1936–37 Football League

45th season of the Football League The Football League 1936–37 Manchester City 1935–36 1937–38 The 1936–37 season was the 45th season of The Football League. Manchester City became champions of England for the first time, whilst Charlton Athletic achieved their highest-ever league placing, finishing second in their first season in the top flight. First Division First Division 1936–37 Manchester City1st English title Manchester UnitedSheffield Wednesday Freddie Steele(33 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Everton 7–0 Derby County(7 December 1936)Stoke City 10–3 West Bromwich Albion(4 February 1937) Bolton Wanderers 0–5 Arsenal(1 January 1937)Derby County 0–5 Manchester City(24 February 1937)Liverpool 0–5 Manchester City(26 March 1937) Stoke City 10–3 West Bromwich Albion(4 February 1937) 462 1555 1935–36 1937–38 main WDL First Division World Football MCI, CHA, ARS, DER, WOL, BRE, MID, SUN, POR, STK, BIR, GRI, CHE, PNE, HUD, WBA, EVE, LIV, LEE, BOL, MUN, SHW 1st REL REL complete 18 16 8 80 49 13 15 14 64 60 10 14 18 43 66 18 10 14 82 78 21 12 9 58 49 14 13 15 52 55 21 7 14 96 90 14 9 19 81 78 17 7 18 86 81 12 15 15 62 64 15 4 23 60 80 12 11 19 62 84 22 13 7 107 61 10 12 20 55 78 19 8 15 74 71 17 10 15 62 66 14 13 15 56 67 9 12 21 53 69 15 12 15 72 57 19 6 17 89 87 16 6 20 77 98 21 5 16 84 67 C R R Arsenal Birmingham Bolton Wanderers Brentford Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS BIR BOL BRE CHA CHE DER EVE GRI HUD LEE LIV MCI MUN MID POR PNE SHW STK SUN WBA WOL Arsenal 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 5–3 4–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 Birmingham 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 4–2 2–1 5–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 1–0 Bolton Wanderers 0–5 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 Brentford 2–0 2–1 2–2 4–2 1–0 6–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 4–1 5–2 2–6 4–0 4–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 2–1 3–2 Charlton Athletic 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 4–0 Chelsea 2–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–4 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 Derby County 5–4 3–1 3–0 2–3 5–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–3 5–3 4–1 0–5 5–4 0–2 1–3 1–2 3–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 5–1 Everton 1–1 3–3 3–2 3–0 2–2 0–0 7–0 3–0 2–1 7–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–3 4–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 4–2 1–0 Grimsby Town 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–4 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 5–3 6–2 5–1 1–0 6–4 5–1 1–3 6–0 2–3 1–1 Huddersfield Town 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 4–2 2–0 0–3 0–3 3–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 4–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 Leeds United 3–4 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–1 Liverpool 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–3 3–2 7–1 1–1 3–0 0–5 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 Manchester City 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 5–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 2–4 6–2 4–1 Manchester United 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–5 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 Middlesbrough 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–0 5–0 4–2 3–3 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–5 4–1 1–0 Portsmouth 1–5 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 4–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 6–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 5–3 1–1 Preston North End 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 5–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–5 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–3 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–3 6–4 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–3 Stoke City 0–0 2–0 2–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 6–2 2–4 0–2 1–0 5–3 10–3 2–1 Sunderland 1–1 4–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–3 3–2 3–1 5–1 3–2 2–1 4–2 1–3 1–1 4–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 6–2 West Bromwich Albion 2–4 3–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 6–4 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 2–1 2–3 4–0 6–1 1–2 3–1 7–2 5–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 5–0 4–3 2–1 1–1 5–2 Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Arsenal Brentford Charlton Athletic Chelsea England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 51.486 -0.31 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Arsenal Birmingham Bolton Brentford Charlton Chelsea Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Huddersfield Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Stoke Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Second Division Second Division 1936–37 Leicester City Leicester CityBlackpool Bradford CityDoncaster Rovers Jack Bowers(33 goals) Blackburn Rovers 9–1 Nottingham Forest(10 April 1937) Norwich City 1–5 Newcastle United(28 December 1936)0–4: seven matches Leicester City 7–3 Burnley(13 March 1937) 462 1479 1935–36 1937–38 main WDL Second Division LEI, BLP, BRY, NEW, PLY, WHU, SHU, COV, AVL, TOT, FUL, BLA, BUR, BAR, CHF, SWA, NOR, NFO, SOU, BPA, BRA, DON PRO PRO RELN RELN complete 16 12 14 82 70 16 9 17 50 64 16 10 16 70 62 24 7 11 88 53 9 12 21 54 94 12 9 21 52 88 16 10 16 57 61 22 8 12 74 55 16 8 18 84 89 17 11 14 66 54 7 10 25 30 84 15 13 14 71 61 24 8 10 89 57 22 5 15 80 56 14 8 20 63 71 12 10 20 68 90 18 13 11 71 53 18 10 14 66 54 11 12 19 53 77 15 7 20 50 65 17 9 16 88 66 19 11 12 73 55 C, P P R R Aston Villa Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bradford City Bradford (Park Avenue) Burnley Bury Chesterfield Coventry City Doncaster Rovers Fulham Leicester City Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Sheffield United Southampton Swansea Town Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored PR green1 Promotion to the First Division red1 Relegation to the Third Division North Results main FBR grey AST BAR BLB BLP BRA BPA BUR BRY CHF COV DON FUL LEI NEW NWC NOT PLY SHU SOU SWA TOT WHU Aston Villa 4–2 2–2 4–0 5–1 4–1 0–0 0–4 6–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–3 0–2 3–0 1–1 5–4 2–1 4–0 4–0 1–1 0–2 Barnsley 0–4 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 Blackburn Rovers 3–4 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 5–2 2–5 2–0 0–2 0–0 6–1 1–0 9–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–4 1–2 Blackpool 2–3 1–1 2–0 4–2 6–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 6–2 3–0 0–2 7–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 Bradford City 2–2 3–2 2–2 1–4 2–3 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 4–0 2–2 2–1 Bradford Park Avenue 3–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–5 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 Burnley 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 3–3 3–0 0–2 0–0 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 3–1 2–1 Bury 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 5–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 0–4 4–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 5–3 1–1 Chesterfield 1–0 2–1 0–4 0–4 7–1 4–2 4–1 1–1 2–3 5–1 4–1 2–5 4–0 3–1 4–2 0–1 2–2 3–0 4–0 1–3 1–1 Coventry City 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 4–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–4 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–4 Fulham 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–4 2–3 5–2 2–2 4–0 2–0 5–0 3–3 5–0 Leicester City 1–0 5–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 5–0 7–3 0–3 3–1 1–0 7–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 4–1 2–2 Newcastle United 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–3 1–2 4–2 7–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 4–0 3–0 5–1 0–1 5–3 Norwich City 5–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–5 4–0 1–2 1–1 4–2 3–0 2–3 3–3 Nottingham Forest 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 5–3 0–3 0–2 3–4 2–3 1–1 1–1 6–1 3–0 1–0 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–3 4–4 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 7–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 Sheffield United 5–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 Southampton 2–2 1–3 2–2 5–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–3 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 Swansea Town 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 5–1 2–1 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 3–0 5–1 1–2 5–1 5–1 3–0 2–0 5–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–3 2–2 4–0 3–1 2–3 West Ham United 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 5–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–3 4–1 0–2 4–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Fulham Tottenham West Ham England none 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division teams England 52.54 -1.87 right England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 51.54 0.040 right Aston Villa Barnsley Blackpool Blackburn Rovers Bradford C. Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Bury Chesterfield Coventry Doncaster Fulham Leicester City Newcastle Norwich City Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Sheffield United Southampton Swansea Town Tottenham West Ham Third Division North Football League Third Division North 1936–1937 Stockport County Stockport County Ted Harston (Mansfield Town), 55 Failed re-election None 462 1602 1935–36 1937–38 main WDL Third Division North rsssf.com SPC, LIN, CHS, OLD, HUL, HAR, HAL, WRE, MAN, CRL, PVA, YOR, ACC, SPT, NBR, BRW, ROT, ROC, TRA, CRE, GAT, DAR PRO TRA RET RET complete 16 9 17 76 69 13 10 19 70 86 18 8 16 65 68 22 9 11 87 57 10 12 20 55 83 8 14 20 66 96 11 10 21 63 98 18 9 15 68 63 19 7 16 75 69 17 12 13 68 69 25 7 10 103 57 18 8 16 91 76 13 11 18 55 70 20 11 11 77 59 17 10 15 58 64 13 9 20 69 86 14 7 21 78 91 12 13 17 73 87 23 14 5 84 39 12 9 21 71 88 16 12 14 71 57 16 11 15 79 70 C, P Accrington Stanley Barrow Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Gateshead Halifax Town Hartlepools United Hull City Lincoln City Mansfield Town New Brighton Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored PR green1 Promotion to the Second Division #CCCCFF Transferred to the Third Division South red2 Re-elected Results main FBR grey ACC BRW CRL chs CRE DAR GAT HAL HAR HUL LIN MAN NWB OLD PTV ROC ROT SOU STP TRA WRE YOR Accrington Stanley 5–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–3 5–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 3–0 6–3 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 Barrow 1–0 5–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–3 0–4 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 5–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 Carlisle United 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 Chester 1–1 6–0 4–0 5–0 2–1 6–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 7–3 5–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–3 1–1 5–2 4–1 3–1 Crewe Alexandra 2–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 Darlington 4–1 2–4 1–5 1–3 0–3 0–2 3–3 5–5 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 4–1 6–3 4–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 Gateshead 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 0–2 2–2 6–3 0–5 3–3 1–1 0–3 0–1 3–1 2–1 5–4 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–2 Halifax Town 3–0 2–1 6–1 1–0 4–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 Hartlepool 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 4–1 1–3 6–1 5–3 2–2 3–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–2 2–0 2–4 2–1 2–0 2–0 Hull City 0–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–3 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 5–2 1–0 1–0 Lincoln City 3–3 6–0 3–0 3–0 2–4 4–3 4–0 4–1 3–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–3 3–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 6–2 3–1 Mansfield Town 2–1 2–1 1–4 5–0 1–4 3–1 3–2 3–0 8–2 5–2 2–2 2–3 1–2 7–1 6–2 4–1 3–0 0–2 2–3 3–0 1–2 New Brighton 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 5–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 Oldham Athletic 3–1 4–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–4 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 5–1 3–0 4–1 3–3 0–2 3–0 2–2 2–2 Port Vale 1–1 3–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–2 4–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 5–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 Rochdale 4–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 0–2 3–5 1–1 4–0 2–3 1–3 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–6 3–0 Rotherham United 2–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 2–4 3–0 6–0 2–4 0–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 4–4 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 Southport 3–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–4 Stockport County 3–2 4–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–3 4–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 4–2 2–1 5–0 2–0 6–0 Tranmere 1–2 0–0 5–1 5–0 6–1 1–1 6–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 3–3 4–2 4–3 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 Wrexham 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 5–0 4–0 6–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–3 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 3–3 0–0 2–0 2–0 York City 4–2 1–2 5–2 0–2 2–3 3–0 2–0 4–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 4–3 4–0 2–1 4–0 3–4 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams England 53.75 -2.36 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 53.099 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 54.95 -1.6 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 53.43 -3.05 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Accrington Stanley Barrow Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Gateshead Halifax Town Hartlepool Hull Lincoln City Mansfield Town New Brighton Oldham Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham Southport Stockport Tranmere Wrexham York City Third Division South Football League Third Division South 1936–1937 Luton Town Luton Town Joe Payne (Luton Town), 55 Failed re-election None 462 1497 1935–36 1937–38 main WDL Third Division South LUT, NTC, BHA, WAT, REA, BOU, NHT, MIL, QPR, STD, GIL, LEY, SWI, CRY, BRR, BRC, WAL, CAR, NPC, TOR, EXE, ALD PRO RET RET complete 7 9 26 50 89 20 9 13 65 59 24 5 13 74 43 15 6 21 58 70 16 4 22 71 80 14 7 21 54 87 14 15 13 52 52 13 12 17 62 61 10 12 20 59 88 18 8 16 52 66 27 4 11 103 53 18 10 14 64 54 12 10 20 67 98 20 6 16 85 68 23 10 9 74 52 18 9 15 73 52 19 11 12 76 60 17 11 14 78 67 14 11 17 75 73 11 10 21 57 80 13 10 19 63 85 19 11 12 85 60 C, P Aldershot Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored PR green1 Promotion to the Second Division red2 Re-elected Results main FBR grey ALD B&BA B&HA BRI BRR CAR CLA CRY EXE GIL LUT MIL NPC NOR NTC QPR REA STD SWI TOR WAL WAT Aldershot 1–3 0–1 3–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 4–4 2–2 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 5–2 3–3 3–2 3–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 1–0 2–0 5–2 7–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 Bristol City 3–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 4–1 0–0 2–2 Bristol Rovers 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 4–0 1–0 4–2 0–3 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 5–1 3–0 0–1 Cardiff City 4–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–2 Clapton Orient 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 Crystal Palace 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–3 8–0 1–1 0–4 1–0 6–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 Exeter City 1–2 1–1 0–4 3–0 3–2 3–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 3–1 2–5 1–3 0–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 Gillingham 1–2 1–0 1–0 5–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 4–4 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 Luton Town 5–2 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 8–1 2–0 5–2 2–2 5–2 5–0 5–0 3–2 2–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 Millwall 4–2 0–2 3–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–3 3–0 0–2 7–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 Newport County 4–0 4–0 1–4 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–0 6–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 Northampton Town 5–3 0–0 2–0 5–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 3–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–3 4–0 3–0 6–3 0–1 Notts County 3–0 4–3 0–1 1–0 4–3 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 3–3 2–1 Queens Park Rangers 3–0 1–2 2–3 5–0 2–1 6–0 2–1 1–3 4–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 6–2 3–2 0–2 0–0 7–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 Reading 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 6–2 2–2 3–0 4–4 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–3 2–2 5–1 0–2 3–0 Southend 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–3 8–1 0–0 2–1 4–4 0–2 3–0 0–0 9–2 2–0 2–3 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 Swindon Town 5–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 4–1 4–2 1–3 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 4–0 4–2 3–0 1–1 Torquay United 5–1 0–0 0–2 5–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 5–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–4 2–0 3–1 4–7 Walsall 0–0 1–1 1–4 1–5 5–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 4–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–4 0–1 3–0 5–2 1–0 3–1 Watford 5–3 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 6–1 1–3 2–2 3–0 4–1 0–2 2–0 6–1 1–3 2–2 4–0 0–0 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.398 0.085 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams England 51.25 -0.75 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 51.42 -0.07 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right Aldershot Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Clapton Orient Crystal P. Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Notts County QPR Southend Reading Torquay Swindon Walsall Watford Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1937.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 26, 2026 Division One No. Club Average 1 Arsenal FC 43,353 2 Manchester City FC 35,872 3 Chelsea FC 32,414 4 Manchester United 32,332 5 Charlton Athletic FC 31,086 6 Everton FC 30,292 7 Sunderland AFC 28,670 8 Brentford FC 24,544 9 Liverpool FC 23,798 10 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 23,787 11 Birmingham City FC 22,991 12 Bolton Wanderers FC 22,518 13 Middlesbrough FC 22,390 14 Stoke City FC 22,261 15 West Bromwich Albion FC 21,742 16 Derby County FC 20,475 17 Portsmouth FC 19,692 18 Sheffield Wednesday FC 19,530 19 Leeds United FC 18,199 20 Preston North End FC 18,045 21 Huddersfield Town AFC 15,812 22 Grimsby Town FC 11,514 Division Two No. Club Average 1 Aston Villa FC 37,537 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC 25,342 3 Newcastle United FC 24,430 4 Coventry City FC 22,744 5 Sheffield United FC 21,136 6 Plymouth Argyle FC 21,078 7 West Ham United FC 20,704 8 Leicester City FC 20,257 9 Blackpool FC 17,921 10 Fulham FC 17,457 11 Nottingham Forest FC 16,254 12 Norwich City FC 16,010 13 Blackburn Rovers FC 14,821 14 Chesterfield FC 13,139 15 Southampton FC 13,025 16 Bury FC 12,903 17 Burnley FC 12,041 18 Barnsley FC 12,039 19 Doncaster Rovers FC 11,697 20 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 10,422 21 Bradford City AFC 10,045 22 Swansea City AFC 9,880 See also 1936–37 in English football 1936 in association football 1937 in association football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1936-37 League