1925–26 Football League

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 website 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.

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

3rd English title Notts County (43 goals) (29 April 1926) (9 September 1925) Birmingham 1–7 Burnley (10 April 1926) (1 January 1926)

Results

Maps

Arsenal Tottenham West Ham

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

Second Division Stoke Wolverhampton Wanderers – Barnsley 7–1 (26 Apr 1926) Darlington – Clapton Orient 6–0 (13 Feb 1926)

Results

Maps

Chelsea Clapton Orient Fulham

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

Third Division North

Results

Maps

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

Third Division South

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Results

|match_ADE_B&BA=3–3 |match_ADE_B&HA=2–2

|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_ADE=3–0 |match_B&BA_BRE=3–2 |match_B&BA_B&HA=0–3 |match_B&BA_BRI=1–1 |match_B&BA_BRR=2–0 |match_B&BA_CHA=4–1 |match_B&BA_CRY=6–1 |match_B&BA_EXE=2–1 |match_B&BA_GIL=1–2 |match_B&BA_LUT=2–2 |match_B&BA_MER=2–1 |match_B&BA_MIL=0–0 |match_B&BA_NPC=0–2 |match_B&BA_NOR=4–2 |match_B&BA_NWC=2–2 |match_B&BA_PLY=1–2 |match_B&BA_QPR=4–1 |match_B&BA_REA=1–1 |match_B&BA_STD=1–2 |match_B&BA_SWI=2–0 |match_B&BA_WAT=3–4

|match_BRE_B&BA=0–2 |match_BRE_B&HA=1–6

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_ADE=6–2 |match_B&HA_B&BA=3–4 |match_B&HA_BRE=3–2 |match_B&HA_BRI=0–0 |match_B&HA_BRR=2–3 |match_B&HA_CHA=1–0 |match_B&HA_CRY=3–2 |match_B&HA_EXE=1–3 |match_B&HA_GIL=1–2 |match_B&HA_LUT=2–0 |match_B&HA_MER=3–1 |match_B&HA_MIL=3–1 |match_B&HA_NPC=2–1 |match_B&HA_NOR=2–2 |match_B&HA_NWC=1–1 |match_B&HA_PLY=1–2 |match_B&HA_QPR=2–1 |match_B&HA_REA=2–2 |match_B&HA_STD=3–2 |match_B&HA_SWI=3–1 |match_B&HA_WAT=3–1

|match_BRI_B&BA=5–0 |match_BRI_B&HA=1–0

|match_BRR_B&BA=7–2 |match_BRR_B&HA=4–0

|match_CHA_B&BA=5–0 |match_CHA_B&HA=1–1

|match_CRY_B&BA=3–1 |match_CRY_B&HA=2–1

|match_EXE_B&BA=0–1 |match_EXE_B&HA=2–4

|match_GIL_B&BA=1–2 |match_GIL_B&HA=3–1

|match_LUT_B&BA=4–1 |match_LUT_B&HA=3–3

|match_MER_B&BA=0–2 |match_MER_B&HA=0–1

|match_MIL_B&BA=0–1 |match_MIL_B&HA=2–0

|match_NPC_B&BA=1–2 |match_NPC_B&HA=4–3

|match_NOR_B&BA=1–1 |match_NOR_B&HA=1–2

|match_NWC_B&BA=3–1 |match_NWC_B&HA=1–2

|match_PLY_B&BA=7–2 |match_PLY_B&HA=5–3

|match_QPR_B&BA=2–2 |match_QPR_B&HA=0–2

|match_REA_B&BA=5–2 |match_REA_B&HA=0–0

|match_STD_B&BA=3–0 |match_STD_B&HA=4–0

|match_SWI_B&BA=8–2 |match_SWI_B&HA=1–0

|match_WAT_B&BA=0–0 |match_WAT_B&HA=3–3

Maps

Brentford Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford

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:

First Division

!#!!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

!#!!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 |- |} }}

References

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

References

1. Carosi, Julian. (2006). "The History of Offside".
2. "England 1925-26". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
3. Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
4. "English League Leading Goalscorers".
5. "Historical attendances".