SEASON: 1937-38
- 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)
- Competitive Games:
- 44
- Competitive Goals:
- 51
- Goals per game:
- 1.2
- League Games:
- 42
- League Points:
- 36 out of 84 (2 points per win)
- Points Percentage:
- 42.9%
ALL GAMES
LEAGUE GAMES
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
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GAMES
League
FA Cup
County Cup
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
SQUAD
Competitive goals only
LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season
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 |
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Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.
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 (1937-38)
SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) | Home | Away | Results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
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GAMES
League
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | Count | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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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 | Scorers |
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Wed Oct 13, 1937 | Notts County | H | 1-0 | Win | 1,500 | Gardiner (?) | |
Wed Nov 03, 1937 | Mansfield Town | A | 1-2 | Loss | - | Martin (?) |
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (7) | Out (5) | |||||||
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Date | Player | Details | Fee | Date | Player | Details | Fee | Albert Oakton | Bought | Albert Oakton | Sold | Fred Stanley (1938-43)) | Bought | Charlie Gardiner | Sold | Jimmy Dyson | Bought | Daniel Edgar | Sold | Reg Trim | Bought | Meynell Burgin | Sold | William Baxter | Bought | Walter Alsford | Retired | Mar 01, 1937 | Grenville Roberts | Bought | Aug 01, 1937 | Alan Todd | Bought |
SQUAD
Season Record (Competitive Games only) | |||||||||||||
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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