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The 1937–38 season

40 belt games · 21 title changes

Manchester City carried the belt into the 1937–38 season. It changed hands 21 times among 13 franchises, and Blackpool finished the season with it. Most defenses: Arsenal, 6.

Who held it, in order

WolvesArsenalHuddersfieldMan CityArsenalMiddlesbroughEvertonWest BromHuddersfieldSunderlandMiddlesbroughStokePortsmouthMan CityArsenalMiddlesbroughBrentfordWest BromBirmingham CityWest BromBlackpool

Every belt game

Belt gameDateResult
1,640Aug 28, 1937Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Manchester City 3–1Title change
1,641Sep 1, 1937Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Derby County 2–1Defense
1,642Sep 4, 1937Arsenal beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0Title change
1,643Sep 8, 1937Huddersfield Town beat Arsenal 2–1Title change
1,644Sep 11, 1937Huddersfield Town beat Bolton Wanderers 1–0Defense
1,645Sep 15, 1937Manchester City beat Huddersfield Town 3–2Title change
1,646Sep 18, 1937Manchester City beat Derby County 6–1Defense
1,647Sep 25, 1937Manchester City and Portsmouth tied 2–2Tie · defense
1,648Oct 2, 1937Arsenal beat Manchester City 2–1Title change
1,649Oct 9, 1937Arsenal and Chelsea tied 2–2Tie · defense
1,650Oct 16, 1937Arsenal and Portsmouth tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,651Oct 23, 1937Arsenal and Stoke City tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,652Oct 30, 1937Middlesbrough beat Arsenal 2–1Title change
1,653Nov 6, 1937Everton beat Middlesbrough 2–1Title change
1,654Nov 13, 1937Everton beat Chelsea 4–1Defense
1,655Nov 20, 1937West Bromwich Albion beat Everton 3–1Title change
1,656Nov 27, 1937West Bromwich Albion beat Brentford 2–0Defense
1,657Dec 11, 1937Huddersfield Town beat West Bromwich Albion 2–1Title change
1,658Dec 18, 1937Huddersfield Town beat Stoke City 1–0Defense
1,659Dec 25, 1937Sunderland beat Huddersfield Town 2–1Title change
1,660Dec 27, 1937Sunderland and Huddersfield Town tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,661Jan 1, 1938Middlesbrough beat Sunderland 2–1Title change
1,662Jan 15, 1938Stoke City beat Middlesbrough 3–0Title change
1,663Jan 29, 1938Portsmouth beat Stoke City 2–0Title change
1,664Feb 5, 1938Manchester City beat Portsmouth 2–1Title change
1,665Feb 16, 1938Arsenal beat Manchester City 2–1Title change
1,666Feb 19, 1938Arsenal beat Chelsea 2–0Defense
1,667Feb 26, 1938Arsenal and Portsmouth tied 0–0Tie · defense
1,668Mar 5, 1938Arsenal beat Stoke City 4–0Defense
1,669Mar 12, 1938Middlesbrough beat Arsenal 2–1Title change
1,670Mar 19, 1938Middlesbrough and Everton tied 2–2Tie · defense
1,671Mar 23, 1938Middlesbrough beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0Defense
1,672Mar 26, 1938Brentford beat Middlesbrough 1–0Title change
1,673Apr 2, 1938Brentford beat Grimsby Town 6–1Defense
1,674Apr 9, 1938West Bromwich Albion beat Brentford 4–3Title change
1,675Apr 15, 1938Birmingham City beat West Bromwich Albion 2–1Title change
1,676Apr 16, 1938Birmingham City and Arsenal tied 0–0Tie · defense
1,677Apr 18, 1938West Bromwich Albion beat Birmingham City 4–3Title change
1,678Apr 23, 1938West Bromwich Albion beat Huddersfield Town 5–1Defense
1,679Apr 30, 1938Blackpool beat West Bromwich Albion 3–1Title change

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