The English Football Belt · season
The 1925–26 season
42 belt games · 19 title changesBirmingham City carried the belt into the 1925–26 season. It changed hands 19 times among 13 franchises, and Everton finished the season with it. Most defenses: Sunderland, 8.
Who held it, in order
SunderlandBlackburnTottenhamBurySunderlandLeicesterHuddersfieldBoltonEvertonBuryBoltonWest HamMan CityBlackburnLeedsNewcastleSheffield UtdBoltonEverton
Every belt game
| Belt game | Date | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,137 | Aug 29, 1925 | Sunderland beat Birmingham City 3–1 | Title change |
| 1,138 | Sep 2, 1925 | Sunderland beat Blackburn Rovers 6–2 | Defense |
| 1,139 | Sep 5, 1925 | Sunderland beat West Bromwich Albion 5–2 | Defense |
| 1,140 | Sep 12, 1925 | Sunderland beat Sheffield United 6–1 | Defense |
| 1,141 | Sep 21, 1925 | Blackburn Rovers beat Sunderland 3–0 | Title change |
| 1,142 | Sep 26, 1925 | Blackburn Rovers beat Cardiff City 6–3 | Defense |
| 1,143 | Oct 3, 1925 | Tottenham Hotspur beat Blackburn Rovers 4–2 | Title change |
| 1,144 | Oct 10, 1925 | Bury beat Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 | Title change |
| 1,145 | Oct 14, 1925 | Sunderland beat Bury 1–0 | Title change |
| 1,146 | Oct 17, 1925 | Sunderland and Newcastle United tied 0–0 | Tie · defense |
| 1,147 | Oct 24, 1925 | Sunderland beat Bolton Wanderers 2–1 | Defense |
| 1,148 | Oct 28, 1925 | Sunderland and Bury tied 2–2 | Tie · defense |
| 1,149 | Oct 31, 1925 | Sunderland and Liverpool tied 2–2 | Tie · defense |
| 1,150 | Nov 7, 1925 | Sunderland and Burnley tied 2–2 | Tie · defense |
| 1,151 | Nov 14, 1925 | Leicester City beat Sunderland 4–1 | Title change |
| 1,152 | Nov 21, 1925 | Huddersfield Town beat Leicester City 3–0 | Title change |
| 1,153 | Nov 25, 1925 | Huddersfield Town and Liverpool tied 0–0 | Tie · defense |
| 1,154 | Nov 28, 1925 | Huddersfield Town beat West Ham United 3–2 | Defense |
| 1,155 | Dec 5, 1925 | Huddersfield Town and Arsenal tied 2–2 | Tie · defense |
| 1,156 | Dec 12, 1925 | Bolton Wanderers beat Huddersfield Town 6–1 | Title change |
| 1,157 | Dec 19, 1925 | Everton beat Bolton Wanderers 2–1 | Title change |
| 1,158 | Dec 25, 1925 | Everton and Blackburn Rovers tied 2–2 | Tie · defense |
| 1,159 | Dec 26, 1925 | Everton beat Blackburn Rovers 3–0 | Defense |
| 1,160 | Jan 1, 1926 | Bury beat Everton 1–0 | Title change |
| 1,161 | Jan 2, 1926 | Bury beat Blackburn Rovers 3–1 | Defense |
| 1,162 | Jan 16, 1926 | Bolton Wanderers beat Bury 3–2 | Title change |
| 1,163 | Jan 23, 1926 | Bolton Wanderers beat Notts County 2–1 | Defense |
| 1,164 | Feb 6, 1926 | Bolton Wanderers and Leicester City tied 2–2 | Tie · defense |
| 1,165 | Feb 13, 1926 | West Ham United beat Bolton Wanderers 6–0 | Title change |
| 1,166 | Feb 27, 1926 | West Ham United and Sheffield United tied 1–1 | Tie · defense |
| 1,167 | Mar 6, 1926 | West Ham United beat West Bromwich Albion 3–0 | Defense |
| 1,168 | Mar 13, 1926 | Manchester City beat West Ham United 2–0 | Title change |
| 1,169 | Mar 17, 1926 | Blackburn Rovers beat Manchester City 1–0 | Title change |
| 1,170 | Mar 20, 1926 | Leeds United beat Blackburn Rovers 2–1 | Title change |
| 1,171 | Mar 27, 1926 | Leeds United and Cardiff City tied 0–0 | Tie · defense |
| 1,172 | Apr 3, 1926 | Leeds United beat Sheffield United 2–0 | Defense |
| 1,173 | Apr 5, 1926 | Newcastle United beat Leeds United 3–0 | Title change |
| 1,174 | Apr 10, 1926 | Sheffield United beat Newcastle United 4–3 | Title change |
| 1,175 | Apr 17, 1926 | Bolton Wanderers beat Sheffield United 2–1 | Title change |
| 1,176 | Apr 26, 1926 | Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa tied 2–2 | Tie · defense |
| 1,177 | Apr 28, 1926 | Bolton Wanderers and Arsenal tied 1–1 | Tie · defense |
| 1,178 | May 1, 1926 | Everton beat Bolton Wanderers 2–0 | Title change |