	4–0	6–0
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	6–4	3–1	3–0	0–2		1–3	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	4–3	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–3
Chester !Chester	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	6–1		4–0	0–0	0–4	2–2	5–1	8–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	4–2	0–0	1–4	2–0	4–3	4–2	5–1
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	7–1	0–2		2–0	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–2	0–1	6–0	7–1	1–2	4–1	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	8–2
Darlington !Darlington	3–0	0–1	3–1	0–4	2–1	3–3	1–0		1–2	5–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	3–3	1–2	3–1	0–2	4–3	3–1	1–2
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	7–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–2	4–1		2–3	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	4–1	3–2	5–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0
Gateshead !Gateshead	4–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–5	0–2	2–0		2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–3	2–0	2–2	7–1	0–0	4–1	5–1	2–3
Halifax Town !Halifax Town	2–0	1–4	1–0	2–2	5–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–3		2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–2	2–1
Hartlepool !Hartlepool	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–5	0–1	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–0		3–3	2–1	3–2	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	0–0	3–2
Hull City !Hull City	6–1	0–1	4–0	3–2	11–1	3–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–1		4–2	3–0	0–2	3–3	0–2	2–1	4–4	1–1	2–0
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	3–0	2–4	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–3	3–2	3–0	2–5	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–3		0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	3–2	8–3	3–3
New Brighton !New Brighton	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–3	1–2	3–0	3–6	0–1	1–0	5–2	6–1	3–2		0–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	3–2
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	2–0	4–2	1–0	2–1	6–0	1–3	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	4–2	4–1	1–0	1–0		1–2	2–0	2–4	3–1	4–2	6–0
Rochdale !Rochdale	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	5–2	5–0	6–1	1–1	5–2	4–5	3–4	4–0	4–0	2–0	1–2		0–1	5–0	0–1	0–0	2–2
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–0	2–2	0–1	5–1	0–2	1–3	0–0	3–1	7–1		1–0	3–2	3–0	2–0
Southport !Southport	1–0	0–0	4–1	2–2	7–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	0–4	2–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0		3–0	3–1	1–1
Stockport County !Stockport County	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	5–1	5–2	1–2	3–2	3–3	5–0	2–2	3–3	1–1	3–1	1–2	5–0	3–1		2–1	3–1
Wrexham !Wrexham	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–5	3–2	0–4	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	4–2	1–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	4–3	2–1		1–3
York City !York City	2–2	2–3	2–3	0–1	4–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	4–1	0–7	0–1	2–3	1–2	1–0

Maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South
Season	1938–1939
Champions	Newport County (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,319 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ben Morton (Swindon Town), 28 ^[3]^[4]
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Newport County	42	15	4	2	37	16	7	7	7	21	29	58	45	1.289	+13	55
2	Crystal Palace	42	15	4	2	49	18	5	8	8	22	34	71	52	1.365	+19	52
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	5	2	43	14	5	6	10	25	35	68	49	1.388	+19	49
4	Watford	42	14	6	1	44	15	3	6	12	18	36	62	51	1.216	+11	46
5	Reading	42	12	6	3	46	23	4	8	9	23	36	69	59	1.169	+10	46
6	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	8	3	44	15	5	6	10	24	34	68	49	1.388	+19	44
7	Ipswich Town	42	14	3	4	46	21	2	9	10	16	31	62	52	1.192	+10	44
8	Bristol City	42	14	5	2	42	19	2	7	12	19	44	61	63	0.968	–2	44
9	Swindon Town	42	15	4	2	53	25	3	4	14	19	52	72	77	0.935	–5	44
10	Aldershot	42	13	6	2	31	15	3	6	12	22	51	53	66	0.803	–13	44
11	Notts County	42	12	6	3	36	16	5	3	13	23	38	59	54	1.093	+5	43
12	Southend United	42	14	5	2	38	13	2	4	15	23	51	61	64	0.953	–3	41
13	Cardiff City	42	12	1	8	40	28	3	10	8	21	37	61	65	0.938	–4	41
14	Exeter City	42	9	9	3	40	32	4	5	12	25	50	65	82	0.793	–17	40
15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	10	8	3	38	22	3	5	13	14	36	52	58	0.897	–6	39
16	Mansfield Town	42	10	8	3	33	19	2	7	12	11	43	44	62	0.710	–18	39
17	Northampton Town	42	13	5	3	41	20	2	3	16	10	38	51	58	0.879	–7	38
18	Port Vale ^{[notes 1]}	42	10	5	6	36	23	4	4	13	16	35	52	58	0.897	–6	37
19	Torquay United	42	7	5	9	27	28	7	4	10	27	42	54	70	0.771	–16	37
20	Clapton Orient	42	10	9	2	40	16	1	4	16	13	39	53	55	0.964	–2	35
21	Walsall	42	9	6	6	47	23	2	5	14	21	46	68	69	0.986	–1	33
22	Bristol Rovers	42	8	8	5	30	17	2	5	14	25	44	55	61	0.902	–6	33

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Port Vale had been transferred to Third Division South for this season.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Home ╲ Away	Aldershot !ALD	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol City !BRI	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Cardiff City !CAR	Clapton Orient !CLA	Crystal Palace !CRY	Exeter City !EXE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Mansfield Town !MAN	Newport County !NPC	Northampton Town !NOR	Notts County !NTC	Port Vale !PTV	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Reading !REA	Southend !STD	Swindon Town !SWI	Torquay United !TOR	Walsall !WAL	Watford !WAT
Aldershot !Aldershot		2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4–0		2–0	4–0	5–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	4–2	0–0	0–4	2–0	2–5	3–1	1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	0–3	1–1		1–0	6–3	1–2	2–0	0–0	6–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	0–0
Bristol City !Bristol City	1–0	2–0	2–0		2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	5–1	2–2	5–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0
Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1		1–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	3–3	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–4	4–1	5–0	0–1	2–0	1–1
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	2–4	5–0	4–1	2–1	0–2		1–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	2–4	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	5–3
Clapton Orient !Clapton Orient	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1		4–0	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	5–0	5–0	3–0	1–1	0–0
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	4–2		3–2	3–0	6–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	4–3	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–0
Exeter City !Exeter City	3–3	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–4		3–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–2	3–3	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–3
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	7–2	0–2	0–0	4–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–2		5–1	1–4	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	5–1
Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	1–0	2–0	4–2	3–2	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	4–2	0–1		0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–0
Newport County !Newport County	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	0–0		1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	6–4	1–0	2–1	1–0
Northampton Town !Northampton Town	5–0	2–0	1–4	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–4	1–0		2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	4–1	4–1	2–0
Notts County !Notts County	1–1	0–1	4–3	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0		4–0	0–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	5–1	0–0	0–3
Port Vale !Port Vale	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	3–1		1–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	5–1	1–2
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	7–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–2	5–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–2		2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0
Reading !Reading	5–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	5–1	3–1	2–1	2–4		3–0	3–0	3–5	1–1	3–2
Southend !Southend	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0		2–3	1–1	2–0	3–0
Swindon Town !Swindon Town	2–1	4–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	8–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	4–2	2–1		3–1	1–4	3–0
Torquay United !Torquay United	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–3		0–1	2–1
Walsall !Walsall	2–2	1–2	0–2	5–0	2–2	6–3	5–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	4–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	5–0	5–0		2–0
Watford !Watford	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	4–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	4–2

Maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

References

1 2 "England 1938-39". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ "Ben Morton player profile". Swindon Town. Retrieved 2010-11-06.

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

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South	Aldershot Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Exeter City Ipswich Town Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford

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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '38 '39 France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '38 '39 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine '38–'39 39 Poland '38 '39 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria '38 '39 Cyprus England Estonia '38 '39 France Germany '38 '39 Italy Latvia '38 '39 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '38 '39 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Spain '39 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '38 '39

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