Saturday 1926-12-18

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	Highbury	49,429	Largest home gate 1926-27
Butler, Brain	Lineups		Seed, Osborne 2, Handley
Aston Villa	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Villa Park	31,236
Dorrell, Walker, Stephenson	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Sunderland	Burnden Park	24,232
Smith J 2	Lineups		Halliday, Clunas
Burnley	5	1	Everton	Turf Moor	18,290
Beel 2, Devine, Page, Freeman	Lineups		Kerr
Cardiff City	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Ninian Park	12,254
	Lineups		Rigby
Derby County	2	0	Bury	Baseball Ground	15,009
Fairclough, Gill	Lineups
Leeds United	4	1	The Wednesday	Elland Road	20,722
Edwards, Jennings, Mitchell, Whipp	Lineups		Trotter
Liverpool	0	0	West Ham United	Anfield Road	24,563
	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	Old Trafford	18,585
Sweeney 2	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	1	Leicester City	St James' Park	35,000
Seymour	Lineups		Chandler
Sheffield United	4	3	Birmingham	Bramall Lane	19,093
Mercer A, Johnson, Gillespie, Mercer D	Lineups		Briggs, Harris, Bradford

				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	Sunderland	22	8	2	0	32	7	3	3	6	16	25	1.5	27	D	W	L	W	W	1926-12-25	Everton	A
2	1	Burnley	21	8	3	0	31	14	3	2	5	21	21	1.486	27	W	W	W	L	W	1926-12-25	Liverpool	H
3	1	Newcastle United	20	8	1	1	31	12	2	4	4	18	19	1.581	25	D	L	W	W	W	1926-12-25	Cardiff City	H
4	-2	Huddersfield Town	20	6	3	1	23	13	1	8	1	15	17	1.267	25	L	W	D	W	D	1926-12-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	19	7	3	0	24	8	2	2	5	16	17	1.6	23	D	L	W	D	W	1926-12-25	Derby County	H
6	1	Tottenham Hotspur	20	7	2	2	33	17	2	3	4	13	20	1.243	23	W	L	D	L	L	1926-12-25	Manchester United	H
7	1	Leicester City	20	6	2	2	30	19	2	4	4	17	23	1.119	22	D	L	W	W	L	1926-12-25	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	-2	The Wednesday	21	8	1	1	23	11	0	5	6	15	32	0.884	22	L	W	L	W	D	1926-12-25	Bury	A
9	0	Birmingham	20	6	3	1	13	5	3	0	7	13	25	0.867	21	L	D	L	W	L	1926-12-25	West Ham United	A
10	1	West Ham United	19	4	2	3	21	17	4	2	4	13	11	1.214	20	D	W	L	W	W	1926-12-25	Birmingham	H
11	1	Leeds United	20	6	3	2	26	16	2	1	6	16	22	1.105	20	W	L	D	L	W	1926-12-27	Newcastle United	H
12	-2	Arsenal	20	5	4	2	25	19	1	4	4	12	21	0.925	20	L	D	W	W	L	1926-12-27	Cardiff City	A
13	1	Sheffield United	20	5	4	1	22	16	2	2	6	15	28	0.841	20	W	D	W	L	D	1926-12-25	Aston Villa	A
14	2	Manchester United	19	4	4	1	12	8	3	1	6	15	28	0.75	19	W	L	D	L	W	1926-12-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	0	Liverpool	19	6	1	2	20	13	2	1	7	10	15	1.071	18	D	W	W	W	W	1926-12-25	Burnley	A
16	2	Aston Villa	20	4	3	3	23	17	3	1	6	13	25	0.857	18	W	W	W	L	D	1926-12-25	Sheffield United	H
17	-4	Bury	21	3	3	4	23	23	2	5	4	13	20	0.837	18	L	D	L	L	L	1926-12-25	The Wednesday	H
18	1	Blackburn Rovers	20	3	3	4	16	22	4	1	5	19	29	0.686	18	W	L	L	W	W	1926-12-25	Huddersfield Town	H
19	-2	Cardiff City	20	4	2	5	15	12	2	2	5	11	21	0.788	16	L	W	L	L	L	1926-12-25	Newcastle United	A
20	1	Derby County	19	7	1	1	28	14	0	0	10	8	21	1.029	15	W	L	W	L	L	1926-12-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	-1	Everton	22	3	4	4	14	17	1	2	8	19	34	0.647	14	L	L	L	D	L	1926-12-25	Sunderland	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	20	4	1	4	19	18	0	2	9	10	30	0.604	11	L	W	L	L	L	1926-12-25	Leicester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	4	3	Manchester City	Valley Parade	17,580
Batten, Richardson E, Ormston, Moore C	Lineups		Hicks 2, Roberts
Chelsea	2	2	Darlington	Stamford Bridge	19,953
Priestley, Crawford	Lineups		Ruddy 2
Clapton Orient	5	1	Reading	Millfield Road	9,930
Dennison 2, Gavigan 2, Inglis OG	Lineups		Davey
Hull City	2	0	Fulham	Anlaby Road	11,109
Whitworth, Cowan	Lineups
Middlesbrough	7	1	Swansea Town	Ayresome Park	27,805
Pease, McClelland 2, Camsell 4	Lineups		McPherson
Notts County	2	3	Blackpool	Meadow Lane	8,108
Davis, Harris	Lineups		Crook, Meredith, Tremelling
Port Vale	0	2	Nottingham Forest	Recreation Ground	8,046
	Lineups		Stocks, Gibson
Preston North End	1	2	Portsmouth	Deepdale	15,761
James	Lineups		Goodwin, Haines
South Shields	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Horsley Hill	4,856
Smith J 2, Oxberry, Parker	Lineups		Pynegar
Southampton	3	1	Barnsley	The Dell	8,792
Henderson, Hodgkinson OG, Rowley	Lineups		Eaton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	4	Grimsby Town	Molineux	9,869
Legge, Phillipson, Weaver	Lineups		Robson, Pugsley (p), Cooper 2

				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	Hull City	20	8	2	1	23	6	5	1	3	9	7	2.462	29	W	D	W	W	W	1926-12-25	Chelsea	A
2	0	Swansea Town	20	7	3	0	23	8	3	4	3	14	19	1.37	27	L	D	D	W	D	1926-12-25	Oldham Athletic	A
3	2	Middlesbrough	19	8	1	1	42	18	4	1	4	15	15	1.727	26	W	D	W	W	L	1926-12-25	Manchester City	A
4	2	Portsmouth	20	6	3	1	21	7	5	1	4	17	19	1.462	26	W	D	L	W	D	1926-12-25	Nottingham Forest	H
5	2	Nottingham Forest	20	6	4	0	26	14	4	2	4	14	16	1.333	26	W	W	D	W	L	1926-12-25	Portsmouth	A
6	-3	Manchester City	20	8	1	2	30	13	3	2	4	18	17	1.6	25	L	W	W	L	L	1926-12-25	Middlesbrough	H
7	-3	Preston North End	19	6	3	2	27	20	4	2	2	11	11	1.226	25	L	W	L	W	D	1926-12-25	South Shields	A
8	1	Southampton	20	5	4	1	21	12	4	2	4	17	21	1.152	24	W	L	D	L	W	1926-12-25	Notts County	A
9	-1	Oldham Athletic	20	6	2	1	22	10	3	2	6	7	18	1.036	22	L	D	D	W	L	1926-12-25	Swansea Town	H
10	0	Chelsea	20	5	4	1	21	13	3	2	5	10	19	0.969	22	D	L	W	L	D	1926-12-25	Hull City	H
11	0	Port Vale	21	5	3	2	21	12	1	5	5	18	29	0.951	20	L	D	D	D	W	1926-12-25	Clapton Orient	A
12	0	Fulham	20	7	3	0	22	9	0	2	8	8	30	0.769	19	L	W	L	W	L	1926-12-25	Reading	A
13	0	Blackpool	20	5	2	2	27	11	2	2	7	13	27	1.053	18	W	W	D	D	L	1926-12-25	Grimsby Town	A
14	0	South Shields	18	6	1	2	26	8	1	2	6	11	20	1.321	17	W	D	W	W	W	1926-12-25	Preston North End	H
15	0	Reading	19	5	0	3	17	7	0	5	6	12	27	0.853	15	L	D	D	W	L	1926-12-25	Fulham	H
16	1	Darlington	21	5	0	6	23	25	1	3	6	13	19	0.818	15	D	L	L	L	L	1926-12-25	Barnsley	H
17	-1	Notts County	19	6	0	4	22	13	1	1	7	13	35	0.729	15	L	W	L	L	L	1926-12-25	Southampton	H
18	1	Grimsby Town	18	1	3	3	4	5	3	3	5	22	28	0.788	14	W	W	L	L	D	1926-12-25	Blackpool	H
19	1	Clapton Orient	19	4	2	4	18	17	1	2	6	10	28	0.622	14	W	L	L	L	D	1926-12-25	Port Vale	H
20	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	2	4	5	22	20	1	2	6	8	17	0.811	12	L	L	D	L	W	1926-12-25	Bradford City	H
21	0	Barnsley	18	3	2	3	12	12	1	1	8	11	41	0.434	11	L	W	L	L	L	1926-12-25	Darlington	A
22	0	Bradford City	21	2	3	6	14	18	0	3	7	7	21	0.538	10	W	L	D	L	D	1926-12-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	3	Bradford	Peel Park	4,407
Martin, Clarkson	Lineups		Batt, McDonald 2
Barrow	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	Holker Street	2,840
	Lineups		Telford
Crewe Alexandra	2	4	Wigan Borough	Gresty Road	3,061
Brown J, Birtles	Lineups		Cooke, McGuire 2, Dickinson
Durham City	3	0	Walsall	Holiday Park	1,180
Gallagher 2, Stokoe	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	2	Stoke City	The Shay	7,964
Housley, Smith	Lineups		Armitage, Bussey
Hartlepools United	4	0	Wrexham	Victoria Park	1,625
Myers 2, Craig, Wensley	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	2	Rotherham United	Sincil Bank	3,723
Bosbury	Lineups		Ramsden, Scott
Rochdale	8	1	Chesterfield	Spotland	5,768
Schofield 2, Whitehurst 5, Martin	Lineups		Cookson
Southport	4	1	Ashington	Haig Avenue	3,418
Marshall, Newnes, Sapsford, White	Lineups		Ferguson (p)
Stockport County	1	0	New Brighton	Edgeley Park	7,406
Boardman	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	3	Nelson	Prenton Park	3,970
Flanagan, Rimmer	Lineups		Hampson, Stevenson, Sharp

				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	Stoke City	19	7	1	1	25	4	6	3	1	17	10	3	30	D	W	D	W	W	1926-12-25	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Rochdale	19	7	2	1	33	14	4	2	3	12	15	1.552	26	W	D	D	W	L	1926-12-25	Lincoln City	H
3	0	Nelson	17	6	2	0	27	8	5	1	3	23	17	2	25	W	W	L	W	W	1926-12-27	Wrexham	A
4	2	Bradford	19	5	3	0	18	7	5	1	5	18	17	1.5	24	W	W	W	L	W	1926-12-25	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	2	Stockport County	17	7	1	1	23	7	3	2	3	12	14	1.667	23	W	W	L	L	W	1926-12-25	Barrow	A
6	-1	New Brighton	19	7	1	0	25	6	1	6	4	14	20	1.5	23	L	W	L	D	D	1926-12-25	Chesterfield	A
7	-3	Chesterfield	18	7	2	0	34	12	3	1	5	12	20	1.438	23	L	L	D	W	L	1926-12-25	New Brighton	H
8	0	Halifax Town	17	5	4	1	20	11	3	2	2	9	10	1.381	22	D	D	D	L	W	1926-12-25	Southport	H
9	2	Rotherham United	19	5	2	3	19	16	2	3	4	16	22	0.921	19	W	D	W	L	L	1926-12-25	Stoke City	A
10	-1	Tranmere Rovers	18	3	3	3	13	10	4	0	5	16	17	1.074	17	L	L	D	L	W	1926-12-25	Accrington Stanley	A
11	-1	Walsall	18	3	2	3	9	6	2	5	3	18	22	0.964	17	L	D	W	D	D	1926-12-25	Wigan Borough	H
12	3	Durham City	19	5	2	3	15	12	2	1	6	8	21	0.697	17	W	L	L	D	L	1926-12-25	Ashington	H
13	-1	Wrexham	19	4	1	3	16	8	2	3	6	11	22	0.9	16	L	W	D	W	L	1926-12-27	Nelson	H
14	3	Southport	18	5	3	3	25	19	1	1	5	8	19	0.868	16	W	L	W	W	L	1926-12-25	Halifax Town	A
15	-2	Ashington	18	3	4	0	17	12	2	2	7	9	32	0.591	16	L	W	D	W	L	1926-12-25	Durham City	A
16	-2	Lincoln City	19	3	4	4	21	17	0	5	3	13	18	0.971	15	L	D	D	D	W	1926-12-25	Rochdale	A
17	1	Doncaster Rovers	17	3	2	3	16	14	2	3	4	8	19	0.727	15	W	D	D	W	L	1926-12-25	Bradford	A
18	-2	Crewe Alexandra	18	4	3	2	20	13	1	1	7	9	23	0.806	14	L	W	D	L	D	1926-12-25	Hartlepools United	A
19	0	Hartlepools United	19	5	1	4	19	14	1	1	7	10	22	0.806	14	W	L	L	W	D	1926-12-25	Crewe Alexandra	H
20	0	Wigan Borough	20	4	1	4	19	14	1	2	8	13	30	0.727	13	W	W	D	L	W	1926-12-25	Walsall	A
21	0	Accrington Stanley	19	4	1	6	20	22	0	2	6	6	23	0.578	11	L	L	W	L	L	1926-12-25	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	0	Barrow	18	1	4	5	10	20	0	2	6	4	31	0.275	8	L	L	L	D	L	1926-12-25	Stockport County	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brentford	3	0	Watford	Griffin Park	9,631
Watkins, Dearn, Douglas	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Aberdare Athletic	Goldstone Ground	11,000
Cook 2, Little	Lineups		Evans DB
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Coventry City	Eastville	5,000
Culley	Lineups		Heathcote 2
Exeter City	1	0	Charlton Athletic	St James Park	5,333
Blackmore	Lineups
Luton Town	3	3	Plymouth Argyle	Kenilworth Road	8,175
Woods 2, Reid	Lineups		Forbes, Cock, Black
Merthyr Town	1	1	Bristol City	Penydarren Park	2,833
Pedlar	Lineups		Keating
Millwall	1	0	Crystal Palace	The Den, New Cross	15,445
Phillips	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	1	Gillingham	County Ground	4,979
Brett 2	Lineups		McKee
Norwich City	1	0	Newport County	The Nest, Rosary Road	6,667
Duffus	Lineups
Southend United	0	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Kursaal Ground	6,058
	Lineups		Eyre 2, Beaumont OG
Swindon Town	6	2	Queens Park Rangers	County Ground	6,706
Wall, Morris 5	Lineups		Goddard 2

				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	Swindon Town	18	10	1	0	38	12	2	3	2	15	19	1.71	28	W	W	W	W	W	1926-12-25	Merthyr Town	H
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	17	8	1	1	35	12	4	2	1	8	7	2.26	27	W	L	W	W	W	1926-12-25	Northampton Town	H
3	0	Bristol City	18	8	0	0	31	10	2	5	3	13	15	1.76	25	D	D	L	W	L	1926-12-25	Aberdare Athletic	A
4	0	Millwall	20	8	1	1	28	10	2	4	4	12	16	1.54	25	W	D	W	W	D	1926-12-25	Luton Town	A
5	0	Newport County	19	7	2	0	14	6	3	1	6	9	22	0.82	23	L	D	W	L	W	1926-12-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
6	0	Plymouth Argyle	19	7	2	0	21	4	1	4	5	15	26	1.2	22	D	W	W	D	D	1926-12-25	Exeter City	H
7	1	Luton Town	17	6	5	0	20	12	2	0	4	9	13	1.16	21	D	D	W	L	W	1926-12-25	Millwall	H
8	2	Exeter City	17	7	2	1	25	6	1	2	4	14	19	1.56	20	W	W	W	L	W	1926-12-25	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	2	Brentford	17	6	3	1	27	12	2	1	4	13	16	1.43	20	W	L	D	W	D	1926-12-25	Norwich City	A
10	-3	Southend United	18	7	1	3	27	11	2	1	4	11	18	1.31	20	L	W	W	L	W	1926-12-25	Bristol Rovers	A
11	-2	Crystal Palace	17	5	2	1	23	12	2	3	4	9	15	1.19	19	L	L	W	L	W	1926-12-25	Coventry City	A
12	1	Merthyr Town	18	6	2	2	20	8	1	1	6	7	20	0.96	17	D	W	L	W	W	1926-12-25	Swindon Town	A
13	-1	Watford	18	6	1	2	18	6	2	0	7	6	23	0.83	17	L	W	L	W	L	1926-12-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
14	0	Norwich City	19	5	3	2	23	12	1	2	6	11	30	0.81	17	W	W	L	L	W	1926-12-25	Brentford	H
15	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	17	2	2	2	13	9	3	3	5	16	24	0.88	15	W	L	D	D	L	1926-12-25	Newport County	A
16	0	Gillingham	18	4	2	2	18	13	1	1	8	6	18	0.77	13	L	L	L	W	L	1926-12-25	Charlton Athletic	A
17	-2	Queens Park Rangers	19	4	2	1	20	9	1	1	10	13	36	0.73	13	L	L	L	L	W	1926-12-25	Watford	H
18	0	Bristol Rovers	18	2	3	5	12	18	2	2	4	9	14	0.66	13	L	L	W	L	D	1926-12-25	Southend United	H
19	0	Charlton Athletic	16	2	2	2	12	9	2	1	7	7	20	0.66	11	L	L	W	W	D	1926-12-25	Gillingham	H
20	0	Northampton Town	19	3	3	3	16	12	1	0	9	12	32	0.64	11	W	L	D	L	L	1926-12-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	0	Coventry City	18	4	0	4	16	15	1	1	8	8	32	0.51	11	W	L	L	W	L	1926-12-25	Crystal Palace	H
22	0	Aberdare Athletic	19	2	0	6	9	17	1	2	8	12	30	0.45	8	L	L	W	L	L	1926-12-25	Bristol City	H