Football League Tables from 1919-20 to 1939-40

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Football League Tables from 1919-20 to 1939-40

Complete record of every season in the Top Flight of the Football League from season 1919-20 to 1939-40. The 1939-40 football league season was abandoned after 3 games due to the outbreak of World War Two. Football League tables are shown from the 1919-20 football league (season 28) till 1939-40 football league (season 47)

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FOOTBALL LEAGUE TOP FLIGHT TABLES from SEASON 1919-20 to 1939-40

1919-20 (Season 28)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	1	3	65	21	11	3	7	39	26	104	47	2.213	57	60
2	Burnley	42	13	5	3	43	27	8	4	9	22	32	65	59	1.102	16	51
3	Chelsea	42	15	3	3	33	10	7	2	12	23	41	56	51	1.098	5	49
4	Liverpool	42	12	5	4	35	18	7	5	9	24	26	59	44	1.341	15	48
5	Sunderland	42	17	2	2	45	16	5	2	14	27	43	72	59	1.22	13	48
6	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	3	7	35	29	8	6	7	37	36	72	65	1.108	7	47
7	Manchester City	42	14	5	2	52	27	4	4	13	19	35	71	62	1.145	9	45
8	Newcastle United	42	11	5	5	31	13	6	4	11	13	26	44	39	1.128	5	43
9	Aston Villa	42	11	3	7	49	36	7	3	11	26	37	75	73	1.027	2	42
10	Arsenal	42	11	5	5	32	21	4	7	10	24	37	56	58	0.966	– 2	42
11	Bradford Park Avenue	42	8	6	7	31	26	7	6	8	29	37	60	63	0.952	– 3	42
12	Manchester United	42	6	8	7	20	17	7	6	8	34	33	54	50	1.08	4	40
13	Middlesbrough	42	10	5	6	35	23	5	5	11	26	42	61	65	0.938	– 4	40
14	Sheffield United	42	14	5	2	43	20	2	3	16	16	49	59	69	0.855	– 10	40
15	Bradford City	42	10	6	5	36	25	4	5	12	18	38	54	63	0.857	– 9	39
16	Everton	42	8	6	7	42	29	4	8	9	27	39	69	68	1.015	1	38
17	Oldham Athletic	42	12	4	5	33	19	3	4	14	16	33	49	52	0.942	– 3	38
18	Derby County	42	12	5	4	36	18	1	7	13	11	39	47	57	0.825	– 10	38
19	Preston North End	42	9	6	6	35	27	5	4	12	22	46	57	73	0.781	– 16	38
20	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	4	6	48	30	2	7	12	16	47	64	77	0.831	– 13	37
21	Notts County	42	9	8	4	39	25	3	4	14	17	49	56	74	0.757	– 18	36
22	The Wednesday	42	6	4	11	14	23	1	5	15	14	41	28	64	0.438	– 36	23

1920-21 (Season 29)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	42	17	3	1	56	16	6	10	5	23	20	79	36	2.194	43	59
2	Manchester City	42	19	2	0	50	13	5	4	12	20	37	70	50	1.4	20	54
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	6	0	53	17	4	8	9	24	36	77	53	1.453	24	52
4	Liverpool	42	11	7	3	41	17	7	8	6	22	18	63	35	1.8	28	51
5	Newcastle United	42	14	3	4	43	18	6	7	8	23	27	66	45	1.467	21	50
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	2	4	46	16	4	7	10	24	32	70	48	1.458	22	47
7	Everton	42	9	8	4	40	26	8	5	8	26	29	66	55	1.2	11	47
8	Middlesbrough	42	10	6	5	29	21	7	6	8	24	32	53	53	1	± 0	46
9	Arsenal	42	9	8	4	31	25	6	6	9	28	38	59	63	0.937	– 4	44
10	Aston Villa	42	11	4	6	39	21	7	3	11	24	49	63	70	0.9	– 7	43
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	7	9	5	36	27	6	6	9	21	32	57	59	0.966	– 2	41
12	Sunderland	42	11	4	6	34	19	3	9	9	23	41	57	60	0.95	– 3	41
13	Manchester United	42	9	4	8	34	26	6	6	9	30	42	64	68	0.941	– 4	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	7	6	31	23	5	7	9	23	35	54	58	0.931	– 4	40
15	Bradford City	42	7	9	5	38	28	5	6	10	23	35	61	63	0.968	– 2	39
16	Preston North End	42	10	4	7	38	25	5	5	11	23	40	61	65	0.938	– 4	39
17	Huddersfield Town	42	11	4	6	26	16	4	5	12	16	33	42	49	0.857	– 7	39
18	Chelsea	42	9	7	5	35	24	4	6	11	13	34	48	58	0.828	– 10	39
19	Oldham Athletic	42	6	9	6	23	26	3	6	12	26	60	49	86	0.57	– 37	33
20	Sheffield United	42	5	11	5	22	19	1	7	13	20	49	42	68	0.618	– 26	30
21	Derby County	42	3	12	6	21	23	2	4	15	11	35	32	58	0.552	– 26	26
22	Bradford Park Avenue	42	6	5	10	29	35	2	3	16	14	41	43	76	0.566	– 33	24

1921-22 (Season 30)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	15	4	2	43	15	7	9	5	20	21	63	36	1.75	27	57
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	3	3	43	17	6	6	9	22	22	65	39	1.667	26	51
3	Burnley	42	16	3	2	49	18	6	2	13	23	36	72	54	1.333	18	49
4	Cardiff City	42	13	2	6	40	26	6	8	7	21	27	61	53	1.151	8	48
5	Aston Villa	42	16	3	2	50	19	6	0	15	24	36	74	55	1.345	19	47
6	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	4	5	40	24	8	3	10	28	35	68	59	1.153	9	47
7	Newcastle United	42	11	5	5	36	19	7	5	9	23	26	59	45	1.311	14	46
8	Middlesbrough	42	12	6	3	46	19	4	8	9	33	50	79	69	1.145	10	46
9	Chelsea	42	9	6	6	17	16	8	6	7	23	27	40	43	0.93	– 3	46
10	Manchester City	42	13	7	1	44	21	5	2	14	21	49	65	70	0.929	– 5	45
11	Sheffield United	42	11	3	7	32	17	4	7	10	27	37	59	54	1.093	5	40
12	Sunderland	42	13	4	4	46	23	3	4	14	14	39	60	62	0.968	– 2	40
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	6	7	26	23	7	4	10	25	40	51	63	0.81	– 12	40
14	Huddersfield Town	42	12	3	6	33	14	3	6	12	20	40	53	54	0.981	– 1	39
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	7	6	8	35	31	6	6	9	19	26	54	57	0.947	– 3	38
16	Preston North End	42	12	7	2	33	20	1	5	15	9	45	42	65	0.646	– 23	38
17	Arsenal	42	10	6	5	27	19	5	1	15	20	37	47	56	0.839	– 9	37
18	Birmingham	42	9	2	10	25	29	6	5	10	23	31	48	60	0.8	– 12	37
19	Oldham Athletic	42	8	7	6	21	15	5	4	12	17	35	38	50	0.76	– 12	37
20	Everton	42	10	7	4	42	22	2	5	14	15	33	57	55	1.036	2	36
21	Bradford City	42	8	5	8	28	30	3	5	13	20	42	48	72	0.667	– 24	32
22	Manchester United	42	7	7	7	25	26	1	5	15	16	47	41	73	0.562	– 32	28

1922-23 (Season 31)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	17	3	1	50	13	9	5	7	20	18	70	31	2.258	39	60
2	Sunderland	42	15	5	1	50	25	7	5	9	22	29	72	54	1.333	18	54
3	Huddersfield Town	42	14	2	5	35	15	7	9	5	25	17	60	32	1.875	28	53
4	Newcastle United	42	13	6	2	31	11	5	6	10	14	26	45	37	1.216	8	48
5	Everton	42	14	4	3	41	20	6	3	12	22	39	63	59	1.068	4	47
6	Aston Villa	42	15	3	3	42	11	3	7	11	22	40	64	51	1.255	13	46
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	7	2	38	10	5	4	12	20	39	58	49	1.184	9	45
8	Manchester City	42	14	6	1	38	16	3	5	13	12	33	50	49	1.02	1	45
9	Cardiff City	42	15	2	4	51	18	3	5	13	22	41	73	59	1.237	14	43
10	Sheffield United	42	11	7	3	41	20	5	3	13	27	44	68	64	1.063	4	42
11	Arsenal	42	13	4	4	38	16	3	6	12	23	46	61	62	0.984	– 1	42
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	3	7	34	22	6	4	11	16	28	50	50	1	± 0	41
13	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	8	2	36	17	3	4	14	14	41	50	58	0.862	– 8	40
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	7	2	32	19	2	5	14	15	43	47	62	0.758	– 15	40
15	Burnley	42	12	3	6	39	24	4	3	14	19	35	58	59	0.983	– 1	38
16	Preston North End	42	12	3	6	41	26	1	8	12	19	38	60	64	0.938	– 4	37
17	Birmingham	42	10	4	7	25	19	3	7	11	16	38	41	57	0.719	– 16	37
18	Middlesbrough	42	11	4	6	41	25	2	6	13	16	38	57	63	0.905	– 6	36
19	Chelsea	42	5	13	3	29	20	4	5	12	16	33	45	53	0.849	– 8	36
20	Nottingham Forest	42	12	2	7	25	23	1	6	14	16	47	41	70	0.586	– 29	34
21	Stoke	42	7	9	5	28	19	3	1	17	19	48	47	67	0.701	– 20	30
22	Oldham Athletic	42	9	6	6	21	20	1	4	16	14	45	35	65	0.538	– 30	30

1923-24 (Season 32)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Huddersfield Town	42	15	5	1	35	9	8	6	7	25	24	60	33	1.818	27	57
2	Cardiff City	42	14	5	2	35	13	8	8	5	26	21	61	34	1.794	27	57
3	Sunderland	42	12	7	2	38	20	10	2	9	33	34	71	54	1.315	17	53
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	6	2	45	13	5	8	8	23	21	68	34	2	34	50
5	Sheffield United	42	12	5	4	39	16	7	7	7	30	33	69	49	1.408	20	50
6	Aston Villa	42	10	10	1	33	11	8	3	10	19	26	52	37	1.405	15	49
7	Everton	42	13	7	1	43	18	5	6	10	19	35	62	53	1.17	9	49
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	5	2	40	13	3	6	12	14	37	54	50	1.08	4	45
9	Newcastle United	42	13	5	3	40	21	4	5	12	20	33	60	54	1.111	6	44
10	Notts County	42	9	7	5	21	15	5	7	9	23	34	44	49	0.898	– 5	42
11	Manchester City	42	11	7	3	34	24	4	5	12	20	47	54	71	0.761	– 17	42
12	Liverpool	42	11	5	5	35	20	4	6	11	14	28	49	48	1.021	1	41
13	West Ham United	42	10	6	5	26	17	3	9	9	14	26	40	43	0.93	– 3	41
14	Birmingham	42	10	4	7	25	19	3	9	9	16	30	41	49	0.837	– 8	39
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	6	6	30	22	3	8	10	20	34	50	56	0.893	– 6	38
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	6	5	43	30	2	8	11	8	32	51	62	0.823	– 11	38
17	Burnley	42	10	5	6	39	27	2	7	12	16	33	55	60	0.917	– 5	36
18	Preston North End	42	8	4	9	34	27	4	6	11	18	40	52	67	0.776	– 15	34
19	Arsenal	42	8	5	8	25	24	4	4	13	15	39	40	63	0.635	– 23	33
20	Nottingham Forest	42	7	9	5	19	15	3	3	15	23	49	42	64	0.656	– 22	32
21	Chelsea	42	7	9	5	23	21	2	5	14	8	32	31	53	0.585	– 22	32
22	Middlesbrough	42	6	4	11	23	23	1	4	16	14	37	37	60	0.617	– 23	22

1924-25 (Season 33)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Huddersfield Town	42	10	8	3	31	10	11	8	2	38	18	69	28	2.464	41	58
2	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	6	2	40	17	10	4	7	18	17	58	34	1.706	24	56
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	18	2	1	61	13	4	9	8	15	21	76	34	2.235	42	55
4	Liverpool	42	13	5	3	43	20	7	5	9	20	35	63	55	1.145	8	50
5	Bury	42	13	4	4	35	20	4	11	6	19	31	54	51	1.059	3	49
6	Newcastle United	42	11	6	4	43	18	5	10	6	18	24	61	42	1.452	19	48
7	Sunderland	42	13	6	2	39	14	6	4	11	25	37	64	51	1.255	13	48
8	Birmingham	42	10	8	3	27	17	7	4	10	22	36	49	53	0.925	– 4	46
9	Notts County	42	11	6	4	29	12	5	7	9	13	19	42	31	1.355	11	45
10	Manchester City	42	11	7	3	44	29	6	2	13	32	39	76	68	1.118	8	43
11	Cardiff City	42	11	5	5	35	19	5	6	10	21	32	56	51	1.098	5	43
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	8	4	32	16	6	4	11	20	27	52	43	1.209	9	42
13	West Ham United	42	12	7	2	37	12	3	5	13	25	48	62	60	1.033	2	42
14	Sheffield United	42	10	5	6	34	25	3	8	10	21	38	55	63	0.873	– 8	39
15	Aston Villa	42	10	7	4	34	25	3	6	12	24	46	58	71	0.817	– 13	39
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	7	6	8	31	26	4	7	10	22	40	53	66	0.803	– 13	35
17	Everton	42	11	4	6	25	20	1	7	13	15	40	40	60	0.667	– 20	35
18	Leeds United	42	9	8	4	29	17	2	4	15	17	42	46	59	0.78	– 13	34
19	Burnley	42	7	8	6	28	31	4	4	13	18	44	46	75	0.613	– 29	34
20	Arsenal	42	12	3	6	33	17	2	2	17	13	41	46	58	0.793	– 12	33
21	Preston North End	42	8	2	11	29	35	2	4	15	8	39	37	74	0.5	– 37	26
22	Nottingham Forest	42	5	6	10	17	23	1	6	14	12	42	29	65	0.446	– 36	24

1925-26 (Season 34)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Huddersfield Town	42	14	6	1	50	17	9	5	7	42	43	92	60	1.533	32	57
2	Arsenal	42	16	2	3	57	19	6	6	9	30	44	87	63	1.381	24	52
3	Sunderland	42	17	2	2	67	30	4	4	13	29	50	96	80	1.2	16	48
4	Bury	42	12	4	5	55	34	8	3	10	30	43	85	77	1.104	8	47
5	Sheffield United	42	15	3	3	72	29	4	5	12	30	53	102	82	1.244	20	46
6	Aston Villa	42	12	7	2	56	25	4	5	12	30	51	86	76	1.132	10	44
7	Liverpool	42	9	8	4	43	27	5	8	8	27	36	70	63	1.111	7	44
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	6	4	46	31	6	4	11	29	45	75	76	0.987	– 1	44
9	Manchester United	42	12	4	5	40	26	7	2	12	26	47	66	73	0.904	– 7	44
10	Newcastle United	42	13	3	5	59	33	3	7	11	25	42	84	75	1.12	9	42
11	Everton	42	9	9	3	42	26	3	9	9	30	44	72	70	1.029	2	42
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	6	4	59	33	4	5	12	32	47	91	80	1.138	11	41
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	5	3	59	29	3	3	15	20	49	79	78	1.013	1	40
14	Birmingham	42	14	2	5	35	25	2	6	13	31	56	66	81	0.815	– 15	40
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	4	6	45	36	4	5	12	21	43	66	79	0.835	– 13	39
16	Cardiff City	42	8	5	8	30	25	8	2	11	31	51	61	76	0.803	– 15	39
17	Leicester City	42	11	3	7	42	32	3	7	11	28	48	70	80	0.875	– 10	38
18	West Ham United	42	14	2	5	45	27	1	5	15	18	49	63	76	0.829	– 13	37
19	Leeds United	42	11	5	5	38	28	3	3	15	26	48	64	76	0.842	– 12	36
20	Burnley	42	7	7	7	43	35	6	3	12	42	73	85	108	0.787	– 23	36
21	Manchester City	42	8	7	6	48	42	4	4	13	41	58	89	100	0.89	– 11	35
22	Notts County	42	11	4	6	37	26	2	3	16	17	48	54	74	0.73	– 20	33

1926-27 (Season 35)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Newcastle United	42	19	1	1	64	20	6	5	10	32	38	96	58	1.655	38	56
2	Huddersfield Town	42	13	6	2	41	19	4	11	6	35	41	76	60	1.267	16	51
3	Sunderland	42	15	3	3	70	28	6	4	11	28	42	98	70	1.4	28	49
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	5	1	54	19	4	5	12	30	43	84	62	1.355	22	48
5	Burnley	42	15	4	2	55	30	4	5	12	36	50	91	80	1.138	11	47
6	West Ham United	42	9	6	6	50	36	10	2	9	36	34	86	70	1.229	16	46
7	Leicester City	42	13	4	4	58	33	4	8	9	27	37	85	70	1.214	15	46
8	Sheffield United	42	12	6	3	46	33	5	4	12	28	53	74	86	0.86	– 12	44
9	Liverpool	42	13	4	4	47	27	5	3	13	22	34	69	61	1.131	8	43
10	Aston Villa	42	11	4	6	51	34	7	3	11	30	49	81	83	0.976	– 2	43
11	Arsenal	42	12	5	4	47	30	5	4	12	30	56	77	86	0.895	– 9	43
12	Derby County	42	14	4	3	60	28	3	3	15	26	45	86	73	1.178	13	41
13	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	4	6	48	33	5	5	11	28	45	76	78	0.974	– 2	41
14	Cardiff City [notes 1]	42	12	3	6	31	17	4	6	11	24	48	55	65	0.846	– 10	41
15	Manchester United	42	9	8	4	29	19	4	6	11	23	45	52	64	0.813	– 12	40
16	The Wednesday	42	15	3	3	49	29	0	6	15	26	63	75	92	0.815	– 17	39
17	Birmingham	42	13	3	5	36	17	4	1	16	28	56	64	73	0.877	– 9	38
18	Blackburn Rovers	42	9	5	7	40	40	6	3	12	37	56	77	96	0.802	– 19	38
19	Bury	42	8	5	8	43	38	4	7	10	25	39	68	77	0.883	– 9	36
20	Everton	42	10	6	5	35	30	2	4	15	29	60	64	90	0.711	– 26	34
21	Leeds United	42	9	7	5	43	31	2	1	18	26	57	69	88	0.784	– 19	30
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	4	7	47	33	1	4	16	18	53	65	86	0.756	– 21	30

1927-28 (Season 36)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Everton	42	11	8	2	60	28	9	5	7	42	38	102	66	1.545	36	53
2	Huddersfield Town	42	15	1	5	57	31	7	6	8	34	37	91	68	1.338	23	51
3	Leicester City	42	14	5	2	66	25	4	7	10	30	47	96	72	1.333	24	48
4	Derby County	42	12	4	5	59	30	5	6	10	37	53	96	83	1.157	13	44
5	Bury	42	13	1	7	53	35	7	3	11	27	45	80	80	1	± 0	44
6	Cardiff City	42	12	7	2	44	27	5	3	13	26	53	70	80	0.875	– 10	44
7	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	5	4	47	26	4	6	11	34	40	81	66	1.227	15	43
8	Aston Villa	42	13	3	5	52	30	4	6	11	26	43	78	73	1.068	5	43
9	Newcastle United	42	9	7	5	49	41	6	6	9	30	40	79	81	0.975	– 2	43
10	Arsenal	42	10	6	5	49	33	3	9	9	33	53	82	86	0.953	– 4	41
11	Birmingham	42	10	7	4	36	25	3	8	10	34	50	70	75	0.933	– 5	41
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	5	3	41	22	3	4	14	25	56	66	78	0.846	– 12	41
13	Sheffield United	42	12	4	5	56	42	3	6	12	23	44	79	86	0.919	– 7	40
14	The Wednesday	42	9	6	6	45	29	4	7	10	36	49	81	78	1.038	3	39
15	Sunderland	42	9	5	7	37	29	6	4	11	37	47	74	76	0.974	– 2	39
16	Liverpool	42	10	6	5	54	36	3	7	11	30	51	84	87	0.966	– 3	39
17	West Ham United	42	9	7	5	48	34	5	4	12	33	54	81	88	0.92	– 7	39
18	Manchester United	42	12	6	3	51	27	4	1	16	21	53	72	80	0.9	– 8	39
19	Burnley	42	12	5	4	55	31	4	2	15	27	67	82	98	0.837	– 16	39
20	Portsmouth	42	13	4	4	40	23	3	3	15	26	67	66	90	0.733	– 24	39
21	Tottenham Hotspur	42	12	3	6	47	34	3	5	13	27	52	74	86	0.86	– 12	38
22	Middlesbrough	42	7	9	5	46	35	4	6	11	35	53	81	88	0.92	– 7	37

1928-29 (Season 37)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	The Wednesday	42	18	3	0	55	16	3	7	11	31	46	86	62	1.387	24	52
2	Leicester City	42	16	5	0	67	22	5	4	12	29	45	96	67	1.433	29	51
3	Aston Villa	42	16	2	3	62	30	7	2	12	36	51	98	81	1.21	17	50
4	Sunderland	42	16	2	3	67	30	4	5	12	26	45	93	75	1.24	18	47
5	Liverpool	42	11	4	6	53	28	6	8	7	37	36	90	64	1.406	26	46
6	Derby County	42	12	5	4	56	24	6	5	10	30	47	86	71	1.211	15	46
7	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	6	4	42	26	6	5	10	30	37	72	63	1.143	9	45
8	Manchester City	42	12	3	6	63	40	6	6	9	32	46	95	86	1.105	9	45
9	Arsenal	42	11	6	4	43	25	5	7	9	34	47	77	72	1.069	5	45
10	Newcastle United	42	15	2	4	48	29	4	4	13	22	43	70	72	0.972	– 2	44
11	Sheffield United	42	12	5	4	57	30	3	6	12	29	55	86	85	1.012	1	41
12	Manchester United	42	8	8	5	32	23	6	5	10	34	53	66	76	0.868	– 10	41
13	Leeds United	42	11	5	5	42	28	5	4	12	29	56	71	84	0.845	– 13	41
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	6	5	44	25	4	6	11	29	55	73	80	0.913	– 7	40
15	Birmingham	42	8	7	6	37	32	7	3	11	31	45	68	77	0.883	– 9	40
16	Huddersfield Town	42	9	6	6	45	23	5	5	11	25	38	70	61	1.148	9	39
17	West Ham United	42	11	6	4	55	31	4	3	14	31	65	86	96	0.896	– 10	39
18	Everton	42	11	2	8	38	31	6	2	13	25	44	63	75	0.84	– 12	38
19	Burnley	42	12	5	4	55	32	3	3	15	26	71	81	103	0.786	– 22	38
20	Portsmouth	42	13	2	6	43	26	2	4	15	13	54	56	80	0.7	– 24	36
21	Bury	42	9	5	7	38	35	3	2	16	24	64	62	99	0.626	– 37	31
22	Cardiff City	42	7	7	7	34	26	1	6	14	9	33	43	59	0.729	– 16	29

1929-30 (Season 38)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	4	2	56	20	11	4	6	49	37	105	57	1.842	48	60
2	Derby County	42	16	4	1	61	32	5	4	12	29	50	90	82	1.098	8	50
3	Manchester City	42	12	5	4	51	33	7	4	10	40	48	91	81	1.123	10	47
4	Aston Villa	42	13	1	7	54	33	8	4	9	38	50	92	83	1.108	9	47
5	Leeds United	42	15	2	4	52	22	5	4	12	27	41	79	63	1.254	16	46
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	2	4	65	36	4	5	12	34	57	99	93	1.065	6	45
7	West Ham United	42	14	2	5	51	26	5	3	13	35	53	86	79	1.089	7	43
8	Leicester City	42	12	5	4	57	42	5	4	12	29	48	86	90	0.956	– 4	43
9	Sunderland	42	13	3	5	50	35	5	4	12	26	45	76	80	0.95	– 4	43
10	Huddersfield Town	42	9	7	5	32	21	8	2	11	31	48	63	69	0.913	– 6	43
11	Birmingham	42	13	3	5	40	21	3	6	12	27	41	67	62	1.081	5	41
12	Liverpool	42	11	5	5	33	29	5	4	12	30	50	63	79	0.797	– 16	41
13	Portsmouth	42	10	6	5	43	25	5	4	12	23	37	66	62	1.065	4	40
14	Arsenal	42	10	2	9	49	26	4	9	8	29	40	78	66	1.182	12	39
15	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	5	5	46	24	4	4	13	28	50	74	74	1	± 0	39
16	Middlesbrough	42	11	3	7	48	31	5	3	13	34	53	82	84	0.976	– 2	38
17	Manchester United	42	11	4	6	39	34	4	4	13	28	54	67	88	0.761	– 21	38
18	Grimsby Town	42	8	6	7	39	39	7	1	13	34	50	73	89	0.82	– 16	37
19	Newcastle United	42	13	4	4	52	32	2	3	16	19	60	71	92	0.772	– 21	37
20	Sheffield United	42	12	2	7	59	39	3	4	14	32	57	91	96	0.948	– 5	36
21	Burnley	42	11	5	5	53	34	3	3	15	26	63	79	97	0.814	– 18	36
22	Everton	42	6	7	8	48	46	6	4	11	32	46	80	92	0.87	– 12	35

1930-31 (Season 39)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	14	5	2	67	27	14	5	2	60	32	127	59	2.153	68	66
2	Aston Villa	42	17	3	1	86	34	8	6	7	42	44	128	78	1.641	50	59
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	3	4	65	32	8	5	8	37	43	102	75	1.36	27	52
4	Portsmouth	42	11	7	3	46	26	7	6	8	38	41	84	67	1.254	17	49
5	Huddersfield Town	42	10	8	3	45	27	8	4	9	36	38	81	65	1.246	16	48
6	Derby County	42	12	6	3	56	31	6	4	11	38	48	94	79	1.19	15	46
7	Middlesbrough	42	13	5	3	57	28	6	3	12	41	62	98	90	1.089	8	46
8	Manchester City	42	13	2	6	41	29	5	8	8	34	41	75	70	1.071	5	46
9	Liverpool	42	11	6	4	48	28	4	6	11	38	57	86	85	1.012	1	42
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	3	4	54	28	3	5	13	29	56	83	84	0.988	– 1	42
11	Sunderland	42	12	4	5	61	38	4	5	12	28	47	89	85	1.047	4	41
12	Chelsea	42	13	4	4	42	19	2	6	13	22	48	64	67	0.955	– 3	40
13	Grimsby Town	42	13	2	6	55	31	4	3	14	27	56	82	87	0.943	– 5	39
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	6	3	45	26	3	3	15	23	55	68	81	0.84	– 13	39
15	Sheffield United	42	10	7	4	49	31	4	3	14	29	53	78	84	0.929	– 6	38
16	Leicester City	42	12	4	5	50	38	4	2	15	30	57	80	95	0.842	– 15	38
17	Newcastle United	42	9	2	10	41	45	6	4	11	37	42	78	87	0.897	– 9	36
18	West Ham United	42	11	3	7	56	44	3	5	13	23	50	79	94	0.84	– 15	36
19	Birmingham	42	11	3	7	37	28	2	7	12	18	42	55	70	0.786	– 15	36
20	Blackpool	42	8	7	6	41	44	3	3	15	30	81	71	125	0.568	– 54	32
21	Leeds United	42	10	3	8	49	31	2	4	15	19	50	68	81	0.84	– 13	31
22	Manchester United	42	6	6	9	30	37	1	2	18	23	78	53	115	0.461	– 62	22

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1931-32 (Season 40)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Everton	42	18	0	3	84	30	8	4	9	32	34	116	64	1.813	52	56
2	Arsenal	42	14	5	2	52	16	8	5	8	38	32	90	48	1.875	42	54
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	4	3	60	28	8	2	11	36	54	96	82	1.171	14	50
4	Huddersfield Town	42	11	8	2	47	21	8	2	11	33	42	80	63	1.27	17	48
5	Aston Villa	42	15	1	5	64	28	4	7	10	40	44	104	72	1.444	32	46
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	4	5	46	21	8	2	11	31	34	77	55	1.4	22	46
7	Sheffield United	42	13	3	5	47	32	7	3	11	33	43	80	75	1.067	5	46
8	Portsmouth	42	14	2	5	37	21	5	5	11	25	41	62	62	1	± 0	45
9	Birmingham	42	13	5	3	48	22	5	3	13	30	45	78	67	1.164	11	44
10	Liverpool	42	13	4	4	56	38	6	2	13	25	55	81	93	0.871	– 12	44
11	Newcastle United	42	13	5	3	52	31	5	1	15	28	56	80	87	0.92	– 7	42
12	Chelsea	42	12	4	5	43	27	4	4	13	26	46	69	73	0.945	– 4	40
13	Sunderland	42	11	4	6	42	29	4	6	11	25	44	67	73	0.918	– 6	40
14	Manchester City	42	10	5	6	49	30	3	7	11	34	43	83	73	1.137	10	38
15	Derby County	42	13	5	3	51	25	1	5	15	20	50	71	75	0.947	– 4	38
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	3	6	57	41	4	3	14	32	54	89	95	0.937	– 6	38
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	1	5	51	25	2	3	16	21	55	72	80	0.9	– 8	38
18	Middlesbrough	42	12	3	6	41	29	3	5	13	23	60	64	89	0.719	– 25	38
19	Leicester City	42	11	3	7	46	39	4	4	13	28	55	74	94	0.787	– 20	37
20	Blackpool	42	9	4	8	42	40	3	5	13	23	62	65	102	0.637	– 37	33
21	Grimsby Town	42	11	4	6	39	28	2	2	17	28	70	67	98	0.684	– 31	32
22	West Ham United	42	9	5	7	35	37	3	2	16	27	70	62	107	0.579	– 45	31

1932-33 (Season 41)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	14	3	4	70	27	11	5	5	48	34	118	61	1.934	57	58
2	Aston Villa	42	16	2	3	60	29	7	6	8	32	38	92	67	1.373	25	54
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	5	1	46	20	6	4	11	34	48	80	68	1.176	12	51
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	1	4	50	23	4	8	9	33	47	83	70	1.186	13	49
5	Newcastle United	42	15	2	4	44	24	7	3	11	27	39	71	63	1.127	8	49
6	Huddersfield Town	42	11	6	4	32	17	7	5	9	34	36	66	53	1.245	13	47
7	Derby County	42	11	8	2	49	25	4	6	11	27	44	76	69	1.101	7	44
8	Leeds United	42	10	6	5	39	24	5	8	8	20	38	59	62	0.952	– 3	44
9	Portsmouth	42	14	3	4	39	22	4	4	13	35	54	74	76	0.974	– 2	43
10	Sheffield United	42	14	3	4	50	30	3	6	12	24	50	74	80	0.925	– 6	43
11	Everton	42	13	6	2	54	24	3	3	15	27	50	81	74	1.095	7	41
12	Sunderland	42	8	7	6	33	31	7	3	11	30	49	63	80	0.788	– 17	40
13	Birmingham	42	13	3	5	40	23	1	8	12	17	34	57	57	1	± 0	39
14	Liverpool	42	10	6	5	53	33	4	5	12	26	51	79	84	0.94	– 5	39
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	6	4	48	41	3	4	14	28	61	76	102	0.745	– 26	38
16	Manchester City	42	12	3	6	47	30	4	2	15	21	41	68	71	0.958	– 3	37
17	Middlesbrough	42	8	5	8	35	33	6	4	11	28	40	63	73	0.863	– 10	37
18	Chelsea	42	9	4	8	38	29	5	3	13	25	44	63	73	0.863	– 10	35
19	Leicester City	42	9	9	3	43	25	2	4	15	32	64	75	89	0.843	– 14	35
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	4	7	56	48	3	5	13	24	48	80	96	0.833	– 16	35
21	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	7	4	49	33	2	2	17	29	59	78	92	0.848	– 14	33
22	Blackpool	42	11	2	8	44	35	3	3	15	25	50	69	85	0.812	– 16	33

1933-34 (Season 42)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	15	4	2	45	19	10	5	6	30	28	75	47	1.596	28	59
2	Huddersfield Town	42	16	3	2	53	19	7	7	7	37	42	90	61	1.475	29	56
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	3	4	51	24	7	4	10	28	32	79	56	1.411	23	49
4	Derby County	42	11	8	2	45	22	6	3	12	23	32	68	54	1.259	14	45
5	Manchester City	42	14	4	3	50	29	3	7	11	15	43	65	72	0.903	– 7	45
6	Sunderland	42	14	6	1	57	17	2	6	13	24	39	81	56	1.446	25	44
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	4	5	49	28	5	6	10	29	42	78	70	1.114	8	44
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	5	0	57	21	2	2	17	17	60	74	81	0.914	– 7	43
9	Leeds United	42	13	5	3	52	21	4	3	14	23	45	75	66	1.136	9	42
10	Portsmouth	42	11	5	5	31	21	4	7	10	21	34	52	55	0.945	– 3	42
11	Sheffield Wednesday	42	9	5	7	33	24	7	4	10	29	43	62	67	0.925	– 5	41
12	Stoke City	42	11	5	5	33	19	4	6	11	25	52	58	71	0.817	– 13	41
13	Aston Villa	42	10	5	6	45	34	4	7	10	33	41	78	75	1.04	3	40
14	Everton	42	9	7	5	38	27	3	9	9	24	36	62	63	0.984	– 1	40
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	4	4	50	28	1	8	12	24	58	74	86	0.86	– 12	40
16	Middlesbrough	42	13	3	5	51	27	3	4	14	17	53	68	80	0.85	– 12	39
17	Leicester City	42	10	6	5	36	26	4	5	12	23	48	59	74	0.797	– 15	39
18	Liverpool	42	10	6	5	52	37	4	4	13	27	50	79	87	0.908	– 8	38
19	Chelsea	42	12	3	6	44	24	2	5	14	23	45	67	69	0.971	– 2	36
20	Birmingham	42	8	6	7	29	20	4	6	11	25	36	54	56	0.964	– 2	36
21	Newcastle United	42	6	11	4	42	29	4	3	14	26	48	68	77	0.883	– 9	34
22	Sheffield United	42	11	5	5	40	25	1	2	18	18	76	58	101	0.574	– 43	31

1934-35 (Season 43)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	15	4	2	74	17	8	8	5	41	29	115	46	2.5	69	58
2	Sunderland	42	13	4	4	57	24	6	12	3	33	27	90	51	1.765	39	54
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	7	0	42	17	4	6	11	28	47	70	64	1.094	6	49
4	Manchester City	42	13	5	3	53	25	7	3	11	29	42	82	67	1.224	15	48
5	Grimsby Town	42	13	6	2	49	25	4	5	12	29	35	78	60	1.3	18	45
6	Derby County	42	10	4	7	44	28	8	5	8	37	38	81	66	1.227	15	45
7	Liverpool	42	13	4	4	53	29	6	3	12	32	59	85	88	0.966	– 3	45
8	Everton	42	14	5	2	64	32	2	7	12	25	56	89	88	1.011	1	44
9	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	8	3	55	33	7	2	12	28	50	83	83	1	± 0	44
10	Stoke City	42	12	5	4	46	20	6	1	14	25	50	71	70	1.014	1	42
11	Preston North End	42	11	5	5	33	22	4	7	10	29	45	62	67	0.925	– 5	42
12	Chelsea	42	11	5	5	49	32	5	4	12	24	50	73	82	0.89	– 9	41
13	Aston Villa	42	11	6	4	50	36	3	7	11	24	52	74	88	0.841	– 14	41
14	Portsmouth	42	10	5	6	41	24	5	5	11	30	48	71	72	0.986	– 1	40
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	5	4	42	23	2	6	13	24	55	66	78	0.846	– 12	39
16	Huddersfield Town	42	11	5	5	52	27	3	5	13	24	44	76	71	1.07	5	38
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	3	5	65	38	2	5	14	23	56	88	94	0.936	– 6	38
18	Leeds United	42	10	6	5	48	35	3	6	12	27	57	75	92	0.815	– 17	38
19	Birmingham	42	10	3	8	36	36	3	7	11	27	45	63	81	0.778	– 18	36
20	Middlesbrough	42	8	9	4	38	29	2	5	14	32	61	70	90	0.778	– 20	34
21	Leicester City	42	9	4	8	39	30	3	5	13	22	56	61	86	0.709	– 25	33
22	Tottenham Hotspur	42	8	8	5	34	31	2	2	17	20	62	54	93	0.581	– 39	30

1935-36 (Season 44)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	42	17	2	2	71	33	8	4	9	38	41	109	74	1.473	35	56
2	Derby County	42	13	5	3	43	23	5	7	9	18	29	61	52	1.173	9	48
3	Huddersfield Town	42	12	7	2	32	15	6	5	10	27	41	59	56	1.054	3	48
4	Stoke City	42	13	3	5	35	24	7	4	10	22	33	57	57	1	± 0	47
5	Brentford	42	11	5	5	48	25	6	7	8	33	35	81	60	1.35	21	46
6	Arsenal	42	9	9	3	44	22	6	6	9	34	26	78	48	1.625	30	45
7	Preston North End	42	15	3	3	44	18	3	5	13	23	46	67	64	1.047	3	44
8	Chelsea	42	11	7	3	39	27	4	6	11	26	45	65	72	0.903	– 7	43
9	Manchester City	42	13	2	6	44	17	4	6	11	24	43	68	60	1.133	8	42
10	Portsmouth	42	14	4	3	39	22	3	4	14	15	45	54	67	0.806	– 13	42
11	Leeds United	42	11	5	5	41	23	4	6	11	25	41	66	64	1.031	2	41
12	Birmingham	42	10	6	5	38	31	5	5	11	23	32	61	63	0.968	– 2	41
13	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	4	6	41	27	3	9	9	26	49	67	76	0.882	– 9	41
14	Middlesbrough	42	12	6	3	56	23	3	4	14	28	47	84	70	1.2	14	40
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	7	1	59	28	2	3	16	18	48	77	76	1.013	1	40
16	Everton	42	12	5	4	61	31	1	8	12	28	58	89	89	1	± 0	39
17	Grimsby Town	42	13	4	4	44	20	4	1	16	21	53	65	73	0.89	– 8	39
18	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	3	6	54	31	4	3	14	35	57	89	88	1.011	1	38
19	Liverpool	42	11	4	6	43	23	2	8	11	17	41	60	64	0.938	– 4	38
20	Sheffield Wednesday	42	9	8	4	35	23	4	4	13	28	54	63	77	0.818	– 14	38
21	Aston Villa	42	7	6	8	47	56	6	3	12	34	54	81	110	0.736	– 29	35
22	Blackburn Rovers	42	10	6	5	32	24	2	3	16	23	72	55	96	0.573	– 41	33

1936-37 (Season 45)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	42	15	5	1	56	22	7	8	6	51	39	107	61	1.754	46	57
2	Charlton Athletic	42	15	5	1	37	13	6	7	8	21	36	58	49	1.184	9	54
3	Arsenal	42	10	10	1	43	20	8	6	7	37	29	80	49	1.633	31	52
4	Derby County	42	13	3	5	58	39	8	4	9	38	51	96	90	1.067	6	49
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	2	3	63	24	5	3	13	21	43	84	67	1.254	17	47
6	Brentford	42	14	5	2	58	32	4	5	12	24	46	82	78	1.051	4	46
7	Middlesbrough	42	14	6	1	49	22	5	2	14	25	49	74	71	1.042	3	46
8	Sunderland	42	17	2	2	59	24	2	4	15	30	63	89	87	1.023	2	44
9	Portsmouth	42	13	3	5	41	29	4	7	10	21	37	62	66	0.939	– 4	44
10	Stoke City	42	12	6	3	52	27	3	6	12	20	30	72	57	1.263	15	42
11	Birmingham	42	9	7	5	36	24	4	8	9	28	36	64	60	1.067	4	41
12	Grimsby Town	42	13	3	5	60	32	4	4	13	26	49	86	81	1.062	5	41
13	Chelsea	42	11	6	4	36	21	3	7	11	16	34	52	55	0.945	– 3	41
14	Preston North End	42	10	6	5	35	28	4	7	10	21	39	56	67	0.836	– 11	41
15	Huddersfield Town	42	12	5	4	39	21	0	10	11	23	43	62	64	0.969	– 2	39
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	3	5	45	32	3	3	15	32	66	77	98	0.786	– 21	38
17	Everton	42	12	7	2	56	23	2	2	17	25	55	81	78	1.038	3	37
18	Liverpool	42	9	8	4	38	26	3	3	15	24	58	62	84	0.738	– 22	35
19	Leeds United	42	14	3	4	44	20	1	1	19	16	60	60	80	0.75	– 20	34
20	Bolton Wanderers	42	6	6	9	22	33	4	8	9	21	33	43	66	0.652	– 23	34
21	Manchester United	42	8	9	4	29	26	2	3	16	26	52	55	78	0.705	– 23	32
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	8	5	8	32	29	1	7	13	21	40	53	69	0.768	– 16	30

1937-38 (Season 46)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	15	4	2	52	16	6	6	9	25	28	77	44	1.75	33	52
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	8	2	47	21	9	3	9	25	28	72	49	1.469	23	51
3	Preston North End	42	9	9	3	34	21	7	8	6	30	23	64	44	1.455	20	49
4	Charlton Athletic	42	14	5	2	43	14	2	9	10	22	37	65	51	1.275	14	46
5	Middlesbrough	42	12	4	5	40	26	7	4	10	32	39	72	65	1.108	7	46
6	Brentford	42	10	6	5	44	27	8	3	10	25	32	69	59	1.169	10	45
7	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	6	4	38	22	4	9	8	26	38	64	60	1.067	4	45
8	Sunderland	42	12	6	3	32	18	2	10	9	23	39	55	57	0.965	– 2	44
9	Leeds United	42	11	6	4	38	26	3	9	9	26	43	64	69	0.928	– 5	43
10	Chelsea	42	11	6	4	40	22	3	7	11	25	43	65	65	1	± 0	41
11	Liverpool	42	9	5	7	40	30	6	6	9	25	41	65	71	0.915	– 6	41
12	Blackpool	42	10	5	6	33	26	6	3	12	28	40	61	66	0.924	– 5	40
13	Derby County	42	10	5	6	42	36	5	5	11	24	51	66	87	0.759	– 21	40
14	Everton	42	11	5	5	54	34	5	2	14	25	41	79	75	1.053	4	39
15	Huddersfield Town	42	11	3	7	29	24	6	2	13	26	44	55	68	0.809	– 13	39
16	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	31	26	5	5	11	23	49	54	75	0.72	– 21	39
17	Stoke City	42	10	7	4	42	21	3	5	13	16	38	58	59	0.983	– 1	38
18	Birmingham	42	7	11	3	34	28	3	7	11	24	34	58	62	0.935	– 4	38
19	Portsmouth	42	11	6	4	41	22	2	6	13	21	46	62	68	0.912	– 6	38
20	Grimsby Town	42	11	5	5	29	23	2	7	12	22	45	51	68	0.75	– 17	38
21	Manchester City	42	12	2	7	49	33	2	6	13	31	44	80	77	1.039	3	36
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	5	6	46	36	4	3	14	28	55	74	91	0.813	– 17	36

1938-39 (Season 47)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Everton	42	17	3	1	60	18	10	2	9	28	34	88	52	1.692	36	59
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	6	1	55	12	8	5	8	33	27	88	39	2.256	49	55
3	Charlton Athletic	42	16	3	2	49	24	6	3	12	26	35	75	59	1.271	16	50
4	Middlesbrough	42	13	6	2	64	27	7	3	11	29	47	93	74	1.257	19	49
5	Arsenal	42	14	3	4	34	14	5	6	10	21	27	55	41	1.341	14	47
6	Derby County	42	12	3	6	39	22	7	5	9	27	33	66	55	1.2	11	46
7	Stoke City	42	13	6	2	50	25	4	6	11	21	43	71	68	1.044	3	46
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	6	5	39	25	5	9	7	28	33	67	58	1.155	9	45
9	Preston North End	42	13	7	1	44	19	3	5	13	19	40	63	59	1.068	4	44
10	Grimsby Town	42	11	6	4	38	26	5	5	11	23	43	61	69	0.884	– 8	43
11	Liverpool	42	12	6	3	40	24	2	8	11	22	39	62	63	0.984	– 1	42
12	Aston Villa	42	11	3	7	44	25	5	6	10	27	35	71	60	1.183	9	41
13	Leeds United	42	11	5	5	40	27	5	4	12	19	40	59	67	0.881	– 8	41
14	Manchester United	42	7	9	5	30	20	4	7	10	27	45	57	65	0.877	– 8	38
15	Blackpool	42	9	8	4	37	26	3	6	12	19	42	56	68	0.824	– 12	38
16	Sunderland	42	7	7	7	30	29	6	5	10	24	38	54	67	0.806	– 13	38
17	Portsmouth	42	10	7	4	25	15	2	6	13	22	55	47	70	0.671	– 23	37
18	Brentford	42	11	2	8	30	27	3	6	12	23	47	53	74	0.716	– 21	36
19	Huddersfield Town	42	11	4	6	38	18	1	7	13	20	46	58	64	0.906	– 6	35
20	Chelsea	42	10	5	6	43	29	2	4	15	21	51	64	80	0.8	– 16	33
21	Birmingham	42	10	5	6	40	27	2	3	16	22	57	62	84	0.738	– 22	32
22	Leicester City	42	7	6	8	35	35	2	5	14	13	47	48	82	0.585	– 34	29

1939-40 (Season 48*)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Blackpool	3	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	5	2	2.5	3	6
2	Sheffield United	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	3	2	5
3	Arsenal	3	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	2	2	8	4	2	4	5
4	Liverpool	3	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	1	2	6	3	2	3	4
5	Everton	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	4	3	5	4	1.25	1	4
6	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	4	4	6	5	1.2	1	4
7	Derby County	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	3	1	± 0	4
8	Charlton Athletic	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	4	3	4	0.75	– 1	4
9	Stoke City	3	1	0	1	5	2	0	1	0	2	2	7	4	1.75	3	3
10	Manchester United	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	1	3	5	3	1.667	2	3
11	Aston Villa	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	1.5	1	3
12	Brentford	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	± 0	3
13	Chelsea	3	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	1	4	4	1	± 0	3
14	Grimsby Town	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	4	0.5	– 2	3
15	Huddersfield Town	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	3	1	– 1	2
16	Sunderland	3	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	1	2	5	6	7	0.857	– 1	2
17	Portsmouth	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	4	3	5	0.8	– 2	2
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	3	4	0.75	– 1	2
19	Preston North End	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	– 2	2
20	Blackburn Rovers	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	3	3	5	0.6	– 2	1
21	Middlesbrough	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	6	3	8	0.375	– 5	1
22	Leeds United	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	– 2	1
*Season abandoned due to outbreak of World War Two

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