The City Ground

SEASON: 1925-26

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Next Season: 1926-27

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: John Baynes
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Bolton Wanderers (Old Trafford) 0-1)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Sid Gibson (11 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	19 times	8 times	2 times	4 times
Conceded	8 times	11 times	4 times	4 times	3 times
Won By	6 times	8 times	1 time	2 times
Lost By	5 times	6 times	6 times	3 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 19,549
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,460
Average League Attendance:: 8,965
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 18
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION TWO								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	The Wednesday	42	27	6	9	88	48	19	0	2	61	17	8	6	7	27	31	1.833	60	Promoted as Champions	2-0	0-2
2	Derby County	42	25	7	10	77	42	17	2	2	57	17	8	5	8	20	25	1.833	57	Promoted	1-2	0-2
3	Chelsea	42	19	14	9	76	49	10	7	4	42	22	9	7	5	34	27	1.551	52		1-5	0-0
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	21	7	14	84	60	15	4	2	55	15	6	3	12	29	45	1.400	49		1-4	0-4
5	Swansea Town	42	19	11	12	77	57	13	6	2	50	16	6	5	10	27	41	1.351	49		0-2	0-3
6	Blackpool	42	17	11	14	76	69	12	6	3	41	16	5	5	11	35	53	1.101	45		1-1	0-3
7	Oldham Athletic	42	18	8	16	74	62	14	4	3	52	24	4	4	13	22	38	1.194	44		1-1	3-8
8	Port Vale	42	19	6	17	79	69	15	3	3	53	18	4	3	14	26	51	1.145	44		2-0	1-1
9	South Shields	42	18	8	16	74	65	11	6	4	50	29	7	2	12	24	36	1.138	44		4-1	1-3
10	Middlesbrough	42	21	2	19	77	68	14	1	6	56	28	7	1	13	21	40	1.132	44		1-0	0-1
11	Portsmouth	42	17	10	15	79	74	12	4	5	48	27	5	6	10	31	47	1.068	44		3-1	1-5
12	Preston North End	42	18	7	17	71	84	17	2	2	54	28	1	5	15	17	56	.845	43		4-0	0-2
13	Hull City	42	16	9	17	63	61	11	4	6	40	19	5	5	11	23	42	1.033	41		4-0	1-4
14	Southampton	42	15	8	19	63	63	11	2	8	39	25	4	6	11	24	38	1.000	38		1-2	0-2
15	Darlington	42	14	10	18	72	77	9	5	7	51	31	5	5	11	21	46	.935	38		2-0	0-0
16	Bradford City	42	13	10	19	47	66	9	5	7	28	26	4	5	12	19	40	.712	36		0-0	1-0
17	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	51	73	11	4	6	38	25	3	4	14	13	48	.699	36
18	Barnsley	42	12	12	18	58	84	10	7	4	38	22	2	5	14	20	62	.690	36		4-2	1-4
19	Fulham	42	11	12	19	46	77	8	6	7	32	29	3	6	12	14	48	.597	34		2-2	2-0
20	Clapton Orient	42	12	9	21	50	65	8	6	7	30	21	4	3	14	20	44	.769	33		1-0	1-0
21	Stoke City	42	12	8	22	54	77	8	5	8	32	23	4	3	14	22	54	.701	32	Relegated	1-2	1-1
22	Stockport County	42	8	9	25	51	97	8	7	6	34	28	0	2	19	17	69	.526	25	Relegated	2-0	0-3

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 29, 1925	Darlington	A	0-0	Draw	13,478	10
2	Mon Aug 31, 1925	Chelsea	H	1-5	Loss	9,981	15	Harrow (? OG)
3	Sat Sep 05, 1925	Blackpool	H	1-1	Draw	8,683	17	Galloway (?)
4	Mon Sep 07, 1925	Chelsea	A	0-0	Draw	22,352	15
5	Sat Sep 12, 1925	Southampton	A	0-2	Loss	9,304	17
6	Sat Sep 19, 1925	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-4	Loss	3,460	19	Marshall (?)
7	Sat Sep 26, 1925	Derby County	H	1-2	Loss	19,549	20	Burton (?)
8	Sat Oct 03, 1925	Bradford City	A	1-0	Win	16,338	18	Gibson (?)
9	Sat Oct 10, 1925	Port Vale	H	2-0	Win	10,642	19	Galloway (?), Flood (?)
10	Mon Oct 12, 1925	Hull City	A	1-4	Loss	4,839	19	Gibson (?)
11	Sat Oct 17, 1925	Swansea Town	A	0-3	Loss	16,845	19
12	Sat Oct 24, 1925	The Wednesday	H	2-0	Win	12,244	19	Spaven (?), Burton (?)
13	Sat Oct 31, 1925	Middlesbrough	A	0-1	Loss	16,490	19
14	Sat Nov 07, 1925	Portsmouth	H	3-1	Win	4,120	18	Morgan (?), Galloway (?), Flood (?)
15	Sat Nov 14, 1925	Stockport County	A	0-3	Loss	7,706	18
16	Sat Nov 21, 1925	Fulham	H	2-2	Draw	6,481	19	Gibson (?), Spaven (?)
17	Sat Nov 28, 1925	South Shields	A	1-3	Loss	4,293	19	Stocks (?)
18	Sat Dec 05, 1925	Preston North End	H	4-0	Win	6,648	19	Morgan (?), Gibson (?, ?), Hodgkinson (?)
19	Sat Dec 12, 1925	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	9,082	19	Gibson (?)
20	Sat Dec 19, 1925	Oldham Athletic	H	1-1	Draw	7,209	18	Gibson (?)
21	Fri Dec 25, 1925	Barnsley	H	4-2	Win	10,537	17	Morgan (?), Walker (?, ?), Galloway (?)
22	Mon Dec 28, 1925	Barnsley	A	1-4	Loss	6,047	18	Jones (?)
23	Sat Jan 02, 1926	Darlington	H	2-0	Win	8,703	17	Walker (?), Galloway (?)
24	Sat Jan 16, 1926	Blackpool	A	0-3	Loss	6,686	19
25	Sat Jan 23, 1926	Southampton	H	1-2	Loss	6,781	19	Barratt (?)
26	Sat Feb 06, 1926	Derby County	A	0-2	Loss	19,076	19
27	Mon Feb 08, 1926	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-4	Loss	4,940	19
28	Sat Feb 13, 1926	Bradford City	H	0-0	Draw	8,036	20
29	Sat Feb 27, 1926	Swansea Town	H	0-2	Loss	13,354	20
30	Sat Mar 13, 1926	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	Win	10,675	21	Flood (?)
31	Sat Mar 20, 1926	Portsmouth	A	1-5	Loss	12,474	21	Flood (?)
32	Mon Mar 22, 1926	The Wednesday	A	0-2	Loss	9,975	21
33	Sat Mar 27, 1926	Stockport County	H	2-0	Win	6,913	21	Barratt (?), Flood (?)
34	Fri Apr 02, 1926	Clapton Orient	A	1-0	Win	15,695	18	Gibson (?)
35	Sat Apr 03, 1926	Fulham	A	2-0	Win	19,346	18	Barratt (?), Gibson (?)
36	Mon Apr 05, 1926	Clapton Orient	H	1-0	Win	13,376	18	Lynas (?)
37	Sat Apr 10, 1926	South Shields	H	4-1	Win	8,156	18	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Burton (?)
38	Mon Apr 12, 1926	Port Vale	A	1-1	Draw	5,207	17	Stocks (?)
39	Sat Apr 17, 1926	Preston North End	A	0-2	Loss	8,450	17
40	Wed Apr 21, 1926	Hull City	H	4-0	Win	4,706	16	Barratt (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?), Lynas (?)
41	Sat Apr 24, 1926	Stoke City	H	1-2	Loss	8,027	17	Stocks (?)
42	Sat May 01, 1926	Oldham Athletic	A	3-8	Loss	3,966	17	Stocks (?), Burton (?, ?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jan 09, 1926	Bradford City	3			H	1-0	Win	-	Gibson (?)
Sat Jan 30, 1926	Swindon Town	4			H	2-0	Win	-	Walker (?, ?)
Sat Feb 20, 1926	Southend United	5			A	1-0	Win	-	Walker (?)
Sat Mar 06, 1926	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter			H	2-2	Draw	-	Stocks (?), Burton (?)
Wed Mar 10, 1926	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter	Y	1	A	0-0	Draw	-
Mon Mar 15, 1926	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter	Y	2	N	0-1	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Wed Oct 28, 1925	Notts County	England	A	2-2	Draw	-	Galloway (?, ?)
Mon May 03, 1926	Northampton Town	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	Stocks (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Alfred Bennett	2		1	1
GK		Len Langford	46	17	9	20
D		Bobby Parker	4		2	2
D		Henry Marsden	6	1	1	4
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	43	16	9	18
M		Arthur Tilford	7	3	1	3
M		Gerry Morgan	43	17	8	18	3
M		J Scott (1926)	1			1
M		John Saxton	3		2	1
M		Joseph Taylor	1			1
M		Sid Gibson	46	17	10	19	11
F		Bob Wallace	38	14	9	15
F		Charlie Flood	23	6	3	14	5
F		Charlie Jones	37	16	7	14	1
F		Cyril Stocks	21	10	3	8	8
F		Duncan Walker	9	5	2	2	6
F		Harry Marshall	3	1		2	1
F		Jack Spaven	11	2	3	6	2
F		Jackie Belton	47	17	9	21
F		Joseph Ashworth	3		2	1
F		Noah Burton	28	9	6	13	7
F		Percy Barratt	47	17	10	20	4
F		Ralph Lynas	21	8	4	9	2
F		Randolph Galloway	29	10	7	12	5
F		Vincent Hodgkinson	9	1	2	6	1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
11	Sid Gibson	46
8	Cyril Stocks	21
7	Noah Burton	28
6	Duncan Walker	9
5	Charlie Flood	23
5	Randolph Galloway	29
4	Percy Barratt	47
3	Gerry Morgan	43
2	Jack Spaven	11
2	Ralph Lynas	21
1	Charlie Jones	37
1	Harry Marshall	3
1	Vincent Hodgkinson	9

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1925-26

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Clapton Orient	Fri Apr 02, 1926	A	1-0	Mon Apr 05, 1926	H	1-0