English First 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 | Everton | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 6.00 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2.50 |
| 3 | Derby County | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1.00 |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1.60 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1.25 |
| 8 | Leeds United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0.88 |
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0.88 |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0.71 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Brentford | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0.86 |
| 16 | Stoke City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0.73 |
| 17 | Leicester City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0.63 |
| 18 | Arsenal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 19 | Manchester United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0.88 |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0.63 |
| 21 | Birmingham | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0.45 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0.38 |
