1936–37 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City F.C.

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
Home colours Away colours
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 season was Manchester City F.C.'s forty-sixth season of league football.

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		25,000
3	5 September	West Bromwich Albion	H	W	6–2		25,000
4	9 September	Leeds United	A	D	1–1		14,000
5	12 September	Manchester United	A	L	2–3		69,000
6	16 September	Birmingham City	H	D	1–1		20,000
7	19 September	Portsmouth	A	L	1–2		25,000
8	26 September	Chelsea	H	D	0–0		30,000
9	3 October	Stoke City	A	D	2–2		36,000
10	10 October	Charlton Athletic	H	D	1–1		28,000
11	17 October	Derby County	H	W	3–2		21,000
12	24 October	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	1–2		21,000
13	31 October	Sunderland	H	L	2–4		39,444
14	7 November	Huddersfield Town	A	D	1–1		18,000
15	14 November	Everton	H	W	4–1		28,000
16	21 November	Bolton Wanderers	A	W	2–0		32,000
	28 November	Brentford	H		0a0		20,000
17	5 December	Arsenal	A	W	3–1		42,000
18	12 December	Preston North End	H	W	4–1		15,000
19	19 December	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	1–5		30,000
20	25 December	Grimsby Town	A	L	3–5		18,000
21	26 December	Middlesbrough	H	W	2–1		56,000
22	28 December	Grimsby Town	H	D	1–1		16,000
23	2 January	West Bromwich Albion	A	D	2–2		18,000
24	9 January	Manchester United	H	W	1–0		65,000
25	23 January	Portsmouth	H	W	3–1		25,000
26	3 February	Chelsea	A	D	4–4		12,000
27	6 February	Stoke City	H	W	2–1		30,000
28	13 February	Charlton Athletic	A	D	1–1		45,000
29	24 February	Derby County	A	W	5–0		13,000
30	27 February	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	W	4–1		40,000
31	13 March	Huddersfield Town	H	W	3–0		28,000
32	20 March	Everton	A	D	1–1		32,000
33	26 March	Liverpool	A	W	5–0		32,000
34	27 March	Bolton Wanderers	H	D	2–2		52,000
35	29 March	Liverpool	H	W	5–1		25,000
36	3 April	Brentford	A	W	6–2		37,000
37	7 April	Brentford	H	W	2–1		25,000
38	10 April	Arsenal	H	W	2–0		75,000
39	14 April	Sunderland	A	W	3–1		15,000
40	17 April	Preston North End	A	W	5–2		16,000
41	24 April	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W	4–1		55,000
42	1 May	Birmingham City	A	D	2–2		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

			Home					Away
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts
1	Manchester City (C)	42	15	5	1	56	22	7	8	6	51	39	107	61	1.754	57
2	Charlton Athletic	42	15	5	1	37	13	6	7	8	21	36	58	49	1.184	54
3	Arsenal	42	10	10	1	43	20	8	6	7	37	29	80	49	1.633	52
4	Derby County	42	13	3	5	58	39	8	4	9	38	51	96	90	1.067	49
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	2	3	63	24	5	3	13	21	43	84	67	1.254	47
6	Brentford	42	14	5	2	58	32	4	5	12	24	46	82	78	1.051	46
7	Middlesbrough	42	14	6	1	49	22	5	2	14	25	49	74	71	1.042	46
8	Sunderland	42	17	2	2	59	24	2	4	15	30	63	89	87	1.023	44
9	Portsmouth	42	13	3	5	41	29	4	7	10	21	37	62	66	0.939	44
10	Stoke City	42	12	6	3	52	27	3	6	12	20	30	72	57	1.263	42
11	Birmingham	42	9	7	5	36	24	4	8	9	28	36	64	60	1.067	41
12	Grimsby Town	42	13	3	5	60	32	4	4	13	26	49	86	81	1.062	41
13	Chelsea	42	11	6	4	36	21	3	7	11	16	34	52	55	0.945	41
14	Preston North End	42	10	6	5	35	28	4	7	10	21	39	56	67	0.836	41
15	Huddersfield Town	42	12	5	4	39	21	0	10	11	23	43	62	64	0.969	39
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	3	5	45	32	3	3	15	32	66	77	98	0.786	38
17	Everton	42	12	7	2	56	23	2	2	17	25	55	81	78	1.038	37
18	Liverpool	42	9	8	4	38	26	3	3	15	24	58	62	84	0.738	35
19	Leeds United	42	14	3	4	44	20	1	1	19	16	60	60	80	0.750	34
20	Bolton Wanderers	42	6	6	9	22	33	4	8	9	21	33	43	66	0.652	34
21	Manchester United (R)	42	8	9	4	29	26	2	3	16	26	52	55	78	0.705	32
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	42	8	5	8	32	29	1	7	13	21	40	53	69	0.768	30

Source:^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated.

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

• List of Manchester City F.C. seasons

References

1. "Manchester City 1936-1937". statto.com. Retrieved 15 July 2012.