Football League Second Division 1926/27

Football League Second Division 1926/27
master	Middlesbrough FC
Climbers	Middlesbrough FC, Portsmouth FC
Relegated	Darlington FC , Bradford City
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,668  (ø 3.61 per game)
Top scorer	George Camsell ( Middlesbrough FC )
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The Football League Second Division 1926/27 was the 31st season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 28, 1926 and ended on May 7, 1927.

Second division champions were Middlesbrough FC and also second-placed Portsmouth FC rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1927/28, the two first division clubs Leeds United and West Bromwich Albion ranked in the table below . The FC Darlington and Bradford City 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 1927/28 Third Division North champions FC Stoke and from the Football League Third Division South the winner Bristol City took the vacant positions.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Middlesbrough FC	42	27	8th	7th	122: 600	2.03	62:22
2.	Portsmouth FC	42	23	8th	11	087:490	1.78	54:30
3.	Manchester City (A)	42	22nd	10	10	108: 610	1.77	54:30
4th	Chelsea FC	42	20th	12	10	062:520	1.19	52:32
5.	Nottingham Forest	42	18th	14th	10	080:550	1.45	50:34
6th	Preston North End	42	20th	9	13	074:720	1.03	49:35
7th	Hull City	42	20th	7th	15th	063:520	1.21	47:37
8th.	Port Vale	42	16	13	13	088:780	1.13	45:39
9.	Blackpool FC	42	18th	8th	16	095:800	1.19	44:40
10.	Oldham Athletic	42	19th	6th	17th	074:840	0.88	44:40
11.	Barnsley FC	42	17th	9	16	088:870	1.01	43:41
12.	Swansea Town	42	16	11	15th	068:720	0.94	43:41
13.	Southampton FC	42	15th	12	15th	060:620	0.97	42:42
14th	Reading FC (N)	42	16	8th	18th	064:720	0.89	40:44
15th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14th	7th	21st	073:750	0.97	35:49
16.	Notts County (A)	42	15th	5	22nd	070:960	0.73	35:49
17th	Grimsby Town (N)	42	11	12	19th	074:910	0.81	34:50
18th	Fulham FC	42	13	8th	21st	058:920	0.63	34:50
19th	South Shields FC	42	11	11	20th	071:960	0.74	33:51
20th	Clapton Orient	42	12	7th	23	060:960	0.63	31:53
21st	Darlington FC	42	12	6th	24	079:980	0.81	30:54
22nd	Bradford City	42	7th	9	26th	050:880	0.57	23:61

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1927/28

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1927/28

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1925/26
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1925/26

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1926/27	BAR	BLP	BRA	CHE	CLO	DAR	FUL	GRI	HUL	MNC	MID	NOF	NOC	OLD	POR	PVA	PNE	REA	SOH	SOS	SWA	WOL
Barnsley FC		6: 1	1-0	3-0	4: 2	3: 2	5-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	4: 4	0: 1	2-0	2-0	3-0	2: 2	5: 1	6: 1	1: 1	4: 1
Blackpool FC	6: 1		3-0	3: 1	6-0	1: 1	0-0	6: 2	4-0	2: 4	2: 2	2: 2	5-0	2-0	2-0	2: 2	2: 3	3: 1	3: 2	6: 1	3: 1	2: 3
Bradford City	1: 1	4: 1		0: 1	1: 3	0: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 2	4: 3	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1: 2	1: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	3: 1	5-0	1: 2
Chelsea FC	4: 2	1: 1	5: 2		2: 1	2: 2	2: 2	2-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	2-0	2-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 3	4: 1	2: 2	1-0
Clapton Orient	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	3-0		0: 4	2: 3	2: 4	1: 2	2: 4	2: 3	2: 2	2: 1	3: 1	4: 5	1: 2	1: 1	5: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	2-0
Darlington FC	3: 3	1: 3	3-0	2: 2	2: 1		5-0	2: 3	1: 3	2: 2	1: 4	4: 2	4: 2	0: 1	0: 4	4: 3	0: 1	4: 2	1: 2	8: 2	3: 1	3: 1
Fulham FC	1-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	2: 1		0: 5	3: 1	2: 5	0: 3	2: 1	3-0	1: 1	0-0	6: 2	0: 1	1: 2	3-0	2: 2	4: 3	4: 1
Grimsby Town	1: 3	2: 1	4: 2	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	2-0		0: 1	2: 2	4: 7	1: 1	1: 4	2: 5	0-0	4: 4	5: 2	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	6-0
Hull City	5: 1	3-0	4-0	0: 1	4-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 3		3: 2	3: 3	1: 2	2-0	1: 2	2: 1	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0
Manchester City	1: 1	2: 1	8-0	1-0	6: 1	7-0	4: 2	2-0	2: 2		3: 5	1: 1	4: 1	3-0	4-0	4: 1	1-0	3-0	3: 4	1: 2	3: 1	2: 1
Middlesbrough FC	5: 1	4: 4	4: 3	0-0	6-0	4: 1	6: 1	3-0	2-0	2: 1		1-0	4: 2	3: 1	7: 3	5: 2	0: 2	5-0	3: 1	5-0	7: 1	2-0
Nottingham Forest	3: 1	2-0	3-0	4: 1	1: 1	5: 1	2-0	1: 1	3: 1	3: 3	4: 3		2-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 3	7-0	5: 1	3: 1	4: 2	2: 2	1: 1
Notts County	1: 1	2: 3	4-0	5-0	3: 1	3: 1	4-0	3-0	1-0	1-0	2: 2	1: 2		1: 2	2: 3	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	4: 1	1: 3	2: 2
Oldham Athletic	0: 4	1: 3	2: 1	1: 2	5: 2	3: 2	2: 3	3: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	3: 3	5: 2		1-0	1: 3	5: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3: 2	5: 2	2-0
Portsmouth FC	1: 2	5-0	1-0	2: 3	1: 1	0-0	2-0	5: 2	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	0-0	9: 1	7: 2		4-0	5: 1	5-0	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 1
Port Vale	3: 2	2: 4	0-0	0-0	3-0	3: 2	7: 1	6: 1	0-0	0: 2	3: 1	0: 2	6: 2	3-0	2: 3		2-0	1: 1	3: 1	4: 2	1: 1	1: 1
Preston North End	2: 1	4: 1	3: 2	0: 2	2: 2	4: 1	2: 2	3: 2	1-0	2: 4	2: 2	1-0	4: 1	5: 2	1: 2	4: 4		3: 1	1-0	4-0	4-0	2-0
Reading FC	3: 2	0: 1	2: 3	2: 1	0: 1	4: 2	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	4-0	7: 1	6: 1	1: 2	2-0	3-0		1-0	2: 1	3-0	1: 2
Southampton FC	3: 1	5: 3	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	3: 1	4: 1	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	2-0	0: 1	0: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1		6: 2	1: 1	1-0
South Shields FC	7: 1	2: 2	3: 3	5: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	3: 2	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	1-0	5-0	4: 1	1-0	3: 3	1: 1	3-0	1: 2		0: 1	1: 2
Swansea Town	5: 2	2-0	1-0	2: 1	3: 2	5: 1	4: 2	1: 1	1-0	1: 3	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	3-0	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	3-0	2: 2	2-0		4: 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	9: 1	4: 1	7: 2	0: 3	5-0	2: 1	2: 1	3: 4	5: 2	4: 1	1: 2	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	2: 2

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	George Camsell	Middlesbrough FC	59

literature

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

Web links

• England 1926-27 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ Season 1926/27. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .