1935–36 in English football

Football in England
Season1935–36
Men's football
Football LeagueSunderland
Football League Second DivisionManchester United
FA CupArsenal
← 1934–35 England 1936–37 →

The 1935–36 season was the 61st season of competitive football in England. Sunderland won the league, and in doing so they remain the last team to win the English League while wearing striped jerseys. They also equalled the record of six titles won by Aston Villa. It remains the most recent season that Sunderland would win the title.

Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers were relegated from the First Division and therefore became the last two founder members of the Football League to lose top flight status for the first time.

Diary of the season

  • 27 February 1936: The weekend fixture list is not announced until Thursday evening (for games involving teams a long distance apart) and Friday evening for all others in an attempt to thwart the football pools companies' ability to print their coupons as part of the Pools War.[2]
  • 9 March 1936: The Pools War ends and the League starts publishing the fixtures earlier in advance again.[2]

Honours

Competition Winner Runner-up
First Division Sunderland (6*) Derby County
Second Division Manchester United Charlton Athletic
Third Division North Chesterfield Chester City
Third Division South Coventry City Luton Town
FA Cup Arsenal (2) Sheffield United
Charity Shield Sunderland Arsenal
Home Championship  Scotland  England

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

Main article: 1935–36 Football League

First Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
1 Sunderland (C) 42 25 6 11 109 74 1.473 56
2 Derby County 42 18 12 12 61 52 1.173 48
3 Huddersfield Town 42 18 12 12 59 56 1.054 48
4 Stoke City 42 20 7 15 57 57 1.000 47
5 Brentford 42 17 12 13 81 60 1.350 46
6 Arsenal 42 15 15 12 78 48 1.625 45
7 Preston North End 42 18 8 16 67 64 1.047 44
8 Chelsea 42 15 13 14 65 72 0.903 43
9 Manchester City 42 17 8 17 68 60 1.133 42
10 Portsmouth 42 17 8 17 54 67 0.806 42
11 Leeds United 42 15 11 16 66 64 1.031 41
12 Birmingham 42 15 11 16 61 63 0.968 41
13 Bolton Wanderers 42 14 13 15 67 76 0.882 41
14 Middlesbrough 42 15 10 17 84 70 1.200 40
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 15 10 17 77 76 1.013 40
16 Everton 42 13 13 16 89 89 1.000 39
17 Grimsby Town 42 17 5 20 65 73 0.890 39
18 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 6 20 89 88 1.011 38
19 Liverpool 42 13 12 17 60 64 0.938 38
20 Sheffield Wednesday 42 13 12 17 63 77 0.818 38
21 Aston Villa (R) 42 13 9 20 81 110 0.736 35 Relegation to the Second Division
22 Blackburn Rovers (R) 42 12 9 21 55 96 0.573 33
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United 42 22 12 8 85 43 1.977 56 Promoted to the First Division
2 Charlton Athletic 42 22 11 9 85 58 1.466 55
3 Sheffield United 42 20 12 10 79 50 1.580 52
4 West Ham United 42 22 8 12 90 68 1.324 52
5 Tottenham Hotspur 42 18 13 11 91 55 1.655 49
6 Leicester City 42 19 10 13 79 57 1.386 48
7 Plymouth Argyle 42 20 8 14 71 57 1.246 48
8 Newcastle United 42 20 6 16 88 79 1.114 46
9 Fulham 42 15 14 13 76 52 1.462 44
10 Blackpool 42 18 7 17 93 72 1.292 43
11 Norwich City 42 17 9 16 72 65 1.108 43
12 Bradford City 42 15 13 14 55 65 0.846 43
13 Swansea Town 42 15 9 18 67 76 0.882 39
14 Bury 42 13 12 17 66 84 0.786 38
15 Burnley 42 12 13 17 50 59 0.847 37
16 Bradford Park Avenue 42 14 9 19 62 84 0.738 37
17 Southampton 42 14 9 19 47 65 0.723 37
18 Doncaster Rovers 42 14 9 19 51 71 0.718 37
19 Nottingham Forest 42 12 11 19 69 76 0.908 35
20 Barnsley 42 12 9 21 54 80 0.675 33
21 Port Vale 42 12 8 22 56 106 0.528 32 Relegated to the Third Division North
22 Hull City 42 5 10 27 47 111 0.423 20
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Third Division North

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Chesterfield 42 24 12 6 92 39 2.359 60 Promoted to the Second Division
2 Chester 42 22 11 9 100 45 2.222 55
3 Tranmere Rovers 42 22 11 9 93 58 1.603 55
4 Lincoln City 42 22 9 11 91 51 1.784 53
5 Stockport County 42 20 8 14 65 49 1.327 48
6 Crewe Alexandra 42 19 9 14 80 76 1.053 47
7 Oldham Athletic 42 18 9 15 86 73 1.178 45
8 Hartlepools United 42 15 12 15 57 61 0.934 42
9 Accrington Stanley 42 17 8 17 63 72 0.875 42
10 Walsall 42 16 9 17 79 59 1.339 41 Transferred to the Third Division South
11 Rotherham United 42 16 9 17 69 66 1.045 41
12 Darlington 42 17 6 19 74 79 0.937 40
13 Carlisle United 42 14 12 16 56 62 0.903 40
14 Gateshead 42 13 14 15 56 76 0.737 40
15 Barrow 42 13 12 17 58 65 0.892 38
16 York City 42 13 12 17 62 95 0.653 38
17 Halifax Town 42 15 7 20 57 61 0.934 37
18 Wrexham 42 15 7 20 66 75 0.880 37
19 Mansfield Town 42 14 9 19 80 91 0.879 37
20 Rochdale 42 10 13 19 58 88 0.659 33
21 Southport 42 11 9 22 48 90 0.533 31 Re-elected
22 New Brighton 42 9 6 27 43 102 0.422 24
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Third Division South

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Coventry City 42 24 9 9 102 45 2.267 57 Promoted to the Second Division
2 Luton Town 42 22 12 8 81 45 1.800 56
3 Reading 42 26 2 14 87 62 1.403 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 42 22 9 11 84 53 1.585 53
5 Watford 42 20 9 13 80 54 1.481 49
6 Crystal Palace 42 22 5 15 96 74 1.297 49
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 18 8 16 70 63 1.111 44
8 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 42 16 11 15 60 56 1.071 43
9 Notts County 42 15 12 15 60 57 1.053 42
10 Torquay United 42 16 9 17 62 62 1.000 41
11 Aldershot 42 14 12 16 53 61 0.869 40
12 Millwall 42 14 12 16 58 71 0.817 40
13 Bristol City 42 15 10 17 48 59 0.814 40
14 Clapton Orient 42 16 6 20 55 61 0.902 38
15 Northampton Town 42 15 8 19 62 90 0.689 38
16 Gillingham 42 14 9 19 66 77 0.857 37
17 Bristol Rovers 42 14 9 19 69 95 0.726 37
18 Southend United 42 13 10 19 61 62 0.984 36
19 Swindon Town 42 14 8 20 64 73 0.877 36
20 Cardiff City 42 13 10 19 60 73 0.822 36
21 Newport County 42 11 9 22 60 111 0.541 31 Re-elected
22 Exeter City 42 8 11 23 59 93 0.634 27
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top goalscorers

First Division

Second Division

Third Division North

Third Division South

References

  1. ^ "On this day in history ~ Division One, 1935". wsc.co.uk. When Saturday Comes. 16 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b Ballard, John; Suff, Paul (1999). World Soccer The Dictionary of Football. Boxtree Ltd. p. 468. ISBN 0-7522-2434-4.
  3. ^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 August 2017.