1926–27 Football League
The 1926–27 season was the 35th season of The Football League.
Season | 1926–27 |
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Champions | Newcastle United |
Relegated | Aberdare Athletic |
← 1925–26 1927–28 → |
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 website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] 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.[2]
First Division
Season | 1926–27 |
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Champions | Newcastle United (4th Championship) |
Relegated | Leeds United West Bromwich Albion |
FA Cup winners | Cardiff City (1st and only FA Cup title) |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,668 (3.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jimmy Trotter (The Wednesday), 37 [3] |
Biggest home win | Derby County – The Wednesday 8–0 (19 Mar 1927) |
Biggest away win | Aston Villa – West Ham United 1–5 (2 Apr 1927) Blackburn Rovers – Burnley 1–5 (16 Oct 1926) West Ham United – Blackburn Rovers 1–5 (11 Sept 1926) Tottenham Hotspur – Arsenal 0–4 (7 Mar 1927) |
Highest scoring | Bury – West Bromwich Albion 7–3 (11 Sept 1926) Newcastle United – Everton 7–3 (5 Mar 1927) |
← 1925–26 1927–28 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Newcastle United | 42 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 38 | 1.655 | 56 | League Champions |
2 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 1.267 | 51 | |
3 | Sunderland | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 42 | 1.400 | 49 | |
4 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 1.355 | 48 | |
5 | Burnley | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 36 | 50 | 1.138 | 47 | |
6 | West Ham United | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 1.229 | 46 | |
7 | Leicester City | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 1.214 | 46 | |
8 | Sheffield United | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 53 | 0.860 | 44 | |
9 | Liverpool | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 34 | 1.131 | 43 | |
10 | Aston Villa | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 51 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 49 | 0.976 | 43 | |
11 | Arsenal | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 56 | 0.895 | 43 | |
12 | Derby County | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 45 | 1.178 | 41 | |
13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 45 | 0.974 | 41 | |
14 | Cardiff City[lower-alpha 1] | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 48 | 0.846 | 41 | FA Cup Winners and Welsh Cup winners |
15 | Manchester United | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 45 | 0.813 | 40 | |
16 | The Wednesday | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 63 | 0.815 | 39 | |
17 | Birmingham | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 28 | 56 | 0.877 | 38 | |
18 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 56 | 0.802 | 38 | |
19 | Bury | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 0.883 | 36 | |
20 | Everton | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 0.711 | 34 | |
21 | Leeds United | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 57 | 0.784 | 30 | Relegated |
22 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 53 | 0.756 | 30 |
Notes:
- Cardiff City were winners of both the FA Cup, their only win, and the Welsh Cup, which they now won for the 5th time.
Results
Second Division
Season | 1926–27 |
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Champions | Middlesbrough (1st title) |
Relegated | Bradford City Darlington |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,668 (3.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer | George Camsell (Middlesbrough), 59 [3] |
Biggest home win | Portsmouth – Notts County 9–1 (9 Apr 1927) Manchester City – Bradford City 8–0 (7 Mar 1927) |
Biggest away win | Fulham – Grimsby Town 0–4 (16 Feb 1927) |
Highest scoring | Grimsby Town – Middlesbrough 4–7 (8 Feb 1927) |
← 1925–26 1927–28 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 37 | 2.033 | 62 | Division Champions, promoted |
2 | Portsmouth | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 1.776 | 54 | Promoted |
3 | Manchester City | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 38 | 1.770 | 54 | |
4 | Chelsea | 42 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 1.192 | 52 | |
5 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 1.455 | 50 | |
6 | Preston North End | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 43 | 1.028 | 49 | |
7 | Hull City | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 1.212 | 47 | |
8 | Port Vale | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 52 | 1.128 | 45 | |
9 | Blackpool | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 54 | 1.188 | 44 | |
10 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 47 | 0.881 | 44 | |
11 | Barnsley | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 64 | 1.011 | 43 | |
12 | Swansea Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 51 | 0.944 | 43 | |
13 | Southampton | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 0.968 | 42 | |
14 | Reading | 42 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 0.889 | 40 | |
15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 45 | 0.973 | 35 | |
16 | Notts County | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 72 | 0.729 | 35 | |
17 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 52 | 0.813 | 34 | |
18 | Fulham | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 61 | 0.630 | 34 | |
19 | South Shields | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 49 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 71 | 0.740 | 33 | |
20 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 61 | 0.625 | 31 | |
21 | Darlington | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 53 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 56 | 0.806 | 30 | Relegated |
22 | Bradford City | 42 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 60 | 0.568 | 23 |
Results
Third Division North
Season | 1926–27 |
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Champions | Stoke City (1st title) |
Failed re-election | None |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,692 (3.66 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Albert Whitehurst (Rochdale), 44 [3] |
← 1925–26 1927–28 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Stoke City | 42 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 2.300 | 63 | Division Champions, promoted |
2 | Rochdale | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 43 | 1.615 | 58 | |
3 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 1.712 | 55 | |
4 | Halifax Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 1.321 | 53 | |
5 | Nelson | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 55 | 1.387 | 51 | |
6 | Stockport County | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 38 | 1.348 | 49[lower-alpha 1] | |
7 | Chesterfield | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 65 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 44 | 1.353 | 47 | |
8 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 1.246 | 47 | |
9 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 45 | 1.269 | 46 | |
10 | New Brighton | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 46 | 1.179 | 46 | |
11 | Lincoln City | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 45 | 1.154 | 42 | |
12 | Southport | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 53 | 0.941 | 39 | |
13 | Wrexham | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 47 | 0.890 | 38 | |
14 | Walsall[lower-alpha 2] | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 59 | 0.840 | 38 | |
15 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 53 | 0.877 | 37 | |
16 | Ashington | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 60 | 0.667 | 36 | |
17 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 55 | 0.815 | 34 | |
18 | Wigan Borough | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 55 | 0.795 | 32 | |
19 | Rotherham United | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 57 | 0.761 | 32 | |
20 | Durham City | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 70 | 0.552 | 30 | |
21 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 60 | 0.633 | 27 | Re-elected |
22 | Barrow | 42 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 77 | 0.291 | 22 |
Notes:
- Stockport County had two points deducted for fielding Joe Smith without FA permission on 26 March 1927.
- Walsall was transferred to Third Division South for the following season.
Results
Third Division South
Season | 1926–27 |
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Champions | Bristol City (2nd title) |
Failed re-election | Aberdare Athletic |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,592 (3.45 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Harry Morris (Swindon Town), 47 [3] |
← 1925–26 1927–28 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Bristol City | 42 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 1.926 | 62 | Division Champions, promoted |
2 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 47 | 1.557 | 60 | |
3 | Millwall | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 1.745 | 56 | |
4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 61 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 1.580 | 53 | |
5 | Swindon Town | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 54 | 1.176 | 51 | |
6 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 48 | 1.037 | 45 | |
7 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 42 | 1.182 | 44 | |
8 | Luton Town | 42 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 48 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 1.030 | 44 | |
9 | Newport County | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 51 | 0.803 | 44 | |
10 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 52 | 0.975 | 41 | |
11 | Brentford | 42 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 1.148 | 40 | |
12 | Exeter City | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 55 | 1.041 | 40 | |
13 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 39 | 0.984 | 40 | |
14 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 0.915 | 39 | |
15 | Coventry City[lower-alpha 1] | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 53 | 0.826 | 37 | |
16 | Norwich City | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 46 | 0.831 | 35 | |
17 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 55 | 0.788 | 35 | |
18 | Northampton Town | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 64 | 0.678 | 35 | |
19 | Southend United | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 52 | 0.831 | 34 | |
20 | Gillingham | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 46 | 0.750 | 32 | |
21 | Watford | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 60 | 0.655 | 32 | Re-elected |
22 | Aberdare Athletic | 42 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 53 | 0.614 | 25 | Failed re-election |
Notes:
- Coventry City was transferred to Third Division South for this season.
Results
Maps
References
- "England 1926-27". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
- "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.