The City Ground

SEASON: 1926-27

Prev Season: 1925-26
Next Season: 1927-28

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: John Baynes
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Sid Gibson (17 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	12 times	6 times	3 times	3 times
Conceded	19 times	9 times	4 times	2 times
Won By	4 times	10 times	2 times	2 times	1 time
Lost By	5 times	4 times	1 time	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 30,616
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,659
Average League Attendance:: 12,764
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 10
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 3
Penalties saved:: 3

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	Middlesbrough	42	27	8	7	122	60	18	2	1	78	23	9	6	6	44	37	2.033	62	Promoted as Champions	4-3	0-1
2	Portsmouth	42	23	8	11	87	49	14	4	3	58	17	9	4	8	29	32	1.776	54	Promoted	1-0	0-0
3	Manchester City	42	22	10	10	108	61	15	3	3	65	23	7	7	7	43	38	1.770	54		3-3	1-1
4	Chelsea	42	20	12	10	62	52	13	7	1	40	17	7	5	9	22	35	1.192	52		4-1	0-2
5	Nottingham Forest	42	18	14	10	80	55	14	6	1	57	23	4	8	9	23	32	1.455	50
6	Preston North End	42	20	9	13	74	72	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	10	20	43	1.028	49		7-0	0-1
7	Hull City	42	20	7	15	63	52	13	4	4	43	19	7	3	11	20	33	1.212	47		3-1	2-1
8	Port Vale	42	16	13	13	88	78	11	6	4	50	26	5	7	9	38	52	1.128	45		0-3	2-0
9	Blackpool	42	18	8	16	95	80	13	5	3	65	26	5	3	13	30	54	1.188	44		2-0	2-2
10	Oldham Athletic	42	19	6	17	74	84	12	3	6	50	37	7	3	11	24	47	.881	44		1-1	3-3
11	Barnsley	42	17	9	16	88	87	13	5	3	56	23	4	4	13	32	64	1.011	43		3-1	2-0
12	Swansea Town	42	16	11	15	68	72	13	5	3	44	21	3	6	12	24	51	.944	43		2-2	1-2
13	Southampton	42	15	12	15	60	62	9	8	4	35	22	6	4	11	25	40	.968	42		3-1	0-1
14	Reading	42	16	8	18	64	72	14	1	6	47	20	2	7	12	17	52	.889	40		5-1	0-4
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	7	21	73	75	10	4	7	54	30	4	3	14	19	45	.973	35		1-1	0-2
16	Notts County	42	15	5	22	70	96	11	4	6	45	24	4	1	16	25	72	.729	35		2-0	2-1
17	Grimsby Town	42	11	12	19	74	91	6	7	8	39	39	5	5	11	35	52	.813	34		1-1	1-1
18	Fulham	42	13	8	21	58	92	11	4	6	39	31	2	4	15	19	61	.630	34		2-0	1-2
19	South Shields	42	11	11	20	71	96	10	8	3	49	25	1	3	17	22	71	.740	33		4-2	1-1
20	Clapton Orient	42	12	7	23	60	96	9	3	9	37	35	3	4	14	23	61	.625	31		1-1	2-2
21	Darlington	42	12	6	24	79	98	10	3	8	53	42	2	3	16	26	56	.806	30	Relegated	5-1	2-4
22	Bradford City	42	7	9	26	50	88	6	4	11	30	28	1	5	15	20	60	.568	23	Relegated	3-0	1-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 28, 1926	Blackpool	H	2-0	Win	11,542	4	Burton (?, ?)
2	Mon Aug 30, 1926	Fulham	A	1-2	Loss	12,166	9	Barratt (?)
3	Sat Sep 04, 1926	Reading	A	0-4	Loss	17,548	16
4	Mon Sep 06, 1926	Grimsby Town	H	1-1	Draw	4,659	12	Burton (?)
5	Sat Sep 11, 1926	Swansea Town	H	2-2	Draw	10,716	14	Barratt (?), Jones (?)
6	Sat Sep 18, 1926	Notts County	A	2-1	Win	18,539	13	Stocks (?, ?)
7	Sat Sep 25, 1926	Barnsley	A	2-0	Win	4,829	9	Gibson (?), Burton (?)
8	Sat Oct 02, 1926	Manchester City	H	3-3	Draw	15,121	11	Laws (?), Burton (?), Jones (?)
9	Thu Oct 07, 1926	Fulham	H	2-0	Win	7,489	7	Gibson (?, ?)
10	Sat Oct 09, 1926	Darlington	A	2-4	Loss	5,754	10	Gibson (?), Burton (?)
11	Sat Oct 16, 1926	Middlesbrough	H	4-3	Win	11,262	9	Barratt (?), Gibson (?), Jones (?, ?)
12	Sat Oct 23, 1926	Clapton Orient	A	2-2	Draw	12,709	9	Jones (?), Linley (?)
13	Sat Oct 30, 1926	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	10,913	10	Linley (?)
14	Sat Nov 06, 1926	Hull City	A	2-1	Win	7,256	8	Stocks (?), Linley (?)
15	Sat Nov 13, 1926	South Shields	H	4-2	Win	8,054	7	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Jones (?)
16	Sat Nov 20, 1926	Preston North End	A	0-1	Loss	15,834	8
17	Sat Nov 27, 1926	Chelsea	H	4-1	Win	12,841	7	Barratt (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?), Jones (?)
18	Sat Dec 04, 1926	Bradford City	A	1-1	Draw	14,371	7	Linley (?)
19	Sat Dec 11, 1926	Southampton	H	3-1	Win	13,826	7	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?)
20	Sat Dec 18, 1926	Port Vale	A	2-0	Win	8,046	5	Gibson (?), Stocks (?)
21	Sat Dec 25, 1926	Portsmouth	A	0-0	Draw	19,729	4
22	Mon Dec 27, 1926	Portsmouth	H	1-0	Win	30,616	3	Price (?)
23	Sat Jan 01, 1927	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	Draw	13,406	2	Burton (?)
24	Sat Jan 15, 1927	Blackpool	A	2-2	Draw	7,536	3	Barratt (?), Burton (?)
25	Sat Jan 22, 1927	Reading	H	5-1	Win	11,458	3	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Burton (?), Price (?)
26	Sat Feb 05, 1927	Notts County	H	2-0	Win	25,578	3	Barratt (?), Gibson (?)
27	Sat Feb 12, 1927	Barnsley	H	3-1	Win	11,298	2	Barratt (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?)
28	Sat Feb 19, 1927	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	48,689	2	Gibson (?)
29	Sat Feb 26, 1927	Darlington	H	5-1	Win	14,813	2	Gibson (?), Galloway (?), Jones (?), Linley (?), MacLachlan (? OG)
30	Sat Mar 05, 1927	Middlesbrough	A	0-1	Loss	33,354	2
31	Thu Mar 10, 1927	Swansea Town	A	1-2	Loss	8,735	2	Burton (?)
32	Sat Mar 12, 1927	Clapton Orient	H	1-1	Draw	11,784	2	Jones (?)
33	Sat Mar 19, 1927	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	15,534	5
34	Sat Mar 26, 1927	Hull City	H	3-1	Win	10,007	3	Gibson (?), Price (?), Jones (?)
35	Sat Apr 02, 1927	South Shields	A	1-1	Draw	5,458	4	Gibson (?)
36	Sat Apr 09, 1927	Preston North End	H	7-0	Win	13,946	3	Barratt (? pen), Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Walker (?, ?), Price (?)
37	Fri Apr 15, 1927	Oldham Athletic	H	1-1	Draw	19,685	3	Armitage (? OG)
38	Sat Apr 16, 1927	Chelsea	A	0-2	Loss	44,855	4
39	Mon Apr 18, 1927	Oldham Athletic	A	3-3	Draw	13,153	6	Gibson (?), Belton (?), Price (?)
40	Sat Apr 23, 1927	Bradford City	H	3-0	Win	6,981	4	Gibson (?), Jones (?), Townsend (?)
41	Sat Apr 30, 1927	Southampton	A	0-1	Loss	7,136	4
42	Sat May 07, 1927	Port Vale	H	0-3	Loss	5,455	5

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jan 08, 1927	Ashington	3			A	2-0	Win	-	Stocks (?), Burton (?)
Sat Jan 29, 1927	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4			A	0-2	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Mon May 09, 1927	Northampton Town	England	A	1-0	Win	-	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		Len Langford	44	19	14	11
D		Henry Marsden	2	1		1
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	42	18	14	10
M		Albert Harrison
M		Gerry Morgan	44	19	14	11
M		John Saxton	10	3	4	3
M		Joseph Taylor	1			1
M		Sid Gibson	43	19	13	11	17
M		Tom Turner
F		Alf Townsend	8	3	3	2	1
F		Bob Wallace	41	18	12	11
F		Charlie Jones	32	14	8	10	11
F		Cliff Price	15	6	6	3	5
F		Cyril Stocks	40	18	12	10	15
F		Duncan Walker	2	1	1		2
F		Ebor Reed	5	1	2	2
F		Harold Wadsworth
F		Jackie Belton	35	16	11	8	1
F		Joseph Laws	6	2	3	1	1
F		Noah Burton	35	16	11	8	13
F		Percy Barratt	44	19	14	11	8
F		Ralph Lynas	1	1
F		Randolph Galloway	3	1	2		1
F		Ted Linley	31	14	10	7	5

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
17	Sid Gibson	43
15	Cyril Stocks	40
13	Noah Burton	35
11	Charlie Jones	32
8	Percy Barratt	44
5	Cliff Price	15
5	Ted Linley	31
2	Duncan Walker	2
1	Alf Townsend	8
1	Jackie Belton	35
1	Joseph Laws	6
1	Randolph Galloway	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1926-27

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Barnsley	Sat Sep 25, 1926	A	2-0	Sat Feb 12, 1927	H	3-1
Hull City	Sat Nov 06, 1926	A	2-1	Sat Mar 26, 1927	H	3-1
Notts County	Sat Sep 18, 1926	A	2-1	Sat Feb 05, 1927	H	2-0