DIVISION 3 (North)  1938/39
							P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
	Leading goalscorer: Sam Hunt  (Carlisle United)  32  goals			1		Barnsley	42	30	7	5	94	34	67
				2		Doncaster Rovers	42	21	14	7	87	47	56
				3		Bradford City	42	22	8	12	89	56	52
				4		Southport	42	20	10	12	75	54	50
				5		Oldham Athletic	42	22	5	15	76	59	49
				6		Chester	42	20	9	13	88	70	49
				7		Hull City	42	18	10	14	83	74	46
				8		Crewe Alexandra	42	19	6	17	82	70	44
				9		Stockport County	42	17	9	16	91	77	43
				10		Gateshead	42	14	14	14	74	67	42
				11		Rotherham United	42	17	8	17	64	64	42
				12		Halifax Town	42	13	16	13	52	54	42
				13		Barrow	42	16	9	17	66	65	41
				14		Wrexham	42	17	7	18	66	79	41
				15		Rochdale	42	15	9	18	92	82	39
				16		New Brighton	42	15	9	18	68	73	39
				17		Lincoln City	42	12	9	21	66	92	33
				18		Darlington	42	13	7	22	62	92	33
				19		Carlisle United	42	13	7	22	66	111	33
				20		York City	42	12	8	22	64	92	32
				21		Hartlepools United	42	12	7	23	55	94	31
				22		Accrington Stanley	42	7	6	29	49	103	20
						R Five non-league clubs challenged the two clubs required to seek re-election to Division 3 (North) in the vote for League membership. Voting - 38 votes Hartlepools United Re-elected to the League 28 Accrington Stanley Re-elected to the League 22 Shrewsbury Town Not elected to the League 5 South Liverpool Not elected to the League 4 Scunthorpe & Lindsey Un. Not elected to the League 0 Burton Town Not elected to the League 0 Wigan Athletic Not elected to the League