The 1926–27 season was Manchester United's 31st season in
the Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...
.
During the season on 7 October 1926,
The Football Association
The Football Association (also known as The FA) is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest football association in the world a ...
announced that United manager
John Chapman had been suspended from "taking part in football or football management for improper conduct in his position as Secretary-Manager of the Manchester United Football Club".
No further explanation for the suspension was ever given. By the next match, two days later against
Bolton Wanderers,
Lal Hilditch
Clarence George "Lal" Hilditch (2 June 1894 – 31 October 1977), also known as Clarrie Hilditch, was an English footballer, and one of only two men to have been simultaneously a player and the manager at Manchester United (the other being R ...
had taken over on a temporary basis as player-manager. Hilditch managed the team until 13 April 1927 when
Herbert Bamlett
Herbert Bamlett (1 March 1882 – October 1941) was an English football manager and referee.
In 1909, Bamlett refereed the FA Cup fourth round tie between Manchester United and Burnley, but called the game off with only 18 minutes left and t ...
appointed as the new United manager.
First Division
FA Cup
References
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