1925–26 in English football

The 1925–26 season was the 51st season of competitive football in England. This marked the year that Huddersfield Town won the League three years running, making them the first team in Football League history to do so.

Football in England

Season	1925–26
Men's football
Football League	Huddersfield Town
Football League Second Division	Wednesday
FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers
← 1924–25 1926–27 →

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Huddersfield Town (3)	Arsenal
Second Division	The Wednesday	Derby County
Third Division North	Grimsby Town	Bradford Park Avenue
Third Division South	Reading	Plymouth Argyle
FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers (2)	Manchester City
Charity Shield	Amateurs XI	Professionals XI
Home Championship	Scotland	Ireland

Football League

Main article: 1925–26 Football League

First Division

Pos	Team v t e	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

Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	The Wednesday (C, P)	42	27	6	9	88	48	1.833	60	Promotion to the First Division
2	Derby County (P)	42	25	7	10	77	42	1.833	57
3	Chelsea	42	19	14	9	76	49	1.551	52
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	21	7	14	84	60	1.400	49
5	Swansea Town	42	19	11	12	77	57	1.351	49
6	Blackpool	42	17	11	14	76	69	1.101	45
7	Oldham Athletic	42	18	8	16	74	62	1.194	44
8	Port Vale	42	19	6	17	79	69	1.145	44
9	South Shields	42	18	8	16	74	65	1.138	44
10	Middlesbrough	42	21	2	19	77	68	1.132	44
11	Portsmouth	42	17	10	15	79	74	1.068	44
12	Preston North End	42	18	7	17	71	84	0.845	43
13	Hull City	42	16	9	17	63	61	1.033	41
14	Southampton	42	15	8	19	63	63	1.000	38
15	Darlington	42	14	10	18	72	77	0.935	38
16	Bradford City	42	13	10	19	47	66	0.712	36
17	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	51	73	0.699	36
18	Barnsley	42	12	12	18	58	84	0.690	36
19	Fulham	42	11	12	19	46	77	0.597	34
20	Clapton Orient	42	12	9	21	50	65	0.769	33
21	Stoke City (R)	42	12	8	22	54	77	0.701	32	Relegation to the Third Division North
22	Stockport County (R)	42	8	9	25	51	97	0.526	25

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Third Division North

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Grimsby Town (C, P)	42	26	9	7	91	40	2.275	61	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Bradford (Park Avenue)	42	26	8	8	101	43	2.349	60
3	Rochdale	42	27	5	10	104	58	1.793	59
4	Chesterfield	42	25	5	12	100	54	1.852	55
5	Halifax Town	42	17	11	14	53	50	1.060	45
6	Hartlepools United	42	18	8	16	82	73	1.123	44
7	Tranmere Rovers	42	19	6	17	73	83	0.880	44
8	Nelson	42	16	11	15	89	71	1.254	43
9	Ashington	42	16	11	15	70	62	1.129	43
10	Doncaster Rovers	42	16	11	15	80	72	1.111	43
11	Crewe Alexandra	42	17	9	16	63	61	1.033	43
12	New Brighton	42	17	8	17	69	67	1.030	42
13	Durham City	42	18	6	18	63	70	0.900	42
14	Rotherham United	42	17	7	18	69	92	0.750	41
15	Lincoln City	42	17	5	20	66	82	0.805	39
16	Coventry City	42	16	6	20	73	82	0.890	38	Transferred to the Third Division South
17	Wigan Borough	42	13	11	18	68	74	0.919	37
18	Accrington Stanley	42	17	3	22	81	105	0.771	37
19	Wrexham	42	11	10	21	63	92	0.685	32
20	Southport	42	11	10	21	62	92	0.674	32
21	Walsall	42	10	6	26	58	107	0.542	26	Re-elected
22	Barrow	42	7	4	31	50	98	0.510	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Third Division South

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Reading (C, P)	42	23	11	8	77	52	1.481	57	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	24	8	10	107	67	1.597	56
3	Millwall	42	21	11	10	73	39	1.872	53
4	Bristol City	42	21	9	12	72	51	1.412	51
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	19	9	14	84	73	1.151	47
6	Swindon Town	42	20	6	16	69	64	1.078	46
7	Luton Town	42	18	7	17	80	75	1.067	43
8	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	17	9	16	75	91	0.824	43
9	Aberdare Athletic	42	17	8	17	74	66	1.121	42
10	Gillingham	42	17	8	17	53	49	1.082	42
11	Southend United	42	19	4	19	78	73	1.068	42
12	Northampton Town	42	17	7	18	82	80	1.025	41
13	Crystal Palace	42	19	3	20	75	79	0.949	41
14	Merthyr Town	42	14	11	17	69	75	0.920	39
15	Watford	42	15	9	18	73	89	0.820	39
16	Norwich City	42	15	9	18	58	73	0.795	39
17	Newport County	42	14	10	18	64	74	0.865	38
18	Brentford	42	16	6	20	69	94	0.734	38
19	Bristol Rovers	42	15	6	21	66	69	0.957	36
20	Exeter City	42	15	5	22	72	70	1.029	35
21	Charlton Athletic	42	11	13	18	48	68	0.706	35	Re-elected
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	6	9	27	37	84	0.440	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Top goalscorers

First Division

• Ted Harper (Blackburn Rovers) – 43 goals^[1]

Second Division

• Jimmy Trotter (The Wednesday) – 37 goals^[1]

Third Division North

• Jimmy Cookson (Chesterfield) – 44 goals^[2]

Third Division South

• Jack Cock (Plymouth Argyle) – 32 goals^[2]