Saturday 1926-02-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham	2	1	Aston Villa	St Andrew's	45,000	Largest home gate 1925-26
Briggs 2	Lineups		Walker
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Ewood Park	21,348
Rigby, Puddefoot, Crisp	Lineups
Bury	3	1	Notts County	Gigg Lane	14,485
Ball, Bullock, Stage	Lineups		Kelly
Cardiff City	0	0	Arsenal	Ninian Park	21,684
	Lineups
Everton	1	1	Burnley	Goodison Park	22,691
Dean	Lineups		Richards
Huddersfield Town	3	1	Leeds United	Leeds Road	26,248
Cook, Brown, Williams	Lineups		Wainscoat
Manchester City	1	1	Liverpool	Maine Road	45,699
Browell	Lineups		Forshaw
Sheffield United	1	1	West Ham United	Bramall Lane	19,800
Tunstall	Lineups		Moore
Sunderland	2	2	Newcastle United	Roker Park	34,902
Halliday, Death	Lineups		Mordue, Urwin
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	25,466
	Lineups		Smith
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Leicester City	The Hawthorns	19,532
Glidden (p), James, Byers	Lineups		Hine

				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	Huddersfield Town	30	8	6	1	30	13	7	4	4	35	33	1.413	40	W	D	W	L	W	1926-03-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	0	Sunderland	31	13	2	1	55	23	3	4	8	19	32	1.345	38	D	W	W	L	W	1926-03-13	Liverpool	H
3	0	Arsenal	30	10	2	3	40	16	5	4	6	22	32	1.292	36	D	W	L	L	L	1926-03-13	Everton	A
4	0	Bury	31	11	2	3	49	29	6	0	9	23	35	1.125	36	W	W	L	W	L	1926-03-06	Aston Villa	A
5	0	Sheffield United	31	11	3	3	57	25	3	3	8	23	38	1.27	34	D	W	L	W	W	1926-03-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	1	Manchester United	28	9	2	3	28	18	6	2	6	20	24	1.143	34	W	W	W	L	L	1926-03-10	Liverpool	H
7	-1	Aston Villa	29	8	3	2	37	17	4	5	7	26	35	1.212	32	L	W	L	W	D	1926-03-06	Bury	H
8	1	Liverpool	29	9	3	3	34	17	2	6	6	15	25	1.167	31	D	D	W	D	W	1926-03-06	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	3	West Bromwich Albion	31	10	5	1	53	22	2	2	11	12	34	1.161	31	W	L	L	L	W	1926-03-06	West Ham United	A
10	0	Newcastle United	30	8	3	3	42	27	3	6	7	21	32	1.068	31	D	L	L	W	D	1926-03-06	Huddersfield Town	H
11	0	Everton	32	6	8	2	31	21	2	7	7	26	39	0.95	31	D	L	D	D	W	1926-03-06	Leeds United	A
12	-4	Tottenham Hotspur	30	8	4	4	36	29	4	3	7	17	29	0.914	31	L	W	L	L	D	1926-03-03	Huddersfield Town	A
13	2	Birmingham	32	12	1	4	30	16	1	4	10	25	45	0.902	31	W	L	W	L	L	1926-03-03	Notts County	A
14	-1	Bolton Wanderers	29	8	4	2	36	22	4	1	10	20	37	0.949	29	L	L	D	W	W	1926-03-13	West Bromwich Albion	A
15	-1	Leicester City	32	9	2	5	35	26	2	5	9	22	37	0.905	29	L	W	W	W	D	1926-03-06	Birmingham	H
16	1	Blackburn Rovers	31	6	6	4	39	28	3	3	9	24	35	1	27	W	L	W	W	L	1926-03-01	Sheffield United	H
17	-1	Cardiff City	31	7	3	6	26	21	4	2	9	20	42	0.73	27	D	W	L	W	L	1926-03-13	Aston Villa	H
18	1	West Ham United	30	10	1	4	34	21	1	3	11	15	41	0.79	26	D	W	L	W	D	1926-03-06	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	-1	Leeds United	31	8	3	4	29	23	2	2	12	23	40	0.825	25	L	D	L	W	L	1926-03-06	Everton	H
20	0	Burnley	32	4	6	5	27	24	4	3	10	29	60	0.667	25	D	D	L	L	W	1926-03-13	Blackburn Rovers	A
21	0	Manchester City	31	5	6	4	37	33	2	4	10	34	50	0.855	24	D	L	D	L	W	1926-03-13	West Ham United	H
22	0	Notts County	29	8	1	4	25	15	1	3	12	15	35	0.8	22	L	L	W	L	L	1926-03-03	Birmingham	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	1	Stockport County	Oakwell	7,663
Eaton	Lineups		Blood
Blackpool	2	2	Portsmouth	Bloomfield Road	6,754
Fishwick, Downes	Lineups		Meikle, Haines
Bradford City	2	1	Stoke City	Valley Parade	10,857
Smith J, Chalmers	Lineups		Davies
Chelsea	0	0	South Shields	Stamford Bridge	38,242
	Lineups
Clapton Orient	1	1	Fulham	Millfield Road	20,693	Largest home gate 1925-26
Dixon	Lineups		Craig F
Darlington	0	2	Middlesbrough	Feethams Ground	15,118
	Lineups		McClelland, Birrell
Derby County	4	1	The Wednesday	Baseball Ground	26,724	Largest home gate 1925-26
Bedford 3, Murphy	Lineups		Prince
Hull City	1	1	Preston North End	Anlaby Road	8,953
Martin	Lineups		Jackson
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Swansea Town	City Ground	13,354
	Lineups		Deacon 2
Port Vale	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Recreation Ground	11,719
Kirkham 2, Page	Lineups
Southampton	4	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Dell	9,288
Parker, Henderson, Rawlings, Matthews	Lineups		Phillipson, Price

				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	The Wednesday	30	14	0	1	50	15	6	3	6	20	22	1.892	43	L	W	W	W	W	1926-03-11	Swansea Town	A
2	0	Derby County	30	13	2	1	47	14	5	4	5	15	17	2	42	W	D	L	L	W	1926-03-06	Stoke City	A
3	0	Chelsea	30	8	4	3	34	17	7	5	3	29	19	1.75	39	D	W	W	L	W	1926-03-06	Preston North End	A
4	2	Swansea Town	28	9	1	2	36	9	6	3	7	25	32	1.488	34	W	W	W	W	W	1926-03-11	The Wednesday	H
5	0	South Shields	29	8	3	2	36	17	7	1	8	20	25	1.333	34	D	L	W	W	L	1926-03-03	Hull City	H
6	1	Middlesbrough	32	12	0	4	45	20	5	0	11	17	35	1.127	34	W	L	W	L	W	1926-03-06	Hull City	H
7	-3	Oldham Athletic	29	10	2	3	36	18	4	3	7	17	24	1.262	33	L	W	W	L	L	1926-03-06	Bradford City	H
8	0	Port Vale	30	12	1	2	43	15	3	2	10	18	36	1.196	33	W	W	W	L	W	1926-03-06	Stockport County	A
9	0	Blackpool	31	9	3	3	32	12	4	3	9	26	41	1.094	32	D	L	W	L	W	1926-03-08	Clapton Orient	A
10	3	Bradford City	30	7	3	6	20	21	4	5	5	16	23	0.818	30	W	D	D	L	L	1926-03-06	Oldham Athletic	A
11	1	Portsmouth	30	8	3	4	33	23	3	4	8	24	41	0.891	29	D	L	L	L	W	1926-03-06	Darlington	H
12	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	8	3	2	31	11	4	1	11	19	36	1.064	28	L	W	L	W	L	1926-03-01	Darlington	H
13	1	Hull City	29	7	4	5	29	15	4	2	7	12	24	1.051	28	D	L	D	D	L	1926-03-03	South Shields	A
14	2	Southampton	31	8	2	6	31	21	3	4	8	20	28	1.041	28	W	L	L	W	W	1926-03-06	South Shields	A
15	-4	Darlington	31	6	5	5	38	22	4	3	8	15	34	0.946	28	L	L	W	W	D	1926-03-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
16	-1	Preston North End	30	11	1	2	34	19	1	3	12	15	47	0.742	28	D	W	D	W	L	1926-03-06	Chelsea	H
17	0	Barnsley	30	9	5	2	33	17	0	4	10	11	40	0.772	27	D	W	L	D	D	1926-03-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	0	Stoke City	30	6	4	4	22	14	3	2	11	20	46	0.7	24	L	L	L	W	L	1926-03-06	Derby County	H
19	0	Fulham	29	7	3	5	24	20	1	4	9	9	40	0.55	23	D	W	W	L	W	1926-03-13	Darlington	A
20	0	Nottingham Forest	29	6	4	5	25	22	1	3	10	5	30	0.577	21	L	D	L	L	L	1926-03-13	Middlesbrough	H
21	0	Clapton Orient	28	5	3	6	17	15	3	1	10	17	34	0.694	20	D	L	W	D	L	1926-03-08	Blackpool	H
22	0	Stockport County	31	6	5	5	27	24	0	1	14	11	49	0.521	18	D	L	D	L	L	1926-03-06	Port Vale	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Ashington	0	1	Rochdale	Portland Park	4,270
	Lineups		Whitehurst
Barrow	1	4	Hartlepools United	Holker Street	1,187
Ivison	Lineups		Boland, Robinson 2, Birtles
Coventry City	2	1	Accrington Stanley	Highfield Road	9,181
Poole, Herbert	Lineups		Wyper
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Chesterfield	Gresty Road	5,591
Mackey, Kay	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Rotherham United	Belle Vue	7,198
	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	1	Bradford	Sincil Bank	6,905
Hooper	Lineups		McDonald
Nelson	4	0	Durham City	Seedhill Ground	4,819
Earle, Bottrill 2, Wilson (p)	Lineups
New Brighton	3	2	Walsall	Sandheys Park	3,897
Duggins, Wade, Mathieson	Lineups		Crockford 2
Southport	0	1	Grimsby Town	Haig Avenue	4,099
	Lineups		Cooper
Wigan Borough	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Springfield Park	3,796
Yates, Dickinson B	Lineups		Stuart, White
Wrexham	2	0	Halifax Town	Racecourse Ground	4,539
Longmuir, Jones F	Lineups

				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	31	12	2	1	42	8	8	3	5	29	23	2.29	45	D	L	W	W	W	1926-03-06	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	0	Rochdale	30	10	1	3	38	18	8	4	4	34	26	1.636	41	W	W	L	L	W	1926-03-06	Barrow	H
3	0	Grimsby Town	29	13	1	0	46	7	4	5	6	19	25	2.031	40	W	W	L	W	D	1926-03-06	Lincoln City	H
4	0	Chesterfield	29	11	2	1	46	13	5	2	8	20	24	1.784	36	L	W	L	W	W	1926-03-06	New Brighton	H
5	0	Nelson	30	10	5	0	55	20	4	3	8	19	23	1.721	36	W	L	W	L	W	1926-03-06	Hartlepools United	A
6	1	Hartlepools United	31	12	3	1	47	23	3	2	10	17	36	1.085	35	W	W	L	L	L	1926-03-06	Nelson	H
7	2	Crewe Alexandra	29	11	2	2	35	18	3	3	8	17	26	1.182	33	W	D	W	W	L	1926-03-06	Bradford	A
8	-2	Halifax Town	31	9	4	2	27	13	3	5	8	14	24	1.108	33	L	L	D	W	D	1926-03-06	Doncaster Rovers	H
9	2	Coventry City	29	11	4	0	36	10	3	0	11	18	37	1.149	32	W	L	L	W	L	1926-03-06	Durham City	A
10	-2	Ashington	32	7	5	4	32	19	4	4	8	20	27	1.13	31	L	L	W	W	D	1926-03-06	Tranmere Rovers	A
11	-1	Durham City	31	10	2	2	33	15	4	1	12	16	36	0.961	31	L	W	L	D	L	1926-03-06	Coventry City	H
12	0	Doncaster Rovers	29	6	7	2	35	18	3	4	7	19	31	1.102	29	D	D	L	L	L	1926-03-06	Halifax Town	A
13	2	New Brighton	29	9	3	4	33	23	3	1	9	15	30	0.906	28	W	L	W	L	W	1926-03-06	Chesterfield	A
14	0	Rotherham United	30	8	2	4	27	18	3	4	9	18	48	0.682	28	D	W	L	W	W	1926-03-06	Southport	H
15	-2	Accrington Stanley	30	9	0	5	30	23	3	3	10	25	52	0.733	27	L	W	D	L	L	1926-03-06	Wrexham	H
16	0	Lincoln City	30	11	2	3	33	19	0	2	12	16	45	0.766	26	D	D	L	W	L	1926-03-06	Grimsby Town	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	29	9	2	2	27	18	2	2	12	19	46	0.719	26	D	W	L	W	L	1926-03-06	Ashington	H
18	0	Wigan Borough	30	9	3	4	40	19	0	4	10	12	38	0.912	25	D	L	D	W	L	1926-03-06	Walsall	A
19	1	Wrexham	30	6	5	5	30	27	2	4	8	19	40	0.731	25	W	L	L	W	L	1926-03-06	Accrington Stanley	A
20	-1	Southport	29	6	5	5	24	23	1	4	8	18	31	0.778	23	L	W	L	D	W	1926-03-06	Rotherham United	A
21	0	Walsall	31	6	3	6	29	28	0	1	15	15	64	0.478	16	L	W	L	L	L	1926-03-06	Wigan Borough	H
22	0	Barrow	31	4	0	12	23	37	2	2	11	18	36	0.562	14	L	L	W	W	L	1926-03-06	Rochdale	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aberdare Athletic	2	0	Newport County	Athletic Ground	4,346
Smith 2	Lineups
Brentford	4	1	Bristol Rovers	Griffin Park	9,902
Watkins, Douglas, Graham (p), Rae	Lineups		Whatmore
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Luton Town	Goldstone Ground	7,721
Nightingale, Jennings	Lineups
Bristol City	1	0	Exeter City	Ashton Gate	15,000
Walsh	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	0	Swindon Town	Selhurst Park	11,534
Coyle (p)	Lineups
Millwall	0	0	Gillingham	The Den, New Cross	12,169
	Lineups
Northampton Town	4	1	Merthyr Town	County Ground	5,778
Cockle, Robinson 3	Lineups		Rumney
Norwich City	3	0	Charlton Athletic	The Nest, Rosary Road	5,964
North, Wingham, Featherby	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	3	Reading	Home Park	21,674
Healy	Lineups		Braithwaite, Richardson, Smith
Southend United	3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Kursaal Ground	6,417
Shaw 3	Lineups
Watford	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	Vicarage Road	6,578
Swan 2, Foster	Lineups		Young

				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	Reading	30	11	3	0	30	11	6	5	5	23	26	1.432	42	W	W	L	W	W	1926-03-06	Bristol City	H
2	1	Bristol City	31	10	3	3	27	11	6	5	4	23	22	1.515	40	W	L	W	D	W	1926-03-06	Reading	A
3	-1	Plymouth Argyle	29	12	2	2	59	27	4	5	4	19	25	1.5	39	L	W	W	L	L	1926-03-06	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	11	3	1	35	17	4	3	6	30	33	1.3	36	W	W	L	D	W	1926-03-06	Queens Park Rangers	A
5	0	Millwall	28	9	5	1	37	9	3	3	7	11	19	1.714	32	D	L	W	W	D	1926-03-06	Merthyr Town	A
6	1	Gillingham	31	8	3	4	29	16	5	2	9	14	20	1.194	31	D	L	L	L	W	1926-03-06	Norwich City	H
7	3	Northampton Town	29	10	3	3	39	21	3	2	8	22	33	1.13	31	W	L	L	D	W	1926-03-06	Newport County	A
8	-2	Swindon Town	30	10	2	2	32	14	3	3	10	16	31	1.067	31	L	L	W	L	W	1926-03-06	Brentford	H
9	2	Southend United	28	9	1	5	35	14	5	1	7	22	31	1.267	30	W	L	D	W	L	1926-03-04	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	-2	Luton Town	31	11	3	1	45	19	1	3	12	15	39	1.034	30	L	W	D	W	D	1926-03-06	Aberdare Athletic	H
11	-2	Merthyr Town	30	10	2	2	36	17	1	6	9	15	36	0.962	30	L	W	L	W	L	1926-03-06	Millwall	H
12	2	Watford	30	10	4	2	37	20	1	3	10	13	41	0.82	29	W	D	L	L	W	1926-03-06	Bristol Rovers	A
13	2	Brentford	30	10	1	4	32	24	3	2	10	19	42	0.773	29	W	W	W	D	W	1926-03-06	Swindon Town	A
14	2	Aberdare Athletic	29	8	3	4	41	20	4	1	9	17	30	1.16	28	W	W	W	W	W	1926-03-06	Luton Town	A
15	-3	Newport County	31	9	3	3	26	17	2	3	11	16	34	0.824	28	L	W	L	W	L	1926-03-06	Northampton Town	H
16	-3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	30	6	3	4	21	18	5	3	9	23	51	0.638	28	L	L	W	W	W	1926-03-06	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	2	Norwich City	30	7	4	5	26	23	3	2	9	17	32	0.782	26	W	L	W	L	L	1926-03-06	Gillingham	A
18	-1	Exeter City	30	9	2	3	39	19	1	3	12	12	35	0.944	25	L	D	L	W	L	1926-03-06	Crystal Palace	H
19	-1	Charlton Athletic	28	6	5	3	18	10	1	5	8	11	31	0.707	24	L	D	W	L	L	1926-03-06	Southend United	H
20	0	Bristol Rovers	29	4	4	5	29	18	4	2	10	17	32	0.92	22	L	L	D	L	D	1926-03-06	Watford	H
21	0	Crystal Palace	28	10	1	4	32	19	0	1	12	14	38	0.807	22	W	L	W	L	L	1926-03-06	Exeter City	A
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	30	4	5	5	15	16	1	2	13	11	39	0.473	17	L	L	L	W	D	1926-03-04	Southend United	H