Friday 1925-12-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	0	Notts County	Highbury	33,398
Neil, Buchan, Hoar	Lineups
Birmingham	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	St Andrew's	29,568
Bradford 3	Lineups		Clay (p)
Blackburn Rovers	2	2	Everton	Ewood Park	24,753
Harper 2	Lineups		Dean, O'Donnell
Bury	6	5	Manchester City	Gigg Lane	23,479
Bullock 2, Amos, Ball, Matthews (p), Stage	Lineups		Browell 2, Coupland, Johnson, Roberts
Cardiff City	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	Ninian Park	13,683
Davies L, Ferguson 2	Lineups		Davies 2
Leeds United	2	2	Burnley	Elland Road	23,325
Turnbull, Whipp	Lineups		Page, Beel
Liverpool	6	3	Newcastle United	Anfield Road	31,049
Chambers 3, Oxley, Forshaw, Pratt	Lineups		Gallacher 3
Manchester United	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford	38,503
Hanson, Spence	Lineups		Jack D
Sheffield United	2	4	Leicester City	Bramall Lane	28,789	Largest home gate 1925-26
Waugh, Tunstall	Lineups		Lochhead 2, Adcock, Duncan
West Ham United	5	2	Aston Villa	Upton Park	22,218
Earle 3, Williams, Watson	Lineups		Walker, York

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Arsenal	22	8	2	2	33	12	5	2	3	18	20	1.594	30	W	L	W	D	W	1925-12-26	Notts County	A
2	0	Sunderland	22	10	1	0	39	14	2	3	6	14	25	1.359	28	W	L	W	L	W	1925-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	19	4	5	1	15	9	5	2	2	23	22	1.226	25	W	L	D	W	D	1925-12-26	Sunderland	H
4	5	Manchester United	21	7	2	2	23	10	3	2	5	13	20	1.2	24	W	L	L	L	W	1925-12-28	Leicester City	A
5	5	Birmingham	22	9	1	3	22	11	1	3	5	15	23	1.088	24	W	W	D	L	W	1925-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
6	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	22	6	2	2	28	21	4	2	6	15	25	0.935	24	L	W	W	D	L	1925-12-26	Birmingham	H
7	-1	West Bromwich Albion	21	7	3	1	39	17	2	2	6	8	20	1.27	23	L	W	L	W	W	1925-12-26	Cardiff City	H
8	-3	Aston Villa	21	5	3	2	30	15	3	4	4	19	25	1.225	23	L	L	L	D	W	1925-12-26	West Ham United	H
9	-2	Sheffield United	22	7	1	3	34	17	3	2	6	20	30	1.149	23	L	W	W	L	W	1925-12-26	Leicester City	A
10	-2	Bolton Wanderers	22	5	3	2	24	14	4	1	7	19	23	1.162	22	L	L	W	L	L	1926-01-01	Birmingham	H
11	1	Bury	21	6	2	3	36	26	4	0	6	13	23	1	22	W	W	W	W	W	1925-12-26	Manchester City	A
12	-1	Newcastle United	21	5	2	2	27	20	2	5	5	14	23	0.953	21	L	D	D	W	L	1925-12-26	Liverpool	H
13	0	Everton	22	4	4	2	21	15	2	5	5	24	33	0.938	21	D	W	D	W	D	1925-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	0	Liverpool	20	6	3	2	25	11	1	3	5	8	16	1.222	20	W	L	L	D	L	1925-12-26	Newcastle United	A
15	2	Cardiff City	22	5	1	5	17	16	4	1	6	16	23	0.846	20	W	L	W	W	W	1925-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
16	2	West Ham United	22	8	1	3	23	17	1	1	8	10	30	0.702	20	W	L	D	L	L	1925-12-26	Aston Villa	A
17	-2	Blackburn Rovers	22	3	5	4	26	21	3	2	5	20	22	1.07	19	D	D	W	D	L	1925-12-26	Everton	A
18	-2	Notts County	22	6	1	3	19	11	1	3	8	12	27	0.816	18	L	L	W	L	W	1925-12-26	Arsenal	H
19	2	Leicester City	21	5	1	4	23	16	1	4	6	16	30	0.848	17	W	D	L	L	D	1925-12-26	Sheffield United	H
20	-1	Manchester City	22	4	4	2	32	24	1	2	9	22	41	0.831	16	L	D	W	W	L	1925-12-26	Bury	H
21	-1	Leeds United	21	5	2	4	21	19	1	2	7	12	21	0.825	16	D	L	L	L	L	1925-12-26	Burnley	A
22	0	Burnley	22	3	4	3	16	14	2	2	8	19	51	0.538	16	D	W	L	L	W	1925-12-26	Leeds United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	0	0	Chelsea	Bloomfield Road	13,690
	Lineups
Bradford City	1	4	The Wednesday	Valley Parade	18,267	Largest home gate 1925-26
Winn	Lineups		Trotter 2, Barrass, Prince
Clapton Orient	2	1	Southampton	Millfield Road	13,790
Henderson, Cock	Lineups		Turner
Darlington	1	2	Hull City	Feethams Ground	9,249
Winship	Lineups		Thom, Whitworth
Fulham	2	0	Middlesbrough	Craven Cottage	19,616
Pape, Penn	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	4	2	Barnsley	City Ground	10,537
Walker 2, Morgan, Galloway	Lineups		Johnson A, Hine
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Boundary Park	19,970	Largest home gate 1925-26
Barnes	Lineups		Phillipson 2
Port Vale	0	1	Derby County	Recreation Ground	15,355
	Lineups		Bedford
Stockport County	3	3	Portsmouth	Edgeley Park	10,455
Whitelaw 2, Johnston	Lineups		Mackie 2, Haines
Swansea Town	1	1	Stoke City	Vetch Field	15,069
Deacon	Lineups		Davies

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Derby County	20	7	2	1	27	8	5	3	2	14	10	2.278	29	W	W	L	W	L	1925-12-26	Port Vale	H
2	1	The Wednesday	21	9	0	1	35	12	4	3	4	14	14	1.885	29	W	L	W	D	W	1925-12-26	Bradford City	H
3	-2	Chelsea	20	6	3	1	23	8	4	5	1	18	9	2.412	28	D	D	W	D	L	1925-12-26	Blackpool	H
4	0	Oldham Athletic	19	8	2	2	29	16	2	3	2	7	7	1.565	25	L	D	W	W	W	1925-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	0	Middlesbrough	22	8	0	2	29	14	4	0	8	13	26	1.05	24	L	L	L	L	L	1925-12-26	Fulham	H
6	2	Portsmouth	22	6	3	1	24	17	3	3	6	20	33	0.88	24	D	D	D	W	W	1925-12-26	Stockport County	H
7	-1	Port Vale	21	8	1	2	28	12	2	2	6	14	22	1.235	23	L	W	D	W	L	1925-12-26	Derby County	A
8	-1	South Shields	21	5	3	2	24	13	5	0	6	13	21	1.088	23	L	W	L	W	W	1925-12-26	Preston North End	A
9	0	Blackpool	22	6	2	3	20	10	3	2	6	18	21	1.226	22	D	W	D	W	L	1925-12-26	Chelsea	A
10	1	Hull City	21	6	1	4	20	10	4	1	5	10	18	1.071	22	W	W	D	L	L	1925-12-26	Darlington	H
11	-1	Bradford City	20	3	2	5	9	12	4	4	2	15	10	1.091	20	L	D	D	L	W	1925-12-26	The Wednesday	A
12	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	4	3	1	15	5	4	1	7	16	26	1	20	W	L	D	L	L	1925-12-26	Oldham Athletic	H
13	-1	Preston North End	22	9	1	0	31	11	0	1	11	9	40	0.784	20	L	W	L	W	L	1925-12-26	South Shields	H
14	-1	Swansea Town	18	6	1	2	24	7	2	2	5	11	22	1.207	19	D	D	L	W	W	1925-12-26	Stoke City	A
15	1	Stoke City	21	4	3	3	13	9	3	2	6	16	29	0.763	19	D	W	D	D	W	1925-12-26	Swansea Town	H
16	-1	Darlington	21	3	5	4	25	20	3	1	5	10	23	0.814	18	L	D	D	L	L	1925-12-26	Hull City	A
17	1	Nottingham Forest	21	5	3	3	22	18	1	3	6	4	17	0.743	18	W	D	D	W	L	1925-12-28	Barnsley	A
18	-1	Barnsley	20	6	3	0	17	7	0	3	8	9	30	0.703	18	L	W	L	W	D	1925-12-28	Nottingham Forest	H
19	0	Southampton	22	5	1	5	19	13	0	4	7	11	24	0.811	15	L	L	L	L	D	1925-12-26	Clapton Orient	H
20	0	Clapton Orient	20	4	1	6	12	14	2	1	6	10	18	0.688	14	W	W	L	D	W	1925-12-26	Southampton	A
21	0	Fulham	21	4	3	4	17	15	0	3	7	6	29	0.523	14	W	D	D	L	D	1925-12-26	Middlesbrough	A
22	0	Stockport County	21	4	4	3	19	15	0	0	10	8	33	0.563	12	D	L	D	D	W	1925-12-26	Portsmouth	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	4	3	Tranmere Rovers	Peel Park	5,413
Jepson 3, Gee	Lineups		Marquis, Proctor, Chalmers
Ashington	1	4	Barrow	Portland Park	3,673
Cousins	Lineups		Dickie, Clayton, Skillen, Hatch
Coventry City	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Highfield Road	11,217
Paterson 2	Lineups		Kay
Grimsby Town	3	0	Bradford	Blundell Park	13,230
Robson 3	Lineups
Hartlepools United	1	1	Durham City	Victoria Park	5,306
Best	Lineups		Dent
Lincoln City	3	2	Wrexham	Sincil Bank	7,110
Ward, Hetherington, Andrews	Lineups		Jones J 2
Nelson	7	0	Wigan Borough	Seedhill Ground	7,658
Bottrill, Hampson 3, Earle 2, Stevenson	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	1	Chesterfield	Millmoor	10,571	Largest home gate 1925-26
	Lineups		Cookson
Southport	3	3	Doncaster Rovers	Haig Avenue	5,728
Macdonald, Bimson, Sambrook	Lineups		Hargreaves, Keetley H 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Bradford	21	9	1	0	32	3	5	2	4	16	16	2.526	31	L	W	W	D	W	1925-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
2	2	Nelson	20	6	5	0	37	14	3	2	4	10	11	1.88	25	W	W	D	D	W	1925-12-26	New Brighton	A
3	0	Grimsby Town	20	9	1	0	32	5	1	4	5	13	20	1.8	25	W	W	D	L	D	1925-12-26	Bradford	A
4	-2	Rochdale	19	5	1	2	18	8	5	4	2	23	18	1.577	25	D	W	D	L	L	1925-12-26	Durham City	H
5	1	Coventry City	20	8	3	0	30	9	2	0	7	12	22	1.355	23	W	D	L	D	W	1925-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	2	Chesterfield	18	5	2	1	18	8	4	2	4	13	10	1.722	22	W	D	D	W	W	1925-12-26	Rotherham United	H
7	-2	Halifax Town	19	6	2	1	18	10	3	2	5	9	13	1.174	22	W	D	W	L	W	1925-12-26	Walsall	H
8	-1	Hartlepools United	20	7	2	0	25	10	2	2	7	11	26	1	22	D	D	W	L	D	1925-12-26	Ashington	H
9	0	Durham City	20	7	0	1	23	9	3	1	8	14	23	1.156	21	D	L	W	L	W	1925-12-26	Rochdale	A
10	0	Doncaster Rovers	19	4	5	1	20	14	2	4	3	12	17	1.032	21	D	W	D	D	L	1925-12-26	Southport	H
11	0	Accrington Stanley	20	7	0	2	19	10	3	1	7	17	35	0.8	21	W	W	L	L	W	1925-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	4	Lincoln City	19	9	0	2	24	9	0	1	7	10	24	1.03	19	W	L	L	W	L	1925-12-26	Wrexham	A
13	0	Crewe Alexandra	18	7	2	1	24	11	1	0	7	9	20	1.065	18	L	W	W	W	L	1925-12-26	Coventry City	H
14	-2	Ashington	20	5	4	3	21	15	1	2	5	8	13	1.036	18	L	D	L	L	W	1925-12-26	Hartlepools United	A
15	-1	Wrexham	19	4	4	3	22	19	1	4	3	12	17	0.944	18	L	D	D	L	W	1925-12-26	Lincoln City	H
16	-1	Rotherham United	19	5	1	3	11	11	2	3	5	12	32	0.535	18	L	L	W	W	W	1925-12-26	Chesterfield	A
17	0	Wigan Borough	19	5	2	3	22	12	0	3	6	7	25	0.784	15	L	L	W	L	D	1925-12-26	Barrow	H
18	2	Southport	18	4	3	3	18	17	0	3	5	12	19	0.833	14	D	L	W	D	L	1925-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
19	-1	New Brighton	19	4	2	4	17	17	2	0	7	9	22	0.667	14	L	L	L	W	L	1925-12-26	Nelson	H
20	-1	Tranmere Rovers	19	4	1	2	14	12	2	1	9	14	35	0.596	14	L	L	L	W	W	1925-12-26	Accrington Stanley	H
21	1	Barrow	20	3	0	8	16	23	1	2	6	12	20	0.651	10	W	W	L	L	L	1925-12-26	Wigan Borough	A
22	-1	Walsall	20	3	3	3	17	16	0	1	10	7	40	0.429	10	L	W	D	L	L	1925-12-26	Halifax Town	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Dean Court	6,107
Hayward, Butt	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	6	2	Aberdare Athletic	Goldstone Ground	9,000
Nightingale 2, Fuller 3, Wilkinson	Lineups		Brophy, Sheldon
Bristol City	1	4	Southend United	Ashton Gate	13,841
Keating	Lineups		Shaw 2, Hick 2
Exeter City	4	0	Plymouth Argyle	St James Park	8,801
Blackmore, Lievesley, Price OG, Compton	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Luton Town	Priestfield Road	6,350
Brown 2	Lineups		Thompson
Merthyr Town	4	1	Newport County	Penydarren Park	5,716
Rumney 2, Cruickshank 2	Lineups		Drinnan
Millwall	2	1	Brentford	The Den, New Cross	13,333
Dillimore, Landells	Lineups		Hendren
Norwich City	4	3	Crystal Palace	The Nest, Rosary Road	8,166
North 3, Rogers	Lineups		Cherrett, Blakemore 2 (1p)
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Loftus Road	8,747
Burgess, Brown	Lineups		Tricker, Cox
Reading	2	0	Swindon Town	Elm Park	12,058
Davey 2	Lineups
Watford	3	2	Northampton Town	Vicarage Road	7,771
Foster 2, Stephenson	Lineups		Pease, Robinson

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Plymouth Argyle	19	10	1	0	43	12	3	3	2	16	16	2.107	30	L	W	W	D	W	1925-12-26	Exeter City	H
2	1	Reading	20	6	3	0	19	7	4	4	3	13	15	1.455	27	W	L	W	D	W	1925-12-26	Swindon Town	A
3	-1	Bristol City	20	7	2	3	23	10	3	3	2	14	15	1.48	25	L	W	W	W	W	1925-12-26	Southend United	A
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	8	2	1	28	14	3	1	5	19	23	1.27	25	W	W	L	W	D	1925-12-26	Aberdare Athletic	A
5	1	Millwall	19	7	3	1	33	8	2	2	4	6	11	2.053	23	W	W	W	D	L	1925-12-26	Brentford	A
6	1	Southend United	20	7	1	3	29	11	4	0	5	16	23	1.324	23	W	W	W	W	L	1925-12-26	Bristol City	H
7	-2	Northampton Town	19	8	1	1	22	10	2	2	5	15	25	1.057	23	L	W	L	W	W	1925-12-26	Watford	H
8	1	Watford	20	8	3	1	28	15	1	1	6	6	20	0.971	22	W	W	W	D	L	1925-12-26	Northampton Town	A
9	1	Merthyr Town	20	6	2	2	24	14	1	5	4	10	17	1.097	21	W	L	W	D	L	1925-12-26	Newport County	A
10	1	Norwich City	21	5	4	3	19	17	3	1	5	10	16	0.879	21	W	D	L	D	D	1925-12-26	Crystal Palace	A
11	1	Gillingham	19	5	3	2	16	7	3	1	5	8	11	1.333	20	W	L	L	W	L	1925-12-26	Luton Town	A
12	-4	Swindon Town	20	6	1	2	18	10	2	3	6	12	21	0.968	20	L	L	D	L	W	1925-12-26	Reading	H
13	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	20	3	2	3	12	11	4	3	5	15	27	0.711	19	W	L	D	D	W	1925-12-26	Bristol Rovers	A
14	0	Charlton Athletic	19	4	3	1	11	2	1	5	5	7	19	0.857	18	D	L	L	L	D	1925-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
15	-2	Bristol Rovers	20	3	1	4	17	10	4	2	6	11	17	1.037	17	L	W	W	L	D	1925-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
16	0	Aberdare Athletic	20	4	2	4	20	15	2	1	7	13	27	0.786	15	L	L	D	W	L	1925-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	4	Exeter City	20	5	1	3	17	9	1	2	8	9	25	0.765	15	W	L	L	L	L	1925-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
18	-1	Luton Town	20	5	2	1	19	12	1	1	10	10	31	0.674	15	L	L	L	L	W	1925-12-26	Gillingham	H
19	-1	Crystal Palace	19	6	1	4	24	17	0	1	7	11	25	0.833	14	L	W	D	L	D	1925-12-26	Norwich City	H
20	0	Brentford	19	4	1	4	16	17	2	1	7	11	25	0.643	14	L	W	D	W	L	1925-12-26	Millwall	H
21	-2	Newport County	19	3	3	3	13	14	1	3	6	9	22	0.611	14	L	D	L	W	L	1925-12-26	Merthyr Town	H
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	19	2	4	2	8	8	1	1	9	9	28	0.472	11	D	L	L	D	L	1925-12-26	Charlton Athletic	A