| DAT | MOTSTÅNDARE | RESULTAT | MÅLGÖRARE | pl | |
| 27 aug | b | Liverpool | 1-2 |
Allum | |
| 31 | H | PRESTON | 3-1 | Spence 2 (1 str), Hanson | |
| 3 sep | H | LEICESTER | 3-0 | Mills 2, Hanson | |
| 5 | b | Bolton | 2-0 | Hanson 2 | |
| 10 | b | Middlesbrough | 1-1 |
Mills | |
| 17 | H | BIRMINGHAM | 2-2 |
Spence str, Mills | |
| 24 | b | Manchester United | 1-5 |
Burgess str | |
| 1 okt | H | STOKE | 1-1 |
Burgess | |
| 8 | b | Blackpool | 1-5 |
Payne | |
| 15 | H | ARSENAL | 4-2 | Mills, Burgess, Hanson 2 | |
| 22 | b | Brentford | 0-1 |
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| 29 | H | DERBY | 0-2 |
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| 5 nov | b | Grimsby | 1-2 |
Mills | |
| 12 | H | SUNDERLAND | 4-0 | Spence str, Argue, Burgess, Hanson | |
| 19 | b | Aston Villa | 2-6 |
Argue, Mills | |
| 26 | H | WOLVERHAMPTON | 1-3 |
Mills | |
| 3 dec | b | Everton | 1-4 |
Mills | |
| 10 | H | HUDDERSFIELD | 3-0 | Payne 2, Burgess | |
| 17 | b | Portsmouth | 1-2 | Mills | |
| 24 | H | LIVERPOOL | 4-1 | Spence str, Payne 2, Burgess | |
| 26 | b | Leeds | 1-1 |
Mills | |
| 27 | H | LEEDS | 2-2 |
Spence str, Mills | |
| 31 | b | Leicester | 2-3 |
Argue 2 | |
| 1939 14 jan |
H | MIDDLESBROUGH | 4-2 | Argue, Payne 3 | |
| 28 | H | MANCHESTER UNITED | 0-1 |
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| 4 feb | b | Stoke | 1-6 |
Spence str | |
| 18 | b | Arsenal | 0-1 |
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| 25 | H | BRENTFORD | 1-3 |
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| 8 mars | b | Derby | 1-0 | Payne | |
| 11 | H | GRIMSBY | 5-1 | SPence 2 (1 str), Payne, Burgess, Hanson | |
| 15 | H | BLACKPOOL | 1-1 |
Payne | |
| 18 | b | Sunderland | 2-3 |
Argue, Burgess str | |
| 25 | H | ASTON VILLA | 2-1 | Argue, Spence str | |
| 1 apr | b | Wolverhampton | 0-2 |
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| 7 | b | Charlton | 0-2 |
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| 8 | H | EVERTON | 0-2 |
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| 10 | H | CHARLTON | 1-3 |
Payne | |
| 15 | b | Huddersfield | 1-3 |
Payne | |
| 22 | H | PORTSMOUTH | 1-0 | Payne | |
| 26 | b | Birmingham | 1-1 |
Payne | |
| 29 | b | Preston | 1-1 |
Payne | |
| 6 maj | H | BOLTON | 1-1 |
Payne | 20 |