DIVISION 2  1938/39
      P W D L F A Pts
  Leading goalscorer:
Hugh Billington
 (Luton Town)
 28  goals
  1 Blackburn Rovers 42 25 5 12 94 60 55 Promoted
    2 Sheffield United 42 20 14 8 69 41 54 Promoted
    3 Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 11 10 88 59 53
    4 Coventry City 42 21 8 13 62 45 50
    5 Manchester City 42 21 7 14 96 72 49
    6 Chesterfield 42 20 9 13 69 52 49
    7 Luton Town 42 22 5 15 82 66 49
    8 Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 9 14 67 62 47
    9 Newcastle United 42 18 10 14 61 48 46
    10 West Bromwich Albion 42 18 9 15 89 72 45
      11 West Ham United 42 17 10 15 70 52 44
      12 Fulham 42 17 10 15 61 55 44
      13 Millwall 42 14 14 14 64 53 42
      14 Burnley 42 15 9 18 50 56 39
      15 Plymouth Argyle 42 15 8 19 49 55 38
      16 Bury 42 12 13 17 65 74 37
      17 Bradford Park Avenue 42 12 11 19 61 82 35
      18 Southampton 42 13 9 20 56 82 35
      19 Swansea Town 42 11 12 15 50 83 34
      20 Nottingham Forest 42 10 11 21 49 82 31
      21 Norwich City 42 13 5 24 50 91 31 Relegated
      22 Tranmere Rovers 42 6 5 31 39 99 17 Relegated
     
      Relegated Tranmere relegated to Division 3 (North), Norwich to Division 3 (South).