Football League Second Division 1925/26

Football League Second Division 1925/26
master	The Wednesday
Climbers	The Wednesday, Derby County
Relegated	Stoke FC , Stockport County
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,487  (ø 3.22 per game)
Top scorer	Jimmy Trotter ( The Wednesday )
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The Football League Second Division 1925/26 was the 30th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 29, 1925 and ended on May 1, 1926.

The Wednesday from Sheffield became second division champions and the second-placed Derby County also rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1926/27, the two first division clubs Manchester City and Notts County ranked in the table below . FC Stoke and Stockport County had to relegate from the Second Division , with both clubs henceforth having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North . Instead of the two clubs in the following season 1926/27 Third Division North champions Grimsby Town and from the Football League Third Division South the winner Reading FC took the vacant positions.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	The Wednesday	42	27	6th	9	088:480	1.83	60:24
2.	Derby County	42	25th	7th	10	077:420	1.83	57:27
3.	Chelsea FC	42	19th	14th	9	076:490	1.55	52:32
4th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	21st	7th	14th	084:600	1.40	49:35
5.	Swansea Town (N)	42	19th	11	12	077:570	1.35	49:35
6th	Blackpool FC	42	17th	11	14th	076:690	1.10	45:39
7th	Oldham Athletic	42	18th	8th	16	074:620	1.19	44:40
8th.	Port Vale	42	19th	6th	17th	079:690	1.14	44:40
9.	South Shields FC	42	18th	8th	16	074:650	1.14	44:40
10.	Middlesbrough FC	42	21st	2	19th	077:680	1.13	44:40
11.	Portsmouth FC	42	17th	10	15th	079:740	1.07	44:40
12.	Preston North End (A)	42	18th	7th	17th	071:840	0.85	43:41
13.	Hull City	42	16	9	17th	063:610	1.03	41:43
14th	Southampton FC	42	15th	8th	19th	063:630	1.00	38:46
15th	Darlington FC (N)	42	14th	10	18th	072:770	0.94	38:46
16.	Bradford City	42	13	10	19th	047:660	0.71	36:48
17th	Nottingham Forest (A)	42	14th	8th	20th	051:730	0.70	36:48
18th	Barnsley FC	42	12	12	18th	058:840	0.69	36:48
19th	Fulham FC	42	11	12	19th	046:770	0.60	34:50
20th	Clapton Orient	42	12	9	21st	050:650	0.77	33:51
21st	FC Stoke	42	12	8th	22nd	054:770	0.70	32:52
22nd	Stockport County	42	8th	9	25th	051:970	0.53	25:59

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1926/27

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1926/27

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1924/25
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1924/25

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1925/26	BAR	BLP	BRA	CHE	CLO	DAR	OF THE	FUL	HUL	MID	NOF	OLD	POR	PVA	PNE	SOH	SOS	STC	STK	SWA	WED	WOL
Barnsley FC		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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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
FC 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

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Jimmy Trotter	The Wednesday	37

literature

• Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .

Web links

• England 1925-26 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ^ Season 1925/26. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .