Season | 1937–38 | |
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Men's football | ||
Football League | Arsenal | |
Football League Second Division | Aston Villa | |
FA Cup | Preston North End | |
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The 1937–38 season was the 63rd season of competitive football in England.
Overview
[edit]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, and the team that finished bottom of the league, West Bromwich Albion, was a mere 16 points.[citation needed]
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 Bolton Wanderers 5-0 at Highbury, whilst the table leaders after the penultimate round of fixtures, Wolverhampton Wanderers, lost 1-0 to 10-man Sunderland at Roker Park to be denied what would have otherwise been their first-ever league title.[2] Wolves, who nonetheless achieved a new club record by finishing as league runners-up for the first time in their history, would have to wait until 1953-54 to win their first English league title, although by that time they would have already experienced once again the pain of being pipped to another potential league title on the final day of a season - this time by Liverpool in 1946-47.[citation needed]
Honours
[edit]Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Football League
[edit]First Division
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]First Division
- Tommy Lawton (Everton) – 28 goals[3]
Second Division
- George Henson (Bradford Park Avenue) – 27 goals[3]
Third Division North
- Jack Roberts (Port Vale) – 28 goals[4]
Third Division South
- Harold Crawshaw (Mansfield Town) – 25 goals[4]
National team
[edit]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
[edit]Germany ![]() | 3–6 | ![]() |
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Rudi Gellesch, Jupp Gauchel, Hans Pesser | Jackie Robinson 2, Cliff Bastin, Frank Broome, Stanley Matthews, Len Goulden |
France ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Auguste Jordan, Jean Nicolas | Ted Drake 2, Frank Broome, Cliff Bastin (P) |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.