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 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 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, 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.
First Division
| Key | |
| League Champions | |
| FA Cup Winners | |
| Relegated |
Results
Maps
Second Division
| Key | |
| Division Champions, promoted | |
| Promoted | |
| Relegated |
Results
Maps
Third Division North
Results
Maps
Third Division South
| Key | |
| Division Champions, promoted | |
| Re-elected |