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1937-38

Second Division

Champions · P42 W25 D7 L10 · 73 scored, 35 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
28 Aug 1937	H	West Ham United	2–0	W
1 Sept 1937	A	Luton Town	2–3	L
4 Sept 1937	A	Southampton	0–0	D
6 Sept 1937	H	Luton Town	4–1	W
11 Sept 1937	H	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	W
16 Sept 1937	A	Norwich City	0–1	L
18 Sept 1937	A	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	W
25 Sept 1937	H	Fulham	2–0	W
2 Oct 1937	A	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	W
9 Oct 1937	H	Chesterfield	0–2	L
16 Oct 1937	H	Newcastle United	2–0	W
23 Oct 1937	A	Nottingham Forest	2–0	W
30 Oct 1937	H	Coventry City	1–1	D
6 Nov 1937	A	Bury	1–1	D
13 Nov 1937	H	Burnley	0–0	D
20 Nov 1937	A	Manchester United	1–3	L
27 Nov 1937	H	Sheffield United	1–0	W
4 Dec 1937	A	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	L
11 Dec 1937	H	Stockport County	7–1	W
18 Dec 1937	A	Barnsley	1–0	W
27 Dec 1937	A	Bradford Park Avenue	2–1	W
28 Dec 1937	H	Barnsley	3–0	W
1 Jan 1938	A	West Ham United	1–1	D
15 Jan 1938	H	Southampton	3–0	W
27 Jan 1938	A	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	L
29 Jan 1938	H	Sheffield Wednesday	4–3	W
5 Feb 1938	A	Fulham	1–1	D
19 Feb 1938	A	Chesterfield	1–0	W
23 Feb 1938	H	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	W
26 Feb 1938	A	Newcastle United	0–2	L
9 Mar 1938	H	Nottingham Forest	1–2	L
12 Mar 1938	A	Coventry City	1–0	W
19 Mar 1938	H	Bury	2–1	W
2 Apr 1938	H	Manchester United	3–0	W
5 Apr 1938	A	Burnley	0–3	L
9 Apr 1938	A	Sheffield United	0–0	D
16 Apr 1938	H	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	W
18 Apr 1938	A	Swansea City	1–2	L
19 Apr 1938	H	Swansea City	4–0	W
23 Apr 1938	A	Stockport County	3–1	W
27 Apr 1938	H	Bradford Park Avenue	2–0	W
7 May 1938	H	Norwich City	2–0	W

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	42	25	7	10	73	35	+38	57
2	Manchester United	42	22	9	11	82	50	+32	53
3	Sheffield United	42	22	9	11	73	56	+17	53
4	Coventry City	42	20	12	10	66	45	+21	52
5	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	6	17	76	54	+22	44
6	Burnley	42	17	10	15	54	54	0	44
7	Bradford Park Avenue	42	17	9	16	69	56	+13	43
8	Fulham	42	16	11	15	61	57	+4	43
9	West Ham United	42	14	14	14	53	52	+1	42
10	Bury	42	18	5	19	63	60	+3	41
11	Chesterfield	42	16	9	17	63	63	0	41
12	Luton Town	42	15	10	17	89	86	+3	40
13	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	12	16	57	65	-8	40
14	Norwich City	42	14	11	17	56	75	-19	39
15	Southampton	42	15	9	18	55	77	-22	39
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	10	18	71	80	-9	38
17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	10	18	49	56	-7	38
18	Swansea City	42	13	12	17	45	73	-28	38
19	Newcastle United	42	14	8	20	51	58	-7	36
20	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	47	60	-13	36
21	Barnsley	42	11	14	17	50	64	-14	36
22	Stockport County	42	11	9	22	43	70	-27	31

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.