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Summary of Season 1925-26

Football League Division 2

Home Away
Pl W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
  1.  The Wednesday 42 19 0 2 61 17 8 6 7 27 31 1.833 60
  2.  Derby County 42 17 2 2 57 17 8 5 8 20 25 1.833 57
  3.  Chelsea 42 10 7 4 42 22 9 7 5 34 27 1.551 52
  4.  Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 15 4 2 55 15 6 3 12 29 45 1.4 49
  5.  Swansea Town 42 13 6 2 50 16 6 5 10 27 41 1.35 49
  6.  Blackpool 42 12 6 3 41 16 5 5 11 35 53 1.101 45
  7.  Oldham Athletic 42 14 4 3 52 24 4 4 13 22 38 1.193 44
  8.  Port Vale 42 15 3 3 53 18 4 3 14 26 51 1.144 44
  9.  South Shields 42 11 6 4 50 29 7 2 12 24 36 1.138 44
10.  Middlesbrough 42 14 1 6 56 28 7 1 13 21 40 1.132 44
11.  Portsmouth 42 12 4 5 48 27 5 6 10 31 47 1.067 44
12.  Preston North End 42 17 2 2 54 28 1 5 15 17 56 0.845 43
13.  Hull City 42 11 4 6 40 19 5 5 11 23 42 1.032 41
14.  Southampton 42 11 2 8 39 25 4 6 11 24 38 1 38
15.  Darlington 42 9 5 7 51 31 5 5 11 21 46 0.935 38
16.  Bradford City 42 9 5 7 28 26 4 5 12 19 40 0.712 36
17.  Nottingham Forest 42 11 4 6 38 25 3 4 14 13 48 0.698 36
18.  Barnsley 42 10 7 4 38 22 2 5 14 20 62 0.69 36
19.  Fulham 42 8 6 7 32 29 3 6 12 14 48 0.597 34
20.  Clapton Orient 42 8 6 7 30 21 4 3 14 20 44 0.769 33
21.  Stoke 42 8 5 8 32 23 4 3 14 22 54 0.701 32
22.  Stockport County 42 8 7 6 34 28 0 2 19 17 69 0.525 25

Matches

Aug 29 Bradford City Home 2-0 Thain, Turnbull
Aug 31 Nottingham Forest Away 5-1 Turnbull(2), Wilson(2), Stone
Sep 5 Port Vale Away 6-0 Crawford, Thain, Turnbull(2), Wilson, Stone
Sep 7 Nottingham Forest Home 0-0
Sep 12 Barnsley Home 3-2 Turnbull(3)
Sep 19 Clapton Orient Away 2-1 Turnbull(2)
Sep 26 Fulham Home 4-0 Crawford, Thain, Wilson(P), Ferguson
Oct 3 Hull City Home 4-0 Priestley, Thain, Turnbull, Wilson(P)
Oct 10 Darlington Away 1-1 Turnbull
Oct 17 South Shields Away 0-0
Oct 24 Preston North End Home 5-0 Thain(2), Turnbull(2), Wilson
Oct 31 Oldham Athletic Away 1-1 Thain
Nov 7 Stockport County Home 3-2 Turnbull(3)
Nov 14 Wolverhampton Wanderers Away 0-0
Nov 21 Swansea Town Home 1-3 Wilding
Nov 28 The Wednesday Away 1-4 Miller
Dec 5 Stoke Home 1-1 Thain
Dec 12 Middlesbrough Away 2-1 Barrett, Turnbull
Dec 19 Portsmouth Home 0-0
Dec 25 Blackpool Away 0-0
Dec 26 Blackpool Home 2-3 Thain, Turnbull
Dec 28 Derby County Away 2-4 Barrett, Thain
Jan 2 Bradford City Away 2-4 Priestley, Turnbull
Jan 16 Port Vale Home 3-1 Thain, Turnbull, McNeil
Jan 23 Barnsley Away 3-2 Crawford, Thain, McNeil
Feb 6 Fulham Away 3-0 Barrett(P), Priestley, Thain
Feb 10 Clapton Orient Home 1-3 McNeil
Feb 13 Hull City Away 1-0 Thain
Feb 20 Darlington Home 5-2 Barrett(2), Priestley, Wilding, Wilson
Feb 27 South Shields Home 0-0
Mar 6 Preston North End Away 1-3 Miller
Mar 13 Oldham Athletic Home 3-0 Turnbull(2), McNeil
Mar 20 Stockport County Away 0-0
Mar 27 Wolverhampton Wanderers Home 3-3 Brown, Turnbull(2)
Apr 2 Southampton Home 0-0
Apr 3 Swansea Town Away 0-0
Apr 5 Southampton Away 1-0 Turnbull
Apr 10 The Wednesday Home 0-0
Apr 17 Stoke Away 3-1 Turnbull(2), McNeil
Apr 24 Middlesbrough Home 0-1
Apr 26 Derby County Home 2-1 Thain, Turnbull
May 1 Portsmouth Away 0-4

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 679,492 49,707 9,335 32,357
Away 337,761 42,611 7,031 16,084
Total 1,017,253 49,707 7,031 24,220

F.A. Cup

Round 4

Matches

Jan 9 Plymouth Argyle Away 2-1 Turnbull, McNeil
Jan 30 Crystal Palace Away 1-2 Thain

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Away 72,025 41,000 31,025 36,012
Total 72,025 41,000 31,025 36,012

Diary

18/08/1925 Fred Richardson born

20/08/1925 Johnny McNichol born

29/08/1925 Chelsea beat Bradford City 2-0 in Football League Division 2

31/08/1925 Chelsea beat Nottingham Forest 5-1 in Football League Division 2

05/09/1925 Chelsea beat Port Vale 6-0 in Football League Division 2

07/09/1925 Chelsea drew with Nottingham Forest 0-0 in Football League Division 2

12/09/1925 Chelsea beat Barnsley 3-2 in Football League Division 2

14/09/1925 Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 4-0 in London Challenge Cup Round 1

19/09/1925 Chelsea beat Clapton Orient 2-1 in Football League Division 2

22/09/1925 Colin Hampton transfered to Brechin City

26/09/1925 Chelsea beat Fulham 4-0 in Football League Division 2

03/10/1925 Chelsea beat Hull City 4-0 in Football League Division 2

10/10/1925 Chelsea drew with Darlington 1-1 in Football League Division 2

12/10/1925 Chelsea lost to Brentford 1-3 in London Challenge Cup Round 2

17/10/1925 Chelsea drew with South Shields 0-0 in Football League Division 2

24/10/1925 Chelsea beat Preston North End 5-0 in Football League Division 2

31/10/1925 Chelsea drew with Oldham Athletic 1-1 in Football League Division 2

07/11/1925 Chelsea beat Stockport County 3-2 in Football League Division 2

09/11/1925 Chelsea drew with Millwall 2-2 in London Professional Charity Fund

14/11/1925 Chelsea drew with Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 in Football League Division 2

21/11/1925 Chelsea lost to Swansea Town 1-3 in Football League Division 2

28/11/1925 Chelsea lost to The Wednesday 1-4 in Football League Division 2

30/11/1925 Chelsea lost to Millwall 1-3 in London Professional Charity Fund

05/12/1925 Chelsea drew with Stoke 1-1 in Football League Division 2

05/12/1925 Thomas Jenkins born

12/12/1925 Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-1 in Football League Division 2

19/12/1925 Chelsea drew with Portsmouth 0-0 in Football League Division 2

25/12/1925 Chelsea drew with Blackpool 0-0 in Football League Division 2

26/12/1925 Chelsea lost to Blackpool 2-3 in Football League Division 2

28/12/1925 Chelsea lost to Derby County 2-4 in Football League Division 2

00/00/1926 Jack Harrow Retired

00/00/1926 William Morrison transfered to ???

02/01/1926 Chelsea lost to Bradford City 2-4 in Football League Division 2

09/01/1926 Chelsea beat Plymouth Argyle 2-1 in F.A. Cup Round 3

13/01/1926 Ernest Randall born

16/01/1926 Chelsea beat Port Vale 3-1 in Football League Division 2

19/01/1926 George Pearson transfered from Annfield Plain

23/01/1926 Chelsea beat Barnsley 3-2 in Football League Division 2

26/01/1926 Sam Millington transfered from Willenhall

30/01/1926 Chelsea lost to Crystal Palace 1-2 in F.A. Cup Round 4

06/02/1926 Chelsea beat Fulham 3-0 in Football League Division 2

10/02/1926 Chelsea lost to Clapton Orient 1-3 in Football League Division 2

10/02/1926 Danny Blanchflower born

13/02/1926 Chelsea beat Hull City 1-0 in Football League Division 2

20/02/1926 Chelsea beat Darlington 5-2 in Football League Division 2

27/02/1926 Chelsea drew with South Shields 0-0 in Football League Division 2

00/03/1926 William Whitton Retired

06/03/1926 Chelsea lost to Preston North End 1-3 in Football League Division 2

13/03/1926 Chelsea beat Oldham Athletic 3-0 in Football League Division 2

20/03/1926 Chelsea drew with Stockport County 0-0 in Football League Division 2

24/03/1926 Peter Pickering born

27/03/1926 Chelsea drew with Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-3 in Football League Division 2

02/04/1926 Chelsea drew with Southampton 0-0 in Football League Division 2

03/04/1926 Chelsea drew with Swansea Town 0-0 in Football League Division 2

05/04/1926 Chelsea beat Southampton 1-0 in Football League Division 2

10/04/1926 Chelsea drew with The Wednesday 0-0 in Football League Division 2

17/04/1926 Chelsea beat Stoke 3-1 in Football League Division 2

24/04/1926 Chelsea lost to Middlesbrough 0-1 in Football League Division 2

26/04/1926 Chelsea beat Derby County 2-1 in Football League Division 2

01/05/1926 Chelsea lost to Portsmouth 0-4 in Football League Division 2

09/06/1926 Bob Whittingham died

Players Statistics

 

Appearances

Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
J Priestley 39 4 2 41 4
RH Turnbull 36 29 2 1 38 30
JF Crawford 36 3 2 38 3
GW Smith 34 2 36
GB Rodger 32 2 34
AE Thain 32 15 1 1 33 16
P McKenna 29 2 31
F Barrett 28 5 2 30 5
W Ferguson 27 1 2 29 1
R McNeil 24 5 2 1 26 6
AN Wilson 23 7 23 7
G Stone 22 2 22 2
HT Wilding 19 2 2 21 2
HS Miller 20 2 20 2
JH Harrow 15 15
W Brown 12 1 1 13 1
BH Baker 13 13
SL Plum 9 9
AG Bower 6 6
J Frew 2 2
GW Pearson 1 1
LF Odell 1 1
B Duffy 1 1
JW Armstrong 1 1
Own Goal