1935–36 Football League
The Football League First Division in 1935/36 was the 44th season of the Football League First Division as the highest English football league. The AFC Sunderland gained prominence with eight points on the pursuers Derby County and Huddersfield Town now his sixth English championship. Both promoted FC Brentford and Bolton Wanderers were able to get the class; instead had to play the course in the Second Division Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers. Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers were also the last clubs, where League after continuous membership in the English top flight suffered as founding members of the Football for the first time the descent. These two teams should be in the following season replaced by the two newly promoted second division Manchester United and Charlton Athletic.
A total of 526 players were used, with Preston North End, the least and the Blackburn Rovers with 31 mustered 17 most players in league games. 122 newcomers were offset by 127 footballers who most recently came into play in the 1935/36 season.
Final Table
Results Table
In the left column of the home teams are listed.
Top scorers
The champion team of Sunderland AFC
In the following list, all players were listed who came for the Sunderland AFC in a league game for use during the 1935/36 season. It must be noted that in most cases a minimum number of games will be provided in English football to accept the official champion medal allowed. As regards the specific arrangements prior to the introduction of the Premier League, there is lack of clarity, all the players with an asterisk (*) have been provided which have received no champion medal presumably because of their small contribution. In brackets the number of bets as well as the goals achieved are called.
Raich Carter (39/ 29) | Jimmy Clark (28/ 0 ) | Jimmy Connor (42/ 6) | Bert Davis (25/ 10) | Len Duns (17/ 5) | Patsy Gallacher (37/ 19) | George Goddard * (3/1 ) | Bobby Gurney (39/ 32) | Alex Hall ( 38/ 0 ) | Alex Hastings (31/ 0 ) | Cyril Hornby * (8/2 ) | Bert Johnston (10/ 0 ) | Johnny Mapson * (7/ 0 ) | Les McDowall * (1/0 ) | Sandy McNab (13/ 1) | Matt Middleton * (9/ 0 ) | Tom Morrison (21/ 0 ) | Bill Murray (21/ 0 ) | Ralph Rodgerson * ( 3/0 ) | Jim Russell * (1/0 ) | Harry Shaw * (1/0 ) | Charlie Thomson ( 42/1 ) | Jimmy Thorpe (26/ 0).
- Coach: Johnny Cochrane
Special events
- George Camsell shot on September 9, 1935 for the Middlesbrough FC in an away game against Aston Villa five goals.
- Bobby Gurney shot on December 7, 1935 for the AFC Sunderland against Bolton Wanderers five goals.
- Ted Drake shot on December 14, 1935 for Arsenal in an away game against Aston Villa seven goals.