Season

1935-36

Manchester UnitedScott Duncan

1stleague finish

Champions of the Second Division

+0.9
goal difference
2.0 scored · 1.0 conceded
45
Played
51%
Win rate

Season in brief

Won the Second Division — the club's 3rd league title on record. Home form carried the season — 73% of home matches won against 30% away. George Mutch led the scoring with 22 goals (scorer data covers 97% of the 88 United scored).

The Second Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Manchester United42P · 22W 12D 8L · GD +4256
  2. 2Charlton Athletic42P · 22W 11D 9L · GD +2755
  3. 3Sheffield United42P · 20W 12D 10L · GD +2952
  5. 21Port Vale42P · 12W 8D 22L · GD -5032
  6. 22Hull City42P · 5W 10D 27L · GD -6420

Slice: the final Second Division table for 1935-36, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint head marks the promotion places — exact counts varied by era.

The season, match by match

45 matches
31 Aug 1935 @ Plymouth Argyle: 1–34 Sep 1935 v Charlton Athletic: 3–07 Sep 1935 v Bradford City: 3–19 Sep 1935 @ Charlton Athletic: 0–014 Sep 1935 @ Newcastle United: 2–018 Sep 1935 v Hull City: 2–021 Sep 1935 v Tottenham Hotspur: 0–028 Sep 1935 @ Southampton: 1–25 Oct 1935 @ Port Vale: 3–012 Oct 1935 v Fulham: 1–019 Oct 1935 v Sheffield United: 3–126 Oct 1935 @ Bradford Park Avenue: 0–12 Nov 1935 v Leicester City: 0–19 Nov 1935 @ Swansea City: 1–216 Nov 1935 v West Ham United: 2–323 Nov 1935 @ Norwich City: 5–330 Nov 1935 v Doncaster Rovers: 0–07 Dec 1935 @ Blackpool: 1–414 Dec 1935 v Nottingham Forest: 5–026 Dec 1935 v Barnsley: 1–128 Dec 1935 v Plymouth Argyle: 3–21 Jan 1936 @ Barnsley: 3–04 Jan 1936 @ Bradford City: 0–111 Jan 1936 @ Reading: 3–118 Jan 1936 v Newcastle United: 3–125 Jan 1936 @ Stoke City: 0–029 Jan 1936 v Stoke City: 0–21 Feb 1936 v Southampton: 4–05 Feb 1936 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 0–08 Feb 1936 v Port Vale: 7–222 Feb 1936 @ Sheffield United: 1–129 Feb 1936 v Blackpool: 3–27 Mar 1936 @ West Ham United: 2–114 Mar 1936 v Swansea City: 3–021 Mar 1936 @ Leicester City: 1–128 Mar 1936 v Norwich City: 2–11 Apr 1936 @ Fulham: 2–24 Apr 1936 @ Doncaster Rovers: 0–010 Apr 1936 @ Burnley: 2–211 Apr 1936 v Bradford Park Avenue: 4–013 Apr 1936 v Burnley: 4–018 Apr 1936 @ Nottingham Forest: 1–125 Apr 1936 v Bury: 2–129 Apr 1936 @ Bury: 3–22 May 1936 @ Hull City: 1–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.