Saturday 1927-12-24

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	2	Everton	Highbury	27,995
Hulme, Buchan, Blyth	Lineups		Dean, Troup
Aston Villa	5	4	The Wednesday	Villa Park	12,345
Beresford 3, Cook 2	Lineups		Hooper 2, Harper, Seed
Burnley	2	1	Cardiff City	Turf Moor	13,159
Beel, Dougall W	Lineups		Thirlaway
Bury	2	3	Blackburn Rovers	Gigg Lane	12,855
Ball, Vernon	Lineups		Roscamp, McLean, Mitchell
Derby County	4	1	Birmingham	Baseball Ground	8,535
Stephenson, Mee, Crooks, Bedford	Lineups		Bradford
Leicester City	6	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Filbert Street	19,987
Bishop, Chandler 3, Lochhead, Adcock	Lineups		Handley
Liverpool	2	0	Manchester United	Anfield Road	14,971
Scott T, Chambers	Lineups
Portsmouth	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Fratton Park	21,785
Watson, Davey	Lineups		Brown G
Sheffield United	4	3	Bolton Wanderers	Bramall Lane	10,503
Gillespie, Blair, Tunstall, Johnson H	Lineups		Jack D 3
Sunderland	1	0	Middlesbrough	Roker Park	23,633
Ramsay	Lineups
West Ham United	5	2	Newcastle United	Upton Park	19,296
Ruffell 2, Gibbins 3	Lineups		Boyd, Evans

				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	Everton	20	6	4	1	37	12	5	2	2	22	16	2.107	28	L	W	W	D	W	1927-12-26	Cardiff City	H
2	3	Leicester City	21	6	3	1	30	15	3	3	5	14	20	1.257	24	W	L	D	W	W	1927-12-26	Burnley	H
3	4	Blackburn Rovers	21	6	5	0	19	8	2	3	5	11	23	0.968	24	W	W	L	D	L	1927-12-26	Manchester United	A
4	-2	Cardiff City	20	5	4	1	19	13	3	3	4	18	25	0.974	23	L	L	W	W	W	1927-12-26	Everton	A
5	-2	Huddersfield Town	19	7	1	1	25	11	2	3	5	19	22	1.333	22	L	W	W	W	L	1927-12-26	The Wednesday	H
6	-2	Newcastle United	20	5	3	2	21	16	4	1	5	21	23	1.077	22	L	L	L	D	L	1927-12-26	Middlesbrough	A
7	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	20	7	3	1	29	16	2	1	6	9	24	0.95	22	L	W	W	W	D	1927-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	1	Liverpool	20	7	1	1	35	14	0	6	5	12	21	1.343	21	W	L	L	D	W	1927-12-27	Arsenal	H
9	1	Arsenal	19	6	2	1	27	13	2	3	5	13	26	1.026	21	W	L	W	L	D	1927-12-27	Liverpool	A
10	2	West Ham United	19	7	0	3	29	18	3	1	5	14	25	1	21	W	W	W	L	L	1927-12-26	Sheffield United	A
11	3	Aston Villa	20	7	1	3	32	19	1	3	5	11	19	1.132	20	W	L	L	L	W	1927-12-26	Derby County	A
12	-4	Middlesbrough	20	5	3	1	26	14	2	3	6	19	28	1.071	20	L	D	D	W	W	1927-12-26	Newcastle United	H
13	3	Sunderland	20	5	2	3	20	14	2	3	5	16	22	1	19	W	D	L	D	D	1927-12-26	Birmingham	A
14	-3	Manchester United	21	6	2	2	26	13	2	1	8	10	26	0.923	19	L	W	L	L	L	1927-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	-2	Bury	20	6	0	5	27	23	3	1	5	10	22	0.822	19	L	W	L	W	L	1927-12-26	Portsmouth	H
16	1	Burnley	20	7	0	3	24	13	2	1	7	13	34	0.787	19	W	L	L	L	W	1927-12-26	Leicester City	A
17	-2	Bolton Wanderers	19	5	2	1	20	8	1	3	7	12	22	1.067	17	L	W	L	D	W	1927-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	2	Sheffield United	20	5	3	3	22	24	1	2	6	5	17	0.659	17	W	L	W	D	L	1927-12-26	West Ham United	H
19	2	Derby County	19	5	2	3	29	18	0	3	6	17	30	0.958	15	W	D	W	L	D	1927-12-26	Aston Villa	H
20	-2	The Wednesday	20	3	3	3	16	11	1	4	6	22	33	0.864	15	L	D	D	W	W	1927-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
21	-2	Birmingham	20	2	5	3	13	15	2	2	6	19	29	0.727	15	L	L	W	L	D	1927-12-26	Sunderland	H
22	0	Portsmouth	20	4	4	2	19	14	1	1	8	15	38	0.654	15	W	W	D	L	D	1927-12-26	Bury	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	1	Chelsea	Oakwell	5,634
Tilson, Curran (p), Proudfoot	Lineups		Priestley
Fulham	2	2	Blackpool	Craven Cottage	10,853
Penn, Elliott	Lineups		Hampson, Neal
Hull City	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Anlaby Road	6,662
Nelson, Alexander	Lineups		Watson, Pynegar
Leeds United	5	1	Stoke City	Elland Road	12,889
Jennings 2, White, Turnbull, Hart	Lineups		Williamson
Manchester City	3	1	Notts County	Maine Road	18,362
Broadhurst 2, Hicks	Lineups		Mills BR
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Southampton	City Ground	5,592
Burton	Lineups		Rawlings
Port Vale	4	1	West Bromwich Albion	Recreation Ground	8,216
Simms 3, Gillespie	Lineups		Cookson
Preston North End	3	0	Grimsby Town	Deepdale	12,706
James, Harrison, Roberts	Lineups
South Shields	1	3	Bristol City	Horsley Hill	4,232
Smith J	Lineups		Keating 2, Cherrett
Swansea Town	0	1	Reading	Vetch Field	9,034
	Lineups		Lindsay
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	3	Clapton Orient	Molineux	6,023
Baxter 2, Bowen, Chadwick, Phillipson	Lineups		Whipp, Holland, McDougall OG

				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	Chelsea	20	8	1	0	26	2	5	3	3	16	16	2.333	30	L	W	L	W	D	1927-12-26	Grimsby Town	A
2	0	Manchester City	20	9	0	1	29	11	3	3	4	17	21	1.438	27	W	D	W	L	W	1927-12-26	Barnsley	A
3	1	Preston North End	20	7	1	2	27	11	3	5	2	14	15	1.577	26	W	D	W	D	W	1927-12-26	Swansea Town	H
4	1	Leeds United	20	8	1	1	33	7	3	2	5	18	19	1.962	25	W	W	W	L	L	1927-12-26	Port Vale	A
5	-2	Oldham Athletic	20	7	3	0	28	9	3	2	5	11	16	1.56	25	D	D	W	W	D	1927-12-27	Clapton Orient	H
6	1	Port Vale	20	7	2	1	25	8	4	0	6	14	21	1.345	24	W	W	W	W	D	1927-12-26	Leeds United	H
7	1	Bristol City	20	6	1	3	22	10	4	3	3	20	23	1.273	24	W	L	D	W	D	1927-12-26	Southampton	H
8	-2	Nottingham Forest	20	7	2	1	38	17	3	1	6	12	21	1.316	23	D	W	W	W	D	1927-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
9	1	West Bromwich Albion	20	5	2	2	27	16	3	3	5	17	24	1.1	21	L	W	L	L	W	1927-12-26	Notts County	H
10	-1	Stoke City	20	4	4	2	13	8	4	1	5	20	23	1.065	21	L	L	L	W	L	1927-12-27	South Shields	H
11	0	Swansea Town	20	7	2	1	29	9	1	3	6	14	32	1.049	21	L	W	W	L	D	1927-12-26	Preston North End	A
12	0	Grimsby Town	20	4	3	3	23	19	3	3	4	13	19	0.947	20	L	L	W	W	D	1927-12-26	Chelsea	H
13	0	Clapton Orient	20	6	1	2	17	10	2	3	6	19	31	0.878	20	L	L	L	W	D	1927-12-27	Oldham Athletic	A
14	1	Barnsley	20	4	4	3	19	15	2	3	4	11	22	0.811	19	W	W	L	L	W	1927-12-26	Manchester City	H
15	-1	Hull City	20	4	5	1	13	8	1	3	6	9	20	0.786	18	D	D	D	L	W	1927-12-27	Fulham	H
16	0	Notts County	20	4	3	3	23	13	1	3	6	10	25	0.868	16	L	D	L	W	L	1927-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
17	0	Fulham	20	5	5	1	23	16	0	0	9	10	31	0.702	15	D	L	W	L	D	1927-12-27	Hull City	A
18	1	Reading	20	4	3	3	19	16	1	2	7	10	28	0.659	15	W	W	L	W	L	1927-12-26	Blackpool	A
19	-1	Southampton	20	3	3	4	24	24	1	3	6	4	15	0.718	14	D	D	L	D	L	1927-12-26	Bristol City	A
20	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	5	2	4	25	21	0	2	7	7	27	0.667	14	W	L	L	L	L	1927-12-26	Nottingham Forest	A
21	-1	Blackpool	20	3	2	5	18	21	1	3	6	15	32	0.623	13	D	L	D	L	W	1927-12-26	Reading	H
22	0	South Shields	20	1	3	6	15	24	1	2	7	14	35	0.492	9	L	L	D	L	D	1927-12-27	Stoke City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	5	1	Barrow	Peel Park	3,128
Parkin, Barclay (p), Armstrong, Parry, McLaughlan	Lineups		Smith
Ashington	1	3	Southport	Portland Park	1,703
Hopper	Lineups		Tait 2, Beadles
Bradford City	3	3	Chesterfield	Valley Parade	7,236
Burkinshaw 2, Harvey	Lineups		Turnbull 2, Williams
Crewe Alexandra	5	2	Durham City	Gresty Road	2,689
Shaw C 3, Owen 2	Lineups		Pearson, Greenwell
Darlington	4	1	Rotherham United	Feethams Ground	3,409
Lees, Gregg 2, Gardner	Lineups		Lievesley
Doncaster Rovers	5	2	Rochdale	Belle Vue	5,291
Keetley T 2 (1p), Philipson 2, Hall	Lineups		Whitehurst, Bertram
Halifax Town	4	1	Wrexham	The Shay	3,032
Martin 2, Bell, Lees	Lineups		Longmuir
Hartlepools United	2	1	Stockport County	Victoria Park	2,033
Robinson 2	Lineups		Smith
Lincoln City	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Sincil Bank	5,363
Campbell	Lineups		Waring
New Brighton	1	2	Bradford	Sandheys Park	2,589
Harley	Lineups		McDonald OG, Hart

				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	Doncaster Rovers	18	8	1	0	32	4	5	1	3	12	10	3.143	28	W	W	L	W	W	1927-12-26	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Bradford	18	8	1	1	29	12	4	3	1	15	10	2	28	W	W	D	L	W	1927-12-27	Rochdale	H
3	1	Lincoln City	19	6	3	0	21	8	4	1	5	19	23	1.29	24	D	L	W	L	L	1927-12-26	Hartlepools United	A
4	2	Halifax Town	19	7	1	1	28	12	2	4	4	14	18	1.4	23	W	D	D	L	L	1927-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	-2	Wrexham	19	8	1	2	23	11	2	2	4	9	16	1.185	23	L	W	W	L	L	1927-12-26	Southport	A
6	-1	Rochdale	16	6	1	1	22	9	4	0	4	16	16	1.52	21	L	W	W	D	L	1927-12-27	Bradford	A
7	0	Tranmere Rovers	17	6	2	1	24	12	2	3	3	10	12	1.417	21	D	L	W	W	L	1927-12-27	Nelson	H
8	0	Accrington Stanley	17	4	4	1	20	9	2	4	2	13	16	1.32	20	W	D	D	D	W	1927-12-26	New Brighton	H
9	1	Southport	18	6	1	2	25	10	2	1	6	13	21	1.226	18	W	W	W	W	L	1927-12-26	Wrexham	H
10	2	Darlington	18	6	0	2	23	9	2	2	6	10	21	1.1	18	W	L	L	L	L	1927-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	3	Hartlepools United	19	5	1	2	14	10	3	1	7	14	28	0.737	18	W	W	W	W	L	1927-12-26	Lincoln City	H
12	-3	Stockport County	17	7	2	0	19	5	0	1	7	4	18	1	17	L	D	W	W	L	1927-12-26	Barrow	H
13	-2	New Brighton	17	4	0	3	17	9	2	4	4	13	19	1.071	16	L	W	L	D	W	1927-12-26	Accrington Stanley	A
14	-1	Durham City	20	6	3	1	20	11	0	1	9	9	29	0.725	16	L	D	L	L	W	1927-12-31	Bradford	H
15	1	Bradford City	17	4	2	2	25	13	0	5	4	11	18	1.161	15	D	L	L	D	W	1927-12-26	Wigan Borough	H
16	-1	Rotherham United	17	5	4	0	21	4	0	1	7	7	25	0.966	15	L	D	D	D	L	1927-12-26	Chesterfield	H
17	1	Chesterfield	19	3	2	5	20	19	1	4	4	8	17	0.778	14	D	L	D	L	D	1927-12-26	Rotherham United	A
18	-1	Nelson	18	5	1	4	24	22	1	1	6	10	26	0.708	14	L	L	L	W	L	1927-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	2	Crewe Alexandra	19	3	3	2	17	10	1	2	8	14	33	0.721	13	W	L	L	D	W	1927-12-26	Darlington	H
20	-1	Barrow	18	4	5	1	21	13	0	0	8	4	33	0.543	13	L	W	L	W	D	1927-12-26	Stockport County	A
21	-1	Ashington	20	2	4	4	16	18	1	2	7	10	36	0.481	12	L	D	W	W	L	1927-12-31	Bradford City	A
22	0	Wigan Borough	18	2	2	5	12	16	2	1	6	11	28	0.523	11	L	W	L	D	W	1927-12-26	Bradford City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	1	6	Millwall	Eastville	8,000
Culley	Lineups		Phillips 2, Cock 2, Landells 2
Charlton Athletic	4	3	Luton Town	The Valley	7,265
Rankin, Biswell 2, Sherlaw	Lineups		Yardley, Pointon, Rennie
Coventry City	2	4	Northampton Town	Highfield Road	9,250
Heathcote, Townsend	Lineups		Odell 2, Daly, Smith
Gillingham	3	0	Norwich City	Priestfield Road	4,078
Boswell, Meston, Wilcox	Lineups
Merthyr Town	0	3	Exeter City	Penydarren Park	2,000
	Lineups		Compton, Dent 2
Newport County	3	2	Southend United	Somerton Park	3,837
Gittins 2, Waterston	Lineups		Bailey, Baron
Plymouth Argyle	5	1	Crystal Palace	Home Park	11,515
Forbes, Black 2, McKenzie, Bland	Lineups		Harry
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Loftus Road	6,260
Goddard, Mustard	Lineups
Swindon Town	4	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	7,445
Dickinson (p), Morris, Thom 2	Lineups		Cook, Simpson 2
Watford	1	1	Brentford	Vicarage Road	5,226
Sheppard	Lineups		Craddock

				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	Millwall	20	8	1	0	44	11	5	2	4	22	20	2.129	29	W	W	L	W	W	1927-12-27	Norwich City	H
2	0	Northampton Town	18	9	0	1	34	10	4	1	3	17	13	2.217	27	W	L	W	W	D	1927-12-26	Luton Town	H
3	0	Plymouth Argyle	19	8	1	0	31	10	3	2	5	13	18	1.571	25	W	L	W	W	L	1927-12-26	Exeter City	A
4	0	Charlton Athletic	18	6	3	0	15	9	2	5	2	13	17	1.077	24	W	D	D	L	W	1927-12-27	Walsall	A
5	0	Exeter City	18	5	4	1	24	14	3	3	2	8	9	1.391	23	W	W	L	D	W	1927-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
6	1	Newport County	18	5	2	1	18	11	3	3	4	15	15	1.269	21	W	W	D	L	L	1927-12-26	Swindon Town	H
7	1	Queens Park Rangers	19	4	2	3	17	13	5	1	4	11	10	1.217	21	W	W	L	L	L	1927-12-27	Coventry City	A
8	-2	Southend United	17	8	0	1	21	5	2	0	6	13	24	1.172	20	L	W	W	L	L	1927-12-26	Brentford	H
9	3	Swindon Town	16	4	3	1	26	14	3	2	3	17	21	1.229	19	W	W	D	D	W	1927-12-26	Newport County	A
10	1	Brentford	20	5	2	2	21	13	3	1	7	18	27	0.975	19	D	D	L	W	L	1927-12-26	Southend United	A
11	-2	Norwich City	18	6	2	2	26	13	1	2	5	12	19	1.188	18	L	L	L	D	L	1927-12-27	Millwall	A
12	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	5	2	3	20	15	2	2	4	14	16	1.097	18	L	L	D	W	L	1927-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
13	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	19	5	4	2	20	14	1	1	6	10	21	0.857	17	L	W	W	W	W	1927-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	0	Coventry City	19	4	2	3	25	17	3	1	6	11	30	0.766	17	L	W	L	W	L	1927-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
15	1	Merthyr Town	20	5	2	3	23	18	0	4	6	5	22	0.7	16	L	L	W	L	L	1927-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
16	-1	Crystal Palace	18	5	3	2	16	10	0	3	5	12	30	0.7	16	L	W	D	W	D	1927-12-27	Torquay United	A
17	3	Gillingham	18	3	1	4	12	11	1	5	4	16	27	0.737	14	W	D	D	L	W	1927-12-27	Watford	H
18	1	Watford	19	4	1	4	16	14	1	2	7	13	24	0.763	13	D	L	W	L	D	1927-12-27	Gillingham	A
19	-2	Torquay United	18	2	4	4	10	15	2	1	5	8	26	0.439	13	D	L	D	W	W	1927-12-27	Crystal Palace	H
20	-2	Luton Town	18	5	1	3	28	15	0	1	8	13	25	1.025	12	L	W	W	W	L	1927-12-26	Northampton Town	A
21	0	Walsall	18	4	1	3	18	13	1	1	8	8	40	0.491	12	L	W	L	L	L	1927-12-27	Charlton Athletic	H
22	0	Bristol Rovers	18	4	2	2	21	17	0	0	10	13	32	0.694	10	L	L	L	L	D	1927-12-26	Merthyr Town	A