1926–27 Football League

35th season of the Football League May 2022 The Football League 1926–27 Newcastle United Aberdare Athletic 1925–26 1927–28 The 1926–27 season was the 35th season of The Football League. Final league tables The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1926-27.html England 1926-27 RSSSF 2010-02-24 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. with home and away statistics separated. Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season on Re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. First Division First Division 1926–27 Newcastle United4th title Leeds UnitedWest Bromwich Albion Jimmy Trotter(37 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Derby County 8–0 The Wednesday(19 March 1927) West Ham United 1–5 Blackburn Rovers(11 September 1926)Blackburn Rovers 1–5 Burnley(16 October 1926)Tottenham Hotspur 0–4 Arsenal(7 March 1927)Aston Villa 1–5 West Ham United(2 April 1927) Bury 7–3 West Bromwich Albion(11 September 1926)Newcastle United 7–3 Everton(5 March 1927) 462 1668 1925–26 1927–28 main WDL First Division World Football NEW, HUD, SUN, BOL, BUR, WHU, LEI, SHU, LIV, AVL, ARS, DER, TOT, CAR, MUN, THW, BIR, BLA, BRY, EVE, LEE, WBA 1st REL REL complete 17 9 16 77 86 18 7 17 81 83 17 4 21 64 73 15 8 19 77 96 19 10 13 84 62 19 9 14 91 80 12 12 18 68 77 16 9 17 55 65 17 7 18 86 73 12 10 20 64 90 17 17 8 76 60 11 8 23 69 88 17 12 13 85 70 18 7 17 69 61 13 14 15 52 64 25 6 11 96 58 17 10 15 74 86 21 7 14 98 70 15 9 18 75 92 16 9 17 76 78 11 8 23 65 86 19 8 15 86 70 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Bury Cardiff City Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle United Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS AST BIR BLB BOL BUR BRY CAR DER EVE HUD LEE LEI LIV MUN NEW SHU SUN TOT WED WBA WHU Arsenal 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 6–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 2–4 6–2 4–1 8–2 Aston Villa 2–3 4–2 4–3 3–4 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 5–3 3–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 3–1 2–3 2–2 2–0 1–5 Birmingham 0–0 1–2 3–1 6–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 0–2 3–2 0–3 1–5 2–2 1–0 4–4 3–3 4–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–4 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 0–2 1–0 5–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 5–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 Burnley 2–0 6–3 0–2 3–1 4–3 0–0 4–3 1–0 5–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–3 2–5 4–2 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 Bury 3–2 0–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–3 2–3 1–2 5–2 2–2 4–2 0–0 0–2 0–3 3–2 4–4 1–2 0–0 2–0 7–3 1–2 Cardiff City 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 Derby County 0–2 2–3 4–1 4–5 2–0 4–1 2–0 6–3 0–0 4–4 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–2 4–1 8–0 2–1 3–0 Everton 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 3–4 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 5–4 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 Huddersfield Town 3–3 0–0 0–2 5–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 4–1 5–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 4–3 4–1 2–1 Leeds United 4–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–5 0–2 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 3–1 6–3 Leicester City 2–1 5–1 5–2 4–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 6–2 2–4 3–2 3–2 2–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 5–3 5–0 3–0 Liverpool 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 5–0 3–2 1–0 2–3 2–4 1–0 4–2 1–2 5–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 Manchester United 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 5–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 Newcastle United 6–1 4–0 5–1 6–1 1–0 1–5 3–1 5–0 3–0 7–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 5–2 2–0 Sheffield United 4–0 3–1 4–3 5–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–3 3–3 1–0 0–3 1–4 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 0–2 Sunderland 5–1 1–1 4–1 2–5 6–2 7–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–1 6–2 3–0 2–1 6–0 2–0 3–0 3–2 4–1 4–1 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur 0–4 0–1 6–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 3–3 4–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–2 7–3 3–0 1–3 The Wednesday 4–2 3–1 4–4 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 3–2 2–3 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 6–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 4–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–2 2–4 0–1 0–1 2–2 4–2 1–0 3–0 5–0 2–2 1–3 West Ham United 7–0 5–1 1–0 1–5 4–4 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–2 3–3 3–3 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Tottenham West Ham England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.48 -2.97 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 51.61 -0.063 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.53 0.040 right Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Burnley Bury Cardiff City Derby County Everton Huddersfield Leeds U. Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle Sheffield United Sunderland Tottenham The Wednesday (Sheffield) West Bromwich Albion West Ham Second Division Football LeagueSecond Division 1926–27 Middlesbrough (1st title) Bradford CityDarlington George Camsell (Middlesbrough), 59 Portsmouth – Notts County 9–1 (9 Apr 1927)Manchester City – Bradford City 8–0 (7 Mar 1927) Fulham – Grimsby Town 0–4 (16 Feb 1927) Grimsby Town – Middlesbrough 4–7 (8 Feb 1927) 462 1668 1925–26 1927–28 main WDL PR Second Division 5 2 y MID Middlesbrough POR Portsmouth MCI Manchester City CHE Chelsea NOT Nottingham Forest PNE Preston North End HUL Hull City PTV Port Vale BLP Blackpool OLD Oldham Athletic BAR Barnsley SWA Swansea Town SOU Southampton REA Reading WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers NTC Notts County GRI Grimsby Town FUL Fulham SSH South Shields LEY Clapton Orient DAR Darlington BRA Bradford City 27 8 7 122 60 23 8 11 87 49 22 10 10 108 61 20 12 10 62 52 18 14 10 80 55 20 9 13 74 72 20 7 15 63 52 16 13 13 88 78 18 8 16 95 80 19 6 17 74 84 17 9 16 88 87 16 11 15 68 72 15 12 15 60 62 16 8 18 64 72 14 7 21 73 75 15 5 22 70 96 11 12 19 74 91 13 8 21 58 92 11 11 20 71 96 12 7 23 60 96 12 6 24 79 98 7 9 26 50 88 CP P R R green1 Promotion to the First Division P P red1 Relegation to the Third Division North R R complete Results main FBR grey BAR BLP BRA CHE CLA DAR FUL GRI HUL MCI MID NOT NTC OLD POR PTV PNE REA SOU SSH SWA WOL Barnsley 6–1 1–0 3–0 4–2 3–2 5–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–4 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 5–1 6–1 1–1 4–1 Blackpool 6–1 3–0 3–1 6–0 1–1 0–0 6–2 4–0 2–4 2–2 2–2 5–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 3–1 3–2 6–1 3–1 2–3 Bradford City 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 4–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 5–0 1–2 Chelsea 4–2 1–1 5–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 4–1 2–2 1–0 Clapton Orient 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–4 2–3 2–4 1–2 2–4 2–3 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–5 1–2 1–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 Darlington 3–3 1–3 3–0 2–2 2–1 5–0 2–3 1–3 2–2 1–4 4–2 4–2 0–1 0–4 4–3 0–1 4–2 1–2 8–2 3–1 3–1 Fulham 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–5 3–1 2–5 0–3 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 6–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 4–3 4–1 Grimsby Town 1–3 2–1 4–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 4–7 1–1 1–4 2–5 0–0 4–4 5–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 6–0 Hull City 5–1 3–0 4–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 3–2 3–3 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 Manchester City 1–1 2–1 8–0 1–0 6–1 7–0 4–2 2–0 2–2 3–5 1–1 4–1 3–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 3–4 1–2 3–1 2–1 Middlesbrough 5–1 4–4 4–3 0–0 6–0 4–1 6–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 7–3 5–2 0–2 5–0 3–1 5–0 7–1 2–0 Nottingham Forest 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–3 4–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 7–0 5–1 3–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 Notts County 1–1 2–3 4–0 5–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–1 1–3 2–2 Oldham Athletic 0–4 1–3 2–1 1–2 5–2 3–2 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 5–2 1–0 1–3 5–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 5–2 2–0 Portsmouth 1–2 5–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 5–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 9–1 7–2 4–0 5–1 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 Port Vale 3–2 2–4 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 7–1 6–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 6–2 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 Preston North End 2–1 4–1 3–2 0–2 2–2 4–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 2–4 2–2 1–0 4–1 5–2 1–2 4–4 3–1 1–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 Reading 3–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 7–1 6–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 Southampton 3–1 5–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 6–2 1–1 1–0 South Shields 7–1 2–2 3–3 5–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 5–0 4–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 Swansea Town 5–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 5–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9–1 4–1 7–2 0–3 5–0 2–1 2–1 3–4 5–2 4–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Chelsea Clapton Orient Fulham England none 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 51.57 -0.047 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 54.99 -1.43 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Chelsea Clapton Orient Darlington Fulham Grimsby Town Hull Notts County Manchester City Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest Oldham Portsmouth Port Vale Preston North End Reading Southampton South Shields Swansea Town Wolverhampton Wanderers Third Division North Football LeagueThird Division North 1926–27 Stoke City (1st title) Albert Whitehurst (Rochdale), 44 Failed re-election None 462 1692 1925–26 1927–28 main WDL P Third Division North 5 2 y STK Stoke City ROC Rochdale BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) HAL Halifax Town NEL Nelson STP Stockport County CHF Chesterfield DON Doncaster Rovers TRA Tranmere Rovers NWB New Brighton LIN Lincoln City SOU Southport WRE Wrexham WAL Walsall CRE Crewe Alexandra ASH Ashington HAR Hartlepools United WIG Wigan Borough ROT Rotherham United DUR Durham City ACC Accrington Stanley BRW Barrow 27 9 6 92 40 26 6 10 105 65 24 7 11 101 59 21 11 10 70 53 22 7 13 104 75 22 7 13 93 69 -2 21 5 16 92 68 18 11 13 81 65 19 8 15 85 67 18 10 14 79 67 15 12 15 90 78 15 9 18 80 85 14 10 18 65 73 14 10 18 68 81 14 9 19 71 81 12 12 18 60 90 14 6 22 66 81 11 10 21 66 83 10 12 20 70 92 12 6 24 58 105 10 7 25 62 98 7 8 27 34 117 Stockport County had two points deducted for fielding Joe Smith without FA permission on 26 March 1927. CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division CP #CCCCFF Transferred to the Third Division South TRN red2 Re-elected REE REE complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ACC ASH BRW BPA CHF CRE DON DUR HAL HAR LIN NEL NWB ROC ROT SOU STP STK TRA WAL WIG WRE Accrington Stanley 3–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–2 7–2 1–1 0–5 2–3 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–4 0–1 2–3 3–5 3–1 1–1 Ashington 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–2 4–4 4–1 1–1 0–2 4–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 Barrow 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–3 0–1 0–3 2–3 2–2 1–4 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–5 Bradford Park Avenue 6–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 2–0 7–3 3–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 5–1 2–2 6–2 3–1 3–0 5–3 5–1 2–1 5–0 Chesterfield 1–1 4–1 8–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 7–1 2–0 1–0 4–2 1–1 3–4 2–3 5–2 5–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 5–2 1–3 Crewe Alexandra 4–0 2–1 5–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–3 2–1 3–2 4–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 0–2 4–1 1–1 2–4 5–1 Doncaster Rovers 2–0 3–1 7–0 4–1 0–3 0–2 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 6–0 2–2 3–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 Durham City 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 4–2 3–3 2–2 1–3 0–1 4–2 1–5 1–2 0–3 3–0 3–1 1–0 Halifax Town 4–3 1–1 5–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 Hartlepool 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–4 1–2 1–1 3–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 4–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 Lincoln City 4–0 4–0 3–1 5–1 3–1 3–3 0–0 5–0 3–1 1–2 1–4 4–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–2 3–3 2–0 2–2 Nelson 7–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 7–1 5–1 1–1 0–0 6–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 5–3 1–2 6–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 4–0 3–0 New Brighton 0–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 3–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 7–2 1–2 3–0 4–1 1–2 5–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 Rochdale 2–1 5–0 5–1 3–0 8–1 3–1 7–2 1–3 2–0 3–0 7–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 4–4 4–1 3–1 Rotherham United 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 0–4 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–4 5–3 2–4 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 Southport 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 4–5 0–0 1–0 2–3 3–4 7–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–3 1–3 6–1 2–2 6–0 Stockport County 3–3 6–2 7–0 1–2 4–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–3 3–3 3–3 4–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–4 2–2 2–1 0–2 4–1 3–2 Stoke 1–0 7–0 4–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 4–0 5–1 3–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 Tranmere 2–1 2–1 7–2 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 8–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 4–1 0–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 6–0 3–1 3–2 Walsall 5–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 0–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 5–1 3–2 0–1 Wigan Borough 3–0 1–4 8–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 0–3 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 5–2 1–1 Wrexham 5–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–6 0–1 1–2 2–0 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams England 53.75 -2.36 right England 55.18 -1.57 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.099 -2.44 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 54.78 -1.57 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.83 -2.22 right England 53.43 -3.05 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 53.54 -2.63 right England 53.03 -2.98 right Accrington Stanley Ashington Barrow Bradford Park Avenue Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Durham City Halifax Town Hartlepool Lincoln City Nelson New Brighton Rochdale Rotherham Southport Stockport Stoke Tranmere Walsall Wigan Borough Wrexham Third Division South Football LeagueThird Division South 1926–27 Bristol City (2nd title) Harry Morris (Swindon Town), 47 Failed re-election Aberdare Athletic 462 1592 1925–26 1927–28 main WDL PR Third Division South 5 2 y BRC Bristol City PLY Plymouth Argyle MIL Millwall B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion SWI Swindon Town CRY Crystal Palace BOU Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic LUT Luton Town NPC Newport County BRR Bristol Rovers BRE Brentford EXE Exeter City CHA Charlton Athletic QPR Queens Park Rangers COV Coventry City NWC Norwich City MER Merthyr Town NOR Northampton Town STD Southend United GIL Gillingham WAT Watford ADE Aberdare Athletic 27 8 7 104 54 25 10 7 95 61 23 10 9 89 51 21 11 10 79 50 21 9 12 100 85 18 9 15 84 81 18 8 16 78 66 15 14 13 68 66 19 6 17 57 71 16 9 17 78 80 13 14 15 70 61 15 10 17 76 73 16 8 18 60 61 15 9 18 65 71 15 7 20 71 86 12 11 19 59 71 13 9 20 63 80 15 5 22 59 87 14 6 22 64 77 11 10 21 54 72 12 8 22 57 87 9 7 26 62 101 CP R green1 Promotion to the Second Division CP red2 Re-elected REE red1 Failed re-election and demoted to the Southern League R complete Results main FBR grey ADE B&BA BRE B&HA BRI BRR CHA COV CRY EXE GIL LUT MER MIL NPC NOR NWC PLY QPR STD SWI WAT Aberdare Athletic 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–7 2–1 0–0 0–7 2–3 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 6–1 1–2 5–6 0–2 1–0 1–4 3–2 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 4–3 4–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 6–2 6–2 3–0 1–2 6–0 Brentford 1–4 0–0 4–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 7–3 3–0 6–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 4–2 3–1 2–2 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 7–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 5–2 3–2 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 4–1 2–1 9–3 4–1 Bristol City 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 4–1 3–0 5–4 3–2 9–4 6–0 3–0 4–1 4–1 4–3 1–1 4–2 1–0 5–1 2–0 5–0 Bristol Rovers 4–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–5 1–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 5–2 1–0 2–2 4–1 5–1 3–1 0–2 Charlton Athletic 5–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 3–0 5–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 Coventry City 1–0 6–2 3–1 1–2 2–5 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 4–1 5–1 1–4 3–1 0–3 1–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 5–1 Crystal Palace 0–0 2–2 4–3 2–0 4–2 7–4 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–6 6–2 3–0 7–1 1–1 2–1 5–3 5–0 0–1 Exeter City 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 8–1 3–1 5–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 Gillingham 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 2–2 2–3 4–4 3–0 Luton Town 3–3 4–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 6–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 3–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 Merthyr Town 2–2 4–6 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 4–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 Millwall 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 7–0 3–1 4–1 4–2 6–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 Newport County 5–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 5–3 2–1 Northampton Town 2–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 Norwich City 2–2 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–3 3–0 0–1 4–4 0–0 3–2 4–0 0–2 1–0 6–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 Plymouth Argyle 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 7–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 Queens Park Rangers 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 4–0 4–2 3–2 0–1 2–4 Southend 5–1 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 5–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 3–3 1–2 0–3 2–2 2–0 Swindon Town 3–2 2–0 4–2 2–2 2–2 3–5 2–0 2–2 6–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–2 1–2 6–2 5–1 4–2 Watford 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 2–4 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–4 1–2 4–2 2–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.398 0.085 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Brentford Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams England 51.71 -3.45 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 51.486 -0.31 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.46 -2.54 right England 51.49 0.05 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 51.42 -0.07 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 51.75 -3.38 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 51.65 -0.40 right Aberdare Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Charlton Coventry Crystal P. Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Merthyr Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle QPR Southend Swindon Watford Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1927.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 26 July 2026 Division One No. Club Average 1 Newcastle United FC 36,510 2 Everton FC 31,416 3 Arsenal FC 30,054 4 Liverpool FC 28,502 5 Aston Villa FC 27,393 6 Tottenham Hotspur FC 26,594 7 Manchester United 26,138 8 Leicester City FC 23,718 9 The Wednesday 23,061 10 Sheffield United FC 22,547 11 Birmingham City FC 22,030 12 Bolton Wanderers FC 21,603 13 Leeds United FC 20,666 14 Huddersfield Town AFC 19,536 15 Burnley FC 19,422 16 Derby County FC 19,396 17 Blackburn Rovers FC 18,891 18 West Bromwich Albion FC 18,755 19 Sunderland AFC 18,142 20 West Ham United FC 18,136 21 Bury FC 15,447 22 Cardiff City FC 15,424 See also 1926–27 in English football 1926 in association football 1927 in association football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1926–27 League