English Second Division 1938/1939
Historical league standings at 10th September 1938
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2.60 |
| 2 | Fulham | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1.83 |
| 4 | Burnley | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1.50 |
| 5 | Coventry City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1.50 |
| 8 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1.40 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0.86 |
| 10 | Bradford Park Avenue | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1.29 |
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1.14 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0.80 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1.40 |
| 14 | Manchester City | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1.30 |
| 15 | Bury | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0.86 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0.50 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0.91 |
| 18 | Swansea Town | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0.25 |
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0.60 |
| 21 | Chesterfield | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0.18 |
| 22 | Southampton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.33 |
