1938–39 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers

1938–39 season
Manager	Major Frank Buckley
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Dennis Westcott (32) All: Dennis Westcott (43)
Highest home attendance	61,305 (vs Liverpool, 11 February 1939; club record)
Lowest home attendance	18,420 (vs Charlton, 15 April 1939)
Average home league attendance	29,335 (league only)
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

The 1938–39 season was the 47th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the top tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

The team finished as runners-up for a second consecutive season and also finished as FA Cup runners-up when they lost the FA Cup Final to outsiders Portsmouth. This was to be the final full league campaign until 1946–47 as the following season was cancelled and annulled in September 1939 after the outbreak of World War II.

Results

Football League First Division

Final table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Everton	42	27	5	10	88	52	1.692	59
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	22	11	9	88	39	2.256	55
3	Charlton Athletic	42	22	6	14	75	59	1.271	50

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

FA Cup

See also: 1938–39 FA Cup

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bradford Park Avenue

7 January 1939 R3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Bradford Park Avenue	Wolverhampton
				Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,845

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City

21 January 1939 R4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1	Leicester City	Wolverhampton
				Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 43,205

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool

11 February 1939 R5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–1	Liverpool	Wolverhampton
				Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 61,305

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton

4 March 1939 QF	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Everton	Wolverhampton
				Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 59,545

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Grimsby Town

25 March 1939 SF	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–0	Grimsby Town	Manchester
				Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 76,962

Portsmouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers

29 April 1939 Final	Portsmouth	4–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00	Barlow  29' Anderson  43' Parker  46', 71'		Dorsett  54'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 99,370

Players Used

Pos.	Nationality	Player	Football League	FA Cup	Total
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2	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
3	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
4	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
5	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
6	[[|]]	[[| ]] (Captain)			0
7	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
8	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
9	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
10	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
11	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
12	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
13	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
14	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
15	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
16	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
17	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
18	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
19	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
20	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
21	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
22	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
23	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0

References

• General Stats
• Results
• Team Details