SAFC 1937-1938 Football League Division 1 Season Review

Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Finished
42 14 16 12 55 57 8th

By Season End

Sunderland AFC finished 8th at the end of the 1937-1938 season scoring 55 goals, conceding 57 with a goal difference of -2.

The Goals

Raich Carter contributed the most goals in the 1937-1938 Football League Division 1 season, netting 13 (0.31 goals per game). With a goalscoring average of 0.76 goals per game the Rokerites netted a total of 32 goals at Roker Park conceding 18 (14), away from home scoring 23 and conceding 39 (-16) with an away goalscoring average of 1.83 and an overall goalscoring average of 0.76 goals per game.

The Wins

The season finished in 1937-1938 with 14 wins, a win ratio of 33.33%, the Sunderland AFC faithful at Roker Park enjoyed 12 wins and the travelling support saw 2 games won.

The Draws

Of the 42 games played the Rokerites managed 16 draws by the end of the 1937-1938 season, 6 draws at Roker Park and 10 away from home.

The Losses

In total SAFC lost 12 games, 3 games lost at Roker Park (18 goals conceded) and 9 games lost away (39 goals conceded).

Latest SAFC Blog Posts

Getting to know the opposition – Rosie Axten

I caught up with the talented Rosie Axten of Derby County, for a chat about her and her thoughts about ...

Read more

Serena Clarke – Sheffield FC – Getting to know the opposition

In the next of my series ‘getting to know the opposition’. I speak to goalkeeper and young outstanding prospect Serena ...

Read more

Faye McCoy – Stoke Ladies – Getting to know the opposition

After the news that the FAWNL ended the season early, due to the corona virus outbreak. I was in contact ...

Read more

Getting to know the lasses – Neve Herron

I caught up with Neve Herron, who at 16 years old is one of the youngest stars of the Sunderland ...

Read more