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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
		2	Derby County	42	25	7	10	77	42	57
	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
		22	Stockport County	42	8	9	25	51	97	25

			* later Gateshead FC ** now Leyton Orient Stoke City and Stockport County were both relegated to Division 3 (North).

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