1939–40 English National League season

The 1939-40 English National League season was the fifth season of the English National League, the top level ice hockey league in England. Five teams participated in the league, and the Harringay Greyhounds won the championship.
==Regular season==
;Scores
*12/27: Streatham - Harringay Racers 2:2London Daily News, 1939-12-28
*12/28: Wembley Lions - Wembley Monarchs 6:6London Daily News, 1939-12-29
*12/30: Wembley Monarchs - Streatham 5:3Daily Mirror, 1940-01-01
*12/30: Harringay Greyhounds - Harringay Racers 2:1
*1/2: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Monarchs 6:0Belfast News-Letter, 1940-01-03
*1/3: Streatham - Wembley Lions 7:5West London Observer, 1940-01-12
*1/6: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Lions 5:1Weekly Dispatch, 1940-01-07
*1/6: Harringay Racers - Streatham 4:3
*1/9: Harringay Racers - Harringay Greyhounds 3:3Daily Mirror, 1940-01-10
*1/10: Wembley Monarchs - Streatham 4:1Norwood News, 1940-01-12
*1/11: Wembley Monarchs - Wembley Lions 5:3Daily Herald, 1940-01-12
*1/13: Wembley Lions - Harringay Greyhounds 3:1Weekly Dispatch, 1940-01-14
*1/13: Wembley Monarchs - Harringay Racers 2:1
*1/16: Wembley Monarchs - Harringay Racers 5:4Daily Mirror, 1940-01-17
*1/17: Streatham - Harringay Greyhounds 5:2Norwood News, 1940-01-19
*1/18: Wembley Lions - Streatham 5:2Daily Mirror, 1940-01-19
*1/18: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Monarchs 4:2
*1/20: Harringay Racers - Wembley Lions 2:0Sunday Mirror, 1940-01-21
*1/20: Harringay Greyhounds - Streatham 7:3
*1/23: Harringay Racers - Wembley Lions 3:3Daily Mirror, 1940-01-24
*1/24: Harringay Racers - Streatham 4:2Daily Herald, 1940-01-25
*1/25: Wembley Lions - Wembley Monarchs 16:8Daily Herald, 1940-01-26
*1/27: Wembley Monarchs - Streatham 13:5Daily Herald, 1940-01-29
*1/27: Harringay Racers - Harringay Greyhounds 4:2
*1/31: Streatham - Wembley Lions 5:0Daily Herald, 1940-02-01
*2/3: Harringay Racers - Streatham 4:3Weekly Dispatch, 1940-02-04
*2/3: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Lions 5:2Daily Herald, 1940-02-05
*2/6: Harringay Greyhounds - Harringay Racers 4:2East London Observer, 1940-02-10
*2/7: Streatham - Wembley Monarchs 5:2Daily Mirror, 1940-02-08
*2/8: Wembley Monarchs - Wembley Lions 6:3Daily Mirror, 1940-02-09
*2/10: Wembley Lions - Harringay Greyhounds 7:2Sunday Mirror, 1940-02-11
*2/10: Harringay Racers - Wembley Monarchs 3:2
*2/13: Harringay Racers - Wembley Monarchs 9:2Daily Herald, 1940-02-14
*2/14: Harringay Greyhounds - Streatham 7:5Daily Mirror, 1940-02-15
*2/15: Wembley Monarchs - Harringay Greyhounds 6:4Daily Mirror, 1940-02-16
*2/15: Wembley Lions - Streatham 11:4Daily Herald, 1940-02-16
*2/17: Wembley Lions - Harringay Racers 5:2Daily Mirror, 1940-02-19
*2/17: Harringay Greyhounds - Streatham 7:1
*2/20: Harringay Racers - Wembley Lions 5:3Daily Herald, 1940-02-21
*2/21: Harringay Racers - Streatham 2:1Daily Mirror, 1940-02-22
*2/24: Wembley Lions - Wembley Monarchs 6:4Sunday Mirror, 1940-02-25
*2/24: Harringay Greyhounds - Harringay Racers 7:3
*2/27: Wembley Monarchs - Harringay Greyhounds 6:4Daily Herald, 1940-02-28
*2/28: Wembley Lions - Streatham 4:4Daily Herald, 1940-02-29
*3/2: Wembley Lions - Harringay Greyhounds 5:4The People, 1940-03-03
*3/2: Streatham - Harringay Racers 2:1Daily Herald, 1940-03-04
*3/6: Streatham - Wembley Monarchs 4:4Daily Mirror, 1940-03-07
*3/7: Wembley Monarchs - Streatham 7:4Daily Herald, 1940-03-08
*3/9: Wembley Monarchs - Harringay Racers 4:4Sunday Mirror, 1940-03-10
*3/9: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Lions 6:5
*3/13: Streatham - Harringay Greyhounds 6:3Daily Herald, 1940-03-14
*3/14: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Monarchs 10:2Daily Mirror, 1940-03-15
*3/14: Wembley Lions - Streatham 9:7
*3/16: Harringay Greyhounds - Streatham 5:4Daily Herald, 1940-03-18
*3/19: Harringay Racers - Wembley Lions 5:5Daily Mirror, 1940-03-20
*3/23: Wembley Monarchs - Wembley Lions 4:3Sunday Mirror, 1940-03-24
*3/23: Harringay Racers - Harringay Greyhounds 2:2
*3/25: Harringay Racers - Wembley Lions 4:3Daily Herald, 1940-03-26
*Harringay Racers - Wembley Monarchs 5:2
*Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Monarchs 3:3
;Table
Season on hockeydb.com
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	GF-GA 	Pts
1.	Harringay Greyhounds	24	13	3	8 	105:81 	29
2.	Harringay Racers 	24	11	6	7 	79:69 	28
3.	Wembley Monarchs 	24	11	4	9 	104:116	26
4.	Wembley Lions 	24	9 	4	11	113:106	22
5.	Streatham 	24	6 	3	15	68:117 	15
==Other games==
*10/7: Harringay Greyhounds - Harringay Racers 3:3Sunday Mirror, 1939-10-08
*10/7: Earl's Court Redwings - Earl's Court Marlboroughs 5:2 @ NottinghamNottingham Journal, 1939-10-09
*10/14: Harringay Greyhounds - Harringay Racers 7:4Weekly Dispatch, 1939-10-15
*10/21: Wembley Lions - Harringay Greyhounds 1:1 @ WembleyLondon Daily News, 1939-10-23
*10/28: Harringay Greyhounds - Streatham 10:8 @ HarringayDaily Herald, 1939-10-30
*10/28: Wembley Lions - Harringay Racers 6:4 @ Wembley
*11/1: Harringay Greyhounds - Streatham 6:4 @ StreathamLondon Daily News, 1939-11-02
*11/15: RAF Grantham Canadians - Nottingham Panthers 7:4 @ Nottingham
*11/25: England - The Rest 5:2 @ WembleyDaily Mirror, 1939-11-27
*12/1: Manchester - Liverpool 6:5 @ LiverpoolLiverpool Daily Post, 1939-12-02 
*12/2: Nottingham Panthers - RAF (Canadians Section) 8:7 @ Nottingham
*12/16: Wembley Monarchs - The Rest 10:7 @ WembleyLondon Daily News, 1939-12-18
*1/16: Harringay Greyhounds - Canadian Forces 8:5 @ Harringay
*1/20: Wembley Monarchs - 1st Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 4:2Daily Herald, 1940-01-22
*1/27: Wembley Lions - Royal Canadian Artillery 5:3 @ Wembley
*1/30: 2nd Field Regiment - 1st Field Regiment (both Canadian) 4:3Daily Mirror, 1940-01-31
*2/2: Nottingham Panthers - Cambridge Canadians 12:1 @ Nottingham
*2/3: Liverpool - Manchester 3:2 @ Manchester Ice Palace
*2/3: Toronto Scottish Regiment - Wembley Colts 4:0
*2/10: Toronto Scottish Regiment - Royal Canadian Air Force 11:3
*2/10: Royal Canadian Artillery - Royal Canadian Regiment 4:3
*2/10: Sussex Tigers - Oxford University 6:0London Daily News, 1940-02-12
*2/13: 2nd Field Regiment - 1st Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 6:1 @ Harringay
*2/17: 1st Field Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery - Toronto Scottish Regiment 9:0
*2/17: 2nd Field Regiment - Wembley Monarchs 8:4
*2/17: 2nd Infantry Brigade - 3rd Infantry Brigade 5:4
*2/17: Sussex Tigers - RAF 1:1 - RAF was largely composed of former Sussex playersWorthing Gazette, 1940-02-21
*2/20: Harringay Greyhounds - 1st/2nd Field Regiments 5:2Daily Mirror, 1940-02-21
*2/27: Harringay Racers - Royal Canadian Artillery All-Stars 8:5 @ Harringay
*3/2: 3rd Field Regiment, RCA - 2nd Infantry Brigade 4:3
*3/2: 2nd Infantry Brigade - 1st Field Regiment, RCA 3:3
*3/9: Royal Canadian Medical Corps - 2nd Canadian Infantry 6:5
*3/9: Toronto Scottish Regiment - 48th Canadian Highlanders 2:1
*3/9: Royal Canadian Artillery - Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 5:4
*3/9: Sussex Tigers - RAFSussex Agricultural Express, 1939-03-08
*3/16: Harringay Racers - 2nd Field Regiment 5:4
*3/16: 3rd Field Regiment, RCA - 48th Canadian Highlanders 5:1
*3/20: 2nd Field Regiment - 2nd Infantry Brigade 8:2 @ StreathamDaily Herald, 1940-03-21
*3/22: Sussex Tigers - Streatham IndiansSussex Agricultural Express, 1940-03-21
*3/23: 3rd Field Regiment, RCA - Royal Canadian Medical Corps 7:5 - 3rd won Canadian Army tournament
*3/23: 2nd Field Regiment - 3rd Infantry Brigade 4:2
*3/23: 1st Field Regiment - 48th Canadian Highlanders 11:4
*3/25: !st Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery - 2nd Field Regiment 6:4 @ Harringay
*4/1: Grimsby Redwings - RAF Canadians 8:5 @ GrimsbyGrimsby Daily Telegraph, 1940-04-02
*4/6: Grimsby Redwings - RAF Canadians 9:7 @ GrimsbyGrimsby Daily Telegraph, 1940-04-08
*4/6: Wembley Lions - 2nd Royal Canadian Artillery 5:4Sunday Mirror, 1940-04-07
*4/6: Wembley Monarchs - 1st Royal Canadian Artillery 6:5
*4/6: National League - Canadian Expeditionary Force 23:4
*4/13: 2nd Royal Canadian Artillery - Wembley Monarchs 4:2Sunday Mirror, 1940-04-14
*4/13: Sussex Tigers - Streatham IndiansSussex Agricultural Express, 1940-04-12
*4/13: Wembley Lions - 1st Royal Canadian Artillery 5:5
*4/21: Sussex Tigers - Wembley Panthers
*5/2: Sussex Tigers - Earl's Court Redwings
*5/9: Sussex Tigers - Harringay Hornets
*5/11: Scottish League All-Stars - Wembley Monarchs 5:4The People, 1940-05-12
*5/13: Sussex Tigers - Earl's Court Marlboroughs
==References==
Category:1939 in ice hockey
Category:1940 in ice hockey
Category:English National League seasons