1925–26 Football League

The Football League

Season	1925–26
Champions	Huddersfield Town
← 1924–25 1926–27 →

The 1925–26 season was the 34th season of The 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

First Division

Season	1925–26
Champions	Huddersfield Town 3rd English title
Relegated	Manchester City Notts County
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,703 (3.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ted Harper (43 goals)
Biggest home win	Aston Villa 10–0 Burnley (29 April 1926)
Biggest away win	Newcastle United 1–7 Blackburn Rovers (9 September 1925) Birmingham 1–7 Burnley (10 April 1926)
Highest scoring	Sheffield United 11–2 Cardiff City (1 January 1926)
← 1924–25 1926–27 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Huddersfield Town (C)	42	23	11	8	92	60	1.533	57
2	Arsenal	42	22	8	12	87	63	1.381	52
3	Sunderland	42	21	6	15	96	80	1.200	48
4	Bury	42	20	7	15	85	77	1.104	47
5	Sheffield United	42	19	8	15	102	82	1.244	46
6	Aston Villa	42	16	12	14	86	76	1.132	44
7	Liverpool	42	14	16	12	70	63	1.111	44
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	17	10	15	75	76	0.987	44
9	Manchester United	42	19	6	17	66	73	0.904	44
10	Newcastle United	42	16	10	16	84	75	1.120	42
11	Everton	42	12	18	12	72	70	1.029	42
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	11	16	91	80	1.138	41
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	8	18	79	78	1.013	40
14	Birmingham	42	16	8	18	66	81	0.815	40
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	9	18	66	79	0.835	39
16	Cardiff City	42	16	7	19	61	76	0.803	39
17	Leicester City	42	14	10	18	70	80	0.875	38
18	West Ham United	42	15	7	20	63	76	0.829	37
19	Leeds United	42	14	8	20	64	76	0.842	36
20	Burnley	42	13	10	19	85	108	0.787	36
21	Manchester City (R)	42	12	11	19	89	100	0.890	35	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Notts County (R)	42	13	7	22	54	74	0.730	33

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

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BOL	BUR	BRY	CAR	EVE	HUD	LEE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NTC	SHU	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU
Arsenal		2–0	3–0	4–2	2–3	1–2	6–1	5–0	4–1	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–2
Aston Villa	3–0		3–3	1–2	2–2	10–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	4–2	3–0	2–1	2–0
Birmingham	1–0	2–1		2–0	0–1	1–7	2–3	3–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–0
Blackburn Rovers	2–3	3–1	4–4		3–0	6–3	1–2	6–3	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–3	7–0	1–2	4–1	3–1	3–0	4–2	1–2	1–0
Bolton Wanderers	1–1	1–3	5–3	2–2		4–2	3–2	0–1	0–2	6–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	5–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–0
Burnley	2–2	2–3	3–1	1–3	1–1		2–2	4–1	1–3	1–1	6–3	4–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	5–2	1–2	3–4	2–2
Bury	2–2	2–3	2–1	3–1	0–5	8–1		4–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	0–1	6–5	1–3	1–1	3–1	7–4	2–2	3–0	2–0	4–1
Cardiff City	0–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	2–3	3–2		2–1	1–2	0–0	5–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–1
Everton	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		2–3	4–2	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–3	3–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–0
Huddersfield Town	2–2	5–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0		3–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	5–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1
Leeds United	4–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–4		1–0	1–1	3–4	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–1	5–2
Leicester City	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	5–2	3–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–3		3–1	2–3	1–3	3–2	1–0	2–2	4–1	5–3	3–0	1–1
Liverpool	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	0–1	0–2	5–1	1–2	1–1	0–3		2–1	5–0	6–3	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–0
Manchester City	2–5	4–2	2–4	0–1	1–1	8–3	0–2	3–2	4–4	1–5	2–1	5–1	1–1		1–1	2–2	1–1	2–4	4–1	0–0	3–1	2–0
Manchester United	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	6–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–3	1–6		2–1	0–1	1–2	5–1	0–0	3–2	2–1
Newcastle United	7–0	2–2	1–3	1–7	5–1	1–3	4–0	0–1	3–3	0–2	3–0	3–2	3–0	3–2	4–1		6–3	3–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	4–1
Notts County	4–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	4–1	2–4	0–3	4–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–3		2–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	1–1
Sheffield United	4–0	4–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	6–1	3–1	11–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–4	3–1	8–3	2–0	4–3	3–0		4–1	2–3	3–2	1–1
Sunderland	2–1	3–2	3–1	6–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	7–3	4–1	1–3	3–0	3–2	5–3	2–1	2–2	3–1	6–1		3–0	4–0	4–1
Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	2–2	2–1	4–2	2–3	0–2	4–2	1–2	1–1	5–5	3–2	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	4–0	3–2	0–2		3–2	4–2
West Bromwich Albion	2–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	0–3	5–3	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–3	4–1	5–1	4–0	4–4	2–0	2–5	1–0		7–1
West Ham United	0–4	5–2	2–2	2–1	6–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–2	3–1	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Tottenham

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

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

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Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1925–26
Champions	The Wednesday (2nd title)
Relegated	Stockport County Stoke
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,487 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Trotter (The Wednesday), 37
Biggest home win	Darlington – Portsmouth 7–1 (24 Oct 1925) Wolverhampton Wanderers – Barnsley 7–1 (26 Apr 1926) Darlington – Clapton Orient 6–0 (13 Feb 1926)
Biggest away win	Port Vale – Chelsea 0–6 (5 Sept 1925)
Highest scoring	Oldham Athletic – Nottingham Forest 8–3 (1 Mar 1926)
← 1924–25 1926–27 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	The Wednesday	42	19	0	2	61	17	8	6	7	27	31	1.833	60	Division Champions, promoted
2	Derby County	42	17	2	2	57	17	8	5	8	20	25	1.833	57	Promoted
3	Chelsea	42	10	7	4	42	22	9	7	5	34	27	1.551	52
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	4	2	55	15	6	3	12	29	45	1.400	49
5	Swansea Town	42	13	6	2	50	16	6	5	10	27	41	1.351	49
6	Blackpool	42	12	6	3	41	16	5	5	11	35	53	1.101	45
7	Oldham Athletic	42	14	4	3	52	24	4	4	13	22	38	1.194	44
8	Port Vale	42	15	3	3	53	18	4	3	14	26	51	1.145	44
9	South Shields	42	11	6	4	50	29	7	2	12	24	36	1.138	44
10	Middlesbrough	42	14	1	6	56	28	7	1	13	21	40	1.132	44
11	Portsmouth	42	12	4	5	48	27	5	6	10	31	47	1.068	44
12	Preston North End	42	17	2	2	54	28	1	5	15	17	56	0.845	43
13	Hull City	42	11	4	6	40	19	5	5	11	23	42	1.033	41
14	Southampton	42	11	2	8	39	25	4	6	11	24	38	1.000	38
15	Darlington	42	9	5	7	51	31	5	5	11	21	46	0.935	38
16	Bradford City	42	9	5	7	28	26	4	5	12	19	40	0.712	36
17	Nottingham Forest	42	11	4	6	38	25	3	4	14	13	48	0.699	36
18	Barnsley	42	10	7	4	38	22	2	5	14	20	62	0.690	36
19	Fulham	42	8	6	7	32	29	3	6	12	14	48	0.597	34
20	Clapton Orient	42	8	6	7	30	21	4	3	14	20	44	0.769	33
21	Stoke City	42	8	5	8	32	23	4	3	14	22	54	0.701	32	Relegated
22	Stockport County	42	8	7	6	34	28	0	2	19	17	69	0.526	25

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	CHE	CLA	DAR	DER	FUL	HUL	MID	NOT	OLD	POR	PTV	PNE	SOU	SSH	STP	STK	SWA	WED	WOL
Barnsley		2–0	0–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	3–4	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
Blackpool	4–0		3–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–3	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–0
Bradford City	4–1	1–0		4–2	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–5	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–4	1–2
Chelsea	3–2	2–3	2–0		1–3	5–2	2–1	4–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	5–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	3–3
Clapton Orient	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–2		1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–1
Darlington	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	6–0		3–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	7–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	3–2	1–2	3–3	5–1	3–4
Derby County	4–0	5–2	0–0	4–2	3–1	0–2		3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	7–3	5–0	4–1	2–0
Fulham	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–2	4–0	1–1		1–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–3	3–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–4	0–1	3–0	1–2
Hull City	2–2	1–2	5–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–2	4–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	1–0	4–2	0–1	3–1
Middlesbrough	5–0	3–2	2–5	1–2	1–2	3–2	1–2	4–0	3–3		1–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	5–1	3–0	1–2	4–0	3–0	0–3	3–0	4–1
Nottingham Forest	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–5	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	4–0	1–0		1–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–4
Oldham Athletic	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	4–1	8–3		1–3	3–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	7–2	0–0	1–1	1–2
Portsmouth	1–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–5	5–1	0–2		3–2	5–2	1–2	4–2	4–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–0
Port Vale	3–0	5–0	2–0	0–6	4–2	6–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–1		3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–3	3–0
Preston North End	4–2	6–4	3–1	3–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	4–0		2–2	0–4	5–3	2–0	4–2	0–3	1–0
Southampton	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–3	2–0		0–1	3–0	1–2	4–1	1–2	4–2
South Shields	3–0	3–4	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–4	0–0	5–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	0–0	5–1	5–2	1–1	2–0		4–2	5–1	3–1	1–1	3–1
Stockport County	1–1	4–3	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	3–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	4–1		2–1	1–3	0–2	1–0
Stoke	1–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	6–1	0–1	5–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–0		1–1	0–1	0–0
Swansea Town	3–0	6–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–1		2–2	2–4
The Wednesday	3–0	2–0	5–1	4–1	3–0	4–0	1–4	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	4–2	0–2	5–1	2–1	1–0	6–2	2–0	3–1		2–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	5–1	5–1	2–3	1–2

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.

Maps

Chelsea

Clapton Orient

Fulham

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Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

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

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Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1925–26
Champions	Grimsby Town (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,628 (3.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Cookson (Chesterfield), 44
← 1924–25 1926–27 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Grimsby Town	42	20	1	0	61	8	6	8	7	30	32	2.275	61	Division Champions, promoted
2	Bradford Park Avenue	42	18	2	1	65	10	8	6	7	36	33	2.349	60
3	Rochdale	42	16	1	4	55	25	11	4	6	49	33	1.793	59
4	Chesterfield	42	18	2	1	70	19	7	3	11	30	35	1.852	55
5	Halifax Town	42	12	5	4	34	19	5	6	10	19	31	1.060	45
6	Hartlepools United	42	15	5	1	59	23	3	3	15	23	50	1.123	44
7	Tranmere Rovers	42	15	2	4	45	27	4	4	13	28	56	0.880	44
8	Nelson	42	12	8	1	67	29	4	3	14	22	42	1.254	43
9	Ashington	42	11	6	4	44	23	5	5	11	26	39	1.129	43
10	Doncaster Rovers	42	11	7	3	52	25	5	4	12	28	47	1.111	43
11	Crewe Alexandra	42	14	3	4	43	23	3	6	12	20	38	1.033	43
12	New Brighton	42	13	4	4	51	29	4	4	13	18	38	1.030	42
13	Durham City	42	14	5	2	45	19	4	1	16	18	51	0.900	42
14	Rotherham United	42	13	3	5	44	28	4	4	13	25	64	0.750	41
15	Lincoln City	42	14	2	5	42	28	3	3	15	24	54	0.805	39
16	Coventry City	42	13	6	2	47	19	3	0	18	26	63	0.890	38	Transferred to the Third Division South
17	Wigan Borough	42	12	5	4	53	22	1	6	14	15	52	0.919	37
18	Accrington Stanley	42	14	0	7	49	34	3	3	15	32	71	0.771	37
19	Wrexham	42	9	6	6	39	31	2	4	15	24	61	0.685	32
20	Southport	42	9	6	6	37	34	2	4	15	25	58	0.674	32
21	Walsall	42	9	4	8	40	34	1	2	18	18	73	0.542	26	Re-elected
22	Barrow	42	4	2	15	28	49	3	2	16	22	49	0.510	18

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	BPA	CHF	COV	CRE	DON	DUR	GRI	HAL	HAR	LIN	NEL	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	TRA	WAL	WIG	WRE
Accrington Stanley		2–1	2–0	1–4	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	3–2	0–2	1–3	2–3	4–3	4–3	5–2	4–0	4–2
Ashington	3–1		1–4	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	6–1	0–1	4–2	0–1	2–0	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	2–2
Barrow	1–2	2–3		0–1	0–3	1–4	0–1	0–2	1–4	0–3	1–2	1–4	3–0	1–0	2–3	1–3	1–2	0–3	3–3	5–2	1–1	4–3
Bradford Park Avenue	3–0	1–0	3–0		1–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	4–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	6–1	6–1	3–0	8–0	6–1	1–1
Chesterfield	7–2	6–1	3–1	1–1		4–3	4–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	6–1	3–0	4–0	4–0	4–0	3–1
Coventry City	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–4		2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	5–2	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	7–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–0
Crewe Alexandra	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–1		2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–4	4–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0
Doncaster Rovers	6–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–0	8–1	5–2		4–1	1–4	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	6–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Durham City	5–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	5–2	4–1	1–1	3–0		0–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	5–1	3–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1
Grimsby Town	5–2	3–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–1		1–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	8–0	5–1	1–1	1–0
Halifax Town	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–2		2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	5–1	3–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	2–1
Hartlepool	5–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		4–2	2–0	6–1	4–2	2–1	5–0	3–2	9–3	0–0	5–0
Lincoln City	3–1	2–0	4–3	1–1	2–1	0–3	2–2	3–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	2–1		1–0	3–1	0–2	0–3	3–0	1–3	5–1	2–1	3–2
Nelson	1–0	2–2	3–3	2–2	3–3	4–1	2–1	5–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	5–2	5–2		1–1	1–3	3–0	3–3	7–0	2–0	7–0	5–1
New Brighton	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	5–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–4	2–1	3–2	5–0	0–0		3–0	5–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	4–2	2–2
Rochdale	3–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–4	4–1	2–0	4–1	5–0	5–2	2–1	6–0	0–1	2–0	2–1		2–2	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–2
Rotherham United	3–1	5–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–0	0–4		5–2	2–0	4–1	1–0	6–2
Southport	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	3–3	6–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–7	1–1		2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1
Tranmere	2–2	1–4	3–0	3–2	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–1	3–5	3–1	1–0		2–1	5–1	4–1
Walsall	3–3	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	4–1	0–3	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	3–1	1–5	4–1	2–2	1–3		0–1	5–1
Wigan Borough	5–0	0–2	4–1	1–3	2–0	5–1	3–1	0–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–3	5–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–0		6–0
Wrexham	5–6	2–3	0–0	4–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–0

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.

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

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Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1925–26
Champions	Reading (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,555 (3.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jack Cock (Plymouth Argyle), 32
← 1924–25 1926–27 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Reading	42	16	5	0	49	16	7	6	8	28	36	1.481	57	Division Champions, promoted
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	16	2	3	71	33	8	6	7	36	34	1.597	56
3	Millwall	42	14	6	1	52	12	7	5	9	21	27	1.872	53
4	Bristol City	42	14	3	4	42	15	7	6	8	30	36	1.412	51
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	12	4	5	47	33	7	5	9	37	40	1.151	47
6	Swindon Town	42	16	2	3	48	22	4	4	13	21	42	1.078	46
7	Luton Town	42	16	4	1	60	25	2	3	16	20	50	1.067	43
8	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	10	5	6	44	30	7	4	10	31	61	0.824	43
9	Aberdare Athletic	42	11	6	4	50	24	6	2	13	24	42	1.121	42
10	Gillingham	42	11	4	6	36	19	6	4	11	17	30	1.082	42
11	Southend United	42	13	2	6	50	20	6	2	13	28	53	1.068	42
12	Northampton Town	42	13	3	5	47	26	4	4	13	35	54	1.025	41
13	Crystal Palace	42	16	1	4	50	21	3	2	16	25	58	0.949	41
14	Merthyr Town	42	13	3	5	51	25	1	8	12	18	50	0.920	39
15	Watford	42	12	5	4	47	26	3	4	14	26	63	0.820	39
16	Norwich City	42	11	5	5	35	26	4	4	13	23	47	0.795	39
17	Newport County	42	11	5	5	39	27	3	5	13	25	47	0.865	38
18	Brentford	42	12	4	5	44	32	4	2	15	25	62	0.734	38
19	Bristol Rovers	42	9	4	8	44	28	6	2	13	22	41	0.957	36
20	Exeter City	42	13	2	6	54	25	2	3	16	18	45	1.029	35
21	Charlton Athletic	42	9	7	5	32	23	2	6	13	16	45	0.706	35	Re-elected
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	5	7	9	23	32	1	2	18	14	52	0.440	21

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ADE	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRI	BRR	CHA	CRY	EXE	GIL	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	QPR	REA	STD	SWI	WAT
Aberdare Athletic		3–3	3–0	2–2	3–3	0–1	3–1	2–0	5–0	0–1	2–5	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	6–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	8–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–0		3–2	0–3	1–1	2–0	4–1	6–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–2	4–2	2–2	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–4
Brentford	1–0	0–2		1–6	2–1	4–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	3–4	5–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–3	3–1	4–3
Brighton & Hove Albion	6–2	3–4	3–2		0–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–3	1–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	3–1	3–1
Bristol City	1–0	5–0	3–0	1–0		0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–4	5–1	1–0
Bristol Rovers	0–3	7–2	1–2	4–0	0–1		4–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–3	5–0	4–2	2–0	1–2	2–1
Charlton Athletic	1–0	5–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–1		1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–4	0–0	3–3	3–0	0–5	1–1	1–2	5–0	2–0	1–1
Crystal Palace	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	5–2	0–2	4–1		3–2	0–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	4–2	1–0	2–0	5–5	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	4–0
Exeter City	4–0	0–1	6–1	2–4	1–1	3–0	5–3	0–1		2–1	2–2	6–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	3–0	3–2	0–1	1–2	6–1
Gillingham	0–1	1–2	1–3	3–1	0–1	6–3	0–0	1–1	2–0		2–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	3–1	0–1	0–1
Luton Town	2–1	4–1	4–2	3–3	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	5–3		4–0	2–2	4–2	3–2	3–2	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	5–0
Merthyr Town	1–1	0–2	6–0	0–1	3–2	2–3	0–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	2–1		0–2	4–1	5–3	3–1	1–1	1–0	5–2	5–1	2–1	4–1
Millwall	4–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	7–0	1–1		3–3	4–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	8–1	3–0	3–0
Newport County	0–0	1–2	2–3	4–3	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–3	3–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–0		3–0	1–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–4	3–3
Northampton Town	3–2	1–1	6–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	3–1	2–0		3–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	3–3	2–0	2–2
Norwich City	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–0	3–0	4–3	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1		0–3	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–1
Plymouth Argyle	7–2	7–2	4–0	5–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	6–2	2–2	2–1	4–3	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–4	6–3		3–1	1–3	6–2	1–1	2–1
Queens Park Rangers	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	3–2	0–1	0–4		1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0
Reading	2–1	5–2	7–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–1		1–0	2–0	4–1
Southend	0–1	3–0	3–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	5–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	4–1	6–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–2		3–0	0–1
Swindon Town	2–1	8–2	2–1	1–0	1–3	4–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0		5–3
Watford	2–0	0–0	2–2	3–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	6–1	0–1	5–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–4	3–2

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.

Maps

Brentford

Charlton Athletic

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

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

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

See also

• 1925–26 in English football
• 1925 in association football
• 1926 in association football

References

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