1926–27 in English football

This was the season in which George Camsell scored an astounding 59 goals in 37 league appearances for Middlesbrough{{cite web|title=Season 26/27 League 2|url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/LeagueTables/Season1926-27/Div21926-27.htm|access-date=16 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044438/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/LeagueTables/Season1926-27/Div21926-27.htm|archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=dead}}

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

{{main|1926–27 Football League}}

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|team5=BUR|name_BUR=Burnley

|team6=WHU|name_WHU=West Ham United

|team7=LEI|name_LEI=Leicester City

|team8=SHU|name_SHU=Sheffield United

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|team10=AST|name_AST=Aston Villa

|team11=ARS|name_ARS=Arsenal

|team12=DER|name_DER=Derby County

|team13=TOT|name_TOT=Tottenham Hotspur

|team14=CAR|name_CAR=Cardiff City

|team15=MUN|name_MUN=Manchester United

|team16=WED|name_WED=The Wednesday

|team17=BIR|name_BIR=Birmingham

|team18=BLB|name_BLB=Blackburn Rovers

|team19=Bury|name_Bury=Bury

|team20=EVE|name_EVE=Everton

|team21=LEE|name_LEE=Leeds United

|team22=WBA|name_WBA=West Bromwich Albion

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|team5=NOT|name_NOT=Nottingham Forest

|team6=PNE|name_PNE=Preston North End

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|team9=BLP|name_BLP=Blackpool

|team10=OLD|name_OLD=Oldham Athletic

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|team12=SWA|name_SWA=Swansea Town

|team13=SOU|name_SOU=Southampton

|team14=REA|name_REA=Reading

|team15=WOL|name_WOL=Wolverhampton Wanderers

|team16=NTC|name_NTC=Notts County

|team17=GRI|name_GRI=Grimsby Town

|team18=FUL|name_FUL=Fulham

|team19=SSH|name_SSH=South Shields

|team20=CLA|name_CLA=Clapton Orient

|team21=DAR|name_DAR=Darlington

|team22=BRA|name_BRA=Bradford City

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|team2=ROC|name_ROC=Rochdale

|team3=BPA|name_BPA=Bradford Park Avenue

|team4=HAL|name_HAL=Halifax Town

|team5=NEL|name_NEL=Nelson

|team6=STP|name_STP=Stockport County

|team7=CHF|name_CHF=Chesterfield

|team8=DON|name_DON=Doncaster Rovers

|team9=TRA|name_TRA=Tranmere Rovers

|team10=NWB|name_NWB=New Brighton

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|team12=SOU|name_SOU=Southport

|team13=WRE|name_WRE=Wrexham

|team14=WAL|name_WAL=Walsall

|team15=CRE|name_CRE=Crewe Alexandra

|team16=ASH|name_ASH=Ashington

|team17=HAR|name_HAR=Hartlepools United

|team18=WIG|name_WIG=Wigan Borough

|team19=ROT|name_ROT=Rotherham United

|team20=DUR|name_DUR=Durham City

|team21=ACC|name_ACC=Accrington Stanley

|team22=BRW|name_BRW=Barrow

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|hth_STP=Stockport County were deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player.

|col_P=#CCFFCC|text_P=Promoted to the Second Division

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|col_T3S=#CCCCFF|text_T3S=Transferred to the Third Division South

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|team1=BRI|name_BRI=Bristol City

|team2=PLY|name_PLY=Plymouth Argyle

|team3=MIL|name_MIL=Millwall

|team4=B&HA|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion

|team5=SWI|name_SWI=Swindon Town

|team6=CRY|name_CRY=Crystal Palace

|team7=B&BA|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic

|team8=LUT|name_LUT=Luton Town

|team9=NPC|name_NPC=Newport County

|team10=BRR|name_BRR=Bristol Rovers

|team11=BRE|name_BRE=Brentford

|team12=EXE|name_EXE=Exeter City

|team13=CHA|name_CHA=Charlton Athletic

|team14=QPR|name_QPR=Queens Park Rangers

|team15=COV|name_COV=Coventry City

|team16=NWC|name_NWC=Norwich City

|team17=MER|name_MER=Merthyr Town

|team18=NOR|name_NOR=Northampton Town

|team19=STD|name_STD=Southend United

|team20=GIL|name_GIL=Gillingham

|team21=WAT|name_WAT=Watford

|team22=ADE|name_ADE=Aberdare Athletic

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|win_MER=13|draw_MER=9|loss_MER=20|gf_MER=63|ga_MER=80

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|col_P=#CCFFCC|text_P=Promoted to the Second Division

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|col_RE=#CCCCCC|text_RE=Re-elected

|result21=RE

|col_NRE=#FFCCCC|text_NRE=Not re-elected

|result22=NRE

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First Division

• Jimmy Trotter (The Wednesday) – 37 goals{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html |title = English League Leading Goalscorers |website=RSSSF |access-date = 2017-08-30}}

Second Division

• George Camsell (Middlesbrough) – 59 goals

Third Division North

• Albert Whitehurst (Rochdale) – 44 goals{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html |title = English League Leading Goalscorers |website=RSSSF |access-date = 2017-08-30}}

Third Division South

• Harry Morris (Swindon Town) – 47 goals

The 1927 FA Cup Final was won by Cardiff City, who beat Arsenal 1–0.

The England national football team had a successful season, drawing first place in the 1927 British Home Championship with Scotland and then winning all three matches of a tour to France and the Low Countries, scoring twenty goals and only conceding three in return.

{{Football box |

date = 11 May 1927 |

team1 = {{Fb-rt|BEL}} |

score = 1–9 |

team2 = {{Fb|ENG}} |

goals1 = Florimond Vanhalme |

goals2 = Dixie Dean 3, George Brown 2, Arthur Rigby 2,
Louis Page, Joe Hulme |

stadium = Oscar Bossaert Stadium, Brussels}}

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{{Football box |

date = 21 May 1927 |

team1 = {{Fb-rt|LUX}} |

score = 2–5 |

team2 = {{Fb|ENG}} |

goals1 = A. Hubert, L. Lefevre |

goals2 = Dixie Dean 3, Robert Kelly, Sid Bishop |

stadium = Stade de la Frontière, Luxembourg}}

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{{Football box |

date = 26 May 1927 |

team1 = {{Fb-rt|FRA}} |

score = 0–6 |

team2 = {{Fb|ENG}} |

goals1 =   |

goals2 = Dixie Dean 2, George Brown 2, Arthur Rigby,
Own goal |

stadium = Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris}}

{{reflist}}

{{English football seasons|1926}}

{{1926–27 in English football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1926-27 in English Football}}