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1937–38 Southampton F.C. season

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Southampton F.C.
1937–38 season
ChairmanSloane Stanley
ManagerTom Parker
StadiumThe Dell
Second Division15th
FA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Harry Osman (22)
All: Harry Osman (22)
Highest home attendance25,561 v Aston Villa
(4 September 1937)
Lowest home attendance7,870 v Bradford
(2 February 1938)
Average home league attendance16,592
Biggest win4–0 v Fulham
(18 April 1938)
Biggest defeat0–5 v Chesterfield
(6 September 1937)
0–5 v Sheffield United
(18 December 1937)
0–5 v Tottenham Hotspur
(23 April 1938)

The 1937–38 season was the 43rd season of competitive football by Southampton and the club's 16th in the Second Division of the Football League. Despite an appalling start which saw the side spend much of the first month of the campaign in the relegation zone, the Saints finished the season 15th in the league table – their highest position in four years. With manager Tom Parker entering his first full season as Southampton manager, the club made a large number of signings in the summer, including high-scoring winger Harry Osman and young inside-forward Ted Bates, who would go on to make over 200 appearances for the club and serve as manager for almost 20 years. Southampton finished the 1937–38 season with 15 wins, nine draws and 18 losses, six positions but just three points above the first relegation place.

Southampton entered the 1937–38 FA Cup in the third round against fellow Second Division strugglers Nottingham Forest. Despite enjoying the majority of chances on goal and going into half-time on level terms, the Saints lost 1–3 to Forest, exiting the tournament at the same stage as in all but one of the previous ten seasons. In addition to the Second Division and the FA Cup, Southampton played three friendly games during the 1937–38 season. The first, against a side put together by the Army Football Association (FA) in February, ended in a 7–2 win with Gerry Kelly scoring four and Ray Parkin scoring three. The second friendly saw Southampton beating a team representing the North Dorset FA 8–0 in April. The final friendly in May was against the newly crowned First Division champions Arsenal, which they lost 1–2.

The club used 29 different players during the 1937–38 season and had ten different goalscorers. Their top scorer was new outside-left Harry Osman, who scored 22 goals in 40 appearances in the Second Division. Fellow new arrival Ray Parkin scored eight league goals, while Arthur Holt was third on seven goals. 19 players were signed by the club during the campaign, with nine released and sold to other clubs. The average attendance at The Dell during 1937–38 was 16,592 – the highest of any season to date. The highest attendance was 25,561 against Aston Villa on 4 September 1937; the lowest was 7,870 against Bradford on 2 February 1938.

Background and transfers

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Having taken over as Southampton manager just a few months before the end of the last campaign, Tom Parker made numerous signings in the summer before the start of the 1937–38 season. Many of the new players came from his previous club Norwich City, chief among whom was inside-forward Ted Bates, who joined on his 19th birthday.[1] Bates quickly established himself as a key player in the Saints side and would go on to make over 200 appearances for the club in a 16-year playing career, before holding numerous coaching roles and serving as manager for almost 20 years, taking them to the First Division for the first time in their history in 1966.[2] Other imports from Norwich in the summer were right-half Stan Cutting, who had to wait until 1939–40 to make his only few first-team appearances;[3] Alf Day, who became first choice at right-half upon joining,[4] Jack Scott, who made just one appearance at centre-forward during his first year,[5] and full-back George Woodford, who made a handful of appearances on both the right and the left.[6]

Other signings in the summer included centre-half David Affleck, who joined from Clapton Orient for the biggest fee paid by the club since Johnny McIlwaine's £2,650 signing in 1930;[7] centre-forward Billy Dunn, who was brought in from Brentford for £750 and scored a handful of goals in the first half of the season,[8] goalkeeper Sam Warhurst, who joined from Bradford City and took over as first choice in his position;[9] right winger Billy Bevis, who switched from local rivals Portsmouth, and had been first seen by Parker during a trial at Norwich;[10] centre-forward Benny Gaughran, who was transferred for free from Scottish side Celtic;[11] and left winger Harry Osman, who joined free from Plymouth Argyle and scored 22 goals in his debut season.[12] The club also signed two players on amateur terms – centre-half Norman Chalk from Woolston Wednesday and inside-forward Phil Griggs from Spring Albion – neither of whom were able to break into the first team and failed to make an appearance during their first season at the club.[13][14]

With so many new players joining the squad in the summer, inevitably several players also left the club. Forward Dick Neal, who had played consistently for the Saints since he joined halfway through the 1931–32 season and made 186 appearances, left in May to join Bristol City in the Third Division South.[15] Also departing in May was Welsh half-back Billy Moore, who had made just one appearance in his single season with the Saints, and left to join First Division title challengers Wolverhampton Wanderers (although his stay was cut short due to injury).[16] In June, Southampton lost two players: 1936–37 top scorer Jimmy Dunne, who returned to Ireland to serve as a player-coach at Shamrock Rovers,[17] and fellow forward Fred Tully, who had played over 100 times for the Saints since 1933 before moving down to Clapton Orient in the Third Division South.[18] Winger Laurie Fishlock, who had spent the whole of 1936–37 with the England cricket team, was sent out on trial to Fulham during the summer; he would later move to Gillingham in January 1938.[19]

Southampton's transfer activity continued throughout the 1937–38 season. In September 1937, Parker paid recently-promoted Blackpool £2,200 for Frank Hill, who quickly took over as the side's first choice left-half.[20] Inside-forward Ray Parkin also moved from the First Division, signing from Middlesbrough for a fee of £1,500.[21] Also joining in September were Gerry Kelly from Port Vale, who played at centre-forward and outside-right,[22] South African forward Jimmy Woolf, who made just one appearance at inside-right,[23] and amateur right-back Fred Williams, who made his professional debut the next season.[24] The final signing of the season was half-back George Smith, who signed on amateur terms.[25] Before the end of 1937, Southampton accepted a £1,000 offer for Benny Gaughran – who had joined in the summer – from top-flight side Sunderland, as well as selling Ted Withers to Bristol Rovers in the division below.[11][26] In January 1938, Billy Kingdon joined Yeovil & Petters United as player-manager.[27] Goalkeeper Bert Scriven retired in April.[28]

Players transferred in

Ray Parkin was one of Southampton's big signings in the summer of 1937, joining from Middlesbrough for £1,500.
Name Nationality Pos. Club Date Fee Ref.
David Affleck  Scotland HB England Clapton Orient May 1937 Unknown [7]
Ted Bates  England FW England Norwich City May 1937 Free [2]
Norman Chalk  England HB England Woolston Wednesday May 1937 Free[a] [13]
Stan Cutting  England HB England Norwich City May 1937 Free [3]
Alf Day  Wales HB England Norwich City May 1937 Free [4]
Billy Dunn  Scotland FW England Brentford May 1937 £750 [8]
Jack Scott  England FW England Norwich City May 1937 Unknown [5]
Sam Warhurst  England GK England Bradford City May 1937 Unknown [9]
Billy Bevis  England FW England Portsmouth June 1937 Unknown [10]
Benny Gaughran  Ireland FW Scotland Celtic June 1937 Free [11]
Phil Griggs  England FW England Spring Albion June 1937 Free[b] [14]
Harry Osman  England FW England Plymouth Argyle June 1937 Free [12]
George Woodford  England FB England Norwich City June 1937 Unknown [6]
Frank Hill  Scotland HB England Blackpool September 1937 £2,200 [20]
Gerry Kelly  England FW England Port Vale September 1937 Unknown [22]
Ray Parkin  England FW England Middlesbrough September 1937 £1,500 [21]
Fred Williams  England FB England Hucknall Colts September 1937 Free[c] [24]
Jimmy Woolf  South Africa FW South Africa J.R.A.S. Johannesburg September 1937 Unknown [23]
George Smith  England FW England Huddersfield Town October 1937 Free[d] [25]

Players transferred out

Jimmy Dunne, the Saints' top scorer in 1936–37, left the club to return to Ireland with Shamrock Rovers.
Name Nationality Pos. Club Date Fee Ref.
Billy Moore  Wales HB England Wolverhampton Wanderers May 1937 Unknown [16]
Dick Neal  England FW England Bristol City May 1937 Unknown [15]
Jimmy Dunne  Ireland FW Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers June 1937 Unknown [17]
Fred Tully  England FW England Clapton Orient June 1937 Unknown [18]
Benny Gaughran  Ireland FW England Sunderland November 1937 £1,000 [11]
Ted Withers  England FW England Bristol Rovers December 1937 Unknown [26]
Laurie Fishlock  England FW England Gillingham January 1938 Unknown [19]
Billy Kingdon  England FW England Yeovil & Petters United January 1938 Unknown [27]

Players sent out on trial

Name Nationality Pos. Club Date Ref.
Laurie Fishlock  England FW England Fulham September 1937 [19]

Players retired

Name Nationality Pos. Date Reason Ref.
Bert Scriven  England GK April 1938 Unknown; later temporarily played for Salisbury City [28]

Second Division

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Southampton had an awful start to the 1937–38 league campaign, picking up just three points from draws in their first seven fixtures. The side lost 3–4 to Norwich City on the opening day of the season and did not score again in their next five games: 0–1 and 0–5 against Chesterfield, 0–0 against Aston Villa, 0–2 against Bradford, and 0–0 against Plymouth Argyle.[29] After a 3–3 draw against West Ham United on 18 September which included the side's first goal in 524 minutes of play,[30] the Saints found themselves in the relegation zone just one point above bottom-placed Fulham.[31] A surprise 2–1 away win over recently-relegated Manchester United started off a drastic improvement in form, during which time they also picked up three consecutive victories over fellow strugglers Sheffield Wednesday (5–2), Stockport County (4–1) and Barnsley (2–0).[29] This run saw the Saints move up as high as 15th in the Second Division league table.[32] The club's form levelled out in the run-up to Christmas, as they picked up key wins over lower-ranked sides and continued to lose against those challenging for higher positions in the table; by the end of 1937, they sat 18th in the league with seven wins, five draws, and nine defeats.[33]

January started with a 3–1 home win over Norwich City, followed by three straight defeats away to Aston Villa, Coventry City and West Ham United.[29] Immediately after this, however, the team went on an unbeaten run of eight games, which included five victories (over Bradford, Blackburn Rovers, Barnsley, Luton Town and Newcastle United).[29] The unexpected string of results saw the team move up from 18th all the way to 8th in the league table – the highest position they would reach all season.[34] Following this, however, the Saints would pick up just two more wins and one draw from their last nine fixtures, which included a third 0–5 defeat of the campaign – this time against Tottenham Hotspur – as well as two 0–4 losses against Coventry City and Plymouth Argyle.[29] The team scored just eight goals during this nine-game period.[29] Southampton finished the season 15th in the Second Division league table with 15 wins, nine draws and 18 losses, three points above Barnsley in the first relegation spot.[29]

List of match results

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28 August 1937 1 Norwich City 4–3 Southampton Norwich
Dunn
Holt
Osman
Stadium: The Nest
Attendance: 23,172
1 September 1937 2 Southampton 0–1 Chesterfield Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 13,478
4 September 1937 3 Southampton 0–0 Aston Villa Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 25,561
6 September 1937 4 Chesterfield 5–0 Southampton Chesterfield
Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 14,489
11 September 1937 5 Bradford 2–0 Southampton Bradford
Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 10,845
15 September 1937 6 Southampton 0–0 Plymouth Argyle Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 11,845
18 September 1937 7 Southampton 3–3 West Ham United Southampton
Sillett
Parkin
Osman
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 19,478
25 September 1937 8 Manchester United 1–2 Southampton Manchester
Bevis
Holt
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 20,000
2 October 1937 9 Blackburn Rovers 4–0 Southampton Blackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 14,000
9 October 1937 10 Southampton 5–2 Sheffield Wednesday Southampton
Holt
Osman
Gaughran
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 19,542
16 October 1937 11 Southampton 4–1 Stockport County Southampton
Gaughran
Parkin
Osman
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 20,039
23 October 1937 12 Barnsley 0–2 Southampton Barnsley
Osman Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 10,000
30 October 1937 13 Southampton 3–6 Luton Town Southampton
Osman Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 20,544
6 November 1937 14 Newcastle United 3–0 Southampton Newcastle upon Tyne
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 30,000
13 November 1937 15 Southampton 2–0 Nottingham Forest Southampton
Bevis Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 16,253
20 November 1937 16 Burnley 4–0 Southampton Burnley
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 10,000
27 November 1937 17 Southampton 4–1 Bury Southampton
Parkin
Gaughran
Holt
Osman
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 13,023
11 December 1937 18 Southampton 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton
Parkin Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 17,718
18 December 1937 19 Sheffield United 5–0 Southampton Sheffield
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 20,000
25 December 1937 20 Southampton 1–1 Swansea Town Southampton
Osman Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 13,583
27 December 1937 21 Swansea Town 0–0 Southampton Swansea
Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 20,685
1 January 1938 22 Southampton 3–1 Norwich City Southampton
Osman
Dunn
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,217
15 January 1938 23 Aston Villa 3–0 Southampton Birmingham
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 20,000
22 January 1938 24 Coventry City 2–0 Southampton Coventry
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 20,000
29 January 1938 25 West Ham United 3–1 Southampton London
Kelly Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 21,200
2 February 1938 26 Southampton 2–1 Bradford Southampton
Bevis
Osman
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 7,870
5 February 1938 27 Southampton 3–3 Manchester United Southampton
Osman
Holt
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 20,654
12 February 1938 28 Southampton 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Southampton
o.g.' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 16,293
19 February 1938 29 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Southampton Sheffield
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
26 February 1938 30 Stockport County 0–0 Southampton Stockport
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 12,000
5 March 1938 31 Southampton 2–0 Barnsley Southampton
Kelly
Osman
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,769
12 March 1938 32 Luton Town 1–3 Southampton Luton
Osman
Parkin
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 14,428
19 March 1938 33 Southampton 1–0 Newcastle United Southampton
Parkin Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 20,204
26 March 1938 34 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Southampton Nottingham
Holt Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 8,000
2 April 1938 35 Southampton 0–0 Burnley Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,113
9 April 1938 36 Bury 2–1 Southampton Bury
Bevis Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 8,000
15 April 1938 37 Fulham 1–0 Southampton London
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 13,141
16 April 1938 38 Southampton 0–4 Coventry City Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 20,760
18 April 1938 39 Southampton 4–0 Fulham Southampton
Osman
Hill
Dunn
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,884
23 April 1938 40 Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Southampton London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 15,000
30 April 1938 41 Southampton 2–1 Sheffield United Southampton
Bates
Parkin
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 12,611
7 May 1938 42 Plymouth Argyle 4–0 Southampton Plymouth
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 15,575

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
13 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 12 16 57 65 0.877 40
14 Norwich City 42 14 11 17 56 75 0.747 39
15 Southampton 42 15 9 18 55 77 0.714 39
16 Blackburn Rovers 42 14 10 18 71 80 0.888 38
17 Sheffield Wednesday 42 14 10 18 49 56 0.875 38
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results by matchday

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHHHAAHAHAHAAHHAHA
ResultLLDLLDDWLWWWLLWLWWLDDWLLLWDWDDWWWLDLLLWLWL
Position1418212222212120211616151618171817171818181517171716181112141310891011131313131315
Source: 11v11.com[35]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

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Southampton entered the 1937–38 FA Cup in the third round, facing fellow Second Division club Nottingham Forest. Forest opened the scoring after 20 minutes, but the Saints "dominated much" of the game and equalised through Billy Dunn before half-time.[30] The hosts went ahead almost immediately after the break, and despite Southampton almost equalising again, eventually scored a third goal just before full-time.[30]

8 January 1938 Round 3 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Southampton Nottingham
Dunn Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,096

Other matches

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Outside the league and the FA Cup, Southampton played three friendly games during the 1937–38 season. The first was against a team put together by the Army Football Association, which the Saints won 7–2 thanks to goals from Gerry Kelly (four) and Ray Parkin (three).[36] The second, against a North Dorset FA team, Southampton also won 8–0; Arthur Holt and Kelly scored one each, with five goals scored by an unknown player with the name "Lock" and one more scored by a player called "Wall".[36] A final friendly saw Southampton hosting top-flight side Arsenal, who beat the hosts 2–1.[36]

9 February 1938 Friendly Army FA 2–7 Southampton
Kelly
Parkin
27 April 1938 Friendly North Dorset FA 0–8 Southampton
Lock
Holt
Kelly
Wall
2 May 1938 Friendly Southampton 1–2 Arsenal Southampton
Osman Stadium: The Dell

Player details

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Southampton used 29 different players during the 1937–38 season, eight of whom scored during the campaign. The team played in a 2–3–5 formation throughout, using two full-backs, three half-backs, two outside forwards, two inside forwards and a centre-forward.[29] Goalkeeper Sam Warhurst featured in more games than any other Southampton player, appearing in all but the final league game of the season against Plymouth Argyle; new outside-left Harry Osman played in all but two league fixtures, missing the Argyle game as well as a fixture against Tottenham Hotspur two weeks prior.[29] Osman also finished as the season's top goalscorer with 22 goals in the league; he was followed by fellow new signing Ray Parkin with eight league goals, followed by Arthur Holt on seven.[29]

Squad statistics

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Name Pos. Nat. League FA Cup Total
Apps. Gls. Apps. Gls. Apps. Gls.
David Affleck HB Scotland 36 0 1 0 37 0
Ted Bates FW England 15 1 1 0 16 1
Billy Bevis FW England 31 5 1 0 32 5
Donovan Browning FB England 14 0 0 0 14 0
Norman Chalk HB England 1 0 0 0 1 0
Alf Day HB Wales 22 0 0 0 22 0
Billy Dunn FW Scotland 14 3 1 1 15 4
Sid Gueran FW England 2 0 0 0 2 0
Doug Henderson FB England 9 0 0 0 9 0
Frank Hill HB Scotland 32 1 1 0 33 1
Arthur Holt FW England 33 7 1 0 34 7
Gerry Kelly FW England 14 2 0 0 14 2
Bill Kennedy HB Scotland 10 0 0 0 10 0
Cyril King HB England 24 0 1 0 25 0
Henry Long HB England 3 0 0 0 3 0
Wilf Mayer FW England 5 0 0 0 5 0
Harry Osman FW England 40 22 1 0 41 22
Ray Parkin FW England 27 8 0 0 27 8
Arthur Roberts FB England 27 0 1 0 28 0
Jack Scott FW England 1 0 0 0 1 0
Charlie Sillett FB England 28 1 1 0 29 1
Fred Smallwood FW Wales 8 0 0 0 8 0
Len Stansbridge GK England 1 0 0 0 1 0
John Summers FW England 3 0 0 0 3 0
Sam Warhurst GK England 41 0 1 0 42 0
George Woodford FB England 6 0 0 0 6 0
Jimmy Woolf FW South Africa 1 0 0 0 1 0
Players with appearances who left before the end of the season
Benny Gaughran FW Republic of Ireland 7 4 0 0 7 4
Billy Kingdon HB England 7 0 0 0 7 0

Most appearances

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Rank Name Pos. League FA Cup Total
Apps. % Apps. % Apps. %
1 Sam Warhurst GK 41 97.62 1 100.00 42 97.67
2 Harry Osman FW 40 95.24 1 100.00 41 95.35
3 David Affleck HB 36 85.71 1 100.00 37 86.05
4 Arthur Holt FW 33 78.57 1 100.00 34 79.07
5 Frank Hill HB 32 76.19 1 100.00 33 76.74
6 Billy Bevis FW 31 73.81 1 100.00 32 74.42
7 Charlie Sillett FB 28 66.67 1 100.00 29 67.44
8 Arthur Roberts FB 27 64.29 1 100.00 28 65.12
9 Ray Parkin FW 27 64.29 0 0.00 27 62.79
10 Cyril King HB 24 57.14 1 100.00 25 58.14

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Pos. League FA Cup Total
Gls. GPG Gls. GPG Gls. GPG
1 Harry Osman FW 22 0.55 0 0.00 22 0.54
2 Ray Parkin FW 8 0.30 0 0.00 8 0.30
3 Arthur Holt FW 7 0.21 0 0.00 7 0.21
4 Billy Bevis FW 5 0.16 0 0.00 5 0.16
5 Benny Gaughran FW 4 0.57 0 0.00 4 0.57
Billy Dunn FW 3 0.21 1 1.00 4 0.27
7 Gerry Kelly FW 2 0.14 0 0.00 2 0.14
8 Ted Bates FW 1 0.07 0 0.00 1 0.06
Charlie Sillett FB 1 0.04 0 0.00 1 0.03
Frank Hill HB 1 0.03 0 0.00 1 0.03

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Norman Chalk initially joined on amateur terms in May 1937, before turning professional that September.[13]
  2. ^ Phil Griggs initially joined on amateur terms in June 1937, before turning professional in April 1939.[14]
  3. ^ Fred Williams initially joined on amateur terms in September 1937, before turning professional in May 1938.[24]
  4. ^ George Smith initially joined on amateur terms in October 1937, before turning professional in July 1938.[25]

References

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Bibliography

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