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1938–39 Cardiff City F.C. season

season of football team

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ110722647 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1938–39 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 19th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three South, then the third tier of English football, finishing 13th.

Season review

Football League Third Division South

Partial league table

Results by round

Players

First team squad.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

Third Division South Cup

Source

References

Bibliography

Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.

Crooks, John (1992).

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This entry incorporates text from “1938–39 Cardiff City F.C. season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.