Season

1925-26

Manchester UnitedJohn Chapman

9thleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

−0.1
goal difference
1.6 scored · 1.7 conceded
49
Played
47%
Win rate

Season in brief

9th of 22 in the First Division, down from 2nd the year before. Frank McPherson led the scoring with 20 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 80 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Huddersfield Town42P · 23W 11D 8L · GD +3257
  3. 7Liverpool42P · 14W 16D 12L · GD +744
  4. 8Bolton Wanderers42P · 17W 10D 15L · GD -144
  5. 9Manchester United42P · 19W 6D 17L · GD -744
  6. 10Newcastle United42P · 16W 10D 16L · GD +942
  7. 11Everton42P · 12W 18D 12L · GD +242
  9. 21Manchester City42P · 12W 11D 19L · GD -1135
  10. 22Notts County42P · 13W 7D 22L · GD -2033

Slice: the final First Division table for 1925-26, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

49 matches
29 Aug 1925 @ West Ham United: 0–12 Sep 1925 v Aston Villa: 3–05 Sep 1925 v Arsenal: 0–17 Sep 1925 @ Aston Villa: 2–212 Sep 1925 @ Manchester City: 1–116 Sep 1925 v Leicester City: 3–219 Sep 1925 @ Liverpool: 0–526 Sep 1925 v Burnley: 6–13 Oct 1925 @ Leeds United: 0–210 Oct 1925 v Newcastle United: 2–117 Oct 1925 v Tottenham Hotspur: 0–024 Oct 1925 @ Cardiff City: 2–031 Oct 1925 v Huddersfield Town: 1–17 Nov 1925 @ Everton: 3–114 Nov 1925 v Birmingham City: 3–121 Nov 1925 @ Bury: 3–128 Nov 1925 v Blackburn Rovers: 2–05 Dec 1925 @ Sunderland: 1–212 Dec 1925 v Sheffield United: 1–219 Dec 1925 @ West Bromwich Albion: 1–525 Dec 1925 v Bolton Wanderers: 2–128 Dec 1925 @ Leicester City: 3–12 Jan 1926 v West Ham United: 2–19 Jan 1926 @ Port Vale: 3–216 Jan 1926 @ Arsenal: 2–323 Jan 1926 v Manchester City: 1–630 Jan 1926 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 2–23 Feb 1926 v Tottenham Hotspur: 2–06 Feb 1926 @ Burnley: 1–013 Feb 1926 v Leeds United: 2–120 Feb 1926 @ Sunderland: 3–324 Feb 1926 v Sunderland: 2–127 Feb 1926 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 1–06 Mar 1926 @ Fulham: 2–110 Mar 1926 v Liverpool: 3–313 Mar 1926 @ Huddersfield Town: 0–517 Mar 1926 @ Bolton Wanderers: 1–320 Mar 1926 v Everton: 0–027 Mar 1926 n Manchester City: 0–32 Apr 1926 @ Notts County: 3–03 Apr 1926 v Bury: 0–15 Apr 1926 v Notts County: 0–110 Apr 1926 @ Blackburn Rovers: 0–714 Apr 1926 @ Newcastle United: 1–419 Apr 1926 @ Birmingham City: 1–221 Apr 1926 v Sunderland: 5–124 Apr 1926 @ Sheffield United: 0–228 Apr 1926 v Cardiff City: 1–01 May 1926 v West Bromwich Albion: 3–2
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.