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1932-33

Football League 1933-34
1934-35
  
Final League Table - Division I
 Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England in 1933-34
 Teams in italics were relegated to the second division for the following season
Team P Home Away ₧
W D L F A W D L F A
Arsenal 42 15 4 2 45 19 10 5 6 30 28 59
Huddersfield Town 42 16 3 2 53 19 7 7 7 37 42 56
Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 3 4 51 24 7 4 10 28 32 49
Derby County 42 11 8 2 45 22 6 3 12 23 32 45
Manchester City 42 14 4 3 50 29 3 7 11 15 43 45
Sunderland 42 14 6 1 57 17 2 6 13 24 39 44
West Bromwich Albion 42 12 4 5 49 28 5 6 10 29 42 44
Blackburn Rovers 42 16 5 0 57 21 2 2 17 17 60 43
Leeds United 42 13 5 3 52 21 4 3 14 23 45 42
Portsmouth 42 11 5 5 31 21 4 7 10 21 34 42
Sheffield Wednesday 42 9 5 7 33 24 7 4 10 29 43 41
Stoke City 42 11 5 5 33 19 4 6 11 25 52 41
Aston Villa 42 10 5 6 45 34 4 7 10 33 41 40
Everton 42 9 7 5 38 27 3 9 9 24 36 40
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 4 4 50 28 1 8 12 24 58 40
Middlesbrough 42 13 3 5 51 27 3 4 14 17 53 39
Leicester City 42 10 6 5 36 26 4 5 12 23 48 39
Liverpool 42 10 6 5 52 37 4 4 13 27 50 38
Chelsea 42 12 3 6 44 24 2 5 14 23 45 36
Birmingham 42 8 6 7 29 20 4 6 11 25 36 36
Newcastle United 42 6 11 4 42 29 4 3 14 26 48 34
Sheffield United 42 11 5 5 40 25 1 2 18 18 76 31

Derby County recorded a seven-match winning run from 4 November 1933:
Leicester (h) 2-1, Chelsea (a) 2-0, Liverpool (h) 3-1, Tottenham (a) 2-1, Wolves (h) 3-1, Aston Villa (a) 2-0, Sheffield United (h) 5-1, before drawing 0-0 at Sunderland on 23 December 1933. Arsenal's biggest winning sequence was of four games, though they did win eight games in a run of nine.

How The League Was Won 1933-34 Season
Timeline
37 Saturdays from 26 August 1933 to 5 May 1934, plus the first two Mondays and Wednesdays of the season, Christmas Day (Monday, 25th December 1933), Boxing Day (Tuesday, 26th December 1933), New Year's Day (Monday, 1st January 1934), Good Friday, 30 March 1934 and Easter Monday, 2 April 1934
 There was one other game played on a Monday and two on a Wednesday in September. One game was played on the day after Boxing Day and one on the day after New Year's Day. In the last week of January, three games were played on the Monday and two on the Wednesday, and games were played on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in February. In March, there were games played on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and also on Mondays and Tuesdays in April, with the last midweek game on the first Wednesday in May. The FA Cup took precedence on six weekends from the third round on 13 January 1934 to the final on 28 April 1934. There were two weeks between each round, apart from three weeks before the fifth round, and six weeks before the final. Last league games were on Saturday, 5 May 1934.
Wednesday, 25 April 1934
Huddersfield Town 1 Everton 0
   Leeds Road, Huddersfield (4,842)
Smith
Jack Smith's goal, seven minutes from the end, kept alive Huddersfield's hopes of catching Arsenal, but they could only do it by winning their last two games and the Gunners losing theirs. The goal average would then be enough for the Terriers to take the title.
Top Two 25 April 1934
Team P ₧
Arsenal 40 56
Huddersfield Town 40 52
  
Saturday, 28 April 1934
3.15pm BST Huddersfield Town 5 Blackburn Rovers 3
   Leeds Road, Huddersfield (4,214)
 Bottrill, Carr, Smith, Williams (2) ~ Talbot (pen), Milne (2)		 The poor recent attendances at Huddersfield showed that their supporters had given up hope that they could catch Arsenal, but they were only three points behind at the end. For the second year in succession, Chelsea's fans had to watch Arsenal celebrating their title success at Stamford Bridge, whilst just over ten miles away, at Wembley, Manchester City were beating Portsmouth in the FA Cup Final. Chelsea were also celebrating when the news came through that Newcastle had lost at Stoke and they were safe from relegation, regardless of the result against Arsenal. It was a bittersweet moment for the champions, however, as their great manager, Herbert Chapman, had died suddenly from pneumonia, at the age of 55, just three months earlier.
3.30pm BST Chelsea 2 Arsenal 2
   Stamford Bridge, London (65,344)
 Horton 49, Mills 70 ~ James 30, Bastin 53
 
The Elite League 1933-34 Season (games between the top four)
Team P Home Away ₧
W D L F A W D L F A
Arsenal 6 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 6 3 9
Huddersfield Town 6 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 1 5 5 7
Derby County 6 1 1 1 7 8 1 0 2 2 4 5
Tottenham Hotspur 6 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 2 6 7 3
Arsenal were the only team from the previous season's top four to retain their status. Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday and West Bromwich Albion all dropped out of the top four.
Games played between the top two:-
Saturday, 25 November 1933
 Huddersfield Town 0 Arsenal 1
    Leeds Road, Huddersfield (29,407)
Dunne
Saturday, 7 April 1934
 Arsenal 3 Huddersfield Town 1
   Arsenal Stadium, London (55,930)
 Beasley, Drake, Bowden ~ Smith
Though Arsenal were champions again, their close rivals, Tottenham had a claim to be the best in London, by winning 3-1 at Highbury in January and staying unbeaten in their four London derbies. They also completed the double over Chelsea. Arsenal picked up just four points from their four derbies.

The Continuous Post-War League 1919-34 (15 seasons)
Team P Wins ₧
Aston Villa 630 280 694
Arsenal 630 270 690
Huddersfield Town 588 266 686
Liverpool 630 260 683
Arsenal reduced Aston Villa's lead to four points, whilst Huddersfield, from a season less, still maintained the highest average points.
The 'Rolling Five-Season' League
 1929-34
Team P Wins ₧
Arsenal 210 114 276
Sheffield Wednesday 210 107 254
Aston Villa 210 102 246
Huddersfield Town 210 95 232
Arsenal built up a commanding lead following three titles in four years.


Champions: Arsenal
Manager: Herbert Chapman (first 23 games)/George Allison (last 19 games)
1933-34 Most Appearances
by England Players
Name Played Goals
George Male 42  
Eddie Hapgood 40  
Cliff Bastin 38 13
Frank Moss 37  
Ray Bowden 32 13
Herbie Roberts 30 1
Pat Beasley 23 10
Herbie Roberts did not play for England in the 1933-34 season, Ray Bowden did not play for England until the following season and Pat Beasley did not play for England until 1939.
1933-34 Most Goals
by England Players
Name Played Goals
Cliff Bastin 38 13
Ray Bowden 32 13
Pat Beasley 23 10
Jack Bowers of Derby County, was top scorer for the second year in succession, with 34 goals (one less than the previous season). Tottenham's George Hunt was second with 32. West Brom's Billy Richardson was third on the list, with 26 goals.

England and the Football League 1933-34 Season
England's impact on the Football League
Including the tour at the end of the 1933-34 season, 13 of the 22 first division clubs were represented.
Twelve Football League games had a direct impact on two of England's games, on 14 October 1933 and 14 April 1934.
As a result, on 14 October, England took Arsenal's Cliff Bastin and Eddie Hapgood, Birmingham's Tom Grosvenor and Harry Hibbs, Derby's Jack Bowers and Sammy Crooks, Huddersfield's Roy Goodall, Leeds's Wilf Copping, Leicester's Arthur Maw, Manchester City's Eric Brook, Portsmouth's Jimmy Allen, and Alf Strange of Sheffield Wednesday. On 14 April, Bastin, Bowers, Brook, Copping, Crooks and Hapgood were again missing from their clubs, as were Arsenal's Frank Moss, Aston Villa's Joe Beresford, Birmingham's Lewis Stoker, Derby's Tom Cooper and Eric Keen, Leeds's Ernie Hart, and Raich Carter of Sunderland.
 
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