1926–27 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 website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, 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

4th title West Bromwich Albion (37 goals) (19 March 1927) (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) (11 September 1926) Newcastle United 7–3 Everton (5 March 1927)

Results

Maps

Arsenal Tottenham West Ham

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

Second Division Darlington Manchester City – Bradford City 8–0 (7 Mar 1927)

Results

Maps

Chelsea Clapton Orient Fulham

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

Third Division North

Results

Maps

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

Third Division South

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Results

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

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

|match_BRE_B&BA=0–0 |match_BRE_B&HA=4–0

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_ADE=3–1 |match_B&HA_B&BA=0–2 |match_B&HA_BRE=1–1 |match_B&HA_BRI=3–0 |match_B&HA_BRR=7–0 |match_B&HA_CHA=3–2 |match_B&HA_COV=1–1 |match_B&HA_CRY=1–1 |match_B&HA_EXE=5–2 |match_B&HA_GIL=3–2 |match_B&HA_LUT=1–1 |match_B&HA_MER=4–0 |match_B&HA_MIL=3–1 |match_B&HA_NPC=1–0 |match_B&HA_NOR=2–0 |match_B&HA_NWC=3–2 |match_B&HA_PLY=1–2 |match_B&HA_QPR=4–1 |match_B&HA_STD=2–1 |match_B&HA_SWI=9–3 |match_B&HA_WAT=4–1

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

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

|match_CHA_B&BA=1–3 |match_CHA_B&HA=1–0

|match_COV_B&BA=6–2 |match_COV_B&HA=1–2

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

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

|match_GIL_B&BA=1–0 |match_GIL_B&HA=2–3

|match_LUT_B&BA=4–0 |match_LUT_B&HA=4–0

|match_MER_B&BA=4–6 |match_MER_B&HA=1–0

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

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

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

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

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

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

|match_STD_B&BA=0–3 |match_STD_B&HA=0–1

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

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

Maps

Brentford Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford

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:

Division One

References

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

References

1. "England 1926-27".
2. Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers".
4. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1927.htm