1938–39 Southern Football League

The 1938–39 season was the 41st in the history of the Southern League. Colchester United won the title.^[1] Three clubs applied to join the Football League, although none were successful. The following season saw the club split into Eastern and Western sections as part an emergency war-time competition, after which the league was discontinued until the end of World War II.

Final table

Southern Football League
Season	1938-39
Champions	Colchester United (1st title)
Promoted	none
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1855 (3.67 per match)
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

A total of 23 teams contest the division, including 17 sides from previous season, one team relegated from The Football League and five new teams.

Team relegated from 1937-38 Football League:

Gillingham

Newly elected teams:

Chelmsford City
Worcester City
Arsenal II
Cardiff City II
Ipswich Town II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF¹	GA¹	GAv²	Pts³	Notes
1	Colchester United	44	31	5	8	110	37	2.97	67	Left league at end of season
2	Guildford City	44	30	6	8	126	52	2.42	66
3	Gillingham	44	29	6	9	104	57	1.82	64	Left league at end of season
4	Plymouth Argyle II	44	26	5	13	128	63	2.03	57	Left league at end of season
5	Yeovil & Petters United	44	22	10	12	85	70	1.21	54
6	Arsenal II	44	21	9	14	92	57	1.61	51	Left league at end of season
7	Cardiff City II	44	24	3	17	105	72	1.46	51	Left league at end of season
8	Tunbridge Wells Rangers	44	22	6	16	93	76	1.22	50
9	Norwich City II	44	23	4	17	86	76	1.13	50
10	Chelmsford City	44	18	8	18	74	73	1.01	44
11	Bath City	44	16	12	16	58	74	0.78	44
12	Barry	44	18	7	19	76	90	0.84	43
13	Cheltenham Town	44	16	9	19	76	105	0.72	41
14	Ipswich Town II	44	14	12	18	64	76	0.84	40	Left league at end of season
15	Worcester City	44	13	14	17	72	90	0.8	40
16	Folkestone	44	16	6	22	74	85	0.87	38	Left league at end of season
17	Newport County II	44	13	10	21	74	108	0.68	36
18	Exeter City II	44	12	9	23	51	107	0.47	33
19	Torquay United II	44	12	8	24	53	89	0.59	32
20	Swindon Town II	44	11	9	24	66	101	0.65	31
21	Aldershot II	44	12	6	26	69	92	0.75	30
22	Bristol Rovers II	44	9	11	24	66	85	0.77	29
23	Dartford	44	8	5	31	53	119	0.44	21

^{1 Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate.}

^{2 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{3 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League election

Three Southern League clubs, Chelmsford City, Colchester United and Gillingham, applied to join the Football League. However, both League clubs were re-elected.^[2]

Club	League	Votes
Bristol Rovers	Football League Third Division South	45
Walsall	Football League Third Division South	36
Gillingham	Southern League	15
Chelmsford City	Southern League	1
Colchester United	Southern League	1

References

Southern League

Premier Division	Bedworth United Bideford Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Histon Hitchin Town Hungerford Town Kettering Town King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Paulton Rovers Poole Town Redditch United Slough Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Arlesey Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St. Peter Egham Town Fleet Town Godalming Town Hanwell Town Kings Langley Leighton Town North Greenford United Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town St Ives Town Uxbridge Ware

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Banbury United Bashley Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Burnham Cinderford Town Didcot Town Evesham United Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United Marlow North Leigh Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds
Final)
FA Charity Shield

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Birmingham
Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers
Brentford
Charlton Athletic
Chelsea
Derby County
Everton
Grimsby Town
Huddersfield Town
Leeds United
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Portsmouth
Preston North End
Stoke City
Sunderland
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Blackburn Rovers
Bradford Park Avenue
Burnley
Bury
Chesterfield
Coventry City
Fulham
Luton Town
Manchester City
Millwall
Newcastle United
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Plymouth Argyle
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United
Southampton
Swansea Town
Tottenham Hotspur
Tranmere Rovers
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United

Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Barnsley Barrow Bradford City Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gateshead Halifax Town Hartlepools United Hull City Lincoln City New Brighton Oldham Athletic Rochdale Rotherham County Southport Stockport County Wrexham York City

South	Aldershot Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Exeter City Ipswich Town Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford

Other

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