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The 1938–39 season

42 belt games · 21 title changes

Blackpool carried the belt into the 1938–39 season. It changed hands 21 times among 16 franchises, and Wolverhampton Wanderers finished the season with it. Most defenses: Everton, 6.

Who held it, in order

EvertonHuddersfieldWolvesEvertonBoltonHuddersfieldMiddlesbroughBrentfordBirmingham CityBlackpoolEvertonDerbySunderlandArsenalGrimsby TownChelseaSunderlandPrestonAston VillaCharlton AthleticWolves

Every belt game

Belt gameDateResult
1,680Aug 27, 1938Everton beat Blackpool 2–0Title change
1,681Aug 31, 1938Everton beat Grimsby Town 3–0Defense
1,682Sep 3, 1938Everton beat Brentford 2–1Defense
1,683Sep 5, 1938Everton beat Aston Villa 3–0Defense
1,684Sep 10, 1938Everton beat Arsenal 2–1Defense
1,685Sep 17, 1938Everton beat Portsmouth 5–1Defense
1,686Sep 24, 1938Huddersfield Town beat Everton 3–0Title change
1,687Oct 1, 1938Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Huddersfield Town 3–0Title change
1,688Oct 8, 1938Everton beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0Title change
1,689Oct 15, 1938Bolton Wanderers beat Everton 4–2Title change
1,690Oct 22, 1938Huddersfield Town beat Bolton Wanderers 2–1Title change
1,691Oct 29, 1938Huddersfield Town and Liverpool tied 3–3Tie · defense
1,692Nov 5, 1938Huddersfield Town beat Leicester City 2–0Defense
1,693Nov 12, 1938Middlesbrough beat Huddersfield Town 4–1Title change
1,694Nov 19, 1938Middlesbrough and Portsmouth tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,695Nov 26, 1938Middlesbrough and Arsenal tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,696Dec 3, 1938Brentford beat Middlesbrough 2–1Title change
1,697Dec 10, 1938Birmingham City beat Brentford 5–1Title change
1,698Dec 17, 1938Blackpool beat Birmingham City 2–1Title change
1,699Dec 24, 1938Everton beat Blackpool 4–0Title change
1,700Dec 26, 1938Everton and Derby County tied 2–2Tie · defense
1,701Dec 27, 1938Derby County beat Everton 2–1Title change
1,702Dec 31, 1938Derby County beat Aston Villa 2–1Defense
1,703Jan 14, 1939Sunderland beat Derby County 1–0Title change
1,704Jan 25, 1939Sunderland and Blackpool tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,705Jan 28, 1939Sunderland and Brentford tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,706Feb 4, 1939Arsenal beat Sunderland 2–0Title change
1,707Feb 18, 1939Arsenal beat Chelsea 1–0Defense
1,708Feb 21, 1939Grimsby Town beat Arsenal 2–1Title change
1,709Feb 25, 1939Grimsby Town and Birmingham City tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,710Mar 7, 1939Grimsby Town beat Stoke City 3–1Defense
1,711Mar 11, 1939Chelsea beat Grimsby Town 5–1Title change
1,712Mar 15, 1939Chelsea and Blackpool tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,713Mar 18, 1939Sunderland beat Chelsea 3–2Title change
1,714Mar 25, 1939Preston North End beat Sunderland 2–1Title change
1,715Apr 1, 1939Aston Villa beat Preston North End 3–0Title change
1,716Apr 8, 1939Charlton Athletic beat Aston Villa 1–0Title change
1,717Apr 10, 1939Charlton Athletic beat Chelsea 3–1Defense
1,718Apr 15, 1939Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Charlton Athletic 3–1Title change
1,719Apr 22, 1939Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bolton Wanderers tied 0–0Tie · defense
1,720May 4, 1939Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Leicester City 2–0Defense
1,721May 6, 1939Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sunderland tied 0–0Tie · defense

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