The 1937–38 season was Manchester City's 43rd season in existence and 31st season in the top division of English football. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the FA Cup and FA Charity Shield.
First Division
League table
Results summary
Reports DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 29 August 1937 Wolverhampton Wanderers A Molineux Stadium 1 – 3 Herd 39,484 1 September 1937 Everton H Maine Road 2 - 0 Herd, Doherty 27,603 4 September 1937 Leicester City H Maine Road 3 – 0 Bray, Herd, Brook 40,000 8 September 1937 Everton A Goodison Park 1 – 4 Brook 27,290 11 September 1937 Sunderland A Roker Park 1 - 3 Doherty 30,000 15 September 1937 Huddersfield Town H Maine Road 3 – 2 Herd (2), Percival 19,968 18 September 1937 Derby County H Maine Road 6 – 1 Doherty (2), Brook (2), Clayton, Percival 32,991 25 September 1937 Portsmouth A Fratton Park 2 - 2 Doherty, Barr 20,000 2 October 1937 Arsenal A Highbury 1 – 2 Clayton 68,353 9 October 1937 Blackpool H Maine Road 2 – 1 Herd, Brook 38,846 16 October 1937 Stoke City H Maine Road 0 – 0 40,000 23 October 1937 Middlesbrough A Ayresome Park 0 – 4 18,442 30 October 1937 Birmingham City H Maine Road 2 – 0 Doherty (2) 20,000 6 November 1937 Preston North End A Deepdale 2 - 2 Doherty, Brook 32,000 13 November 1937 Liverpool H Maine Road 1 – 3 Toseland 25,000 20 November 1937 Chelsea A Stamford Bridge 2 – 2 Herd, Brook 40,197 27 November 1937 Grimsby Town H Maine Road 3 – 1 Percival (2), Herd 27,526 18 December 1937 Leeds United A Elland Road 1 – 2 Doherty 22,144 25 December 1937 Brentford H Maine Road 0 – 2 35,000 27 December 1937 Brentford A Grimsby Town 1 – 2 Herd 40,000 1 January 1938 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Maine Road 2 – 4 Herd, Doherty 39,776 15 January 1938 Leicester City A Filbert Street 4 – 1 Doherty (3), Heale 16,000 29 January 1938 Derby County A Baseball Ground 7 – 1 Heale (3), Brook (2), Doherty, Toseland 13,625 2 February 1938 Sunderland H Maine Road 0 – 0 19,000 5 February 1938 Portsmouth H Maine Road 2 – 1 Rogers, Brook 30,000 16 February 1938 Arsenal H Maine Road 1 – 2 Heale 34,299 19 February 1938 Blackpool A Bloomfield Road 1 - 2 Tilson 19,764 26 February 1938 Stoke City A Victoria Ground 2 – 3 Toseland, Doherty 30,000 9 March 1938 Middlesbrough H Maine Road 1 – 6 Milsom 16,396 12 March 1938 Birmingham City A St Andrews 2 – 2 Doherty, Brook 25,000 16 March 1938 West Bromwich Albion A The Hawthorns 1 – 1 Dunkley 10,792 19 March 1938 Preston North End H Maine Road 1 – 2 Doherty 45,000 26 March 1938 Liverpool A Anfield 0 – 2 30,000 2 April 1938 Chelsea H Maine Road 1 – 0 Pritchard 31,033 6 April 1938 Charlton Athletic H Maine Road 5 – 3 Milsom (3), Bray, Pritchard 18,000 9 April 1938 Grimsby Town A Blundell Park 1 – 3 Doherty 11,413 15 April 1938 Bolton Wanderers H Maine Road 1 – 2 Milsom 53,328 16 April 1938 West Bromwich Albion H Maine Road 7 – 1 Brook (4), Herd (2), Doherty 16,700 18 April 1938 Bolton Wanderers A Burnden Park 1 – 2 Brook 29,872 23 April 1938 Charlton Athletic A The Valley 0 – 0 31,000 30 April 1938 Leeds United H Maine Road 6 – 2 Doherty (3), Percival, Heale, Brook 26,732 7 May 1938 Huddersfield Town A Leeds Road 0 – 1 16,000
FA Cup
Reports DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 8 January 1938 Third round Millwall A The Den 2 - 2 Herd (2) 38,110 12 January 1938 Third round replay Millwall H Maine Road 3 – 1 Herd, Heale, Brook 39,559 22 January 1938 Fourth round Bury H Maine Road 3 - 1 Toseland (2), Whitfield (og) 71,937 12 February 1938 Fifth round Luton Town A Kenilworth Road 3 - 1 Heale, Doherty, (og) 21,099 5 March 1938 Sixth round Aston Villa A Villa Park 2 – 3 Doherty, Allen (og) 75,540
Charity Shield
1 Frank Swift 2 Bill Dale 3 Sam Barkas (c) 4 Jack Percival 5 Bobby Marshall 6 Jackie Bray 7 Ernie Toseland 8 Alec Herd 9 Fred Tilson 10 Peter Doherty 11 Eric BrookManager: Wilf Wild 1 Johnny Mapson 2 Jimmy Gorman 3 Alex Hall 4 Charlie Thomson 5 Bert Johnston 6 Alexander Hastings 7 Johnny Spuhler 8 Raich Carter (c) 9 Bobby Gurney 10 Patrick Gallacher 11 Fred RowellManager: Johnny Cochrane
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