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1936-37

Second Division

Finished 9th of 22 · P42 W16 D12 L14 · 82 scored, 70 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
29 Aug 1936	A	Swansea City	2–1	W
2 Sept 1936	A	Nottingham Forest	1–1	D
5 Sept 1936	H	Southampton	4–0	W
7 Sept 1936	H	Nottingham Forest	1–1	D
12 Sept 1936	A	Burnley	2–1	W
14 Sept 1936	H	Bradford City	5–1	W
19 Sept 1936	H	Fulham	0–3	L
26 Sept 1936	A	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	L
3 Oct 1936	H	Coventry City	0–0	D
10 Oct 1936	A	Plymouth Argyle	2–2	D
17 Oct 1936	A	Bradford Park Avenue	3–3	D
24 Oct 1936	H	Barnsley	4–2	W
31 Oct 1936	A	Sheffield United	1–5	L
7 Nov 1936	H	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	D
11 Nov 1936	A	Bradford City	2–2	D
14 Nov 1936	A	Blackpool	3–2	W
21 Nov 1936	H	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	D
28 Nov 1936	A	Bury	1–2	L
5 Dec 1936	H	Leicester City	1–3	L
19 Dec 1936	H	Norwich City	3–0	W
25 Dec 1936	A	Chesterfield	0–1	L
26 Dec 1936	H	Swansea City	4–0	W
28 Dec 1936	H	Chesterfield	6–2	W
2 Jan 1937	A	Southampton	2–2	D
9 Jan 1937	H	Burnley	0–0	D
23 Jan 1937	A	Fulham	2–3	L
30 Jan 1937	H	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	D
6 Feb 1937	A	Coventry City	0–1	L
13 Feb 1937	H	Plymouth Argyle	5–4	W
20 Feb 1937	H	Bradford Park Avenue	4–1	W
27 Feb 1937	A	Barnsley	4–0	W
6 Mar 1937	H	Sheffield United	2–1	W
13 Mar 1937	A	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	D
20 Mar 1937	H	Blackpool	4–0	W
26 Mar 1937	A	Newcastle United	2–0	W
27 Mar 1937	A	Blackburn Rovers	4–3	W
30 Mar 1937	H	Newcastle United	0–2	L
3 Apr 1937	H	Bury	0–4	L
10 Apr 1937	A	Leicester City	0–1	L
17 Apr 1937	H	West Ham United	0–2	L
24 Apr 1937	A	Norwich City	1–5	L
26 Apr 1937	A	West Ham United	1–2	L

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leicester City	42	24	8	10	89	57	+32	56
2	Blackpool	42	24	7	11	88	53	+35	55
3	Bury	42	22	8	12	74	55	+19	52
4	Newcastle United	42	22	5	15	80	56	+24	49
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	18	13	11	71	53	+18	49
6	West Ham United	42	19	11	12	73	55	+18	49
7	Sheffield United	42	18	10	14	66	54	+12	46
8	Coventry City	42	17	11	14	66	54	+12	45
9	Aston Villa	42	16	12	14	82	70	+12	44
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	9	16	88	66	+22	43
11	Fulham	42	15	13	14	71	61	+10	43
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	10	16	70	62	+8	42
13	Burnley	42	16	10	16	57	61	-4	42
14	Barnsley	42	16	9	17	50	64	-14	41
15	Chesterfield	42	16	8	18	84	89	-5	40
16	Swansea City	42	15	7	20	50	65	-15	37
17	Norwich City	42	14	8	20	63	71	-8	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	12	10	20	68	90	-22	34
19	Southampton	42	11	12	19	53	77	-24	34
20	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	9	21	52	88	-36	33
21	Bradford City	42	9	12	21	54	94	-40	30
22	Doncaster Rovers	42	7	10	25	30	84	-54	24

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.