The City Ground

SEASON: 1937-38

Prev Season: 1936-37
This Season: 1937-38
Next Season: 1938-39

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Harold Wightman
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Middlesbrough (H) 1-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Boy 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%

Highest League Attendance:: 24,254 (Aston Villa)
Lowest League Attendance:: 5,409 (Blackburn Rovers)
Average League Attendance:: 14,829
Highest Cup Attendance:: 39,055 (Middlesbrough)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 24,096 (Southampton)

Champions:: Arsenal
FA Cup:: Preston North End
Community Shield:: Manchester City

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 4
4-2 (Sat Dec 18, 1937, Chesterfield, Home, League Tier 2)

Biggest Winning Margin: 2
3-1 (Sat Sep 04, 1937, Tottenham Hotspur, Home, League Tier 2)
2-0 (Sat Nov 27, 1937, Sheffield Wednesday, Away, League Tier 2)
3-1 (Sat Dec 04, 1937, Blackburn Rovers, Home, League Tier 2)
4-2 (Sat Dec 18, 1937, Chesterfield, Home, League Tier 2)
3-1 (Sat Jan 08, 1938, Southampton, Home, FA Cup)

Most Goals Conceded: 5
1-5 (Sat Apr 16, 1938, Blackburn Rovers, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Losing Margin: 4
1-5 (Sat Apr 16, 1938, Blackburn Rovers, Away, League Tier 2)

Clean Sheets:: 8
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 3
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1937-38

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	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

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

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

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	1	1	-	3	2	3	Coventry City (1-1), Sheffield United (2-1)
2		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3		3	3	2	-	1	4	4	4	Aston Villa (0-2), Coventry City (2-1), Aston Villa (2-1)
4		4	2	1	1	-	3	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur (3-1), West Ham United (0-0)
5		5	1	1	-	-	4	2	2	Chesterfield (4-2)
6		6	2	1	1	-	3	2	3	Bradford Park Avenue (2-2), Bradford Park Avenue (1-0)
7		7	3	-	1	2	4	6	1	Stockport County (1-2), Manchester United (2-3), Burnley (1-1)
8		8	4	1	-	3	5	8	2	Stockport County (0-1), Norwich City (0-2), Manchester United (3-4), Southampton (2-1)
9		9	4	1	-	3	3	7	2	Barnsley (2-1), Tottenham Hotspur (0-3), West Ham United (1-2), Chesterfield (0-1)
10	7	10	2	1	-	1	2	3	2	Swansea Town (2-1), Bury (0-2)
11	9	11	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Blackburn Rovers (3-1)
12	26	12	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Norwich City (1-2)
13	14	13	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Burnley (0-0)
14	25	14	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Luton Town (1-0)
15	20	15	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Plymouth Argyle (1-0)
16	53	16	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Newcastle United (1-3)
17	17	17	2	-	1	1	2	4	1	Fulham (0-2), Luton Town (2-2)
18	22	18	2	1	-	1	1	2	2	Bury (1-0), Southampton (0-2)
19	24	19	2	-	1	1	1	5	1	Newcastle United (0-0), Blackburn Rovers (1-5)
20	24	20	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Sheffield Wednesday (2-0)
21	11	21	3	-	1	2	2	4	1	Swansea Town (0-1), Sheffield Wednesday (0-1), Barnsley (2-2)
22		22	2	-	-	2	0	2	0	Fulham (0-1), Plymouth Argyle (0-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Sheffield United (1-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Harold Wightman
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 28, 1937	Sheffield United	A	1-2	22,807	17	Burgin (63')
2	Wed Sep 01, 1937	Stockport County	H	1-2	14,087	19	Martin (?)
3	Sat Sep 04, 1937	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3-1	16,478	18	McNaughton (15', 55'), Martin (75')
4	Mon Sep 06, 1937	Stockport County	A	0-1	14,124	20
5	Sat Sep 11, 1937	Burnley	A	0-0	11,161	20
6	Wed Sep 15, 1937	Barnsley	H	2-1	9,218	14	Brown (15'), Surtees (20' pen)
7	Sat Sep 18, 1937	Bury	H	1-0	14,174	11	Surtees (57')
8	Sat Sep 25, 1937	Coventry City	A	1-1	24,706	12	Betts (51')
9	Sat Oct 02, 1937	Swansea Town	H	2-1	16,794	11	Edgar (30'), Martin (86')
10	Sat Oct 09, 1937	Newcastle United	H	0-0	20,266	10
11	Sat Oct 16, 1937	Norwich City	A	0-2	16,102	12
12	Sat Oct 23, 1937	Aston Villa	H	0-2	24,254	14
13	Sat Oct 30, 1937	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-2	9,801	14	Peacock (6', 62')
14	Sat Nov 06, 1937	West Ham United	H	0-0	14,801	14
15	Sat Nov 13, 1937	Southampton	A	0-2	16,152	16
16	Sat Nov 20, 1937	Fulham	H	0-1	11,747	17
17	Sat Nov 27, 1937	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-0	18,044	16	McNaughton (9'), Martin (49')
18	Sat Dec 04, 1937	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-1	5,409	15	Surtees (14'), Martin (54'), Pugh (56')
19	Sat Dec 11, 1937	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	13,672	16
20	Sat Dec 18, 1937	Chesterfield	H	4-2	13,951	12	Surtees (13'), McNaughton (21'), Brown (67'), Pugh (77' pen)
21	Mon Dec 27, 1937	Manchester United	A	3-4	30,778	16	Gardiner (9'), Graham (31'), Martin (63')
22	Tue Dec 28, 1937	Manchester United	H	2-3	19,283	16	Martin (43'), McNaughton (87')
23	Sat Jan 01, 1938	Sheffield United	H	2-1	19,988	13	Peacock (16'), Martin (33')
24	Sat Jan 15, 1938	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-3	21,288	15
25	Wed Jan 26, 1938	Burnley	H	1-1	5,761	14	Gardiner (73')
26	Sat Jan 29, 1938	Bury	A	0-2	6,735	15
27	Sat Feb 05, 1938	Coventry City	H	2-1	20,736	16	Oakton (19'), Gardiner (82')
28	Sat Feb 12, 1938	Swansea Town	A	0-1	7,974	17
29	Sat Feb 19, 1938	Newcastle United	A	1-3	17,550	19	Pugh (57' pen)
30	Sat Feb 26, 1938	Norwich City	H	1-2	13,551	19	McNaughton (55')
31	Wed Mar 09, 1938	Aston Villa	A	2-1	22,596	18	Martin (60'), Surtees (65')
32	Sat Mar 12, 1938	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-0	13,924	16	Burgin (47')
33	Sat Mar 19, 1938	West Ham United	A	1-2	22,426	18	Surtees (48')
34	Sat Mar 26, 1938	Southampton	H	2-1	10,131	16	Burgin (7'), Martin (62')
35	Sat Apr 02, 1938	Fulham	A	0-2	15,285	19
36	Sat Apr 09, 1938	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-1	15,526	21
37	Fri Apr 15, 1938	Luton Town	H	1-0	17,644	17	Surtees (5')
38	Sat Apr 16, 1938	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-5	13,962	20	Burgin (22')
39	Mon Apr 18, 1938	Luton Town	A	2-2	13,561	21	Brown (44'), McNaughton (85')
40	Sat Apr 23, 1938	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-0	13,696	18	Burgin (7')
41	Sat Apr 30, 1938	Chesterfield	A	0-1	10,632	20
42	Sat May 07, 1938	Barnsley	A	2-2	16,539	20	Martin (26', 85')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 08, 1938	Southampton	3		H	3-1	24,096	Martin (20', 47'), McNaughton (84')
Sat Jan 22, 1938	Middlesbrough	4		H	1-3	39,055	Martin (53')

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Oct 13, 1937	Notts County		H	1-0	1,500	Gardiner (?)
Wed Nov 03, 1937	Mansfield Town		A	1-2	3,304	Martin (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Harold Wightman
Sat Aug 28, 1937	League Tier 2	Sheffield United		A	1-2	22,807	Burgin (63')
Wed Sep 01, 1937	League Tier 2	Stockport County		H	1-2	14,087	Martin (?)
Sat Sep 04, 1937	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		H	3-1	16,478	McNaughton (15', 55'), Martin (75')
Mon Sep 06, 1937	League Tier 2	Stockport County		A	0-1	14,124
Sat Sep 11, 1937	League Tier 2	Burnley		A	0-0	11,161
Wed Sep 15, 1937	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	2-1	9,218	Brown (15'), Surtees (20' pen)
Sat Sep 18, 1937	League Tier 2	Bury		H	1-0	14,174	Surtees (57')
Sat Sep 25, 1937	League Tier 2	Coventry City		A	1-1	24,706	Betts (51')
Sat Oct 02, 1937	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		H	2-1	16,794	Edgar (30'), Martin (86')
Sat Oct 09, 1937	League Tier 2	Newcastle United		H	0-0	20,266
Wed Oct 13, 1937	County Cup	Notts County		H	1-0	1,500	Gardiner (?)
Sat Oct 16, 1937	League Tier 2	Norwich City		A	0-2	16,102
Sat Oct 23, 1937	League Tier 2	Aston Villa		H	0-2	24,254
Sat Oct 30, 1937	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		A	2-2	9,801	Peacock (6', 62')
Wed Nov 03, 1937	County Cup	Mansfield Town		A	1-2	3,304	Martin (?)
Sat Nov 06, 1937	League Tier 2	West Ham United		H	0-0	14,801
Sat Nov 13, 1937	League Tier 2	Southampton		A	0-2	16,152
Sat Nov 20, 1937	League Tier 2	Fulham		H	0-1	11,747
Sat Nov 27, 1937	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday		A	2-0	18,044	McNaughton (9'), Martin (49')
Sat Dec 04, 1937	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers		H	3-1	5,409	Surtees (14'), Martin (54'), Pugh (56')
Sat Dec 11, 1937	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		A	0-1	13,672
Sat Dec 18, 1937	League Tier 2	Chesterfield		H	4-2	13,951	Surtees (13'), McNaughton (21'), Brown (67'), Pugh (77' pen)
Mon Dec 27, 1937	League Tier 2	Manchester United		A	3-4	30,778	Gardiner (9'), Graham (31'), Martin (63')
Tue Dec 28, 1937	League Tier 2	Manchester United		H	2-3	19,283	Martin (43'), McNaughton (87')
Sat Jan 01, 1938	League Tier 2	Sheffield United		H	2-1	19,988	Peacock (16'), Martin (33')
Sat Jan 08, 1938	FA Cup	Southampton	3	H	3-1	24,096	Martin (20', 47'), McNaughton (84')
Sat Jan 15, 1938	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		A	0-3	21,288
Sat Jan 22, 1938	FA Cup	Middlesbrough	4	H	1-3	39,055	Martin (53')
Wed Jan 26, 1938	League Tier 2	Burnley		H	1-1	5,761	Gardiner (73')
Sat Jan 29, 1938	League Tier 2	Bury		A	0-2	6,735
Sat Feb 05, 1938	League Tier 2	Coventry City		H	2-1	20,736	Oakton (19'), Gardiner (82')
Sat Feb 12, 1938	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		A	0-1	7,974
Sat Feb 19, 1938	League Tier 2	Newcastle United		A	1-3	17,550	Pugh (57' pen)
Sat Feb 26, 1938	League Tier 2	Norwich City		H	1-2	13,551	McNaughton (55')
Wed Mar 09, 1938	League Tier 2	Aston Villa		A	2-1	22,596	Martin (60'), Surtees (65')
Sat Mar 12, 1938	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		H	1-0	13,924	Burgin (47')
Sat Mar 19, 1938	League Tier 2	West Ham United		A	1-2	22,426	Surtees (48')
Sat Mar 26, 1938	League Tier 2	Southampton		H	2-1	10,131	Burgin (7'), Martin (62')
Sat Apr 02, 1938	League Tier 2	Fulham		A	0-2	15,285
Sat Apr 09, 1938	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday		H	0-1	15,526
Fri Apr 15, 1938	League Tier 2	Luton Town		H	1-0	17,644	Surtees (5')
Sat Apr 16, 1938	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers		A	1-5	13,962	Burgin (22')
Mon Apr 18, 1938	League Tier 2	Luton Town		A	2-2	13,561	Brown (44'), McNaughton (85')
Sat Apr 23, 1938	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		H	1-0	13,696	Burgin (7')
Sat Apr 30, 1938	League Tier 2	Chesterfield		A	0-1	10,632
Sat May 07, 1938	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	2-2	16,539	Martin (26', 85')	Safe

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 08, 1938	Southampton	3		H	3-1	24,096
Sat Jan 22, 1938	Middlesbrough	4		H	1-3	39,055

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed Oct 13, 1937	Notts County		H	1-0	1,500
Wed Nov 03, 1937	Mansfield Town		A	1-2	3,304

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8) - £3,000				Out (6) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Fred Stanley (1938-43)	Bought			Danny Edgar	Retired
	Reg Trim	Bought			Meynell Burgin	Sold
	William Baxter	Bought			Walter Alsford	Retired
1937	Eric Oakton	Bought	£3,000	1938	Charlie Gardiner	Sold
1937	Harry Cothliffe	Bought		1938	Eric Oakton	Sold
1937	Jimmy Dyson	Bought		1938	Harry Cothliffe	Sold
Mar 01, 1937	Grenville Roberts	Bought
Aug 01, 1937	Alan Todd	Bought	Free

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Alan Todd	Scotland	26	7	3	1	3
GK		Percy Ashton	England	28	37	12	7	18
Defenders
D		Fred Stanley (1938-43)			1			1
D		John Munro	Scotland	22	36	12	8	16
D		Reg Trim	England	23	40	12	8	20
D		Tommy Graham	England	32	36	11	6	19	1
Midfielders
M		Bob McCall	England	21	9	4		5
M		Danny Edgar	England	27	25	11	5	9	1
M		Grenville Roberts	England	17	1	1
M		Harry Cothliffe	England	21
M		Jimmy Dyson	England		9	4		5
M		John Getty	Scotland	19	1			1
M		Robert Davies	Wales	23	28	10	6	12
M		Walter Alsford	England	25	11	3	3	5
M		William Baxter	England	19	7	3	3	1
Forwards
F		Arthur Betts	England	20	33	11	7	15	1
F		Boy Martin	N. Ireland	23	39	14	7	18	15
F		Charlie Gardiner	Scotland	22	13	4	1	8	3
F		Eric Oakton	England	30	7	1		6	1
F		Gibson McNaughton	Scotland	26	29	10	5	14	8
F		Jack Surtees	England	26	36	12	8	16	7
F		Meynell Burgin	England	25	15	4	2	9	5
F		Robert Pugh	England	27	28	9	3	16	3
F		Roy Brown	England	19	27	11	6	10	3
F		Tom Peacock	England	24	9	3	2	4	3

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
15	Boy 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	Tom Peacock	9
1	Arthur Betts	33
1	Danny Edgar	25
1	Eric Oakton	7
1	Tommy Graham	36

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Fulham	Sat Nov 20, 1937	Home	0-1	Sat Apr 02, 1938	Away	0-2
Manchester United	Mon Dec 27, 1937	Away	3-4	Tue Dec 28, 1937	Home	2-3
Norwich City	Sat Oct 16, 1937	Away	0-2	Sat Feb 26, 1938	Home	1-2
Stockport County	Wed Sep 01, 1937	Home	1-2	Mon Sep 06, 1937	Away	0-1