Saturday 1926-03-20

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	Manchester City	Highbury	34,974
Blyth	Lineups
Aston Villa	2	2	Sheffield United	Villa Park	18,017
Dorrell, Capewell	Lineups		Gillespie, Johnson
Burnley	5	2	Sunderland	Turf Moor	25,077
Page 2, Hargreaves, Roberts 2	Lineups		Kelly, Clunas (p)
Leeds United	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Elland Road	22,419
Fell, Armand	Lineups		Harper
Leicester City	1	2	Cardiff City	Filbert Street	24,095
Chandler	Lineups		Davies W 2
Liverpool	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Anfield Road	35,255
Forshaw	Lineups		Devlin, Stephenson
Manchester United	0	0	Everton	Old Trafford	30,058
	Lineups
Newcastle United	4	0	Bury	St James' Park	20,000
Clark, Gallacher 2, McDonald	Lineups
Notts County	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Meadow Lane	14,888
	Lineups
West Ham United	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	29,423	Largest home gate 1925-26
Watson, Ruffell, Kay	Lineups		Osborne

				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	34	10	6	1	37	14	9	4	4	39	34	1.583	48	W	W	W	W	W	1926-03-27	Aston Villa	H
2	0	Arsenal	33	12	2	3	45	16	6	4	6	25	34	1.4	42	W	W	W	D	W	1926-03-27	Bury	A
3	0	Sunderland	34	14	2	1	58	25	3	4	10	22	39	1.25	40	L	L	W	D	W	1926-03-27	Leicester City	H
4	1	Sheffield United	35	12	3	3	60	25	3	4	10	26	47	1.194	37	D	L	W	L	D	1926-04-03	Leeds United	A
5	-1	Bury	34	11	2	4	49	31	6	1	10	24	40	1.028	37	L	L	D	W	W	1926-03-27	Arsenal	H
6	0	Manchester United	32	9	4	3	31	21	6	2	8	21	32	0.981	36	D	L	L	D	W	1926-04-02	Notts County	A
7	0	Aston Villa	33	8	6	2	42	22	4	5	8	26	37	1.153	35	D	L	D	D	L	1926-03-27	Huddersfield Town	A
8	2	Everton	36	7	8	3	35	25	2	9	7	27	40	0.954	35	D	W	L	D	D	1926-03-27	Notts County	H
9	4	Newcastle United	33	9	3	4	46	29	3	7	7	22	33	1.097	34	W	D	L	D	L	1926-03-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	-2	Blackburn Rovers	36	8	6	4	48	32	4	4	10	27	38	1.071	34	L	W	W	D	W	1926-03-27	West Ham United	H
11	-2	Leicester City	36	10	2	6	37	28	3	6	9	27	40	0.941	34	L	W	D	W	L	1926-03-27	Sunderland	A
12	-1	Liverpool	33	9	4	4	35	19	2	7	7	20	31	1.1	33	L	L	D	D	D	1926-03-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
13	-1	Bolton Wanderers	31	9	4	2	39	23	5	1	10	23	37	1.033	33	W	W	L	L	D	1926-03-29	Manchester City	A
14	2	West Bromwich Albion	34	10	5	2	53	25	2	3	12	12	37	1.048	32	D	L	L	W	L	1926-03-27	Liverpool	H
15	0	Birmingham	35	12	2	4	31	17	1	4	12	25	49	0.848	32	D	L	L	W	L	1926-04-02	Manchester City	A
16	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	34	8	4	5	37	32	4	4	9	19	34	0.848	32	L	L	D	L	L	1926-03-25	Newcastle United	H
17	0	Cardiff City	33	8	3	6	28	21	5	2	9	22	43	0.781	31	W	W	D	W	L	1926-03-27	Leeds United	H
18	0	Leeds United	34	9	4	4	32	25	3	2	12	25	40	0.877	30	W	W	D	L	D	1926-03-27	Cardiff City	A
19	0	West Ham United	33	12	1	4	40	22	1	3	12	15	43	0.846	30	W	L	W	D	W	1926-03-22	Notts County	A
20	2	Burnley	34	5	6	5	32	26	4	3	11	32	66	0.696	27	W	L	D	D	L	1926-04-02	Newcastle United	H
21	-1	Manchester City	34	6	6	5	39	34	2	4	11	34	51	0.859	26	L	L	W	D	L	1926-03-29	Bolton Wanderers	H
22	-1	Notts County	33	9	3	4	29	16	1	3	13	15	38	0.815	26	D	L	D	W	L	1926-03-22	West Ham United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Fulham	1	1	Hull City	Craven Cottage	14,602
Pape	Lineups		Whitworth
Middlesbrough	3	0	Southampton	Ayresome Park	8,111
Williams O 2, McClelland (p)	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Clapton Orient	Boundary Park	11,067
Barnes	Lineups		Evans
Portsmouth	5	1	Nottingham Forest	Fratton Park	12,474
Mackie, Havelock 4	Lineups		Flood
Preston North End	6	4	Blackpool	Deepdale	20,048
Jackson, James, Russell, Gillespie, Harrison 2 (1p)	Lineups		Crawford OG, Williams 2, Butler
South Shields	2	4	Darlington	Horsley Hill	7,476
Parker 2	Lineups		Dickson, Hooper M 2, Little
Stockport County	0	0	Chelsea	Edgeley Park	7,828
	Lineups
Stoke City	1	2	Barnsley	Victoria Ground	12,977
Archibald	Lineups		Richmond, Allen
Swansea Town	1	0	Bradford City	Vetch Field	13,965
Morris	Lineups
The Wednesday	0	2	Port Vale	Hillsborough	24,965
	Lineups		Strange, Kirkham
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Derby County	Molineux	19,476
Phillipson 2	Lineups

				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	33	14	0	2	50	17	6	5	6	23	25	1.738	45	L	D	D	L	W	1926-03-22	Nottingham Forest	H
2	0	Derby County	33	13	2	2	47	16	6	4	6	16	19	1.8	44	L	L	W	W	D	1926-03-27	Fulham	H
3	0	Chelsea	33	9	4	3	37	17	7	6	4	30	22	1.718	42	D	W	L	D	W	1926-03-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
4	0	Swansea Town	32	11	2	2	40	11	6	3	8	25	35	1.413	39	W	W	L	D	W	1926-03-29	Southampton	H
5	2	Port Vale	33	13	1	2	46	15	4	3	10	22	38	1.283	38	W	W	D	W	W	1926-03-27	Preston North End	H
6	-1	Oldham Athletic	33	12	3	3	42	20	4	3	8	17	27	1.255	38	D	W	L	W	L	1926-03-27	Southampton	A
7	2	Middlesbrough	35	13	1	4	51	23	5	0	12	17	36	1.153	37	W	L	D	W	L	1926-03-27	Barnsley	A
8	-2	South Shields	34	9	3	4	41	24	7	1	10	21	28	1.192	36	L	L	L	W	L	1926-03-24	Clapton Orient	H
9	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	10	3	2	34	11	5	2	11	22	38	1.143	35	W	W	D	W	L	1926-03-27	Chelsea	A
10	-2	Blackpool	34	10	3	3	33	12	4	4	10	32	49	1.066	35	L	W	D	D	L	1926-03-27	Stoke City	H
11	1	Portsmouth	34	10	3	4	40	24	4	4	9	26	42	1	35	W	L	W	W	D	1926-03-27	Clapton Orient	A
12	-2	Hull City	33	8	4	5	33	15	5	4	7	19	29	1.182	34	D	W	D	W	D	1926-04-02	Blackpool	A
13	2	Preston North End	33	13	1	2	43	24	1	3	13	15	49	0.795	32	W	L	W	D	W	1926-03-25	Fulham	H
14	2	Barnsley	33	9	7	2	35	19	1	4	10	13	41	0.8	31	W	D	D	D	W	1926-03-27	Middlesbrough	H
15	-2	Southampton	34	9	2	6	33	21	3	4	10	20	33	0.981	30	L	W	L	W	L	1926-03-27	Oldham Athletic	H
16	1	Darlington	35	6	5	6	39	24	5	3	10	19	39	0.921	30	W	L	L	L	L	1926-03-27	The Wednesday	H
17	-3	Bradford City	33	7	3	7	21	23	4	5	7	16	27	0.74	30	L	L	L	W	D	1926-03-27	South Shields	H
18	0	Fulham	31	7	4	5	25	21	2	4	9	11	41	0.581	26	D	W	D	W	W	1926-03-25	Preston North End	A
19	1	Clapton Orient	31	6	4	6	23	17	3	2	10	18	35	0.788	24	D	W	D	D	L	1926-03-24	South Shields	A
20	-1	Stoke City	33	6	4	6	23	17	3	2	12	20	50	0.642	24	L	L	L	L	L	1926-03-27	Blackpool	A
21	0	Nottingham Forest	31	7	4	5	26	22	1	3	11	6	35	0.561	23	L	W	L	D	L	1926-03-22	The Wednesday	A
22	0	Stockport County	34	6	7	5	29	26	0	1	15	11	53	0.506	20	D	L	D	D	L	1926-03-27	Nottingham Forest	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	0	Barrow	Peel Park	3,721
Jepson 2	Lineups
Bradford	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Park Avenue	12,766
Myerscough, Quantrill	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	0	Southport	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,600
Hopkinson, Roseboom, Cookson	Lineups
Durham City	0	0	Ashington	Holiday Park	3,090
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Wrexham	Blundell Park	9,319
Carmichael	Lineups
Hartlepools United	0	0	Wigan Borough	Victoria Park	4,256
	Lineups
Rochdale	2	1	New Brighton	Spotland	6,794
Anstiss, Martin (p)	Lineups		Copitch
Rotherham United	2	1	Coventry City	Millmoor	5,731
Ramsden, Scott	Lineups		Poole
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Prenton Park	6,958
Marquis 2	Lineups
Walsall	0	0	Lincoln City	Hillary Street	4,906
	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	34	14	2	1	47	8	8	3	6	31	27	2.229	49	W	L	W	D	L	1926-03-27	Ashington	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	32	15	1	0	51	7	4	6	6	20	26	2.152	45	W	D	W	W	W	1926-03-25	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	0	Rochdale	33	12	1	3	42	20	8	4	5	36	29	1.592	45	W	L	W	W	W	1926-03-23	Nelson	H
4	0	Chesterfield	33	14	2	1	56	16	5	2	9	20	27	1.767	42	W	W	L	W	L	1926-03-27	Barrow	A
5	0	Nelson	32	11	5	0	58	20	4	3	9	19	25	1.711	38	W	L	W	L	W	1926-03-23	Rochdale	A
6	1	Hartlepools United	34	13	4	1	49	23	3	2	11	19	39	1.097	38	D	L	W	W	W	1926-03-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	-1	Halifax Town	34	10	4	3	30	16	4	5	8	16	25	1.122	37	W	W	L	L	L	1926-03-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	0	Ashington	35	8	5	4	35	20	5	5	8	24	28	1.229	36	D	W	W	L	L	1926-03-27	Bradford	H
9	0	Crewe Alexandra	32	12	2	2	38	20	3	3	10	17	31	1.078	35	L	W	L	W	D	1926-03-25	Grimsby Town	A
10	2	Durham City	34	11	3	2	37	16	4	1	13	17	40	0.964	34	D	L	W	L	W	1926-03-27	Southport	A
11	-1	Doncaster Rovers	32	7	7	2	38	18	4	4	8	22	33	1.176	33	L	W	W	D	D	1926-03-27	Hartlepools United	H
12	-1	Coventry City	33	11	5	0	37	11	3	0	14	23	47	1.034	33	L	L	D	L	W	1926-03-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
13	1	Rotherham United	33	10	2	4	34	21	3	4	10	18	51	0.722	32	W	L	W	D	W	1926-03-27	New Brighton	A
14	2	Accrington Stanley	33	11	0	5	36	25	3	3	11	26	55	0.775	31	W	L	W	L	W	1926-03-27	Lincoln City	A
15	0	Wigan Borough	33	10	3	4	44	20	1	5	10	13	38	0.983	30	D	W	W	D	L	1926-03-27	Grimsby Town	H
16	-3	New Brighton	32	10	3	4	36	25	3	1	11	16	35	0.867	30	L	W	L	W	L	1926-03-27	Rotherham United	H
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	32	10	2	3	30	22	3	2	12	22	47	0.754	30	W	W	L	D	W	1926-03-27	Coventry City	A
18	0	Wrexham	33	7	5	5	34	29	2	4	10	21	45	0.743	27	L	W	L	W	L	1926-03-27	Rochdale	H
19	0	Lincoln City	33	11	2	4	34	22	0	3	13	16	49	0.704	27	D	L	L	D	D	1926-03-27	Accrington Stanley	H
20	0	Southport	33	6	6	5	25	24	1	4	11	20	42	0.682	24	L	L	D	L	L	1926-03-27	Durham City	H
21	0	Walsall	34	6	4	7	29	29	0	2	15	16	65	0.479	18	D	D	L	L	W	1926-03-27	Nelson	A
22	0	Barrow	34	4	0	13	24	39	2	2	13	19	40	0.544	14	L	L	L	L	L	1926-03-27	Chesterfield	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	0	Millwall	Dean Court	5,637
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Bristol City	Eastville	27,000	Largest home & D 3S gate 1925-26
	Lineups		Walsh (p)
Charlton Athletic	3	3	Northampton Town	The Valley	5,869
Biswell 2, Tricker	Lineups		Herod OG, Hoten, Pease
Exeter City	0	1	Southend United	St James Park	4,868
	Lineups		Bissett
Gillingham	0	1	Aberdare Athletic	Priestfield Road	4,689
	Lineups		Miller
Luton Town	4	2	Brentford	Kenilworth Road	6,072
Thompson 2, Agnew, Moffat	Lineups		Lane, Till OG
Merthyr Town	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Penydarren Park	3,823
	Lineups		Jennings
Newport County	3	3	Watford	Somerton Park	5,282
Carney 2, Drinnan	Lineups		Pagnam, Swan, Harris
Queens Park Rangers	1	3	Crystal Palace	Loftus Road	8,389
Burgess	Lineups		Blakemore, Harry, Clarke
Reading	2	0	Norwich City	Elm Park	12,963
Braithwaite, Davey	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	County Ground	8,814
Clark, Wall	Lineups

				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	Bristol City	34	11	3	3	30	12	7	6	4	25	23	1.571	45	W	W	D	W	L	1926-03-27	Gillingham	H
2	0	Reading	33	12	4	0	33	12	6	5	6	23	27	1.436	45	W	L	D	W	W	1926-03-24	Aberdare Athletic	H
3	0	Plymouth Argyle	32	12	2	3	60	29	5	5	5	21	28	1.421	41	L	L	W	L	W	1926-03-25	Charlton Athletic	A
4	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	11	3	2	36	19	6	3	7	34	35	1.296	40	W	L	L	W	W	1926-03-22	Millwall	A
5	-1	Millwall	32	10	5	1	38	9	5	4	7	15	19	1.893	39	D	W	W	W	D	1926-03-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	0	Gillingham	34	9	3	5	31	17	6	2	9	16	21	1.237	35	L	W	W	D	L	1926-03-27	Bristol City	A
7	0	Southend United	33	10	1	6	38	16	6	2	8	25	38	1.167	35	W	L	W	L	D	1926-03-27	Newport County	H
8	0	Swindon Town	33	12	2	2	36	15	3	3	11	16	34	1.061	35	W	L	W	L	L	1926-03-27	Aberdare Athletic	A
9	0	Luton Town	34	13	3	1	51	22	1	3	13	15	42	1.031	34	W	L	W	L	W	1926-03-27	Norwich City	A
10	3	Aberdare Athletic	32	9	3	4	44	21	5	1	10	19	32	1.189	32	W	W	L	W	W	1926-03-24	Reading	A
11	-1	Northampton Town	32	10	3	3	39	21	3	3	10	27	43	1.031	32	D	L	L	W	L	1926-03-27	Bristol Rovers	H
12	-1	Watford	33	11	4	2	43	21	1	4	11	17	46	0.896	32	D	W	L	W	D	1926-03-27	Reading	H
13	-1	Newport County	34	10	4	3	32	20	2	4	11	19	37	0.895	32	D	D	W	L	W	1926-03-27	Southend United	A
14	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	33	7	4	5	26	22	5	3	9	23	51	0.671	31	D	W	L	L	L	1926-03-27	Brentford	A
15	2	Crystal Palace	32	12	1	4	37	20	2	1	12	18	39	0.932	30	W	W	W	W	W	1926-03-24	Bristol Rovers	A
16	-2	Merthyr Town	34	10	2	5	36	21	1	6	10	16	42	0.825	30	L	L	L	L	L	1926-03-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
17	-2	Brentford	33	10	2	4	35	27	3	2	12	22	48	0.76	30	L	D	L	W	W	1926-03-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
18	0	Charlton Athletic	32	7	6	3	26	13	2	5	9	13	34	0.83	29	D	W	L	W	L	1926-03-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
19	0	Norwich City	33	8	4	5	29	24	3	2	11	17	36	0.767	28	L	W	L	W	L	1926-03-27	Luton Town	H
20	0	Bristol Rovers	32	5	4	6	31	20	5	2	10	19	33	0.943	26	L	W	W	L	L	1926-03-24	Crystal Palace	H
21	0	Exeter City	33	9	2	5	39	21	1	3	13	13	38	0.881	25	L	L	L	L	D	1926-03-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	34	4	6	7	18	23	1	2	14	12	42	0.462	18	L	L	L	D	L	1926-03-27	Millwall	A