The kick-off in all divisions took place on Saturday 26 August 1939.
On Saturday 2 September 1939, all divisions of the Football League played their third game of the season.
[1] These were the last fixtures before abandonment following the British declaration of war on Germany on Sunday 3 September 1939.
Large gatherings of crowds were suspended with the implementation of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939.
[2] The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[2] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[1] with home and away statistics separated.