1937–38 Football League


The 1937–38 season was the 46th season of The Football League. Manchester City, champions in 1936–37, were relegated, the only time this has happened in the English top flight.

Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average, or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals if they had scored more than they had conceded, whereas among teams who had conceded more than they had scored the system favoured teams who scored more. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.

First Division


Second Division


Third Division North


Third Division South


Attendances

Source:

Division One

No.ClubAverage
1Arsenal FC44,045
2Chelsea FC33,975
3Manchester City FC32,670
4Wolverhampton Wanderers FC31,032
5Everton FC30,324
6Charlton Athletic FC28,336
7Liverpool FC27,682
8Sunderland AFC25,132
9Bolton Wanderers FC25,012
10Stoke City FC24,970
11Birmingham City FC24,544
12Middlesbrough FC24,260
13Brentford FC23,335
14West Bromwich Albion FC23,207
15Portsmouth FC22,827
16Preston North End FC22,671
17Blackpool FC21,264
18Leeds United FC21,256
19Leicester City FC20,402
20Derby County FC17,288
21Huddersfield Town AFC17,004
22Grimsby Town FC12,288

Division Two

No.ClubAverage
1Aston Villa FC41,950
2Manchester United26,633
3Tottenham Hotspur FC26,101
4Coventry City FC25,825
5Sheffield Wednesday FC23,124
6West Ham United FC23,004
7Sheffield United FC21,927
8Newcastle United FC21,276
9Plymouth Argyle FC18,449
10Fulham FC17,216
11Southampton FC16,583
12Norwich City FC16,086
13Luton Town FC15,836
14Nottingham Forest FC14,818
15Blackburn Rovers FC14,779
16Stockport County FC14,399
17Chesterfield FC13,871
18Burnley FC13,394
19Swansea City AFC12,015
20Barnsley FC11,804
21Bradford Park Avenue AFC11,116
22Bury FC10,120