Saturday 1927-01-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	2	Cardiff City	Highbury	31,000
Brain 3	Lineups		Curtis, Davies L
Birmingham	2	1	Leicester City	St Andrew's	34,500
Bradford 2	Lineups		Cringan OG
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Liverpool	Burnden Park	34,513
Smith JR 2	Lineups		Edmed
Everton	3	2	Burnley	Goodison Park	44,586
Dean 2, Irvine	Lineups		Freeman 2
Manchester United	5	0	Sheffield United	Old Trafford	33,593
McPherson 2, Barson, Rennox, Sweeney	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	0	Leeds United	St James' Park	51,343
Gallacher	Lineups
Sunderland	2	5	Blackburn Rovers	Roker Park	25,212
Marshall, Clunas (p)	Lineups		Puddefoot, Harper 2 (1p), Mitchell, Holland
The Wednesday	1	3	Bury	Hillsborough	35,367
Hill	Lineups		Ball 2, Bullock
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Huddersfield Town	The Hawthorns	24,640
Short 2	Lineups		Brown, Cook
West Ham United	1	2	Derby County	Upton Park	20,882
Watson	Lineups		Murphy 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Newcastle United	23	10	1	1	37	12	3	4	4	20	20	1.781	31	W	W	W	D	L	1927-01-15	Aston Villa	A
2	-1	Burnley	24	9	3	0	35	14	3	3	6	25	26	1.5	30	L	D	W	W	W	1927-01-15	Cardiff City	A
3	0	Sunderland	25	9	2	1	37	14	3	3	7	20	30	1.295	29	L	W	L	D	W	1927-01-15	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	0	Huddersfield Town	23	7	3	1	28	13	1	9	2	19	23	1.306	28	D	W	L	L	W	1927-01-15	Bury	H
5	1	Bolton Wanderers	23	9	3	0	29	10	2	2	7	18	22	1.469	27	W	L	L	W	D	1927-01-15	Leeds United	H
6	-1	Leicester City	23	7	2	2	35	19	3	4	5	19	25	1.227	26	L	W	W	D	L	1927-01-15	West Ham United	H
7	0	West Ham United	23	5	2	4	23	19	5	2	5	15	14	1.152	24	L	L	W	W	D	1927-01-15	Leicester City	A
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	23	7	3	2	34	18	2	3	6	15	25	1.14	24	L	L	D	W	L	1927-01-15	Everton	A
9	2	Arsenal	23	7	4	2	29	21	1	4	5	12	23	0.932	24	W	W	L	L	D	1927-01-15	Derby County	A
10	3	Manchester United	23	6	4	1	19	9	3	2	7	16	30	0.897	24	W	L	W	D	W	1927-01-15	Liverpool	H
11	-2	The Wednesday	24	9	1	2	27	15	0	5	7	15	34	0.857	24	L	W	L	L	W	1927-01-15	Sheffield United	A
12	3	Birmingham	23	7	3	2	15	8	3	0	8	13	26	0.824	23	W	L	L	L	D	1927-01-15	Blackburn Rovers	A
13	-3	Aston Villa	23	6	3	3	32	18	3	1	7	14	28	1	22	W	L	W	W	W	1927-01-15	Newcastle United	H
14	3	Bury	23	4	3	4	25	23	3	5	4	16	21	0.932	22	W	W	L	D	L	1927-01-15	Huddersfield Town	A
15	-3	Sheffield United	23	6	4	1	25	17	2	2	8	15	37	0.741	22	L	W	L	W	D	1927-01-15	The Wednesday	H
16	2	Blackburn Rovers	23	4	3	4	20	24	5	1	6	24	36	0.733	22	W	L	W	W	L	1927-01-15	Birmingham	H
17	2	Derby County	23	9	1	1	33	14	1	0	11	11	25	1.128	21	W	W	W	L	W	1927-01-15	Arsenal	H
18	-4	Liverpool	23	7	2	2	25	17	2	1	9	11	21	0.947	21	L	W	D	L	D	1927-01-15	Manchester United	A
19	-3	Leeds United	23	6	3	3	27	18	2	1	8	17	28	0.957	20	L	L	L	W	L	1927-01-15	Bolton Wanderers	A
20	0	Cardiff City	23	5	2	5	17	12	2	2	7	13	29	0.732	18	L	W	L	L	W	1927-01-15	Burnley	H
21	0	Everton	25	5	4	4	22	23	1	2	9	21	37	0.717	18	W	L	W	L	L	1927-01-15	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	23	4	2	5	21	21	0	2	10	10	35	0.554	12	D	L	L	L	W	1927-01-15	Sunderland	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	3	1	Swansea Town	Bloomfield Road	13,754
Tremelling, Fishwick, Browell	Lineups		Lewis
Chelsea	2	1	Clapton Orient	Stamford Bridge	28,279
Priestley 2 (2p)	Lineups		Broadbent
Grimsby Town	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Blundell Park	13,406
Bestall	Lineups		Burton
Middlesbrough	5	2	Port Vale	Ayresome Park	26,163
Camsell 3, Pease, Smith OG	Lineups		Kirkham 2 (1p)
Notts County	1	1	Preston North End	Meadow Lane	10,006
Widdowson	Lineups		Roberts
Oldham Athletic	0	4	Barnsley	Boundary Park	13,242
	Lineups		Eaton 2, Tilson 2
Portsmouth	2	1	Manchester City	Fratton Park	19,861
Haines, Watson	Lineups		Johnson
Reading	1	0	Southampton	Elm Park	18,803
Johnstone	Lineups
South Shields	3	1	Hull City	Horsley Hill	9,549	Largest home gate 1926-27
Matthewson, Hird, Trotter	Lineups		Guyan

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Middlesbrough	22	10	1	1	49	21	5	1	4	20	18	1.769	32	W	W	W	W	D	1927-01-15	Chelsea	H
2	1	Nottingham Forest	23	7	4	0	27	14	4	4	4	15	17	1.355	30	D	W	D	W	W	1927-01-15	Blackpool	A
3	-1	Hull City	23	8	2	2	23	7	5	1	5	10	11	1.833	29	L	L	L	W	D	1927-01-15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	3	Portsmouth	23	7	4	1	23	8	5	1	5	17	20	1.429	29	W	L	D	W	D	1927-01-15	Southampton	A
5	0	Preston North End	22	7	3	2	31	20	4	4	2	13	13	1.333	29	D	W	D	L	W	1927-01-15	Clapton Orient	A
6	-2	Swansea Town	23	8	3	0	26	8	3	4	5	17	27	1.229	29	L	W	L	L	D	1927-01-15	Reading	A
7	-1	Southampton	23	6	4	1	23	12	5	2	5	18	22	1.206	28	L	W	W	W	L	1927-01-15	Portsmouth	H
8	0	Chelsea	23	7	4	1	24	14	4	2	5	11	19	1.061	28	W	W	W	D	L	1927-01-15	Middlesbrough	A
9	0	Manchester City	23	8	1	3	33	18	3	2	6	20	21	1.359	25	L	L	L	L	W	1927-01-15	Fulham	A
10	0	Port Vale	24	6	3	2	24	12	2	5	6	22	35	0.979	24	L	W	W	L	D	1927-01-15	Bradford City	H
11	0	Oldham Athletic	23	7	2	2	27	16	3	2	7	7	21	0.919	24	L	L	W	L	D	1927-01-15	Darlington	H
12	0	Blackpool	23	7	2	2	36	14	2	2	8	14	29	1.163	22	W	W	L	W	W	1927-01-15	Nottingham Forest	H
13	0	Reading	22	7	0	3	20	7	1	5	6	14	28	0.971	21	W	W	W	L	D	1927-01-15	Swansea Town	H
14	1	South Shields	21	7	2	2	30	10	1	2	7	11	24	1.206	20	W	L	D	W	D	1927-01-15	Notts County	A
15	-1	Fulham	23	7	3	1	23	11	0	2	10	8	37	0.646	19	L	L	L	L	W	1927-01-15	Manchester City	H
16	3	Barnsley	22	5	2	3	20	14	2	2	8	18	44	0.655	18	W	W	W	D	L	1927-01-15	Grimsby Town	A
17	1	Grimsby Town	21	2	4	3	7	7	3	3	6	24	34	0.756	17	D	L	W	W	W	1927-01-15	Barnsley	H
18	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	3	4	5	29	22	2	2	6	10	18	0.975	16	W	W	L	L	D	1927-01-15	Hull City	H
19	-2	Darlington	23	5	1	6	26	28	1	3	7	15	22	0.82	16	L	D	D	L	L	1927-01-15	Oldham Athletic	A
20	0	Notts County	22	6	1	5	23	15	1	1	8	13	37	0.692	16	D	L	L	L	W	1927-01-15	South Shields	H
21	0	Clapton Orient	22	4	2	5	19	19	1	2	8	11	33	0.577	14	L	L	L	W	L	1927-01-15	Preston North End	H
22	0	Bradford City	23	2	3	7	15	20	0	3	8	9	28	0.5	10	L	L	W	L	D	1927-01-15	Port Vale	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	1	Chesterfield	Peel Park	5,114
Gee (p), Wyper	Lineups		Ralphs
Ashington	3	1	Durham City	Portland Park	3,695
Malloy, Harris, Randall	Lineups		Stokoe
Bradford	2	1	Wigan Borough	Park Avenue	9,710
McLean, McDonald	Lineups		Cooke
Halifax Town	1	0	Rochdale	The Shay	10,846
Coleman	Lineups
Hartlepools United	2	0	Southport	Victoria Park	3,426
Robinson, Wensley	Lineups
Nelson	3	0	Wrexham	Seedhill Ground	6,485
Stevenson 2, Sharp	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	3	Doncaster Rovers	Millmoor	8,159
Ramsden	Lineups		Keetley F 2, Longden
Stockport County	3	1	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	12,144
Pearson, Boardman 2 (1p)	Lineups		Cotton
Stoke City	2	0	Lincoln City	Victoria Ground	12,035
Armitage, Bussey	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	7	2	Barrow	Prenton Park	6,582
Flanagan 5, Dixon OG, Lewis	Lineups		Bosomworth (p), Tilbrook

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Stoke City	22	9	1	1	31	5	6	4	1	19	12	2.941	35	W	D	W	D	W	1927-01-08	Durham City	H
2	0	Rochdale	22	8	2	1	40	17	5	2	4	15	18	1.571	30	L	W	W	W	D	1927-01-08	Bradford	A
3	0	Stockport County	20	9	1	1	33	8	4	2	3	15	15	2.087	29	W	W	W	W	W	1927-01-03	Hartlepools United	A
4	0	Nelson	19	7	2	0	30	8	5	2	3	25	19	2.037	28	W	D	W	W	L	1927-01-08	Stockport County	H
5	0	Bradford	22	7	3	0	27	11	5	1	6	19	21	1.438	28	W	L	W	W	W	1927-01-08	Rochdale	H
6	2	Halifax Town	20	6	5	1	22	12	3	3	2	9	10	1.409	26	W	D	D	D	D	1927-01-03	Wigan Borough	A
7	0	New Brighton	21	8	1	0	26	6	1	6	5	15	23	1.414	25	W	L	L	W	L	1927-01-08	Barrow	H
8	-2	Chesterfield	21	8	2	0	37	13	3	1	7	13	23	1.389	25	L	L	W	L	L	1927-01-03	Ashington	A
9	0	Tranmere Rovers	21	5	3	3	22	13	5	0	5	19	19	1.281	23	W	W	W	L	L	1927-01-08	Rotherham United	A
10	0	Rotherham United	22	5	3	4	22	21	2	3	5	17	26	0.83	20	L	D	L	W	D	1927-01-08	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	3	Ashington	21	4	4	0	20	13	3	2	8	12	34	0.681	20	W	L	W	L	W	1927-01-03	Chesterfield	H
12	-1	Walsall	20	4	2	3	12	8	2	5	4	20	27	0.914	19	L	W	L	D	W	1927-01-15	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	3	Hartlepools United	22	6	2	4	22	15	2	1	7	11	22	0.892	19	W	W	D	W	L	1927-01-03	Stockport County	H
14	3	Doncaster Rovers	20	4	2	3	20	15	3	3	5	14	27	0.81	19	W	W	L	W	D	1927-01-08	Wigan Borough	A
15	-3	Durham City	22	6	2	4	17	14	2	1	7	9	24	0.684	19	L	W	L	W	L	1927-01-08	Stoke City	A
16	-3	Southport	21	5	4	3	25	19	1	2	6	9	22	0.829	18	L	D	D	W	L	1927-01-15	Lincoln City	H
17	-2	Wrexham	21	4	2	3	18	10	2	3	7	11	25	0.829	17	L	D	L	W	D	1927-01-08	Halifax Town	H
18	0	Lincoln City	22	3	4	5	23	20	0	5	5	16	27	0.83	15	L	L	L	L	D	1927-01-15	Southport	A
19	0	Wigan Borough	23	5	1	4	24	16	1	2	10	16	35	0.784	15	L	W	L	W	W	1927-01-03	Halifax Town	H
20	0	Crewe Alexandra	21	4	3	3	20	14	1	2	8	11	27	0.756	15	L	L	D	L	W	1927-01-15	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Accrington Stanley	22	5	1	7	24	26	0	2	7	6	25	0.588	13	W	L	L	L	L	1927-01-15	Rochdale	A
22	0	Barrow	21	1	4	6	11	23	0	2	8	6	45	0.25	8	L	L	L	L	L	1927-01-08	New Brighton	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aberdare Athletic	0	0	Charlton Athletic	Athletic Ground	2,374
	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	6	2	Plymouth Argyle	Dean Court	7,188
Buchanan, Thomson, Smith, Eyre, Taylor, Stringfellow	Lineups		Logan, Cock
Brentford	2	2	Luton Town	Griffin Park	9,116
Dearn, Lane	Lineups		Thomson, Panther
Coventry City	5	1	Watford	Highfield Road	10,500
Heathcote, Herbert 4	Lineups		Daniels
Crystal Palace	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park	14,346
Blakemore, Clarke	Lineups
Exeter City	3	1	Swindon Town	St James Park	6,516
Charlton (p), Phoenix 2	Lineups		Morris
Millwall	2	0	Southend United	The Den, New Cross	17,472
Parker, Amos	Lineups
Newport County	1	0	Northampton Town	Somerton Park	5,006
Johnson	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Gillingham	Loftus Road	7,714
Goddard	Lineups		Meston

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Swindon Town	22	11	1	0	41	14	4	3	3	21	24	1.63	34	L	W	W	W	W	1927-01-08	Watford	A
2	2	Millwall	24	10	1	1	37	10	3	4	5	16	24	1.56	31	W	W	W	L	W	1927-01-15	Norwich City	A
3	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	9	1	1	37	12	4	3	2	8	9	2.14	30	L	D	W	W	L	1927-01-15	Brentford	H
4	-1	Bristol City	20	9	0	0	33	11	3	5	3	20	18	1.83	29	W	W	D	D	L	1927-01-15	Gillingham	H
5	1	Newport County	22	9	2	0	17	7	3	1	7	10	24	0.87	27	W	L	W	L	D	1927-01-08	Gillingham	A
6	-1	Plymouth Argyle	22	8	2	0	23	4	2	4	6	19	32	1.17	26	L	W	W	D	W	1927-01-15	Newport County	H
7	0	Luton Town	21	7	5	0	26	12	2	1	6	12	24	1.06	24	D	L	L	W	D	1927-01-15	Bristol Rovers	H
8	0	Brentford	20	7	4	1	32	14	2	1	5	14	18	1.44	23	D	W	L	W	L	1927-01-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	1	Exeter City	21	8	2	2	28	9	1	2	6	15	24	1.3	22	W	L	L	L	W	1927-01-15	Merthyr Town	A
10	-1	Southend United	21	8	1	3	29	12	2	1	6	12	25	1.11	22	L	W	L	L	W	1927-01-08	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	0	Crystal Palace	20	6	2	2	26	14	2	3	5	10	18	1.13	21	W	L	L	L	L	1927-01-15	Queens Park Rangers	A
12	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	20	4	2	2	21	12	3	3	6	17	26	1	19	W	W	L	W	L	1927-01-15	Aberdare Athletic	H
13	0	Norwich City	21	6	3	2	25	13	1	2	7	11	33	0.78	19	L	W	W	W	L	1927-01-15	Millwall	H
14	-2	Watford	22	6	1	4	21	12	3	0	8	11	30	0.76	19	L	L	L	W	L	1927-01-08	Swindon Town	H
15	-1	Merthyr Town	20	6	2	3	21	10	1	1	7	9	23	0.91	17	L	L	D	W	L	1927-01-08	Coventry City	A
16	0	Bristol Rovers	21	4	3	5	20	20	2	2	5	10	16	0.83	17	W	L	W	L	L	1927-01-15	Luton Town	A
17	1	Coventry City	22	6	0	5	25	20	2	1	8	10	33	0.66	17	W	L	W	W	W	1927-01-08	Merthyr Town	H
18	-1	Queens Park Rangers	22	4	3	2	23	14	2	1	10	15	37	0.75	16	D	W	L	L	L	1927-01-08	Southend United	H
19	0	Charlton Athletic	19	3	2	2	15	9	2	3	7	8	21	0.77	15	D	D	W	L	L	1927-01-15	Watford	H
20	0	Gillingham	21	4	3	2	19	14	1	2	9	7	22	0.72	15	D	D	L	L	L	1927-01-08	Newport County	H
21	0	Northampton Town	23	4	4	3	18	13	1	0	11	12	35	0.63	14	L	W	D	L	W	1927-01-08	Aberdare Athletic	A
22	0	Aberdare Athletic	22	2	1	7	12	24	1	2	9	13	32	0.45	9	D	L	L	L	L	1927-01-08	Northampton Town	H