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1935-36

Football League 1936-37
1937-38
  
Final League Table - Division I
 Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England in 1936-37
 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
Manchester City 42 15 5 1 56 22 7 8 6 51 39 57
Charlton Athletic 42 15 5 1 37 13 6 7 8 21 36 54
Arsenal 42 10 10 1 43 20 8 6 7 37 29 52
Derby County 42 13 3 5 58 39 8 4 9 38 51 49
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 16 2 3 63 24 5 3 13 21 43 47
Brentford 42 14 5 2 58 32 4 5 12 24 46 46
Middlesbrough 42 14 6 1 49 22 5 2 14 25 49 46
Sunderland 42 17 2 2 59 24 2 4 15 30 63 44
Portsmouth 42 13 3 5 41 29 4 7 10 21 37 44
Stoke City 42 12 6 3 52 27 3 6 12 20 30 42
Birmingham 42 9 7 5 36 24 4 8 9 28 36 41
Grimsby Town 42 13 3 5 60 32 4 4 13 26 49 41
Chelsea 42 11 6 4 36 21 3 7 11 16 34 41
Preston North End 42 10 6 5 35 28 4 7 10 21 39 41
Huddersfield Town 42 12 5 4 39 21 0 10 11 23 43 39
West Bromwich Albion 42 13 3 5 45 32 3 3 15 32 66 38
Everton 42 12 7 2 56 23 2 2 17 25 55 37
Liverpool 42 9 8 4 38 26 3 3 15 24 58 35
Leeds United 42 14 3 4 44 20 1 1 19 16 60 34
Bolton Wanderers 42 6 6 9 22 33 4 8 9 21 33 34
Manchester United 42 8 9 4 29 26 2 3 16 26 52 32
Sheffield Wednesday 42 8 5 8 32 29 1 7 13 21 40 30

Manchester City recorded a seven-match winning run from 29 March 1937:
Liverpool (h) 5-1, Brentford (a) 6-2, (h) 2-1, Arsenal (h) 2-0, Sunderland (a) 3-1, Preston (a) 5-2, Sheffield Wednesday (h) 4-1, before drawing 2-2 at Birmingham on 1 May 1937.

Aston Villa and West Ham United, from the second division, and Luton Town from the third division (south), also each had a player representing England.

How The League Was Won 1936-37 Season
Timeline
36 Saturdays from 29 August 1936 to 1 May 1937, plus the first two midweeks of the season (Monday to Thursday), Christmas Day (Friday, 25th December 1936), Monday, 28 December 1936, New Year's Day (Friday, 1st January 1937), Good Friday, 26 March 1937 and Easter Monday, 29 March 1937
 There was one other game played on a Monday in September, four on Wednesdays and two on a Thursday. With Boxing Day on a Saturday, there were no more midweek matches until February, when there were twelve games played on Wednesdays, one on a Tuesday and one on a Thursday. Two games were played on the day after Easter Monday in March, with one other game on a Monday and six on Wednesdays, and in April, games were played on Mondays and Wednesdays. The FA Cup took precedence on six weekends from the third round on 16 January 1937 (a week later than the previous season) to the final on 1 May 1937 (also a week later, and the first to be played in May). There were two weeks between each round, apart from three weeks before the fifth round and final, and five weeks before the semi-finals. Last league games were also on Saturday, 1 May 1937.
Saturday, 17 April 1937
Arsenal 4 Portsmouth 0
   Arsenal Stadium, London (29,098)
 D.Compton (2), Nelson, KIrchen		 City were unbeaten in the league since Christmas Day, and their sixth successive victory, after being two goals down at the interval, and missing Barkas and Bray, who were playing for England against Scotland, put them on the brink of their first ever championship success. Arsenal improved their goal average and were poised in case City picked up no more than a point in their two remaining games. Charlton, meanwhile, were denied a fairytale ending to their first ever season in the top flight, by a goal average that was never going to beat City's. Middlesbrough's goal average was even worse than Charlton's, but defeat at Manchester United left them without even a mathematical chance of winning the title. 
Everton 2 Charlton Athletic 2
   Goodison Park, Liverpool (11,105)
 Dean (pen), Cunliffe ~ Tadman (2)
Preston North End 2 Manchester City 5
   Deepdale, Preston (21,804)
 Vernon, Dougal ~ Doherty (3), Herd, Donnelly
Top Three 17 April 1937
Team P ₧
Manchester City 40 54
Arsenal 40 51
Charlton Athletic 40 50
  
Saturday, 24 April 1937
Manchester City 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1
   Maine Road, Manchester (50,985)
 Brook 20, 90, Tilson 23, Doherty 31 ~ Rimmer 75
City were lying twelfth in the table after they lost at Grimsby on Christmas Day, but a majestic run of 21 games undefeated, including 15 wins, took them to their first league championship success. Arsenal surrendered meekly at Chelsea, whilst Charlton moved into second place by beating Bolton, and a final-day win would secure a shock runners-up spot for them.
 
The Elite League 1936-37 Season (games between the top four)
Team P Home Away ₧
W D L F A W D L F A
Manchester City 6 2 1 0 6 3 2 1 0 9 2 10
Derby County 6 2 0 1 10 9 0 1 2 4 7 5
Charlton Athletic 6 1 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 2 7 5
Arsenal 6 0 2 1 4 6 1 0 2 6 7 4
Derby County were the only team from the previous season's top four to retain their status. Huddersfield Town, Stoke City and Sunderland all dropped out of the top four.
Games played between the top two:-
Saturday, 10 October 1936
 Manchester City 1 Charlton Athletic 1
    Maine Road, Manchester (33,664)
Heale ~ Tadman
Saturday, 13 February 1937
 Charlton Athletic 1 Manchester City 1
    The Valley, London (35,509)
Tadman ~ Herd

The Continuous Post-War League 1919-37 (18 seasons)
Team P Wins ₧
Arsenal 756 336 845
Sunderland 756 337 829
Huddersfield Town 714 310 811
Liverpool 756 304 801
Arsenal increased their lead to 16 points. Huddersfield still maintained the highest points average per game since the war from their 17 seasons.
The 'Rolling Five-Season' League
 1932-37
Team P Wins ₧
Arsenal 210 106 272
Sunderland 210 94 238
Derby County 210 89 231
Manchester City 210 92 229
Sunderland reduced Arsenal's lead to 34 points.


Champions: Manchester City
Manager: Wilf Wild
1936-37 Most Appearances
by England Players
Name Played Goals
Eric Brook 42 20
Frank Swift 42  
Jackie Bray 40 2
Sam Barkas 30  
Fred Tilson 23 15
Sam Barkas and Fred Tilson did not play for England in the 1936-37 season and Frank Swift did not play for England until 1946.
1936-37 Most Goals
by England Players
Name Played Goals
Eric Brook 42 20
Fred Tilson 23 15
Freddie Steele, of Stoke, was top scorer, with 33 goals. Scottish international, Dave McCulloch, of Brentford, was second on the list, with 31 goals.

England and the Football League 1936-37 Season
England's impact on the Football League
Including the tour at the end of the 1936-37 season, 16 of the 22 first division clubs were represented, plus Aston Villa and West Ham United, from the second division, and Luton Town from the third division (south).
17 Football League games had a direct impact on two of England's games, on 17 October 1936 and 17 April 1937.
As a result, on 17 October, England took Arsenal's Cliff Bastin, Bolton's Ray Westwood, Brentford's Billy Scott, Derby's Jack Barker, Sammy Crooks and Eric Keen, Huddersfield's Jimmy Richardson, Leeds's Bert Sproston, Preston's Harry Holdcroft, Sheffield Wednesday's Ted Catlin, Stoke's Freddie Steele, and Tom Smalley of Wolves. On 17 April, Steele was again missing from his club, as were Arsenal's Ray Bowden and George Male, Aston Villa's Ronnie Starling, Charlton's Don Welsh, Chelsea's Vic Woodley, Everton's Cliff Britton, Huddersfield's Alf Young, Manchester City's Sam Barkas and Jackie Bray, Stoke's Joe Johnson and Stan Matthews, and Raich Carter of Sunderland.
 
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