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1938-39

First Division

Finished 12th of 22 · P42 W16 D9 L17 · 71 scored, 60 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
27 Aug 1938	A	Grimsby Town	2–1	W
31 Aug 1938	A	Middlesbrough	1–1	D
3 Sept 1938	H	Derby County	0–1	L
5 Sept 1938	H	Everton	0–3	L
10 Sept 1938	A	Blackpool	4–2	W
17 Sept 1938	H	Brentford	5–0	W
24 Sept 1938	A	Arsenal	0–0	D
1 Oct 1938	H	Portsmouth	2–0	W
8 Oct 1938	A	Huddersfield Town	1–1	D
15 Oct 1938	A	Liverpool	0–3	L
22 Oct 1938	H	Leicester City	1–2	L
29 Oct 1938	A	Birmingham City	0–3	L
5 Nov 1938	H	Manchester United	0–2	L
12 Nov 1938	A	Stoke City	1–3	L
19 Nov 1938	H	Chelsea	6–2	W
26 Nov 1938	A	Preston North End	2–3	L
3 Dec 1938	H	Charlton Athletic	2–0	W
10 Dec 1938	A	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	W
17 Dec 1938	H	Leeds United	2–1	W
24 Dec 1938	H	Grimsby Town	0–2	L
26 Dec 1938	A	Sunderland	5–1	W
27 Dec 1938	H	Sunderland	1–1	D
31 Dec 1938	A	Derby County	1–2	L
14 Jan 1939	H	Blackpool	3–1	W
28 Jan 1939	H	Arsenal	1–3	L
4 Feb 1939	A	Portsmouth	0–0	D
8 Feb 1939	A	Brentford	4–2	W
15 Feb 1939	H	Huddersfield Town	4–0	W
18 Feb 1939	H	Liverpool	2–0	W
25 Feb 1939	A	Leicester City	1–1	D
4 Mar 1939	H	Birmingham City	5–1	W
11 Mar 1939	A	Manchester United	1–1	D
18 Mar 1939	H	Stoke City	3–0	W
25 Mar 1939	A	Chelsea	1–2	L
1 Apr 1939	H	Preston North End	3–0	W
8 Apr 1939	A	Charlton Athletic	0–1	L
10 Apr 1939	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	L
11 Apr 1939	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	D
15 Apr 1939	H	Bolton Wanderers	1–3	L
22 Apr 1939	A	Leeds United	0–2	L
29 Apr 1939	A	Everton	0–3	L
6 May 1939	H	Middlesbrough	1–1	D

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	Everton	42	27	5	10	88	52	+36	59
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	22	11	9	88	39	+49	55
3	Charlton Athletic	42	22	6	14	75	59	+16	50
4	Middlesbrough	42	20	9	13	93	74	+19	49
5	Arsenal	42	19	9	14	55	41	+14	47
6	Derby County	42	19	8	15	66	55	+11	46
7	Stoke City	42	17	12	13	71	68	+3	46
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	15	12	67	58	+9	45
9	Preston North End	42	16	12	14	63	59	+4	44
10	Grimsby Town	42	16	11	15	61	69	-8	43
11	Liverpool	42	14	14	14	62	63	-1	42
12	Aston Villa	42	16	9	17	71	60	+11	41
13	Leeds United	42	16	9	17	59	67	-8	41
14	Manchester United	42	11	16	15	57	65	-8	38
15	Blackpool	42	12	14	16	56	68	-12	38
16	Sunderland	42	13	12	17	54	67	-13	38
17	Portsmouth	42	12	13	17	47	70	-23	37
18	Brentford	42	14	8	20	53	74	-21	36
19	Huddersfield Town	42	12	11	19	58	64	-6	35
20	Chelsea	42	12	9	21	64	80	-16	33
21	Birmingham City	42	12	8	22	62	84	-22	32
22	Leicester City	42	9	11	22	48	82	-34	29

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.