1938–39 English National League season

The 1938-39 English National League season was the fourth season of the English National League, the top level ice hockey league in England. Six teams participated in the league, and the Harringay Greyhounds won the championship.
Streatham withdrew and was suspended from the league in February, by the Association, for the use of players who had previously been subjected to disciplinary action, and were thus ineligible, in two matches.
==Regular season==
;Scores
*12/6: Harringay Racers - Wembley Lions 5:3Daily Mirror, 1938-12-07
*12/7: Harringay Greyhounds - Streatham 4:0Daily Mirror, 1938-12-08
*12/8: Wembley Monarchs - Wembley Lions 5:3Daily Mirror, 1938-12-09
*12/8: Harringay Racers - Brighton Tigers 6:2
*12/10: Wembley Monarchs - Brighton Tigers 3:2Daily Mirror, 1938-12-12
*12/10: Harringay Greyhounds - Streatham 5:1
*12/10: Earl's Court Rangers - Harringay Racers 6:1
*12/13: Harringay Greyhounds - Earl's Court Rangers 5:2Daily Herald, 1938-12-14
*12/14: Streatham - Earl's Court Rangers 3:3Daily Mirror, 1938-12-15
*12/15: Wembley Monarchs - Harringay Greyhounds 6:2Daily Herald, 1938-12-16
*12/15: Brighton Tigers - Wembley Lions 3:3
*12/17: Streatham - Wembley Lions 5:2Sunday Mirror, 1938-12-18
*12/17: Harringay Racers - Brighton Tigers 6:3
*12/17: Harringay Greyhounds - Earl's Court Rangers 4:3
*12/27: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Lions 8:2Daily Mirror, 1938-12-28
*12/28: Streatham - Brighton Tigers 1:1Daily Mirror, 1938-12-29
*12/29: Wembley Lions - Harringay Racers 4:4Daily Herald, 1938-12-30
*12/29: Brighton Tigers - Streatham 7:6
*12/31: Wembley Monarchs - Earl's Court Rangers 5:2Daily Mirror, 1939-01-02
*12/31: Harringay Racers - Harringay Greyhounds 2:2
*1/3: Harringay Greyhounds - Earl's Court Rangers 6:4London Daily News, 1939-01-04
*1/4: Streatham - Harringay Racers 3:1Daily Mirror, 1939-01-05
*1/5: Wembley Lions - Harringay Greyhounds 1:1Daily Mirror, 1939-01-06
*1/5: Brighton Tigers - Wembley Monarchs 4:4
*1/7: Wembley Monarchs - Wembley Lions 2:2London Daily News, 1939-01-09
*1/7: Harringay Racers - Streatham 4:3
*1/7: Earl's Court Rangers - Brighton Tigers 3:3
*1/10: Harringay Racers - Harringay Greyhounds 4:3Daily Mirror, 1939-01-11
*1/11: Streatham - Wembley Monarchs 2:0Daily Mirror, 1939-01-12
*1/12: Harringay Greyhounds - Brighton Tigers 5:3Daily Mirror, 1939-01-13
*1/12: Wembley Lions - Earl's Court Rangers 3:3
*1/14: Wembley Monarchs - Streatham 6:1Sunday Mirror, 1939-01-15
*1/14: Earl's Court Rangers - Wembley Lions 5:5
*1/14: Harringay Greyhounds - Brighton Tigers 5:1
*1/17: Wembley Monarchs - Harringay Racers 4:0Daily Mirror, 1939-01-18
*1/18: Streatham - Wembley Lions 2:1Daily Mirror, 1939-01-19
*1/19: Brighton Tigers - Earl's Court Rangers 6:3London Daily News, 1939-01-20
*1/19: Harringay Racers - Wembley Monarchs 3:2
*1/21: Wembley Lions - Brighton Tigers 5:2Daily Herald, 1939-01-23
*1/21: Harringay Racers - Harringay Greyhounds 3:1
*1/21: Earl's Court Rangers - Streatham 1:1
*1/24: Harringay Racers - Earl's Court Rangers 4:4Daily Mirror, 1939-01-25
*1/25: Streatham - Earl's Court Rangers 5:5Daily Mirror, 1939-01-26
*1/26: Wembley Lions - Harringay Greyhounds 2:2Daily Mirror, 1939-01-27
*1/26: Wembley Monarchs - Brighton Tigers 4:3
*1/28: Harringay Greyhounds - Streatham 3:2London Daily News, 1939-01-30
*1/28: Brighton Tigers - Earl's Court Rangers 5:2
*1/31: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Monarchs 3:3Daily Mirror, 1939-02-01
*2/1: Streatham - Harringay Racers 3:2London Daily News, 1939-02-02
*2/2: Wembley Lions - Brighton Tigers 4:0Daily Herald, 1939-02-03
*2/2: Earl's Court Rangers - Wembley Monarchs 5:1
*2/4: Harringay Racers - Brighton Tigers 8:3Daily Mirror, 1939-02-06
*2/4: Wembley Lions - Streatham 4:1
*2/4: Earl's Court Rangers - Wembley Monarchs 3:2
*2/7: Wembley Lions - Harringay Racers 2:1Daily Mirror, 1939-02-08
*2/8: Streatham - Brighton Tigers 5:4London Daily News, 1939-02-09
*2/8: Earl's Court Rangers - Harringay Racers 2:2
*2/9: Wembley Lions - Wembley Monarchs 7:2Daily Mirror, 1939-02-10
*2/9: Brighton Tigers - Streatham 7:0
*2/11: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Monarchs 3:0Daily Mirror, 1939-02-13
*2/11: Earl's Court Rangers - Harringay Racers 4:2
*2/13: Wembley Monarchs - Wembley Lions 4:1Daily Mirror, 1939-02-14
*2/14: Harringay Greyhounds - Earl's Court Rangers 6:3London Daily News, 1939-02-15
*2/15: Streatham - Wembley Monarchs 3:2Daily Mirror, 1939-02-16
*2/16: Wembley Lions - Harringay Racers 5:2Daily Mirror, 1939-02-17
*2/16: Brighton Tigers - Harringay Greyhounds 4:4
*2/18: Wembley Monarchs - Brighton Tigers 1:1Sunday Mirror, 1939-02-19
*2/18: Harringay Racers - Wembley Lions 2:1
*2/18: Earl's Court Rangers - Harringay Greyhounds 3:2
*2/21: Wembley Lions - Harringay Greyhounds 5:4Daily Mirror, 1939-02-22
*2/23: Wembley Lions - Earl's Court Rangers 1:1Daily Mirror, 1939-02-24
*2/23: Harringay Racers - Brighton Tigers 4:3
*2/25: Wembley Monarchs - Harringay Racers 3:3Daily Mirror, 1939-02-27
*2/25: Harringay Greyhounds - Brighton Tigers 7:2
*2/25: Wembley Lions - Earl's Court Rangers 5:2
*2/28: Harringay Racers - Wembley Monarchs 4:2London Daily News, 1939-03-01
*3/2: Earl's Court Rangers - Wembley Monarchs 4:1Daily Herald, 1939-03-03
*3/2: Harringay Greyhounds - Brighton Tigers 3:1
*3/4: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Monarchs 7:2Daily Herald, 1939-03-06
*3/4: Wembley Lions - Brighton Tigers 9:4
*3/4: Earl's Court Rangers - Harringay Racers 4:2
*3/9: Wembley Lions - Wembley Monarchs 4:4Daily Mirror, 1939-03-10
*3/11: Harringay Racers - Brighton Tigers 5:3Sunday Mirror, 1939-03-12
*3/11: Earl's Court Rangers - Harringay Greyhounds 3:2
*3/16: Earl's Court Rangers - Brighton Tigers 4:2Daily Mirror, 1939-03-17
*3/18: Harringay Greyhounds - Harringay Racers 3:2Daily Herald, 1939-03-20
*3/18: Wembley Lions - Wembley Monarchs 3:0
*3/21: Harringay Racers - Wembley Monarchs 5:1Daily Mirror, 1939-03-22
*3/23: Wembley Monarchs - Harringay Greyhounds 4:1London Daily News, 1939-03-24
*3/23: Brighton Tigers - Harringay Racers 5:3
*3/25: Harringay Greyhounds - Harringay Racers 2:1Daily Mirror, 1939-03-27
*3/25: Earl's Court Rangers - Wembley Lions 4:4
*3/25: Wembley Monarchs - Brighton Tigers 2:2
*3/28: Earl's Court Rangers - Harringay Racers 4:0Daily Mirror, 1939-03-29
*3/30: Earl's Court Rangers - Brighton Tigers 2:1Daily Mirror, 1939-03-31
*4/1: Harringay Greyhounds - Harringay Racers 3:1Daily Mirror, 1939-04-03
*4/1: Earl's Court Rangers - Wembley Monarchs 7:1
*4/1: Wembley Lions - Brighton Tigers 5:2
*4/4: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Lions 2:2Daily Mirror, 1939-04-05
*4/7: Wembley Lions - Brighton Tigers 2:1Daily Herald, 1939-04-08
*4/7: Harringay Racers - Wembley Monarchs 5:4
*4/8: Harringay Greyhounds - Wembley Monarchs 3:2Daily Mirror, 1939-04-10
*4/8: Harringay Racers - Wembley Lions 1:0
*4/8: Earl's Court Rangers - Brighton Tigers 2:2
*4/11: Harringay Greyhounds - Brighton Tigers 5:2Daily Mirror, 1939-04-12
*4/13: Wembley Lions - Earl's Court Rangers 5:4London Daily News, 1939-04-14
*4/13: Wembley Monarchs - Brighton Tigers 11:5
*4/15: Wembley Lions - Harringay Greyhounds 5:2London Daily News, 1939-04-17
*4/15: Earl's Court Rangers - Wembley Monarchs 7:3
;Table
Season on hockeydb.com
 	Club 	GP	W 	T 	L 	GF-GA 	Pts
1.	Harringay Greyhounds	30	16	6 	8 	106:78	38
2.	Wembley Lions 	30	13	11	6 	103:82	37
3.	Earls Court Rangers 	30	13	8 	9 	105:91	34
4.	Harringay Racers 	30	14	5 	11	91:88 	33
5.	Wembley Monarchs 	30	9 	7 	14	88:104	25
6.	Brighton Tigers 	30	3 	7 	20	80:130	13
Note: All games involving Streatham were thrown out.
==Other games==
*9/24: Brighton Tigers - Earl's Court Rangers 3:2Daily Mirror, 1938-09-26
*9/24: Wembley Lions - Wembley Monarchs 3:2
*9/28: Streatham - Brighton Tigers 5:5Norwood News, 1938-09-30
*9/29: Brighton Tigers - Earl's Court Rangers 4:4Daily Mirror, 1938-09-30
*10/1: Wembley Lions - Wembley Monarchs 9:1The Times, 1938-10-03
*10/1: Streatham - Earl's Court Rangers 2:1
*10/1: Harringay Racers - Harringay Greyhounds 3:1
*10/22: Grimsby - Manchester 3:1 @ GrimsbyGrimsby Daily Telegraph, 1938-10-24
*11/5: Grimsby - RAF Canadians 5:3Grimsby Daily Telegraph, 1938-11-07
*11/12: London All-Stars - Scotland 9:1 @ Earl's CourtDaily Mirror, 1938-11-14
*11/12: Manchester - Grimsby 6:3 @ Manchester Ice PalaceGrimsby Daily Telegraph, 1938-11-14
*11/19: Grimsby - RAF Canadians 5:4Grimsby Daily Telegraph, 1938-11-21
*12/10: Manchester - RAF Canadians 5:4 @ Manchester Ice Palace 
*12/21: Streatham - Wembley All-Stars 5:2 @ StreathamDaily Herald, 1938-12-22
*12/21: Streatham Juniors - Wembley Juniors 2:1Norwood News, 1938-12-23
*12/26: Earl's Court Rangers - Brighton Tigers 6:3 @ Earl's CourtDaily Mirror, 1938-12-27
*12/26: Earl's Court Rangers - Brighton Tigers 2:1 @ Brighton
*12/26: Harringay All-Stars - Wembley All-Stars 3:2 @ Wembley
*12/30: Liverpool - Manchester @ Liverpool 
*1/7: Manchester - Liverpool 5:3 @ Manchester Ice PalaceLiverpool Daily Post, 1939-01-09
*2/3: Liverpool - Manchester 9:8 LiverpoolLiverpool Daily Post, 1939-02-04
*2/4: Manchester - Liverpool 5:2 @ Manchester Ice PalaceThe Guardian, 1939-02-06
*2/11: Grimsby - Liverpool 7:3Grimsby Daily Telegraph, 1939-02-13
*2/18: Grimsby RAF Canadians - Manchester 8:5 @ GrimsbyGrimsby Daily Telegraph, 1939-02-20
*2/24: Blackpool - Liverpool 3:2Liverpool Daily Post, 1939-02-25
*3/4: Grimsby (reinforced with 5 RAF Canadians') - Manchester 7:0 @ Manchester Ice Palace 
*3/10: Liverpool - Oxford University 2:2Liverpool Daily Post, 1939-03-11
*3/30: Wembley Lions - Harringay Racers 2:2 - 5-aside challenge match
*4/10: Liverpool - Blackpool 6:4Liverpool Daily Post, 1939-04-11
*4/12: Harringay Greyhounds - Harringay Greyhounds 10:6 @ NottinghamNottingham Evening Post, 1939-04-20
*4/19: Harringay Racers - Harringay Greyhounds 6:4 @ Nottingham
;Earl's Court six-a-side Tournament
1. Brighton Tigers (2 wins), 2. Wembley Lions, 3. Earl's Court Rangers, 4. Streatham.London Daily News, 1939-01-02
==References==
Category:1938 in ice hockey
Category:1939 in ice hockey
Category:English National League seasons