The City Ground

SEASON: 1937-38

Prev Season: 1936-37
Next Season: 1938-39

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Harold Wightman
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Middlesbrough (H) 1-3)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: David Martin (15 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	13 times	11 times	4 times	1 time
Conceded	17 times	13 times	4 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	10 times	5 times
Lost By	12 times	7 times	1 time	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 24,254
Lowest League Attendance:: 5,409
Average League Attendance:: 14,818
Highest Cup Attendance:: 39,055
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 24,096

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 8
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION TWO								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Aston Villa	42	25	7	10	73	35	17	2	2	50	12	8	5	8	23	23	2.086	57	Promoted as Champions	0-2	2-1
2	Manchester United	42	22	9	11	82	50	15	3	3	50	18	7	6	8	32	32	1.640	53	Promoted	2-3	3-4
3	Sheffield United	42	22	9	11	73	56	15	4	2	46	19	7	5	9	27	37	1.304	53		2-1	1-2
4	Coventry City	42	20	12	10	66	45	12	5	4	31	15	8	7	6	35	30	1.467	52		2-1	1-1
5	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	6	17	76	54	14	3	4	46	16	5	3	13	30	38	1.407	44		3-1	0-3
6	Burnley	42	17	10	15	54	54	15	4	2	35	11	2	6	13	19	43	1.000	44		1-1	0-0
7	Bradford Park Avenue	42	17	9	16	69	56	13	4	4	51	22	4	5	12	18	34	1.232	43		1-0	2-2
8	Fulham	42	16	11	15	61	57	10	7	4	44	23	6	4	11	17	34	1.070	43		0-1	0-2
9	West Ham United	42	14	14	14	53	52	13	5	3	34	16	1	9	11	19	36	1.019	42		0-0	1-2
10	Bury	42	18	5	19	63	60	12	3	6	43	26	6	2	13	20	34	1.050	41		1-0	0-2
11	Chesterfield	42	16	9	17	63	63	12	2	7	39	24	4	7	10	24	39	1.000	41		4-2	0-1
12	Luton Town	42	15	10	17	89	86	10	6	5	53	36	5	4	12	36	50	1.035	40		1-0	2-2
13	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	12	16	57	65	10	7	4	40	30	4	5	12	17	35	.877	40		1-0	0-1
14	Norwich City	42	14	11	17	56	75	11	5	5	35	28	3	6	12	21	47	.747	39		1-2	0-2
15	Southampton	42	15	9	18	55	77	12	6	3	42	26	3	3	15	13	51	.714	39		2-1	0-2
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	10	18	71	80	13	6	2	51	30	1	4	16	20	50	.888	38		3-1	1-5
17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	10	18	49	56	10	5	6	27	21	4	5	12	22	35	.875	38		0-1	2-0
18	Swansea Town	42	13	12	17	45	73	12	6	3	31	21	1	6	14	14	52	.616	38		2-1	0-1
19	Newcastle United	42	14	8	20	51	58	12	4	5	38	18	2	4	15	13	40	.879	36		0-0	1-3
20	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	47	60	12	3	6	29	21	2	5	14	18	39	.783	36
21	Barnsley	42	11	14	17	50	64	7	11	3	30	20	4	3	14	20	44	.781	36	Relegated	2-1	2-2
22	Stockport County	42	11	9	22	43	70	8	6	7	24	24	3	3	15	19	46	.614	31	Relegated	1-2	0-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 28, 1937	Sheffield United	A	1-2	Loss	22,807	16	Burgin (?)
2	Wed Sep 01, 1937	Stockport County	H	1-2	Loss	14,087	19	Martin (?)
3	Sat Sep 04, 1937	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3-1	Win	16,478	18	Martin (?), McNaughton (?, ?)
4	Mon Sep 06, 1937	Stockport County	A	0-1	Loss	14,124	20
5	Sat Sep 11, 1937	Burnley	A	0-0	Draw	11,161	20
6	Wed Sep 15, 1937	Barnsley	H	2-1	Win	9,218	14	Surtees (?), Brown (?)
7	Sat Sep 18, 1937	Bury	H	1-0	Win	14,174	11	Surtees (?)
8	Sat Sep 25, 1937	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	24,706	12	Betts (?)
9	Sat Oct 02, 1937	Swansea Town	H	2-1	Win	16,794	11	Edgar (?), Martin (?)
10	Sat Oct 09, 1937	Newcastle United	H	0-0	Draw	20,266	10
11	Sat Oct 16, 1937	Norwich City	A	0-2	Loss	16,102	12
12	Sat Oct 23, 1937	Aston Villa	H	0-2	Loss	24,254	14
13	Sat Oct 30, 1937	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-2	Draw	9,801	14	Peacock (?, ?)
14	Sat Nov 06, 1937	West Ham United	H	0-0	Draw	14,801	14
15	Sat Nov 13, 1937	Southampton	A	0-2	Loss	16,152	16
16	Sat Nov 20, 1937	Fulham	H	0-1	Loss	11,747	17
17	Sat Nov 27, 1937	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-0	Win	18,044	16	Martin (?), McNaughton (?)
18	Sat Dec 04, 1937	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-1	Win	5,409	15	Pugh (?), Surtees (?), Martin (?)
19	Sat Dec 11, 1937	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	Loss	13,511	16
20	Sat Dec 18, 1937	Chesterfield	H	4-2	Win	13,951	12	Pugh (?), Surtees (?), McNaughton (?), Brown (?)
21	Mon Dec 27, 1937	Manchester United	A	3-4	Loss	30,778	16	Graham (?), Gardiner (?), Martin (?)
22	Tue Dec 28, 1937	Manchester United	H	2-3	Loss	19,283	16	Martin (?), McNaughton (?)
23	Sat Jan 01, 1938	Sheffield United	H	2-1	Win	19,988	13	Martin (?), Peacock (?)
24	Sat Jan 15, 1938	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-3	Loss	21,288	15
25	Wed Jan 26, 1938	Burnley	H	1-1	Draw	5,761	14	Gardiner (?)
26	Sat Jan 29, 1938	Bury	A	0-2	Loss	6,735	15
27	Sat Feb 05, 1938	Coventry City	H	2-1	Win	20,736	16	Gardiner (?), Oakton (?)
28	Sat Feb 12, 1938	Swansea Town	A	0-1	Loss	7,974	17
29	Sat Feb 19, 1938	Newcastle United	A	1-3	Loss	17,550	19	Pugh (?)
30	Sat Feb 26, 1938	Norwich City	H	1-2	Loss	13,551	19	McNaughton (?)
31	Wed Mar 09, 1938	Aston Villa	A	2-1	Win	22,596	18	Martin (?), Surtees (?)
32	Sat Mar 12, 1938	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-0	Win	13,924	16	Burgin (?)
33	Sat Mar 19, 1938	West Ham United	A	1-2	Loss	22,426	18	Surtees (?)
34	Sat Mar 26, 1938	Southampton	H	2-1	Win	10,131	16	Martin (?), Burgin (?)
35	Sat Apr 02, 1938	Fulham	A	0-2	Loss	15,285	19
36	Sat Apr 09, 1938	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-1	Loss	15,526	21
37	Fri Apr 15, 1938	Luton Town	H	1-0	Win	17,644	17	Surtees (?)
38	Sat Apr 16, 1938	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-5	Loss	13,962	20	Burgin (?)
39	Mon Apr 18, 1938	Luton Town	A	2-2	Draw	13,561	21	McNaughton (?), Brown (?)
40	Sat Apr 23, 1938	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-0	Win	13,464	18	Burgin (?)
41	Sat Apr 30, 1938	Chesterfield	A	0-1	Loss	10,632	20
42	Sat May 07, 1938	Barnsley	A	2-2	Draw	16,539	20	Martin (?, ?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jan 08, 1938	Southampton	3			H	3-1	Win	24,096	McNaughton (?), Martin (?, ?)
Sat Jan 22, 1938	Middlesbrough	4			H	1-3	Loss	39,055	Martin (?)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Wed Oct 13, 1937	Notts County		H	1-0	Win	1,500	Gardiner (?)
Wed Nov 03, 1937	Mansfield Town		A	1-2	Loss	-	Martin (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Alan Todd	7	3	1	3
GK		Percy Ashton	37	12	7	18
D		Fred Stanley (1938-43))	1			1
D		John Munro	36	12	8	16
D		Reg Trim	40	12	8	20
M		Bob McCall	9	4		5
M		Daniel Edgar	25	11	5	9	1
M		Grenville Roberts	1	1
M		Harry Cothliffe
M		Jimmy Dyson	9	4		5
M		John Getty	1			1
M		Robert Davies	28	10	6	12
M		Walter Alsford	11	3	3	5
M		William Baxter	7	3	3	1
F		Albert Oakton	7	1		6	1
F		Arthur Betts	33	11	7	15	1
F		Charlie Gardiner	13	4	1	8	3
F		David Martin	39	14	7	18	15
F		Gibson McNaughton	29	10	5	14	8
F		Jack Surtees	36	12	8	16	7
F		Meynell Burgin	15	4	2	9	5
F		Robert Pugh	28	9	3	16	3
F		Roy Brown	27	11	6	10	3
F		Thomas Peacock	9	3	2	4	3
F		Tommy Graham	36	11	6	19	1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
15	David Martin	39
8	Gibson McNaughton	29
7	Jack Surtees	36
5	Meynell Burgin	15
3	Charlie Gardiner	13
3	Robert Pugh	28
3	Roy Brown	27
3	Thomas Peacock	9
1	Albert Oakton	7
1	Arthur Betts	33
1	Daniel Edgar	25
1	Tommy Graham	36

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season