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1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Feb ...
38 season was the 46th season of
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, champions in 1936–37, were relegated, the only time this has happened in the English top flight.


Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found a
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
website and in ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79'',Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. with home and away statistics separated. Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals if they had scored more than they had conceded, whereas among teams who had conceded more than they had scored the system favoured teams who scored more. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for
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First Division


Results


Maps


Second Division


Results


Maps


Third Division North


Results


Maps


Third Division South


Results


Maps


See also

* 1937-38 in English football * 1937 in association football *
1938 in association football The following are the association football events of the year 1938 throughout the world. Winners club national championship * Argentina: Independiente * France: FC Sochaux-Montbéliard * Germany: Hannover 96 * Italy: Internazionale Milano ...


References

*Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. {{DEFAULTSORT:1937-38 Football League English Football League seasons
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1937–38 in English football leagues