# 1938–39 Football League

The 1938–39 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 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

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

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLP | BOL | BRE | CHA | CHE | DER | EVE | GRI | HUD | LEE | LEI | LIV | MUN | MID | POR | PNE | STK | SUN | WOL |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 94 | 60 | 1.567 | 55 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Sheffield United (P) | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 69 | 41 | 1.683 | 54 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 88 | 59 | 1.492 | 53 | |
| 4 | Coventry City | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 62 | 45 | 1.378 | 50 | |
| 5 | Manchester City | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 96 | 72 | 1.333 | 49 | |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 69 | 52 | 1.327 | 49 | |
| 7 | Luton Town | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 82 | 66 | 1.242 | 49 | |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 67 | 62 | 1.081 | 47 | |
| 9 | Newcastle United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 48 | 1.271 | 46 | |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 89 | 72 | 1.236 | 45 | |
| 11 | West Ham United | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 70 | 52 | 1.346 | 44 | |
| 12 | Fulham | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 55 | 1.109 | 44 | |
| 13 | Millwall | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 64 | 53 | 1.208 | 42 | |
| 14 | Burnley | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 56 | 0.893 | 39 | |
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 55 | 0.891 | 38 | |
| 16 | Bury | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 65 | 74 | 0.878 | 37 | |
| 17 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 61 | 82 | 0.744 | 35 | |
| 18 | Southampton | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 56 | 82 | 0.683 | 35 | |
| 19 | Swansea Town | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 50 | 83 | 0.602 | 34 | |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 49 | 82 | 0.598 | 31 | |
| 21 | Norwich City (R) | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 50 | 91 | 0.549 | 31 | Relegation to the Third Division South |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers (R) | 42 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 39 | 99 | 0.394 | 17 | Relegation to the Third Division North |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BLB | BPA | BUR | BRY | CHF | COV | FUL | LUT | MCI | MIL | NEW | NWC | NOT | PLY | SHU | SHW | SOU | SWA | TOT | TRA | WBA | WHU |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Barnsley | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 2.765 | 67 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 26 | 1.851 | 56 | |
| 3 | Bradford City | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 1.589 | 52 | |
| 4 | Southport | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 1.389 | 50 | |
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 51 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 1.288 | 49 | |
| 6 | Chester | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 39 | 1.257 | 49 | |
| 7 | Hull City | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 49 | 1.122 | 46 | |
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 47 | 1.171 | 44 | |
| 9 | Stockport County | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 57 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 53 | 1.182 | 43 | |
| 10 | Gateshead | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 1.104 | 42 | |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 1.000 | 42 | |
| 12 | Halifax Town | 42 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 0.963 | 42 | |
| 13 | Barrow | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 1.015 | 41 | |
| 14 | Wrexham | 42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 51 | 0.835 | 41 | |
| 15 | Rochdale | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 53 | 1.122 | 39 | |
| 16 | New Brighton | 42 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 41 | 0.932 | 39 | |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 59 | 0.717 | 33 | |
| 18 | Darlington | 42 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 62 | 0.674 | 33 | |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 78 | 0.595 | 33 | |
| 20 | York City | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 58 | 0.696 | 32 | |
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 61 | 0.585 | 31 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 64 | 0.476 | 20 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | BAR | BRW | BRA | CRL | CHE | CRE | DAR | DON | GAT | HAL | HAR | HUL | LIN | NWB | OLD | ROC | ROT | SOU | STP | WRE | YOR |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Newport County | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 1.289 | 55 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 1.365 | 52 | |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 1.388 | 49 | |
| 4 | Watford | 42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 1.216 | 46 | |
| 5 | Reading | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 1.169 | 46 | |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 1.388 | 44 | |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 1.192 | 44 | |
| 8 | Bristol City | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 0.968 | 44 | |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 52 | 0.935 | 44 | |
| 10 | Aldershot | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 51 | 0.803 | 44 | |
| 11 | Notts County | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 1.093 | 43 | |
| 12 | Southend United | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 51 | 0.953 | 41 | |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 42 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 0.938 | 41 | |
| 14 | Exeter City | 42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 50 | 0.793 | 40 | |
| 15 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 0.897 | 39 | |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 0.710 | 39 | |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 38 | 0.879 | 38 | |
| 18 | Port Vale | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 35 | 0.897 | 37 | |
| 19 | Torquay United | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 0.771 | 37 | |
| 20 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 0.964 | 35 | |
| 21 | Walsall | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 46 | 0.986 | 33 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 44 | 0.902 | 33 | Re-elected |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Southern League
* ↑ Port Vale had been transferred from Third Division North for this season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALD | B&BA | B&HA | BRI | BRR | CAR | CLA | CRY | EXE | IPS | MAN | NPC | NOR | NTC | PTV | QPR | REA | STD | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
## Attendances
### First Division

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Aston Villa | 21 | 39,932 |
| 2 | Arsenal FC | 21 | 39,102 |
| 3 | Everton FC | 21 | 35,040 |
| 4 | Liverpool FC | 21 | 31,422 |
| 5 | Chelsea FC | 21 | 30,999 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 21 | 30,365 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 29,328 |
| 8 | Birmingham FC | 21 | 25,528 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 25,141 |
| 10 | Portsmouth FC | 21 | 23,154 |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 23,073 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 21 | 22,392 |
| 13 | Brentford FC | 21 | 22,069 |
| 14 | Sunderland AFC | 21 | 21,740 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 21 | 21,534 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough FC | 21 | 21,184 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 21 | 19,309 |
| 18 | Blackpool FC | 21 | 19,178 |
| 19 | Derby County | 21 | 19,101 |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 16,490 |
| 21 | Leicester City | 21 | 16,225 |
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 12,064 |

### Second Division

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Newcastle United | 21 | 32,693 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 21 | 31,291 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 29,397 |
| 4 | Millwall FC | 21 | 27,387 |
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 27,147 |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 21 | 26,022 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 21 | 20,135 |
| 8 | Coventry City | 21 | 19,506 |
| 9 | Fulham FC | 21 | 18,679 |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 18,400 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 18,262 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 16,735 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 21 | 15,327 |
| 14 | Southampton FC | 21 | 14,596 |
| 15 | Norwich City | 21 | 14,242 |
| 16 | Burnley FC | 21 | 13,731 |
| 17 | Chesterfield FC | 21 | 13,272 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 13,033 |
| 19 | Swansea Town | 21 | 10,843 |
| 20 | Bury FC | 21 | 10,175 |
| 21 | Bradford Park Avenue | 21 | 10,005 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 9,938 |