Football : Season Details : 1926

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s).

Legend
Clubs in BLUE were relegated.
Points: 2 for a win; 1 for a draw.
History is in the form A-B:
A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division;
B is the number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Abbreviations:
FAC FA Cup
W Winner(s); F Finalist(s).

Position Club Points History Notes
1
 Huddersfield Town
57
1-6
  
2
 Arsenal
52
2-7
  
3
 Sunderland
48
1-32
  
4
 Bury
47
2-2
  
5
 Sheffield United
46
1-29
  
6
 Aston Villa
44
1-34
  
7
 Liverpool
44
3-17
  
8
 Bolton Wanderers
44
5-11
 FAC-W
9
 Manchester United
44
3-1
  
10
 Newcastle United
42
1-24
  
11
 Everton
42
1-34
  
12
 Blackburn Rovers
41
1-34
  
13
 West Bromwich Albion
40
3-11
  
14
 Birmingham
40
4-5
  
15
 Tottenham Hotspur
39
2-6
  
16
 Cardiff City
39
1-5
  
17
 Leicester City
38
2-1
  
18
 West Ham United
37
1-3
  
19
 Leeds United
36
1-2
  
20
 Burnley
36
3-9
  
21
 Manchester City
35
3-12
 FAC-F
22
 Notts County
33
4-3
  

Birmingham would later become Birmingham City

FA Cup Final Bolton Wanderers 1 Manchester City 0

History

Huddersfield Town become the first club to win the Championship three seasons running.

Manchester City reach the FA Cup final and are relegated. They needed to draw their final game to stay up. They lost 2 - 3 after missing a penalty.

The off-side law was changed to make goal scoring easier.

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