The City Ground

SEASON: 1936-37

Prev Season: 1935-36
This Season: 1936-37
Next Season: 1937-38

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Harold Wightman
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Sheffield United (H) 2-4)

Top Goalscorer:: Boy Martin (31 goals)

Competitive Games:: 43
Competitive Goals:: 70
Goals per game:: 1.6
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 34 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 40.5%

Highest League Attendance:: 35,122 (Aston Villa)
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,000 (Plymouth Argyle)
Average League Attendance:: 16,171
Highest Cup Attendance:: 21,682 (Sheffield United)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 21,682 (Sheffield United)

FA Cup:: Sunderland
League Cup:
League Trophy:
Community Shield:: Sunderland

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 6
6-1 (Mon Mar 29, 1937, Swansea Town, Home, League Tier 2)

Biggest Winning Margin: 5
6-1 (Mon Mar 29, 1937, Swansea Town, Home, League Tier 2)

Most Goals Conceded: 9
1-9 (Sat Apr 10, 1937, Blackburn Rovers, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Losing Margin: 8
1-9 (Sat Apr 10, 1937, Blackburn Rovers, Away, League Tier 2)

Clean Sheets:: 6
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:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 4
Penalties missed:: 2
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1936-37

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	Leicester City	42	24	8	10	89	57	14	4	3	56	26	10	4	7	33	31	1.561	56	Promoted as Champions	0-3	1-2
2	Blackpool	42	24	7	11	88	53	13	4	4	49	19	11	3	7	39	34	1.660	55	Promoted	1-1	1-7
3	Bury	42	22	8	12	74	55	13	4	4	46	26	9	4	8	28	29	1.345	52		1-0	1-1
4	Newcastle United	42	22	5	15	80	56	11	3	7	45	23	11	2	8	35	33	1.429	49		0-2	2-3
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	18	13	11	71	53	11	6	4	42	22	7	7	7	29	31	1.340	49		2-3	1-4
6	West Ham United	42	19	11	12	73	55	14	5	2	47	18	5	6	10	26	37	1.327	49		1-0	2-2
7	Sheffield United	42	18	10	14	66	54	16	4	1	48	14	2	6	13	18	40	1.222	46		1-1	1-4
8	Coventry City	42	17	11	14	66	54	11	5	5	35	19	6	6	9	31	35	1.222	45		1-1	2-2
9	Aston Villa	42	16	12	14	82	70	10	6	5	47	30	6	6	9	35	40	1.171	44		1-1	1-1
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	9	16	88	66	13	3	5	57	26	4	6	11	31	40	1.333	43		3-0	1-2
11	Fulham	42	15	13	14	71	61	11	5	5	43	24	4	8	9	28	37	1.164	43		5-3	2-5
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	10	16	70	62	11	3	7	49	32	5	7	9	21	30	1.129	42		2-0	1-9
13	Burnley	42	16	10	16	57	61	11	5	5	37	20	5	5	11	20	41	.934	42		1-2	0-3
14	Barnsley	42	16	9	17	50	64	11	6	4	30	23	5	3	13	20	41	.781	41		4-1	0-1
15	Chesterfield	42	16	8	18	84	89	12	3	6	54	34	4	5	12	30	55	.944	40		2-2	2-4
16	Swansea Town	42	15	7	20	50	65	14	2	5	40	16	1	5	15	10	49	.769	37		6-1	0-1
17	Norwich City	42	14	8	20	63	71	8	6	7	38	29	6	2	13	25	42	.887	36		3-4	0-4
18	Nottingham Forest	42	12	10	20	68	90	10	6	5	42	30	2	4	15	26	60	.756	34
19	Southampton	42	11	12	19	53	77	10	8	3	38	25	1	4	16	15	52	.688	34		1-1	3-0
20	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	9	21	52	88	10	4	7	33	33	2	5	14	19	55	.591	33		3-2	2-3
21	Bradford City	42	9	12	21	54	94	8	8	5	36	31	1	4	16	18	63	.574	30	Relegated	2-1	1-2
22	Doncaster Rovers	42	7	10	25	30	84	6	6	9	18	29	1	4	16	12	55	.357	24	Relegated	2-1	2-0

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	17 times	13 times	4 times	1 time	2 times
Conceded	13 times	9 times	6 times	6 times	3 times
Won By	5 times	3 times	3 times		1 time
Lost By	10 times	3 times	5 times	1 time	2 times

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	3	-	3	-	3	3	3	Aston Villa (1-1), Bury (1-1), Blackpool (1-1)
2		2	2	-	-	2	3	5	0	Plymouth Argyle (2-3), Leicester City (1-2)
3		3	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Bury (1-0)
4	2	4	1	-	-	1	1	7	0	Blackpool (1-7)
5	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	2	6	2	-	2	-	3	3	2	Coventry City (2-2), Sheffield United (1-1)
7	5	7	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Leicester City (0-3)
8	4	8	4	-	1	3	3	9	1	Aston Villa (1-1), Newcastle United (0-2), Sheffield United (1-4), Burnley (1-2)
9	7	9	4	3	-	1	10	5	6	Plymouth Argyle (1-4), Barnsley (4-1), Blackburn Rovers (2-0), Tottenham Hotspur (3-0)
10	14	10	4	-	2	2	6	10	2	Southampton (1-1), Coventry City (1-1), Fulham (2-5), Newcastle United (2-3)
11	2	11	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	West Ham United (2-2)
12	10	12	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur (1-2)
13		13	2	-	-	2	3	13	0	Chesterfield (2-4), Blackburn Rovers (1-9)
14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15		15	3	2	-	1	7	2	4	West Ham United (1-0), Swansea Town (0-1), Swansea Town (6-1)
16	1	16	1	1	-	-	5	3	2	Fulham (5-3)
17	7	17	2	1	-	1	2	4	2	Doncaster Rovers (2-0), Norwich City (0-4)
18	36	18	1	1	-	-	3	0	2	Southampton (3-0)
19	10	19	3	1	1	1	4	4	3	Chesterfield (2-2), Bradford City (2-1), Barnsley (0-1)
20	93	20	2	1	-	1	6	6	2	Norwich City (3-4), Bradford Park Avenue (3-2)
21	31	21	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Bradford City (1-2)
22	4	22	2	1	-	1	4	4	2	Bradford Park Avenue (2-3), Doncaster Rovers (2-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Burnley (0-3) 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 29, 1936	Burnley	A	0-3	11,498	22
2	Wed Sep 02, 1936	Aston Villa	H	1-1	35,122	21	Brown (16')
3	Sat Sep 05, 1936	Fulham	H	5-3	13,494	11	Peacock (1', 85', 87'), Martin (18', 39')
4	Mon Sep 07, 1936	Aston Villa	A	1-1	27,882	8	Martin (7')
5	Sat Sep 12, 1936	Doncaster Rovers	A	2-0	11,201	4	Martin (5'), Bowden (50')
6	Wed Sep 16, 1936	Southampton	H	1-1	14,300	5	Martin (?)
7	Sat Sep 19, 1936	Coventry City	H	1-1	21,146	6	Martin (86')
8	Sat Sep 26, 1936	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-4	18,000	12	Martin (47')
9	Sat Oct 03, 1936	West Ham United	H	1-0	20,326	9	Martin (68')
10	Sat Oct 10, 1936	Chesterfield	H	2-2	17,200	10	Martin (20', 55')
11	Sat Oct 17, 1936	Norwich City	A	0-4	13,417	10
12	Sat Oct 24, 1936	Newcastle United	H	0-2	20,171	14
13	Sat Oct 31, 1936	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-3	11,902	18	Surtees (27'), Burgin (61')
14	Sat Nov 07, 1936	Barnsley	H	4-1	12,669	14	Martin (11', 56', 87'), Simpson (44')
15	Sat Nov 14, 1936	Sheffield United	A	1-4	18,348	18	Surtees (52')
16	Sat Nov 28, 1936	Blackpool	A	1-7	12,294	19	Gardiner (85')
17	Sat Dec 05, 1936	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-0	10,699	18	Dent (60', 80')
18	Sat Dec 12, 1936	Bury	A	1-1	7,381	17	Dent (65')
19	Sat Dec 19, 1936	Leicester City	H	0-3	24,015	18
20	Fri Dec 25, 1936	Bradford City	H	2-1	17,379	16	Martin (?, ?)
21	Sat Dec 26, 1936	Burnley	H	1-2	21,340	18	McNaughton (56')
22	Mon Dec 28, 1936	Bradford City	A	1-2	6,864	20	Martin (?)
23	Sat Jan 02, 1937	Fulham	A	2-5	11,014	20	Pugh (11'), Surtees (83')
24	Sat Jan 09, 1937	Doncaster Rovers	H	2-1	11,907	20	Martin (5'), Gardiner (67')
25	Sat Jan 23, 1937	Coventry City	A	2-2	14,396	20	Masters (30'), Pugh (64' pen)
26	Wed Feb 03, 1937	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-3	4,000	20	Martin (28', 81')
27	Sat Feb 06, 1937	West Ham United	A	2-2	26,068	20	McNaughton (29'), Brown (60')
28	Sat Feb 13, 1937	Chesterfield	A	2-4	10,224	21	Martin (29', 38')
29	Sat Feb 20, 1937	Norwich City	H	3-4	11,102	21	Martin (?), Pugh (17'), Surtees (43')
30	Sat Mar 06, 1937	Bradford Park Avenue	H	3-2	10,809	20	Martin (12', 68'), McNaughton (80')
31	Sat Mar 13, 1937	Barnsley	A	0-1	8,199	20
32	Wed Mar 17, 1937	Newcastle United	A	2-3	3,867	20	Martin (5', 15')
33	Sat Mar 20, 1937	Sheffield United	H	1-1	14,718	20	Betts (3')
34	Fri Mar 26, 1937	Swansea Town	A	0-1	11,745	20
35	Sat Mar 27, 1937	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	23,801	21	Betts (12')
36	Mon Mar 29, 1937	Swansea Town	H	6-1	17,368	20	Betts (6'), Burgin (15', 56'), Martin (47', 52'), Brown (50')
37	Sat Apr 03, 1937	Blackpool	H	1-1	18,674	20	Martin (47')
38	Sat Apr 10, 1937	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-9	11,614	20	Bob Pryde (15' OG)
39	Sat Apr 17, 1937	Bury	H	1-0	8,484	20	Betts (53')
40	Wed Apr 21, 1937	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3-0	14,687	19	Surtees (?, ?, ?)
41	Sat Apr 24, 1937	Leicester City	A	1-2	24,267	20	Pugh (80')	Safe
42	Sat May 01, 1937	Southampton	A	3-0	4,609	18	Burgin (75', 85', 87')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 16, 1937	Sheffield United	3		H	2-4	21,682	Martin (49', 57')

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu Oct 08, 1936	Newark	Semi	H	3-1	300	Gardiner (?), Dent (?), Simpson (?)
Wed Oct 28, 1936	Notts County	Final	A	0-1	3,501

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Harold Wightman
Sat Aug 29, 1936	League Tier 2	Burnley		A	0-3	11,498
Wed Sep 02, 1936	League Tier 2	Aston Villa		H	1-1	35,122	Brown (16')
Sat Sep 05, 1936	League Tier 2	Fulham		H	5-3	13,494	Peacock (1', 85', 87'), Martin (18', 39')
Mon Sep 07, 1936	League Tier 2	Aston Villa		A	1-1	27,882	Martin (7')
Sat Sep 12, 1936	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		A	2-0	11,201	Martin (5'), Bowden (50')
Wed Sep 16, 1936	League Tier 2	Southampton		H	1-1	14,300	Martin (?)
Sat Sep 19, 1936	League Tier 2	Coventry City		H	1-1	21,146	Martin (86')
Sat Sep 26, 1936	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		A	1-4	18,000	Martin (47')
Sat Oct 03, 1936	League Tier 2	West Ham United		H	1-0	20,326	Martin (68')
Thu Oct 08, 1936	County Cup	Newark	Semi	H	3-1	300	Gardiner (?), Dent (?), Simpson (?)
Sat Oct 10, 1936	League Tier 2	Chesterfield		H	2-2	17,200	Martin (20', 55')
Sat Oct 17, 1936	League Tier 2	Norwich City		A	0-4	13,417
Sat Oct 24, 1936	League Tier 2	Newcastle United		H	0-2	20,171
Wed Oct 28, 1936	County Cup	Notts County	Final	A	0-1	3,501
Sat Oct 31, 1936	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		A	2-3	11,902	Surtees (27'), Burgin (61')
Sat Nov 07, 1936	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	4-1	12,669	Martin (11', 56', 87'), Simpson (44')
Sat Nov 14, 1936	League Tier 2	Sheffield United		A	1-4	18,348	Surtees (52')
Sat Nov 28, 1936	League Tier 2	Blackpool		A	1-7	12,294	Gardiner (85')
Sat Dec 05, 1936	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers		H	2-0	10,699	Dent (60', 80')
Sat Dec 12, 1936	League Tier 2	Bury		A	1-1	7,381	Dent (65')
Sat Dec 19, 1936	League Tier 2	Leicester City		H	0-3	24,015
Fri Dec 25, 1936	League Tier 2	Bradford City		H	2-1	17,379	Martin (?, ?)
Sat Dec 26, 1936	League Tier 2	Burnley		H	1-2	21,340	McNaughton (56')
Mon Dec 28, 1936	League Tier 2	Bradford City		A	1-2	6,864	Martin (?)
Sat Jan 02, 1937	League Tier 2	Fulham		A	2-5	11,014	Pugh (11'), Surtees (83')
Sat Jan 09, 1937	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		H	2-1	11,907	Martin (5'), Gardiner (67')
Sat Jan 16, 1937	FA Cup	Sheffield United	3	H	2-4	21,682	Martin (49', 57')
Sat Jan 23, 1937	League Tier 2	Coventry City		A	2-2	14,396	Masters (30'), Pugh (64' pen)
Wed Feb 03, 1937	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		H	2-3	4,000	Martin (28', 81')
Sat Feb 06, 1937	League Tier 2	West Ham United		A	2-2	26,068	McNaughton (29'), Brown (60')
Sat Feb 13, 1937	League Tier 2	Chesterfield		A	2-4	10,224	Martin (29', 38')
Sat Feb 20, 1937	League Tier 2	Norwich City		H	3-4	11,102	Martin (?), Pugh (17'), Surtees (43')
Sat Mar 06, 1937	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		H	3-2	10,809	Martin (12', 68'), McNaughton (80')
Sat Mar 13, 1937	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	0-1	8,199
Wed Mar 17, 1937	League Tier 2	Newcastle United		A	2-3	3,867	Martin (5', 15')
Sat Mar 20, 1937	League Tier 2	Sheffield United		H	1-1	14,718	Betts (3')
Fri Mar 26, 1937	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		A	0-1	11,745
Sat Mar 27, 1937	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		A	1-2	23,801	Betts (12')
Mon Mar 29, 1937	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		H	6-1	17,368	Betts (6'), Burgin (15', 56'), Martin (47', 52'), Brown (50')
Sat Apr 03, 1937	League Tier 2	Blackpool		H	1-1	18,674	Martin (47')
Sat Apr 10, 1937	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers		A	1-9	11,614	Bob Pryde (15' OG)
Sat Apr 17, 1937	League Tier 2	Bury		H	1-0	8,484	Betts (53')
Wed Apr 21, 1937	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		H	3-0	14,687	Surtees (?, ?, ?)
Sat Apr 24, 1937	League Tier 2	Leicester City		A	1-2	24,267	Pugh (80')	Safe
Sat May 01, 1937	League Tier 2	Southampton		A	3-0	4,609	Burgin (75', 85', 87')	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 16, 1937	Sheffield United	3		H	2-4	21,682

	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
Thu Oct 08, 1936	Newark	Semi	H	3-1	300
Wed Oct 28, 1936	Notts County	Final	A	0-1	3,501

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (10) - £0				Out (14) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
June 1936	Boy Martin	Bought			Arthur Dexter	Retired
	Jack Surtees	Bought		June 1937	Arthur Masters	Sold
	Robert Davies	Bought			Billy McKinlay	Sold
	William Hardy	Bought			Dick Brown	Sold
May 20, 1936	Dick Brown	Bought			Harry Smith	Sold
May 28, 1936	John Munro	Bought			Henry Race	Sold
Jul 03, 1936	Horace Smith	Bought			Horace Smith	Sold
Jul 03, 1936	Meynell Burgin	Bought			Jimmy Barrington	Sold
Aug 01, 1936	Alex Wood	Bought			Johnny Dent	Retired
Jan 09, 1937	Walter Alsford	Bought			Ossie Bowden	Sold
					William Hardy	Sold
				Nov 01, 1936	Eric Stubbs	Sold
				May 30, 1937	Alex Wood	Sold
				Jun 1937	William Simpson	Sold

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		Arthur Dexter	England	31	21	5	3	13
GK		Percy Ashton	England	27	22	7	7	8
Defenders
D		Billy McKinlay	Scotland	31	26	6	7	13
D		Jimmy Barrington	England	34	1	1
D		John Munro	Scotland	21	18	5	2	11
D		Tommy Graham	England	31	33	9	9	15
Midfielders
M		Alex Wood	USA	29	22	6	7	9
M		Arthur Masters	England	25	5	1	1	3	1
M		Bob McCall	England	20	1			1
M		Danny Edgar	England	26	43	12	10	21
M		Harry Smith	England	27	7	1		6
M		Horace Smith	England	28	1		1
M		John Getty	Scotland	18	6	2	1	3
M		Robert Davies	Wales	22	5	1	1	3
M		Walter Alsford	England	24	19	6	4	9
M		William Hardy	England	20	1			1
Forwards
F		Arthur Betts	England	19	13	4	2	7	4
F		Boy Martin	N. Ireland	22	38	10	9	19	31
F		Charlie Gardiner	Scotland	21	17	3	4	10	2
F		Dick Brown			20	4	7	9	2
F		Eric Stubbs	England	23	2		2
F		Gibson McNaughton	Scotland	25	23	8	4	11	3
F		Henry Race	England	30	6	2	2	2
F		Jack Surtees	England	25	31	9	5	17	7
F		Johnny Dent	England	33	5	1	1	3	3
F		Meynell Burgin	England	24	7	3	1	3	6
F		Ossie Bowden	England	23	5	1	3	1	1
F		Robert Pugh	England	26	36	12	8	16	4
F		Roy Brown	England	18	7	4	1	2	1
F		Tom Peacock	England	23	7	2	3	2	3
F		William Simpson	England		25	7	5	13	1

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
31	Boy Martin	38
7	Jack Surtees	31
6	Meynell Burgin	7
4	Arthur Betts	13
4 (1)	Robert Pugh	36
3	Gibson McNaughton	23
3	Johnny Dent	5
3	Tom Peacock	7
2	Charlie Gardiner	17
2	Dick Brown	20
1	Arthur Masters	5
1	Ossie Bowden	5
1	Own Goals	43
1	Roy Brown	7
1	William Simpson	25

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

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Doncaster Rovers	Sat Sep 12, 1936	Away	2-0		Sat Jan 09, 1937	Home	2-1

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

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Burnley	Sat Aug 29, 1936	Away	0-3	Sat Dec 26, 1936	Home	1-2
Leicester City	Sat Dec 19, 1936	Home	0-3	Sat Apr 24, 1937	Away	1-2
Newcastle United	Sat Oct 24, 1936	Home	0-2	Wed Mar 17, 1937	Away	2-3
Norwich City	Sat Oct 17, 1936	Away	0-4	Sat Feb 20, 1937	Home	3-4
Plymouth Argyle	Sat Sep 26, 1936	Away	1-4	Wed Feb 03, 1937	Home	2-3