1926–27 in English football

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

Overview

Events

Honours

=Third Division North=

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

=Third Division South=

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

FA Cup

The 1927 FA Cup Final was won by Cardiff City, who beat Arsenal 1–0.

National team

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.

European tour

footballbox
date = May 11, 1927
team1 = fb-rt|BEL
score = 1–9
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Florimond Vanhalme
goals2 = Dixie Dean 3, George Brown 2, Arthur Rigby 2, Louis Page, Joe Hulme
stadium = Oscar Bossaert Stadium, Brussels----footballbox
date = May 21, 1927
team1 = fb-rt|LUX
score = 2–5
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = A. Hubert, L. Lefevre
goals2 = Dixie Dean 3, Robert Kelly, Syd Bishop
stadium = Stade de la Frontière, Luxembourg----footballbox
date = May 26, 1927
team1 = fb-rt|FRA
score = 0–6
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Dixie Dean 2, George Brown 2, Arthur Rigby, "Own Goal"
stadium = Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris