1938–39 Football League First Division
| Season | 1938–39 |
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| Champions | Everton |
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| Season | 1938–39 |
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| Champions | Everton (5th English title) |
| Relegated |
Birmingham Leicester City |
| FA Cup winners | Portsmouth (1st FA Cup title) |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,418 (3.07 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Tommy Lawton (Everton), 35 |
| Biggest home win |
Middlesbrough – Blackpool 9–2 (10 Dec 1938) Wolverhampton – Everton 7–0 (22 Feb 1939) |
| Biggest away win |
Leicester – Charlton 1–5 (9 Feb 1939) Sunderland – Aston Villa 1–5 (26 Dec 1938) Charlton – Wolverhampton 0–4 (10 Dec 1938) |
| Highest scoring | Middlesbrough – Blackpool 9–2 (10 Dec 1938) |
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| Season | 1938–39 |
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| Champions | Blackburn Rovers (1st title) |
| Relegated |
Norwich City Tranmere Rovers |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,441 (3.12 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hugh Billington (Luton Town), 28 |
| Biggest home win | Sheffield Wednesday – Norwich City 7–0 (19 Nov 1938) |
| Biggest away win | Tranmere – Manchester City 3–9 (26 Dec 1938) |
| Highest scoring | Tranmere – Manchester City 3–9 (26 Dec 1938) |
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| Season | 1938–1939 |
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| Champions | Barnsley (2nd title) |
| Failed re-election | None |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,609 (3.48 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Wally Hunt (Carlisle United), 32 |
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| Season | 1938–1939 |
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| Champions | Newport County (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | None |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,319 (2.85 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ben Morton (Swindon Town), 28 |
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The 1938–1939 season was the 47th season of The Football League.
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.
Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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