1936–37 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1936–37 season
Chairman	Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard
Manager	George Allison
Stadium	Highbury
First Division	3rd
FA Cup	Sixth Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; ; All: ;
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 season was Arsenal's 18th consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
29 August 1936	Everton	H	3–2
3 September 1936	Brentford	A	0–2
5 September 1936	Huddersfield Town	A	0–0
9 September 1936	Brentford	H	1–1
12 September 1936	Sunderland	H	4–1
19 September 1936	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2
26 September 1936	Derby County	H	2–2
3 October 1936	Manchester United	A	0–2
10 October 1936	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1
17 October 1936	Charlton Athletic	A	2–0
24 October 1936	Grimsby Town	H	0–0
31 October 1936	Liverpool	A	1–2
7 November 1936	Leeds United	H	3–1
14 November 1936	Birmingham	A	3–1
21 November 1936	Middlesbrough	H	5–3
28 November 1936	West Bromwich Albion	A	4–2
5 December 1936	Manchester City	H	1–3
12 December 1936	Portsmouth	A	5–1
19 December 1936	Chelsea	H	4–1
25 December 1936	Preston North End	H	4–1
26 December 1936	Everton	A	1–1
28 December 1936	Preston North End	A	3–1
1 January 1937	Bolton Wanderers	A	5–0
2 January 1937	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1
9 January 1937	Sunderland	A	1–1
23 January 1937	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–0
3 February 1937	Derby County	A	4–5
6 February 1937	Manchester United	H	1–1
13 February 1937	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0
24 February 1937	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1
27 February 1937	Grimsby Town	A	3–1
10 March 1937	Liverpool	H	1–0
13 March 1937	Leeds United	A	4–3
20 March 1937	Birmingham City	H	1–1
26 March 1937	Stoke City	H	0–0
27 March 1937	Middlesbrough	A	1–1
29 March 1937	Stoke City	A	0–0
3 April 1937	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0
10 April 1937	Manchester City	A	0–2
17 April 1937	Portsmouth	H	4–0
24 April 1937	Chelsea	A	0–2
1 May 1937	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0

Final League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	42	15	5	1	56	22	7	8	6	51	39	107	61	1.754	+46	57
2	Charlton Athletic	42	15	5	1	37	13	6	7	8	21	36	58	49	1.184	+9	54
3	Arsenal	42	10	10	1	43	20	8	6	7	37	29	80	49	1.633	+31	52
4	Derby County	42	13	3	5	58	39	8	4	9	38	51	96	90	1.067	+6	49
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	2	3	63	24	5	3	13	21	43	84	67	1.254	+17	47
6	Brentford	42	14	5	2	58	32	4	5	12	24	46	82	78	1.051	+4	46
7	Middlesbrough	42	14	6	1	49	22	5	2	14	25	49	74	71	1.042	+3	46
8	Sunderland	42	17	2	2	59	24	2	4	15	30	63	89	87	1.023	+2	44
9	Portsmouth	42	13	3	5	41	29	4	7	10	21	37	62	66	0.939	–4	44
10	Stoke City	42	12	6	3	52	27	3	6	12	20	30	72	57	1.263	+15	42
11	Birmingham	42	9	7	5	36	24	4	8	9	28	36	64	60	1.067	+4	41
12	Grimsby Town	42	13	3	5	60	32	4	4	13	26	49	86	81	1.062	+5	41
13	Chelsea	42	11	6	4	36	21	3	7	11	16	34	52	55	0.945	–3	41
14	Preston North End	42	10	6	5	35	28	4	7	10	21	39	56	67	0.836	–11	41
15	Huddersfield Town	42	12	5	4	39	21	0	10	11	23	43	62	64	0.969	–2	39
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	3	5	45	32	3	3	15	32	66	77	98	0.786	–21	38
17	Everton	42	12	7	2	56	23	2	2	17	25	55	81	78	1.038	+3	37
18	Liverpool	42	9	8	4	38	26	3	3	15	24	58	62	84	0.738	–22	35
19	Leeds United	42	14	3	4	44	20	1	1	19	16	60	60	80	0.750	–20	34
20	Bolton Wanderers	42	6	6	9	22	33	4	8	9	21	33	43	66	0.652	–23	34
21	Manchester United	42	8	9	4	29	26	2	3	16	26	52	55	78	0.705	–23	32
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	8	5	8	32	29	1	7	13	21	40	53	69	0.768	–16	30

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Relegated

FA Cup

Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, in which they were drawn to face Chesterfield.


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R3	16 January 1937	Chesterfield	A	5–1
R4	30 January 1937	Manchester United	H	5–0
R5	20 February 1937	Burnley	A	7–1
R6	6 March 1937	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–3

References

^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1936-1937/results

[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1936-1937/results

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