Saturday 1928-01-07

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	4	Liverpool	Villa Park	43,858
Chester 2, Capewell	Lineups		Edmed 2, Reid, Hopkin
Blackburn Rovers	1	6	Bolton Wanderers	Ewood Park	14,660
Mitchell	Lineups		Jack D 2, Gibson 2, Smith 2
Bury	2	0	Burnley	Gigg Lane	13,161
Amos, Vernon	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	1	The Wednesday	Ninian Park	9,208
Ferguson	Lineups		Seed
Derby County	2	2	Portsmouth	Baseball Ground	18,611
Stephenson 2	Lineups		Haines, Davies
Everton	3	1	Middlesbrough	Goodison Park	46,432
Dean 2, Irvine	Lineups		Peacock
Huddersfield Town	5	2	West Ham United	Leeds Road	10,972
Jackson 2, Brown G 3	Lineups		Watson, Yews
Manchester United	1	1	Birmingham	Old Trafford	16,853
Hanson	Lineups		Briggs
Sheffield United	6	4	Arsenal	Bramall Lane	18,158
Johnson H 4, Partridge, Gillespie	Lineups		Hoar 2, Brain 2
Sunderland	2	2	Leicester City	Roker Park	20,770
Halliday, Ramsay	Lineups		Lochhead, Barry
Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	Newcastle United	White Hart Lane	34,710
Osborne 4, Dimmock	Lineups		McKay, Hudspeth (p)

				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	25	8	4	1	42	14	6	2	4	26	23	1.838	34	W	L	W	L	W	1928-01-21	Birmingham	A
2	0	Huddersfield Town	24	9	1	1	31	13	4	3	6	28	27	1.475	30	W	L	W	W	W	1928-01-21	Tottenham Hotspur	H
3	0	Leicester City	26	8	3	1	38	15	3	4	7	18	29	1.273	29	D	L	W	L	W	1928-01-21	Derby County	H
4	0	Blackburn Rovers	25	7	5	1	24	16	2	4	6	13	27	0.86	27	L	W	L	D	W	1928-01-21	The Wednesday	A
5	3	Liverpool	24	8	2	2	39	19	1	6	5	16	24	1.279	26	W	D	W	L	W	1928-01-21	Sunderland	H
6	-1	Arsenal	23	7	3	1	31	15	3	3	6	19	32	1.064	26	L	D	W	W	W	1928-01-21	Aston Villa	H
7	0	Cardiff City	24	6	5	1	22	14	3	3	6	20	29	0.977	26	D	L	W	L	L	1928-01-21	Middlesbrough	A
8	-2	Newcastle United	25	5	5	3	27	23	4	2	6	24	29	0.981	25	L	D	L	D	D	1928-01-21	Manchester United	H
9	4	Tottenham Hotspur	24	8	3	1	34	18	2	2	8	13	32	0.94	25	W	D	L	L	L	1928-01-21	Huddersfield Town	A
10	2	Bury	25	9	0	5	35	24	3	1	7	11	26	0.92	25	W	W	L	L	W	1928-01-21	Bolton Wanderers	A
11	-2	Middlesbrough	25	6	4	2	31	18	2	4	7	23	34	1.038	24	L	W	L	D	D	1928-01-21	Cardiff City	H
12	5	Sheffield United	25	8	3	3	37	31	1	3	7	7	20	0.863	24	W	W	L	D	W	1928-01-21	Burnley	A
13	-3	Burnley	25	9	0	3	32	15	2	2	9	15	43	0.81	24	L	D	W	W	L	1928-01-21	Sheffield United	H
14	4	Bolton Wanderers	23	7	2	2	27	13	2	3	7	18	23	1.25	23	W	L	W	W	L	1928-01-21	Bury	H
15	-1	Derby County	24	6	3	3	36	20	2	4	6	23	33	1.113	23	D	W	D	W	W	1928-01-21	Leicester City	A
16	-1	Sunderland	23	6	3	3	25	18	2	4	5	17	23	1.024	23	D	W	D	W	D	1928-01-21	Liverpool	A
17	-1	Manchester United	24	6	4	2	28	15	3	1	8	12	27	0.952	23	D	W	D	L	W	1928-01-21	Newcastle United	A
18	-7	West Ham United	24	7	2	3	32	21	3	1	8	20	39	0.867	23	L	L	D	D	L	1928-01-21	Portsmouth	A
19	0	Aston Villa	24	7	1	5	35	24	1	3	7	11	27	0.902	20	L	L	L	L	W	1928-01-21	Arsenal	A
20	0	Birmingham	24	3	6	3	17	18	2	4	6	21	31	0.776	20	D	D	W	D	L	1928-01-21	Everton	H
21	0	Portsmouth	24	5	4	2	20	14	1	2	10	18	47	0.623	18	D	L	W	L	W	1928-01-21	West Ham United	H
22	0	The Wednesday	24	3	3	5	17	18	1	5	7	23	35	0.755	16	D	L	L	L	L	1928-01-21	Blackburn Rovers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Preston North End	Oakwell	7,967
Curran, Brook	Lineups		Reid
Blackpool	2	4	Chelsea	Bloomfield Road	8,704
Browell, Tremelling	Lineups		Wilding, Brown, Thompson, Wilson
Fulham	3	2	Swansea Town	Craven Cottage	15,008
Elliott, McKenna, Craig	Lineups		Fowler, Lewis
Grimsby Town	0	6	West Bromwich Albion	Blundell Park	12,242
	Lineups		Cookson 4, Short, Bytheway
Notts County	1	2	Stoke City	Meadow Lane	13,365
Haden	Lineups		Wilson 2
Oldham Athletic	4	1	Bristol City	Boundary Park	12,168
Adlam, Pynegar 2, Watson	Lineups		Geddes
Port Vale	1	2	Manchester City	Recreation Ground	14,310
Gillespie	Lineups		Roberts, Hicks
Reading	4	0	Clapton Orient	Elm Park	10,533
Richardson 2, Lindsay, Batten	Lineups
South Shields	3	4	Nottingham Forest	Horsley Hill	4,723
Stevenson, Oxberry, Loftus	Lineups		Wadsworth 2, Stocks 2
Southampton	1	4	Leeds United	The Dell	13,966
Murphy	Lineups		White 2, Wainscoat, Keetley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Hull City	Molineux	12,106
Bowen	Lineups		Nelson

				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	Manchester City	24	11	0	1	39	14	5	3	4	22	22	1.694	35	W	W	W	W	W	1928-01-21	South Shields	H
2	0	Chelsea	23	8	2	0	26	2	6	4	3	21	19	2.238	34	W	D	D	L	W	1928-01-21	Fulham	H
3	1	Leeds United	24	10	1	1	39	7	5	2	5	24	21	2.25	33	W	W	W	W	W	1928-01-21	Nottingham Forest	A
4	-1	Preston North End	24	9	1	2	32	13	4	5	3	16	17	1.6	32	L	W	W	W	W	1928-01-21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	0	Oldham Athletic	23	9	3	0	37	10	3	3	5	11	16	1.846	30	W	D	W	D	D	1928-01-21	Stoke City	A
6	0	Stoke City	24	6	4	2	18	10	6	1	5	25	26	1.194	29	W	W	W	W	L	1928-01-21	Oldham Athletic	H
7	1	Nottingham Forest	23	8	2	1	41	19	4	1	7	16	25	1.295	27	W	L	W	D	W	1928-01-21	Leeds United	H
8	-1	Bristol City	24	7	1	4	26	12	4	3	5	23	30	1.167	26	L	L	L	W	W	1928-01-21	Grimsby Town	H
9	2	West Bromwich Albion	24	5	4	2	29	18	4	3	6	23	27	1.156	25	W	D	L	D	L	1928-01-21	Reading	H
10	-1	Grimsby Town	24	4	4	4	24	26	5	3	4	20	24	0.88	25	L	W	W	D	L	1928-01-21	Bristol City	A
11	-1	Port Vale	23	7	2	3	27	12	4	0	7	14	24	1.139	24	L	L	L	W	W	1928-01-21	Hull City	A
12	0	Swansea Town	24	8	2	2	30	10	1	3	8	18	39	0.98	23	L	W	L	L	L	1928-01-21	Barnsley	H
13	0	Hull City	23	6	5	1	18	11	1	4	6	10	21	0.875	23	D	W	W	D	D	1928-01-21	Port Vale	H
14	0	Notts County	24	5	3	4	27	15	2	4	6	14	28	0.953	21	L	W	W	D	L	1928-01-21	Southampton	A
15	1	Barnsley	24	5	4	4	21	19	2	3	6	15	31	0.72	21	W	L	L	L	W	1928-01-21	Swansea Town	A
16	1	Reading	24	6	3	3	24	16	1	3	8	11	31	0.745	20	W	D	W	L	W	1928-01-21	West Bromwich Albion	A
17	-2	Clapton Orient	23	6	1	3	18	12	2	3	8	19	40	0.712	20	L	L	L	L	L	1928-01-21	Blackpool	H
18	2	Fulham	23	6	5	1	26	18	0	0	11	12	35	0.717	17	W	L	L	D	L	1928-01-21	Chelsea	A
19	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	6	3	4	27	22	0	2	9	9	33	0.655	17	D	L	W	L	W	1928-01-21	Preston North End	A
20	-2	Southampton	24	4	3	5	28	30	1	3	8	5	20	0.66	16	L	L	W	L	D	1928-01-21	Notts County	H
21	0	Blackpool	25	4	2	7	27	31	1	3	8	15	34	0.646	15	L	L	L	L	W	1928-01-21	Clapton Orient	A
22	0	South Shields	24	1	3	8	20	31	1	2	9	15	41	0.486	9	L	L	L	L	L	1928-01-21	Manchester City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Ashington	3	2	New Brighton	Portland Park	1,619
Graham, Johnson 2	Lineups		Dickie, Whitter
Barrow	1	1	Rotherham United	Holker Street	2,804
Dixon	Lineups		Hemingway
Bradford	2	0	Wrexham	Park Avenue	13,060
Hart, Hawes	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	0	Halifax Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,437
Turnbull 2, Edwards OG	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Bradford City	Gresty Road	5,993	Largest home gate 1927-28
Owen, Pringle	Lineups		Moore
Darlington	9	2	Lincoln City	Feethams Ground	8,365	Largest home gate 1927-28
Lees 3, Ruddy 3, McGiffen, Gregg, Cochrane	Lineups		Dinsdale, Andrews
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Hartlepools United	Belle Vue	7,641
McConnell	Lineups		Boland
Nelson	6	3	Rochdale	Seedhill Ground	2,539
Radford 3, Taylor, McClure, McGuire	Lineups		Whitehurst 2, Clennell
Stockport County	6	3	Southport	Edgeley Park	10,384
Smith 5, Ramsden	Lineups		Beadles, Tait, Worrall (p)
Tranmere Rovers	11	1	Durham City	Prenton Park	5,205
Cartman, Jones, Waring 6, Littlehales 2, Nicholson OG	Lineups		Raine
Wigan Borough	2	0	Accrington Stanley	Springfield Park	2,756
Dickinson 2	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	Bradford	22	10	1	1	35	13	6	3	1	20	10	2.391	36	W	W	W	W	W	1928-01-14	Hartlepools United	A
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	22	8	3	0	34	6	6	1	4	13	12	2.611	32	D	L	W	D	W	1928-01-14	Barrow	H
3	1	Tranmere Rovers	21	8	3	1	38	14	3	3	3	11	12	1.885	28	W	W	W	D	D	1928-01-21	Wrexham	A
4	-1	Lincoln City	24	7	3	1	24	13	5	1	7	23	34	1	28	L	L	W	L	W	1928-01-21	Ashington	H
5	1	Stockport County	22	10	2	0	34	9	2	1	7	8	20	1.448	27	W	W	W	W	W	1928-01-14	Wigan Borough	A
6	-1	Accrington Stanley	22	7	4	1	30	11	2	4	4	14	21	1.375	26	L	W	W	L	W	1928-01-14	Chesterfield	A
7	0	Halifax Town	23	7	2	2	28	13	2	5	5	15	22	1.229	25	L	D	L	D	W	1928-01-14	Nelson	H
8	0	Wrexham	23	9	1	3	27	13	2	2	6	10	22	1.057	25	L	L	W	L	L	1928-01-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
9	1	Hartlepools United	24	6	2	3	22	15	4	2	7	20	30	0.933	24	D	W	D	W	L	1928-01-14	Bradford	H
10	-1	Rochdale	21	7	1	2	25	13	4	0	7	21	31	1.045	23	L	L	L	W	L	1928-01-14	Ashington	A
11	0	Bradford City	22	6	2	2	33	13	1	6	5	16	23	1.361	22	L	W	W	D	W	1928-01-14	Durham City	H
12	1	Darlington	22	7	0	3	33	13	2	4	6	13	24	1.243	22	W	L	D	D	W	1928-01-21	Hartlepools United	A
13	-1	Southport	22	7	1	3	29	12	2	1	8	16	30	1.071	20	L	L	L	W	W	1928-01-21	Barrow	H
14	1	Chesterfield	23	4	2	6	25	24	3	4	4	12	19	0.86	20	W	W	L	W	D	1928-01-14	Accrington Stanley	H
15	-1	New Brighton	21	5	1	3	20	10	2	4	6	16	24	1.059	19	L	D	W	L	L	1928-01-21	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	1	Crewe Alexandra	23	5	4	2	28	15	1	3	8	14	33	0.875	19	W	W	D	D	W	1928-01-21	New Brighton	A
17	-1	Rotherham United	22	5	4	2	22	7	1	2	8	13	30	0.946	18	D	L	L	W	L	1928-01-21	Nelson	H
18	1	Nelson	22	6	1	4	30	25	1	2	8	13	40	0.662	17	W	L	L	D	L	1928-01-14	Halifax Town	A
19	-1	Durham City	23	6	3	2	20	12	0	2	10	12	42	0.593	17	L	D	L	L	D	1928-01-14	Bradford City	A
20	0	Wigan Borough	22	3	3	5	16	18	2	2	7	12	32	0.56	15	W	D	D	L	L	1928-01-14	Stockport County	H
21	1	Ashington	23	3	5	4	21	22	1	2	8	10	41	0.492	15	W	D	L	L	D	1928-01-14	Rochdale	H
22	-1	Barrow	23	4	6	2	24	17	0	0	11	6	46	0.476	14	D	L	L	L	L	1928-01-14	Doncaster Rovers	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Brentford	Dean Court	4,796
Taylor	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Luton Town	Goldstone Ground	5,707
Cook 2, Wilson T	Lineups		Pointon
Bristol Rovers	2	4	Gillingham	Eastville	5,572
Thom, Williams	Lineups		Wilcox 2, Meston, Boswell
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Coventry City	The Valley	8,866
Borland, Hird	Lineups		Herbert
Northampton Town	1	1	Crystal Palace	County Ground	9,860
Odell	Lineups		Greener
Norwich City	2	2	Exeter City	The Nest, Rosary Road	7,000
Varco, Lamb	Lineups		Dent 2
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Walsall	Home Park	7,361
Matthews, Sloan	Lineups		Lane M
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Swindon Town	Loftus Road	9,981
	Lineups		Denyer
Southend United	0	1	Millwall	Kursaal Ground	9,767
	Lineups		Cock
Torquay United	2	2	Merthyr Town	Plainmoor	3,234
Jones, Ringland	Lineups		Mays, Smith
Watford	2	3	Newport County	Vicarage Road	5,972
Groome 2	Lineups		Harper, Waterston, Young

				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	23	10	1	0	49	12	6	2	4	23	20	2.25	35	W	W	W	W	W	1928-01-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	0	Northampton Town	21	10	1	1	41	16	4	1	4	17	16	1.813	30	D	L	W	W	L	1928-01-21	Exeter City	A
3	0	Exeter City	22	7	4	1	31	14	4	4	2	12	12	1.654	30	D	W	W	W	W	1928-01-21	Northampton Town	H
4	0	Plymouth Argyle	22	9	1	1	34	13	3	2	6	13	20	1.424	27	W	L	L	W	L	1928-01-14	Merthyr Town	A
5	0	Charlton Athletic	21	7	3	0	17	10	2	6	3	14	19	1.069	27	W	D	L	W	D	1928-01-21	Newport County	A
6	0	Swindon Town	19	5	3	1	30	15	5	2	3	21	22	1.378	25	W	W	W	W	W	1928-01-21	Watford	H
7	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	7	2	3	26	18	3	2	5	18	20	1.158	24	W	W	W	L	L	1928-01-14	Watford	A
8	-1	Southend United	20	9	0	2	24	8	2	1	6	13	24	1.156	23	L	D	W	L	W	1928-01-14	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	1	Newport County	21	5	2	2	19	14	4	3	5	19	21	1.086	23	W	L	L	W	W	1928-01-14	Norwich City	H
10	-2	Queens Park Rangers	21	4	2	4	17	14	5	2	4	11	10	1.167	22	L	D	W	W	L	1928-01-14	Southend United	H
11	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	7	4	2	24	15	1	1	7	12	24	0.923	21	W	L	W	L	W	1928-01-21	Luton Town	A
12	-1	Crystal Palace	21	6	3	2	18	11	1	4	5	15	31	0.786	21	D	W	W	L	W	1928-01-14	Walsall	A
13	1	Norwich City	21	6	3	2	28	15	1	2	7	14	23	1.105	19	D	L	L	L	L	1928-01-14	Newport County	A
14	-2	Brentford	23	5	2	3	22	16	3	1	9	20	31	0.894	19	L	L	L	D	D	1928-01-21	Queens Park Rangers	H
15	0	Coventry City	21	4	3	3	25	17	3	1	7	12	32	0.755	18	L	D	L	W	L	1928-01-14	Torquay United	H
16	3	Gillingham	21	3	2	5	13	15	2	5	4	20	29	0.75	17	W	D	L	W	D	1928-01-21	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	0	Merthyr Town	23	5	2	4	25	21	0	5	7	8	26	0.702	17	D	L	L	L	L	1928-01-14	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	-2	Bristol Rovers	22	5	2	3	25	22	2	0	10	18	35	0.754	16	L	W	W	W	L	1928-01-21	Coventry City	A
19	-1	Watford	21	4	1	5	18	17	2	2	7	16	24	0.829	15	L	W	D	L	W	1928-01-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
20	0	Walsall	21	5	1	4	20	15	1	1	9	9	42	0.509	14	L	L	W	L	W	1928-01-14	Crystal Palace	H
21	1	Torquay United	21	2	5	5	12	19	2	1	6	8	31	0.4	14	D	L	L	D	L	1928-01-14	Coventry City	A
22	-1	Luton Town	21	5	2	3	28	15	0	1	10	19	34	0.959	13	L	D	L	L	W	1928-01-21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H