1937–38 in English football
The 1937–38 season was the 63rd season of competitive
Overview
Manchester City became the only team to have been relegated in the season after winning the league title as well as the only team to ever be relegated from the top tier of English football having scored the most goals in that particular season.[1]
The points spread between the league champions,
Arsenal won the title (the club's fifth) on the final day of the season with a mere 52 points from 42 matches after beating
Honours
Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
---|---|---|
First Division |
Arsenal (5) | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Second Division | Aston Villa | Manchester United |
Third Division North | Tranmere Rovers | Doncaster Rovers |
Third Division South | Millwall | Bristol City |
FA Cup |
Preston North End (2) | Huddersfield Town
|
Charity Shield | Manchester City | Sunderland
|
Home Championship |
England | Scotland |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Football League
First Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arsenal | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 77 | 44 | 1.750 | 52 | |
2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 49 | 1.469 | 51 | |
3 | Preston North End | 42 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 1.455 | 49 | |
4 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 65 | 51 | 1.275 | 46 | |
5 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 65 | 1.108 | 46 | |
6 | Brentford | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 59 | 1.169 | 45 | |
7 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 64 | 60 | 1.067 | 45 | |
8 | Sunderland | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 55 | 57 | 0.965 | 44 | |
9 | Leeds United | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 64 | 69 | 0.928 | 43 | |
10 | Chelsea | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 65 | 65 | 1.000 | 41 | |
11 | Liverpool | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 65 | 71 | 0.915 | 41 | |
12 | Blackpool | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 61 | 66 | 0.924 | 40 | |
13 | Derby County | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 66 | 87 | 0.759 | 40 | |
14 | Everton | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 79 | 75 | 1.053 | 39 | |
15 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 55 | 68 | 0.809 | 39 | |
16 | Leicester City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 54 | 75 | 0.720 | 39 | |
17 | Stoke City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 58 | 59 | 0.983 | 38 | |
18 | Birmingham | 42 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 58 | 62 | 0.935 | 38 | |
19 | Portsmouth | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 62 | 68 | 0.912 | 38 | |
20 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 0.750 | 38 | |
21 | Manchester City | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 80 | 77 | 1.039 | 36 | Relegated to the Second Division |
22 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 74 | 91 | 0.813 | 36 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored.
Second Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aston Villa | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 73 | 35 | 2.086 | 57 | Promoted to the First Division |
2 | Manchester United | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 82 | 50 | 1.640 | 53 | |
3 | Sheffield United | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 73 | 56 | 1.304 | 53 | |
4 | Coventry City | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 66 | 45 | 1.467 | 52 | |
5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 76 | 54 | 1.407 | 44 | |
6 | Burnley | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 54 | 54 | 1.000 | 44 | |
7 | Bradford Park Avenue
|
42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 69 | 56 | 1.232 | 43 | |
8 | Fulham | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 57 | 1.070 | 43 | |
9 | West Ham United | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 53 | 52 | 1.019 | 42 | |
10 | Bury | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 63 | 60 | 1.050 | 41 | |
11 | Chesterfield | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 63 | 1.000 | 41 | |
12 | Luton Town | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 89 | 86 | 1.035 | 40 | |
13 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 57 | 65 | 0.877 | 40 | |
14 | Norwich City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 75 | 0.747 | 39 | |
15 | Southampton | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 55 | 77 | 0.714 | 39 | |
16 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 71 | 80 | 0.888 | 38 | |
17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 56 | 0.875 | 38 | |
18 | Swansea Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 73 | 0.616 | 38 | |
19 | Newcastle United | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 58 | 0.879 | 36 | |
20 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 60 | 0.783 | 36 | |
21 | Barnsley | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 50 | 64 | 0.781 | 36 | Relegated to the Third Division North |
22 | Stockport County | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 43 | 70 | 0.614 | 31 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored.
Third Division North
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 81 | 41 | 1.976 | 56 | Promoted to the Second Division |
2 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 74 | 49 | 1.510 | 54 | |
3 | Hull City | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 80 | 43 | 1.860 | 53 | |
4 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 67 | 46 | 1.457 | 51 | |
5 | Gateshead | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 84 | 59 | 1.424 | 51 | |
6 | Rotherham United | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 68 | 56 | 1.214 | 50 | |
7 | Lincoln City | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 66 | 50 | 1.320 | 46 | |
8 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 71 | 53 | 1.340 | 45 | |
9 | Chester | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 77 | 72 | 1.069 | 44 | |
10 | Wrexham
|
42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 58 | 63 | 0.921 | 43 | |
11 | York City | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 70 | 68 | 1.029 | 42 | |
12 | Carlisle United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 67 | 0.851 | 39 | |
13 | New Brighton | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 61 | 0.984 | 38 | |
14 | Bradford City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 66 | 69 | 0.957 | 38 | |
15 | Port Vale | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 65 | 73 | 0.890 | 38 | Transferred to the Third Division South |
16 | Southport | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 53 | 82 | 0.646 | 38 | |
17 | Rochdale | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 67 | 78 | 0.859 | 37 | |
18 | Halifax Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 44 | 66 | 0.667 | 36 | |
19 | Darlington | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 54 | 79 | 0.684 | 32 | |
20 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 80 | 0.663 | 32 | |
21 | Barrow | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 41 | 71 | 0.577 | 32 | Re-elected |
22 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 45 | 75 | 0.600 | 29 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored.
Third Division South
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Millwall | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 83 | 37 | 2.243 | 56 | Promoted to the Second Division |
2 | Bristol City | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 68 | 40 | 1.700 | 55 | |
3 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 80 | 47 | 1.702 | 53 | |
4 | Watford | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 73 | 43 | 1.698 | 53 | |
5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 64 | 44 | 1.455 | 51 | |
6 | Reading | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 71 | 63 | 1.127 | 51 | |
7 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 47 | 1.426 | 48 | |
8 | Swindon Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 49 | 1.000 | 44 | |
9 | Northampton Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 57 | 0.895 | 43 | |
10 | Cardiff City | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 54 | 1.241 | 42 | |
11 | Notts County | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 50 | 50 | 1.000 | 41 | |
12 | Southend United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 70 | 68 | 1.029 | 40 | |
13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
|
42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 56 | 57 | 0.982 | 40 | |
14 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 62 | 67 | 0.925 | 39 | |
15 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 46 | 61 | 0.754 | 39 | |
16 | Newport County | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 43 | 52 | 0.827 | 38 | |
17 | Exeter City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 57 | 70 | 0.814 | 38 | |
18 | Aldershot | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 39 | 59 | 0.661 | 35 | |
19 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 42 | 61 | 0.689 | 33 | |
20 | Torquay United | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 73 | 0.521 | 30 | |
21 | Walsall | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 52 | 88 | 0.591 | 29 | Re-elected |
22 | Gillingham | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 36 | 77 | 0.468 | 26 | Not re-elected |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored.
Top goalscorers
First Division
- Tommy Lawton (Everton) – 28 goals[3]
Second Division
- Bradford Park Avenue) – 27 goals[3]
Third Division North
Third Division South
- Harold Crawshaw (Mansfield Town) – 25 goals[4]
National team
A tour to central Europe was successful as the England squad comprehensively beat Germany in front of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels in Berlin as well as defeating France in Paris. However, between these successes was another defeat; to Switzerland. The tour was considered very controversial as the players were instructed to give the German leaders the Nazi salute during the anthems before the kick-off of the match in Berlin.
European tour
Germany | 3–6 | England |
---|---|---|
Jupp Gauchel, Hans Pesser |
Jackie Robinson 2, Cliff Bastin, Frank Broome, Stanley Matthews, Len Goulden |
France | 2–4 | England |
---|---|---|
Auguste Jordan, Jean Nicolas | Ted Drake 2, Frank Broome, Cliff Bastin (P) |
References
- ^ "Worst title defences". Talksport. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ "The craziest season in English football – when the champions went down, and 'Lucky Arsenal' annoyed the nation". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 August 2017.