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League Table for the 1939-1940 season
Note: The 1939-40 season was abandoned and all results were expunged after the outbreak of World War II.
The league table below shows the standings at the time the season was abandoned.
| # | Team | P | Home | Away | G.Avg | PTS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||
| 1 | Blackpool | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.500 | 6 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.000 | 5 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.000 | 5 |
| 4 | Liverpool FC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.000 | 4 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1.200 | 4 |
| 6 | Derby County | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4 |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.750 | 4 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.750 | 3 |
| 9 | Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.667 | 3 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.500 | 3 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 |
| 12 | Everton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 3 |
| 13 | Brentford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.000 | 3 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.500 | 3 |
| 15 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0.857 | 2 |
| 16 | Wolves | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.750 | 2 |
| 17 | Huddersfield Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.667 | 2 |
| 18 | Portsmouth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.600 | 2 |
| 19 | Preston North End | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 20 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.600 | 1 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.375 | 1 |
| 22 | Leeds United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 |