1926–27 in English football

Overview

This was the season in which George Camsell scored an astounding 59 goals in 37 league appearances for Middlesbrough

Honours

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

Main article: 1926–27 Football League

First Division

Second Division

Third Division North

Third Division South

Top goalscorers

First Division

• Jimmy Trotter (The Wednesday) – 37 goals

Second Division

• George Camsell (Middlesbrough) – 59 goals

Third Division North

• Albert Whitehurst (Rochdale) – 44 goals

Third Division South

• Harry Morris (Swindon Town) – 47 goals

FA Cup

The 1927 FA Cup Final was won by Cardiff City, who beat Arsenal 1–0.

National team

The England national football team had a successful season, drawing first place in the 1927 British Home Championship with Scotland and then winning all three matches of a tour to France and the Low Countries, scoring twenty goals and only conceding three in return.

European tour

date = 11 May 1927 | team1 = | score = 1–9 | team2 = | goals1 = Florimond Vanhalme | goals2 = Dixie Dean 3, George Brown 2, Arthur Rigby 2, Louis Page, Joe Hulme | stadium = Oscar Bossaert Stadium, Brussels}}

date = 21 May 1927 | team1 = | score = 2–5 | team2 = | goals1 = A. Hubert, L. Lefevre | goals2 = Dixie Dean 3, Robert Kelly, Sid Bishop | stadium = Stade de la Frontière, Luxembourg}}

date = 26 May 1927 | team1 = | score = 0–6 | team2 = | goals1 = | goals2 = Dixie Dean 2, George Brown 2, Arthur Rigby, Own goal | stadium = Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris}}

References

References

1. "Season 26/27 League 2".
2. "English League Leading Goalscorers".
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers".