Monday 1926-12-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham	0	2	West Ham United	St Andrew's	39,204
	Lineups		Ruffell, Watson
Cardiff City	2	0	Arsenal	Ninian Park	25,386	Largest home gate 1926-27
Ferguson, Curtis	Lineups
Derby County	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	30,557	Largest home gate 1926-27
Gill, Fairclough	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	5	0	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds Road	34,758
Brown 2, Jackson, Smith W, Stephenson	Lineups
Leeds United	1	2	Newcastle United	Elland Road	48,590	Largest home gate 1926-27
Jennings	Lineups		Seymour, Urwin
Liverpool	2	2	Burnley	Anfield Road	46,378
Chambers 2	Lineups		Bruton, Beel
Manchester United	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Old Trafford	50,665	Largest home gate 1926-27
McPherson 2	Lineups		Handley
Sheffield United	3	1	Aston Villa	Bramall Lane	47,105
Gillespie, Mercer A, Johnson	Lineups		Capewell
Sunderland	3	2	Everton	Roker Park	32,574	Largest home gate 1926-27
Halliday, Marshall, Gurney	Lineups		Bain, Dean
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Leicester City	The Hawthorns	31,286
	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	Burnley	23	9	3	0	35	14	3	3	5	23	23	1.568	30	D	W	W	W	W	1927-01-01	Everton	A
2	0	Newcastle United	22	9	1	1	36	12	3	4	4	20	20	1.75	29	W	W	D	L	W	1927-01-01	Leeds United	H
3	0	Sunderland	24	9	2	0	35	9	3	3	7	20	30	1.41	29	W	L	D	W	L	1927-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
4	1	Huddersfield Town	22	7	3	1	28	13	1	8	2	17	21	1.324	27	W	L	L	W	D	1927-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	1	Leicester City	22	7	2	2	35	19	3	4	4	18	23	1.262	26	W	W	D	L	W	1927-01-01	Birmingham	A
6	-2	Bolton Wanderers	21	8	3	0	27	9	2	2	6	16	19	1.536	25	L	W	D	L	W	1926-12-28	Liverpool	A
7	1	West Ham United	21	5	2	3	22	17	5	2	4	15	11	1.321	24	W	W	D	W	L	1926-12-28	Derby County	A
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	22	7	3	2	34	18	2	3	5	14	22	1.2	24	L	D	W	L	D	1926-12-28	The Wednesday	A
9	0	The Wednesday	22	8	1	1	23	11	0	5	7	15	34	0.844	22	L	L	W	L	W	1926-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
10	5	Sheffield United	22	6	4	1	25	17	2	2	7	15	32	0.816	22	W	L	W	D	W	1927-01-01	Manchester United	A
11	5	Manchester United	21	5	4	1	14	9	3	2	6	16	29	0.789	22	W	D	W	L	D	1926-12-28	Arsenal	A
12	-2	Birmingham	22	6	3	2	13	7	3	0	8	13	26	0.788	21	L	L	L	D	L	1927-01-01	Leicester City	H
13	-2	Leeds United	21	6	3	3	27	18	2	1	6	16	22	1.075	20	L	W	L	D	L	1926-12-28	Aston Villa	A
14	-2	Aston Villa	22	5	3	3	27	17	3	1	7	14	28	0.911	20	L	W	W	W	W	1926-12-28	Leeds United	H
15	-1	Bury	22	4	3	4	25	23	2	5	4	13	20	0.884	20	W	L	D	L	L	1927-01-01	The Wednesday	A
16	-3	Arsenal	21	5	4	2	25	19	1	4	5	12	23	0.881	20	L	L	D	W	W	1926-12-28	Manchester United	H
17	0	Blackburn Rovers	22	4	3	4	20	24	4	1	6	19	34	0.672	20	L	W	W	L	L	1927-01-01	Sunderland	A
18	0	Liverpool	21	6	2	2	22	15	2	1	8	10	19	0.941	19	D	L	D	W	W	1926-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	1	Cardiff City	22	5	2	5	17	12	2	2	6	11	26	0.737	18	W	L	L	W	L	1927-01-01	Arsenal	A
20	1	Derby County	21	8	1	1	30	14	0	0	11	9	24	1.026	17	W	L	W	L	W	1926-12-28	West Ham United	H
21	-2	Everton	24	4	4	4	19	21	1	2	9	21	37	0.69	16	L	W	L	L	L	1927-01-01	Burnley	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	22	4	1	5	19	19	0	2	10	10	35	0.537	11	L	L	L	W	L	1927-01-01	Huddersfield Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	2	Darlington	Oakwell	11,166
Brook, Tilson, Curran	Lineups		Hooper, Crockford
Blackpool	6	2	Grimsby Town	Bloomfield Road	13,980
Crook 3, Tremelling 2, Downes	Lineups		Robson 2
Bradford City	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Valley Parade	26,853	Largest home gate 1926-27
Smith	Lineups		Lees, Phillipson
Fulham	1	2	Reading	Craven Cottage	39,763	Largest home gate 1926-27
McNab	Lineups		Braithwaite, Davey
Hull City	0	1	Chelsea	Anlaby Road	23,440
	Lineups		Brown
Middlesbrough	2	1	Manchester City	Ayresome Park	43,754	Largest home gate 1926-27
Camsell 2	Lineups		Roberts
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Portsmouth	City Ground	30,616	Largest home gate 1926-27
Price	Lineups
Port Vale	3	0	Clapton Orient	Recreation Ground	16,457
Kirkham 2, Briscoe	Lineups
Preston North End	4	0	South Shields	Deepdale	30,684	Largest home gate 1926-27
Chandler 2, Young, James	Lineups
Southampton	2	0	Notts County	The Dell	19,120	Largest home gate 1926-27
Shelley, Rawlings	Lineups
Swansea Town	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Vetch Field	24,239	Largest home gate 1926-27
Lewis 3	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	1	Middlesbrough	21	9	1	1	44	19	5	1	4	20	18	1.73	30	W	W	W	D	W	1927-01-01	Port Vale	H
2	-1	Hull City	22	8	2	2	23	7	5	1	4	9	8	2.133	29	L	L	W	D	W	1927-01-01	South Shields	A
3	1	Nottingham Forest	22	7	4	0	27	14	4	3	4	14	16	1.367	29	W	D	W	W	D	1927-01-01	Grimsby Town	A
4	1	Swansea Town	22	8	3	0	26	8	3	4	4	16	24	1.313	29	W	L	L	D	D	1927-01-01	Blackpool	A
5	1	Preston North End	21	7	3	2	31	20	4	3	2	12	12	1.344	28	W	D	L	W	L	1927-01-01	Notts County	A
6	1	Southampton	22	6	4	1	23	12	5	2	4	18	21	1.242	28	W	W	W	L	D	1927-01-01	Reading	A
7	-4	Portsmouth	22	6	4	1	21	7	5	1	5	17	20	1.407	27	L	D	W	D	L	1927-01-01	Manchester City	H
8	2	Chelsea	22	6	4	1	22	13	4	2	5	11	19	1.031	26	W	W	D	L	W	1927-01-01	Clapton Orient	H
9	-1	Manchester City	22	8	1	3	33	18	3	2	5	19	19	1.405	25	L	L	L	W	W	1927-01-01	Portsmouth	A
10	1	Port Vale	23	6	3	2	24	12	2	5	5	20	30	1.048	24	W	W	L	D	D	1927-01-01	Middlesbrough	A
11	-2	Oldham Athletic	22	7	2	1	27	12	3	2	7	7	21	1.03	24	L	W	L	D	D	1927-01-01	Barnsley	H
12	2	Blackpool	22	6	2	2	33	13	2	2	8	14	29	1.119	20	W	L	W	W	D	1927-01-01	Swansea Town	H
13	2	Reading	21	6	0	3	19	7	1	5	6	14	28	0.943	19	W	W	L	D	D	1927-01-01	Southampton	H
14	-2	Fulham	22	7	3	1	23	11	0	2	9	8	32	0.721	19	L	L	L	W	L	1926-12-28	Barnsley	A
15	-2	South Shields	20	6	2	2	27	9	1	2	7	11	24	1.152	18	L	D	W	D	W	1927-01-01	Hull City	H
16	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	3	4	5	29	22	2	2	6	10	18	0.975	16	W	W	L	L	D	1927-01-15	Hull City	H
17	-1	Darlington	23	5	1	6	26	28	1	3	7	15	22	0.82	16	L	D	D	L	L	1927-01-15	Oldham Athletic	A
18	-1	Grimsby Town	20	2	3	3	6	6	3	3	6	24	34	0.75	16	L	W	W	W	L	1927-01-01	Nottingham Forest	H
19	-1	Notts County	21	6	0	5	22	14	1	1	8	13	37	0.686	15	L	L	L	W	L	1927-01-01	Preston North End	H
20	0	Clapton Orient	21	4	2	5	19	19	1	2	7	10	31	0.58	14	L	L	W	L	L	1927-01-01	Chelsea	A
21	0	Barnsley	20	4	2	3	15	14	1	2	8	14	44	0.5	14	W	D	L	W	L	1926-12-28	Fulham	H
22	0	Bradford City	23	2	3	7	15	20	0	3	8	9	28	0.5	10	L	L	W	L	D	1927-01-15	Port Vale	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Hartlepools United	Gresty Road	5,973
	Lineups		Boland
Doncaster Rovers	4	1	Bradford	Belle Vue	8,107
Keetley T 3, Fell OG	Lineups		McDonald
Durham City	2	0	Accrington Stanley	Holiday Park	1,843
Stephenson JR, Sergeaunt	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	3	Rochdale	Sincil Bank	7,812	Largest home gate 1926-27
Pegg, Marshall	Lineups		Whitehurst 2, Schofield
New Brighton	1	0	Chesterfield	Sandheys Park	8,409
Williams	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	2	Stoke City	Millmoor	9,105	Largest home gate 1926-27
Hardy, Ramsden	Lineups		Bussey, Wilson
Southport	0	0	Halifax Town	Haig Avenue	7,176	Largest home gate 1926-27
	Lineups
Stockport County	7	0	Barrow	Edgeley Park	12,530
Burgess H 2, Meads, Boardman 2, Pearson, Johnston	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Ashington	Prenton Park	8,322
Flanagan, Jones	Lineups		Johnson
Wigan Borough	5	2	Walsall	Springfield Park	6,190
Dickinson 4, McGuire	Lineups		Bedford, White
Wrexham	2	2	Nelson	Racecourse Ground	10,362	Largest home gate 1926-27
Rogers, Smith J	Lineups		Sharp 2

				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	21	8	1	1	29	5	6	4	1	19	12	2.824	33	D	W	D	W	D	1927-01-01	Lincoln City	H
2	0	Rochdale	21	8	2	1	40	17	5	2	3	15	17	1.618	30	W	W	W	D	D	1927-01-01	Halifax Town	A
3	2	Stockport County	19	8	1	1	30	7	4	2	3	15	15	2.045	27	W	W	W	W	L	1927-01-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
4	0	Nelson	18	6	2	0	27	8	5	2	3	25	19	1.926	26	D	W	W	L	W	1927-01-01	Wrexham	H
5	-2	Bradford	21	6	3	0	25	10	5	1	6	19	21	1.419	26	L	W	W	W	W	1927-01-01	Wigan Borough	H
6	0	Chesterfield	20	8	2	0	37	13	3	1	6	12	21	1.441	25	L	W	L	L	D	1927-01-01	Accrington Stanley	A
7	0	New Brighton	21	8	1	0	26	6	1	6	5	15	23	1.414	25	W	L	L	W	L	1927-01-08	Barrow	H
8	0	Halifax Town	19	5	5	1	21	12	3	3	2	9	10	1.364	24	D	D	D	D	D	1927-01-01	Rochdale	H
9	0	Tranmere Rovers	20	4	3	3	15	11	5	0	5	19	19	1.133	21	W	W	L	L	D	1927-01-01	Barrow	H
10	1	Rotherham United	21	5	3	3	21	18	2	3	5	17	26	0.864	20	D	L	W	D	W	1927-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
11	-1	Walsall	20	4	2	3	12	8	2	5	4	20	27	0.914	19	L	W	L	D	W	1927-01-15	Doncaster Rovers	H
12	2	Durham City	21	6	2	4	17	14	2	1	6	8	21	0.714	19	W	L	W	L	L	1927-01-01	Ashington	A
13	0	Southport	20	5	4	3	25	19	1	2	5	9	20	0.872	18	D	D	W	L	W	1927-01-01	Hartlepools United	A
14	-2	Ashington	20	3	4	0	17	12	3	2	8	12	34	0.63	18	L	W	L	W	D	1927-01-01	Durham City	H
15	0	Wrexham	20	4	2	3	18	10	2	3	6	11	22	0.906	17	D	L	W	D	W	1927-01-01	Nelson	A
16	2	Hartlepools United	21	5	2	4	20	15	2	1	7	11	22	0.838	17	W	D	W	L	L	1927-01-01	Southport	H
17	2	Doncaster Rovers	19	4	2	3	20	15	2	3	5	11	26	0.756	17	W	L	W	D	D	1927-01-01	Rotherham United	A
18	-2	Lincoln City	21	3	4	5	23	20	0	5	4	16	25	0.867	15	L	L	L	D	D	1927-01-01	Stoke City	A
19	1	Wigan Borough	22	5	1	4	24	16	1	2	9	15	33	0.796	15	W	L	W	W	D	1927-01-01	Bradford	A
20	-3	Crewe Alexandra	20	4	3	3	20	14	1	2	7	10	24	0.789	15	L	D	L	W	D	1927-01-01	Stockport County	A
21	0	Accrington Stanley	21	4	1	7	22	25	0	2	7	6	25	0.56	11	L	L	L	L	W	1927-01-01	Chesterfield	H
22	0	Barrow	20	1	4	6	11	23	0	2	7	4	38	0.246	8	L	L	L	L	L	1927-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	Newport County	Dean Court	8,916
Eyre 2	Lineups		Nairn
Brentford	3	0	Norwich City	Griffin Park	17,002
Allen, Watkins, Douglas	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Aberdare Athletic	Ashton Gate	23,700
Smailes, Walsh T	Lineups		Brown E
Crystal Palace	1	2	Coventry City	Selhurst Park	18,220
Blakemore	Lineups		Heathcote, Fergus
Exeter City	0	2	Plymouth Argyle	St James Park	19,221	Largest home gate 1926-27
	Lineups		Black, Matthews
Gillingham	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Priestfield Road	8,575
McKee	Lineups		Kirk
Merthyr Town	1	2	Swindon Town	Penydarren Park	8,662	Largest home gate 1926-27
Sutherland	Lineups		Eddleston, Morris
Millwall	7	0	Luton Town	The Den, New Cross	20,936	Largest home gate 1926-27
Phillips 2, Gomm 2, Parker 2, Amos	Lineups
Northampton Town	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	12,782	Largest home gate 1926-27
	Lineups
Southend United	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Kursaal Ground	11,091	Largest home gate 1926-27
Goodwin 2	Lineups		Culley
Watford	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	Vicarage Road	13,004	Largest home gate 1926-27
Swan	Lineups		Charlesworth, Lofthouse

				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	20	11	1	0	41	14	3	3	2	17	20	1.71	32	W	W	W	W	W	1926-12-28	Coventry City	A
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	9	1	1	37	12	4	3	1	8	7	2.37	30	D	W	W	L	W	1927-01-01	Crystal Palace	A
3	0	Bristol City	20	9	0	0	33	11	3	5	3	20	18	1.83	29	W	W	D	D	L	1927-01-15	Gillingham	H
4	0	Millwall	22	9	1	1	35	10	2	4	5	12	22	1.47	27	W	L	W	D	W	1926-12-28	Watford	A
5	1	Plymouth Argyle	21	8	2	0	23	4	2	4	5	17	26	1.33	26	W	W	D	W	W	1927-01-01	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
6	-1	Newport County	21	8	2	0	16	7	3	1	7	10	24	0.84	25	L	W	L	D	W	1927-01-01	Northampton Town	H
7	0	Luton Town	19	7	5	0	26	12	2	0	5	9	20	1.09	23	L	W	D	D	W	1926-12-28	Northampton Town	A
8	1	Brentford	19	7	3	1	30	12	2	1	5	14	18	1.47	22	W	L	W	L	D	1927-01-01	Luton Town	H
9	1	Southend United	20	8	1	3	29	12	2	1	5	12	23	1.17	22	W	L	L	W	W	1927-01-01	Millwall	A
10	-2	Exeter City	19	7	2	2	25	8	1	2	5	14	21	1.34	20	L	L	W	W	W	1926-12-28	Bristol Rovers	A
11	0	Crystal Palace	19	5	2	2	24	14	2	3	5	10	18	1.06	19	L	L	L	L	W	1927-01-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	0	Watford	20	6	1	3	19	8	3	0	7	10	25	0.88	19	L	W	L	W	L	1926-12-28	Millwall	H
13	0	Norwich City	21	6	3	2	25	13	1	2	7	11	33	0.78	19	L	W	W	W	L	1927-01-15	Millwall	H
14	0	Merthyr Town	20	6	2	3	21	10	1	1	7	9	23	0.91	17	L	L	D	W	L	1927-01-08	Coventry City	A
15	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	19	3	2	2	15	10	3	3	6	17	26	0.89	17	W	L	W	L	D	1927-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
16	0	Bristol Rovers	20	3	3	5	17	19	2	2	5	10	16	0.77	15	L	W	L	L	W	1926-12-28	Exeter City	H
17	1	Queens Park Rangers	21	4	2	2	22	13	2	1	10	15	37	0.74	15	W	L	L	L	L	1927-01-01	Gillingham	H
18	2	Coventry City	20	5	0	4	19	16	2	1	8	10	33	0.59	15	W	W	W	L	L	1926-12-28	Swindon Town	H
19	-2	Charlton Athletic	18	3	2	2	15	9	2	2	7	8	21	0.77	14	D	W	L	L	W	1927-01-01	Aberdare Athletic	A
20	-1	Gillingham	20	4	3	2	19	14	1	1	9	6	21	0.71	14	D	L	L	L	L	1927-01-01	Queens Park Rangers	A
21	0	Northampton Town	21	3	4	3	16	12	1	0	10	12	34	0.61	12	D	L	W	L	D	1926-12-28	Luton Town	H
22	0	Aberdare Athletic	21	2	0	7	12	24	1	2	9	13	32	0.45	8	L	L	L	L	W	1927-01-01	Charlton Athletic	H