Good Friday 1927-04-15

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	1	Aston Villa	Highbury	38,096
Brain 2	Lineups		Walker
Bolton Wanderers	4	1	Sheffield United	Burnden Park	23,149
Gibson 2, Butler, Jack D	Lineups		Mercer A
Burnley	3	2	Leeds United	Turf Moor	21,099
Bruton, Richards, Devine	Lineups		Turnbull, Jennings
Bury	0	0	Leicester City	Gigg Lane	19,755
	Lineups
Liverpool	5	0	Cardiff City	Anfield Road	35,247
Reid 2, Edmed, Hodgson, Lucas (p)	Lineups
Manchester United	2	2	Derby County	Old Trafford	31,110
Spence 2	Lineups		Bedford, Whitehouse
Newcastle United	1	0	Huddersfield Town	St James' Park	60,149
Gallacher	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	3	West Ham United	White Hart Lane	42,010	Largest home gate 1926-27
Handley	Lineups		Ruffell 2, Earle

				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	0	Newcastle United	37	17	1	1	59	17	6	4	8	30	34	1.745	51	W	L	W	W	L	1927-04-16	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	0	Sunderland	38	14	3	2	63	24	6	3	10	28	40	1.422	46	W	W	W	W	L	1927-04-16	Sheffield United	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	37	12	4	2	40	19	4	10	5	31	33	1.365	46	L	L	W	W	L	1927-04-16	Derby County	A
4	0	West Ham United	37	9	4	5	45	30	10	2	7	32	26	1.375	44	W	D	W	D	W	1927-04-16	Burnley	A
5	0	Leicester City	38	12	3	4	55	31	4	7	8	26	34	1.246	42	D	L	W	L	D	1927-04-16	Aston Villa	A
6	0	Burnley	38	14	3	2	52	28	3	5	11	33	48	1.118	42	W	L	L	L	D	1927-04-16	West Ham United	H
7	0	Bolton Wanderers	37	13	5	1	45	19	3	4	11	24	36	1.255	41	W	W	L	W	D	1927-04-16	Everton	H
8	1	Liverpool	37	12	3	4	44	25	5	2	11	19	26	1.235	39	W	W	L	L	D	1927-04-16	Bury	H
9	-1	Aston Villa	38	10	4	5	47	31	7	1	11	28	47	0.962	39	L	L	L	W	W	1927-04-16	Leicester City	H
10	0	Tottenham Hotspur	37	10	4	5	44	28	4	5	9	24	40	1	37	L	W	W	L	D	1927-04-16	Newcastle United	A
11	0	Sheffield United	37	10	5	3	41	32	4	4	11	25	50	0.805	37	L	W	W	W	L	1927-04-16	Sunderland	H
12	0	Birmingham	35	12	3	3	30	12	4	0	13	22	44	0.929	35	W	W	W	L	W	1927-04-16	Leeds United	A
13	0	Blackburn Rovers	36	8	4	5	38	35	6	3	10	37	52	0.862	35	D	L	D	L	L	1927-04-16	Manchester United	A
14	0	The Wednesday	37	13	2	3	42	24	0	6	13	23	58	0.793	34	W	L	W	L	W	1927-04-16	Cardiff City	A
15	1	Manchester United	37	8	7	4	27	19	4	3	11	19	41	0.767	34	D	D	W	L	L	1927-04-16	Blackburn Rovers	H
16	1	Derby County	37	13	2	3	52	21	1	3	15	22	43	1.156	33	D	D	D	D	W	1927-04-16	Huddersfield Town	H
17	-2	Cardiff City	37	9	3	6	25	15	3	6	10	22	46	0.77	33	L	D	L	L	W	1927-04-16	The Wednesday	H
18	1	Arsenal	36	10	5	4	40	29	2	4	11	19	50	0.747	33	W	L	L	L	L	1927-04-16	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	-1	Bury	37	7	5	7	39	34	4	5	9	22	34	0.897	32	D	W	L	L	D	1927-04-16	Liverpool	A
20	0	Everton	38	9	5	5	30	27	2	4	13	29	54	0.728	31	D	D	W	W	W	1927-04-16	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	0	Leeds United	37	7	7	4	35	25	2	1	16	25	52	0.779	26	L	L	W	L	D	1927-04-16	Birmingham	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	36	8	3	7	42	31	1	3	14	16	47	0.744	24	L	L	W	L	W	1927-04-16	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	6	1	South Shields	Bloomfield Road	15,450
Tremelling 2, Meredith 2, Browell, Downes	Lineups		Oxberry
Clapton Orient	1	0	Southampton	Millfield Road	13,848
Gardner	Lineups
Darlington	2	2	Manchester City	Feethams Ground	11,784
Ruddy, Cochrane	Lineups		Broadhurst, Johnson
Fulham	4	3	Swansea Town	Craven Cottage	24,555
Tonner 2, Oliver, Penn	Lineups		Deacon, Fowler 2
Grimsby Town	0	1	Reading	Blundell Park	18,040	Largest home gate 1926-27
	Lineups		Davey
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Oldham Athletic	City Ground	19,685
Armitage OG	Lineups		Taylor
Port Vale	3	1	Middlesbrough	Recreation Ground	21,056	Largest home gate 1926-27
Kirkham 3	Lineups		Birrell
Portsmouth	1	2	Barnsley	Fratton Park	25,306
Cook	Lineups		Baines, Curran
Preston North End	1	0	Hull City	Deepdale	17,192
James	Lineups

				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	37	16	2	1	70	23	8	5	5	40	33	1.964	55	L	W	W	W	W	1927-04-16	Grimsby Town	H
2	0	Portsmouth	36	12	4	3	51	16	8	3	6	28	29	1.756	47	L	W	W	W	L	1927-04-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	0	Nottingham Forest	37	13	6	0	54	20	4	7	7	20	26	1.609	47	D	W	D	W	L	1927-04-16	Chelsea	A
4	1	Preston North End	37	13	4	3	52	28	6	5	6	18	31	1.186	47	W	L	W	L	L	1927-04-16	Barnsley	H
5	1	Manchester City	36	12	3	3	49	23	7	4	7	40	35	1.534	45	D	D	L	W	W	1927-04-16	South Shields	A
6	-2	Chelsea	35	11	5	1	37	17	7	4	7	20	27	1.295	45	L	D	D	L	W	1927-04-16	Nottingham Forest	H
7	0	Hull City	37	11	4	3	37	15	7	3	9	19	28	1.302	43	L	D	W	L	W	1927-04-16	Darlington	H
8	1	Port Vale	37	11	5	3	47	21	3	7	8	33	49	1.143	40	W	D	W	W	W	1927-04-16	Blackpool	H
9	-1	Swansea Town	36	12	4	2	38	16	3	5	10	22	42	1.034	39	L	W	L	W	L	1927-04-16	Bradford City	A
10	1	Blackpool	37	12	4	3	58	24	4	2	12	24	49	1.123	38	W	W	L	W	L	1927-04-16	Port Vale	A
11	-1	Southampton	36	8	6	3	31	18	6	3	10	22	33	1.039	37	L	L	D	D	L	1927-04-16	Reading	H
12	0	Barnsley	37	10	5	3	46	22	4	3	12	30	61	0.916	36	W	W	L	L	W	1927-04-16	Preston North End	A
13	0	Oldham Athletic	37	10	2	6	42	32	5	3	11	20	45	0.805	35	D	W	L	L	W	1927-04-16	Notts County	A
14	0	Reading	35	11	0	5	39	17	2	6	11	16	46	0.873	32	W	L	W	D	L	1927-04-16	Southampton	A
15	0	Grimsby Town	37	5	6	8	31	37	5	4	9	34	45	0.793	30	L	D	D	W	W	1927-04-16	Middlesbrough	A
16	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	8	4	5	49	26	3	3	11	17	35	1.082	29	L	W	L	W	W	1927-04-16	Portsmouth	H
17	0	South Shields	35	9	6	2	43	19	1	3	14	18	58	0.792	29	L	L	D	L	W	1927-04-16	Manchester City	H
18	0	Notts County	36	9	4	5	37	22	3	1	14	23	63	0.706	29	L	W	L	D	W	1927-04-16	Oldham Athletic	H
19	0	Fulham	37	9	4	6	33	30	1	4	13	13	53	0.554	28	W	L	L	W	L	1927-04-16	Clapton Orient	A
20	0	Darlington	37	8	2	8	40	37	2	3	14	25	47	0.774	25	D	W	L	L	W	1927-04-16	Hull City	A
21	1	Clapton Orient	36	7	3	8	31	32	1	3	14	18	58	0.544	22	W	L	L	L	W	1927-04-16	Fulham	H
22	-1	Bradford City	36	5	3	10	23	25	1	5	12	20	45	0.614	20	W	W	L	W	L	1927-04-16	Swansea Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chesterfield	1	1	Nelson	Saltergate Recreation Ground	12,744	Largest home gate 1926-27
Cookson	Lineups		Bedford
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Stockport County	Gresty Road	9,547
Brown D, Poyntz 2	Lineups		Johnston 2
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Stoke City	Belle Vue	17,974	Largest home gate 1926-27
Keetley F, Keetley T, Hargreaves	Lineups		Archibald
Lincoln City	5	0	Durham City	Sincil Bank	7,321
Dinsdale 4, Bosbury	Lineups
New Brighton	3	1	Walsall	Sandheys Park	4,329
Wade 2, Whitter	Lineups		Robson
Southport	3	0	Barrow	Haig Avenue	5,313
Bellis, Marshall, Beadles	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	0	0	Halifax Town	Prenton Park	11,171
	Lineups
Wrexham	1	0	Bradford	Racecourse Ground	8,207
Smith J	Lineups

				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	37	15	2	1	51	10	8	6	5	30	27	2.189	54	L	W	L	W	D	1927-04-16	Durham City	A
2	0	Nelson	36	16	2	0	63	13	6	5	7	36	42	1.8	51	D	W	W	L	W	1927-04-16	Stockport County	A
3	0	Bradford	37	15	3	0	58	17	6	4	9	26	33	1.68	49	L	W	W	W	D	1927-04-16	Rochdale	A
4	1	Halifax Town	37	11	6	1	42	21	8	5	6	23	23	1.477	49	D	W	L	D	L	1927-04-16	Wrexham	H
5	-1	Rochdale	36	14	2	1	60	20	7	4	8	29	37	1.561	48	L	W	L	W	W	1927-04-16	Bradford	H
6	0	Stockport County	37	11	3	4	47	25	8	3	8	31	34	1.322	42	L	D	L	L	W	1927-04-16	Nelson	H
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	35	11	3	3	46	22	5	6	7	22	34	1.214	41	W	W	W	D	W	1927-04-16	Accrington Stanley	A
8	0	Chesterfield	36	13	4	1	59	21	4	1	13	21	41	1.29	39	D	W	L	W	W	1927-04-16	Hartlepools United	A
9	0	Tranmere Rovers	36	10	5	3	42	21	5	3	10	26	38	1.153	38	D	L	D	D	W	1927-04-16	Rotherham United	H
10	0	New Brighton	36	12	2	4	38	17	2	8	8	26	42	1.085	38	W	L	L	L	D	1927-04-18	Walsall	A
11	1	Lincoln City	36	8	5	6	47	30	4	6	7	30	37	1.149	35	W	W	W	W	W	1927-04-16	Wigan Borough	H
12	-1	Walsall	36	9	2	6	29	18	4	6	9	32	47	0.938	34	L	W	W	D	L	1927-04-16	Southport	A
13	0	Wrexham	36	9	4	5	36	23	3	5	10	22	37	0.967	33	W	W	D	W	L	1927-04-16	Halifax Town	A
14	0	Hartlepools United	36	10	4	5	38	24	3	1	13	20	46	0.829	31	L	D	L	W	L	1927-04-16	Chesterfield	H
15	2	Crewe Alexandra	36	8	5	5	38	26	3	3	12	22	44	0.857	30	W	L	L	W	W	1927-04-16	Ashington	H
16	2	Southport	34	9	5	4	42	25	2	3	11	18	45	0.857	30	W	L	W	L	W	1927-04-16	Walsall	H
17	-2	Ashington	37	6	8	4	33	28	3	4	12	15	52	0.6	30	D	W	L	D	L	1927-04-16	Crewe Alexandra	A
18	-2	Wigan Borough	38	10	4	5	42	26	1	3	15	20	51	0.805	29	W	L	L	D	L	1927-04-16	Lincoln City	A
19	0	Rotherham United	36	7	6	6	36	30	2	4	11	26	48	0.795	28	L	L	L	W	L	1927-04-16	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	0	Accrington Stanley	36	7	3	9	40	37	1	4	12	15	49	0.64	23	L	D	W	W	L	1927-04-16	Doncaster Rovers	H
21	0	Durham City	36	7	4	7	28	30	2	1	15	16	62	0.478	23	L	L	W	L	D	1927-04-16	Stoke City	H
22	0	Barrow	36	5	5	8	19	31	1	2	15	9	65	0.292	19	L	L	W	L	W	1927-04-18	Southport	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brentford	1	1	Merthyr Town	Griffin Park	9,031
Lane	Lineups		Phillips
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Luton Town	Goldstone Ground	12,581
Richards OG	Lineups		Thompson
Bristol City	2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Ashton Gate	24,644
Keating, Walsh T (p)	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Crystal Palace	Priestfield Road	7,584
Fairclough 2	Lineups		Blakemore
Millwall	4	2	Exeter City	The Den, New Cross	15,000
Parker, Phillips, Chance, Page	Lineups		Lievesley 2
Newport County	0	2	Queens Park Rangers	Somerton Park	5,938
	Lineups		Goddard, Varco
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Home Park	18,484
Craig (p), Leslie 2	Lineups		Sherlaw
Swindon Town	3	5	Bristol Rovers	County Ground	8,988
Jefferies 2, Brown	Lineups		Culley 3 (1p), Evans, Williams
Watford	1	1	Norwich City	Vicarage Road	7,785
Edmonds	Lineups		Aitken J

				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	Bristol City	36	17	1	1	62	24	7	6	4	29	23	1.94	55	W	L	L	W	W	1927-04-16	Norwich City	A
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	14	4	1	60	22	6	6	6	16	18	1.9	50	D	W	W	W	D	1927-04-16	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
3	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	13	4	0	43	11	7	5	6	39	44	1.49	49	W	W	W	W	W	1927-04-16	Northampton Town	A
4	0	Millwall	36	14	2	3	51	18	6	6	5	25	27	1.69	48	W	W	L	W	L	1927-04-16	Aberdare Athletic	H
5	0	Swindon Town	37	15	2	2	58	27	4	6	8	34	46	1.26	46	L	D	W	L	L	1927-04-16	Watford	H
6	0	Newport County	36	15	2	2	40	20	4	1	12	16	44	0.88	41	L	L	L	W	L	1927-04-16	Brentford	A
7	0	Crystal Palace	36	11	5	2	49	25	5	3	10	23	40	1.11	40	L	D	L	D	W	1927-04-16	Exeter City	A
8	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	37	11	2	5	44	23	4	6	9	27	38	1.16	38	L	W	D	L	L	1927-04-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	0	Luton Town	37	9	9	0	39	19	3	5	11	20	40	1	38	D	L	W	D	D	1927-04-16	Charlton Athletic	H
10	0	Exeter City	37	13	3	2	42	14	1	5	13	30	54	1.06	36	L	L	W	L	W	1927-04-16	Crystal Palace	H
11	0	Brentford	35	10	7	2	45	19	3	2	11	22	36	1.22	35	D	L	D	W	L	1927-04-16	Newport County	H
12	0	Charlton Athletic	36	10	4	3	38	21	3	3	13	16	35	0.96	33	L	W	L	W	W	1927-04-16	Luton Town	A
13	0	Southend United	36	11	3	4	42	21	2	3	13	19	46	0.91	32	D	W	L	W	L	1927-04-16	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	0	Bristol Rovers	36	9	3	5	36	24	4	3	12	27	47	0.89	32	W	L	W	L	L	1927-04-16	Gillingham	H
15	4	Queens Park Rangers	36	7	7	3	34	24	4	1	14	19	44	0.78	30	W	W	W	D	L	1927-04-16	Southend United	A
16	-1	Coventry City	36	10	2	6	41	31	3	2	13	18	50	0.73	30	D	L	W	D	L	1927-04-16	Merthyr Town	A
17	-1	Watford	37	9	4	6	33	24	3	2	13	18	49	0.7	30	D	W	D	W	D	1927-04-16	Swindon Town	A
18	-1	Merthyr Town	36	8	5	4	36	23	2	4	13	20	47	0.8	29	D	D	D	W	D	1927-04-16	Coventry City	H
19	-1	Norwich City	36	9	4	5	36	22	1	5	12	16	44	0.79	29	D	L	L	L	L	1927-04-16	Bristol City	H
20	1	Gillingham	37	9	5	5	33	23	1	3	14	15	42	0.74	28	W	D	L	L	L	1927-04-16	Bristol Rovers	A
21	-1	Northampton Town	37	10	4	4	30	20	1	1	17	21	61	0.63	27	L	L	W	L	W	1927-04-16	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	0	Aberdare Athletic	36	7	1	10	33	38	1	5	12	23	49	0.64	22	W	L	W	D	L	1927-04-16	Millwall	A