1935–36 Football League

The 1935–36 season was the 44th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1935–36
Champions	Sunderland
← 1934–35 1936–37 →

This season saw two significant changes in the First Division. Prior to this season Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers had been the only ever-present members of English football's top division. Both were relegated this season to end their sequences.

First Division

First Division

Season	1935–36
Champions	Sunderland 6th English title
Relegated	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,556 (3.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	W. G. Richardson (39 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–1 Blackburn Rovers (30 November 1935) West Bromwich Albion 8–1 Blackburn Rovers (18 January 1936) Manchester City 7–0 Bolton Wanderers (31 March 1936)
Biggest away win	Aston Villa 0–7 West Bromwich Albion (19 October 1935)
Highest scoring	Aston Villa 2–7 Middlesbrough (9 September 1935) Liverpool 7–2 Grimsby Town (14 September 1935) Sunderland 7–2 Blackburn Rovers (21 September 1935) Leeds United 7–2 Sheffield Wednesday (9 November 1935) Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–1 Blackburn Rovers (30 November 1935) Sunderland 7–2 Bolton Wanderers (7 December 1935) West Bromwich Albion 8–1 Blackburn Rovers (18 January 1936) Birmingham 2–7 Sunderland (13 April 1936)
← 1934–35 1936–37 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Sunderland (C)	42	25	6	11	109	74	1.473	56
2	Derby County	42	18	12	12	61	52	1.173	48
3	Huddersfield Town	42	18	12	12	59	56	1.054	48
4	Stoke City	42	20	7	15	57	57	1.000	47
5	Brentford	42	17	12	13	81	60	1.350	46
6	Arsenal	42	15	15	12	78	48	1.625	45
7	Preston North End	42	18	8	16	67	64	1.047	44
8	Chelsea	42	15	13	14	65	72	0.903	43
9	Manchester City	42	17	8	17	68	60	1.133	42
10	Portsmouth	42	17	8	17	54	67	0.806	42
11	Leeds United	42	15	11	16	66	64	1.031	41
12	Birmingham	42	15	11	16	61	63	0.968	41
13	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	13	15	67	76	0.882	41
14	Middlesbrough	42	15	10	17	84	70	1.200	40
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	10	17	77	76	1.013	40
16	Everton	42	13	13	16	89	89	1.000	39
17	Grimsby Town	42	17	5	20	65	73	0.890	39
18	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	6	20	89	88	1.011	38
19	Liverpool	42	13	12	17	60	64	0.938	38
20	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	12	17	63	77	0.818	38
21	Aston Villa (R)	42	13	9	20	81	110	0.736	35	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Blackburn Rovers (R)	42	12	9	21	55	96	0.573	33

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BOL	BRE	CHE	DER	EVE	GRI	HUD	LEE	LIV	MCI	MID	POR	PNE	SHW	STK	SUN	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		1–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	4–0	4–0
Aston Villa	1–7		2–1	2–4	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–6	4–1	3–3	3–0	2–2	2–7	4–2	5–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	0–7	4–2
Birmingham	1–1	2–2		4–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	4–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	4–1	0–5	2–7	1–3	0–0
Blackburn Rovers	0–1	5–1	1–2		0–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–0
Bolton Wanderers	2–1	4–3	2–0	3–1		0–2	2–3	0–2	2–0	4–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	3–3	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	0–3
Brentford	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	4–0		2–1	6–0	4–1	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	5–2	2–2	0–0	1–5	2–2	5–0
Chelsea	1–1	1–0	0–0	5–1	2–1	2–1		1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	5–2	1–2	3–5	3–1	2–2	2–2
Derby County	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–1		3–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	3–1
Everton	0–2	2–2	4–3	4–0	3–3	1–2	5–1	4–0		4–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–2	5–2	3–0	5–0	4–3	5–1	0–3	5–3	4–1
Grimsby Town	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	6–1	1–3	4–1	0–4		1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	4–0	3–0	4–0	4–2	2–1
Huddersfield Town	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0		1–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	3–0
Leeds United	1–1	4–2	0–0	1–4	5–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–2		1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	7–2	4–1	3–0	1–1	2–0
Liverpool	0–1	3–2	1–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	6–0	7–2	3–0	2–1		0–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	5–0	0–2
Manchester City	1–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	7–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–3	6–0		6–0	0–0	1–3	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1
Middlesbrough	2–2	1–2	0–2	6–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	0–3	6–1	5–1	4–2	1–1	2–2	2–0		3–2	2–0	5–0	0–0	6–0	3–1	4–2
Portsmouth	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–0		1–1	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–0
Preston North End	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–4	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	5–0	3–1	4–0	0–5	1–1		0–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–0
Sheffield Wednesday	3–2	5–2	3–1	0–0	2–2	3–3	4–1	1–0	3–3	3–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0		0–1	0–0	2–5	0–0
Stoke City	0–3	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–3		0–2	3–2	4–1
Sunderland	5–4	1–3	2–1	7–2	7–2	1–3	3–3	3–1	3–3	3–1	4–3	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	5–0	4–2	5–1	1–0		6–1	3–1
West Bromwich Albion	1–0	0–3	0–0	8–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–3	6–1	4–1	1–2	3–2	6–1	5–1	5–2	2–0	2–4	2–2	2–0	1–3		2–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	2–2	3–1	8–1	3–3	3–2	3–3	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	4–3	4–0	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–1	3–4	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Brentford

Chelsea

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Brentford

Chelsea

Derby County

Everton

Grimsby Town

Huddersfield

Leeds United

Liverpool

Manchester City

Middlesbrough

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield Wednesday

Stoke

Sunderland

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1935–36
Champions	Manchester United
Promoted	Manchester United Charlton Athletic
Relegated	Port Vale Hull City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,533 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobby Finan Jock Dodds (34 goals each)[1]
Biggest home win	Tottenham Hotspur 8–0 Southampton (28 March 1936)
Biggest away win	Bury 2–6 Nottingham Forest (28 December 1935) Port Vale 0–4 Barnsley (28 Dec 1935) Port Vale 1–5 Tottenham Hotspur (1 February 1936) Bury 0–4 Burnley (18 April 1936)
Highest scoring	Nottingham Forest 9–2 Port Vale (23 November 1935)
← 1934–35 1936–37 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Manchester United (C, P)	42	22	12	8	85	43	1.977	56	Promotion to the First Division
2	Charlton Athletic (P)	42	22	11	9	85	58	1.466	55
3	Sheffield United	42	20	12	10	79	50	1.580	52
4	West Ham United	42	22	8	12	90	68	1.324	52
5	Tottenham Hotspur	42	18	13	11	91	55	1.655	49
6	Leicester City	42	19	10	13	79	57	1.386	48
7	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	8	14	71	57	1.246	48
8	Newcastle United	42	20	6	16	88	79	1.114	46
9	Fulham	42	15	14	13	76	52	1.462	44
10	Blackpool	42	18	7	17	93	72	1.292	43
11	Norwich City	42	17	9	16	72	65	1.108	43
12	Bradford City	42	15	13	14	55	65	0.846	43
13	Swansea Town	42	15	9	18	67	76	0.882	39
14	Bury	42	13	12	17	66	84	0.786	38
15	Burnley	42	12	13	17	50	59	0.847	37
16	Bradford Park Avenue	42	14	9	19	62	84	0.738	37
17	Southampton	42	14	9	19	47	65	0.723	37
18	Doncaster Rovers	42	14	9	19	51	71	0.718	37
19	Nottingham Forest	42	12	11	19	69	76	0.908	35
20	Barnsley	42	12	9	21	54	80	0.675	33
21	Port Vale (R)	42	12	8	22	56	106	0.528	32	Relegation to the Third Division North
22	Hull City (R)	42	5	10	27	47	111	0.423	20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	BPA	BUR	BRY	CHA	DON	FUL	HUL	LEI	MUN	NEW	NWC	NOT	PLY	PTV	SHU	SOU	SWA	TOT	WHU
Barnsley		1–2	0–1	5–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	0–3	3–2	2–3	0–2	1–2	4–2	3–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–2
Blackpool	3–0		3–3	4–2	2–0	2–3	6–2	5–2	1–1	4–1	3–5	4–1	6–0	2–1	1–4	3–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–4	4–1
Bradford City	1–1	2–1		2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–1
Bradford Park Avenue	3–0	3–2	1–1		2–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–4	2–2	3–0	3–3	2–1	1–1	2–5	2–0
Burnley	3–0	3–2	3–0	1–1		1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	5–2	0–0	1–0
Bury	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–4		1–1	5–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–3	3–4	0–1	2–6	2–0	5–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0
Charlton Athletic	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	5–2		3–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	4–2	4–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–2
Doncaster Rovers	1–1	0–3	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	6–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2
Fulham	1–1	4–2	5–1	4–1	2–2	7–0	0–0	1–3		3–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	6–0	2–2	7–0	3–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	4–2
Hull City	1–3	0–3	2–5	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–4	2–3	1–1		3–3	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–3
Leicester City	2–0	4–1	2–1	5–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	6–0	5–2	2–2		1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	4–1	4–1	1–1
Manchester United	1–1	3–2	3–1	4–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1		3–1	2–1	5–0	3–2	7–2	3–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	2–3
Newcastle United	3–0	1–0	3–2	3–3	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	6–2	4–1	3–1	0–2		1–1	5–1	5–0	2–2	3–0	4–1	2–0	1–4	3–3
Norwich City	3–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	5–3	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	3–5	1–0		4–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	5–1	0–1	1–0	4–3
Nottingham Forest	6–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	6–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2		0–1	9–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	0–2
Plymouth Argyle	7–1	3–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	4–2	1–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	5–1	3–1		4–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	4–1
Port Vale	0–4	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	0–3	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–0		1–1	0–2	0–1	1–5	2–3
Sheffield United	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	0–1	7–0	1–2	1–1	5–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	4–0		2–1	4–1	1–1	4–2
Southampton	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–5	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	7–2	2–0	0–1	0–1		4–3	2–0	2–4
Swansea Town	0–0	1–0	8–1	1–2	1–3	4–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	6–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	4–3	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–3	0–0		1–1	0–1
Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	3–1	4–0	4–0	5–1	4–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	5–2	1–1	8–0	7–2		1–3
West Ham United	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	6–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	4–1	3–2	1–2	4–1	3–2	5–2	4–2	4–0	3–2	0–0	4–0	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Fulham

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Barnsley

Blackpool

Bradford C.

Bradford Park Avenue

Burnley

Bury

Charlton

Doncaster

Fulham

Hull

Leicester City

Manchester United

Newcastle

Norwich City

Nottingham Forest

Plymouth Argyle

Port Vale

Sheffield United

Southampton

Swansea Town

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1935–1936
Champions	Chesterfield (2nd title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,533 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Bell (Tranmere Rovers), 33 [1]
← 1934–35 1936–37 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chesterfield	42	15	3	3	60	14	9	9	3	32	25	2.359	60	Division Champions, promoted
2	Chester	42	14	5	2	69	18	8	6	7	31	27	2.222	55
3	Tranmere Rovers	42	17	2	2	75	28	5	9	7	18	30	1.603	55
4	Lincoln City	42	18	1	2	64	14	4	8	9	27	37	1.784	53
5	Stockport County	42	15	2	4	45	18	5	6	10	20	31	1.327	48
6	Crewe Alexandra	42	14	4	3	55	31	5	5	11	25	45	1.053	47	Welsh Cup winners
7	Oldham Athletic	42	13	5	3	60	25	5	4	12	26	48	1.178	45
8	Hartlepools United	42	13	6	2	41	18	2	6	13	16	43	0.934	42
9	Accrington Stanley	42	12	5	4	43	24	5	3	13	20	48	0.875	42
10	Walsall	42	15	2	4	58	13	1	7	13	21	46	1.339	41	Transferred to the Third Division South
11	Rotherham United	42	14	3	4	52	13	2	6	13	17	53	1.045	41
12	Darlington	42	16	3	2	60	26	1	3	17	14	53	0.937	40
13	Carlisle United	42	13	5	3	44	19	1	7	13	12	43	0.903	40
14	Gateshead	42	11	10	0	37	18	2	4	15	19	58	0.737	40
15	Barrow	42	9	9	3	33	16	4	3	14	25	49	0.892	38
16	York City	42	10	8	3	41	28	3	4	14	21	67	0.653	38
17	Halifax Town	42	12	3	6	34	22	3	4	14	23	39	0.934	37
18	Wrexham	42	12	3	6	39	18	3	4	14	27	57	0.880	37
19	Mansfield Town	42	13	5	3	55	25	1	4	16	25	66	0.879	37
20	Rochdale	42	8	10	3	35	26	2	3	16	23	62	0.659	33
21	Southport	42	9	8	4	31	26	2	1	18	17	64	0.533	31	Re-elected
22	New Brighton	42	8	5	8	29	33	1	1	19	14	69	0.422	24

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	CRL	CHE	CHF	CRE	DAR	GAT	HAL	HAR	LIN	MAN	NWB	OLD	ROC	ROT	SOU	STP	TRA	WAL	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		2–0	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	6–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–2	1–0	2–4	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	7–2
Barrow	0–1		1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	3–0	6–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
Carlisle United	3–1	2–2		1–3	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–3	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	5–1	0–0
Chester	4–0	1–2	3–2		1–1	0–1	4–1	4–0	3–1	4–0	4–2	4–0	8–2	1–1	5–2	0–0	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	12–0
Chesterfield	0–3	6–1	5–0	1–0		6–0	5–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–2	5–0	5–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	5–0	2–2
Crewe Alexandra	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	5–6		2–0	2–4	3–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	5–1	2–2	3–1	4–1	4–1	0–1	0–0	4–3	3–2	2–1
Darlington	2–1	4–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–2		5–2	3–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	5–0	4–0	3–1	3–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	4–2	3–0
Gateshead	0–0	4–3	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–1	1–1		2–2	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–0
Halifax Town	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–3	2–3	2–4	0–1	1–1		0–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0
Hartlepool	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0		1–1	4–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	5–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	5–0	1–1	4–2
Lincoln City	6–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	6–2	2–1	5–0	3–1	1–0		1–2	2–0	2–1	5–1	4–0	4–0	3–0	5–0	4–1	3–1	3–2
Mansfield Town	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	3–2	4–0	2–2		2–0	1–0	3–0	8–2	5–1	2–1	2–3	2–2	3–2	5–0
New Brighton	2–3	2–3	3–0	3–3	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	0–0	0–5	1–0		1–3	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–4	0–2
Oldham Athletic	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–2	2–3	4–1	6–0		3–3	4–1	4–0	1–3	4–1	2–1	5–2	6–2
Rochdale	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–6		1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	6–4	2–1	2–3
Rotherham United	1–3	1–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	5–0	1–0	6–0		5–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	5–0
Southport	2–1	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	3–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1		2–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1
Stockport County	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	6–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–0		2–1	0–1	3–2	3–2
Tranmere	6–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–3	4–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	13–4	5–2	2–2	5–2	4–1		3–1	6–1	3–1
Walsall	2–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	6–0	4–1	7–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–0		5–0	6–0
Wrexham	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–4	1–3	1–0	1–1	5–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	4–2	4–0	4–0	1–1		1–0
York City	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	7–5	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–4	2–0	0–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Barrow

Carlisle United

Chester

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Gateshead

Halifax Town

Hartlepool

Lincoln City

Mansfield Town

New Brighton

Oldham

Rochdale

Rotherham

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Walsall

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1935–1936
Champions	Coventry City (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,497 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Dawes (Crystal Palace), 38 [1]
← 1934–35 1936–37 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Coventry City	42	19	1	1	75	12	5	8	8	27	33	2.267	57	Division Champions, promoted
2	Luton Town	42	13	6	2	56	20	9	6	6	25	25	1.800	56
3	Reading	42	18	0	3	52	20	8	2	11	35	42	1.403	54
4	Queens Park Rangers	42	14	4	3	55	19	8	5	8	29	34	1.585	53
5	Watford	42	12	3	6	47	29	8	6	7	33	25	1.481	49
6	Crystal Palace	42	15	4	2	64	20	7	1	13	32	54	1.297	49
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	13	4	4	48	25	5	4	12	22	38	1.111	44
8	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	9	6	6	36	26	7	5	9	24	30	1.071	43
9	Notts County	42	10	5	6	40	25	5	7	9	20	32	1.053	42
10	Torquay United	42	14	4	3	41	27	2	5	14	21	35	1.000	41
11	Aldershot	42	9	6	6	29	21	5	6	10	24	40	0.869	40
12	Millwall	42	9	8	4	33	21	5	4	12	25	50	0.817	40
13	Bristol City	42	11	5	5	32	21	4	5	12	16	38	0.814	40
14	Clapton Orient	42	13	2	6	34	15	3	4	14	21	46	0.902	38
15	Northampton Town	42	12	5	4	38	24	3	3	15	24	66	0.689	38
16	Gillingham	42	9	5	7	34	25	5	4	12	32	52	0.857	37
17	Bristol Rovers	42	11	6	4	48	31	3	3	15	21	64	0.726	37
18	Southend United	42	8	7	6	38	21	5	3	13	23	41	0.984	36
19	Swindon Town	42	10	5	6	43	33	4	3	14	21	40	0.877	36
20	Cardiff City	42	11	5	5	37	23	2	5	14	23	50	0.822	36
21	Newport County	42	8	4	9	36	44	3	5	13	24	67	0.541	31	Re-elected
22	Exeter City	42	7	5	9	38	41	1	6	14	21	52	0.634	27

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	B&HA	BRI	BRR	CAR	CLA	COV	CRY	EXE	GIL	LUT	MIL	NPC	NOR	NTC	QPR	REA	STD	SWI	TOR	WAT
Aldershot		2–0	1–0	0–0	6–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0–0		1–2	3–0	2–1	4–4	2–0	1–1	2–5	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	0–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	0–1		3–0	4–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	7–1	5–1	5–1	1–1	4–2	1–3	0–2	3–2	2–1
Bristol City	1–0	1–0	0–3		0–2	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	5–0	2–0	2–2
Bristol Rovers	2–2	2–1	5–2	1–1		1–1	1–1	3–2	2–4	6–1	4–3	2–2	2–0	3–0	5–2	0–0	0–1	1–4	3–2	2–1	3–0	0–1
Cardiff City	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0		4–1	1–0	1–1	5–2	4–0	2–3	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	3–2	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2
Clapton Orient	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1		0–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–2
Coventry City	0–2	2–0	5–0	3–1	3–1	5–1	2–0		8–1	3–0	4–0	0–0	5–0	7–1	4–0	5–1	6–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–0
Crystal Palace	2–1	2–0	4–0	6–1	5–3	3–2	2–2	3–1		2–2	1–1	5–1	5–0	6–0	6–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	5–1	1–0	1–2
Exeter City	5–1	1–3	3–3	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	1–3	1–0		2–5	1–2	4–3	3–3	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–5	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–3
Gillingham	4–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–2		0–1	1–3	3–0	2–3	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0
Luton Town	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	12–0	2–2	5–3	1–1	6–0	3–1	1–2		0–0	7–0	3–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1
Millwall	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–4	1–0	2–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	0–0		2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0
Newport County	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–5	2–1	4–2	0–2	4–1		5–1	1–2	3–4	1–5	3–1	2–2	1–6	0–5
Northampton Town	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	2–0	2–4	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–4	3–0		3–1	1–4	4–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0
Notts County	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	6–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–3	0–3	0–0	6–2	3–0		3–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–2
Queens Park Rangers	5–0	2–0	3–2	4–1	4–0	5–1	4–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	5–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	2–2		0–1	2–1	5–1	2–1	3–1
Reading	3–1	0–2	3–0	5–2	3–2	4–1	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	5–2	3–1	1–2		2–1	2–0	2–0	3–0
Southend	2–2	3–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	7–1	4–0	4–2	0–1	6–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–2		1–0	2–1	1–1
Swindon Town	3–2	2–3	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–3		4–1	1–6
Torquay United	3–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–3	3–2	2–1	4–2	2–1	1–3	3–2	3–3	0–1	4–2	0–0	1–1	2–1		2–1
Watford	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	4–0	1–1	5–0	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–5	4–1	1–2	2–1	4–2	5–0	2–1	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Clapton Orient

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Cardiff City

Clapton Orient

Coventry

Crystal P.

Exeter City

Gillingham

Luton Town

Millwall

Newport County

Northampton Town

Notts County

QPR

Southend

Reading

Torquay

Swindon

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

See also

• 1935-36 in English football
• 1935 in association football
• 1936 in association football

References

1. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.