Saturday 1925-12-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	0	West Ham United	Villa Park	45,538
Capewell, Dorrell	Lineups
Burnley	6	3	Leeds United	Turf Moor	22,207
Page 3, Hill, Cross, Beel	Lineups		Whipp, Armand, Jennings
Everton	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	Goodison Park	47,356	Largest home gate 1925-26
O'Donnell 2, Irvine	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Sunderland	Leeds Road	27,136
Brown	Lineups		Halliday
Leicester City	2	2	Sheffield United	Filbert Street	31,958
Lochhead, Duncan	Lineups		Johnson, Boyle
Manchester City	0	2	Bury	Maine Road	50,168
	Lineups		Amos, Stage
Newcastle United	3	0	Liverpool	St James' Park	48,809
Clark, Gallacher, Urwin	Lineups
Notts County	4	1	Arsenal	Meadow Lane	32,045
Harris 4	Lineups		Baker
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Birmingham	White Hart Lane	44,429	Largest home gate 1925-26
Seed, Osborne	Lineups		Bradford
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Cardiff City	The Hawthorns	35,504
Carter 2, James	Lineups

				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	23	8	2	2	33	12	5	2	4	19	24	1.444	30	L	W	L	W	D	1926-01-02	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	0	Sunderland	23	10	1	0	39	14	2	4	6	15	26	1.35	29	D	W	L	W	L	1926-01-01	Leeds United	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	20	4	6	1	16	10	5	2	2	23	22	1.219	26	D	W	L	D	W	1925-12-28	Birmingham	H
4	2	Tottenham Hotspur	23	7	2	2	30	22	4	2	6	15	25	0.957	26	W	L	W	W	D	1926-01-02	Arsenal	H
5	2	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	3	1	42	17	2	2	6	8	20	1.351	25	W	L	W	L	W	1926-01-01	Manchester City	A
6	2	Aston Villa	22	6	3	2	32	15	3	4	4	19	25	1.275	25	W	L	L	L	D	1926-01-01	Liverpool	A
7	-3	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
8	1	Sheffield United	23	7	1	3	34	17	3	3	6	22	32	1.143	24	D	L	W	W	L	1926-01-01	Cardiff City	H
9	-4	Birmingham	23	9	1	3	22	11	1	3	6	16	25	1.056	24	L	W	W	D	L	1925-12-28	Huddersfield Town	A
10	1	Bury	22	6	2	3	36	26	5	0	6	15	23	1.041	24	W	W	W	W	W	1926-01-01	Everton	H
11	1	Newcastle United	22	6	2	2	30	20	2	5	5	14	23	1.023	23	W	L	D	D	W	1926-01-01	Burnley	H
12	1	Everton	23	5	4	2	24	15	2	5	5	24	33	1	23	W	D	W	D	W	1926-01-01	Bury	A
13	-3	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
14	0	Liverpool	21	6	3	2	25	11	1	3	6	8	19	1.1	20	L	W	L	L	D	1926-01-01	Aston Villa	H
15	3	Notts County	23	7	1	3	23	12	1	3	8	12	27	0.897	20	W	L	L	W	L	1926-01-02	Leeds United	A
16	-1	Cardiff City	23	5	1	5	17	16	4	1	7	16	26	0.786	20	L	W	L	W	W	1926-01-01	Sheffield United	A
17	-1	West Ham United	23	8	1	3	23	17	1	1	9	10	32	0.673	20	L	W	L	D	L	1926-01-02	Manchester United	A
18	-1	Blackburn Rovers	23	3	5	4	26	21	3	2	6	20	25	1	19	L	D	D	W	D	1926-01-02	Bury	A
19	0	Leicester City	22	5	2	4	25	18	1	4	6	16	30	0.854	18	D	W	D	L	L	1925-12-28	Manchester United	H
20	2	Burnley	23	4	4	3	22	17	2	2	8	19	51	0.603	18	W	D	W	L	L	1926-01-01	Newcastle United	A
21	-1	Manchester City	23	4	4	3	32	26	1	2	9	22	41	0.806	16	L	L	D	W	W	1926-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	-1	Leeds United	22	5	2	4	21	19	1	2	8	15	27	0.783	16	L	D	L	L	L	1926-01-01	Sunderland	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chelsea	2	3	Blackpool	Stamford Bridge	49,707	Largest home & D 2 gate 1925-26
Thain, Turnbull	Lineups		Thorpe (p), Meredith, Fishwick
Derby County	2	0	Port Vale	Baseball Ground	23,784
Bedford, Storer	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Darlington	Anlaby Road	17,422	Largest home gate 1925-26
Mills	Lineups		Hooper M
Middlesbrough	4	0	Fulham	Ayresome Park	17,405
Williams J 2, Birrell, McClelland	Lineups
Portsmouth	4	0	Stockport County	Fratton Park	24,807	Largest home gate 1925-26
Haines 2, Watson 2	Lineups
Preston North End	0	4	South Shields	Deepdale	29,886	Largest home gate 1925-26
	Lineups		Thirlaway, Smith, Parker 2
Southampton	2	0	Clapton Orient	The Dell	15,634
Dominy, Rawlings	Lineups
Stoke City	1	1	Swansea Town	Victoria Ground	19,814
Ralphs	Lineups		Fowler
The Wednesday	5	1	Bradford City	Hillsborough	37,409	Largest home gate 1925-26
Trotter 2, Hill 2, Barrass	Lineups		Lloyd
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Molineux	21,091
Meek, Phillipson	Lineups		Ormston

				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	0	Derby County	21	8	2	1	29	8	5	3	2	14	10	2.389	31	W	W	W	L	W	1925-12-28	Chelsea	H
2	0	The Wednesday	22	10	0	1	40	13	4	3	4	14	14	2	31	W	W	L	W	D	1925-12-28	Oldham Athletic	H
3	0	Chelsea	21	6	3	2	25	11	4	5	1	18	9	2.15	28	L	D	D	W	D	1925-12-28	Derby County	A
4	1	Middlesbrough	23	9	0	2	33	14	4	0	8	13	26	1.15	26	W	L	L	L	L	1926-01-01	South Shields	H
5	1	Portsmouth	23	7	3	1	28	17	3	3	6	20	33	0.96	26	W	D	D	D	W	1926-01-02	Middlesbrough	A
6	-2	Oldham Athletic	20	8	2	2	29	16	2	3	3	8	9	1.48	25	L	L	D	W	W	1925-12-28	The Wednesday	A
7	1	South Shields	22	5	3	2	24	13	6	0	6	17	21	1.206	25	W	L	W	L	W	1926-01-01	Middlesbrough	A
8	1	Blackpool	23	6	2	3	20	10	4	2	6	21	23	1.242	24	W	D	W	D	W	1926-01-02	Southampton	A
9	-2	Port Vale	22	8	1	2	28	12	2	2	7	14	24	1.167	23	L	L	W	D	W	1926-01-01	Barnsley	A
10	0	Hull City	22	6	2	4	21	11	4	1	5	10	18	1.069	23	D	W	W	D	L	1926-01-02	Derby County	A
11	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	5	3	1	17	6	4	1	7	16	26	1.031	22	W	W	L	D	L	1926-01-02	Preston North End	A
12	2	Swansea Town	19	6	1	2	24	7	2	3	5	12	23	1.2	20	D	D	D	L	W	1926-01-01	Stockport County	A
13	-2	Bradford City	21	3	2	5	9	12	4	4	3	16	15	0.926	20	L	L	D	D	L	1926-01-02	Chelsea	H
14	1	Stoke City	22	4	4	3	14	10	3	2	6	16	29	0.769	20	D	D	W	D	D	1926-01-02	Stockport County	A
15	-2	Preston North End	23	9	1	1	31	15	0	1	11	9	40	0.727	20	L	L	W	L	W	1926-01-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	0	Darlington	22	3	5	4	25	20	3	2	5	11	24	0.818	19	D	L	D	D	L	1926-01-02	Nottingham Forest	A
17	0	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	0	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	23	6	1	5	21	13	0	4	7	11	24	0.865	17	W	L	L	L	L	1926-01-02	Blackpool	H
20	0	Clapton Orient	21	4	1	6	12	14	2	1	7	10	20	0.647	14	L	W	W	L	D	1926-01-02	Port Vale	A
21	0	Fulham	22	4	3	4	17	15	0	3	8	6	33	0.479	14	L	W	D	D	L	1926-01-02	The Wednesday	H
22	0	Stockport County	22	4	4	3	19	15	0	0	11	8	37	0.519	12	L	D	L	D	D	1926-01-01	Swansea Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford	0	1	Grimsby Town	Park Avenue	18,599
	Lineups		Devan
Chesterfield	6	1	Rotherham United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,404
Cookson 3, Whitfield 2, Hopkinson	Lineups		Lee J
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Coventry City	Gresty Road	7,287
Lovatt, Kay	Lineups		Houldey
Doncaster Rovers	6	1	Southport	Belle Vue	5,463
Keetley H 3, Keetley T, Hargreaves, Taylor	Lineups		Sambrook
Halifax Town	5	0	Walsall	The Shay	8,139
Howson 3, Seabrook, Waites	Lineups
Hartlepools United	2	1	Ashington	Victoria Park	5,094
Carr 2	Lineups		Robertson
New Brighton	0	0	Nelson	Sandheys Park	6,973
	Lineups
Rochdale	5	0	Durham City	Spotland	5,222
Fergusson 2, Christie, Whitehurst, Bertram	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Accrington Stanley	Prenton Park	6,635
Marquis 2	Lineups		Wyper, Powell
Wigan Borough	4	1	Barrow	Springfield Park	5,195
Dickinson B 2, Matthews OG, Riddell	Lineups		Dickie
Wrexham	1	1	Lincoln City	Racecourse Ground	8,150
Keetley	Lineups		Alford

				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	22	9	1	1	32	4	5	2	4	16	16	2.4	31	L	L	W	W	D	1926-01-02	Rotherham United	A
2	1	Grimsby Town	21	9	1	0	32	5	2	4	5	14	20	1.84	27	W	W	W	D	L	1926-01-16	Rotherham United	H
3	1	Rochdale	20	6	1	2	23	8	5	4	2	23	18	1.769	27	W	D	W	D	L	1926-01-01	Durham City	A
4	-2	Nelson	21	6	5	0	37	14	3	3	4	10	11	1.88	26	D	W	W	D	D	1926-01-02	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	1	Chesterfield	19	6	2	1	24	9	4	2	4	13	10	1.947	24	W	W	D	D	W	1926-01-01	Lincoln City	H
6	1	Halifax Town	20	7	2	1	23	10	3	2	5	9	13	1.391	24	W	W	D	W	L	1926-01-01	Hartlepools United	A
7	1	Hartlepools United	21	8	2	0	27	11	2	2	7	11	26	1.027	24	W	D	D	W	L	1926-01-01	Halifax Town	H
8	-3	Coventry City	21	8	3	0	30	9	2	0	8	13	24	1.303	23	L	W	D	L	D	1926-01-02	Lincoln City	A
9	1	Doncaster Rovers	20	5	5	1	26	15	2	4	3	12	17	1.188	23	W	D	W	D	D	1926-01-01	New Brighton	A
10	1	Accrington Stanley	21	7	0	2	19	10	3	2	7	19	37	0.809	22	D	W	W	L	L	1926-01-02	Walsall	H
11	-2	Durham City	21	7	0	1	23	9	3	1	9	14	28	1	21	L	D	L	W	L	1926-01-01	Rochdale	H
12	1	Crewe Alexandra	19	8	2	1	26	12	1	0	7	9	20	1.094	20	W	L	W	W	W	1926-01-01	Southport	A
13	-1	Lincoln City	20	9	0	2	24	9	0	2	7	11	25	1.029	20	D	W	L	L	W	1926-01-01	Chesterfield	A
14	1	Wrexham	20	4	5	3	23	20	1	4	3	12	17	0.946	19	D	L	D	D	L	1926-01-01	Wigan Borough	A
15	-1	Ashington	21	5	4	3	21	15	1	2	6	9	15	1	18	L	L	D	L	L	1926-01-01	Barrow	A
16	0	Rotherham United	20	5	1	3	11	11	2	3	6	13	38	0.49	18	L	L	L	W	W	1926-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
17	0	Wigan Borough	20	6	2	3	26	13	0	3	6	7	25	0.868	17	W	L	L	W	L	1926-01-01	Wrexham	H
18	1	New Brighton	20	4	3	4	17	17	2	0	7	9	22	0.667	15	D	L	L	L	W	1926-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	1	Tranmere Rovers	20	4	2	2	16	14	2	1	9	14	35	0.612	15	D	L	L	L	W	1926-01-01	Rotherham United	H
20	-2	Southport	19	4	3	3	18	17	0	3	6	13	25	0.738	14	L	D	L	W	D	1926-01-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
21	0	Barrow	21	3	0	8	16	23	1	2	7	13	24	0.617	10	L	W	W	L	L	1926-01-01	Ashington	H
22	0	Walsall	21	3	3	3	17	16	0	1	11	7	45	0.393	10	L	L	W	D	L	1926-01-02	Accrington Stanley	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aberdare Athletic	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Athletic Ground	10,500	Largest home gate 1925-26
James 2	Lineups		Fuller, Jennings
Brentford	2	0	Millwall	Griffin Park	16,893	Largest home gate 1925-26
Allen 2	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	7	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Eastville	11,856
Wilcox 4 (2p), Burnell 2, Holcroft	Lineups		Eyre 2
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	The Valley	11,745
Tricker	Lineups		Burgess
Crystal Palace	2	0	Norwich City	Selhurst Park	20,208
Cherrett, Clarke	Lineups
Luton Town	5	3	Gillingham	Kenilworth Road	9,898	Largest home gate 1925-26
Dennis 2, Thompson 2, Reid	Lineups		Berry, Nichol (p), Brown
Newport County	3	1	Merthyr Town	Somerton Park	7,882
Carney 3	Lineups		Rumney
Northampton Town	2	2	Watford	County Ground	12,335	Largest home gate 1925-26
Allen, Cockle	Lineups		Williams, Pagnam
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Exeter City	Home Park	22,570
Cock 2	Lineups		Compton, Blackmore
Southend United	1	2	Bristol City	Kursaal Ground	13,438	Largest home gate 1925-26
Hick	Lineups		Keating, Walsh
Swindon Town	1	1	Reading	County Ground	17,295	Largest home gate 1925-26
Richardson	Lineups		Davey

				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	20	10	2	0	45	14	3	3	2	16	16	2.033	31	D	L	W	W	D	1925-12-28	Luton Town	A
2	0	Reading	21	6	3	0	19	7	4	5	3	14	16	1.435	28	D	W	L	W	D	1925-12-28	Crystal Palace	H
3	0	Bristol City	21	7	2	3	23	10	4	3	2	16	16	1.5	27	W	L	W	W	W	1925-12-28	Newport County	A
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	8	2	1	28	14	3	2	5	21	25	1.256	26	D	W	W	L	W	1926-01-02	Newport County	H
5	2	Northampton Town	20	8	2	1	24	12	2	2	5	15	25	1.054	24	D	L	W	L	W	1925-12-28	Gillingham	H
6	-1	Millwall	20	7	3	1	33	8	2	2	5	6	13	1.857	23	L	W	W	W	D	1925-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	-1	Southend United	21	7	1	4	30	13	4	0	5	16	23	1.278	23	L	W	W	W	W	1926-01-02	Plymouth Argyle	H
8	0	Watford	21	8	3	1	28	15	1	2	6	8	22	0.973	23	D	W	W	W	D	1926-01-02	Aberdare Athletic	A
9	0	Merthyr Town	21	6	2	2	24	14	1	5	5	11	20	1.029	21	L	W	L	W	D	1926-01-02	Luton Town	A
10	2	Swindon Town	21	6	2	2	19	11	2	3	6	12	21	0.969	21	D	L	L	D	L	1925-12-28	Bristol Rovers	A
11	-1	Norwich City	22	5	4	3	19	17	3	1	6	10	18	0.829	21	L	W	D	L	D	1926-01-02	Bristol City	H
12	-1	Gillingham	20	5	3	2	16	7	3	1	6	11	16	1.174	20	L	W	L	L	W	1925-12-28	Northampton Town	A
13	2	Bristol Rovers	21	4	1	4	24	12	4	2	6	11	17	1.207	19	W	L	W	W	L	1925-12-28	Swindon Town	H
14	0	Charlton Athletic	20	4	4	1	12	3	1	5	5	7	19	0.864	19	D	D	L	L	L	1926-01-16	Swindon Town	H
15	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	3	2	3	12	11	4	3	6	17	34	0.644	19	L	W	L	D	D	1926-01-02	Swindon Town	A
16	2	Luton Town	21	6	2	1	24	15	1	1	10	10	31	0.739	17	W	L	L	L	L	1925-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	2	Crystal Palace	20	7	1	4	26	17	0	1	7	11	25	0.881	16	W	L	W	D	L	1925-12-28	Reading	A
18	-2	Aberdare Athletic	21	4	3	4	22	17	2	1	7	13	27	0.795	16	D	L	L	D	W	1926-01-02	Watford	H
19	-2	Exeter City	21	5	1	3	17	9	1	3	8	11	27	0.778	16	D	W	L	L	L	1925-12-28	Brentford	H
20	0	Brentford	20	5	1	4	18	17	2	1	7	11	25	0.69	16	W	L	W	D	W	1925-12-28	Exeter City	A
21	0	Newport County	20	4	3	3	16	15	1	3	6	9	22	0.676	16	W	L	D	L	W	1925-12-28	Bristol City	H
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	20	2	4	2	8	8	1	2	9	10	29	0.486	12	D	D	L	L	D	1925-12-28	Millwall	H