Football League Third Division South 1939/40
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | Notes |
| - | Reading | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | - | 5 | - |
| - | Exeter City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | 5 | - |
| - | Notts County | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | - | 4 | - |
| - | Ipswich Town | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | 4 | - |
| - | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| - | Cardiff City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | 4 | - |
| - | Crystal Palace | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | - | 4 | - |
| - | Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | - | 3 | - |
| - | Bristol City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | 3 | - |
| - | Mansfield Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | - | 3 | - |
| - | Norwich City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | - |
| - | Clapton Orient | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | - |
| - | Southend United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| - | Torquay United | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | - |
| - | Walsall | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| - | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | 2 | - |
| - | Watford | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | 2 | - |
| - | Northampton Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | - | 2 | - |
| - | Aldershot | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | - |
| - | Swindon Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| - | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | 1 | - |
| - | Port Vale | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
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End of Season Notes |
| ۰Following Britain's declaration of war on September 3rd 1939 the Football League championship was immediately suspended and not resumed until the end of the hostilities. |
