Saturday 1926-01-02

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham	2	1	Sunderland	St Andrew's	22,433
Briggs, Russell	Lineups		Kelly
Burnley	2	3	Aston Villa	Turf Moor	22,329
Bruton, Beel	Lineups		Capewell, York 2
Bury	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	Gigg Lane	20,729
Bullock 2, Amos	Lineups		Harper
Cardiff City	2	2	Manchester City	Ninian Park	10,242
Cassidy 2	Lineups		Roberts 2
Leeds United	2	1	Notts County	Elland Road	14,615
Armand (p), Whipp	Lineups		Harris
Liverpool	0	3	Leicester City	Anfield Road	26,797
	Lineups		Lochhead, Adcock, Chandler
Manchester United	2	1	West Ham United	Old Trafford	29,612
Rennox 2	Lineups		Ruffell
Newcastle United	5	1	Bolton Wanderers	St James' Park	34,136
Gallacher 4, Urwin	Lineups		Vizard
Sheffield United	1	1	Everton	Bramall Lane	28,468
Tunstall	Lineups		Dean
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Arsenal	White Hart Lane	43,221
Thompson	Lineups		Baker
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Huddersfield Town	The Hawthorns	22,435
Reed, Glidden (p)	Lineups		Williams, Brown

				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	24	8	2	2	33	12	5	3	4	20	25	1.432	31	D	L	W	L	W	1926-01-16	Manchester United	H
2	1	Huddersfield Town	22	5	6	1	20	11	5	3	2	25	24	1.286	29	D	W	D	W	L	1926-01-16	Sheffield United	H
3	-1	Sunderland	25	10	1	1	40	17	2	4	7	16	28	1.244	29	L	L	D	W	L	1926-01-16	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	1	Manchester United	23	8	2	2	25	11	4	2	5	16	21	1.281	28	W	W	W	L	L	1926-01-16	Arsenal	A
5	1	Bury	24	8	2	3	40	27	5	0	6	15	23	1.1	28	W	W	W	W	W	1926-01-16	Bolton Wanderers	A
6	-2	Sheffield United	25	8	2	3	46	20	3	3	6	22	32	1.308	27	D	W	D	L	W	1926-01-16	Huddersfield Town	A
7	2	Aston Villa	24	6	3	2	32	15	4	4	5	23	30	1.222	27	W	L	W	L	L	1926-01-23	Newcastle United	A
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	24	7	3	2	31	23	4	2	6	15	25	0.958	27	D	W	L	W	W	1926-01-16	Manchester City	A
9	-1	West Bromwich Albion	24	8	4	1	44	19	2	2	7	9	23	1.262	26	D	L	W	L	W	1926-01-16	Sunderland	A
10	1	Birmingham	26	10	1	3	24	12	1	3	8	20	34	0.957	26	W	L	L	L	W	1926-01-16	Blackburn Rovers	A
11	2	Newcastle United	24	7	2	3	36	24	2	5	5	14	23	1.064	25	W	L	W	L	D	1926-01-16	Notts County	A
12	-2	Bolton Wanderers	24	6	3	2	29	17	4	1	8	20	28	1.089	24	L	W	L	L	W	1926-01-16	Bury	H
13	-1	Everton	25	5	4	2	24	15	2	6	6	25	35	0.98	24	D	L	W	D	W	1926-01-16	Cardiff City	H
14	0	Liverpool	23	7	3	3	28	15	1	3	6	8	19	1.059	22	L	W	L	W	L	1926-01-16	West Ham United	A
15	2	Cardiff City	25	5	2	5	19	18	4	1	8	18	37	0.673	21	D	L	L	W	L	1926-01-16	Everton	A
16	6	Leicester City	24	5	2	5	26	21	2	4	6	19	30	0.882	20	W	L	D	W	D	1926-01-16	Burnley	H
17	-2	Notts County	24	7	1	3	23	12	1	3	9	13	29	0.878	20	L	W	L	L	W	1926-01-16	Newcastle United	H
18	3	Leeds United	24	6	2	4	23	20	2	2	8	18	28	0.854	20	W	W	L	D	L	1926-01-23	Leicester City	H
19	-3	West Ham United	24	8	1	3	23	17	1	1	10	11	34	0.667	20	L	L	W	L	D	1926-01-16	Liverpool	H
20	-2	Burnley	25	4	4	4	24	20	3	2	8	22	52	0.639	20	L	W	W	D	W	1926-01-16	Leicester City	A
21	-2	Blackburn Rovers	24	3	5	4	26	21	3	2	7	21	28	0.959	19	L	L	D	D	W	1926-01-16	Birmingham	H
22	-2	Manchester City	25	5	4	3	35	27	1	3	9	24	43	0.843	19	D	W	L	L	D	1926-01-16	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	4	Oldham Athletic	Oakwell	10,680
Bedford, Halliwell, Johnson J	Lineups		Watson, Barnes 2, Kirkpatrick
Bradford City	4	2	Chelsea	Valley Parade	14,702
McMillan, Cheetham 2, Chalmers	Lineups		Priestley, Turnbull
Derby County	3	1	Hull City	Baseball Ground	12,881
Bedford 2, Murphy	Lineups		Whitworth
Fulham	3	0	The Wednesday	Craven Cottage	17,621
Pape, McNab, Penn	Lineups
Middlesbrough	4	1	Portsmouth	Ayresome Park	10,028
McClelland 3, Carr	Lineups		Beedie
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Darlington	City Ground	8,703
Galloway, Walker	Lineups
Port Vale	4	2	Clapton Orient	Recreation Ground	8,070
Strange 3, Maddock (p)	Lineups		Henderson 2
Preston North End	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Deepdale	13,482
Craven	Lineups
South Shields	3	1	Swansea Town	Horsley Hill	9,319
Smith, Parker, Trotter	Lineups		Fowler
Southampton	2	2	Blackpool	The Dell	8,637
Woodhouse, Rawlings	Lineups		Downes 2
Stockport County	2	1	Stoke City	Edgeley Park	6,925
Blood, Jones F	Lineups		Walker

				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	23	10	2	1	36	11	5	3	2	14	10	2.381	35	W	W	W	W	W	1926-01-16	Darlington	A
2	0	The Wednesday	24	11	0	1	45	14	4	3	5	14	17	1.903	33	L	W	W	W	L	1926-01-16	South Shields	H
3	1	South Shields	24	6	3	2	27	14	7	0	6	19	22	1.278	29	W	W	W	L	W	1926-01-16	The Wednesday	A
4	-1	Chelsea	23	6	3	2	25	11	4	5	3	22	17	1.679	28	L	L	L	D	D	1926-01-16	Port Vale	H
5	0	Middlesbrough	25	10	0	3	38	17	4	0	8	13	26	1.186	28	W	L	W	L	L	1926-01-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	1	Oldham Athletic	22	8	2	2	29	16	3	3	4	13	17	1.273	27	W	L	L	L	D	1926-01-23	Fulham	A
7	-1	Portsmouth	24	7	3	1	28	17	3	3	7	21	37	0.907	26	L	W	D	D	D	1926-01-16	Southampton	H
8	0	Blackpool	24	6	2	3	20	10	4	3	6	23	25	1.229	25	D	W	D	W	D	1926-01-16	Nottingham Forest	H
9	0	Port Vale	24	9	1	2	32	14	2	2	8	14	27	1.122	25	W	L	L	L	W	1926-01-16	Chelsea	A
10	0	Hull City	23	6	2	4	21	11	4	1	6	11	21	1	23	L	D	W	W	D	1926-01-16	Bradford City	H
11	0	Swansea Town	21	6	1	2	24	7	3	3	6	16	27	1.176	22	L	W	D	D	D	1926-01-16	Preston North End	H
12	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	5	3	1	17	6	4	1	8	16	27	1	22	L	W	W	L	D	1926-01-16	Middlesbrough	H
13	1	Bradford City	22	4	2	5	13	14	4	4	3	16	15	1	22	W	L	L	D	D	1926-01-16	Hull City	A
14	-1	Barnsley	23	8	3	1	27	12	0	3	8	9	30	0.857	22	L	W	W	L	W	1926-01-16	Clapton Orient	A
15	1	Preston North End	24	10	1	1	32	15	0	1	11	9	40	0.745	22	W	L	L	W	L	1926-01-16	Swansea Town	A
16	-1	Stoke City	23	4	4	3	14	10	3	2	7	17	31	0.756	20	L	D	D	W	D	1926-01-16	Fulham	H
17	1	Nottingham Forest	23	6	3	3	24	18	1	3	7	5	21	0.744	20	W	L	W	D	D	1926-01-16	Blackpool	A
18	-1	Darlington	23	3	5	4	25	20	3	2	6	11	26	0.783	19	L	D	L	D	D	1926-01-16	Derby County	H
19	0	Southampton	24	6	2	5	23	15	0	4	7	11	24	0.872	18	D	W	L	L	L	1926-01-16	Portsmouth	A
20	1	Fulham	23	5	3	4	20	15	0	3	8	6	33	0.542	16	W	L	W	D	D	1926-01-16	Stoke City	A
21	-1	Clapton Orient	22	4	1	6	12	14	2	1	8	12	24	0.632	14	L	L	W	W	L	1926-01-16	Barnsley	H
22	0	Stockport County	24	5	4	4	22	19	0	0	11	8	37	0.536	14	W	L	L	D	L	1926-01-23	Clapton Orient	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	5	2	Walsall	Peel Park	4,237
Gee 3, Jepson 2	Lineups		Crockford 2
Crewe Alexandra	1	4	Nelson	Gresty Road	6,387
Lovatt	Lineups		Hampson 3, Earle
Durham City	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Holiday Park	1,750
Dent 2	Lineups		Fogg
Halifax Town	2	0	Chesterfield	The Shay	10,940	Largest home gate 1925-26
Waites, Martin (p)	Lineups
Hartlepools United	4	2	Rochdale	Victoria Park	6,057
Best, Hardy C 2, Carr	Lineups		Whitehurst, Smith
Lincoln City	0	3	Coventry City	Sincil Bank	4,000
	Lineups		Paterson 2, Dougall
New Brighton	2	1	Barrow	Sandheys Park	4,187
Broad 2	Lineups		Hutchinson
Rotherham United	2	3	Bradford	Millmoor	6,624
Bestall, Scott	Lineups		Quantrill, McDonald 2
Southport	0	1	Wrexham	Haig Avenue	3,643
	Lineups		Jones J
Wigan Borough	0	2	Ashington	Springfield Park	4,679
	Lineups		Dalkin, Carlton

				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	23	9	1	1	32	4	6	2	4	19	18	2.318	33	W	L	L	W	W	1926-01-09	Nelson	H
2	0	Rochdale	22	6	1	2	23	8	6	4	3	27	22	1.667	29	L	W	W	D	W	1926-01-16	Wigan Borough	H
3	2	Nelson	22	6	5	0	37	14	4	3	4	14	12	1.962	28	W	D	W	W	D	1926-01-09	Bradford	A
4	-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
5	1	Halifax Town	22	8	2	1	25	10	3	3	5	10	14	1.458	27	W	D	W	W	D	1926-01-09	Ashington	H
6	1	Hartlepools United	23	9	3	0	32	14	2	2	7	11	26	1.075	27	W	D	W	D	D	1926-01-09	Lincoln City	H
7	-3	Chesterfield	21	7	2	1	26	9	4	2	5	13	12	1.857	26	L	W	W	W	D	1926-01-16	Accrington Stanley	H
8	0	Coventry City	22	8	3	0	30	9	3	0	8	16	24	1.394	25	W	L	W	D	L	1926-01-09	Barrow	H
9	1	Accrington Stanley	22	8	0	2	24	12	3	2	7	19	37	0.878	24	W	D	W	W	L	1926-01-16	Chesterfield	A
10	-1	Doncaster Rovers	21	5	5	1	26	15	2	4	4	13	19	1.147	23	L	W	D	W	D	1926-01-09	Tranmere Rovers	A
11	1	Durham City	23	8	0	2	25	12	3	1	9	14	28	0.975	23	W	L	L	D	L	1926-01-09	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	1	Ashington	23	5	4	3	21	15	3	2	6	14	17	1.094	22	W	W	L	L	D	1926-01-09	Halifax Town	A
13	-2	Crewe Alexandra	21	8	2	2	27	16	1	1	7	9	20	1	21	L	D	W	L	W	1926-01-09	Durham City	A
14	2	Wrexham	22	4	5	3	23	20	2	4	4	13	23	0.837	21	W	L	D	L	D	1926-01-09	Walsall	A
15	-1	Lincoln City	22	9	0	3	24	12	0	2	8	11	27	0.897	20	L	L	D	W	L	1926-01-09	Hartlepools United	A
16	-1	Wigan Borough	22	7	2	4	32	15	0	3	6	7	25	0.975	19	L	W	W	L	L	1926-01-16	Rochdale	A
17	1	New Brighton	22	6	3	4	21	19	2	0	7	9	22	0.732	19	W	W	D	L	L	1926-01-16	Ashington	A
18	-1	Rotherham United	22	5	1	4	13	14	2	3	7	14	41	0.491	18	L	L	L	L	L	1926-01-16	Grimsby Town	A
19	0	Tranmere Rovers	22	5	2	2	19	15	2	1	10	15	37	0.654	17	L	W	D	L	L	1926-01-09	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	0	Southport	21	4	4	4	18	18	0	3	6	13	25	0.721	15	L	D	L	D	L	1926-01-16	Coventry City	A
21	0	Barrow	23	3	0	9	18	26	1	2	8	14	26	0.615	10	L	L	L	W	W	1926-01-09	Coventry City	A
22	0	Walsall	22	3	3	3	17	16	0	1	12	9	50	0.394	10	L	L	L	W	D	1926-01-09	Wrexham	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aberdare Athletic	8	1	Watford	Athletic Ground	2,774
Martin 4, James 2, Burnham, Taylor	Lineups		Foster
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Newport County	Goldstone Ground	7,398
Hopkins, Wilson	Lineups		Carney
Exeter City	3	2	Reading	St James Park	7,915
McDevitt, Lievesley 2	Lineups		Smith 2
Luton Town	4	0	Merthyr Town	Kenilworth Road	5,858
Thompson 2, Dennis (p), Agnew	Lineups
Millwall	1	0	Crystal Palace	The Den, New Cross	18,126
Moule	Lineups
Northampton Town	6	1	Brentford	County Ground	4,649
Cockle 2, Pease 2, Robinson 2	Lineups		Allen
Norwich City	1	3	Bristol City	The Nest, Rosary Road	5,000
Rogers	Lineups		Walsh 2, Pocock
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Gillingham	Loftus Road	7,287
	Lineups		Edmed
Southend United	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Kursaal Ground	7,545
Hick, Shaw	Lineups
Swindon Town	8	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	County Ground	5,625
Richardson 4, Daniel 2, Thompson, Petrie	Lineups		Roberts, Stringfellow

				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	22	10	2	0	45	14	3	4	3	17	19	1.879	32	L	D	D	L	W	1926-01-16	Norwich City	H
2	0	Reading	23	7	3	0	21	8	4	5	4	16	19	1.37	30	L	W	D	W	L	1926-01-16	Southend United	H
3	0	Bristol City	23	7	2	3	23	10	5	3	3	19	18	1.5	29	W	L	W	L	W	1926-01-13	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	9	2	1	30	15	3	2	5	21	25	1.275	28	W	D	W	W	L	1926-01-16	Watford	A
5	0	Northampton Town	22	9	2	2	31	15	2	2	5	15	25	1.15	26	W	L	D	L	W	1926-01-16	Crystal Palace	A
6	0	Millwall	22	8	3	1	34	8	2	2	6	6	16	1.667	25	W	L	L	W	W	1926-01-16	Bristol City	A
7	0	Southend United	22	8	1	4	32	13	4	0	5	16	23	1.333	25	W	L	W	W	W	1926-01-16	Reading	A
8	0	Swindon Town	23	7	2	2	27	13	3	3	6	14	22	1.171	25	W	W	D	L	L	1926-01-16	Charlton Athletic	A
9	1	Gillingham	22	5	3	2	16	7	5	1	6	14	17	1.25	24	W	W	L	W	L	1926-01-09	Brentford	H
10	-1	Watford	22	8	3	1	28	15	1	2	7	9	30	0.822	23	L	D	W	W	W	1926-01-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
11	0	Merthyr Town	22	6	2	2	24	14	1	5	6	11	24	0.921	21	L	L	W	L	W	1926-01-16	Queens Park Rangers	H
12	0	Norwich City	23	5	4	4	20	20	3	1	6	10	18	0.789	21	L	L	W	D	L	1926-01-09	Bristol Rovers	A
13	3	Exeter City	23	7	1	3	26	12	1	3	8	11	27	0.949	20	W	W	D	W	L	1926-01-16	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
14	3	Luton Town	23	7	3	1	29	16	1	1	10	10	31	0.83	20	W	D	W	L	L	1926-01-16	Newport County	A
15	-2	Bristol Rovers	22	4	1	5	25	14	4	2	6	11	17	1.161	19	L	W	L	W	W	1926-01-09	Norwich City	H
16	-2	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
17	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	3	2	3	12	11	4	3	7	19	42	0.585	19	L	L	W	L	D	1926-01-13	Bristol City	H
18	2	Aberdare Athletic	22	5	3	4	30	18	2	1	7	13	27	0.956	18	W	D	L	L	D	1926-01-16	Brentford	A
19	-1	Newport County	22	5	3	3	17	15	1	3	7	10	24	0.692	18	L	W	W	L	D	1926-01-16	Luton Town	H
20	-1	Crystal Palace	22	7	1	4	26	17	0	1	9	12	28	0.844	16	L	L	W	L	W	1926-01-16	Northampton Town	H
21	0	Brentford	22	5	1	4	18	17	2	1	9	13	37	0.574	16	L	L	W	L	W	1926-01-09	Gillingham	A
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	22	3	4	3	11	9	1	2	9	10	29	0.553	14	L	W	D	D	L	1926-01-16	Merthyr Town	A