During the 1938–39 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League First Division. A six-match unbeaten run in February and March 1939 pulled the club clear of a near-certain relegation.

After successive top-six finishes in Brentford's first three seasons in the First Division, manager Harry Curtis again elected to not make any significant off-season signings, bringing in only amateur forward Jackie Gibbons. After youngsters Les Smith and Gerry McAloon were promoted into the first team during the previous two seasons, Curtis would again dip into the reserve and junior ranks and give debuts to left back Doug Anderson and forwards Len Townsend and George Wilkins during 1938–39. Long-serving Scottish international wing half Duncan McKenzie was sold to Middlesbrough in May 1938 for a £6,000 fee. Brentford finished pre-season with a 2–1 Football League Jubilee Fund victory over neighbours Chelsea.

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