1935–36 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City

1935–36 season
Manager	Wilf Wild
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	9th
FA Cup	Fifth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Eric Brook (14) All: Eric Brook (16)
Highest home attendance	65,978 v Luton Town (25 January 1936)
Lowest home attendance	12,498 v Blackburn Rovers (19 February 1936)

The 1935–36 season was Manchester City's 41st season of competitive football and 29th season in the top division of English football.^[1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup.

First Division

Main article: 1935–36 Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
7	Preston North End	42	18	8	16	67	64	1.047	44
8	Chelsea	42	15	13	14	65	72	0.903	43
9	Manchester City	42	17	8	17	68	60	1.133	42
10	Portsmouth	42	17	8	17	54	67	0.806	42
11	Leeds United	42	15	11	16	66	64	1.031	41

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
42	17	8	17	68	60	1.133	42	13	2	6	44	17	28	4	6	11	24	43	14

Source: [1]

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
31 August 1935	West Bromwich Albion	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Herd	38,826
4 September 1935	Liverpool	A	Anfield	2 - 0	Tilson, Brook	30,000
7 September 1935	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	0 – 2		45,000
11 September 1935	Liverpool	H	Maine Road	6 – 0	Toseland (2), Heale (2), Busby, Herd	25,000
14 September 1935	Birmingham City	H	Maine Road	3 - 1	Bray, Toseland, Tilson	30,000
21 September 1935	Arsenal	A	Highbury	3 – 2	Toseland, Herd, Tilson	61,250
28 September 1935	Portsmouth	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		40,000
5 October 1935	Stoke City	H	Maine Road	1 - 2	Heale	35,000
12 October 1935	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	1 – 4	Toseland	21,416
19 October 1935	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	0 – 4		18,000
26 October 1935	Brentford	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Marshall, Owen	25,000
2 November 1935	Derby County	A	Baseball Ground	0 – 3		28,776
9 November 1935	Everton	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Herd	39,883
16 November 1935	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	3 - 3	Brook (2), Tilson	42,110
23 November 1935	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Maine Road	3 – 0	Owen (2), McCullough	30,000
30 November 1935	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	0 – 2		19,438
7 December 1935	Aston Villa	H	Maine Road	5 – 0	Toseland (2), Tilson (2), Brook	35,000
14 December 1935	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux Stadium	3 – 4	Tilson (2), Brook	20,960
25 December 1935	Chelsea	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		36,074
25 December 1935	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	1 – 2	Herd	41,732
28 December 1935	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	1 – 5	McLeod	31,012
1 January 1936	Grimsby Town	H	Maine Road	0 – 3		32,470
4 January 1936	Sunderland	H	Maine Road	0 – 1		45,000
15 January 1936	Huddersfield Town	H	Maine Road	1 – 2	Brook	16,884
18 January 1936	Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	1 – 0	McLeod	20,000
1 February 1936	Portsmouth	A	Fratton Park	2 – 1	McLeod (2)	20,000
8 February 1936	Stoke City	A	Victoria Ground	0 - 1		30,000
19 February 1936	Blackburn Rovers	H	Maine Road	2 – 0	McLeod (2)	12,498
22 February 1936	Preston North End	H	Maine Road	1 – 3	Brook	39,364
29 February 1936	Everton	A	Goodison Park	2 – 2	Tilson, Toseland	14,418
7 March 1936	Middlesbrough	H	Maine Road	6 – 0	Herd (2), Toseland, Doherty, Brook, Tilson	20,094
11 March 1936	Arsenal	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Percival	32,750
14 March 1936	Brentford	A	Griffin Park	0 – 0		35,000
21 March 1936	Bolton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	7 – 0	Brook (3), Doherty (2), Herd, Toseland	40,779
28 March 1936	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough Stadium	0 – 1		22,000
4 April 1936	Derby County	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	McLeod	25,806
10 April 1936	Leeds United	H	Maine Road	1 – 3	McLeod	17,175
11 April 1936	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	2 – 2	Marshall, Percival	42,000
13 April 1936	Leeds United	A	Elland Road	1 – 1	Brook	38,773
18 April 1936	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Herd, Tilson	21,852
25 April 1936	Huddersfield Town	A	Leeds Road	1 – 1	Doherty	8,258
2 May 1936	Grimsby Town	A	Blundell Park	1 - 3	Brook	8,974

FA Cup

Main article: 1935–36 FA Cup

Reports

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
11 January 1936	Third round	Portsmouth	H	Maine Road	3 - 1	Brook (3)	53,340
25 January 1936	Fourth round	Luton Town	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Herd, McLeod	65,978
15 February 1936	Fifth round	Grimsby Town	A	Blundell Park	2 – 3	McLeod, Tilson	28,000

References

1. "History". Statto.

External links

• Official website