1936–37 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City F.C.
1936–37 season
ChairmanBob Smith
Secretary / ManagerWilf Wild
StadiumMaine Road
First Division1st
FA CupSixth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter Doherty (30)
All: Peter Doherty (32)
Highest home attendance75,000 (vs Arsenal, 10 April 1937)
Lowest home attendance16,000 (vs Grimsby Town, 28 December 1936)
Average home league attendance34,000

The 1936–37 season was Manchester City Football Club's forty-sixth season of league football, with the club winning its first-ever league title and scoring a record 107 goals.

Match results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1936–37 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.

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Manchester City (C) 42 22 13 7 107 61 1.754 57
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: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts W D L GF GA Pts W D L GF GA Pts
42 22 13 7 107 61 1.754 57 15 5 1 56 22 35 7 8 6 51 39 22

Source: [1]

FA Cup

Main article: 1936–37 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]

Player details

League FA Cup Total
Pos Name Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Frank Swift 42 4 46
DF England Billy Dale 36 3 39
DF England Gordon Clark 13 1 14
DF England Sam Barkas 30 4 34
DF England Bobby Marshall 40 4 44
DF Scotland Bob Donnelly 5 1 5 1
DF England Dick Neilson 2 1 2 1
MF England Jack Percival 42 1 3 45 1
MF England Jackie Bray 40 2 4 44 2
MF Joe Rogers 2 1 3
MF Northern Ireland Keiller McCullough 2 2
FW England Ernie Toseland 42 7 4 46 7
FW Scotland Alec Herd 32 15 4 3 36 18
FW England Jimmy Heale 10 6 10 6
FW Scotland Colin Rodger 9 7 9 7
FW England Fred Tilson 23 15 4 3 27 18
FW Northern Ireland Peter Doherty 41 30 4 2 45 32
FW England 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

  1. ^ a b "Manchester City 1936–1937". statto.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2012.