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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1936–37

Liverpool completed the 1936–37 Division 1 campaign in 18th, taking 35 points from 42 matches. The record comprised 12 wins, 11 draws and 19 defeats, with 62 goals scored and 84 conceded for a goal difference of -22.

CompetitionDivision 1
League finish18th
ManagerGeorge Kay
Leading scorerFred Howe (16 goals)

League record

42Played
12Won
11Drawn
19Lost
62Goals for
84Goals against
35Points
18thPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 28.6% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 23 of 42. The side averaged 1.48 goals scored and 2.00 conceded per match; the resulting -22 goal difference gives more context to the 18th finish than position alone.

Compared with 1935–36, the recorded league position improved by 1 place, while goal difference moved from -4 to -22.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

The campaign sits in the interwar record, an era that included consecutive championships in the early 1920s and longer stretches of uneven First Division form.

Cup and scoring picture

The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Fred Howe led the season scoring record with 16 goals in all competitions.

How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.