shortly after the start of the season, southampton signed outside-left ben burley from first division side sheffield united, centre-forward vivian gibbins from third division south club bristol rovers, and wing-half henry long from hampshire league side ryde sports. in october, outside-right fred dunmore was sold to blyth spartans, and the following month inside-right joe cummins and amateur goalkeeper eugene bernard were signed. the most notable transfer of the season, however, took place late in the campaign when ted drake was sold to first division title challengers arsenal. drake had previously rejected an approach from the gunners, but moved to the club after a second offer in march 1934, breaking southampton's transfer record with his fee of £6,000. at the time, drake was the top scorer in the second division with 22 goals; in the ten games he played for arsenal before the end of the season, he scored seven league goals to help them win the championship.