1936–37 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1936–37 season
Manager	Jimmy McMullan
Stadium	Villa Park
Second Division	9th
FA Cup	Third round
← 1935–36 1937-38 →

Aston Villa played the 1936–37 English football season in the Football League Second Division.

Gordon Hodgson's play included a hat-trick in a 5–1 win against Bradford City at Villa Park on 14 September 1936.^[1] In total Hodgson scored 11 goals in 28 appearances for Villa, all of which were in the league.^[2]Gordon Hodgson's stay with Villa in the Second Division was a short one. He left for Leeds United for £1,500 on 2 March 1937,^[3] after scoring seven goals in 13 appearances for Villa in the Second Division.^[4] In total Hodgson scored 11 goals in 28 appearances for Villa, all of which were in the league.^[2]

There were debuts for Andy Kerr, George Hardy, Jackie Martin, Jim Robey, Matt Moralee, Freddie Haycock, Bob Iverson, Ronnie Starling, George Pritty and Freddie Goss.^[5]

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City	42	24	8	10	89	57	1.561	56	Promoted to the First Division
2	Blackpool	42	24	7	11	88	53	1.660	55	Promoted to the First Division
3	Bury	42	22	8	12	74	55	1.345	52
4	Newcastle United	42	22	5	15	80	56	1.429	49
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	18	13	11	71	53	1.340	49
6	West Ham United	42	19	11	12	73	55	1.327	49
7	Sheffield United	42	18	10	14	66	54	1.222	46
8	Coventry City	42	17	11	14	66	54	1.222	45
9	Aston Villa	42	16	12	14	82	70	1.171	44
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	9	16	88	66	1.333	43
11	Fulham	42	15	13	14	71	61	1.164	43
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	10	16	70	62	1.129	42
13	Burnley	42	16	10	16	57	61	0.934	42
14	Barnsley	42	16	9	17	50	64	0.781	41
15	Chesterfield	42	16	8	18	84	89	0.944	40
16	Swansea Town	42	15	7	20	50	65	0.769	37
17	Norwich City	42	14	8	20	63	71	0.887	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	12	10	20	68	90	0.756	34
19	Southampton	42	11	12	19	53	77	0.688	34
20	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	9	21	52	88	0.591	33
21	Bradford City	42	9	12	21	54	94	0.574	30	Relegated to the Third Division North
22	Doncaster Rovers	42	7	10	25	30	84	0.357	24	Relegated to the Third Division North

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

^ "Aston Villa v Bradford City, 14 September 1936 - 11v11 match report". 11v11.com. 14 September 1936. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Aston Villa Player Database". Astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ "Gordon Hodgson for Leeds United | Kjell Hanssen, football historian". Kjellhanssen.com. 2 March 1937. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ "Aston Villa v Bradford City, 14 September 1936 - 11v11 match report". 11v11.com. 14 September 1936. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

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