| Derby beat Stoke 5-0 (H) on 24 Sep 1938 |
| Stoke beat Birmingham 2-1 (A) on 10 Sep 1938 |
| Birmingham beat Leicester 2-1 (H) on 7 Sep 1938 |
| Leicester beat Preston North End 2-1 (H) on 10 Sep 1938 |
| Preston North End beat Middlesbrough 3-1 (H) on 17 Sep 1938 |
| Middlesbrough beat Manchester United 3-1 (H) on 27 Aug 1938 |
| Manchester United beat Chelsea 5-1 (H) on 24 Sep 1938 |
| Chelsea beat Bolton 2-0 (A) on 5 Sep 1938 |
| Bolton beat Liverpool 3-1 (H) on 17 Sep 1938 |
| Liverpool beat Charlton 1-0 (H) on 10 Sep 1938 |
| Charlton beat Leeds 2-0 (H) on 3 Sep 1938 |
| Leeds beat Huddersfield 1-0 (A) on 17 Sep 1938 |
| Huddersfield beat Everton 3-0 (H) on 24 Sep 1938 |
| Everton beat Aston Villa 3-0 (A) on 5 Sep 1938 |
| Aston Villa beat Grimsby 2-1 (A) on 27 Aug 1938 |
| Grimsby beat Portsmouth 2-1 (H) on 6 Sep 1938 |
| Portsmouth beat Blackpool 1-0 (H) on 31 Aug 1938 |
| Blackpool beat Sunderland 2-1 (A) on 17 Sep 1938 |
| Sunderland beat Brentford 3-2 (A) on 24 Sep 1938 |
| Brentford beat Arsenal 1-0 (H) on 8 Sep 1938 |
| Arsenal beat Wolverhampton 1-0 (A) on 17 Sep 1938 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.