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      DIVISION 2  1935/36
     
      P W D L F A Pts
  Leading League goalscorers:
Jack Dodds
 (Sheffield United) &
Bob Finan 
(Blackpool)
 34  goals

On Saturday 1st February 1936 the record set in 1931/32 of 209 Football League goals scored in one day was equalled.
All the results

The fixture list wasn't particularly kind to Swansea Town over Easter 1936. On Easter Friday they played Plymouth on the south coast while a day later they were away again but at the other end of the country, against Newcastle!

  Results 1 Manchester United 42 22 12 8 85 43 56 Promoted
    2 Charlton Athletic 42 22 11 9 85 58 55 Promoted
    3 Sheffield United 42 20 12 10 79 50 52
    Results 4 West Ham United 42 22 8 12 90 68 52
    Results 5 Tottenham Hotspur 42 18 13 11 91 55 49
    Results 6 Leicester City 42 19 10 13 79 57 48
    7 Plymouth Argyle 42 20 8 14 71 57 48
    Results 8 Newcastle United 42 20 6 16 88 79 46
    Results 9 Fulham 42 15 14 13 76 52 44
    10 Blackpool 42 18 7 17 93 72 43
    Results 11 Norwich City 42 17 9 16 72 65 43
    12 Bradford City 42 15 13 14 55 65 43
    13 Swansea Town 42 15 9 18 67 76 39
    14 Bury 42 13 12 17 66 84 38
    Results 15 Burnley 42 12 13 17 50 59 37
    16 Bradford (Park Avenue) 42 14 9 19 62 84 37
    Results 17 Southampton 42 14 9 19 47 65 37
    18 Doncaster Rovers 42 14 9 19 51 71 37
    Results 19 Nottingham Forest 42 12 11 19 69 76 35
    20 Barnsley 42 12 9 21 54 80 33
      21 Port Vale 42 12 8 22 56 106 32 Relegated
      22 Hull City 42 5 10 27 47 111 20 Relegated
     
      Relegated Port Vale & Hull were both relegated to Division 3 (North).

 

 

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