1936–37 Football League

The Football League
Season	1936–37
Champions	Manchester City
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 season was the 45th season of The Football League. Manchester City became champions of England for the first time, whilst Charlton Athletic achieved their highest-ever league placing, finishing second in their first season in the top flight.

Season1936–37

ChampionsManchester City

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Season	1936–37
Champions	Manchester City 1st English title
Relegated	Manchester United Sheffield Wednesday
Matches	462
Goals	1,555 (3.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Freddie Steele (33 goals)^[1]
Biggest home win	Everton 7–0 Derby County (7 December 1936) Stoke City 10–3 West Bromwich Albion (4 February 1937)
Biggest away win	Bolton Wanderers 0–5 Arsenal (1 January 1937) Derby County 0–5 Manchester City (24 February 1937) Liverpool 0–5 Manchester City (26 March 1937)
Highest scoring	Stoke City 10–3 West Bromwich Albion (4 February 1937)
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Manchester City (C)	42	22	13	7	107	61	1.754	57
2	Charlton Athletic	42	21	12	9	58	49	1.184	54
3	Arsenal	42	18	16	8	80	49	1.633	52
4	Derby County	42	21	7	14	96	90	1.067	49
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	21	5	16	84	67	1.254	47
6	Brentford	42	18	10	14	82	78	1.051	46
7	Middlesbrough	42	19	8	15	74	71	1.042	46
8	Sunderland	42	19	6	17	89	87	1.023	44
9	Portsmouth	42	17	10	15	62	66	0.939	44
10	Stoke City	42	15	12	15	72	57	1.263	42
11	Birmingham	42	13	15	14	64	60	1.067	41
12	Grimsby Town	42	17	7	18	86	81	1.062	41
13	Chelsea	42	14	13	15	52	55	0.945	41
14	Preston North End	42	14	13	15	56	67	0.836	41
15	Huddersfield Town	42	12	15	15	62	64	0.969	39
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	6	20	77	98	0.786	38
17	Everton	42	14	9	19	81	78	1.038	37
18	Liverpool	42	12	11	19	62	84	0.738	35
19	Leeds United	42	15	4	23	60	80	0.750	34
20	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	14	18	43	66	0.652	34
21	Manchester United (R)	42	10	12	20	55	78	0.705	32	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	42	9	12	21	53	69	0.768	30	Relegation to the Second Division

Home \ Away	ARS	BIR	BOL	BRE	CHA	CHE	DER	EVE	GRI	HUD	LEE	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	POR	PNE	SHW	STK	SUN	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	5–3	4–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	3–0
Birmingham	1–3		1–1	4–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–3	4–2	2–1	5–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–0
Bolton Wanderers	0–5	0–0		2–2	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–2
Brentford	2–0	2–1	2–2		4–2	1–0	6–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	4–1	5–2	2–6	4–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–3	2–1	3–2
Charlton Athletic	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–1		1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–2	4–0
Chelsea	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	3–0		1–1	4–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–4	4–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	0–1
Derby County	5–4	3–1	3–0	2–3	5–0	1–1		3–1	3–1	3–3	5–3	4–1	0–5	5–4	0–2	1–3	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	5–1
Everton	1–1	3–3	3–2	3–0	2–2	0–0	7–0		3–0	2–1	7–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–3	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	4–2	1–0
Grimsby Town	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	3–4	1–0		2–2	4–1	2–1	5–3	6–2	5–1	1–0	6–4	5–1	1–3	6–0	2–3	1–1
Huddersfield Town	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	4–2	2–0	0–3	0–3		3–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–0
Leeds United	3–4	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1		2–0	1–1	2–1	5–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	0–1
Liverpool	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–3	3–2	7–1	1–1	3–0		0–5	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–2	1–0
Manchester City	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	5–1		1–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	4–1	2–1	2–4	6–2	4–1
Manchester United	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–5	3–2		2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–1
Middlesbrough	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	0–0	5–0	4–2	3–3	2–0	3–2		2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	5–5	4–1	1–0
Portsmouth	1–5	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	4–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	6–2	2–1	2–1	2–1		0–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	5–3	1–1
Preston North End	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	5–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–5	3–1	2–0	1–1		1–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–3
Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	0–3	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–3	6–4	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	5–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1		0–0	2–0	2–3	1–3
Stoke City	0–0	2–0	2–2	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	6–2	2–4	0–2	1–0		5–3	10–3	2–1
Sunderland	1–1	4–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–3	3–2	3–1	5–1	3–2	2–1	4–2	1–3	1–1	4–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	3–0		1–0	6–2
West Bromwich Albion	2–4	3–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	4–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–2	6–4		2–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	2–1	2–3	4–0	6–1	1–2	3–1	7–2	5–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	5–0	4–3	2–1	1–1	5–2

Season	1936–37
Champions	Leicester City
Promoted	Leicester City Blackpool
Relegated	Bradford City Doncaster Rovers
Matches	462
Goals	1,479 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jack Bowers (33 goals)^[1]
Biggest home win	Blackburn Rovers 9–1 Nottingham Forest (10 April 1937)
Biggest away win	Norwich City 1–5 Newcastle United (28 December 1936) 0–4: seven matches
Highest scoring	Leicester City 7–3 Burnley (13 March 1937)
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	42	24	8	10	89	57	1.561	56	Promotion to the First Division
2	Blackpool (P)	42	24	7	11	88	53	1.660	55	Promotion to the First Division
3	Bury	42	22	8	12	74	55	1.345	52
4	Newcastle United	42	22	5	15	80	56	1.429	49
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	18	13	11	71	53	1.340	49
6	West Ham United	42	19	11	12	73	55	1.327	49
7	Sheffield United	42	18	10	14	66	54	1.222	46
8	Coventry City	42	17	11	14	66	54	1.222	45
9	Aston Villa	42	16	12	14	82	70	1.171	44
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	9	16	88	66	1.333	43
11	Fulham	42	15	13	14	71	61	1.164	43
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	10	16	70	62	1.129	42
13	Burnley	42	16	10	16	57	61	0.934	42
14	Barnsley	42	16	9	17	50	64	0.781	41
15	Chesterfield	42	16	8	18	84	89	0.944	40
16	Swansea Town	42	15	7	20	50	65	0.769	37
17	Norwich City	42	14	8	20	63	71	0.887	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	12	10	20	68	90	0.756	34
19	Southampton	42	11	12	19	53	77	0.688	34
20	Bradford (Park Avenue)	42	12	9	21	52	88	0.591	33
21	Bradford City (R)	42	9	12	21	54	94	0.574	30	Relegation to the Third Division North
22	Doncaster Rovers (R)	42	7	10	25	30	84	0.357	24	Relegation to the Third Division North

1936–37 Football League

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Third Division South

Results

Maps

Attendances

Division One

Division Two

See also

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

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Season	1936–1937
Champions	Stockport County
Promoted	Stockport County
Failed re-election	None
Matches	462
Goals	1,602 (3.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ted Harston (Mansfield Town), 55 ^[1]
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stockport County (C, P)	42	23	14	5	84	39	2.154	60	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Lincoln City	42	25	7	10	103	57	1.807	57
3	Chester	42	22	9	11	87	57	1.526	53
4	Oldham Athletic	42	20	11	11	77	59	1.305	51
5	Hull City	42	17	12	13	68	69	0.986	46
6	Hartlepools United	42	19	7	16	75	69	1.087	45
7	Halifax Town	42	18	9	15	68	63	1.079	45
8	Wrexham	42	16	12	14	71	57	1.246	44
9	Mansfield Town	42	18	8	16	91	76	1.197	44	Transferred to the Third Division South
10	Carlisle United	42	18	8	16	65	68	0.956	44
11	Port Vale	42	17	10	15	58	64	0.906	44
12	York City	42	16	11	15	79	70	1.129	43
13	Accrington Stanley	42	16	9	17	76	69	1.101	41
14	Southport	42	12	13	17	73	87	0.839	37
15	New Brighton	42	13	11	18	55	70	0.786	37
16	Barrow	42	13	10	19	70	86	0.814	36
17	Rotherham United	42	14	7	21	78	91	0.857	35
18	Rochdale	42	13	9	20	69	86	0.802	35
19	Tranmere Rovers	42	12	9	21	71	88	0.807	33
20	Crewe Alexandra	42	10	12	20	55	83	0.663	32
21	Gateshead	42	11	10	21	63	98	0.643	32	Re-elected
22	Darlington	42	8	14	20	66	96	0.688	30	Re-elected

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Luton Town (C, P)	42	27	4	11	103	53	1.943	58	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Notts County	42	23	10	9	74	52	1.423	56
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	24	5	13	74	43	1.721	53
4	Watford	42	19	11	12	85	60	1.417	49
5	Reading	42	19	11	12	76	60	1.267	49
6	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	20	9	13	65	59	1.102	49
7	Northampton Town	42	20	6	16	85	68	1.250	46
8	Millwall	42	18	10	14	64	54	1.185	46
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	18	9	15	73	52	1.404	45
10	Southend United	42	17	11	14	78	67	1.164	45
11	Gillingham	42	18	8	16	52	66	0.788	44
12	Clapton Orient	42	14	15	13	52	52	1.000	43
13	Swindon Town	42	14	11	17	75	73	1.027	39
14	Crystal Palace	42	13	12	17	62	61	1.016	38
15	Bristol Rovers	42	16	4	22	71	80	0.888	36
16	Bristol City	42	15	6	21	58	70	0.829	36
17	Walsall	42	13	10	19	63	85	0.741	36
18	Cardiff City	42	14	7	21	54	87	0.621	35
19	Newport County	42	12	10	20	67	98	0.684	34
20	Torquay United	42	11	10	21	57	80	0.713	32
21	Exeter City	42	10	12	20	59	88	0.670	32	Re-elected
22	Aldershot	42	7	9	26	50	89	0.562	23	Re-elected

No.	Club	Average
1	Arsenal FC	43,353
2	Manchester City FC	35,872
3	Chelsea FC	32,414
4	Manchester United	32,332
5	Charlton Athletic FC	31,086
6	Everton FC	30,292
7	Sunderland AFC	28,670
8	Brentford FC	24,544
9	Liverpool FC	23,798
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	23,787
11	Birmingham City FC	22,991
12	Bolton Wanderers FC	22,518
13	Middlesbrough FC	22,390
14	Stoke City FC	22,261
15	West Bromwich Albion FC	21,742
16	Derby County FC	20,475
17	Portsmouth FC	19,692
18	Sheffield Wednesday FC	19,530
19	Leeds United FC	18,199
20	Preston North End FC	18,045
21	Huddersfield Town AFC	15,812
22	Grimsby Town FC	11,514

No.	Club	Average
1	Aston Villa FC	37,537
2	Tottenham Hotspur FC	25,342
3	Newcastle United FC	24,430
4	Coventry City FC	22,744
5	Sheffield United FC	21,136
6	Plymouth Argyle FC	21,078
7	West Ham United FC	20,704
8	Leicester City FC	20,257
9	Blackpool FC	17,921
10	Fulham FC	17,457
11	Nottingham Forest FC	16,254
12	Norwich City FC	16,010
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	14,821
14	Chesterfield FC	13,139
15	Southampton FC	13,025
16	Bury FC	12,903
17	Burnley FC	12,041
18	Barnsley FC	12,039
19	Doncaster Rovers FC	11,697
20	Bradford Park Avenue AFC	10,422
21	Bradford City AFC	10,045
22	Swansea City AFC	9,880