The 1935–36 season was the 61st season of competitive

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won the league, and in doing so they remain the last team to win the English League while wearing striped jerseys. They also equalled the record of six titles won by

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. It remains the most recent season that Sunderland would win the title. Aston Villa and

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were relegated from the First Division and therefore became the last two founder members of the Football League to lose top flight status for the first time.

Diary of the season

* 16 November 1935: Table-toppers Sunderland beat

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5–1, while

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is among the goalscorers for

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as they thrash

6–1. * 27 February 1936: The weekend fixture list is not announced until Thursday evening (for games involving teams a long distance apart) and Friday evening for all others in an attempt to thwart the

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companies' ability to print their coupons as part of the Pools War. * 9 March 1936: The Pools War ends and the League starts publishing the fixtures earlier in advance again.

Honours

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 * W. G. Richardson (

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) – 39 goals Second Division * Bobby Finan (

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) – 34 goals Third Division North * Robert Bell (

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) – 33 goals Third Division South *

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(

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) – 38 goals

References

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