1936–37 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1936–37 season was Manchester City F.C.'s forty-sixth season of league football. The club won its first-ever league title, scoring a record 107 goals.
| 1936–37 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Bob Smith | ||
| Secretary / Manager | Wilf Wild | ||
| Stadium | Maine Road | ||
| First Division | 1st | ||
| FA Cup | Sixth round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Peter Doherty (30) All: Peter Doherty (32) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 75,000 (vs Arsenal F.C., 10 April 1937) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 16,000 (vs Grimsby Town F.C., 28 December 1936) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 34,000 | ||
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Match results
Legend
| Win | Draw | Loss |
Football League First Division
| Game | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score GF–GA |
Goalscorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 August | Middlesbrough | A | L | 0–2 | 23,000 | |
| 2 | 2 September | Leeds United | H | W | 4–0 | Herd, Brook, Tilson, Doherty | 25,000 |
| 3 | 5 September | West Bromwich Albion | H | W | 6–2 | Herd 2, Brook, Heale, Doherty 2 | 25,000 |
| 4 | 9 September | Leeds United | A | D | 1–1 | Heale | 14,000 |
| 5 | 12 September | Manchester United | A | L | 2–3 | Herd, Bray | 69,000 |
| 6 | 16 September | Birmingham | H | D | 1–1 | Doherty | 20,000 |
| 7 | 19 September | Portsmouth | A | L | 1–2 | McLeod | 25,000 |
| 8 | 26 September | Chelsea | H | D | 0–0 | 30,000 | |
| 9 | 3 October | Stoke City | A | D | 2–2 | Heale, Doherty | 36,000 |
| 10 | 10 October | Charlton Athletic | H | D | 1–1 | Heale | 28,000 |
| 11 | 17 October | Derby County | H | W | 3–2 | Toseland, Heale, Doherty | 21,000 |
| 12 | 24 October | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | L | 1–2 | Doherty | 21,000 |
| 13 | 31 October | Sunderland | H | L | 2–4 | McLeod, Doherty | 39,444 |
| 14 | 7 November | Huddersfield Town | A | D | 1–1 | Brook | 18,000 |
| 15 | 14 November | Everton | H | W | 4–1 | Rodger 2, Brook, Toseland | 28,000 |
| 16 | 21 November | Bolton Wanderers | A | W | 2–0 | Herd, Brook | 32,000 |
| 28 November | Brentford | H | 0a0 | 20,000 | |||
| 17 | 5 December | Arsenal | A | W | 3–1 | Rodger 2, Doherty | 42,000 |
| 18 | 12 December | Preston North End | H | W | 4–1 | Brook, Toseland 2, Doherty | 15,000 |
| 19 | 19 December | Sheffield Wednesday | A | L | 1–5 | Doherty | 30,000 |
| 20 | 25 December | Grimsby Town | A | L | 3–5 | Rodger, Brook, Doherty | 18,000 |
| 21 | 26 December | Middlesbrough | H | W | 2–1 | Rodger, Brook | 56,000 |
| 22 | 28 December | Grimsby Town | H | D | 1–1 | Tilson | 16,000 |
| 23 | 2 January | West Bromwich Albion | A | D | 2–2 | Herd, Tilson | 18,000 |
| 24 | 9 January | Manchester United | H | W | 1–0 | Herd | 65,000 |
| 25 | 23 January | Portsmouth | H | W | 3–1 | Herd, Brook, Toseland | 25,000 |
| 26 | 3 February | Chelsea | A | D | 4–4 | Tilson, Bray, Doherty 2 | 12,000 |
| 27 | 6 February | Stoke City | H | W | 2–1 | Tilson, Doherty | 30,000 |
| 28 | 13 February | Charlton Athletic | A | D | 1–1 | Herd | 45,000 |
| 29 | 24 February | Derby County | A | W | 5–0 | Rodger, Brook, Tilson 3 | 13,000 |
| 30 | 27 February | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | W | 4–1 | Herd, Tilson 3 | 40,000 |
| 31 | 13 March | Huddersfield Town | H | W | 3–0 | Brook, Doherty 2 | 28,000 |
| 32 | 20 March | Everton | A | D | 1–1 | Percival | 32,000 |
| 33 | 26 March | Liverpool | A | W | 5–0 | Herd, Brook 3, Doherty | 32,000 |
| 34 | 27 March | Bolton Wanderers | H | D | 2–2 | Herd, Doherty | 52,000 |
| 35 | 29 March | Liverpool | H | W | 5–1 | Herd 2, Brook, Tilson, Neilson | 25,000 |
| 36 | 3 April | Brentford | A | W | 6–2 | Herd, Brook, Toseland, Tilson, Doherty 2 | 37,000 |
| 37 | 7 April | Brentford | H | W | 2–1 | Brook, Doherty | 25,000 |
| 38 | 10 April | Arsenal | H | W | 2–0 | Toseland, Doherty | 75,000 |
| 39 | 14 April | Sunderland | A | W | 3–1 | Brook, Doherty 2 | 15,000 |
| 40 | 17 April | Preston North End | A | W | 5–2 | Herd, Donnelly, Doherty 3 | 16,000 |
| 41 | 24 April | Sheffield Wednesday | H | W | 4–1 | Brook 2, Tilson, Doherty | 55,000 |
| 42 | 1 May | Birmingham | A | D | 2–2 | Tilson, Doherty | 25,000 |
Source:[1]
Note: Game vs Brentford on 28 November abandoned after 40 minutes.
FA Cup
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score GF–GA |
Goalscorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 16 January | Wrexham | A | W | 3–1 | Herd, Tilson, Brook | 21,000 |
| 4 | 30 January | Accrington Stanley | H | W | 2–0 | Tilson, Doherty | 39,000 |
| 5 | 20 February | Bolton Wanderers | A | W | 5–0 | Herd 2, Doherty, Brook, Tilson | 61,000 |
| 6 | 6 March | Millwall | A | L | 0–2 | 42,000 |
Source:[1]
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 107 | 61 | 1.754 | 57 | League Champions |
| 2 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 58 | 49 | 1.184 | 54 | |
| 3 | Arsenal | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 80 | 49 | 1.633 | 52 | |
| 4 | Derby County | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 96 | 90 | 1.067 | 49 | |
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 84 | 67 | 1.254 | 47 |
Source:
Player details
| League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK |  Frank Swift |
42 | 4 | 46 | |||
| DF | Billy Dale |
36 | 3 | 39 | |||
| DF | Gordon Clark |
13 | 1 | 14 | |||
| DF | Sam Barkas |
30 | 4 | 34 | |||
| DF | Bobby Marshall |
40 | 4 | 44 | |||
| DF |  Bob Donnelly |
5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| DF | Dick Neilson |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| MF | Jack Percival |
42 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 1 | |
| MF | Jackie Bray |
40 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 2 | |
| MF | Joe Rogers | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| MF |  Keiller McCullough |
2 | 2 | ||||
| FW | Ernie Toseland |
42 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 7 | |
| FW | Alec Herd |
32 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 18 |
| FW | Jimmy Heale |
10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||
| FW | Colin Rodger |
9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | ||
| FW | Fred Tilson |
23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 |
| FW | Peter Doherty |
41 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 32 |
| FW | Eric Brook |
42 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 22 |
| FW | Bobby Regan | 4 | 4 | ||||
| FW | John McLeod | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| FW | Jim Cassidy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| FW | Raymond Freeman | 1 | 1 | ||||
See also
References
- "Manchester City 1936-1937". statto.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
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