1935–36 in English football explained

Country:	England
Season:	1935–36
Division1:	Football League
Champions1:	Sunderland
Division2:	Football League Second Division
Champions2:	Manchester United
Domestic:	FA Cup
Dchampions:	Arsenal
Prevseason:	1934–35
Nextseason:	1936–37
Flagicon:	yes

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

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Sunderland (6*)	Derby County
Second Division	Manchester United	Charlton Athletic
Third Division North	Chesterfield	Chester City
Third Division South	Coventry City	Luton Town
FA Cup	Arsenal (2)	Sheffield United
Charity Shield	Sunderland	Arsenal
Home Championship

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

Football League

See main article: 1935–36 Football League.

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]

Notes and References

1. News: On this day in history ~ Division One, 1935. 16 November 2014. 18 December 2014. wsc.co.uk. When Saturday Comes. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218035314/http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1188-november-2014/12019-on-this-day-in-history-division-one-1935. 18 December 2014. dead.
2. Book: World Soccer The Dictionary of Football. Boxtree Ltd. 1999. 468. 0-7522-2434-4. Ballard. John. Suff. Paul. World Soccer (magazine).
3. Web site: English League Leading Goalscorers . . 2017-08-30.
4. Web site: English League Leading Goalscorers . . 2017-08-30.