The 1937–38 season was the 63rd season of competitive football in England.
Overview Manchester City became the only team to have been relegated in the season after winning the league title as well as the only team to ever be relegated from the top tier of English football having scored the most goals in that particular season.
The points spread between the league champions, Arsenal, and the team that finished bottom of the league, West Bromwich Albion, was a mere 16 points.
Arsenal won the title (the club's fifth) on the final day of the season with a mere 52 points from 42 matches after beating Bolton Wanderers 5–0 at Highbury, while the table leaders after the penultimate round of fixtures, Wolverhampton Wanderers, lost 1–0 to 10-man Sunderland at Roker Park to be denied their first league title. Wolves, who finished as runners-up for the first time in their history, had to wait until 1953–54 to win their first English league title, although by that time they had once again been pipped to the title late in the season – by Liverpool in 1946-47.
Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upFirst DivisionArsenal (5)Wolverhampton WanderersSecond DivisionAston VillaManchester UnitedThird Division NorthTranmere RoversDoncaster RoversThird Division SouthMillwallBristol CityFA CupPreston North End (2)Huddersfield TownCharity ShieldManchester CitySunderlandHome Championship
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Football League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Top goalscorers
First Division Tommy Lawton (Everton) – 28 goals
Second Division George Henson (Bradford Park Avenue) – 27 goals
Third Division North Jack Roberts (Port Vale) – 28 goals
Third Division South Harold Crawshaw (Mansfield Town) – 25 goals
National team A tour to central Europe was successful as the England squad comprehensively beat Germany in front of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels in Berlin as well as defeating France in Paris. However, between these successes was another defeat; to Switzerland. The tour was considered very controversial as the players were instructed to give the German leaders the Nazi salute during the anthems before the kick-off of the match in Berlin.
European tour
References
no:Engelsk 1. divisjon 1937–38