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1935–36 Football League

44th season of the Football League


44th season of the Football League

FieldValue
competitionThe Football League
season[1935–36](1935-36-in-english-football)
winnersSunderland
prevseason[1934–35](1934-35-football-league)
nextseason[1936–37](1936-37-football-league)

The 193536 season was the 44th season of The Football League.

This season saw two significant changes in the First Division. Prior to this season Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers had been the only ever-present members of English football's top division. Both were relegated this season to end their sequences.

First Division

6th English title Blackburn Rovers (39 goals) (30 November 1935) West Bromwich Albion 8–1 Blackburn Rovers (18 January 1936) Manchester City 7–0 Bolton Wanderers (31 March 1936) (19 October 1935) (9 September 1935) Liverpool 7–2 Grimsby Town (14 September 1935) Sunderland 7–2 Blackburn Rovers (21 September 1935) Leeds United 7–2 Sheffield Wednesday (9 November 1935) Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–1 Blackburn Rovers (30 November 1935) Sunderland 7–2 Bolton Wanderers (7 December 1935) West Bromwich Albion 8–1 Blackburn Rovers (18 January 1936) Birmingham 2–7 Sunderland (13 April 1936)

Results

Maps

Arsenal Brentford Chelsea

Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Brentford Chelsea Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Huddersfield Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Middlesbrough Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Stoke Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Charlton Athletic Hull City Jock Dodds (34 goals each) (28 March 1936) (28 December 1935) Port Vale 0–4 Barnsley (28 Dec 1935) Port Vale 1–5 Tottenham Hotspur (1 February 1936) Bury 0–4 Burnley (18 April 1936) (23 November 1935)

Results

Maps

Charlton Athletic Fulham Tottenham West Ham

Barnsley Blackpool Bradford C. Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Bury Charlton Doncaster Fulham Hull Leicester City Manchester United Newcastle Norwich City Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Sheffield United Southampton Swansea Town Tottenham West Ham

Third Division North

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Accrington Stanley Barrow Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Gateshead Halifax Town Hartlepool Lincoln City Mansfield Town New Brighton Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Southport Stockport Tranmere Walsall Wrexham York City

Third Division South

Third Division South

|win_B&HA=18|draw_B&HA=8|loss_B&HA=16|gf_B&HA=70|ga_B&HA=63 |win_B&BA=16|draw_B&BA=11|loss_B&BA=15|gf_B&BA=60|ga_B&BA=56

Results

|match_ALD_B&BA=2–0 |match_ALD_B&HA=1–0

|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_ALD=0–0 |match_B&BA_B&HA=1–2 |match_B&BA_BRI=3–0 |match_B&BA_BRR=2–1 |match_B&BA_CAR=4–4 |match_B&BA_CLA=2–0 |match_B&BA_COV=1–1 |match_B&BA_CRY=2–5 |match_B&BA_EXE=1–1 |match_B&BA_GIL=1–2 |match_B&BA_LUT=2–1 |match_B&BA_MIL=1–2 |match_B&BA_NPC=2–0 |match_B&BA_NOR=4–0 |match_B&BA_NTC=0–1 |match_B&BA_QPR=0–1 |match_B&BA_REA=4–1 |match_B&BA_STD=2–1 |match_B&BA_SWI=1–0 |match_B&BA_TOR=1–1 |match_B&BA_WAT=2–2

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_ALD=2–1 |match_B&HA_B&BA=0–1 |match_B&HA_BRI=3–0 |match_B&HA_BRR=4–1 |match_B&HA_CAR=1–0 |match_B&HA_CLA=1–3 |match_B&HA_COV=2–1 |match_B&HA_CRY=2–1 |match_B&HA_EXE=3–1 |match_B&HA_GIL=1–1 |match_B&HA_LUT=1–1 |match_B&HA_MIL=0–0 |match_B&HA_NPC=7–1 |match_B&HA_NOR=5–1 |match_B&HA_NTC=5–1 |match_B&HA_QPR=1–1 |match_B&HA_REA=4–2 |match_B&HA_STD=1–3 |match_B&HA_SWI=0–2 |match_B&HA_TOR=3–2 |match_B&HA_WAT=2–1

|match_BRI_B&BA=1–0 |match_BRI_B&HA=0–3

|match_BRR_B&BA=2–1 |match_BRR_B&HA=5–2

|match_CAR_B&BA=1–1 |match_CAR_B&HA=1–0

|match_CLA_B&BA=1–1 |match_CLA_B&HA=3–1

|match_COV_B&BA=2–0 |match_COV_B&HA=5–0

|match_CRY_B&BA=2–0 |match_CRY_B&HA=4–0

|match_EXE_B&BA=1–3 |match_EXE_B&HA=3–3

|match_GIL_B&BA=1–2 |match_GIL_B&HA=1–2

|match_LUT_B&BA=0–0 |match_LUT_B&HA=2–1

|match_MIL_B&BA=3–0 |match_MIL_B&HA=0–0

|match_NPC_B&BA=0–0 |match_NPC_B&HA=0–2

|match_NOR_B&BA=2–1 |match_NOR_B&HA=1–0

|match_NTC_B&BA=1–3 |match_NTC_B&HA=1–1

|match_QPR_B&BA=2–0 |match_QPR_B&HA=3–2

|match_REA_B&BA=0–2 |match_REA_B&HA=3–0

|match_STD_B&BA=3–3 |match_STD_B&HA=0–0

|match_SWI_B&BA=2–3 |match_SWI_B&HA=1–2

|match_TOR_B&BA=0–2 |match_TOR_B&HA=1–0

|match_WAT_B&BA=4–1 |match_WAT_B&HA=2–1

Maps

Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford

Aldershot Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Clapton Orient Coventry Crystal P. Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Notts County QPR Southend Reading Torquay Swindon Watford

Attendances

Source:

Division One

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Arsenal FC || 21 || 41,960 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aston Villa || 21 || 40,864 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Chelsea FC || 21 || 34,977 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Manchester City || 21 || 33,577 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sunderland AFC || 21 || 30,378 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Everton FC || 21 || 29,118 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Liverpool FC || 21 || 27,265 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bolton Wanderers || 21 || 26,868 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Brentford FC || 21 || 25,287 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Wolverhampton Wanderers || 21 || 24,824 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Birmingham City || 21 || 24,501 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || West Bromwich Albion || 21 || 23,110 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Stoke City || 21 || 21,586 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Derby County || 21 || 20,932 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Preston North End || 21 || 19,511 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Portsmouth FC || 21 || 19,358 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Middlesbrough FC || 21 || 18,771 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leeds United || 21 || 18,617 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sheffield Wednesday || 21 || 18,128 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Blackburn Rovers || 21 || 15,498 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Huddersfield Town || 21 || 15,097 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Grimsby Town || 21 || 11,496 |- |} }}

Division Two

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Tottenham Hotspur FC || 21 || 33,183 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Manchester United || 21 || 26,070 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || West Ham United FC || 21 || 25,468 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Charlton Athletic FC || 21 || 22,026 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Newcastle United FC || 21 || 19,483 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sheffield United FC || 21 || 18,428 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Norwich City FC || 21 || 16,605 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Fulham FC || 21 || 16,562 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Plymouth Argyle FC || 21 || 16,310 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leicester City FC || 21 || 15,126 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Doncaster Rovers FC || 21 || 14,122 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Blackpool FC || 21 || 13,729 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Nottingham Forest FC || 21 || 10,707 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Southampton FC || 21 || 10,705 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Burnley FC || 21 || 10,402 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Barnsley FC || 21 || 9,891 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bradford Park Avenue AFC || 21 || 9,844 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bury FC || 21 || 9,241 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Swansea City AFC || 21 || 8,966 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bradford City AFC || 21 || 8,716 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Port Vale FC || 21 || 7,787 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Hull City AFC || 21 || 5,713 |- |} }}

References

  • Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.

References

  1. "English League Leading Goalscorers".
  2. "Historical attendances".
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