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		DIVISION 1 1938/39
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			P	W	D	L	F	A	*Pts*
Leading League goalscorer: Tommy Lawton (Everton) 34 goals The record attendance at Old Tafford was set on Saturday 25th March 1939 - 76,962 for an FA Cup semi final between Wolves and Grimsby. By scoring 34 of their 88 League goals Tommy Lawton did more than most in helping Everton to the title in 1938/39. His pay for doing that - just £514 for the whole year to May 1939. That was made up of £366 basic pay from the club (£8 a week in the winter, £6 a week in the summer), £59 bonus at £1 per league point, £25 bonus for winning the League championship and £64 for playing 8 times for England. And that was before tax!	1	Everton	42	27	5	10	88	52	59
	2	Wolverhampton W.	42	22	11	9	88	39	55
	3	Charlton Athletic	42	22	6	14	75	59	50
	4	Middlesbrough	42	20	9	13	93	74	49
	5	Arsenal	42	19	9	14	55	41	47
	6	Derby County	42	19	8	15	66	55	46
	7	Stoke City	42	17	12	13	71	68	46
	8	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	15	12	67	58	45
	9	Preston North End	42	16	12	14	63	59	44
	10	Grimsby Town	42	16	11	15	61	69	43
	11	Liverpool	42	14	14	14	62	63	42
	12	Aston Villa	42	16	9	17	71	60	41
	13	Leeds United	42	16	9	17	59	67	41
	14	Manchester United	42	11	16	15	57	65	38
	15	Blackpool	42	12	14	16	56	68	38
	16	Sunderland	42	13	12	17	54	67	38
	17	Portsmouth	42	12	13	17	47	70	37
	18	Brentford	42	14	8	20	53	74	36
	19	Huddersfield Town	42	12	11	19	58	64	35
	20	Chelsea	42	12	9	21	64	80	33
	21	Birmingham	42	12	8	22	62	84	32
	22	Leicester City	42	9	11	22	48	82	29

Did You Know.....
In the first 80 or so years after the Football League was founded only two clubs suffered points deductions - now several clubs a season are usually punished this way. To check out all the points deductions - and the reasons for them -
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Points deductions, demotions and expulsions