1935–36 in English football

61st season of competitive football in England

The 1935–36 season was the 61st season of competitive football in England. Sunderland won the league, and in doing so they remain the last team to win the English League while wearing striped jerseys. They also equalled the record of six titles won by Aston Villa. It remains the most recent season that Sunderland would win the title.

Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers were relegated from the First Division and therefore became the last two founder members of the Football League to lose top flight status for the first time.

Diary of the season

• 16 November 1935: Table-toppers Sunderland beat Brentford 5–1, while George Camsell is among the goalscorers for Middlesbrough as they thrash Blackburn Rovers 6–1.^[1]

• 27 February 1936: The weekend fixture list is not announced until Thursday evening (for games involving teams a long distance apart) and Friday evening for all others in an attempt to thwart the football pools companies' ability to print their coupons as part of the Pools War.^[2]

• 9 March 1936: The Pools War ends and the League starts publishing the fixtures earlier in advance again.^[2]

Honours

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

First Division

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

Second Division

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Third Division North

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Third Division South

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top goalscorers

First Division

• W. G. Richardson (West Bromwich Albion) – 39 goals^[3]

Second Division

• Bobby Finan (Blackpool) – 34 goals^[3]

Third Division North

• Robert Bell (Tranmere Rovers) – 33 goals^[4]

Third Division South

• Albert Dawes (Crystal Palace) – 38 goals^[4]

References

1. "On this day in history ~ Division One, 1935". wsc.co.uk. When Saturday Comes. 16 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
2. Ballard, John; Suff, Paul (1999). World Soccer The Dictionary of Football. Boxtree Ltd. p. 468. ISBN 0-7522-2434-4.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
4. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 August 2017.