Football League Second Division 1938/39
master
Blackburn Rovers
Climbers Blackburn Rovers, Sheffield United
Relegated
Norwich City , Tranmere Rovers
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,441 (ø 3.12 per game)
Top scorer
Hugh Billington ( Luton Town )
← Football League Second Division 1937/38
^ Football League First Division 1938/39
The Football League Second Division 1938/39Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league and at the same time the last season before the outbreak of the Second World War , which resulted in an interruption of official play until the resumption in the 1946/47 season pulled. It began on August 27, 1938 and ended on May 6, 1939.
Second division champions were the Blackburn Rovers and also rose to second-placed Sheffield United in the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1946/47, the two first division clubs Birmingham City (formerly "FC Birmingham") and Leicester City, ranked in the table below, took their places. Norwich City and the Tranmere Rovers had to relegate from the Second Division , with Tranmere now having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Norwich in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs took the free positions in the following season 1939/40 Third Division North champions FC Barnsley and from the Third Division South the winner Newport County .
Closing table
Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1946/47
Promoted to the Football League First Division 1946/47
Relegation from the Football League Second Division
Results table The home teams are listed in the left column.
1938/39
BLA
BPA
BUR
BUY
CHF
COV
FUL
LUT
MNC
Mil
NEW
NOR
NOF
PLY
SHU
SHW
SOH
SWA
DEAD
TRA
WBA
WHU
Blackburn Rovers
6: 4
1-0
1-0
3-0
0: 2
2: 1
2-0
3: 3
3: 1
3-0
6-0
3: 2
4-0
1: 2
2: 4
3-0
4-0
3: 1
3: 2
3-0
3: 1
Bradford Park Avenue 0: 4
2: 2
3: 2
0-0
0: 2
1: 5
2: 1
4: 2
1-0
0: 1
3-0
1: 2
2: 2
0: 3
3: 1
2: 1
1: 1
0-0
3-0
4: 4
1: 2
Burnley FC 3: 2
0-0
0: 1
1: 2
1-0
2-0
3: 2
1: 1
2-0
2-0
3-0
2: 1
1-0
2: 3
1: 2
2: 1
1: 1
1-0
3: 1
0: 3
1-0
Bury FC 2: 4
0: 1
1-0
3: 1
5-0
0: 2
2: 5
1: 5
1: 1
1: 1
2: 3
2: 1
3-0
2: 2
2: 3
5: 2
4-0
3: 1
5-0
3: 3
1: 1
Chesterfield FC 0: 2
2: 2
3: 2
2: 1
3-0
0: 1
1: 2
0: 3
3-0
2-0
2-0
7: 1
3: 1
1-0
3: 1
6: 1
6: 1
3: 1
3-0
3: 1
1-0
Coventry City 0: 1
3: 1
1: 1
0-0
2-0
3: 1
1-0
0: 1
2: 1
1-0
2-0
5: 1
1: 2
0: 3
1-0
3-0
3-0
4-0
2-0
1: 1
0-0
Fulham FC 2: 3
4-0
0-0
1: 2
2-0
1-0
2: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1: 1
2-0
2: 2
1: 2
1: 2
2: 2
1: 1
1-0
1-0
1-0
3-0
3: 2
Luton Town 1: 1
2: 2
1-0
2: 1
5-0
1: 3
2: 1
3-0
0-0
2: 1
2: 1
1-0
3: 4
2-0
1: 5
6: 2
6: 3
0-0
3-0
3: 1
1: 2
Manchester City 3: 2
5: 1
2-0
0-0
3: 1
3-0
3: 5
1: 2
1: 6
4: 1
4: 1
3-0
1: 3
3: 2
1: 1
2: 1
5-0
2-0
5: 2
3: 3
2: 4
Millwall FC 4: 1
3: 1
1: 1
0-0
3: 1
0-0
1: 1
2: 1
3: 1
1: 1
6-0
5-0
3-0
4-0
2-0
0: 1
1: 1
2-0
2: 1
1: 5
0: 2
Newcastle United 2: 2
1-0
3: 2
6-0
0: 1
0: 4
2: 1
2-0
0: 2
2: 2
4-0
4-0
2: 1
0-0
2: 1
1-0
1: 2
0: 1
5: 1
5: 1
2-0
Norwich City 4-0
1: 3
4-0
3: 1
2-0
1: 1
3: 3
2: 1
0-0
0: 2
1: 1
1-0
2: 1
1: 2
2: 2
2: 1
3-0
1: 2
2-0
2: 3
2: 6
Nottingham Forest 1: 3
2-0
2: 2
1: 1
0: 1
3-0
1: 1
2: 4
3: 4
3-0
2-0
1-0
2: 1
0: 2
3: 3
0: 2
1: 2
2: 1
2: 2
2-0
0-0
Plymouth Argyle 1-0
4: 1
1-0
0: 1
0-0
0: 2
0-0
4: 1
0-0
2: 2
0: 1
1-0
3-0
0: 1
1: 1
2-0
0-0
0: 1
3: 1
2: 1
0-0
Sheffield United 0-0
3: 1
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
0-0
2-0
2: 2
1-0
2: 1
0-0
4-0
0: 1
0: 1
0-0
5: 1
1: 2
6: 1
2-0
1: 1
3: 1
Sheffield Wednesday 3-0
2-0
4: 1
2-0
0-0
2: 2
5: 1
4: 1
3: 1
3: 1
0: 2
7-0
1: 1
1: 2
1-0
2-0
1: 1
1-0
2-0
2: 1
1: 4
Southampton FC 1: 3
3: 2
2: 1
0-0
2: 2
0: 2
2: 1
0: 4
1: 2
1: 1
0-0
3: 1
2: 2
2: 1
2: 2
4: 3
4: 1
1: 2
3: 1
2: 1
0: 2
Swansea Town 2: 1
2: 2
4-0
3: 3
1: 1
2: 4
1: 1
2: 3
2-0
1: 1
0: 1
0: 1
1-0
2: 1
1: 2
0: 1
1: 3
1: 1
1-0
3: 2
3: 2
Tottenham Hotspur 4: 3
2: 2
1-0
4: 3
2: 2
2: 1
1-0
0: 1
2: 3
4-0
1-0
4: 1
4: 1
1-0
2: 2
3: 3
1: 1
3-0
3: 1
2: 2
2: 1
Tranmere Rovers 1: 1
2: 1
0: 3
3-0
0: 1
1: 2
0: 1
2: 3
3: 9
2-0
0: 3
0: 1
1: 1
2-0
0: 2
1: 4
1: 1
2-0
0: 2
3: 1
2: 2
West Bromwich Albion 2-0
0: 2
1: 2
6-0
1-0
3: 1
3-0
3-0
3: 1
0-0
5: 2
4: 2
0-0
4: 2
3: 4
5: 1
2-0
0-0
4: 3
2-0
3: 2
West Ham United 1: 2
0: 2
1-0
0-0
1: 1
4: 1
1-0
0: 1
2: 1
0-0
1: 1
2-0
5-0
2: 1
0-0
2: 3
1: 2
5: 2
0: 2
6: 1
2: 1
List of goalscorers
literature Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 . Web links
References and footnotes
↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
↑ Season 1938/39. wildstat.com. Retrieved April 6, 2018 .
Playing times of the second highest English football league
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Swansea Town
Hugh Billington