1938–39 Brentford F.C. season
Football League First Division

1938–39 Brentford F.C. season

Section Title: Football League First Division
Table Section Text: None

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)

1	27 August 1938	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	26,638	Brown, McCulloch

2	3 September 1938	Everton	A	1–2	35,989	Reid

3	8 September 1938	Arsenal	H	1–0	38,535	McAloon

4	10 September 1938	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	28,027

5	17 September 1938	Aston Villa	A	0–5	49,092

6	19 September 1938	Blackpool	A	1–4	21,970	Scott

7	24 September 1938	Sunderland	H	2–3	26,128	Eastham, McCulloch

8	1 October 1938	Grimsby Town	A	0–0	12,106

9	8 October 1938	Derby County	H	1–3	23,539	Scott

10	15 October 1938	Stoke City	A	2–3	23,588	Holliday (pen), Hopkins

11	22 October 1938	Chelsea	H	1–0	31,425	Reid

12	29 October 1938	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	32,191	Scott

13	5 November 1938	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–2	24,594	Atkinson (og), Scott

14	12 November 1938	Leeds United	A	2–3	22,555	Edelston, Brown

15	19 November 1938	Liverpool	H	2–1	20,977	Holliday (2)

16	26 November 1938	Leicester City	A	1–1	16,634	Scott

17	3 December 1938	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	21,746	Holliday, Sneddon

18	10 December 1938	Birmingham	A	1–5	23,333	Holliday

19	17 December 1938	Manchester United	H	2–5	14,919	Gibbons, Vose (og)

20	24 December 1938	Huddersfield Town	A	2–1	11,483	Smith, Townsend

21	27 December 1938	Portsmouth	A	2–2	31,732	Townsend, McAloon

22	31 December 1938	Everton	H	2–0	27,861	Townsend (2)

23	14 January 1939	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–5	23,944	Edelston (2)

24	28 January 1939	Sunderland	A	1–1	19,591	Sneddon (pen)

25	4 February 1939	Grimsby Town	H	1–2	17,380	Scott

26	8 February 1939	Aston Villa	H	2–4	21,162	Edelston, Reid (pen)

27	11 February 1939	Derby County	A	2–1	19,707	Hopkins, Cheetham

28	18 February 1939	Stoke City	H	1–0	26,237	Cheetham

29	22 February 1939	Portsmouth	H	2–0	14,290	McAloon, Scott

30	25 February 1939	Chelsea	A	3–1	33,511	Cheetham (2), Smith

31	4 March 1939	Charlton Athletic	H	1–0	24,440	Hopkins

32	11 March 1939	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	15,161	Boulter

33	18 March 1939	Leeds United	H	0–1	21,480

34	25 March 1939	Liverpool	A	0–1	18,113

35	1 April 1939	Leicester City	H	2–0	17,238	Smith, Hopkins

36	7 April 1939	Preston North End	H	3–1	30,780	Cheetham (2), Edelston

37	8 April 1939	Middlesbrough	A	1–3	18,191	Cheetham

38	10 April 1939	Preston North End	A	0–2	22,350

39	15 April 1939	Birmingham	H	0–1	15,298

40	22 April 1939	Manchester United	A	0–3	15,353

41	29 April 1939	Blackpool	H	1–1	12,761	Cheetham

42	6 May 1939	Arsenal	A	0–2	30,928

Sentence(s)

Brentford's second victory being played in front of a 38,535 home crowd versus Arsenal.

final_sentence: Brentford's second victory being played in front of a 38,535 home crowd versus Arsenal.