Division Three (North) Cup 1938-39 
Winners: Bradford City Runners-up: Accrington Stanley Winners from previous season: Southport For the first time, not all of the Division Three (North) clubs competed in the cup. Eight teams - Barnsley, Chester, Doncaster Rovers, Halifax Town, Lincoln City, Southport, Stockport County and York City - all declined to enter. The competition was abandoned after this season. First round
| | 2 January 1939 | Accrington Stanley | 2 | - | 1 | Rochdale | 1,663 | Peel Park, Accrington | | | Stan Alexander, Tom 'Pongo' Waring | | | | Harold Knowles
| | | | 19 January 1939 | Barrow | 5 | - | 2 | Oldham Athletic | 1,239 | Holker Street, Barrow-in-Furness | | | Cecil Davies, Dan Samuel, Bill Allcock, Bert King (pen.), Tom Harris (pen.) | | | | Ernie Wright, Bill Vallance
| | | | 18 January 1939 | Gateshead | 4 | - | 2 | Carlisle United | 290 | Redheugh Park, Gateshead | | | Hughie Gallacher (3, 2 pens.), Joe McDermott | | | | John Kirkpatrick, Wally Hunt (pen.)
| | | | 2 January 1939 | Hartlepools United | 4 | - | 1 | Darlington | 2,000 | Victoria Park, Hartlepool | | | Paddy Robbins, Tommy McGarry (2), Johnny Wigham
| | | | John Towers
| | | | 30 January 1939 | Rotherham United | 0 | - | 0 | Bradford City | 947 | Millmoor, Rotherham | | 1 February 1939 | Wrexham | 2 | - | 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 774 | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham | | | Archie Burgon, Bert Adamson | | | | Leo Stevens
| | | Replay
| | 8 February 1939 | Bradford City | 1 | - | 0 | Rotherham United | 1,154 | Valley Parade, Bradford | | | Jack Deakin | | | | | | | Quarter-finals
| | 22 February 1939 | Bradford City | 6 | - | 0 | Hull City | 1,678 | Valley Parade, Bradford | | | Jack Deakin (2, 1 pen.), George Hinsley (2), Jimmy Smailes, Les Gore
| | | | | | | | 8 March 1939 | Gateshead | 0 | - | 0 | Hartlepools United | 290 | Redheugh Park, Gateshead | | 8 March 1939 | Wrexham | 1 | - | 1 | New Brighton | 389 | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham | | | George Burditt
| | | | Jack Montgomery
| | | | 8 March 1939 | Accrington Stanley | 4 | - | 3 | Barrow | 250 | Peel Park, Accrington | | | George Mee, Syd Kearney (2), Tom 'Pongo' Waring
| | | | Dan Samuel, Tom Harris, Bert King
| | | Replays
| | 15 March 1939 | Hartlepools United | 5 | - | 1 | Gateshead | 680 | Victoria Park, Hartlepool | | | Jack Diamond (4), Jack Price
| | | | Eddie Embleton
| | | | 22 March 1939 | New Brighton | 4 | - | 3 | Wrexham | 903 | Sandheys Park, New Brighton (aet) | | | Jimmy Matthias (og), Alf Ainsworth, Jimmy Stein, Walter Smith
| | | | Albert Nelson (2), George Burditt
| | | Semi-finals
| | 29 March 1939 | Bradford City | 5 | - | 2 | Hartlepools United | 1,125 | Valley Parade, Bradford | | | George Hinsley (2), Jack Deakin (3)
| | | | Tim Spencer (pen.), Bob Love
| | | | 19 April 1939 | New Brighton | 0 | - | 0 | Accrington Stanley | 2,000 | Sandheys Park, New Brighton | Replay
| | 26 April 1939 | Accrington Stanley | 2 | - | 0 | New Brighton | 1,400 | Peel Park, Accrington | | | Tom 'Pongo' Waring, Tom Storey | | | | | | | | Final | | 1 May 1939 | Bradford City | 3 | - | 0 | Accrington Stanley | 3,117 | Valley Parade, Bradford | | | George Hinsley, Archibald Hastie, Jimmy Smailes
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