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, 10 April 1937)
Lowest home attendance	16,000 (vs Grimsby Town, 28 December 1936)
Average home league attendance	34,000
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

1936–37 Manchester City F.C. season

1936–37 season of Manchester City

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.

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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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

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

		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

1936–37_Manchester_City_F.C._season

1936–37 Manchester City F.C. season

Match results

Legend

Football League First Division

League table

Results summary

FA Cup

Player details

See also

References

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