Good Friday 1937-03-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Stoke City	Highbury	59,495
	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Burnden Park	26,780
Milsom	Lineups
Brentford	1	1	Preston North End	Griffin Park	31,069
McCulloch	Lineups		Maxwell
Chelsea	3	0	Charlton Athletic	Stamford Bridge	63,463	Largest home gate 1936-37
Burgess, Mills, Argue	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Portsmouth	Blundell Park	18,141
Craven	Lineups
Liverpool	0	5	Manchester City	Anfield Road	34,088
	Lineups		Brook 3, Herd, Doherty
Manchester United	2	1	Everton	Old Trafford	30,071
Baird, Mutch	Lineups		Gillick
Middlesbrough	3	1	Birmingham	Ayresome Park	24,958
Cochrane, Camsell, Fenton	Lineups		Clarke
Sunderland	6	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Roker Park	35,218
Gallacher 3, Burbanks, Gurney, Carter	Lineups		Jones B, Thompson

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Arsenal	35	8	9	1	37	20	8	4	5	36	24	1.659	45	D	D	W	W	W	1937-03-27	Middlesbrough	A
2	0	Charlton Athletic	35	10	5	1	28	12	6	6	7	19	33	1.044	43	L	L	W	L	W	1937-03-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
3	2	Middlesbrough	35	13	5	0	45	18	5	1	11	23	42	1.133	42	W	L	W	W	W	1937-03-27	Arsenal	H
4	3	Manchester City	33	11	4	1	41	17	4	7	6	35	32	1.551	41	W	D	W	W	W	1937-03-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	-1	Brentford	34	13	5	1	55	26	3	4	8	17	34	1.2	41	D	W	L	W	L	1937-03-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	-3	Portsmouth	35	12	2	3	36	22	4	7	7	20	29	1.098	41	L	W	D	W	L	1937-03-27	Everton	H
7	-1	Derby County	34	11	2	5	48	34	6	4	6	30	40	1.054	40	W	W	D	W	L	1937-03-27	Grimsby Town	A
8	1	Sunderland	34	15	1	1	52	18	2	3	12	26	48	1.182	38	W	L	L	L	W	1937-03-27	Stoke City	A
9	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	12	1	3	46	18	4	3	10	20	37	1.2	36	L	W	D	W	L	1937-03-27	Charlton Athletic	A
10	1	Chelsea	35	10	5	3	34	20	3	5	9	15	31	0.961	36	W	W	L	D	W	1937-03-27	Huddersfield Town	H
11	1	Grimsby Town	35	11	3	3	49	25	3	4	11	20	42	1.03	35	W	D	W	L	W	1937-03-27	Derby County	H
12	-2	Everton	35	12	5	1	52	18	2	1	14	22	49	1.104	34	L	D	L	L	W	1937-03-27	Portsmouth	A
13	0	Preston North End	36	8	5	4	29	22	3	7	9	20	38	0.817	34	D	D	W	D	W	1937-03-27	Birmingham	A
14	0	Birmingham	35	7	4	5	30	20	3	8	8	24	33	1.019	32	L	D	W	D	W	1937-03-27	Preston North End	H
15	1	Stoke City	34	8	5	3	39	22	2	5	11	16	27	1.122	30	D	L	L	L	W	1937-03-27	Sunderland	H
16	-1	Huddersfield Town	34	9	5	3	34	17	0	7	10	19	38	0.964	30	L	L	D	L	D	1937-03-27	Chelsea	A
17	0	Liverpool	35	7	6	4	33	24	3	3	12	20	45	0.768	29	L	W	D	L	D	1937-03-27	Manchester United	H
18	0	West Bromwich Albion	33	9	3	4	35	28	2	3	12	26	54	0.744	28	D	L	W	D	W	1937-03-27	Brentford	H
19	1	Bolton Wanderers	35	5	5	9	21	33	3	6	7	18	28	0.639	27	W	W	L	D	D	1937-03-27	Manchester City	A
20	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	33	7	5	6	28	23	0	6	9	16	29	0.846	25	L	L	L	W	D	1937-03-27	Leeds United	A
21	1	Manchester United	35	7	8	4	27	25	1	1	14	20	44	0.681	25	W	D	L	W	L	1937-03-27	Liverpool	A
22	-1	Leeds United	33	10	2	3	32	16	1	0	17	16	54	0.686	24	L	L	L	L	D	1937-03-27	Sheffield Wednesday	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Bloomfield Road	29,059
Finan, Hampson	Lineups
Burnley	3	3	Coventry City	Turf Moor	9,982
Toll 2, Fletcher	Lineups		Bourton, Roberts, Macdonald
Bury	5	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Gigg Lane	12,748
Matthews 2, Jones, Ormandy 2	Lineups		Hunt G, Duncan, Miller
Chesterfield	7	1	Bradford City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	11,729
Woodward 3, Ponting 2, Clifton, McMillen	Lineups		Murphy
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Fulham	Belle Vue	14,014
Dutton, Burton	Lineups		Gibbons
Newcastle United	0	2	Aston Villa	St James' Park	46,000	Largest home gate 1936-37
	Lineups		Broome 2
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Southampton	Home Park	23,957
Mitcheson 2, Brown	Lineups		Holt
Swansea Town	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Vetch Field	11,745
Lewis H	Lineups
West Ham United	0	0	Barnsley	Upton Park	28,967
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Blackpool	36	13	2	3	47	16	10	2	6	36	30	1.804	50	W	L	W	D	W	1937-03-27	Chesterfield	H
2	0	Leicester City	35	11	3	2	48	22	8	4	7	26	28	1.48	45	D	W	L	W	W	1937-03-27	Swansea Town	H
3	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	10	5	3	38	19	7	5	5	28	26	1.467	44	W	L	D	D	W	1937-03-27	Sheffield United	A
4	0	Bury	36	10	4	4	35	26	8	4	6	24	26	1.135	44	W	L	W	W	D	1937-03-27	Bradford City	H
5	0	Aston Villa	35	10	6	2	47	22	5	6	6	29	29	1.49	42	W	W	D	W	W	1937-03-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	0	Sheffield United	35	14	3	1	42	12	1	6	10	16	32	1.318	39	D	W	L	W	L	1937-03-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	0	Coventry City	35	10	5	3	32	16	4	6	7	23	27	1.279	39	D	W	L	D	L	1937-03-27	Barnsley	A
8	0	Newcastle United	36	9	2	7	39	22	8	2	8	28	32	1.241	38	L	W	W	W	D	1937-03-27	Fulham	H
9	0	Fulham	35	9	4	4	38	22	4	6	8	26	34	1.143	36	L	L	D	W	D	1937-03-27	Newcastle United	A
10	0	West Ham United	34	10	4	2	35	15	4	4	10	24	37	1.135	36	D	L	D	W	W	1937-03-27	Southampton	H
11	1	Chesterfield	35	12	3	4	52	25	3	3	10	25	44	1.116	36	W	L	L	W	W	1937-03-27	Blackpool	A
12	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	34	10	2	5	49	23	4	4	9	27	30	1.434	34	L	W	D	D	W	1937-03-27	Nottingham Forest	H
13	0	Blackburn Rovers	35	9	3	5	33	22	3	7	8	16	28	0.98	34	L	D	W	D	W	1937-03-27	Aston Villa	H
14	0	Burnley	35	10	5	4	34	17	3	3	10	15	36	0.925	34	D	W	L	L	L	1937-03-27	Norwich City	A
15	0	Swansea Town	35	13	1	4	35	13	1	3	13	8	39	0.827	32	W	W	L	D	L	1937-03-27	Leicester City	A
16	0	Southampton	35	9	6	2	35	21	1	4	13	14	43	0.766	30	L	D	L	D	L	1937-03-27	West Ham United	A
17	1	Barnsley	35	8	5	4	24	22	3	3	12	18	38	0.7	30	D	W	W	L	L	1937-03-27	Coventry City	H
18	-1	Norwich City	34	5	5	6	25	24	6	2	10	24	36	0.817	29	W	W	D	L	W	1937-03-27	Burnley	H
19	0	Bradford City	36	7	7	4	31	27	1	4	13	17	52	0.608	27	L	D	L	D	L	1937-03-27	Bury	A
20	0	Nottingham Forest	34	7	5	5	31	28	1	4	12	20	47	0.68	25	L	D	L	L	W	1937-03-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
21	0	Bradford	35	7	3	7	28	32	2	3	13	18	52	0.548	24	L	D	L	L	L	1937-03-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	35	6	5	7	17	26	1	3	13	10	49	0.36	22	W	L	L	L	L	1937-03-27	Bradford	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Peel Park	4,790
Mortimer	Lineups		McCormick
Carlisle United	2	0	Hartlepools United	Brunton Park	8,366
Mills, Roberts	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Darlington	Gresty Road	4,648
Verdin	Lineups		Brallisford
Gateshead	0	0	Wrexham	Redheugh Park	2,963
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	5	0	Chester	Field Mill	6,920
Harston 2, Anderson 2, Atkinson	Lineups
New Brighton	4	0	Rotherham United	Sandheys Park	4,420
Ainsworth, Bulloch, Roberts 2	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Lincoln City	Recreation Ground	8,185
Dean	Lineups		Deacon
Rochdale	3	5	Halifax Town	Spotland	5,000
Wynn, Hunt, Marshall	Lineups		Hoyland 2, Barkas 2, Widdowfield
Southport	1	4	York City	Haig Avenue	5,603
Kitchen	Lineups		Whitelaw 2, Thompson 2
Stockport County	3	1	Hull City	Edgeley Park	13,580
Oxley, Mantle, Hill	Lineups		Foster
Tranmere Rovers	0	0	Barrow	Prenton Park	7,543
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Stockport County	34	15	2	1	56	18	3	9	4	17	17	2.086	47	W	W	W	L	L	1937-03-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	Lincoln City	33	15	1	2	55	20	5	5	5	28	27	1.766	46	D	W	L	W	W	1937-03-27	Rochdale	A
3	0	Chester	35	12	3	1	53	17	7	4	8	18	33	1.42	45	L	L	W	D	W	1937-03-27	Accrington Stanley	H
4	0	Port Vale	36	11	4	3	37	22	5	4	9	17	30	1.038	40	D	W	L	L	L	1937-03-27	Mansfield Town	A
5	1	Oldham Athletic	32	10	7	1	41	21	4	4	6	21	23	1.409	39	D	D	W	L	W	1937-03-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	-1	Hull City	35	11	5	1	31	15	4	4	10	25	42	0.982	39	L	W	L	D	L	1937-03-27	York City	A
7	0	Hartlepools United	34	13	0	3	39	15	3	5	10	19	39	1.074	37	L	W	L	W	W	1937-03-27	Darlington	H
8	0	Carlisle United	34	10	5	2	34	16	5	1	11	20	37	1.019	36	W	W	W	W	W	1937-03-27	Gateshead	H
9	2	Mansfield Town	34	9	1	6	48	29	4	7	7	22	30	1.186	34	W	D	W	L	L	1937-03-27	Port Vale	H
10	-1	Accrington Stanley	32	12	2	5	46	24	1	5	7	16	25	1.265	33	D	W	L	W	W	1937-03-27	Chester	A
11	-1	Wrexham	33	9	3	5	29	17	3	6	7	25	29	1.174	33	D	L	L	W	D	1937-03-27	Southport	A
12	1	Halifax Town	33	7	4	3	22	11	6	3	10	25	40	0.922	33	W	L	L	L	D	1937-03-27	Rotherham United	H
13	1	New Brighton	34	8	8	3	28	15	3	2	10	16	38	0.83	32	W	W	L	W	W	1937-03-27	Barrow	A
14	-2	Southport	36	8	7	3	32	27	2	5	11	30	48	0.827	32	L	L	D	W	W	1937-03-27	Wrexham	H
15	0	York City	33	8	1	5	35	20	3	8	8	23	37	1.018	31	W	L	W	L	W	1937-03-27	Hull City	H
16	0	Gateshead	32	8	7	3	34	24	2	2	10	18	39	0.825	29	D	W	L	W	W	1937-03-27	Carlisle United	A
17	1	Tranmere Rovers	34	9	5	2	41	23	2	1	15	19	50	0.822	28	D	L	W	L	L	1937-03-27	Stockport County	H
18	-1	Rochdale	35	9	3	5	34	23	1	5	12	21	52	0.733	28	L	L	W	L	W	1937-03-27	Lincoln City	H
19	0	Crewe Alexandra	34	6	7	4	28	24	3	3	11	20	47	0.676	28	D	L	W	L	W	1937-03-27	Oldham Athletic	H
20	0	Rotherham United	35	8	6	3	41	24	2	0	16	23	58	0.78	26	L	W	L	L	L	1937-03-27	Halifax Town	A
21	0	Barrow	34	6	5	4	30	20	2	5	12	25	51	0.775	26	D	L	D	W	W	1937-03-27	New Brighton	H
22	0	Darlington	34	5	7	6	35	38	1	5	10	15	37	0.667	24	D	L	L	L	L	1937-03-27	Hartlepools United	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	4	0	Bristol Rovers	Recreation Ground	5,826
Thomas, Hinton, Walls 2	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Southend United	Goldstone Ground	17,227	Largest home gate 1936-37
Stephens	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Exeter City	Ashton Gate	12,515
Booth, Haycox	Lineups		Owen (p)
Clapton Orient	0	2	Luton Town	Lea Bridge Road	17,430
	Lineups		Payne, Stephenson
Crystal Palace	0	0	Torquay United	Selhurst Park	15,370
	Lineups
Gillingham	2	0	Northampton Town	Priestfield Road	9,426
Watson, Robinson (p)	Lineups
Millwall	1	1	Swindon Town	The Den, New Cross	30,907
Burditt K (p)	Lineups		Hetherington
Newport County	4	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Somerton Park	10,007
Derrick 2, Duggan, Wood	Lineups
Notts County	4	0	Cardiff City	Meadow Lane	17,664
Gallacher 2, Chalmers, Ferguson	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Reading	Loftus Road	16,297
	Lineups
Walsall	3	1	Watford	Fellows Park	3,691
Dunderdale 3 (1p)	Lineups		Wiles OG

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Notts County	35	13	3	2	40	21	6	7	4	25	25	1.413	48	W	W	W	D	W	1937-03-27	Gillingham	H
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	13	4	1	39	13	8	0	9	23	22	1.771	46	W	W	L	W	L	1937-03-27	Reading	A
3	0	Luton Town	33	12	1	1	40	11	8	2	9	32	34	1.6	43	W	L	W	L	W	1937-03-27	Millwall	H
4	1	Queens Park Rangers	35	11	2	4	46	16	5	7	6	20	22	1.737	41	D	L	W	D	W	1937-03-27	Watford	H
5	1	Millwall	34	11	3	5	37	20	5	6	4	20	17	1.541	41	D	W	D	L	D	1937-03-27	Luton Town	A
6	-2	Watford	35	13	3	2	52	19	3	6	8	20	30	1.469	41	L	W	L	W	D	1937-03-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	1	Gillingham	34	12	5	1	34	16	4	3	9	13	32	0.979	40	W	W	L	D	L	1937-03-27	Notts County	A
8	-1	Southend United	34	9	6	3	47	22	6	3	7	24	32	1.315	39	L	W	W	D	D	1937-03-27	Bristol City	A
9	1	Reading	34	10	5	2	43	22	4	5	8	19	31	1.17	38	D	L	L	L	W	1937-03-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
10	-1	Northampton Town	34	12	4	1	45	17	4	1	12	23	38	1.236	37	L	W	L	W	L	1937-03-27	Crystal Palace	A
11	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	34	13	2	1	32	15	2	4	12	17	37	0.942	36	L	W	L	W	D	1937-03-27	Exeter City	A
12	0	Clapton Orient	34	9	6	2	23	13	3	5	9	20	32	0.956	35	L	W	W	L	W	1937-03-27	Aldershot	H
13	0	Crystal Palace	35	9	6	3	39	18	1	5	11	14	32	1.06	31	D	L	W	L	D	1937-03-27	Northampton Town	H
14	1	Bristol City	34	11	3	2	38	15	2	2	14	16	46	0.885	31	W	D	W	L	L	1937-03-27	Southend United	H
15	-1	Bristol Rovers	35	12	2	4	45	18	2	0	15	16	50	0.897	30	L	W	L	W	L	1937-03-27	Cardiff City	A
16	0	Swindon Town	33	10	3	5	43	22	0	6	9	14	34	1.018	29	D	L	L	W	D	1937-03-27	Walsall	A
17	0	Torquay United	35	8	4	5	34	23	2	4	12	14	41	0.75	28	D	L	W	L	L	1937-03-27	Newport County	H
18	0	Cardiff City	33	7	5	3	25	17	3	2	13	16	58	0.547	27	L	L	W	L	D	1937-03-27	Bristol Rovers	H
19	0	Newport County	34	6	6	6	32	24	2	3	11	24	57	0.691	25	W	D	L	W	L	1937-03-27	Torquay United	A
20	1	Walsall	33	7	3	5	25	27	1	5	12	19	46	0.603	24	W	L	W	L	D	1937-03-27	Swindon Town	H
21	-1	Exeter City	35	6	3	7	26	33	1	6	12	19	46	0.57	23	L	L	D	W	D	1937-03-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
22	0	Aldershot	34	4	5	9	23	23	2	2	12	17	46	0.58	19	W	L	L	W	L	1937-03-27	Clapton Orient	A