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			DIVISION 2 1938/39

				P	W	D	L	F	A	*Pts*
Leading League goalscorer: Hugh Billington (Luton Town) 28 goals Plenty of goals over the Christmas period in the two matches between Manchester City and Tranmere Rovers. City scored 14 goals in the two matches - and conceded 5 - with Jack Milsom scoring seven of them. What a difference a couple of days can make in football. On January 21st 1939 Fulham visited Stamford Bridge for a local derby FA Cup 3rd Round tie against Chelsea - the attendance being 69,987. Two days later they were back at their Craven Cottage home for a Division 2 game against Swansea - with the crowd at that match being 3,155.		1	Blackburn Rovers	42	25	5	12	94	60	55
		2	Sheffield United	42	20	14	8	69	41	54
		3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	11	10	88	59	53
		4	Coventry City	42	21	8	13	62	45	50
	Results	5	Manchester City	42	21	7	14	96	72	49
		6	Chesterfield	42	20	9	13	69	52	49
	Results	7	Luton Town	42	22	5	15	82	66	49
	Results	8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	9	14	67	62	47
	Results	9	Newcastle United	42	18	10	14	61	48	46
		10	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	9	15	89	72	45
	Results	11	West Ham United	42	17	10	15	70	52	44
	Results	12	Fulham	42	17	10	15	61	55	44
		13	Millwall	42	14	14	14	64	53	42
	Results	14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	50	56	39
		15	Plymouth Argyle	42	15	8	19	49	55	38
		16	Bury	42	12	13	17	65	74	37
		17	Bradford (Park Avenue)	42	12	11	19	61	82	35
	Results	18	Southampton	42	13	9	20	56	82	35
		19	Swansea Town	42	11	12	15	50	83	34
	Results	20	Nottingham Forest	42	10	11	21	49	82	31
	Results	21	Norwich City	42	13	5	24	50	91	31
		22	Tranmere Rovers	42	6	5	31	39	99	17

			Tranmere relegated to Division 3 (North), Norwich to Division 3 (South).