Easter Friday 1926-04-02

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	3	0	Arsenal	Villa Park	26,177
York, Stephenson, Walker	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Liverpool	Burnden Park	30,298
	Lineups		Chambers
Burnley	1	0	Newcastle United	Turf Moor	27,674	Largest home gate 1925-26
McCluggage	Lineups
Everton	1	1	Bury	Goodison Park	33,806
Dean	Lineups		Amos
Manchester City	2	4	Birmingham	Maine Road	60,000
Austin, Hicks	Lineups		Briggs 2, Linley, Crosbie
Notts County	0	3	Manchester United	Meadow Lane	18,453
	Lineups		Rennox 2, McPherson
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	White Hart Lane	27,914
Seed, Dimmock 2	Lineups		James, Wilson
West Ham United	1	1	Leicester City	Upton Park	24,028
Watson	Lineups		Lochhead

				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	35	11	6	1	42	15	9	4	4	39	34	1.653	50	W	W	W	W	W	1926-04-03	Leicester City	A
2	0	Arsenal	35	12	2	3	45	16	6	5	7	27	39	1.309	43	L	D	W	W	W	1926-04-03	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	0	Sunderland	36	15	2	2	62	28	3	4	10	22	39	1.25	42	L	W	L	L	W	1926-04-03	West Ham United	A
4	0	Bury	36	11	3	4	51	33	6	2	10	25	41	1.027	39	D	D	L	L	D	1926-04-03	Manchester United	A
5	3	Manchester United	33	9	4	3	31	21	7	2	8	24	32	1.038	38	W	D	L	L	D	1926-04-03	Bury	H
6	0	Everton	38	8	9	3	39	26	2	9	7	27	40	1	38	D	W	D	W	L	1926-04-03	Aston Villa	A
7	-2	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
8	1	Liverpool	35	9	4	4	35	19	4	7	7	24	31	1.18	37	W	W	L	L	D	1926-04-03	Birmingham	H
9	1	Aston Villa	35	9	6	2	45	22	4	5	9	27	42	1.125	37	W	L	D	L	D	1926-04-03	Everton	H
10	-3	Blackburn Rovers	37	9	6	4	49	32	4	4	10	27	38	1.086	36	W	L	W	W	D	1926-04-03	Arsenal	A
11	3	Tottenham Hotspur	36	10	4	5	41	34	4	4	9	19	34	0.882	36	W	W	L	L	D	1926-04-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	1	Leicester City	38	10	2	6	37	28	3	7	10	28	44	0.903	35	D	L	L	W	D	1926-04-03	Huddersfield Town	H
13	-2	Newcastle United	35	9	3	4	46	29	3	7	9	22	35	1.063	34	L	L	W	D	L	1926-04-03	Cardiff City	H
14	-2	Bolton Wanderers	33	9	4	3	39	24	5	2	10	24	38	1.016	34	L	D	W	W	L	1926-04-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
15	2	Birmingham	36	12	2	4	31	17	2	4	12	29	51	0.882	34	W	D	L	L	W	1926-04-03	Liverpool	A
16	-1	Cardiff City	35	8	4	6	28	21	6	2	9	25	44	0.82	34	W	D	W	W	D	1926-04-03	Newcastle United	A
17	-1	West Bromwich Albion	36	10	5	3	53	28	2	3	13	14	40	0.985	32	L	L	D	L	L	1926-04-03	Burnley	A
18	1	West Ham United	36	12	2	4	41	23	1	4	13	16	45	0.838	32	D	L	D	W	L	1926-04-03	Sunderland	H
19	-1	Leeds United	35	9	4	4	32	25	3	3	12	25	40	0.877	31	D	W	W	D	L	1926-04-03	Sheffield United	H
20	2	Burnley	35	6	6	5	33	26	4	3	11	32	66	0.707	29	W	W	L	D	D	1926-04-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	-1	Manchester City	36	6	7	6	42	39	2	4	11	34	51	0.844	27	L	D	L	L	W	1926-04-03	Notts County	A
22	-1	Notts County	36	9	4	5	30	20	1	3	14	15	41	0.738	27	L	L	D	D	L	1926-04-03	Manchester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	2	Hull City	Bloomfield Road	13,676
Thorpe (p), Fishwick	Lineups		Whitworth, Wilkinson
Chelsea	0	0	Southampton	Stamford Bridge	43,391
	Lineups
Clapton Orient	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Millfield Road	15,695
	Lineups		Gibson
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Swansea Town	Boundary Park	18,858
	Lineups
Port Vale	2	0	Bradford City	Recreation Ground	15,984
Kirkham, Lowe	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	0	Fulham	Fratton Park	20,799
	Lineups
Preston North End	0	0	Darlington	Deepdale	17,554
	Lineups
South Shields	2	2	Middlesbrough	Horsley Hill	14,489	Largest home gate 1925-26
Hunter, Smith	Lineups		Camsell 2
Stockport County	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Edgeley Park	6,423
Blood	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	35	15	0	2	52	17	6	5	7	24	30	1.617	47	L	W	L	D	D	1926-04-03	Hull City	H
2	0	Derby County	34	14	2	2	50	17	6	4	6	16	19	1.833	46	W	L	L	W	W	1926-04-03	South Shields	A
3	0	Chelsea	35	9	6	3	40	20	7	6	4	30	22	1.667	44	D	D	D	W	L	1926-04-03	Swansea Town	A
4	0	Swansea Town	34	12	2	2	43	12	6	4	8	25	35	1.447	42	D	W	W	W	L	1926-04-03	Chelsea	H
5	0	Port Vale	35	15	1	2	51	15	4	3	10	22	38	1.377	42	W	W	W	W	D	1926-04-03	Middlesbrough	A
6	0	South Shields	37	10	4	4	44	26	7	2	10	22	29	1.2	40	D	D	W	L	L	1926-04-03	Derby County	H
7	0	Middlesbrough	37	13	1	4	51	23	6	1	12	20	38	1.164	40	D	W	W	L	D	1926-04-03	Port Vale	H
8	0	Oldham Athletic	35	12	4	3	42	20	4	3	9	18	30	1.2	39	D	L	D	W	L	1926-04-03	Blackpool	A
9	1	Blackpool	36	10	5	3	35	14	4	4	10	32	49	1.063	37	D	D	L	W	D	1926-04-03	Oldham Athletic	H
10	1	Portsmouth	36	10	4	4	40	24	4	5	9	27	43	1	37	D	D	W	L	W	1926-04-03	Barnsley	H
11	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	10	3	2	34	11	5	3	12	25	42	1.113	36	L	D	W	W	D	1926-04-03	Clapton Orient	H
12	0	Hull City	34	8	4	5	33	15	5	5	7	21	31	1.174	35	D	D	W	D	W	1926-04-03	The Wednesday	A
13	0	Preston North End	36	14	2	2	45	25	1	3	14	15	52	0.779	35	D	L	W	W	L	1926-04-03	Bradford City	H
14	0	Darlington	37	7	5	6	44	25	5	4	10	19	39	0.984	33	D	W	W	L	L	1926-04-03	Stoke City	A
15	0	Southampton	37	10	2	6	36	22	3	5	11	21	36	0.983	33	D	L	W	L	W	1926-04-03	Stockport County	A
16	0	Barnsley	34	9	7	3	35	20	1	4	10	13	41	0.787	31	L	W	D	D	D	1926-04-03	Portsmouth	A
17	0	Bradford City	35	7	4	7	22	24	4	5	8	16	29	0.717	31	L	D	L	L	L	1926-04-03	Preston North End	A
18	3	Nottingham Forest	34	8	4	5	28	22	2	3	12	7	37	0.593	27	W	W	L	L	W	1926-04-03	Fulham	A
19	-1	Fulham	34	7	4	5	25	21	2	5	11	13	46	0.567	27	D	L	L	D	W	1926-04-03	Nottingham Forest	H
20	-1	Clapton Orient	34	6	5	7	24	19	3	2	11	18	36	0.764	25	L	D	L	D	W	1926-04-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	-1	Stoke City	34	6	4	6	23	17	3	3	12	20	50	0.642	25	D	L	L	L	L	1926-04-03	Darlington	H
22	0	Stockport County	36	7	7	5	30	26	0	1	16	11	55	0.506	22	W	L	D	L	D	1926-04-03	Southampton	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	3	Rochdale	Peel Park	5,264
Gee (p)	Lineups		Anstiss, Christie, Tompkinson
Ashington	2	0	Hartlepools United	Portland Park	4,596
Cousins, Robertson	Lineups
Barrow	1	1	Wigan Borough	Holker Street	2,236
Roberts	Lineups		Dickinson B
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Wrexham	Gresty Road	7,417
Butler, Kay	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Lincoln City	Belle Vue	9,418
Smith F	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Chesterfield	Blundell Park	16,086	Largest home gate 1925-26
Marshall	Lineups
New Brighton	5	1	Coventry City	Sandheys Park	5,720
Mathieson, Whitter 2, Morrison 2	Lineups		Turner
Southport	2	1	Bradford	Haig Avenue	6,399
Sapsford, Ball	Lineups		McDonald
Tranmere Rovers	3	1	Halifax Town	Prenton Park	11,797
Cartman, Newton OG, Stuart	Lineups		Waites

				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	1	Grimsby Town	35	17	1	0	54	7	4	7	6	22	28	2.171	50	W	D	W	W	D	1926-04-03	Ashington	H
2	-1	Bradford	36	14	2	1	47	8	8	4	7	33	30	2.105	50	L	D	W	L	W	1926-04-03	Barrow	H
3	0	Rochdale	36	13	1	3	44	20	9	4	6	39	31	1.627	49	W	L	W	W	L	1926-04-03	Doncaster Rovers	H
4	0	Chesterfield	35	14	2	1	56	16	6	2	10	23	28	1.795	44	L	W	W	W	L	1926-04-03	Nelson	H
5	0	Nelson	34	12	5	0	60	20	4	3	10	19	27	1.681	40	W	L	W	L	W	1926-04-03	Chesterfield	A
6	2	Ashington	37	9	6	4	38	21	5	5	8	24	28	1.265	39	W	D	D	W	W	1926-04-03	Grimsby Town	A
7	-1	Halifax Town	36	10	4	3	30	16	5	5	9	18	28	1.091	39	L	W	W	W	L	1926-04-03	New Brighton	H
8	-1	Hartlepools United	36	13	4	1	49	23	3	2	13	20	43	1.045	38	L	L	D	L	W	1926-04-03	Southport	H
9	0	Doncaster Rovers	34	9	7	2	41	19	4	4	8	22	33	1.212	37	W	W	L	W	W	1926-04-03	Rochdale	A
10	0	Crewe Alexandra	35	13	2	3	40	21	3	3	11	17	33	1.056	37	W	L	L	L	W	1926-04-03	Accrington Stanley	A
11	2	New Brighton	34	12	3	4	46	27	3	1	11	16	35	1	34	W	W	L	W	L	1926-04-03	Halifax Town	A
12	-1	Durham City	35	11	3	2	37	16	4	1	14	18	46	0.887	34	L	D	L	W	L	1926-04-03	Lincoln City	H
13	1	Tranmere Rovers	34	11	2	3	33	23	4	2	12	24	48	0.803	34	W	W	W	W	L	1926-04-03	Wrexham	H
14	-2	Coventry City	35	11	5	1	38	13	3	0	15	24	52	0.954	33	L	L	L	L	D	1926-04-03	Walsall	A
15	1	Wigan Borough	35	10	4	4	46	22	1	6	10	14	39	0.984	32	D	D	D	W	W	1926-04-03	Rotherham United	A
16	-1	Rotherham United	34	10	2	4	34	21	3	4	11	19	56	0.688	32	L	W	L	W	D	1926-04-03	Wigan Borough	H
17	0	Accrington Stanley	35	11	0	6	37	28	3	3	12	27	58	0.744	31	L	L	W	L	W	1926-04-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	0	Wrexham	35	8	5	5	35	29	2	4	11	21	47	0.737	29	L	W	L	W	L	1926-04-03	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	0	Lincoln City	35	12	2	4	37	23	0	3	14	16	50	0.726	29	L	W	D	L	L	1926-04-03	Durham City	A
20	0	Southport	35	8	6	5	33	26	1	4	11	20	42	0.779	28	W	W	L	L	D	1926-04-03	Hartlepools United	A
21	0	Walsall	35	6	4	7	29	29	0	2	16	16	67	0.469	18	L	D	D	L	L	1926-04-03	Coventry City	H
22	0	Barrow	36	4	1	14	25	43	2	2	13	19	40	0.53	15	D	L	L	L	L	1926-04-03	Bradford	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brentford	5	1	Norwich City	Griffin Park	11,463
Hendren 2, Watkins 3	Lineups		Walls
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Northampton Town	Goldstone Ground	10,450
Jennings, Neil	Lineups		Cockle, Shaw
Bristol Rovers	4	2	Reading	Eastville	24,132
Culley 3 (1p), Lofthouse	Lineups		Messer, Richardson
Crystal Palace	3	0	Southend United	Selhurst Park	17,260
Hamilton, Blakemore, Cherrett	Lineups
Gillingham	2	0	Newport County	Priestfield Road	7,138
McKee 2	Lineups
Luton Town	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Kenilworth Road	8,509
Miller	Lineups
Millwall	3	0	Watford	The Den, New Cross	19,937
Burley, Chance, Parker	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Bristol City	Home Park	25,098
McKenzie, Forbes, Matthews	Lineups		Mays
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Loftus Road	7,065
Whitehead, Paterson	Lineups		Eyre, Readman
Swindon Town	2	1	Exeter City	County Ground	7,389
Davies, Denyer	Lineups		Compton

				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	36	13	4	0	35	13	7	5	7	26	31	1.386	49	L	W	W	W	L	1926-04-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	1	Plymouth Argyle	35	14	2	3	66	30	6	5	5	26	28	1.586	47	W	W	W	L	L	1926-04-03	Newport County	A
3	-1	Bristol City	36	12	3	3	34	12	7	6	5	26	26	1.579	47	L	W	W	W	D	1926-04-03	Merthyr Town	A
4	0	Millwall	35	13	5	1	46	9	5	4	7	15	19	2.179	45	W	W	W	D	W	1926-04-03	Bristol Rovers	A
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	11	4	3	39	24	6	3	8	34	37	1.197	41	D	L	L	W	L	1926-04-03	Reading	A
6	1	Swindon Town	35	13	2	2	38	16	3	4	11	17	35	1.078	38	W	D	W	L	W	1926-04-03	Northampton Town	H
7	1	Gillingham	36	10	3	5	33	17	6	2	10	16	25	1.167	37	W	L	L	W	W	1926-04-03	Crystal Palace	H
8	-2	Southend United	35	11	1	6	42	17	6	2	9	25	41	1.155	37	L	W	W	L	W	1926-04-03	Luton Town	A
9	1	Luton Town	36	14	3	1	52	22	1	3	14	15	44	1.015	36	W	L	W	L	W	1926-04-03	Southend United	H
10	-1	Northampton Town	34	11	3	3	41	21	3	4	10	29	45	1.061	35	D	W	D	L	L	1926-04-03	Swindon Town	A
11	2	Crystal Palace	35	14	1	4	44	21	2	1	13	19	42	1	34	W	W	L	W	W	1926-04-03	Gillingham	A
12	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	35	7	4	5	26	22	6	4	9	27	53	0.707	34	D	W	D	W	L	1926-04-03	Watford	H
13	-2	Aberdare Athletic	34	9	4	4	45	22	5	1	11	20	34	1.161	33	D	L	W	W	L	1926-04-03	Exeter City	A
14	0	Watford	35	11	4	3	43	22	1	4	12	17	49	0.845	32	L	L	D	W	L	1926-04-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
15	0	Newport County	36	10	4	3	32	20	2	4	13	20	43	0.825	32	L	L	D	D	W	1926-04-03	Plymouth Argyle	H
16	2	Brentford	35	11	2	5	40	30	3	2	12	22	48	0.795	32	W	L	L	D	L	1926-04-03	Charlton Athletic	A
17	3	Bristol Rovers	35	7	4	6	38	23	5	2	11	19	35	0.983	30	W	L	W	L	W	1926-04-03	Millwall	H
18	-1	Merthyr Town	35	10	2	5	36	21	1	6	11	16	45	0.788	30	L	L	L	L	L	1926-04-03	Bristol City	H
19	-3	Norwich City	35	9	4	5	31	24	3	2	12	18	41	0.754	30	L	W	L	W	L	1926-04-03	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	-1	Charlton Athletic	35	7	6	4	26	18	2	5	11	14	39	0.702	29	L	L	L	D	W	1926-04-03	Brentford	H
21	0	Exeter City	35	9	2	5	39	21	2	3	14	17	41	0.903	27	L	W	L	L	L	1926-04-03	Aberdare Athletic	H
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	36	4	7	7	20	25	1	2	15	12	45	0.457	19	D	L	L	L	L	1926-04-03	Norwich City	H