The 1926/27 season is a brilliant year to explore through programmes because it shows inter-war football in full flow — familiar league rhythms, passionate regional followings, and matchday print that was becoming an established part of the supporter experience. By this point, many clubs had settled into recognisable programme styles, but there’s still plenty of variety in layout, cover treatment, typography and advertising, which makes comparing issues from different grounds genuinely interesting for collectors.
This page brings together a snapshot of 1926/27 programmes from the 10Footballs collection, making it easy to dip into the season one fixture at a time. Programmes from this era are more than souvenirs; they’re compact records of football culture: team line-ups, kick-off times, competition branding, travel and ticket notes, plus local businesses placing adverts that instantly locate a match in its community. Those details are exactly what help collectors date items, spot reprints, and understand how clubs communicated with supporters on matchday.
Whether you’re researching a particular club, hunting examples from a specific ground, or building a broader archive of old football programmes from the 1920s, this section is designed as both a reference and a browseable timeline. Take your time, follow the fixtures that catch your eye, and enjoy the small details — because they’re often what turns an ordinary programme into a genuinely memorable piece of football history.
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Everton v Arsenal 30.10.1926 - also Liverpool reserves v Stoke
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Fulham v Bradford City 30.10.1926
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Sunderland v Newcastle 30.10.1926
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Man City v South Shields 27.11.1926 | Man City v Bolton 29.11.1926
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Hull City v Portsmouth 04.12.1926
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Chelsea v Darlington 18.12.1926
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Newcastle v Leicester 18.12.1926
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Fulham v Manchester City 15.01.1927
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England v The Rest 17.01.1927 (International Trial)
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Corinthians v Newcastle 29.01.1927
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Reading v Portsmouth 29.01.1927
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Birmingham v West Brom 05.02.1927
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Sheff Utd v Newcastle 12.02.1927
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Chelsea v South Shields 26.02.1927
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English League v Scottish League 19.03.1927
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Cardiff v Reading 26.03.1927 - FA Cup Semi Final at Wolves
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Cardiff v Reading 26.03.1927 - FA Cup Semi Final at Wolves
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Nelson v Bootle 02.04.1927
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Scotland v England 02.04.1927
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Northern Nomads v The Corinthians 02.04.1927 (Don Davies for The Nomads)
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Don Davies who later in life as a journalist wrote "An Old International" dies in the Munich air crash in 1958
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Birmingham v Newcastle 09.04.1927
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Middlesbrough v Reading 30.04.1927
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FA Cup Semi Final - Southampton v Arsenal 26.03.1927 (played at Chelsea)
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Newcastle v Huddersfield 15.04.1927 (Newcastle Title Win)
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FA Cup Final - Cardiff v Arsenal 23.04.1927
