1936–37 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
1936–37 season
Chairman Mr H. Booth
Manager Bob McGrory
Football League First Division 10th (42 Points)
FA Cup Round 4
Top goalscorer Freddie Steele (33)
Highest home attendance 51,373 vs Arsenal (29 March 1937)
Lowest home attendance 8,559 vs Bolton Wanderers(12 December 1936)
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 season was Stoke's 44th season of league football and the 23rd in the First Division.

Contents

Overview

After the club's best ever season in 1935–36 Stoke found it difficult in the 1936–37 season to improve and a disappointing 10th place finish was the final outcome. In the FA Cup Stoke lost to Preston in the 4th round. The was a change at boardroom level with Mr H. Booth replacing Mr A. Sherwin as chairman.

During the 1936–37 season Stoke made three new club records which all still stand. A record attendance of 51,373 made it into the Victoria Ground on 29 March to watch a 0–0 draw with Arsenal. However the most remarkable achievement was that of a 10–3 victory over Staffordshire rivals West Bromwich Albion and thirdly, Freddie Steele finished the season with 33 goals.

Stoke City 10–3 West Bromwich Albion 4 February 1937

A 10–3 win over West Brom is Stoke City's record League victory here is a summary of the match.

Stoke gave debuts to Scottish keeper Douglas Westland and full-back James Harbot. Stoke went into the match as narrow favourites however Stoke went onto outclass Albion in all positions. The first goal came after 10 minutes as Steele headed in a Stanley Matthews cross. Albion levelled just a minute later through Richardson following a fine move. Stoke re-took the lead through a copy of the their first on 20 minutes as Albion struggled to contain Matthews. After 32 minutes Stoke went 3–1 up, Steele was brought down in the area by Bill Richardson and Arthur Turner scored from the spot. Four minutes before half-time Steele claimed his hat-trick. In the second half Stoke made it 5–1 through England winger Joe Johnson before Steele missed an open goal. Wally Boyes pulled in back to 5–2 however Steele got his fourth and fifth to make it 7–2 on 67 minutes. Richardson made it 7–3 before Johnson again and George Antonio got on the score sheet. With 15 minutes left the score line was 9–3 and with the crowd chanting for more it duly arrived when Antonio made it 10–3.

Final league table

First Division

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Manchester City 42 22 13 7 107 61 1.754 57
2 Charlton Athletic 42 21 12 9 58 49 1.184 54
3 Arsenal 42 18 16 8 80 49 1.633 52
4 Derby County 42 21 7 14 96 90 1.067 49
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 21 5 16 84 67 1.254 47
6 Brentford 42 18 10 14 82 78 1.051 46
7 Middlesbrough 42 19 8 15 74 71 1.042 46
8 Sunderland 42 19 6 17 89 87 1.023 44
9 Portsmouth 42 17 10 15 62 66 0.939 44
10 Stoke City 42 15 12 15 72 57 1.263 42
11 Birmingham 42 13 15 14 64 60 1.067 41
12 Grimsby Town 42 17 7 18 86 81 1.062 41
13 Chelsea 42 14 13 15 52 55 0.945 41
14 Preston North End 42 14 13 15 56 67 0.836 41
15 Huddersfield Town 42 12 15 15 62 64 0.969 39
16 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 6 20 77 98 0.786 38
17 Everton 42 14 9 19 81 78 1.038 37
18 Liverpool 42 12 11 19 62 84 0.738 35
19 Leeds United 42 15 4 23 60 80 0.750 34
20 Bolton Wanderers 42 10 14 18 43 66 0.652 34
21 Manchester United 42 10 12 20 55 78 0.705 32
22 Sheffield Wednesday 42 9 12 21 53 69 0.768 30

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1936–37 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 29 August 1936 Liverpool A 1 – 2 23,000 Johnson
2 31 August 1936 Charlton Athletic H 1 – 1 23,524 Steele
3 5 September 1936 Leeds United H 2 – 1 19,080 Liddle, Jack Milburn (o.g.)
4 7 September 1936 Charlton Athletic A 0 – 2 20,000
5 12 September 1936 Birmingham A 4 – 2 10,000 Steele (3), Matthews
6 14 September 1936 Grimsby Town H 2 – 0 18,229 Steele (2)
7 19 September 1936 Middlesbrough H 6 – 2 29,106 Steele (3), Matthews, Johnson (2)
8 26 September 1936 West Bromwich Albion A 2 – 2 27,086 Steele , Johnson
9 3 October 1936 Manchester City H 2 – 2 36,292 Steele, Matthews
10 10 October 1936 Portsmouth A 0 – 1 18,000
11 17 October 1936 Preston North End H 0 – 2 19,518
12 24 October 1936 Sheffield Wednesday A 0 – 0 18,000
13 31 October 1936 Manchester United H 3 – 0 22,464 Davies, Matthews, Johnson
14 7 November 1936 Derby County A 2 – 2 20,000 Johnson, Steele
15 14 November 1936 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2 – 1 21,349 Johnson, Steele
16 21 November 1936 Sunderland A 0 – 3 25,000
17 28 November 1936 Huddersfield Town H 1 – 1 13,644 Fursland
18 5 December 1936 Everton A 1 – 1 15,000 Robson
19 12 December 1936 Bolton Wanderers H 2 – 2 8,359 Matthews (2)
20 19 December 1936 Brentford A 1 – 2 25,000 Robson
21 25 December 1936 Chelsea H 2 – 0 24,789 Johnson (2)
22 26 December 1936 Liverpool H 1 – 1 38,940 Robson
23 28 December 1936 Chelsea A 0 – 1 18,000
24 2 January 1937 Leeds United A 1 – 2 20,000 Johnson
25 9 January 1937 Birmingham H 2 – 0 15,211 Turner (Pen), Westland
26 23 January 1937 Middlesbrough A 0 – 1 14,000
27 4 February 1937 West Bromwich Albion H 10 – 3 18,224 Steele (5), Turner (Pen), Johnson (2), Antonio (2)
28 6 February 1937 Manchester City A 1 – 2 30,000 Turner (Pen)
29 13 February 1937 Portsmouth H 2 – 4 18,237 Steele (2)
30 24 February 1937 Preston North End A 1 – 0 8,000 Steele
31 6 March 1937 Manchester United A 1 – 2 15,000 Steele
32 13 March 1937 Derby County H 1 – 2 20,106 Steele
33 20 March 1937 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 – 2 20,000 Steele
34 26 March 1937 Arsenal A 0 – 0 40,000
35 27 March 1937 Sunderland H 5 – 3 29,292 Westland, Tutin, Steele (3)
36 29 March 1937 Arsenal H 0 – 0 51,373
37 3 April 1937 Huddersfield Town A 1 – 2 12,000 Steele
38 5 April 1937 Sheffield Wednesday H 1 – 0 11,573 Westland
39 10 April 1937 Everton H 2 – 1 17,646 Westland, Mercer
40 17 April 1937 Bolton Wanderers A 0 – 0 12,000
41 24 April 1937 Brentford H 5 – 1 18,349 Steele (3), Antonio, Matthews
42 1 May 1937 Grimsby Town A 3 – 1 8,000 Steele (2), Johnson

FA Cup

Main article: 1936–37 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 16 January 1937 Birmingham H 4 – 1 31,480 Steele (3), Johnson
R4 30 January 1937 Preston North End A 1 – 5 23,866 Johnson

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Norman Wilkinson 41 0 2 0 43 0
GK Douglas Westland 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Bill Winstanley 21 0 0 0 21 0
DF Charlie Scrimshaw 41 0 1 0 42 0
DF Arthur Tutin 39 1 2 0 41 1
DF Arthur Turner 42 3 2 0 44 3
DF Harold Brigham 21 0 2 0 23 0
DF James Harbot 1 0 1 0 2 0
MF William Moore 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF Frank Soo 31 0 0 0 31 0
MF Stanley Matthews 40 7 2 0 42 7
MF Harry Davies 25 1 0 0 25 1
MF Jock Kirton 12 0 2 0 14 0
FW Joe Johnson 36 13 2 2 38 15
FW Robert Liddle 20 1 0 0 20 1
FW Freddie Steele 35 33 2 3 37 35
FW James Westland 21 4 2 0 23 4
FW George Antonio 20 3 2 0 22 3
FW Syd Fursland 2 1 0 0 2 1
FW Billy Robson 6 3 0 0 6 3
FW Syd Peppitt 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW Frank Baker 4 0 0 0 4 0

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