Football League Third Division South  1937/38

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Millwall 42 23 10 9 83 37 2.243 56 ▲Champions
2nd  Bristol City 42 21 13 8 68 40 1.700 55 Runners Up
3rd  Queens Park Rangers 42 22 9 11 80 47 1.702 53 -
4th  Watford 42 21 11 10 73 43 1.698 53 -
5th  Brighton & Hove Albion 42 21 9 12 64 44 1.455 51 -
6th  Reading 42 20 11 11 71 63 1.127 51 -
7th  Crystal Palace 42 18 12 12 67 47 1.426 48 -
8th  Swindon Town 42 17 10 15 49 49 1.000 44 -
9th  Northampton Town 42 17 9 16 51 57 0.895 43 -
10th  Cardiff City 42 15 12 15 67 54 1.241 42 -
11th  Notts County 42 16 9 17 50 50 1.000 41 -
12th  Southend United 42 15 10 17 70 68 1.029 40 -
13th  Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic 42 14 12 16 56 57 0.982 40 -
14th  Mansfield Town 42 15 9 18 62 67 0.925 39 -
15th  Bristol Rovers 42 13 13 16 46 61 0.754 39 -
16th  Newport County 42 11 16 15 43 52 0.827 38 -
17th  Exeter City 42 13 12 17 57 70 0.814 38 -
18th  Aldershot 42 15 5 22 39 59 0.661 35 -
19th  Clapton Orient 42 13 7 22 42 61 0.689 33 -
20th  Torquay United 42 9 12 21 38 73 0.521 30 -
21st  Walsall 42 11 7 24 52 88 0.591 29 Re Elected
22nd  Gillingham 42 10 6 26 36 77 0.468 26 Not Re Elected

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Election for League Membership

Southern League Ipswich Town challenged the two clubs seeking re-election in the vote for League membership.
Votes Club End Result
36 Ipswich Town Elected to the League
34 Walsall Re Elected to the League
28 Gillingham Not Re Elected to the League

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End of Season Notes

 - Port Vale Transferred from the Football League Third Division North

 ▲Millwall were Promoted to the Football League Second Division

 - Walsall were Re-Elected to the League

 Gillingham were Not Re-Elected to the League

 Ipswich Town were Elected to the League