Season 1937-38

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1938						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Preston North End	1	0	Huddersfield Town	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	93,357	aet*
	Mutch (p)
First match to be televised live broadcast by the BBC
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1938						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Huddersfield Town	3	1	Sunderland	D 1	Ewood Park, Blackburn	47,904	Record ground receipts ( 7,083)
	Beasley, Barclay, McFadyen			Burbanks
D 1	Preston North End	2	1	Aston Villa	D 2	Bramall Lane, Sheffield	55,129
	O'Donnell H, Mutch			Shell

Final Table for Season 1937-38

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	2	Arsenal	42	15	4	2	52	16	6	6	9	25	28	1.750	52	Rd 5
2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	8	2	47	21	9	3	9	25	28	1.469	51	Rd 4
3	11	Preston North End	42	9	9	3	34	21	7	8	6	30	23	1.455	49	Win
4	-2	Charlton Athletic	42	14	5	2	43	14	2	9	10	22	37	1.275	46	Rd 5
5	2	Middlesbrough	42	12	4	5	40	26	7	4	10	32	39	1.108	46	Rd 5
6	0	Brentford	42	10	6	5	44	27	8	3	10	25	32	1.169	45	Rd 6
7	13	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	6	4	38	22	4	9	8	26	38	1.067	45	Rd 3
8	0	Sunderland	42	12	6	3	32	18	2	10	9	23	39	0.965	44	SF
9	10	Leeds United	42	11	6	4	38	26	3	9	9	26	43	0.928	43	Rd 4
10	3	Chelsea	42	11	6	4	40	22	3	7	11	25	43	1.000	41	Rd 3
11	7	Liverpool	42	9	5	7	40	30	6	6	9	25	41	0.915	41	Rd 5
12	D 2	Blackpool	42	10	5	6	33	26	6	3	12	28	40	0.924	40	Rd 4
13	-9	Derby County	42	10	5	6	42	36	5	5	11	24	51	0.759	40	Rd 3
14	3	Everton	42	11	5	5	54	34	5	2	14	25	41	1.053	39	Rd 4
15	0	Huddersfield Town	42	11	3	7	29	24	6	2	13	26	44	0.809	39	Final
16	D 2	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	31	26	5	5	11	23	49	0.720	39	Rd 4
17	-7	Stoke City	42	10	7	4	42	21	3	5	13	16	38	0.983	38	Rd 4
18	-7	Birmingham	42	7	11	3	34	28	3	7	11	24	34	0.935	38	Rd 3
19	-10	Portsmouth	42	11	6	4	41	22	2	6	13	21	46	0.912	38	Rd 4
20	-8	Grimsby Town	42	11	5	5	29	23	2	7	12	22	45	0.750	38	Rd 3
21	-20	Manchester City	42	12	2	7	49	33	2	6	13	31	44	1.039	36	Rd 6
22	-6	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	5	6	46	36	4	3	14	28	55	0.813	36	Rd 4

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts
1	8	Aston Villa	42	17	2	2	50	12	8	5	8	23	23	2.086	57	SF
2	D 1	Manchester United	42	15	3	3	50	18	7	6	8	32	32	1.640	53	Rd 5
3	4	Sheffield United	42	15	4	2	46	19	7	5	9	27	37	1.304	53	Rd 4
4	4	Coventry City	42	12	5	4	31	15	8	7	6	35	30	1.467	52	Rd 3
5	5	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	3	4	46	16	5	3	13	30	38	1.407	44	Rd 6
6	7	Burnley	42	15	4	2	35	11	2	6	13	19	43	1.000	44	Rd 4
7	13	Bradford	42	13	4	4	51	22	4	5	12	18	34	1.232	43	Rd 5
8	3	Fulham	42	10	7	4	44	23	6	4	11	17	34	1.070	43	Rd 3
9	-3	West Ham United	42	13	5	3	34	16	1	9	11	19	36	1.019	42	Rd 3
10	-7	Bury	42	12	3	6	43	26	6	2	13	20	34	1.050	41	Rd 4
11	4	Chesterfield	42	12	2	7	39	24	4	7	10	24	39	1.000	41	Rd 5
12	D 3S	Luton Town	42	10	6	5	53	36	5	4	12	36	50	1.035	40	Rd 5
13	-8	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	7	4	40	30	4	5	12	17	35	0.877	40	Rd 3
14	3	Norwich City	42	11	5	5	35	28	3	6	12	21	47	0.747	39	Rd 3
15	4	Southampton	42	12	6	3	42	26	3	3	15	13	51	0.714	39	Rd 3
16	-4	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	6	2	51	30	1	4	16	20	50	0.888	38	Rd 3
17	D 1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	5	6	27	21	4	5	12	22	35	0.875	38	Rd 3
18	-2	Swansea Town	42	12	6	3	31	21	1	6	14	14	52	0.616	38	Rd 3
19	-15	Newcastle United	42	12	4	5	38	18	2	4	15	13	40	0.879	36	Rd 3
20	-2	Nottingham Forest	42	12	3	6	29	21	2	5	14	18	39	0.783	36	Rd 4
21	-7	Barnsley	42	7	11	3	30	20	4	3	14	20	44	0.781	36	Rd 4
22	D 3N	Stockport County	42	8	6	7	24	24	3	3	15	19	46	0.614	31	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Third Division North
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts
1	18	Tranmere Rovers	42	15	4	2	57	21	8	6	7	24	20	1.976	56	Rd 3
2	D 2	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	4	2	48	16	6	8	7	26	33	1.510	54	Rd 3
3	2	Hull City	42	11	8	2	51	19	9	5	7	29	24	1.860	53	Rd 3
4	0	Oldham Athletic	42	16	4	1	48	18	3	9	9	19	28	1.457	51	Rd 1
5	16	Gateshead	42	15	5	1	53	20	5	6	10	31	39	1.424	51	Rd 1
6	11	Rotherham United	42	13	6	2	45	21	7	4	10	23	35	1.214	50	Rd 2
7	-5	Lincoln City	42	14	3	4	48	17	5	5	11	18	33	1.320	46	Rd 2
8	12	Crewe Alexandra	42	14	3	4	47	17	4	6	11	24	36	1.340	45	Rd 2
9	-6	Chester	42	13	4	4	54	31	3	8	10	23	41	1.069	44	Rd 3
10	-2	Wrexham	42	14	4	3	37	15	2	7	12	21	48	0.921	43	Rd 2
11	1	York City	42	11	4	6	40	25	5	6	10	30	43	1.029	42	Rd 6
12	-2	Carlisle United	42	11	5	5	35	19	4	4	13	22	48	0.851	39	Rd 1
13	2	New Brighton	42	12	5	4	43	18	3	3	15	17	43	0.984	38	Rd 4
14	D 2	Bradford City	42	12	6	3	46	21	2	4	15	20	48	0.957	38	Rd 3
15	-4	Port Vale	42	11	8	2	45	27	1	6	14	20	46	0.890	38	Rd 1
16	-2	Southport	42	8	8	5	30	26	4	6	11	23	56	0.646	38	Rd 1
17	1	Rochdale	42	7	10	4	38	27	6	1	14	29	51	0.859	37	Rd 1
18	-11	Halifax Town	42	9	7	5	24	19	3	5	13	20	47	0.667	36	Rd 1
19	3	Darlington	42	10	4	7	37	31	1	6	14	17	48	0.684	32	Rd 1
20	-14	Hartlepools United	42	10	8	3	36	20	0	4	17	17	60	0.663	32	Rd 2
21	-5	Barrow	42	9	6	6	28	20	2	4	15	13	51	0.577	32	Rd 1
22	-9	Accrington Stanley	42	9	2	10	31	32	2	5	14	14	43	0.600	29	Rd 2

				Home					Away
Third Division South
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts
1	7	Millwall	42	15	3	3	53	15	8	7	6	30	22	2.243	56	Rd 3
2	14	Bristol City	42	14	6	1	37	13	7	7	7	31	27	1.700	55	Rd 2
3	6	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	3	3	44	17	7	6	8	36	30	1.702	53	Rd 2
4	0	Watford	42	14	4	3	50	15	7	7	7	23	28	1.698	53	Rd 3
5	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	15	3	3	40	16	6	6	9	24	28	1.455	51	Rd 3
6	-1	Reading	42	17	2	2	44	21	3	9	9	27	42	1.127	51	Rd 1
7	7	Crystal Palace	42	14	4	3	45	17	4	8	9	22	30	1.426	48	Rd 3
8	5	Swindon Town	42	12	4	5	33	19	5	6	10	16	30	1.000	44	Rd 4
9	-2	Northampton Town	42	12	4	5	30	19	5	5	11	21	38	0.895	43	Rd 1
10	8	Cardiff City	42	13	7	1	57	22	2	5	14	10	32	1.241	42	Rd 3
11	-9	Notts County	42	10	6	5	29	17	6	3	12	21	33	1.000	41	Rd 4
12	-2	Southend United	42	12	5	4	43	23	3	5	13	27	45	1.029	40	Rd 3
13	-7	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	8	10	3	36	20	6	2	13	20	37	0.982	40	Rd 2
14	D 3N	Mansfield Town	42	12	5	4	46	26	3	4	14	16	41	0.925	39	Rd 3
15	0	Bristol Rovers	42	10	7	4	28	20	3	6	12	18	41	0.754	39	Rd 1
16	3	Newport County	42	9	10	2	31	15	2	6	13	12	37	0.827	38	Rd 3
17	4	Exeter City	42	10	4	7	37	32	3	8	10	20	38	0.814	38	Rd 2
18	4	Aldershot	42	11	4	6	23	14	4	1	16	16	45	0.661	35	Rd 3
19	-7	Clapton Orient	42	10	7	4	27	19	3	0	18	15	42	0.689	33	Rd 2
20	0	Torquay United	42	7	5	9	22	28	2	7	12	16	45	0.521	30	Rd 1
21	-4	Walsall	42	10	4	7	34	37	1	3	17	18	51	0.591	29	Rd 2
22	-11	Gillingham	42	9	5	7	25	25	1	1	19	11	52	0.468	26	Rd 1

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
1938 Election to the Third Division North of the Football League
D 3N	Accrington Stanley	4,344	Rd 2	41	Re-elected
D 3N	Barrow	4,518	Rd 1	35	Re-elected
ML	Shrewsbury Town		Q2	15	Failed
Lan	South Liverpool		Rd 2	5	Failed
ML	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United		Rd 1	1	Failed
CCL	Wigan Athletic		Rd 1	1	Failed
1938 Election to the Third Division South of the Football League
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
SL	Ipswich Town		Rd 1	36	Elected
D 3S	Walsall	4,489	Rd 2	34	Re-elected
D 3S	Gillingham	5,458	Rd 1	28	Not Re-elected