1938–39 Arsenal F.C. season

{{Infobox football club season

|club=Arsenal

|season=1938–39

|manager=George Allison

|chairman=Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard

|stadium=Highbury

|league = First Division

|league result=5th

|cup1=FA Cup

|cup1 result=Third round

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The 1938–39 season was Arsenal's 20th consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Results

Arsenal's score comes first{{Cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1938-1939/results |title=Arsenal results for the 1938-1939 season – Statto.com |access-date=5 March 2018 |archive-date=10 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910024924/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1938-1939/results |url-status=dead }}

=Legend=

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style="background:#d0ffe3;"|Win

| style="background:#ffffdd;"|Draw

| style="background:#ffd0e3;"|Loss

=Football League First Division=

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 27 August 1938	Portsmouth	H	2–0	54,940
style="background:#ffffdd;" \| 3 September 1938	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	26,126
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 8 September 1938	Brentford	A	0–1	38,535
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 10 September 1938	Everton	H	1–2	64,555
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 14 September 1938	Derby County	H	1–2	25,756
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 17 September 1938	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–0	45,364
style="background:#ffffdd;" \| 24 September 1938	Aston Villa	H	0–0	66,456
style="background:#ffffdd;" \| 1 October 1938	Sunderland	A	0–0	\|51,042
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 8 October 1938	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	39,174
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 15 October 1938	Chelsea	A	2–4	65,443
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 22 October 1938	Preston North End	H	1–0	40,296
style="background:#ffffdd;" \| 29 October 1938	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	46,611
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 5 November 1938	Leeds United	H	2–3	39,092
style="background:#ffffdd;" \| 12 November 1938	Liverpool	A	2–2	42,540
style="background:#ffffdd;" \| 19 November 1938	Leicester City	H	0–0	36,407
style="background:#ffffdd;" \| 26 November 1938	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	29,047
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 3 December 1938	Birmingham	H	3–1	33,710
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 10 December 1938	Manchester United	A	0–1	42,008
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 17 December 1938	Stoke City	H	4–1	30,006
style="background:#ffffdd;" \| 24 December 1938	Portsmouth	A	0–0	21,344
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 27 December 1938	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	51,479
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 31 December 1938	Huddersfeld Town	H	1–0	34,146
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 14 January 1939	Everton	A	0–2	47,178
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 21 January 1939	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	39,702
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 28 January 1939	Aston Villa	A	3–1	57,453
style="background:#ffffdd;" \| 1 February 1939	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	33,103
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 4 February 1939	Sunderland	H	2–0	45,875
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 18 February 1939	Chelsea	H	1–0	54,510
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 21 February 1939	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	10,845
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 25 February 1939	Preston North End	A	1–2	29,678
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 4 March 1939	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–1	29,814
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 11 March 1939	Leeds United	A	2–4	22,160
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 18 March 1939	Liverpool	H	2–0	31,495
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 25 March 1939	Leicester City	A	2–0	22,565
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 1 April 1939	Middlesbrough	H	1–2	34,669
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 7 April 1939	Blackpool	A	0–1	31,497
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 8 April 1939	Birmingham	A	2–1	33,250
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 10 April 1939	Blackpool	H	2–1	30,760
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 15 April 1939	Manchester United	H	2–1	25,741
style="background:#ffd0e3;" \| 22 April 1939	Stoke City	A	0–1	26,039
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 29 April 1939	Derby County	A	2–1	10,186
style="background:#d0ffe3;" \| 6 May 1939	Brentford	H	2–0	30,928

==Final League table==

{{:1938–39 Football League|transcludesection=First Division|only_totals=y|showteam=ARS}}

=FA Cup=

Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, in which they were drawn to face Chelsea.

class="wikitable"

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

style="background:#ffd0e3;"

7 January 1939

Chelsea

1–2

58,095

References

Category:English football clubs 1938–39 season

1938-39