1926–27 in English football

The 1926–27 season was the 52nd season of competitive football in England.

Events

This was the season in which George Camsell scored an astounding 59 goals in 37 league appearances for Middlesbrough^[1]

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Newcastle United (4)	Huddersfield Town
Second Division	Middlesbrough	Portsmouth
Third Division North	Stoke City	Rochdale
Third Division South	Bristol City	Plymouth Argyle
FA Cup	Cardiff City (1)	Arsenal
Charity Shield	Amateurs XI	Professionals XI
Home Championship	Shared by  England and  Scotland

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

League table

First Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Newcastle United	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	42	11	8	23	69	88	0.784	30
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	8	23	65	86	0.756	30

Second Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Middlesbrough	42	27	8	7	122	60	2.033	62
2	Portsmouth	42	23	8	11	87	49	1.776	54
3	Manchester City	42	22	10	10	108	61	1.770	54
4	Chelsea	42	20	12	10	62	52	1.192	52
5	Nottingham Forest	42	18	14	10	80	55	1.455	50
6	Preston North End	42	20	9	13	74	72	1.028	49
7	Hull City	42	20	7	15	63	52	1.212	47
8	Port Vale	42	16	13	13	88	78	1.128	45
9	Blackpool	42	18	8	16	95	80	1.188	44
10	Oldham Athletic	42	19	6	17	74	84	0.881	44
11	Barnsley	42	17	9	16	88	87	1.011	43
12	Swansea Town	42	16	11	15	68	72	0.944	43
13	Southampton	42	15	12	15	60	62	0.968	42
14	Reading	42	16	8	18	64	72	0.889	40
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	7	21	73	75	0.973	35
16	Notts County	42	15	5	22	70	96	0.729	35
17	Grimsby Town	42	11	12	19	74	91	0.813	34
18	Fulham	42	13	8	21	58	92	0.630	34
19	South Shields	42	11	11	20	71	96	0.740	33
20	Clapton Orient	42	12	7	23	60	96	0.625	31
21	Darlington	42	12	6	24	79	98	0.806	30
22	Bradford City	42	7	9	26	50	88	0.568	23

Third Division North

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Stoke City	42	27	9	6	92	40	2.300	63
2	Rochdale	42	26	6	10	105	65	1.615	58
3	Bradford Park Avenue	42	24	7	11	101	59	1.712	55
4	Halifax Town	42	21	11	10	70	53	1.321	53
5	Nelson	42	22	7	13	104	75	1.387	51
6	Stockport County*	42	22	7	13	93	69	1.348	49
7	Chesterfield	42	21	5	16	92	68	1.353	47
8	Doncaster Rovers	42	18	11	13	81	65	1.246	47
9	Tranmere Rovers	42	19	8	15	85	67	1.269	46
10	New Brighton	42	18	10	14	79	67	1.179	46
11	Lincoln City	42	15	12	15	90	78	1.154	42
12	Southport	42	15	9	18	80	85	0.941	39
13	Wrexham	42	14	10	18	65	73	0.890	38
14	Walsall	42	14	10	18	68	81	0.840	38
15	Crewe Alexandra	42	14	9	19	71	81	0.877	37
16	Ashington	42	12	12	18	60	90	0.667	36
17	Hartlepools United	42	14	6	22	66	81	0.815	34
18	Wigan Borough	42	11	10	21	66	83	0.795	32
19	Rotherham United	42	10	12	20	70	92	0.761	32
20	Durham City	42	12	6	24	58	105	0.552	30
21	Accrington Stanley	42	10	7	25	62	98	0.633	27
22	Barrow	42	7	8	27	34	117	0.291	22

* Stockport County were docked two points for fielding an ineligible player.

Third Division South

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Bristol City	42	27	8	7	104	54	1.926	62
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	25	10	7	95	61	1.557	60
3	Millwall	42	23	10	9	89	51	1.745	56
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	21	11	10	79	50	1.580	53
5	Swindon Town	42	21	9	12	100	85	1.176	51
6	Crystal Palace	42	18	9	15	84	81	1.037	45
7	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	18	8	16	78	66	1.182	44
8	Luton Town	42	15	14	13	68	66	1.030	44
9	Newport County	42	19	6	17	57	71	0.803	44
10	Bristol Rovers	42	16	9	17	78	80	0.975	41
11	Brentford	42	13	14	15	70	61	1.148	40
12	Exeter City	42	15	10	17	76	73	1.041	40
13	Charlton Athletic	42	16	8	18	60	61	0.984	40
14	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	9	18	65	71	0.915	39
15	Coventry City	42	15	7	20	71	86	0.826	37
16	Norwich City	42	12	11	19	59	71	0.831	35
17	Merthyr Town	42	13	9	20	63	80	0.787	35
18	Northampton Town	42	15	5	22	59	87	0.678	35
19	Southend United	42	14	6	22	64	77	0.831	34
20	Gillingham	42	11	10	21	54	72	0.750	32
21	Watford	42	12	8	22	57	87	0.655	32
22	Aberdare Athletic	42	9	7	26	62	101	0.614	25

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

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

Belgium  v  England

11 May 1927

Belgium	1–9	England
Florimond Vanhalme		Dixie Dean 3, George Brown 2, Arthur Rigby 2, Louis Page, Joe Hulme

Oscar Bossaert Stadium, Brussels

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Luxembourg  v  England

21 May 1927

Luxembourg	2–5	England
A. Hubert, L. Lefevre		Dixie Dean 3, Robert Kelly, Syd Bishop

Stade de la Frontière, Luxembourg

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France  v  England

26 May 1927

France	0–6	England
		Dixie Dean 2, George Brown 2, Arthur Rigby, Own Goal

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris

References

1. "Season 26/27 League 2". Retrieved 16 June 2011.