1925–26 Football League

34th season of the Football League The Football League 1925–26 Huddersfield Town 1924–25 1926–27 The 1925–26 season was the 34th season of The Football League. This was the first season with the modern offside rule, where two defenders (as opposed to three, the rule before this season) needed to be in front of the attacker for him to be onside;http://www.kenaston.org/download/KenAstonRefereeSociety/offside_history-JulianCarosi.pdf Julian Carosi 2006 The History of Offside 12 April 2015 as a result, offensive play flourished, with the number of goals scored in the First Division increasing from 1,192 to 1,703. Final league tables The tables 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/1925-26.html England 1925-26 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated. Match results are drawn from Rothmans for all divisions.Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. 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 1925–26 Huddersfield Town3rd English title Manchester CityNotts County Ted Harper(43 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Aston Villa 10–0 Burnley(29 April 1926) Newcastle United 1–7 Blackburn Rovers(9 September 1925)Birmingham 1–7 Burnley(10 April 1926) Sheffield United 11–2 Cardiff City(1 January 1926) 462 1703 1924–25 1926–27 main WDL First Division World Football HUD, ARS, SUN, BRY, SHU, AVL, LIV, BOL, MUN, NEW, EVE, BLA, WBA, BIR, TOT, CAR, LEI, WHU, LEE, BUR, MCI, NTC 1st REL REL complete 22 8 12 87 63 16 12 14 86 76 16 8 18 66 81 15 11 16 91 80 17 10 15 75 76 13 10 19 85 108 20 7 15 85 77 16 7 19 61 76 12 18 12 72 70 23 11 8 92 60 14 8 20 64 76 14 10 18 70 80 14 16 12 70 63 12 11 19 89 100 19 6 17 66 73 16 10 16 84 75 13 7 22 54 74 19 8 15 102 82 21 6 15 96 80 15 9 18 66 79 16 8 18 79 78 15 7 20 63 76 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Bury Cardiff City Everton Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Notts County Sheffield United Sunderland 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 EVE HUD LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN NEW NTC SHU SUN TOT WBA WHU Arsenal 2–0 3–0 4–2 2–3 1–2 6–1 5–0 4–1 3–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 Aston Villa 3–0 3–3 1–2 2–2 10–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 4–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 Birmingham 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–7 2–3 3–2 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 3–1 4–4 3–0 6–3 1–2 6–3 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–3 7–0 1–2 4–1 3–1 3–0 4–2 1–2 1–0 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 1–3 5–3 2–2 4–2 3–2 0–1 0–2 6–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 5–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 Burnley 2–2 2–3 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 4–1 1–3 1–1 6–3 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 5–2 1–2 3–4 2–2 Bury 2–2 2–3 2–1 3–1 0–5 8–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 4–0 0–1 6–5 1–3 1–1 3–1 7–4 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 Cardiff City 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 2–3 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 5–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 Everton 2–3 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 4–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 Huddersfield Town 2–2 5–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 5–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 Leeds United 4–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 3–4 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 5–2 Leicester City 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 5–2 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 2–3 1–3 3–2 1–0 2–2 4–1 5–3 3–0 1–1 Liverpool 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–2 5–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 5–0 6–3 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 Manchester City 2–5 4–2 2–4 0–1 1–1 8–3 0–2 3–2 4–4 1–5 2–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–4 4–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 Manchester United 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 6–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–3 1–6 2–1 0–1 1–2 5–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 Newcastle United 7–0 2–2 1–3 1–7 5–1 1–3 4–0 0–1 3–3 0–2 3–0 3–2 3–0 3–2 4–1 6–3 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 4–1 Notts County 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 4–1 2–4 0–3 4–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–3 2–0 2–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 Sheffield United 4–0 4–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 6–1 3–1 11–2 1–1 2–3 2–0 2–4 3–1 8–3 2–0 4–3 3–0 4–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 Sunderland 2–1 3–2 3–1 6–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 7–3 4–1 1–3 3–0 3–2 5–3 2–1 2–2 3–1 6–1 3–0 4–0 4–1 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 2–2 2–1 4–2 2–3 0–2 4–2 1–2 1–1 5–5 3–2 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 3–2 0–2 3–2 4–2 West Bromwich Albion 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 0–3 5–3 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 0–3 4–1 5–1 4–0 4–4 2–0 2–5 1–0 7–1 West Ham United 0–4 5–2 2–2 2–1 6–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 2–3 4–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 3–1 3–0 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 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 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 51.61 -0.063 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.53 0.040 right Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Burnley Bury Cardiff City Everton Huddersfield Leeds U. Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Notts County Sheffield United Sunderland Tottenham West Bromwich Albion West Ham Second Division Football LeagueSecond Division 1925–26 The Wednesday (2nd title) Stockport CountyStoke Jimmy Trotter (The Wednesday), 37 Darlington – Portsmouth 7–1 (24 Oct 1925)Wolverhampton Wanderers – Barnsley 7–1 (26 Apr 1926) Darlington – Clapton Orient 6–0 (13 Feb 1926) Port Vale – Chelsea 0–6 (5 Sept 1925) Oldham Athletic – Nottingham Forest 8–3 (1 Mar 1926) 462 1487 1924–25 1926–27 main WDL PR Second Division 5 2 y SHW The Wednesday DER Derby County CHE Chelsea WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers SWA Swansea Town BLP Blackpool OLD Oldham Athletic PTV Port Vale SSH South Shields MID Middlesbrough POR Portsmouth PNE Preston North End HUL Hull City SOU Southampton DAR Darlington BRA Bradford City NOT Nottingham Forest BAR Barnsley FUL Fulham LEY Clapton Orient STK Stoke City STP Stockport County 27 6 9 88 48 25 7 10 77 42 19 14 9 76 49 21 7 14 84 60 19 11 12 77 57 17 11 14 76 69 18 8 16 74 62 19 6 17 79 69 18 8 16 74 65 21 2 19 77 68 17 10 15 79 74 18 7 17 71 84 16 9 17 63 61 15 8 19 63 63 14 10 18 72 77 13 10 19 47 66 14 8 20 51 73 12 12 18 58 84 11 12 19 46 77 12 9 21 50 65 12 8 22 54 77 8 9 25 51 97 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 DER FUL HUL MID NOT OLD POR PTV PNE SOU SSH STP STK SWA WED WOL Barnsley 2–0 0–0 2–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–1 3–4 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 Blackpool 4–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–3 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 Bradford City 4–1 1–0 4–2 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–5 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–4 1–2 Chelsea 3–2 2–3 2–0 1–3 5–2 2–1 4–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 5–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 3–3 Clapton Orient 4–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 Darlington 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 6–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 7–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 3–2 1–2 3–3 5–1 3–4 Derby County 4–0 5–2 0–0 4–2 3–1 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 7–3 5–0 4–1 2–0 Fulham 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–3 3–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–4 0–1 3–0 1–2 Hull City 2–2 1–2 5–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–3 4–0 1–0 4–2 0–1 3–1 Middlesbrough 5–0 3–2 2–5 1–2 1–2 3–2 1–2 4–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 5–1 3–0 1–2 4–0 3–0 0–3 3–0 4–1 Nottingham Forest 4–2 1–1 0–0 1–5 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–4 Oldham Athletic 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 8–3 1–3 3–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 7–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 Portsmouth 1–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–5 5–1 0–2 3–2 5–2 1–2 4–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 Port Vale 3–0 5–0 2–0 0–6 4–2 6–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 4–3 3–0 Preston North End 4–2 6–4 3–1 3–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 2–2 0–4 5–3 2–0 4–2 0–3 1–0 Southampton 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–3 2–3 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 4–1 1–2 4–2 South Shields 3–0 3–4 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–4 0–0 5–2 1–3 2–2 3–1 0–0 5–1 5–2 1–1 2–0 4–2 5–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 Stockport County 1–1 4–3 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 Stoke 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–0 6–1 0–1 5–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 Swansea Town 3–0 6–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 6–0 2–0 4–0 3–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–2 2–4 The Wednesday 3–0 2–0 5–1 4–1 3–0 4–0 1–4 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 4–2 0–2 5–1 2–1 1–0 6–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 5–1 5–1 2–3 1–2 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 52.92 -1.476 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 54.57 -1.23 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 50.91 -1.39 right England 54.99 -1.43 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Chelsea Clapton Orient Darlington Derby County Fulham Hull Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest Oldham Portsmouth Port Vale Preston North End Southampton South Shields Stockport County Stoke Swansea Town The Wednesday (Sheffield) Wolverhampton Wanderers Third Division North Football LeagueThird Division North 1925–26 Grimsby Town (1st title) Jimmy Cookson (Chesterfield), 44 Failed re-election None 462 1628 1924–25 1926–27 main WDL P Third Division North 5 2 y GRI Grimsby Town BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) ROC Rochdale CHF Chesterfield HAL Halifax Town HAR Hartlepools United TRA Tranmere Rovers NEL Nelson ASH Ashington DON Doncaster Rovers CRE Crewe Alexandra NWB New Brighton DUR Durham City ROT Rotherham United LIN Lincoln City COV Coventry City WIG Wigan Borough ACC Accrington Stanley WRE Wrexham SOU Southport WAL Walsall BRW Barrow 26 9 7 91 40 26 8 8 101 43 27 5 10 104 58 25 5 12 100 54 17 11 14 53 50 18 8 16 82 73 19 6 17 73 83 16 11 15 89 71 16 11 15 70 62 16 11 15 80 72 17 9 16 63 61 17 8 17 69 67 18 6 18 63 70 17 7 18 69 92 17 5 20 66 82 16 6 20 73 82 13 11 18 68 74 17 3 22 81 105 11 10 21 63 92 11 10 21 62 92 10 6 26 58 107 7 4 31 50 98 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division CP #CCCCFF Transferred to the Third Division South TRN red2 Re-elected REE REE complete Results main FBR grey ACC ASH BRW BPA CHF COV CRE DON DUR GRI HAL HAR LIN NEL NWB ROC ROT SOU TRA WAL WIG WRE Accrington Stanley 2–1 2–0 1–4 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 0–2 1–3 2–3 4–3 4–3 5–2 4–0 4–2 Ashington 3–1 1–4 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 6–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 2–0 4–1 5–1 1–1 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 2–2 Barrow 1–2 2–3 0–1 0–3 1–4 0–1 0–2 1–4 0–3 1–2 1–4 3–0 1–0 2–3 1–3 1–2 0–3 3–3 5–2 1–1 4–3 Bradford Park Avenue 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 4–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 6–1 6–1 3–0 8–0 6–1 1–1 Chesterfield 7–2 6–1 3–1 1–1 4–3 4–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–2 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 6–1 3–0 4–0 4–0 4–0 3–1 Coventry City 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–4 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 4–1 5–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 7–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 Crewe Alexandra 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–4 4–1 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 Doncaster Rovers 6–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 3–0 8–1 5–2 4–1 1–4 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 6–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 Durham City 5–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 5–2 4–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 5–1 3–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 Grimsby Town 5–2 3–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 8–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 Halifax Town 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 3–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 Hartlepool 5–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 6–1 4–2 2–1 5–0 3–2 9–3 0–0 5–0 Lincoln City 3–1 2–0 4–3 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–3 3–0 1–3 5–1 2–1 3–2 Nelson 1–0 2–2 3–3 2–2 3–3 4–1 2–1 5–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 5–2 5–2 1–1 1–3 3–0 3–3 7–0 2–0 7–0 5–1 New Brighton 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 5–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–4 2–1 3–2 5–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 4–2 2–2 Rochdale 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–4 4–1 2–0 4–1 5–0 5–2 2–1 6–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 Rotherham United 3–1 5–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–0 0–4 5–2 2–0 4–1 1–0 6–2 Southport 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 3–3 6–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–7 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 Tranmere 2–2 1–4 3–0 3–2 0–4 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 0–1 3–5 3–1 1–0 2–1 5–1 4–1 Walsall 3–3 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 4–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–5 4–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 5–1 Wigan Borough 5–0 0–2 4–1 1–3 2–0 5–1 3–1 0–1 4–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–3 5–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 6–0 Wrexham 5–6 2–3 0–0 4–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 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 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.099 -2.44 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 54.78 -1.57 right England 53.56 -0.068 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 53.37 -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 Coventry Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Durham City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool Lincoln City Nelson New Brighton Rochdale Rotherham Southport Tranmere Walsall Wigan Borough Wrexham Third Division South Football LeagueThird Division South 1925–26 Reading (1st title) Jack Cock (Plymouth Argyle), 32 Failed re-election None 462 1555 1924–25 1926–27 main WDL P Third Division South 5 2 y REA Reading PLY Plymouth Argyle MIL Millwall BRC Bristol City B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion SWI Swindon Town LUT Luton Town BOU Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic ADE Aberdare Athletic GIL Gillingham STD Southend United NOR Northampton Town CRY Crystal Palace MER Merthyr Town WAT Watford NWC Norwich City NPC Newport County BRE Brentford BRR Bristol Rovers EXE Exeter City CHA Charlton Athletic QPR Queens Park Rangers 23 11 8 77 52 24 8 10 107 67 21 11 10 73 39 21 9 12 72 51 19 9 14 84 73 20 6 16 69 64 18 7 17 80 75 17 9 16 75 91 17 8 17 74 66 17 8 17 53 49 19 4 19 78 73 17 7 18 82 80 19 3 20 75 79 14 11 17 69 75 15 9 18 73 89 15 9 18 58 73 14 10 18 64 74 16 6 20 69 94 15 6 21 66 69 15 5 22 72 70 11 13 18 48 68 6 9 27 37 84 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division CP red2 Re-elected REE REE complete Results main FBR grey ADE B&BA BRE B&HA BRI BRR CHA CRY EXE GIL LUT MER MIL NPC NOR NWC PLY QPR REA STD SWI WAT Aberdare Athletic 3–3 3–0 2–2 3–3 0–1 3–1 2–0 5–0 0–1 2–5 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 6–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 8–1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 3–0 3–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 4–1 6–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 4–2 2–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–4 Brentford 1–0 0–2 1–6 2–1 4–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 3–4 5–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 4–3 Brighton & Hove Albion 6–2 3–4 3–2 0–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 3–1 Bristol City 1–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–4 5–1 1–0 Bristol Rovers 0–3 7–2 1–2 4–0 0–1 4–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 5–0 4–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 Charlton Athletic 1–0 5–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–4 0–0 3–3 3–0 0–5 1–1 1–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 Crystal Palace 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–2 0–2 4–1 3–2 0–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 4–2 1–0 2–0 5–5 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 Exeter City 4–0 0–1 6–1 2–4 1–1 3–0 5–3 0–1 2–1 2–2 6–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 6–1 Gillingham 0–1 1–2 1–3 3–1 0–1 6–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 Luton Town 2–1 4–1 4–2 3–3 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 5–3 4–0 2–2 4–2 3–2 3–2 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 5–0 Merthyr Town 1–1 0–2 6–0 0–1 3–2 2–3 0–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 5–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 5–2 5–1 2–1 4–1 Millwall 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 7–0 1–1 3–3 4–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 8–1 3–0 3–0 Newport County 0–0 1–2 2–3 4–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–3 3–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–4 3–3 Northampton Town 3–2 1–1 6–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 0–1 3–3 2–0 2–2 Norwich City 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 3–0 4–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 Plymouth Argyle 7–2 7–2 4–0 5–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 6–2 2–2 2–1 4–3 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–4 6–3 3–1 1–3 6–2 1–1 2–1 Queens Park Rangers 1–3 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 Reading 2–1 5–2 7–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 Southend 0–1 3–0 3–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 5–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 0–2 4–1 6–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 Swindon Town 2–1 8–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 4–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–3 Watford 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 6–1 0–1 5–1 3–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–4 3–2 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 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 51.41 -0.97 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 51.65 -0.40 right Aberdare Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Bristol City Bristol Rovers Charlton Crystal P. Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Merthyr Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle QPR Reading Southend Swindon Watford Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1926.htm First Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester City 21 31,614 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Arsenal FC 21 31,471 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Newcastle United 21 29,957 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tottenham Hotspur 21 27,806 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester United 21 27,647 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Liverpool FC 21 27,240 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Everton FC 21 26,876 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aston Villa 21 26,496 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leicester City 21 24,692 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sunderland AFC 21 21,399 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leeds United 21 21,382 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bolton Wanderers 21 20,437 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Ham United 21 20,040 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Huddersfield Town 21 19,569 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield United 21 19,149 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Birmingham City 21 19,075 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Bromwich Albion 21 17,968 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Cardiff City 21 17,946 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Burnley FC 21 17,857 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackburn Rovers 21 17,775 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bury FC 21 15,728 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Notts County 21 14,908 - } Second Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chelsea FC 21 32,355 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count The Wednesday 21 23,661 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Fulham FC 21 16,594 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Derby County 21 16,314 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Swansea Town 21 16,118 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Preston North End 21 14,705 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Portsmouth FC 21 14,457 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 14,322 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Middlesbrough FC 21 13,259 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Clapton Orient 21 12,757 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Stoke City 21 12,144 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Oldham Athletic 21 11,959 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bradford City 21 11,833 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Port Vale 21 10,747 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackpool FC 21 10,606 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Southampton FC 21 9,965 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Darlington FC 21 9,052 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Nottingham Forest 21 8,966 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Hull City 21 8,380 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Stockport County 21 8,086 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Barnsley FC 21 8,044 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count South Shields 21 7,325 - } See also 1925–26 in English football 1925 in association football 1926 in association football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1925–26 League