1937–38 Football League

The Football League
Season	1937–38
Champions	Arsenal
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

The 1937–1938 season was the 46th season of The Football League.

Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

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. 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.^[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division
Season	1937–38
Champions	Arsenal (5th English title)
Relegated	Manchester City West Bromwich Albion
FA Cup winners	Preston North End (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1430 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tommy Lawton (Everton), 28 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton Wanderers 10–1 Leicester City (15 Apr 1938)
Biggest away win	Derby County 1–7 Manchester City (29 Jan 1938)
Highest scoring	Wolverhampton Wanderers 10–1 Leicester City (15 Apr 1938)
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	15	4	2	52	16	6	6	9	25	28	77	44	1.750	+33	52
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	8	2	47	21	9	3	9	25	28	72	49	1.469	+23	51
3	Preston North End	42	9	9	3	34	21	7	8	6	30	23	64	44	1.455	+20	49
4	Charlton Athletic	42	14	5	2	43	14	2	9	10	22	37	65	51	1.275	+14	46
5	Middlesbrough	42	12	4	5	40	26	7	4	10	32	39	72	65	1.108	+7	46
6	Brentford	42	10	6	5	44	27	8	3	10	25	32	69	59	1.169	+10	45
7	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	6	4	38	22	4	9	8	26	38	64	60	1.067	+4	45
8	Sunderland	42	12	6	3	32	18	2	10	9	23	39	55	57	0.965	–2	44
9	Leeds United	42	11	6	4	38	26	3	9	9	26	43	64	69	0.928	–5	43
10	Chelsea	42	11	6	4	40	22	3	7	11	25	43	65	65	1.000	±0	41
11	Liverpool	42	9	5	7	40	30	6	6	9	25	41	65	71	0.915	–6	41
12	Blackpool	42	10	5	6	33	26	6	3	12	28	40	61	66	0.924	–5	40
13	Derby County	42	10	5	6	42	36	5	5	11	24	51	66	87	0.759	–21	40
14	Everton	42	11	5	5	54	34	5	2	14	25	41	79	75	1.053	+4	39
15	Huddersfield Town	42	11	3	7	29	24	6	2	13	26	44	55	68	0.809	–13	39
16	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	31	26	5	5	11	23	49	54	75	0.720	–21	39
17	Stoke City	42	10	7	4	42	21	3	5	13	16	38	58	59	0.983	–1	38
18	Birmingham	42	7	11	3	34	28	3	7	11	24	34	58	62	0.935	–4	38
19	Portsmouth	42	11	6	4	41	22	2	6	13	21	46	62	68	0.912	–6	38
20	Grimsby Town	42	11	5	5	29	23	2	7	12	22	45	51	68	0.750	–17	38
21	Manchester City	42	12	2	7	49	33	2	6	13	31	44	80	77	1.039	+3	36
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	5	6	46	36	4	3	14	28	55	74	91	0.813	–17	36

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackpool !BLP	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Brentford !BRE	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Chelsea !CHE	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Grimsby Town !GRI	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Middlesbrough !MID	Portsmouth !POR	Preston North End !PNE	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !Arsenal		0–0	2–1	5–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	5–1	3–1	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–1	1–1	5–0
Birmingham City !Birmingham City	1–2		1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–2	3–2	4–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0
Blackpool !Blackpool	2–1	0–3		2–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	5–2	2–4	0–1	2–1	4–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–2
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	1–0	1–1	3–0		2–0	1–0	5–5	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	6–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2
Brentford !Brentford	3–0	1–2	2–4	1–1		5–2	1–1	2–3	3–0	6–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–2	2–1
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	0–3	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–0		3–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–1
Chelsea !Chelsea	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–1		3–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	4–1	4–1	6–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–2
Derby County !Derby County	2–0	0–0	3–1	4–2	1–3	3–2	4–0		2–1	1–2	0–4	2–2	0–1	4–1	1–7	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	5–3	1–2
Everton !Everton	1–4	1–1	3–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	1–1		3–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–3	4–1	2–2	5–2	3–5	3–0	3–3	5–3	0–1
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	2–1	4–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1		4–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–4	1–0
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	1–2		0–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Leeds United !Leeds United	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–4	1–1	2–1		0–2	2–0	2–1	5–3	3–1	0–0	2–1	4–3	1–0	1–2
Leicester City !Leicester City	1–1	1–4	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–4		2–2	1–4	0–1	3–3	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	1–1
Liverpool !Liverpool	2–0	3–2	4–2	2–1	3–4	1–2	2–2	3–4	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	3–0	4–0	0–1	0–1
Manchester City !Manchester City	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	5–3	1–0	6–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	6–2	3–0	1–3		1–6	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	7–1	2–4
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	4–3	4–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	4–0		0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–3
Portsmouth !Portsmouth	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–4	4–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2		3–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	1–0
Preston North End !Preston North End	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	4–1	2–2	0–2	1–1		2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0
Stoke City !Stoke City	1–1	2–2	1–3	3–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	8–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	1–1		0–0	4–0	1–1
Sunderland !Sunderland	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1		3–0	1–0
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	0–0	4–3	1–2	2–4	4–3	0–0	4–0	4–2	3–1	2–1	5–1	2–1	1–3	5–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–6		2–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	1–1	10–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	5–0	0–0	2–2	4–0	2–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division
Season	1937–38
Champions	Aston Villa (1st title)
Relegated	Barnsley Stockport County
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1346 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Henson (Bradford Park Avenue), 27 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Fulham – Swansea 8–1 (22 Jan 1938)
Biggest away win	Chesterfield – Manchester United 1–7 (13 Nov 1937)
Highest scoring	Luton – Stockport 6–4 (1 Jan 1938)
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	42	17	2	2	50	12	8	5	8	23	23	73	35	2.086	+38	57
2	Manchester United	42	15	3	3	50	18	7	6	8	32	32	82	50	1.640	+32	53
3	Sheffield United	42	15	4	2	46	19	7	5	9	27	37	73	56	1.304	+17	53
4	Coventry City	42	12	5	4	31	15	8	7	6	35	30	66	45	1.467	+21	52
5	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	3	4	46	16	5	3	13	30	38	76	54	1.407	+22	44
6	Burnley	42	15	4	2	35	11	2	6	13	19	43	54	54	1.000	±0	44
7	Bradford Park Avenue	42	13	4	4	51	22	4	5	12	18	34	69	56	1.232	+13	43
8	Fulham	42	10	7	4	44	23	6	4	11	17	34	61	57	1.070	+4	43
9	West Ham United	42	13	5	3	34	16	1	9	11	19	36	53	52	1.019	+1	42
10	Bury	42	12	3	6	43	26	6	2	13	20	34	63	60	1.050	+3	41
11	Chesterfield	42	12	2	7	39	24	4	7	10	24	39	63	63	1.000	±0	41
12	Luton Town	42	10	6	5	53	36	5	4	12	36	50	89	86	1.035	+3	40
13	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	7	4	40	30	4	5	12	17	35	57	65	0.877	–8	40
14	Norwich City	42	11	5	5	35	28	3	6	12	21	47	56	75	0.747	–19	39
15	Southampton	42	12	6	3	42	26	3	3	15	13	51	55	77	0.714	–22	39
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	6	2	51	30	1	4	16	20	50	71	80	0.888	–9	38
17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	5	6	27	21	4	5	12	22	35	49	56	0.875	–7	38
18	Swansea Town	42	12	6	3	31	21	1	6	14	14	52	45	73	0.616	–28	38
19	Newcastle United	42	12	4	5	38	18	2	4	15	13	40	51	58	0.879	–7	36
20	Nottingham Forest	42	12	3	6	29	21	2	5	14	18	39	47	60	0.783	–13	36
21	Barnsley	42	7	11	3	30	20	4	3	14	20	44	50	64	0.781	–14	36
22	Stockport County	42	8	6	7	24	24	3	3	15	19	46	43	70	0.614	–27	31

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Barnsley !BAR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Burnley !BUR	Bury !BRY	Chesterfield !CHF	Coventry City !COV	Fulham !FUL	Luton Town !LUT	Manchester United !MUN	Newcastle United !NEW	Norwich City !NOR	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Sheffield United !SHU	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Southampton !SOU	Stockport County !STP	Swansea Town !SWA	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Ham United !WHU
Aston Villa !Aston Villa		3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	4–3	3–0	7–1	4–0	2–0	2–0
Barnsley !Barnsley	0–1		0–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	4–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	1–0	5–3		0–0	3–3	2–1	3–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	5–3	5–1	2–1	2–3	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	1–2	4–3	7–1		3–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	3–1	2–1
Burnley !Burnley	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1		2–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0
Bury !Bury	1–1	0–2	2–1	5–1	4–0		4–0	0–2	4–2	3–4	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	4–3
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2		4–0	0–2	5–2	1–7	2–0	6–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	4–1	2–2	0–1
Coventry City !Coventry City	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–2		0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–1	1–1
Fulham !Fulham	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	3–4		4–1	1–0	1–2	3–4	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	8–1	3–1	1–1
Luton Town !Luton Town	3–2	4–0	4–1	4–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–4	4–0		1–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–3	6–4	5–1	2–4	2–2
Manchester United !Manchester United	3–1	4–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–1	2–2	1–0	4–2		3–0	0–0	4–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	5–1	0–1	4–0
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–2		0–1	3–1	3–1	6–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2
Norwich City !Norwich City	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–4	2–3	1–1		2–0	4–0	2–2	3–1	4–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	0–0	1–2		1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	0–0
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0		2–0	2–4	4–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	0–0	6–3	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	4–1	2–1	0–0		2–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–3	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1		0–0	3–3	1–1	0–3	1–0
Southampton !Southampton	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	0–1	0–4	4–0	3–6	3–3	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	5–2		4–1	1–1	2–1	3–3
Stockport County !Stockport County	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–0		1–0	3–2	0–0
Swansea Town !Swansea Town	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–5	1–1	0–0	0–2		3–2	0–0
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–2	4–0	3–0	3–2	1–2	1–2	5–0	2–0	2–0		2–0
West Ham United !West Ham United	1–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	5–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–3

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.

Maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Fulham

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North
Season	1937–1938
Champions	Tranmere Rovers (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1401 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jack Roberts (Port Vale), 28 ^[3]
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tranmere Rovers	42	15	4	2	57	21	8	6	7	24	20	81	41	1.976	+40	56
2	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	4	2	48	16	6	8	7	26	33	74	49	1.510	+25	54
3	Hull City	42	11	8	2	51	19	9	5	7	29	24	80	43	1.860	+37	53
4	Oldham Athletic	42	16	4	1	48	18	3	9	9	19	28	67	46	1.457	+21	51
5	Gateshead	42	15	5	1	53	20	5	6	10	31	39	84	59	1.424	+25	51
6	Rotherham United	42	13	6	2	45	21	7	4	10	23	35	68	56	1.214	+12	50
7	Lincoln City	42	14	3	4	48	17	5	5	11	18	33	66	50	1.320	+16	46
8	Crewe Alexandra	42	14	3	4	47	17	4	6	11	24	36	71	53	1.340	+18	45
9	Chester	42	13	4	4	54	31	3	8	10	23	41	77	72	1.069	+5	44
10	Wrexham	42	14	4	3	37	15	2	7	12	21	48	58	63	0.921	–5	43
11	York City	42	11	4	6	40	25	5	6	10	30	43	70	68	1.029	+2	42
12	Carlisle United	42	11	5	5	35	19	4	4	13	22	48	57	67	0.851	–10	39
13	New Brighton	42	12	5	4	43	18	3	3	15	17	43	60	61	0.984	–1	38
14	Bradford City	42	12	6	3	46	21	2	4	15	20	48	66	69	0.957	–3	38
15	Port Vale ^{[notes 1]}	42	11	8	2	45	27	1	6	14	20	46	65	73	0.890	–8	38
16	Southport	42	8	8	5	30	26	4	6	11	23	56	53	82	0.646	–29	38
17	Rochdale	42	7	10	4	38	27	6	1	14	29	51	67	78	0.859	–11	37
18	Halifax Town	42	9	7	5	24	19	3	5	13	20	47	44	66	0.667	–22	36
19	Darlington	42	10	4	7	37	31	1	6	14	17	48	54	79	0.684	–25	32
20	Hartlepools United	42	10	8	3	36	20	0	4	17	17	60	53	80	0.663	–27	32
21	Barrow	42	9	6	6	28	20	2	4	15	13	51	41	71	0.577	–30	32
22	Accrington Stanley	42	9	2	10	31	32	2	5	14	14	43	45	75	0.600	–30	29

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

↑ Port Vale was transferred to Third Division South for the following season.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Home ╲ Away	Accrington Stanley (1891) !ACC	Barrow !BRW	Bradford City !BRA	Carlisle United !CRL	Chester !CHR	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Darlington !DAR	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Gateshead !GAT	Halifax Town !HAL	Hartlepool United !HAR	Hull City !HUL	Lincoln City !LIN	New Brighton !NWB	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Port Vale !PTV	Rochdale !ROC	Rotherham County !ROT	Southport !SOU	Tranmere !TRA	Wrexham !WRE	York City !YOR
Accrington Stanley (1891) !Accrington Stanley (1891)		2–0	3–1	1–4	0–0	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–5	3–4	2–1	0–2	0–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	4–0	1–2
Barrow !Barrow	0–0		0–0	4–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–2
Bradford City !Bradford City	2–2	1–0		4–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	5–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–1
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	3–1	2–1	2–0		1–3	5–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	5–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Chester !Chester	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–0		0–3	3–2	4–0	2–1	1–1	6–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	3–3	7–2	4–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–3
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–1	1–0		2–2	0–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	5–1	3–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	4–2
Darlington !Darlington	3–0	0–1	4–2	3–1	2–1	0–1		1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–3	1–4	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–4	2–1	1–1	0–2	5–3	2–2
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	5–1	1–0	4–0	1–3	2–1	0–0	4–0		1–0	2–2	3–3	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	5–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Gateshead !Gateshead	1–0	6–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	5–2	2–3		4–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	5–0	2–1	2–2	2–2
Halifax Town !Halifax Town	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0		0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2
Hartlepool United !Hartlepool United	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	2–0		2–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–3	4–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–0
Hull City !Hull City	0–0	4–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	4–0		1–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	4–1	1–1	10–1	0–1	3–2	3–1
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	2–0	5–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–1		4–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	5–0	1–3	0–1	7–1	2–0
New Brighton !New Brighton	2–1	2–1	1–1	5–1	4–0	4–0	3–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	0–1		1–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1		3–0	4–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	6–2
Port Vale !Port Vale	4–1	4–0	4–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	5–1	2–4	1–0	3–2	2–2		4–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2
Rochdale !Rochdale	0–1	3–3	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–4	1–1	4–5	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1		2–0	3–2	0–0	6–1	0–0
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	4–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–0		1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0
Southport !Southport	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–3		1–3	1–2	2–3
Tranmere !Tranmere	5–0	3–0	2–1	5–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	5–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–2	7–2		3–2	1–2
Wrexham !Wrexham	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	6–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–3		1–1
York City !York City	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	5–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–5	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–1

Maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South
Season	1937–1938
Champions	Millwall (2nd title)
Failed re-election	Gillingham
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1264 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harold Crawshaw (Mansfield Town), 25 ^[3]
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Millwall	42	15	3	3	53	15	8	7	6	30	22	83	37	2.243	+46	56
2	Bristol City	42	14	6	1	37	13	7	7	7	31	27	68	40	1.700	+28	55
3	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	3	3	44	17	7	6	8	36	30	80	47	1.702	+33	53
4	Watford	42	14	4	3	50	15	7	7	7	23	28	73	43	1.698	+30	53
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	15	3	3	40	16	6	6	9	24	28	64	44	1.455	+20	51
6	Reading	42	17	2	2	44	21	3	9	9	27	42	71	63	1.127	+8	51
7	Crystal Palace	42	14	4	3	45	17	4	8	9	22	30	67	47	1.426	+20	48
8	Swindon Town	42	12	4	5	33	19	5	6	10	16	30	49	49	1.000	±0	44
9	Northampton Town	42	12	4	5	30	19	5	5	11	21	38	51	57	0.895	–6	43
10	Cardiff City	42	13	7	1	57	22	2	5	14	10	32	67	54	1.241	+13	42
11	Notts County	42	10	6	5	29	17	6	3	12	21	33	50	50	1.000	±0	41
12	Southend United	42	12	5	4	43	23	3	5	13	27	45	70	68	1.029	+2	40
13	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	8	10	3	36	20	6	2	13	20	37	56	57	0.982	–1	40
14	Mansfield Town ^{[notes2 1]}	42	12	5	4	46	26	3	4	14	16	41	62	67	0.925	–5	39
15	Bristol Rovers	42	10	7	4	28	20	3	6	12	18	41	46	61	0.754	–15	39
16	Newport County	42	9	10	2	31	15	2	6	13	12	37	43	52	0.827	–9	38
17	Exeter City	42	10	4	7	37	32	3	8	10	20	38	57	70	0.814	–13	38
18	Aldershot	42	11	4	6	23	14	4	1	16	16	45	39	59	0.661	–20	35
19	Clapton Orient	42	10	7	4	27	19	3	0	18	15	42	42	61	0.689	–19	33
20	Torquay United	42	7	5	9	22	28	2	7	12	16	45	38	73	0.521	–35	30
21	Walsall	42	10	4	7	34	37	1	3	17	18	51	52	88	0.591	–36	29
22	Gillingham	42	9	5	7	25	25	1	1	19	11	52	36	77	0.468	–41	26

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

↑ Mansfield Town had been transferred to Third Division South for this season.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Results

Home ╲ Away	Aldershot !ALD	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol City !BRI	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Cardiff City !CAR	Clapton Orient !CLA	Crystal Palace !CRY	Exeter City !EXE	Gillingham !GIL	Mansfield Town !MAN	Millwall !MIL	Newport County !NPC	Northampton Town !NOR	Notts County !NTC	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Reading !REA	Southend !STD	Swindon Town !SWI	Torquay United !TOR	Walsall !WAL	Watford !WAT
Aldershot !Aldershot		2–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	5–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–0		0–0	0–0	1–3	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	5–4	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	7–1	1–2	0–0	5–0	0–0
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	3–1		1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	6–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–2
Bristol City !Bristol City	3–1	2–1	1–1		0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1
Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0		2–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	5–2	0–2
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	0–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–1		2–0	4–2	1–1	4–0	4–1	3–2	3–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	4–1	5–0	2–2	5–2	3–1	1–1
Clapton Orient !Clapton Orient	2–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–1		0–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0		2–2	3–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	3–1	4–1
Exeter City !Exeter City	0–1	3–1	4–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–2		3–5	4–0	1–5	2–0	4–1	0–3	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–2
Gillingham !Gillingham	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–4	2–1		0–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–5	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0
Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	2–0	3–2	1–1	3–5	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–3	3–1		1–1	1–1	4–1	1–2	3–2	5–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–1
Millwall !Millwall	4–0	4–0	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	5–0	1–0		4–0	3–0	5–0	1–4	1–1	1–0	0–2	7–0	4–0	1–1
Newport County !Newport County	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–1		0–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–0
Northampton Town !Northampton Town	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	0–1	2–0		2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	3–2
Notts County !Notts County	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–0		2–2	2–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–2
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	4–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1		3–0	1–0	3–0	6–3	3–1	2–0
Reading !Reading	3–2	4–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	4–3	0–2	1–0		3–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–1
Southend !Southend	4–1	1–0	2–1	5–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	4–2	2–1	2–1	4–2		0–0	5–1	1–0	2–2
Swindon Town !Swindon Town	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	3–3	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	0–2
Torquay United !Torquay United	1–5	0–0	0–1	1–3	4–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–3	0–2	3–2	3–3	1–0		1–0	0–1
Walsall !Walsall	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–8	5–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–5	1–5	2–3	0–0		3–1
Watford !Watford	5–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–0	4–0	2–1

Maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

References

↑ "England 1937-38". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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North	Accrington Stanley Barrow Bradford City Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gateshead Halifax Town Hartlepools United Hull City Lincoln City New Brighton Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham County Southport Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City

South	Aldershot Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Mansfield Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford

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1937–38 in European football

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '37 '38 France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '37 '38 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine Poland '37 '38 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '37 '38 Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Austria Bulgaria '38 Cyprus England France Germany '37 '38 Italy Latvia '37 '38 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '37 '38 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '37 '38 Switzerland Wales

International competitions	Mitropa Cup '37 '38

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1937–38 Football League

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Maps

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Results

Maps

See also

References