1926–27 in English football

The 1926–27 season was the 52nd season of competitive football in England.

Events

This was the season in which George Camsell scored an astounding 59 goals in 37 league appearances for Middlesbrough^[1]

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Newcastle United (4)	Huddersfield Town
Second Division	Middlesbrough	Portsmouth
Third Division North	Stoke City	Rochdale
Third Division South	Bristol City	Plymouth Argyle
FA Cup	Cardiff City (1)	Arsenal
Charity Shield	Amateurs XI	Professionals XI
Home Championship	Shared by England and Scotland

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

* Stockport County were docked two points for fielding an ineligible player.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Bristol City	42	27	8	7	104	54	1.926	62
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	25	10	7	95	61	1.557	60
3	Millwall	42	23	10	9	89	51	1.745	56
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	21	11	10	79	50	1.580	53
5	Swindon Town	42	21	9	12	100	85	1.176	51
6	Crystal Palace	42	18	9	15	84	81	1.037	45
7	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	18	8	16	78	66	1.182	44
8	Luton Town	42	15	14	13	68	66	1.030	44
9	Newport County	42	19	6	17	57	71	0.803	44
10	Bristol Rovers	42	16	9	17	78	80	0.975	41
11	Brentford	42	13	14	15	70	61	1.148	40
12	Exeter City	42	15	10	17	76	73	1.041	40
13	Charlton Athletic	42	16	8	18	60	61	0.984	40
14	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	9	18	65	71	0.915	39
15	Coventry City	42	15	7	20	71	86	0.826	37
16	Norwich City	42	12	11	19	59	71	0.831	35
17	Merthyr Town	42	13	9	20	63	80	0.787	35
18	Northampton Town	42	15	5	22	59	87	0.678	35
19	Southend United	42	14	6	22	64	77	0.831	34
20	Gillingham	42	11	10	21	54	72	0.750	32
21	Watford	42	12	8	22	57	87	0.655	32
22	Aberdare Athletic	42	9	7	26	62	101	0.614	25

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

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.

11 May 1927

Belgium	1–9	England
Florimond Vanhalme		Dixie Dean 3, George Brown 2, Arthur Rigby 2, Louis Page, Joe Hulme

21 May 1927

Luxembourg	2–5	England
A. Hubert, L. Lefevre		Dixie Dean 3, Robert Kelly, Syd Bishop

26 May 1927

France	0–6	England
		Dixie Dean 2, George Brown 2, Arthur Rigby, Own Goal

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