1936–37 Football League

The 1936–37 season was the 45th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1936–37
Champions	Manchester City
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

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

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 [3]
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 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City	42	15	5	1	56	22	7	8	6	51	39	1.754	57	League Champions
2	Charlton Athletic	42	15	5	1	37	13	6	7	8	21	36	1.184	54
3	Arsenal	42	10	10	1	43	20	8	6	7	37	29	1.633	52
4	Derby County	42	13	3	5	58	39	8	4	9	38	51	1.067	49
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	2	3	63	24	5	3	13	21	43	1.254	47
6	Brentford	42	14	5	2	58	32	4	5	12	24	46	1.051	46
7	Middlesbrough	42	14	6	1	49	22	5	2	14	25	49	1.042	46
8	Sunderland	42	17	2	2	59	24	2	4	15	30	63	1.023	44	FA Cup Winners
9	Portsmouth	42	13	3	5	41	29	4	7	10	21	37	0.939	44
10	Stoke City	42	12	6	3	52	27	3	6	12	20	30	1.263	42
11	Birmingham	42	9	7	5	36	24	4	8	9	28	36	1.067	41
12	Grimsby Town	42	13	3	5	60	32	4	4	13	26	49	1.062	41
13	Chelsea	42	11	6	4	36	21	3	7	11	16	34	0.945	41
14	Preston North End	42	10	6	5	35	28	4	7	10	21	39	0.836	41
15	Huddersfield Town	42	12	5	4	39	21	0	10	11	23	43	0.969	39
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	3	5	45	32	3	3	15	32	66	0.786	38
17	Everton	42	12	7	2	56	23	2	2	17	25	55	1.038	37
18	Liverpool	42	9	8	4	38	26	3	3	15	24	58	0.738	35
19	Leeds United	42	14	3	4	44	20	1	1	19	16	60	0.750	34
20	Bolton Wanderers	42	6	6	9	22	33	4	8	9	21	33	0.652	34
21	Manchester United	42	8	9	4	29	26	2	3	16	26	52	0.705	32	Relegated
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	8	5	8	32	29	1	7	13	21	40	0.768	30

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Brentford

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

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

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

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 [3]
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 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Leicester City	42	14	4	3	56	26	10	4	7	33	31	1.561	56	Division Champions, promoted
2	Blackpool	42	13	4	4	49	19	11	3	7	39	34	1.660	55	Promoted
3	Bury	42	13	4	4	46	26	9	4	8	28	29	1.345	52
4	Newcastle United	42	11	3	7	45	23	11	2	8	35	33	1.429	49
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	11	6	4	42	22	7	7	7	29	31	1.340	49
6	West Ham United	42	14	5	2	47	18	5	6	10	26	37	1.327	49
7	Sheffield United	42	16	4	1	48	14	2	6	13	18	40	1.222	46
8	Coventry City	42	11	5	5	35	19	6	6	9	31	35	1.222	45
9	Aston Villa	42	10	6	5	47	30	6	6	9	35	40	1.171	44
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	3	5	57	26	4	6	11	31	40	1.333	43
11	Fulham	42	11	5	5	43	24	4	8	9	28	37	1.164	43
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	3	7	49	32	5	7	9	21	30	1.129	42
13	Burnley	42	11	5	5	37	20	5	5	11	20	41	0.934	42
14	Barnsley	42	11	6	4	30	23	5	3	13	20	41	0.781	41
15	Chesterfield	42	12	3	6	54	34	4	5	12	30	55	0.944	40
16	Swansea Town	42	14	2	5	40	16	1	5	15	10	49	0.769	37
17	Norwich City	42	8	6	7	38	29	6	2	13	25	42	0.887	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	10	6	5	42	30	2	4	15	26	60	0.756	34
19	Southampton	42	10	8	3	38	25	1	4	16	15	52	0.688	34
20	Bradford Park Avenue	42	10	4	7	33	33	2	5	14	19	55	0.591	33
21	Bradford City	42	8	8	5	36	31	1	4	16	18	63	0.574	30	Relegated
22	Doncaster Rovers	42	6	6	9	18	29	1	4	16	12	55	0.357	24

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Fulham

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

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

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Third Division North

Football League, Third Division North

Season	1936–1937
Champions	Stockport County (2nd title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,602 (3.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ted Harston (Mansfield Town), 55 [3]
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stockport County	42	17	3	1	59	18	6	11	4	25	21	2.154	60	Division Champions, promoted
2	Lincoln City	42	18	1	2	65	20	7	6	8	38	37	1.807	57
3	Chester	42	15	5	1	68	21	7	4	10	19	36	1.526	53
4	Oldham Athletic	42	13	7	1	49	25	7	4	10	28	34	1.305	51
5	Hull City	42	13	6	2	39	22	4	6	11	29	47	0.986	46
6	Hartlepools United	42	16	1	4	53	21	3	6	12	22	48	1.087	45
7	Halifax Town	42	12	4	5	40	20	6	5	10	28	43	1.079	45
8	Wrexham	42	12	3	6	41	21	4	9	8	30	36	1.246	44
9	Mansfield Town[lower-alpha 1]	42	13	1	7	64	35	5	7	9	27	41	1.197	44
10	Carlisle United	42	13	6	2	42	19	5	2	14	23	49	0.956	44
11	Port Vale	42	12	6	3	39	23	5	4	12	19	41	0.906	44
12	York City	42	13	3	5	54	27	3	8	10	25	43	1.129	43
13	Accrington Stanley	42	14	2	5	51	26	2	7	12	25	43	1.101	41
14	Southport	42	10	8	3	39	28	2	5	14	34	59	0.839	37
15	New Brighton	42	10	8	3	36	16	3	3	15	19	54	0.786	37
16	Barrow	42	11	5	5	42	25	2	5	14	28	61	0.814	36
17	Rotherham United	42	11	7	3	52	28	3	0	18	26	63	0.857	35
18	Rochdale	42	12	3	6	44	27	1	6	14	25	59	0.802	35
19	Tranmere Rovers	42	10	8	3	52	30	2	1	18	19	58	0.807	33
20	Crewe Alexandra	42	6	8	7	31	31	4	4	13	24	52	0.663	32	Welsh Cup winners
21	Gateshead	42	9	8	4	40	31	2	2	17	23	67	0.643	32	Re-elected
22	Darlington	42	6	8	7	42	46	2	6	13	24	50	0.688	30

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. Mansfield Town was transferred to Third Division South for the following season.

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	CRL	CHE	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1936–1937
Champions	Luton Town (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,497 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Payne (Luton Town), 55 [3]
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion
1	Luton Town	42	19	1	1	69	16	8	3	10	34	37	1.943	58	Division Champions, promoted
2	Notts County	42	15	3	3	44	23	8	7	6	30	29	1.423	56
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	15	5	1	49	16	9	0	12	25	27	1.721	53
4	Watford	42	14	4	3	53	21	5	7	9	32	39	1.417	49
5	Reading	42	14	5	2	53	23	5	6	10	23	37	1.267	49
6	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	17	3	1	45	20	3	6	12	20	39	1.102	49
7	Northampton Town	42	15	4	2	56	22	5	2	14	29	46	1.250	46
8	Millwall	42	12	4	5	43	24	6	6	9	21	30	1.185	46
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	12	2	7	51	24	6	7	8	22	28	1.404	45
10	Southend United	42	10	8	3	49	23	7	3	11	29	44	1.164	45
11	Gillingham	42	14	5	2	36	18	4	3	14	16	48	0.788	44
12	Clapton Orient	42	10	8	3	29	17	4	7	10	23	35	1.000	43
13	Swindon Town	42	12	4	5	52	24	2	7	12	23	49	1.027	39
14	Crystal Palace	42	11	7	3	45	20	2	5	14	17	41	1.016	38
15	Bristol Rovers	42	14	3	4	49	20	2	1	18	22	60	0.888	36
16	Bristol City	42	13	3	5	42	20	2	3	16	16	50	0.829	36
17	Walsall[lower-alpha 1]	42	11	3	7	38	34	2	7	12	25	51	0.741	36
18	Cardiff City	42	10	5	6	35	24	4	2	15	19	63	0.621	35
19	Newport County	42	7	7	7	37	28	5	3	13	30	70	0.684	34
20	Torquay United	42	9	5	7	42	32	2	5	14	15	48	0.713	32
21	Exeter City	42	9	5	7	36	37	1	7	13	23	51	0.670	32	Re-elected
22	Aldershot	42	5	6	10	29	29	2	3	16	21	60	0.562	23

Source:
Notes:

1. Walsall had been transferred to Third Division North for this season.

Results

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Clapton Orient

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

See also

• 1936–37 in English football
• 1936 in association football
• 1937 in association football

References

1. "England 1936-37". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.