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1936–37 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester City F.C.
season	1936–37
chairman	Bob Smith
mgrtitle	Secretary / Manager
manager	Wilf Wild
stadium	Maine Road
league	First Division
league result	[1st](1936-37-football-league-first-division)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	[Sixth round](1936-37-fa-cup-sixth-round-proper)
league topscorer	Peter Doherty (30)
season topscorer	Peter Doherty (32)
highest attendance	75,000 (vs Arsenal, 10 April 1937)
lowest attendance	16,000 (vs Grimsby Town, 28 December 1936)
average attendance	34,000
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prevseason	[1935–36](1935-36-manchester-city-f-c-season)
nextseason	[1937–38](1937-38-manchester-city-f-c-season)

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

Source: Note: game vs Brentford on 28 November abandoned after 40 minutes.

League table

Results summary

FA Cup

Main article: 1936–37 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
GF–GA	Goalscorers	Attendance	3	4	5	6
16 January	Wrexham	A	W	3–1	Herd, Tilson, Brook	21,000
30 January	Accrington Stanley	H	W	2–0	Tilson, Doherty	39,000
20 February	Bolton Wanderers	A	W	5–0	Herd 2, Doherty, Brook, Tilson	61,000
6 March	Millwall	A	L	0–2		42,000

Source:

Player details

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

References

"Manchester City 1936–1937". statto.com.

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