Monday 1927-12-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham	1	1	Sunderland	St Andrew's	20,120
Davies	Lineups		Ramsay
Bolton Wanderers	4	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnden Park	25,229
Jack D 2, Nuttall, Gibson	Lineups		Elkes
Bury	4	0	Portsmouth	Gigg Lane	17,401
Vernon 3, Ball	Lineups
Derby County	5	0	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground	23,491
Bedford 2, Whitehouse 2, Stephenson	Lineups
Everton	2	1	Cardiff City	Goodison Park	56,305
Dean 2	Lineups		Wake
Huddersfield Town	1	0	The Wednesday	Leeds Road	21,336
Jackson	Lineups
Leicester City	5	0	Burnley	Filbert Street	20,063
Adcock, Bishop, Lochhead 2, Hine	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Old Trafford	38,131
Spence	Lineups		Rigby
Middlesbrough	1	1	Newcastle United	Ayresome Park	37,478
Pease	Lineups		Gallacher
Sheffield United	6	2	West Ham United	Bramall Lane	23,591
Tunstall, Johnson H 5	Lineups		Yews, Gibbins

				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	21	7	4	1	39	13	5	2	2	22	16	2.103	30	W	L	W	W	D	1927-12-27	Cardiff City	A
2	0	Leicester City	22	7	3	1	35	15	3	3	5	14	20	1.4	26	W	W	L	D	W	1927-12-27	Burnley	A
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	22	6	5	0	19	8	2	4	5	12	24	0.969	25	D	W	W	L	D	1927-12-31	Burnley	A
4	1	Huddersfield Town	20	8	1	1	26	11	2	3	5	19	22	1.364	24	W	L	W	W	W	1927-12-27	The Wednesday	A
5	1	Newcastle United	21	5	3	2	21	16	4	2	5	22	24	1.075	23	D	L	L	L	D	1927-12-27	Middlesbrough	H
6	-2	Cardiff City	21	5	4	1	19	13	3	3	5	19	27	0.95	23	L	L	L	W	W	1927-12-27	Everton	H
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	21	7	3	1	29	16	2	1	7	10	28	0.886	22	L	L	W	W	W	1927-12-31	Birmingham	A
8	0	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	3	Middlesbrough	21	5	4	1	27	15	2	3	6	19	28	1.07	21	D	L	D	D	W	1927-12-27	Newcastle United	A
10	-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
11	-1	West Ham United	20	7	0	3	29	18	3	1	6	16	31	0.918	21	L	W	W	W	L	1927-12-27	Sheffield United	H
12	3	Bury	21	7	0	5	31	23	3	1	5	10	22	0.911	21	W	L	W	L	W	1927-12-27	Portsmouth	A
13	-2	Aston Villa	21	7	1	3	32	19	1	3	6	11	24	1	20	L	W	L	L	L	1927-12-27	Derby County	H
14	-1	Sunderland	21	5	2	3	20	14	2	4	5	17	23	1	20	D	W	D	L	D	1928-01-02	West Ham United	H
15	-1	Manchester United	22	6	3	2	27	14	2	1	8	10	26	0.925	20	D	L	W	L	L	1927-12-31	Middlesbrough	A
16	1	Bolton Wanderers	20	6	2	1	24	9	1	3	7	12	22	1.161	19	W	L	W	L	D	1927-12-31	Cardiff City	H
17	1	Sheffield United	21	6	3	3	28	26	1	2	6	5	17	0.767	19	W	W	L	W	D	1927-12-27	West Ham United	A
18	-2	Burnley	21	7	0	3	24	13	2	1	8	13	39	0.712	19	L	W	L	L	L	1927-12-27	Leicester City	H
19	0	Derby County	20	6	2	3	34	18	0	3	6	17	30	1.063	17	W	W	D	W	L	1927-12-27	Aston Villa	A
20	1	Birmingham	21	2	6	3	14	16	2	2	6	19	29	0.733	16	D	L	L	W	L	1927-12-31	Tottenham Hotspur	H
21	-1	The Wednesday	21	3	3	3	16	11	1	4	7	22	34	0.844	15	L	L	D	D	W	1927-12-27	Huddersfield Town	H
22	0	Portsmouth	21	4	4	2	19	14	1	1	9	15	42	0.607	15	L	W	W	D	L	1927-12-27	Bury	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	3	Manchester City	Oakwell	17,252	Largest home gate 1927-28
	Lineups		Broadhurst 2, Roberts
Blackpool	3	1	Reading	Bloomfield Road	13,233
Fishwick 3	Lineups		Goodwin
Bristol City	3	0	Southampton	Ashton Gate	17,072
Keating 2, Cherrett	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	1	Chelsea	Blundell Park	18,630	Largest home gate 1927-28
Coglin (p)	Lineups		Turnbull
Nottingham Forest	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	City Ground	12,330
Gibson 2, Burton	Lineups		Bowen, Phillipson
Port Vale	1	2	Leeds United	Recreation Ground	18,869
Simms	Lineups		Wainscoat, White
Preston North End	4	2	Swansea Town	Deepdale	26,206
James 2, Roberts, Reid	Lineups		Deacon, Lewis
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Notts County	The Hawthorns	14,642
Cookson, Poxton	Lineups		Mills BR, Kemp

				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	21	8	1	0	26	2	5	4	3	17	17	2.263	31	D	L	W	L	W	1927-12-31	Reading	H
2	0	Manchester City	21	9	0	1	29	11	4	3	4	20	21	1.531	29	W	W	D	W	L	1927-12-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
3	0	Preston North End	21	8	1	2	31	13	3	5	2	14	15	1.607	28	W	W	D	W	D	1927-12-27	Swansea Town	A
4	0	Leeds United	21	8	1	1	33	7	4	2	5	20	20	1.963	27	W	W	W	W	L	1927-12-27	Port Vale	H
5	2	Bristol City	21	7	1	3	25	10	4	3	3	20	23	1.364	26	W	W	L	D	W	1927-12-27	Southampton	A
6	-1	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
7	1	Nottingham Forest	21	8	2	1	41	19	3	1	6	12	21	1.325	25	W	D	W	W	W	1927-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	-2	Port Vale	21	7	2	2	26	10	4	0	6	14	21	1.29	24	L	W	W	W	W	1927-12-27	Leeds United	A
9	0	West Bromwich Albion	21	5	3	2	29	18	3	3	5	17	24	1.095	22	D	L	W	L	L	1927-12-27	Notts County	A
10	0	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	21	7	2	1	29	9	1	3	7	16	36	1	21	L	L	W	W	L	1927-12-27	Preston North End	H
12	0	Grimsby Town	21	4	4	3	24	20	3	3	4	13	19	0.949	21	D	L	L	W	W	1927-12-31	Clapton Orient	A
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	0	Barnsley	21	4	4	4	19	18	2	3	4	11	22	0.75	19	L	W	W	L	L	1927-12-31	Hull City	A
15	0	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	21	4	3	3	23	13	1	4	6	12	27	0.875	17	D	L	D	L	W	1927-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
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	3	Blackpool	21	4	2	5	21	22	1	3	6	15	32	0.667	15	W	D	L	D	L	1927-12-27	Reading	A
19	-1	Reading	21	4	3	3	19	16	1	2	8	11	31	0.638	15	L	W	W	L	W	1927-12-27	Blackpool	H
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	5	2	4	25	21	0	2	8	9	30	0.667	14	L	W	L	L	L	1927-12-27	Nottingham Forest	H
21	-2	Southampton	21	3	3	4	24	24	1	3	7	4	18	0.667	14	L	D	D	L	D	1927-12-27	Bristol City	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	2	1	New Brighton	Peel Park	5,644
Laycock OG, Martin	Lineups		Harley
Bradford City	3	0	Wigan Borough	Valley Parade	13,748
Scriven, Harvey, Burkinshaw	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	3	Darlington	Gresty Road	5,326
Owen, Shaw C, Kay	Lineups		Gregg, Lees, Gardner
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Halifax Town	Belle Vue	11,380
Hall	Lineups		Bell
Hartlepools United	1	2	Lincoln City	Victoria Park	3,961
Liddle	Lineups		Pringle, Pegg
Rotherham United	1	2	Chesterfield	Millmoor	6,748
Hall	Lineups		Price, Williams
Southport	4	1	Wrexham	Haig Avenue	6,705
Laws 2, Beadles, Marshall	Lineups		Gunson
Stockport County	4	0	Barrow	Edgeley Park	8,697
Smith 3, Burgess H	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	Doncaster Rovers	19	8	2	0	33	5	5	1	3	12	10	3	29	D	W	W	L	W	1927-12-27	Halifax Town	A
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	0	Lincoln City	20	6	3	0	21	8	5	1	5	21	24	1.313	26	W	D	L	W	L	1927-12-27	Hartlepools United	H
4	0	Halifax Town	20	7	1	1	28	12	2	5	4	15	19	1.387	24	D	W	D	D	L	1927-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	0	Wrexham	20	8	1	2	23	11	2	2	5	10	20	1.065	23	L	L	W	W	L	1927-12-27	Southport	H
6	2	Accrington Stanley	18	5	4	1	22	10	2	4	2	13	16	1.346	22	W	W	D	D	D	1927-12-27	New Brighton	A
7	-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
8	-1	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
9	0	Southport	19	7	1	2	29	11	2	1	6	13	21	1.313	20	W	W	W	W	W	1927-12-27	Wrexham	A
10	2	Stockport County	18	8	2	0	23	5	0	1	7	4	18	1.174	19	W	L	D	W	W	1927-12-27	Barrow	A
11	-1	Darlington	19	6	0	2	23	9	2	3	6	13	24	1.091	19	D	W	L	L	L	1927-12-31	New Brighton	A
12	-1	Hartlepools United	20	5	1	3	15	12	3	1	7	14	28	0.725	18	L	W	W	W	W	1927-12-27	Lincoln City	A
13	2	Bradford City	18	5	2	2	28	13	0	5	4	11	18	1.258	17	W	D	L	L	D	1927-12-27	Wigan Borough	A
14	-1	New Brighton	18	4	0	3	17	9	2	4	5	14	21	1.033	16	L	L	W	L	D	1927-12-27	Accrington Stanley	H
15	2	Chesterfield	20	3	2	5	20	19	2	4	4	10	18	0.811	16	W	D	L	D	L	1927-12-27	Rotherham United	H
16	-2	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
17	-1	Rotherham United	18	5	4	1	22	6	0	1	7	7	25	0.935	15	L	L	D	D	D	1927-12-27	Chesterfield	A
18	1	Crewe Alexandra	20	3	4	2	20	13	1	2	8	14	33	0.739	14	D	W	L	L	D	1927-12-31	Halifax Town	A
19	-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
20	0	Barrow	19	4	5	1	21	13	0	0	9	4	37	0.5	13	L	L	W	L	W	1927-12-27	Stockport County	H
21	0	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	19	2	2	5	12	16	2	1	7	11	31	0.489	11	L	L	W	L	D	1927-12-27	Bradford City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dean Court	2,288
Maidment, Halliwell, Eyre	Lineups		James
Exeter City	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	St James Park	9,580
Dent, Purcell	Lineups
Merthyr Town	2	3	Bristol Rovers	Penydarren Park	1,682
Mays 2	Lineups		Forbes, Russell, Thom
Newport County	1	3	Swindon Town	Somerton Park	3,610
Young	Lineups		Morris, Thom, Eddleston
Northampton Town	6	5	Luton Town	County Ground	10,153
Allon (p), Daly, Maloney, Hoten, Smith 2	Lineups		Yardley, Reid S 4
Southend United	3	2	Brentford	Kursaal Ground	3,540
Horne (p), Baron, Fell	Lineups		Craddock 2

				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	19	10	0	1	40	15	4	1	3	17	13	2.036	29	W	W	L	W	W	1927-12-31	Millwall	A
3	2	Exeter City	19	6	4	1	26	14	3	3	2	8	9	1.478	25	W	W	W	L	D	1927-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	-1	Plymouth Argyle	20	8	1	0	31	10	3	2	6	13	20	1.467	25	L	W	L	W	W	1927-12-27	Exeter City	H
5	-1	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
6	2	Southend United	18	9	0	1	24	7	2	0	6	13	24	1.194	22	W	L	W	W	L	1927-12-31	Luton Town	A
7	2	Swindon Town	17	4	3	1	26	14	4	2	3	20	22	1.278	21	W	W	W	D	D	1927-12-27	Newport County	H
8	-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
9	-3	Newport County	19	5	2	2	19	14	3	3	4	15	15	1.172	21	L	W	W	D	L	1927-12-27	Swindon Town	A
10	0	Brentford	21	5	2	2	21	13	3	1	8	20	30	0.953	19	L	D	D	L	W	1927-12-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
11	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	20	6	4	2	23	15	1	1	6	10	21	0.917	19	W	L	W	W	W	1927-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	-1	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
13	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	5	2	3	20	15	2	2	5	15	19	1.029	18	L	L	L	D	W	1927-12-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	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	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
16	-1	Merthyr Town	21	5	2	4	25	21	0	4	6	5	22	0.698	16	L	L	L	W	L	1927-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
17	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Luton Town	19	5	1	3	28	15	0	1	9	18	31	1	12	L	L	W	W	W	1927-12-31	Southend United	H
21	1	Bristol Rovers	19	4	2	2	21	17	1	0	10	16	34	0.725	12	W	L	L	L	L	1927-12-27	Merthyr Town	H
22	-1	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