Football : Season Details : 1938

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

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Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Arsenal	52	2-19
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	51	2-6
3	Preston North End	49	5-4	FAC-W
4	Charlton Athletic	46	1-2
5	Middlesbrough	46	3-9
6	Brentford	45	1-3
7	Bolton Wanderers	45	6-3
8	Sunderland	44	1-44
9	Leeds United	43	3-6
10	Chelsea	41	3-8
11	Liverpool	41	3-29
12	Blackpool	40	2-1
13	Derby County	40	4-12
14	Everton	39	2-7
15	Huddersfield Town	39	1-18	FAC-F
16	Leicester City	39	3-1
17	Stoke City	38	4-5
18	Birmingham City	38	4-17
19	Portsmouth	38	1-11
20	Grimsby Town	38	3-4
21	Manchester City	36	4-10
22	West Bromwich Albion	36	4-7

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 2 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

FA Cup Final

Preston North End 1 Huddersfield Town 0 aet

aet After Extra Time

History

On the final day of the season Wolverhampton Wanderers were top of the table but lost 0 - 1 at Sunderland. Arsenal beat Bolton Wanderers 5 - 0 to win their 5th Championship in 8 years.

One week before the season ended, any of 11 clubs could have been relegated including FA Cup finalists, Huddersfield Town. On the final day, 6 teams were bottom with 36 points. Birmingham City, Grimsby Town, Portsmouth and Stoke City all won. Huddersfield Town beat Manchester City 1 - 0 to stay up. Manchester City became the only club to be relegated the season after winning the Championship. Ironically, they had finished as top scorers.

Only 16 points separated the top and bottom clubs.

The FA Cup final was televised (by the BBC) for the first time. It was a repeat of the 1922 final.

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The 1938 World Cup in France
Italy win the third World Cup.

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