1936–37 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1936–37
Champions	Leicester City (2nd title)
Relegated	Doncaster Rovers; Bradford City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,479 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jack Bowers (Leicester), 33
Biggest home win	Blackburn – Nottingham Forest 9–1 (10 Apr 1937)
Biggest away win	Norwich – Newcastle 1–5 (28 Dec 1936); 0–4: seven matches
Highest scoring	Leicester – Burnley 7–3 (13 Mar 1937)
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Football League
First Division
Season	1936–37
Champions	Manchester City (1st English title)
Relegated	Manchester United; Sheffield Wednesday
FA Cup winners	Sunderland (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,555 (3.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Freddie Steele (Stoke City), 33
Biggest home win	Stoke – West Brom 10–3 (4 Feb 1937); Everton – Derby County 7–0 (7 Dec 1936)
Biggest away win	Bolton Wanderers – Arsenal 0–5 (1 Jan 1937); Derby County – Manchester City 0–5 (24 Feb 1937); Liverpool – Manchester City 0–5 (26 March 1937
Highest scoring	Stoke – West Brom 10–3 (4 Feb 1937)
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

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.

Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[2]

First Division

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester City	42	14	4	3	56	26	10	4	7	33	31	89	57	1.561	+32	56
2	Blackpool	42	13	4	4	49	19	11	3	7	39	34	88	53	1.660	+35	55
3	Bury	42	13	4	4	46	26	9	4	8	28	29	74	55	1.345	+19	52
4	Newcastle United	42	11	3	7	45	23	11	2	8	35	33	80	56	1.429	+24	49
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	11	6	4	42	22	7	7	7	29	31	71	53	1.340	+18	49
6	West Ham United	42	14	5	2	47	18	5	6	10	26	37	73	55	1.327	+18	49
7	Sheffield United	42	16	4	1	48	14	2	6	13	18	40	66	54	1.222	+12	46
8	Coventry City	42	11	5	5	35	19	6	6	9	31	35	66	54	1.222	+12	45
9	Aston Villa	42	10	6	5	47	30	6	6	9	35	40	82	70	1.171	+12	44
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	3	5	57	26	4	6	11	31	40	88	66	1.333	+22	43
11	Fulham	42	11	5	5	43	24	4	8	9	28	37	71	61	1.164	+10	43
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	3	7	49	32	5	7	9	21	30	70	62	1.129	+8	42
13	Burnley	42	11	5	5	37	20	5	5	11	20	41	57	61	0.934	–4	42
14	Barnsley	42	11	6	4	30	23	5	3	13	20	41	50	64	0.781	–14	41
15	Chesterfield	42	12	3	6	54	34	4	5	12	30	55	84	89	0.944	–5	40
16	Swansea Town	42	14	2	5	40	16	1	5	15	10	49	50	65	0.769	–15	37
17	Norwich City	42	8	6	7	38	29	6	2	13	25	42	63	71	0.887	–8	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	10	6	5	42	30	2	4	15	26	60	68	90	0.756	–22	34
19	Southampton	42	10	8	3	38	25	1	4	16	15	52	53	77	0.688	–24	34
20	Bradford Park Avenue	42	10	4	7	33	33	2	5	14	19	55	52	88	0.591	–36	33
21	Bradford City	42	8	8	5	36	31	1	4	16	18	63	54	94	0.574	–40	30
22	Doncaster Rovers	42	6	6	9	18	29	1	4	16	12	55	30	84	0.357	–54	24

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stockport County	42	17	3	1	59	18	6	11	4	25	21	84	39	2.154	+45	60
2	Lincoln City	42	18	1	2	65	20	7	6	8	38	37	103	57	1.807	+46	57
3	Chester	42	15	5	1	68	21	7	4	10	19	36	87	57	1.526	+30	53
4	Oldham Athletic	42	13	7	1	49	25	7	4	10	28	34	77	59	1.305	+18	51
5	Hull City	42	13	6	2	39	22	4	6	11	29	47	68	69	0.986	–1	46
6	Hartlepools United	42	16	1	4	53	21	3	6	12	22	48	75	69	1.087	+6	45
7	Halifax Town	42	12	4	5	40	20	6	5	10	28	43	68	63	1.079	+5	45
8	Wrexham	42	12	3	6	41	21	4	9	8	30	36	71	57	1.246	+14	44
9	Mansfield Town ^{[notes 1]}	42	13	1	7	64	35	5	7	9	27	41	91	76	1.197	+15	44
10	Carlisle United	42	13	6	2	42	19	5	2	14	23	49	65	68	0.956	–3	44
11	Port Vale	42	12	6	3	39	23	5	4	12	19	41	58	64	0.906	–6	44
12	York City	42	13	3	5	54	27	3	8	10	25	43	79	70	1.129	+9	43
13	Accrington Stanley	42	14	2	5	51	26	2	7	12	25	43	76	69	1.101	+7	41
14	Southport	42	10	8	3	39	28	2	5	14	34	59	73	87	0.839	–14	37
15	New Brighton	42	10	8	3	36	16	3	3	15	19	54	55	70	0.786	–15	37
16	Barrow	42	11	5	5	42	25	2	5	14	28	61	70	86	0.814	–16	36
17	Rotherham United	42	11	7	3	52	28	3	0	18	26	63	78	91	0.857	–13	35
18	Rochdale	42	12	3	6	44	27	1	6	14	25	59	69	86	0.802	–17	35
19	Tranmere Rovers	42	10	8	3	52	30	2	1	18	19	58	71	88	0.807	–17	33
20	Crewe Alexandra	42	6	8	7	31	31	4	4	13	24	52	55	83	0.663	–28	32
21	Gateshead	42	9	8	4	40	31	2	2	17	23	67	63	98	0.643	–35	32
22	Darlington	42	6	8	7	42	46	2	6	13	24	50	66	96	0.688	–30	30

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Welsh Cup winners
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Third Division South

Results

Maps

See also

References