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Summary of Season 1936-37

Football League Division 1

Home Away
Pl W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
  1.  Manchester City 42 15 5 1 56 22 7 8 6 51 39 1.754 57
  2.  Charlton Athletic 42 15 5 1 37 13 6 7 8 21 36 1.183 54
  3.  Arsenal 42 10 10 1 43 20 8 6 7 37 29 1.632 52
  4.  Derby County 42 13 3 5 58 39 8 4 9 38 51 1.066 49
  5.  Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 16 2 3 63 24 5 3 13 21 43 1.253 47
  6.  Brentford 42 14 5 2 58 32 4 5 12 24 46 1.051 46
  7.  Middlesbrough 42 14 6 1 49 22 5 2 14 25 49 1.042 46
  8.  Sunderland 42 17 2 2 59 24 2 4 15 30 63 1.022 44
  9.  Portsmouth 42 13 3 5 41 29 4 7 10 21 37 0.939 44
10.  Stoke City 42 12 6 3 52 27 3 6 12 20 30 1.263 42
11.  Birmingham 42 9 7 5 36 24 4 8 9 28 36 1.066 41
12.  Grimsby Town 42 13 3 5 60 32 4 4 13 26 49 1.061 41
13.  Chelsea 42 11 6 4 36 21 3 7 11 16 34 0.945 41
14.  Preston North End 42 10 6 5 35 28 4 7 10 21 39 0.835 41
15.  Huddersfield Town 42 12 5 4 39 21 0 10 11 23 43 0.968 39
16.  West Bromwich Albion 42 13 3 5 45 32 3 3 15 32 66 0.785 38
17.  Everton 42 12 7 2 56 23 2 2 17 25 55 1.038 37
18.  Liverpool 42 9 8 4 38 26 3 3 15 24 58 0.738 35
19.  Leeds United 42 14 3 4 44 20 1 1 19 16 60 0.75 34
20.  Bolton Wanderers 42 6 6 9 22 33 4 8 9 21 33 0.651 34
21.  Manchester United 42 8 9 4 29 26 2 3 16 26 52 0.705 32
22.  Sheffield Wednesday 42 8 5 8 32 29 1 7 13 21 40 0.768 30

Matches

Aug 29 Leeds United Away 3-2 Spence(2), Mills
Sep 2 Grimsby Town Home 3-2 Weaver(2)(1P), Mills
Sep 5 Birmingham Home 1-3 Mills
Sep 8 Grimsby Town Away 0-3
Sep 12 Middlesbrough Away 0-2
Sep 16 Liverpool Home 2-0 Bambrick(2)
Sep 19 West Bromwich Albion Home 3-0 Gibson, Oakton(2)
Sep 26 Manchester City Away 0-0
Oct 3 Portsmouth Home 1-1 Burgess
Oct 10 Preston North End Away 0-1
Oct 17 Sheffield Wednesday Home 1-1 Burgess
Oct 24 Manchester United Away 0-0
Oct 31 Derby County Home 1-1 Argue
Nov 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers Away 2-1 Mills(2)
Nov 14 Sunderland Home 1-3 Mills
Nov 21 Huddersfield Town Away 2-4 Spence(2)
Nov 28 Everton Home 4-0 Weaver, Mills(3)
Dec 5 Bolton Wanderers Away 1-2 Burgess
Dec 12 Brentford Home 2-1 Spence, Mills
Dec 19 Arsenal Away 1-4 Oakton
Dec 25 Stoke City Away 0-2
Dec 26 Leeds United Home 2-1 Chitty(P), Spence
Dec 28 Stoke City Home 1-0 Mills
Jan 2 Birmingham Away 0-0
Jan 9 Middlesbrough Home 1-0 Mills
Jan 23 West Bromwich Albion Away 0-2
Feb 3 Manchester City Home 4-4 Mills(3), Gibson
Feb 6 Portsmouth Away 1-4 Gibson
Feb 13 Preston North End Home 0-0
Feb 20 Sheffield Wednesday Away 1-1 Mills
Feb 27 Manchester United Home 4-2 Argue(2), Mills(2)
Mar 6 Derby County Away 1-1 Argue
Mar 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers Home 0-1
Mar 20 Sunderland Away 3-2 Spence, Argue, Mills
Mar 26 Charlton Athletic Home 3-0 Argue, Mills, Burgess(P)
Mar 27 Huddersfield Town Home 0-0
Mar 29 Charlton Athletic Away 0-1
Apr 3 Everton Away 0-0
Apr 10 Bolton Wanderers Home 0-1
Apr 17 Brentford Away 0-1
Apr 24 Arsenal Home 2-0 Mills(2)
May 1 Liverpool Away 1-1 Spence

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 681,689 64,463 11,620 32,461
Away 443,844 49,917 8,278 21,135
Total 1,125,533 64,463 8,278 26,798

F.A. Cup

Round 4

Matches

Jan 16 Leeds United Home 4-0 Spence(2), Argue, Mills
Jan 30 Millwall Away 0-3

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 34,859 34,859 34,859 34,859
Away 41,503 41,503 41,503 41,503
Total 76,362 41,503 34,859 38,181

Diary

20/07/1936 John Sillett born

10/08/1936 Sam Weaver transfered from Newcastle for 6,000

29/08/1936 Chelsea beat Leeds United 3-2 in Football League Division 1

02/09/1936 Chelsea beat Grimsby Town 3-2 in Football League Division 1

05/09/1936 Chelsea lost to Birmingham 1-3 in Football League Division 1

08/09/1936 Chelsea lost to Grimsby Town 0-3 in Football League Division 1

12/09/1936 Chelsea lost to Middlesbrough 0-2 in Football League Division 1

16/09/1936 Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-0 in Football League Division 1

19/09/1936 Chelsea beat West Bromwich Albion 3-0 in Football League Division 1

23/09/1936 Chelsea drew with Heart Of Midlothian 1-1 in Testimonial for Sandy Herd and Willie Reid

26/09/1936 Chelsea drew with Manchester City 0-0 in Football League Division 1

03/10/1936 Chelsea drew with Portsmouth 1-1 in Football League Division 1

07/10/1936 Chelsea lost to Racing Club de Paris 1-2 in a friendly

08/10/1936 Chelsea lost to Millwall 0-2 in London Challenge Cup Round 1

10/10/1936 Chelsea lost to Preston North End 0-1 in Football League Division 1

17/10/1936 Chelsea drew with Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 in Football League Division 1

24/10/1936 Chelsea drew with Manchester United 0-0 in Football League Division 1

31/10/1936 Chelsea drew with Derby County 1-1 in Football League Division 1

02/11/1936 Eric McMillan born

07/11/1936 Chelsea beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in Football League Division 1

14/11/1936 Chelsea lost to Sunderland 1-3 in Football League Division 1

21/11/1936 Chelsea lost to Huddersfield Town 2-4 in Football League Division 1

28/11/1936 Chelsea beat Everton 4-0 in Football League Division 1

05/12/1936 Chelsea lost to Bolton Wanderers 1-2 in Football League Division 1

08/12/1936 William Porter died

12/12/1936 Chelsea beat Brentford 2-1 in Football League Division 1

19/12/1936 Chelsea lost to Arsenal 1-4 in Football League Division 1

25/12/1936 Chelsea lost to Stoke City 0-2 in Football League Division 1

26/12/1936 Chelsea beat Leeds United 2-1 in Football League Division 1

26/12/1936 Bob MacAulay transfered to Cardiff

28/12/1936 Chelsea beat Stoke City 1-0 in Football League Division 1

00/00/1937 John Hutcheson Retired

02/01/1937 Chelsea drew with Birmingham 0-0 in Football League Division 1

09/01/1937 Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 1-0 in Football League Division 1

16/01/1937 Chelsea beat Leeds United 4-0 in F.A. Cup Round 3

18/01/1937 Alexander White transfered from Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

23/01/1937 Chelsea lost to West Bromwich Albion 0-2 in Football League Division 1

30/01/1937 Chelsea lost to Millwall 0-3 in F.A. Cup Round 4

03/02/1937 Chelsea drew with Manchester City 4-4 in Football League Division 1

06/02/1937 Chelsea lost to Portsmouth 1-4 in Football League Division 1

09/02/1937 Chelsea beat Racing Club de Paris 3-1 in a friendly

13/02/1937 Chelsea drew with Preston North End 0-0 in Football League Division 1

20/02/1937 Chelsea drew with Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 in Football League Division 1

27/02/1937 Chelsea beat Manchester United 4-2 in Football League Division 1

06/03/1937 Chelsea drew with Derby County 1-1 in Football League Division 1

10/03/1937 Douglas Smale transfered from Kingstonian

13/03/1937 Chelsea lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 in Football League Division 1

20/03/1937 Chelsea beat Sunderland 3-2 in Football League Division 1

26/03/1937 Chelsea beat Charlton Athletic 3-0 in Football League Division 1

27/03/1937 Chelsea drew with Huddersfield Town 0-0 in Football League Division 1

29/03/1937 Chelsea lost to Charlton Athletic 0-1 in Football League Division 1

03/04/1937 Chelsea drew with Everton 0-0 in Football League Division 1

10/04/1937 Chelsea lost to Bolton Wanderers 0-1 in Football League Division 1

17/04/1937 Chelsea lost to Brentford 0-1 in Football League Division 1

23/04/1937 Bobby Campbell born

24/04/1937 Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0 in Football League Division 1

01/05/1937 Chelsea drew with Liverpool 1-1 in Football League Division 1

15/05/1937 Sid Bidewell transfered from Wealdstone

17/05/1937 Chelsea lost to Combined Admira FC and Austria FC 0-3 in a friendly

19/05/1937 Chelsea lost to Steiermark 2-4 in a friendly

21/05/1937 Ned Barkas transfered from Birmingham for Free

25/05/1937 Chelsea lost to Yugoslavia XI 1-6 in a friendly

27/05/1937 Chelsea beat Gradjanshi 1-0 in a friendly

30/05/1937 Chelsea drew with Marseilles 1-1 in Paris Exhibition Cup Quarter-Final

03/06/1937 Chelsea beat FK Austria 2-0 in Paris Exhibition Cup Semi-Final

06/06/1937 Chelsea lost to Bologna 1-4 in Paris Exhibition Cup Final

08/06/1937 Cliff Huxford born

10/06/1937 Eric Oakton transfered to Nottingham Forest

29/06/1937 Jack Horton transfered to Crystal Palace

Players Statistics

 

Appearances

Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
A Craig 41 2 43
GF Barber 41 2 43
VR Woodley 41 2 43
R Spence 39 8 2 2 41 10
S Weaver 38 3 2 40 3
J O'Hare 36 2 38
J Argue 32 6 2 1 34 7
GR Mills 32 22 2 1 34 23
H Burgess 29 4 1 30 4
W Mitchell 28 28
GB Gibson 19 3 1 20 3
HS Miller 15 2 17
AE Oakton 16 3 16 3
W Barraclough 15 1 16
J Bambrick 10 2 10 2
WS Chitty 8 1 8 1
D Smale 6 6
SR Foss 4 4
LH Allum 4 4
J Horton 2 1 3
RE Gregg 3 3
J Jackson 1 1
PS Buchanan 1 1
R Griffiths 1 1
Own Goal

Disciplinary

SY=Single Yellow    DY=Double Yellow (Red)

SR=Straight Red

Sq Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR
GB Gibson 1 1
W Mitchell 1 1
Total 1 1 1 1