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      DIVISION 2  1925/26
     
      P W D L F A Pts
  Leading League goalscorer:
Bob Turnbull
 (Chelsea)
 29  goals

A seemingly small change in the offside rule brought a dramatic increase in goals scored. The number of opponents needed to keep a player onside was reduced from 3 to 2.  As a result the total number of goals scored in Division 2 increased from 1068 in 1924/25 to 1487, up by almost 40%. There were some amazing individual results - for example at home Darlington beat Portsmouth 7-1, Clapton Orient 6-0 and Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 but away from home lost 2-5 at Chelsea and
1-6 at both Port Vale and Stoke.
(Goals & Goalscorers)

  1 Sheffield Wednesday 42 27 6 9 88 48 60 Promoted
    2 Derby County 42 25 7 10 77 42 57 Promoted
    Results 3 Chelsea 42 19 14 9 76 49 52
    Results 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 21 7 14 84 60 49
    5 Swansea Town 42 19 11 12 77 57 49
    6 Blackpool 42 17 11 14 76 69 45
    7 Oldham Athletic 42 18 8 16 74 62 44
    8 Port Vale 42 19 6 17 79 69 44
    9 South Shields* 42 18 8 16 74 65 44
    10 Middlesbrough 42 21 2 19 77 68 44
    11 Portsmouth 42 17 10 15 79 74 44
    12 Preston North End 42 18 7 17 71 84 43
    13 Hull City 42 16 9 17 63 61 41
    Results 14 Southampton 42 15 8 19 63 63 38
    15 Darlington 42 14 10 18 72 77 38
    16 Bradford City 42 13 10 19 47 66 36
    Results 17 Nottingham Forest 42 14 8 20 51 73 36
    18 Barnsley 42 12 12 18 58 84 36
    Results 19 Fulham 42 11 12 19 46 77 34
    20 Clapton Orient** 42 12 9 21 50 65 33
    21 Stoke City 42 12 8 22 54 77 32 Relegated
    22 Stockport County 42 8 9 25 51 97 25 Relegated
   
      *   later Gateshead FC
**  now Leyton Orient

 Relegated Stoke City and Stockport County were both relegated to Division 3 (North).

 

 


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