1938–39 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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.

Wolverhampton Wanderers
1938–39 season
ManagerMajor Frank Buckley
First Division2nd
FA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Dennis Westcott (32)
All: Dennis Westcott (43)
Highest home attendance61,305 (vs Liverpool, 11 February 1939; club record)
Lowest home attendance18,420 (vs Charlton, 15 April 1939)
Average home league attendance29,335 (league only)

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

11 February 1939 R5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 Liverpool Wolverhampton
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 61,305
4 March 1939 QF Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Everton Wolverhampton
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 59,545
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
1  [[|]] [[| ]] 0
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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.