# 1926–27 Football League

The 1926–27 season was the 35th season of The Football League.

## Final league tables

The tables and results 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.
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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Newcastle United (C) | 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 (R) | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 69 | 88 | 0.784 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion (R) | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 65 | 86 | 0.756 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

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

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 37 | 2.033 | 62 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 1.776 | 54 | Promoted |
| 3 | Manchester City | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 38 | 1.770 | 54 | |
| 4 | Chelsea | 42 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 1.192 | 52 | |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 1.455 | 50 | |
| 6 | Preston North End | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 43 | 1.028 | 49 | |
| 7 | Hull City | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 1.212 | 47 | |
| 8 | Port Vale | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 52 | 1.128 | 45 | |
| 9 | Blackpool | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 54 | 1.188 | 44 | |
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 47 | 0.881 | 44 | |
| 11 | Barnsley | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 64 | 1.011 | 43 | |
| 12 | Swansea Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 51 | 0.944 | 43 | |
| 13 | Southampton | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 0.968 | 42 | |
| 14 | Reading | 42 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 0.889 | 40 | |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 45 | 0.973 | 35 | |
| 16 | Notts County | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 72 | 0.729 | 35 | |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 52 | 0.813 | 34 | |
| 18 | Fulham | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 61 | 0.630 | 34 | |
| 19 | South Shields | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 49 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 71 | 0.740 | 33 | |
| 20 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 61 | 0.625 | 31 | |
| 21 | Darlington | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 53 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 56 | 0.806 | 30 | Relegated |
| 22 | Bradford City | 42 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 60 | 0.568 | 23 | Relegated |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BRA | CHE | CLA | DAR | FUL | GRI | HUL | MCI | MID | NOT | NTC | OLD | POR | PTV | PNE | REA | SOU | SSH | SWA | WOL |
| Barnsley | | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Stoke City | 42 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 2.300 | 63 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Rochdale | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 43 | 1.615 | 58 | |
| 3 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 1.712 | 55 | |
| 4 | Halifax Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 1.321 | 53 | |
| 5 | Nelson | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 55 | 1.387 | 51 | |
| 6 | Stockport County | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 38 | 1.348 | 49 | |
| 7 | Chesterfield | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 65 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 44 | 1.353 | 47 | |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 1.246 | 47 | |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 45 | 1.269 | 46 | |
| 10 | New Brighton | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 46 | 1.179 | 46 | |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 45 | 1.154 | 42 | |
| 12 | Southport | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 53 | 0.941 | 39 | |
| 13 | Wrexham | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 47 | 0.890 | 38 | |
| 14 | Walsall | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 59 | 0.840 | 38 | Transferred to the Third Division South |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 53 | 0.877 | 37 | |
| 16 | Ashington | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 60 | 0.667 | 36 | |
| 17 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 55 | 0.815 | 34 | |
| 18 | Wigan Borough | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 55 | 0.795 | 32 | |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 57 | 0.761 | 32 | |
| 20 | Durham City | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 70 | 0.552 | 30 | |
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 60 | 0.633 | 27 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Barrow | 42 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 77 | 0.291 | 22 | Re-elected |
* ↑ Stockport County had two points deducted for fielding Joe Smith without FA permission on 26 March 1927.

### Results

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

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bristol City | 42 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 1.926 | 62 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 47 | 1.557 | 60 | |
| 3 | Millwall | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 1.745 | 56 | |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 61 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 1.580 | 53 | |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 54 | 1.176 | 51 | |
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 48 | 1.037 | 45 | |
| 7 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 42 | 1.182 | 44 | |
| 8 | Luton Town | 42 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 48 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 1.030 | 44 | |
| 9 | Newport County | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 51 | 0.803 | 44 | |
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 52 | 0.975 | 41 | |
| 11 | Brentford | 42 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 1.148 | 40 | |
| 12 | Exeter City | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 55 | 1.041 | 40 | |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 39 | 0.984 | 40 | |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 0.915 | 39 | |
| 15 | Coventry City | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 53 | 0.826 | 37 | |
| 16 | Norwich City | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 46 | 0.831 | 35 | |
| 17 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 55 | 0.788 | 35 | |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 64 | 0.678 | 35 | |
| 19 | Southend United | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 52 | 0.831 | 34 | |
| 20 | Gillingham | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 46 | 0.750 | 32 | |
| 21 | Watford | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 60 | 0.655 | 32 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Aberdare Athletic | 42 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 53 | 0.614 | 25 | Failed re-election |
* ↑ Coventry City was transferred from Third Division North for this season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ADE | B&BA | BRE | B&HA | BRI | BRR | CHA | COV | CRY | EXE | GIL | LUT | MER | MIL | NPC | NOR | NWC | PLY | QPR | STD | SWI | WAT |
| Aberdare Athletic | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–7 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 5–6 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 |
| Brentford | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 7–3 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 9–3 | 4–1 |
| Bristol City | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–4 | 3–2 | 9–4 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Bristol Rovers | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–5 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Charlton Athletic | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Coventry City | 1–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 |
| Crystal Palace | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 7–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Exeter City | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 3–1 | | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Gillingham | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 3–0 |
| Luton Town | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Merthyr Town | 2–2 | 4–6 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Millwall | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Newport County | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 |
| Northampton Town | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Norwich City | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 |
| Southend | 5–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Swindon Town | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 5–1 | | 4–2 |
| Watford | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | |