Football League First Division 1938/39
| Football League First Division 1938/39 | |
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| master | Everton FC |
| Cup winners | Portsmouth FC |
| Relegated | Birmingham FC , Leicester City |
| Teams | 22nd |
| Games | 462 |
| Gates | 1,418 (ø 3.07 per game) |
| Top scorer | Tommy Lawton ( Everton FC ) |
| ← Football League First Division 1937/38 | |
The Football League First Division 1938/39 was the 47th season of the highest English football league and at the same time the last full season before the outbreak of World War II , which resulted in an interruption of the official game operations until the resumption in the 1946/47 season . It began on August 27, 1938 and ended on May 6, 1939.
The Everton won with four points ahead of Wolverhampton Wanderers its now fifth English championship. Both newly promoted Aston Villa and Manchester United were able to keep the class; instead, Birmingham FC and Leicester City had to move into the Second Division . These two clubs were to be replaced in the 1946/47 season by the two second division promoted Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield United .
A total of 531 players were used, with Aston Villa and Preston North End with 20 the fewest and FC Birmingham with 32 the most players in league games. 122 newcomers opposed 328 footballers who last came into play in the 1938/39 season. 25 players were able to play all 42 league games in their club.
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points | EgS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Everton FC | 42 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 88:52 | 1.69 | 59:25 | 22nd |
| 2. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 22nd | 11 | 9 | 88:39 | 2.26 | 55:29 | 27 |
| 3. | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 22nd | 6th | 14th | 75:59 | 1.27 | 50:34 | 26th |
| 4th | Middlesbrough FC | 42 | 20th | 9 | 13 | 93:74 | 1.26 | 49:35 | 23 |
| 5. | Arsenal FC (M) | 42 | 19th | 9 | 14th | 55:41 | 1.34 | 47:37 | 29 |
| 6th | Derby County | 42 | 19th | 8th | 15th | 66:55 | 1.20 | 46:38 | 23 |
| 7th | Stoke City | 42 | 17th | 12 | 13 | 71:68 | 1.04 | 46:38 | 29 |
| 8th. | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15th | 15th | 12 | 67:58 | 1.16 | 45:39 | 24 |
| 9. | Preston North End (P) | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14th | 63:59 | 1.07 | 44:40 | 20th |
| 10. | Grimsby Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15th | 61:69 | 0.88 | 43:41 | 26th |
| 11. | Liverpool FC | 42 | 14th | 14th | 14th | 62:63 | 0.98 | 42:42 | 22nd |
| 12. | Aston Villa (N) | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17th | 71:60 | 1.18 | 41:43 | 20th |
| 13. | Leeds United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17th | 59:67 | 0.88 | 41:43 | 27 |
| 14th | Manchester United (N) | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15th | 57:65 | 0.88 | 38:46 | 24 |
| 15th | Blackpool FC | 42 | 12 | 14th | 16 | 56:68 | 0.82 | 38:46 | 28 |
| 16. | Sunderland AFC | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17th | 54:67 | 0.81 | 38:46 | 28 |
| 17th | Portsmouth FC | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17th | 47:70 | 0.67 | 37:47 | 21st |
| 18th | Brentford FC | 42 | 14th | 8th | 20th | 53:74 | 0.72 | 36:48 | 26th |
| 19th | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19th | 58:64 | 0.91 | 35:49 | 26th |
| 20th | Chelsea FC | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21st | 64:80 | 0.80 | 33:51 | 25th |
| 21st | Birmingham FC | 42 | 12 | 8th | 22nd | 62:84 | 0.74 | 32:52 | 32 |
| 22nd | Leicester City | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22nd | 48:82 | 0.59 | 29:55 | 21st |
| (M) | English champion 1937/38 |
| (P) | FA Cup winner 1937/38 |
| (N) | Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 1937/38 |
| EgS | used players |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
| ARS | AST | BIR | BLP | BOL | BRE | CHA | CHE | OF THE | EVE | GRI | HUD | LEE | LEI | LIV | MNU | MID | POR | PNE | STO | SUN | WOL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal FC | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | |
| Aston Villa | 1: 3 | 5: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 6: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 0: 2 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | |
| Birmingham FC | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 5: 1 | 3: 4 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 3 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | |
| Blackpool FC | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 5 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 5: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | |
| Brentford FC | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 5 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4: 4 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 7: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 3 | 3: 1 | 4: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 4 | |
| Chelsea FC | 4: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 5: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 3 | |
| Derby County | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 5: 1 | 1: 4 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | |
| Everton FC | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4: 2 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 5: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 6: 2 | 1-0 | |
| Grimsby Town | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 3 | 3: 2 | 6: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 4 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 4-0 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1: 4 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | |
| Leeds United | 4: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 4 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 8: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | |
| Leicester City | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 4 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 5 | 3: 2 | 2: 3 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 5: 3 | 5-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | |
| Liverpool FC | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 3: 3 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 4: 4 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | |
| Manchester United | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 5: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | |
| Middlesbrough FC | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 9: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 4 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 8: 2 | 2: 2 | 5: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | |
| Portsmouth FC | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | |
| Preston North End | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 5-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 2 | |
| Stoke City | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 6: 3 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 6: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 5: 3 | |
| Sunderland AFC | 0-0 | 1: 5 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 3 | 5: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 5: 2 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 7-0 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 6: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
List of goalscorers
| player | society | Gates | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Micky Fenton
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Middlesbrough FC | 34 | 33 |
| = |
Tommy Lawton
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Everton FC | = | 38 |
| 3 |
Dennis Westcott
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Wolverhampton Wanderers | 32 | 37 |
| 4th |
Freddie Steele
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Stoke City | 26th | 31 |
| = |
Dickie Dorsett
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Wolverhampton Wanderers | = | 35 |
| 6th |
George Tadman
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Charlton Athletic | 24 | 31 |
| 7th |
George Hunt
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Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 37 |
| 8th |
.svg){kind=small} Gordon Hodgson
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Leeds United | 20th | 32 |
| 9 |
 Jimmy Dougal
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Preston North End | 19th | 40 |
| 10 |
Tommy Sale
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Stoke City | 18th | 34 |
The championship team of Everton FC
The following list lists all players who played in a league game for Everton during the 1938/39 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of appearances and the goals scored are given in brackets, lastly the number of all first division games up to that point. The players of Everton FC had played a total of 2,416 top division games at the end of the season.
| 1. | Everton FC |
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Arthur Barber * (2/0/2) | Bunny Bell * (4/3/14) | Stan Bentham (41/9/50) | Walter Boyes (36/4/49) | Cliff Britton * (1/0/211) | Jimmy Caskie * (5/1/5) | Billy Cook (40/5/225) | Jimmy Cunliffe * (7/3/174) | Charlie Gee * (2/0/176) | Torry Gillick (40/14/121) | Norman Greenhalgh (42/1/54) | George Jackson * (2/0/58) | TG Jones (39/0/68) | Tommy Lawton (38/35/87) | Joe Mercer (41/0/158) | George Milligan * (1/0/1) | Harry Morton * (1/0/201) | Ted Sagar (41/0/299) | Alex Stevenson (36/11/189) | Jock Thomson (26/0/231) | Douglas Trentham * (1/1/16) | Gordon Watson (16/0/27).
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Special occurrences
- Gordon Hodgson scored five goals for Leeds United against Leicester City on October 1, 1938.
literature
- Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .
- Ian Ross, Gordon Smailes: Everton. A Complete Record 1878-1985. Breedon, Derby 1985, ISBN 0-907969-10-0 .
References and footnotes
- ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1938/1939 (Fussballdaten.de)
- ↑ Everton FC did not employ a formal coach. The respective team line-up was determined by the association's internal committee members.