Stats & Facts - 1931-1939

The Management

Chairman: Sir Meyrick Hollins (until 1937-38) then J.I. Taylor
Managers: Lincoln Hyde (until Feb 1932), Committee (until April 1936), Tommy Muirhead (until 1937), Committee

League Positions

League Stats - Longest, Highest & Lowest

Best league position: 16th (Div 1 1920-21, 1921-22, 1922-23)
Lowest league position: 16th (Div 2 1929-30)
Longest run without defeat: 12 games (Div 1 1935-36)
Longest winning streak: 5 games (Div 1 1936-37)
Longest losing streak: 4 games (Div 2 1931-32, 1932-33, Div 1 1934-35)
Longest run without a win: 7 games (Div 2 1933-34, Div 1 1934-35, 1938-39)
Longest FA Cup run: Winners (1937-38)
Highest Win: 6-1 Vs Burnley (1932-33)
Highest Defeat: 6-0 West Ham (1933-34)

Leading Scorers season by season

1931-32 Ted Harper 26 goals (24 lg 2 FACup)
1932-33 Ted Harper 37 goals
1933-34 George Stephenson 16 goals
1934-35 Bud Maxwell 26 goals (23 lg 3 FACup)
1935-36 Bud Maxwell 19 goals (17 lg 2 FACup)
1936-37 Frank O'Donnell (16 lg 11 FACup)
1937-38 George Mutch (12 lg 6 FACup)
1938-39 Jimmy Dougal 19 goals

Did you know?

The 37 goals scored by Ted Harper in the 1932-33 season is a club record.
North End's victory in the 1938 FA Cup was the last time we've won the FA Cup.
The league game against Arsenal drew in a record 42,684. It is still a record now.
George Mutch scored the first ever FA Cup Final penalty in 1938, which turned out to be the only goal of the game.
The 1938 FA Cup Final against Huddersfield Town was the first ever final to be televised.
In March 1933 a fire in the Town End completely gutted the stand. A cigarette had rolled underneath the stand and set alight litter that had built up.
The Boxing Day match in 1933 against Brentford was North End's 1,500 league match. It finished 3-2 to the whites.
On 23rd December 1933, PNE beat Southampton 3-1 at Deepdale - North End's 600th league win.
It was common in those days to play matches on both Christmas Day and Boxing Day. North End had no luck in 1935 though - beaten 5-2 at Brentford and then 4-2 at Deepdale the next day!