Although this particular season was not particularly successful, with the Rovers eventually finishing in tenth place in the old Third Division (North), there was still plenty to enjoy. The team hit eighty league goals, as well as a club record victory that lasted for more than two decades. Changes to the offside law also afforded the opportunity for no fewer than five league clubs to score a hundred league goals or more, whilst Manchester City notched eighty-nine in the old First Division, and still got relegated!

Opening with a heavy defeat at the eventual champions, Grimsby Town, the Rovers atoned by putting five past Crewe Alexandra in their first home game. September proved to be a successful month with just one defeat in six league games, but this was bettered in October, where the team remained unbeaten in five.

The Rovers faltered slightly towards Christmas, but nine goals in two days against Southport over the festive period put a smile on the faces of Rovers fans everywhere. The early part of the New Year was marked by a series of high scoring games. The first of these was an 8-1 hammering of Coventry City at Belle Vue, with the Keetley brothers, Tommy and Harold, scoring five between them. Sadly, the other games with extravagant scorelines saw the Rovers on the receiving end, with Nelson and Ashington scoring five and six goals respectively.

February saw the remarkable situation of three brothers from the same family in the Rovers forward lien in the same fixture. Tommy, Harold and Joe Keetley appeared against Wigan Borough at Belle Vue, with Harold scoring the goal in the 1-1 draw.

A good run of results in the late spring moved the Rovers nicely up the table, but an equally poor series as the season drew to a close - five defeats in the last eight fixtures - left the Rovers dwelling on what might have been. The last home game against Accrington Stanley provided a hugely enjoyable 6-2 victory for the Rovers, but the final fixture of the campaign saw them lose comprehensively at Durham. A microcosm of the season in just seven days.

The FA Cup saw the Rovers ease past non-league Wellington Town in Round One, before falling to Rotherham United. Their only consolation being the attendance of 13,764 at Belle Vue. This constituted a new record for the club, beating by some seven hundred the attendance against Norwich City, a year earlier.

Leading scorers: Keetley (T) 24, Keetley (H) 17, Lambert 11

Division Three (North)
 1925-1926
 
P
W
D
L
F
A
Points
Grimsby Town
42
26
9
7
91
40
61
Bradford Park Avenue
42
26
8
8
101
43
60
Rochdale
42
27
5
10
104
58
59
Chesterfield
42
25
5
12
100
54
55
Halifax Town
42
17
11
14
53
50
45
Hartlepool United
42
18
8
16
82
73
44
Tranmere Rovers
42
19
6
17
73
83
44
Nelson
42
16
11
15
89
71
43
Ashington
42
16
11
15
70
62
43
DONCASTER ROVERS
42
16
11
15
80
72
43
Crewe Alexandra
42
17
9
16
63
61
43
New Brighton
42
17
8
17
69
67
42
Durham City
42
18
6
18
63
70
42
Rotherham United
42
17
7
18
69
92
41
Lincoln City
42
17
5
20
66
82
39
Coventry City
42
16
6
20
73
82
38
Wigan Borough
42
13
11
18
68
74
37
Accrington Stanley
42
17
3
22
81
105
37
Wrexham
42
11
10
21
63
92
32
Southport
42
11
10
21
62
92
32
Walsall
42
10
6
26
58
107
26
Barrow
42
7
4
31
50
98
18