1937–38 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1937–38
Champions	Aston Villa (1st title)
Relegated	Barnsley; Stockport County
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,346 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Henson (Bradford Park Avenue), 27
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 →

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	1,430 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tommy Lawton (Everton), 28
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 →

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

The 1937–38 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

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

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

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

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

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Third Division South

Results

Maps

See also

References