1926–27_Football_League_Second_Division

Football League
Second Division
Season	1926–27
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
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 →

First Division
Season	1926–27
Champions	Newcastle United; 4th title
Relegated	Leeds United; West Bromwich Albion
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,668 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Trotter; (37 goals)
Biggest home win	Derby County 8–0 The Wednesday; (19 March 1927)
Biggest away win	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)
Highest scoring	Bury 7–3 West Bromwich Albion; (11 September 1926); Newcastle United 7–3 Everton; (5 March 1927)
	← 1925–26 1927–28 →

The Football League
Season	1926–27
Champions	Newcastle United
Relegated	Aberdare Athletic
	← 1925–26 1927–28 →

1926–27 Football League

35th season of the Football League

The 1926–27 season was the 35th season of The Football League.

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First Division

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Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away	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	2–2
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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

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Results

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Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division North

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Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Stockport County had two points deducted for fielding Joe Smith without FA permission on 26 March 1927.

Results

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Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division South

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Notes:

Coventry City was transferred from Third Division North for this season.

Results

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Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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[table_hth_STP0.20138722481271-4] Stockport County had two points deducted for fielding Joe Smith without FA permission on 26 March 1927.

[table_note_COV0.85887162101402-5] Coventry City was transferred from Third Division North for this season.

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"England 1926-27". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

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Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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"English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Newcastle United (C)	42	25	6	11	96	58	1.655	56
2	Huddersfield Town	42	17	17	8	76	60	1.267	51
3	Sunderland	42	21	7	14	98	70	1.400	49
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	10	13	84	62	1.355	48
5	Burnley	42	19	9	14	91	80	1.138	47
6	West Ham United	42	19	8	15	86	70	1.229	46
7	Leicester City	42	17	12	13	85	70	1.214	46
8	Sheffield United	42	17	10	15	74	86	0.860	44
9	Liverpool	42	18	7	17	69	61	1.131	43
10	Aston Villa	42	18	7	17	81	83	0.976	43
11	Arsenal	42	17	9	16	77	86	0.895	43
12	Derby County	42	17	7	18	86	73	1.178	41
13	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	9	17	76	78	0.974	41
14	Cardiff City	42	16	9	17	55	65	0.846	41
15	Manchester United	42	13	14	15	52	64	0.813	40
16	The Wednesday	42	15	9	18	75	92	0.815	39
17	Birmingham	42	17	4	21	64	73	0.877	38
18	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	8	19	77	96	0.802	38
19	Bury	42	12	12	18	68	77	0.883	36
20	Everton	42	12	10	20	64	90	0.711	34
21	Leeds United (R)	42	11	8	23	69	88	0.784	30	Relegation to the Second Division
22	West Bromwich Albion (R)	42	11	8	23	65	86	0.756	30	Relegation to the Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
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	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
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	42	10	4	7	35	22	4	6	11	33	59	0.840	38	Transferred to the Third Division South
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	Re-elected

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
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

1926–27_Football_League_Second_Division

1926–27 Football League

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Third Division South

Results

Maps

See also

References

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