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Football League 1935-36
1936-37
  
Final League Table - Division I
 Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England in 1935-36
 Teams in italics were relegated to the second division for the following season
Team P Home Away ₧
W D L F A W D L F A
Sunderland 42 17 2 2 71 33 8 4 9 38 41 56
Derby County 42 13 5 3 43 23 5 7 9 18 29 48
Huddersfield Town 42 12 7 2 32 15 6 5 10 27 41 48
Stoke City 42 13 3 5 35 24 7 4 10 22 33 47
Brentford 42 11 5 5 48 25 6 7 8 33 35 46
Arsenal 42 9 9 3 44 22 6 6 9 34 26 45
Preston North End 42 15 3 3 44 18 3 5 13 23 46 44
Chelsea 42 11 7 3 39 27 4 6 11 26 45 43
Manchester City 42 13 2 6 44 17 4 6 11 24 43 42
Portsmouth 42 14 4 3 39 22 3 4 14 15 45 42
Leeds United 42 11 5 5 41 23 4 6 11 25 41 41
Birmingham 42 10 6 5 38 31 5 5 11 23 32 41
Bolton Wanderers 42 11 4 6 41 27 3 9 9 26 49 41
Middlesbrough 42 12 6 3 56 23 3 4 14 28 47 40
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 7 1 59 28 2 3 16 18 48 40
Everton 42 12 5 4 61 31 1 8 12 28 58 39
Grimsby Town 42 13 4 4 44 20 4 1 16 21 53 39
West Bromwich Albion 42 12 3 6 54 31 4 3 14 35 57 38
Liverpool 42 11 4 6 43 23 2 8 11 17 41 38
Sheffield Wednesday 42 9 8 4 35 23 4 4 13 28 54 38
Aston Villa 42 7 6 8 47 56 6 3 12 34 54 35
Blackburn Rovers 42 10 6 5 32 24 2 3 16 23 72 33

Sunderland recorded a five-match winning run from 9 November 1935:
Preston (h) 4-2, Brentford (a) 5-1, Middlesbrough (h) 2-1, Everton (a) 3-0, Bolton (h) 7-2, before losing 1-0 at Huddersfield on 14 December 1935.

Charlton Athletic, Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur, from the second division, also each had a player representing England.

How The League Was Won 1935-36 Season
Timeline
36 Saturdays from 31 August 1935 (a week later than the previous season) to 2 May 1936, plus the first three midweeks of the season, Christmas Day (Wednesday, 25th December 1935), Boxing Day (Thursday, 26th December 1935), New Year's Day (Wednesday, 1st January 1936), Good Friday, 10 April 1936 and Easter Monday, 13 April 1936
 There were five games played on Wednesdays in January, two games on the first Monday in February and seven on Wednesdays. One game was played on a Tuesday in March, and eight on Wednesdays, and in April, games were played on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The FA Cup took precedence on six weekends from the third round on 11 January 1936 to the final on 25 April 1936. There were two weeks between each round, apart from three weeks before the fifth round and semi-finals, and five weeks before the final. Last league games were on Saturday, 2 May 1936.
Easter Saturday, 11 April 1936
Bolton Wanderers 2 Sunderland 1
   Burnden Park, Bolton (32,306)
 Milsom, Atkinson ~ Carter		 Sunderland's third defeat in five games allowed Derby and Huddersfield to close the gap, but neither was in particularly good form, and still required the Rokerites to lose their last four games, though both challengers had still to play them.
Derby County 2 Leeds United 1
   Baseball Ground, Derby (15,585)
 Hagan (2) ~ Kelly
Huddersfield Town 1 Birmingham 0
   Leeds Road, Huddersfield (9,753)
 Mountford (pen)
Top Three 11 April 1936
Team P ₧
Sunderland 38 52
Derby County 38 45
Huddersfield Town 38 44
  
Easter Monday, 13 April 1936
Birmingham 2 Sunderland 7
   St Andrew's Birmingham (21,693)
 Loughran 31, Clarke 41 ~ Gurney 13, 55, 63, 75, Carter 36, Hornby 43, Connor 86
Bobby Gurney's goals took Sunderland to their first title since 1913 in style with their biggest away win of the season, increasing their lead at the top to an unbeatable eight points, with three games remaining. Derby could only manage a home draw with Chelsea, whilst Huddersfield didn't have a game.
 
The Elite League 1935-36 Season (games between the top four)
Team P Home Away ₧
W D L F A W D L F A
Sunderland 6 3 0 0 8 4 1 1 2 2 5 8
Derby County 6 2 0 1 6 1 0 2 1 2 4 6
Huddersfield Town 6 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 3 3 7 5
Stoke City 6 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 3 5
Sunderland were the only team from the previous season's top four to retain their status. Arsenal, Manchester City and Sheffield Wednesday all dropped out of the top four.
Games played between the top two:-
Saturday, 21 December 1935
 Sunderland 3 Derby County 1
    Roker Park, Sunderland (33,665)
Carter (2 (1 pen)), Gurney ~ Bowers
Saturday, 25 April 1936
 Derby County 4 Sunderland 0
    Baseball Ground, Derby (15,712)
Gallacher, Halford, Stockill (2)

The Continuous Post-War League 1919-36 (17 seasons)
Team P Wins ₧
Arsenal 714 318 793
Sunderland 714 318 785
Huddersfield Town 672 298 772
Aston Villa 714 307 770
Sunderland reduced Arsenal's lead to eight points. Huddersfield returned to the top three, and still had the highest points average from their 16 seasons. Aston Villa dropped out of the top division for the first time in their history.
The 'Rolling Five-Season' League
 1931-36
Team P Wins ₧
Arsenal 210 110 274
Sunderland 210 90 234
Sheffield Wednesday 210 90 229
Huddersfield Town 210 92 227
Sunderland reduced Arsenal's lead to forty points.


Champions: Sunderland
Manager: Johnny Cochrane
1935-36 Most Appearances
by England Players
Name Played Goals
Raich Carter 39 31
Bobby Gurney 39 31
Bobby Gurney did not play for England in the 1935-36 season.
1935-36 Most Goals
by England Players
Name Played Goals
Raich Carter 39 31
Bobby Gurney 39 31
Billy Richardson, of West Bromwich Albion, was top scorer, with 39 goals. Welsh international, Pat Glover, of Grimsby, was joint-second, with 31 goals.

England and the Football League 1935-36 Season
England's impact on the Football League
Including the tour at the end of the 1935-36 season, ten of the 22 first division clubs were represented, plus Charlton Athletic, Leicester City and Sheffield United, from the second division.
14 Football League games had a direct impact on two of England's games, on 19 October 1935 and 4 April 1936.
As a result, on 19 October, England took Arsenal's Ray Bowden, Eddie Hapgood and George Male, Bolton's Ray Westwood, Derby's Jack Barker, Everton's Jimmy Cunliffe and Ted Sagar, Huddersfield's Ken Willingham, Leicester's Sep Smith, Manchester City's Jackie Bray, Eric Brook and Fred Tilson, and Ralph Birkett of Middlesbrough. On 6 April, Barker, Bray, Brook, Hapgood, Male, Sagar and Willingham were again missing from their clubs, as were Arsenal's Cliff Bastin and Jack Crayston, Crystal Palace's Albert Dawes, Derby's Sammy Crooks, Middlesbrough's George Camsell, and Bobby Barclay of Sheffield United.
 
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