Great Britain and Ireland in 1939
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Source: the site's football, rugby, cricket and Gaelic records, national-team ratings and the Universal Index for the live tables · as of 20 Oct 2026
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plFirst Division
facupFA Cup
def. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 4-1
six-nationsSix Nations
spflDivision One
hurlingAll-Ireland hurling
Kilkenny
def. Cork, 2-07 to 3-03
gaelic-footballAll-Ireland football
Kerry
def. Meath, 2-05 to 2-03
super-leagueNorthern RFL Championship
The year, month by month
Jan to Feb: nothing in this view
March
April
- FootballFA CupPortsmouthdef. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 4-1
- Season
- 1939
- Runner-up
- Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Venue
- Wembley Stadium
- Date
- 29 Apr
- FootballDivision OneRangers
- Season
- 1939
- Date
- 29 Apr
- FootballSecond DivisionBlackburn Rovers
- Season
- 1938-39
- FootballThird Division NorthBarnsley
- Season
- 1938-39
- FootballThird Division SouthNewport County
- Season
- 1938-39
- FootballScottish CupClydedef. Motherwell
- Season
- 1938-39
- Runner-up
- Motherwell
May
- Rugby leagueChallenge CupHalifaxdef. Salford, 20-3
- Season
- 1939
- Runner-up
- Salford
- Venue
- Wembley Stadium
- Date
- 6 May
- Note
- 1938-39 season
- FootballFirst DivisionEverton
- Season
- 1939
- Date
- 6 May
- Rugby leagueNorthern RFL ChampionshipSalford
- Season
- 1938-39
- Date
- 13 May
- FootballLeague of IrelandShamrock Rovers
- Season
- 1938-39
- FootballNIFL PremiershipBelfast Celtic FC
- Season
- 1938-39
- Note
- Irish Football League
June: nothing in this view
July
- TennisWimbledon (women)Alice Marble
- Season
- 1939
- Date
- 7 Jul
- Note
- Wimbledon Women's
- GolfThe OpenDick Burton
- Season
- 1939
- Date
- 7 Jul
- Note
- The Open Championship
- TennisWimbledon (men)Bobby Riggs
- Season
- 1939
- Date
- 8 Jul
- Note
- Wimbledon Men's
August: nothing in this view
September
- CricketCounty ChampionshipYorkshire
- Season
- 1939
- Date
- 1 Sep
- Gaelic gamesAll-Ireland hurlingKilkennydef. Cork, 2-07 to 3-03
- Season
- 1939
- Runner-up
- Cork
- Venue
- Croke Park, Dublin
- Date
- 3 Sep
- Gaelic gamesAll-Ireland footballKerrydef. Meath, 2-05 to 2-03
- Season
- 1939
- Runner-up
- Meath
- Venue
- Croke Park, Dublin
- Date
- 24 Sep
Oct to Dec: nothing in this view
Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.
The year in perspective
Champions crowned
- Football9
- Rugby union3
- Gaelic games2
- Rugby league2
- Tennis2
- Cricket1
- Golf1
Not tracked yet
- Champion rows without a date left off the ledger: challenge_cup_finals.csv 1922
- Lane finals filled from the researched rows (no champions file holds the competition): wfacup, slb, loi, pwr, wsix
- Challenge Cup: no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1940
- Championship play-off final: no result or not-held entry for 2015, 2023
- Second Division: no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- County Championship: no result or not-held entry for 2020
- Cymru Premier: no result or not-held entry for 2000, 2005, 2006
- All-Ireland football: no result or not-held entry for 1890, 1891, 1897, 1902, 1911, 1918, 1920, 1921
- All-Ireland hurling: no result or not-held entry for 1891, 1897, 1899, 1911, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1921
- League One play-off final: no result or not-held entry for 2015, 2023
- Third Division North: no result or not-held entry for 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- Third Division South: no result or not-held entry for 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- League Two play-off final: no result or not-held entry for 2015, 2023
- Irish League (all-Ireland, to 1921): no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
- NIFL Premiership: no result or not-held entry for 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947
- Community Shield: no result or not-held entry for 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950
- Scottish Cup: no result or not-held entry for 1909, 1915, 1940
- Scottish League Cup: no result or not-held entry for 1948, 1968, 1977, 1983, 1999, 2020, 2022
- Six Nations: no result or not-held entry for 1885, 1888, 1889, 1897, 1898, 1972
- Division One: no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
- Northern RFL Championship: no result or not-held entry for 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
- Northern RFU Championship: no result or not-held entry for 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
- British and Irish Lions: no tour in 2026, so the lane is not drawn (expected)
- Researched rows adjusted or left off because a date is not sourced: urc-2627-reg left off: end not sourced; super-league-2026-final folded into the block that contains it; wfacup-2526-final folded into the block that contains it; eng-cricket-w-2026-nz left off: end not sourced; eng-cricket-w-2026-ind left off: end not sourced; cymru-2627-reg left off: end not sourced
- Not tracked yet: English women's rugby and cricket before the research files, the Lions outside a tour year (the lane is drawn only when a tour is held), Gaelic games below the senior inter-county finals, and a home winners board for Wimbledon and The Open (nationality is not held)