Final League Table -
Division I
Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England in 1926-27
Teams in
italics were
relegated to the second division for the following season |
|
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
₧
|
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
Newcastle United |
42 |
19 |
1 |
1 |
64 |
20 |
6 |
5 |
10 |
32 |
38 |
56 |
|
Huddersfield Town |
42 |
13 |
6 |
2 |
41 |
19 |
4 |
11 |
6 |
35 |
41 |
51 |
|
Sunderland |
42 |
15 |
3 |
3 |
70 |
28 |
6 |
4 |
11 |
28 |
42 |
49 |
|
Bolton Wanderers |
42 |
15 |
5 |
1 |
54 |
19 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
30 |
43 |
48 |
|
Burnley |
42 |
15 |
4 |
2 |
55 |
30 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
36 |
50 |
47 |
|
West Ham United |
42 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
50 |
36 |
10 |
2 |
9 |
36 |
34 |
46 |
|
Leicester City |
42 |
13 |
4 |
4 |
58 |
33 |
4 |
8 |
9 |
27 |
37 |
46 |
|
Sheffield
United |
42 |
12 |
6 |
3 |
46 |
33 |
5 |
4 |
12 |
28 |
53 |
44 |
|
Liverpool |
42 |
13 |
4 |
4 |
47 |
27 |
5 |
3 |
13 |
22 |
34 |
43 |
|
Aston Villa |
42 |
11 |
4 |
6 |
51 |
34 |
7 |
3 |
11 |
30 |
49 |
43 |
|
Arsenal |
42 |
12 |
5 |
4 |
47 |
30 |
5 |
4 |
12 |
30 |
56 |
43 |
|
Derby
County |
42 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
60 |
28 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
26 |
45 |
41 |
|
Tottenham Hotspur |
42 |
11 |
4 |
6 |
48 |
33 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
28 |
45 |
41 |
|
Cardiff City |
42 |
12 |
3 |
6 |
31 |
17 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
24 |
48 |
41 |
|
Manchester United |
42 |
9 |
8 |
4 |
29 |
19 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
23 |
45 |
40 |
|
The Wednesday |
42 |
15 |
3 |
3 |
49 |
29 |
0 |
6 |
15 |
26 |
63 |
39 |
|
Birmingham |
42 |
13 |
3 |
5 |
36 |
17 |
4 |
1 |
16 |
28 |
56 |
38 |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
42 |
9 |
5 |
7 |
40 |
40 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
37 |
56 |
38 |
|
Bury |
42 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
43 |
38 |
4 |
7 |
10 |
25 |
39 |
36 |
|
Everton |
42 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
35 |
30 |
2 |
4 |
15 |
29 |
60 |
34 |
|
Leeds United |
42 |
9 |
7 |
5 |
43 |
31 |
2 |
1 |
18 |
26 |
57 |
30 |
|
West Bromwich Albion |
42 |
10 |
4 |
7 |
47 |
33 |
1 |
4 |
16 |
18 |
53 |
30 |
|
Newcastle recorded a
six-match
winning run from 25 December 1926:
Cardiff (h) 5-0, Leeds (a) 2-1, (h) 1-0, Aston V. (a) 2-1,
Bolton (h) 1-0, Derby (h) 3-0, and also won two FA Cup ties during the run, before
losing 3-1 at Manchester United on 9 February 1927.
Middlesbrough, from the second division,
also had
a player representing England. |
|
How The League Was Won 1926-27 Season |
|
Timeline |
37 Saturdays from 28 August 1926 to 7 May 1927 (a week later than
the previous season), plus
the first three Mondays and Wednesdays of the season, Boxing Day
(Monday, 27th December 1926), Good Friday,
15 April 1927 and Easter Monday, 18 April 1927
There were
four other games played on Mondays, and one on a Wednesday in
September, two on a Monday, one on a Tuesday and one on a Wednesday in October,
and one on
a Monday in November. Five games were played on
the last Tuesday of the year (Christmas
Day and New Year's Day were both Saturdays), and one on a Monday in January. Games
were played on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in February, on
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in March, every day except Sunday
in April, and one each on the first Wednesday and Thursday of May.
The
FA Cup took precedence on six weekends from the
third round on 8 January 1927 to the
final on 23 April 1927.
There were three weeks between each round,
apart from two weeks before the sixth round, and four before the
final. Last
league games were on Saturday, 7 May 1927.
|
Saturday, 23 April 1927 |
Huddersfield Town 0 Manchester United 0
Leeds
Road, Huddersfield
(13,870) |
Despite losing at Huddersfield, four days earlier, Newcastle's
draw at Upton Park, coupled with the defending champions'
failure to break down Manchester United's defence, meant that
they only required one more point to end Huddersfield's
three-year reign. In any case, with Newcastle's goal average
being significantly better, it was quite unlikely that
Huddersfield would catch them in the two remaining games. |
West Ham United 1 Newcastle United 1
Boleyn Ground, London
(29,722)
Ruffell
~
Seymour |
|
Saturday, 30 April 1927 |
Newcastle United 2 The Wednesday 1
St
James' Park, Newcastle
(28,421)
Gallacher (2)
~
Strange |
|
The title was never in doubt, but
Newcastle wrapped it up, thanks to two goals from star striker
and captain, Hughie Gallacher, as Huddersfield crashed 4-0 at
Bolton. |
|
|
The Elite League 1926-27 Season
(games between the top four) |
Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United replaced Arsenal and
Bury from the previous season's top four.
Games played between the top two:-
|
Friday, 15 April 1927 |
Newcastle United 1 Huddersfield Town 0
St James' Park, Newcastle
(60,149)
Gallacher |
|
Tuesday, 19 April 1927 |
Huddersfield Town 1 Newcastle United 0
Leeds Road, Huddersfield
(44,636)
Brown |
|
|
The Continuous Post-War League
1919-27
(eight seasons) |
|
Bolton reduced Liverpool's lead
to eleven points.
Huddersfield increased their
lead to eleven points. |
|
Champions: Newcastle United |
Manager:
Frank
Watt
1926-27
Most Appearances
by England Players |
|
Name |
Played |
Goals |
|
Frank Hudspeth |
42 |
3 |
|
Tommy Urwin |
39 |
|
|
Charlie Spencer |
34 |
|
|
Frank Hudspeth, Charlie Spencer and Tommy Urwin did not play for England in the 1926-27 season. |
|
1926-27
Most Goals
by England Players |
|
Name |
Played |
Goals |
|
Frank Hudspeth |
42 |
3 |
The Wednesday's Jimmy Trotter was top scorer with 37 goals,
one more than two Scotsmen; Newcastle's Hughie Gallacher, and Dave Halliday of Sunderland,
on 36.
|
|
England and the Football
League 1926-27 Season |
|
England's impact on the Football League |
Of the 33 playing positions used
during the active 1926-27 season, Football League players provided
32 of them, and of the eight goals scored, League players scored
all of them.
15 of the 22 first division clubs were
represented, plus Middlesbrough from the second division.
15 Football League games had a direct impact on
two of England's games, on 12 February 1927 and
2 April 1927.
As a
result, on 12 February, England took Aston Villa's Billy Walker, Blackburn's
Arthur Rigby, Bolton's Harry Nuttall and Jimmy Seddon, Burnley's
Louis Page and George Waterfield, Everton's Bill Dean,
Huddersfield's George Brown, Leeds' Willis Edwards, Middlesbrough's
Billy Pease, Sheffield United's George Green, and Jack Brown of The Wednesday.
On 2 April, George Brown, Jack
Brown, Dean, Edwards, Page and
Rigby
were again missing from their clubs, as were Arsenal's Joe
Hulme, Blackburn's
Herbert Jones,
Burnley's Jack Hill, Huddersfield's Roy Goodall and Bob Kelly,
Leicester's Sid Bishop, and Fred Kean of The Wednesday. |
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