Saturday 1928-02-04

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	4	Derby County	Highbury	21,405
Brain 3	Lineups		Gill 3, Crooks
Birmingham	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	St Andrew's	21,425
Bradford 2	Lineups		Mitchell
Burnley	3	0	Sunderland	Turf Moor	11,442
Beel, Page 2	Lineups
Bury	0	0	Aston Villa	Gigg Lane	9,899
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	4	1	Everton	Leeds Road	50,012	Largest home gate 1927-28
Dent, Smith W 3	Lineups		Dean
Leicester City	6	2	Portsmouth	Filbert Street	23,987
Lochhead 2, Hine, Chandler 2, Barry	Lineups		Watson 2
Liverpool	1	3	West Ham United	Anfield Road	23,897
Edmed (p)	Lineups		Earle, Gibbins, Ruffell
Middlesbrough	2	5	Bolton Wanderers	Ayresome Park	21,109
Camsell 2	Lineups		Jack D 2, Smith, Butler, Murphy
Newcastle United	2	0	Cardiff City	St James' Park	26,439
McKay, Wilkinson	Lineups
The Wednesday	3	3	Sheffield United	Hillsborough	41,646
Wilkinson 2, Harper	Lineups		Blair 2, Partridge
Tottenham Hotspur	4	1	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	23,545
O'Callaghan, Armstrong 2, Dimmock	Lineups		Johnston

				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	27	8	4	1	42	14	6	3	5	29	29	1.651	35	L	D	W	L	W	1928-02-11	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	26	11	1	1	39	16	4	3	6	28	27	1.558	34	W	W	W	L	W	1928-02-11	Cardiff City	A
3	0	Leicester City	28	10	3	1	48	17	3	4	7	18	29	1.435	33	W	W	D	L	W	1928-02-11	Manchester United	A
4	1	Newcastle United	27	7	5	3	33	24	4	2	6	24	29	1.075	29	W	W	L	D	L	1928-02-11	Blackburn Rovers	A
5	-1	Cardiff City	26	6	5	1	22	14	4	3	7	22	32	0.957	28	L	W	D	L	W	1928-02-11	Huddersfield Town	H
6	3	Burnley	27	11	0	3	40	18	2	2	9	15	43	0.902	28	W	W	L	D	W	1928-02-08	Aston Villa	A
7	3	Bolton Wanderers	25	8	2	2	29	14	3	3	7	23	25	1.333	27	W	W	W	L	W	1928-02-06	Tottenham Hotspur	A
8	4	Tottenham Hotspur	26	9	3	1	38	19	2	2	9	15	36	0.964	27	W	L	W	D	L	1928-02-06	Bolton Wanderers	H
9	-3	Blackburn Rovers	27	7	5	1	24	16	2	4	8	15	33	0.796	27	L	L	L	W	L	1928-02-11	Newcastle United	H
10	-3	Liverpool	26	8	2	4	42	27	1	6	5	16	24	1.137	26	L	L	W	D	W	1928-02-11	Portsmouth	A
11	-3	Arsenal	25	7	3	3	34	22	3	3	6	19	32	0.981	26	L	L	L	D	W	1928-02-11	West Ham United	A
12	1	Bury	27	9	1	5	35	24	3	1	8	12	28	0.904	26	D	L	W	W	L	1928-02-11	Sunderland	A
13	3	Derby County	26	6	3	3	36	20	3	4	7	27	40	1.05	25	W	L	D	W	D	1928-02-11	Burnley	H
14	-3	Sunderland	25	6	3	3	25	18	3	4	6	22	28	1.022	25	L	W	D	W	D	1928-02-11	Bury	H
15	3	West Ham United	26	7	2	3	32	21	4	1	9	24	42	0.889	25	W	L	L	L	D	1928-02-11	Arsenal	H
16	-1	Sheffield United	27	8	3	3	37	31	1	4	8	13	28	0.847	25	D	L	W	W	L	1928-02-11	Aston Villa	A
17	-3	Middlesbrough	27	6	4	4	34	25	2	4	7	23	34	0.966	24	L	L	L	W	L	1928-02-11	The Wednesday	A
18	1	Aston Villa	26	7	1	5	35	24	2	4	7	14	27	0.961	23	D	W	L	L	L	1928-02-08	Burnley	H
19	-2	Manchester United	26	6	4	2	28	15	3	1	10	14	35	0.84	23	L	L	D	W	D	1928-02-11	Leicester City	H
20	0	Birmingham	26	4	7	3	21	21	2	4	6	21	31	0.808	23	W	D	D	D	W	1928-02-11	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	0	Portsmouth	26	6	4	2	22	15	1	2	11	20	53	0.618	20	L	W	D	L	W	1928-02-11	Liverpool	H
22	0	The Wednesday	26	4	4	5	24	22	1	5	7	23	35	0.825	19	D	W	D	L	L	1928-02-11	Middlesbrough	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	2	2	Blackpool	Ashton Gate	11,395
Cherrett, Keating	Lineups		McIntyre, Browell
Clapton Orient	2	0	Barnsley	Millfield Road	8,985
Broadbent, Whipp	Lineups
Fulham	7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Craven Cottage	12,981
Elliott 3, McKenna, Craig, Temple 2	Lineups
Hull City	3	1	Leeds United	Anlaby Road	12,520
Martin 2, Wyper	Lineups		Jennings
Manchester City	3	3	Nottingham Forest	Maine Road	30,037
Broadhurst, Austin, Hicks	Lineups		Stocks 2, Jones
Notts County	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Meadow Lane	8,678
Kemp, Kelly	Lineups		Stanton
Preston North End	7	2	South Shields	Deepdale	10,738
Robson 2, Nisbet, Reid, James, Hampson OG, Harrison	Lineups		Oxberry, Scott
Southampton	5	0	Grimsby Town	The Dell	7,180
Taylor S 2, Rawlings, Bullock, Murphy	Lineups
Stoke City	4	1	Reading	Victoria Ground	11,609
Davies 2, Cull, Bussey	Lineups		Evans D
Swansea Town	2	0	Port Vale	Vetch Field	6,745
Fowler 2	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Chelsea	The Hawthorns	23,718
Short 2, Carter	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	Chelsea	26	10	2	0	29	3	6	4	4	21	22	2	38	L	W	W	W	D	1928-02-11	Bristol City	H
2	0	Manchester City	26	12	1	1	45	17	5	3	4	22	22	1.718	38	D	W	W	W	W	1928-02-11	Oldham Athletic	A
3	0	Leeds United	27	11	1	1	42	9	5	3	6	27	26	1.971	36	L	W	D	W	W	1928-02-11	Preston North End	H
4	0	Preston North End	26	11	1	2	44	19	4	5	3	16	17	1.667	36	W	W	L	W	W	1928-02-06	Port Vale	A
5	1	Stoke City	26	8	4	2	25	11	6	1	5	25	26	1.351	33	W	W	W	W	W	1928-02-11	Blackpool	A
6	-1	Oldham Athletic	26	10	3	0	40	11	3	3	7	12	21	1.625	32	L	W	L	W	D	1928-02-11	Manchester City	H
7	0	Nottingham Forest	25	8	3	1	43	21	4	2	7	19	28	1.265	29	D	D	W	L	W	1928-02-11	Hull City	H
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	27	7	4	2	37	21	4	3	7	26	31	1.212	29	W	L	W	W	D	1928-02-11	Clapton Orient	A
9	0	Bristol City	27	7	3	4	28	14	4	3	6	25	33	1.128	28	D	L	D	L	L	1928-02-11	Chelsea	A
10	1	Swansea Town	26	10	2	2	35	10	1	3	8	18	39	1.082	27	W	W	L	W	L	1928-02-11	South Shields	A
11	1	Hull City	25	8	5	1	22	12	1	4	6	10	21	0.97	27	W	W	D	W	W	1928-02-11	Nottingham Forest	A
12	-2	Grimsby Town	26	4	4	4	24	26	5	4	5	20	29	0.8	26	L	D	L	W	W	1928-02-11	Notts County	H
13	0	Port Vale	25	7	2	3	27	12	4	0	9	14	27	1.051	24	L	L	L	L	L	1928-02-06	Preston North End	H
14	1	Notts County	26	6	3	4	29	16	2	4	7	15	33	0.898	23	W	L	L	W	W	1928-02-11	Grimsby Town	A
15	-1	Barnsley	27	6	4	4	29	23	2	3	8	15	36	0.746	23	L	W	L	W	L	1928-02-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
16	1	Clapton Orient	26	7	1	4	22	17	2	3	9	19	41	0.707	22	W	L	L	L	L	1928-02-11	West Bromwich Albion	H
17	2	Southampton	27	6	3	5	38	31	1	3	9	6	23	0.815	20	W	L	W	L	L	1928-02-11	Reading	A
18	0	Blackpool	28	5	2	7	31	34	2	4	8	22	38	0.736	20	D	W	W	L	L	1928-02-11	Stoke City	H
19	-3	Reading	26	6	3	3	24	16	1	3	10	15	40	0.696	20	L	L	W	D	W	1928-02-11	Southampton	H
20	0	Fulham	26	7	5	1	33	18	0	0	13	17	45	0.794	19	W	L	L	W	L	1928-02-11	Port Vale	A
21	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	6	3	4	27	22	0	2	11	13	45	0.597	17	L	L	D	L	W	1928-02-11	Barnsley	H
22	0	South Shields	26	1	3	8	20	31	1	2	11	17	51	0.451	9	L	L	L	L	L	1928-02-11	Swansea Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	3	1	Ashington	Peel Park	2,576
Butler, Ridley OG, Parkin	Lineups		Johnson
Bradford	6	2	Tranmere Rovers	Park Avenue	13,815
McLean 2, McDonald 3, Hawes	Lineups		Bedford, Charlton
Chesterfield	1	1	Stockport County	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,768
Nutter	Lineups		Dennis OG
Durham City	3	0	Nelson	Holiday Park	1,537
Pearson 2, Greenwell	Lineups
Hartlepools United	4	3	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	3,100
Boland, Mordue B, Young J, Robinson	Lineups		Brown, Shaw C, Kay
Lincoln City	5	2	Halifax Town	Sincil Bank	5,515
Andrews 3, Bosbury 2	Lineups		Dixon, Groves
New Brighton	1	1	Bradford City	Sandheys Park	2,939
Whitter	Lineups		Moore
Rotherham United	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Millmoor	11,530	Largest home gate 1927-28
Bailey, Clayton	Lineups		Keetley T (p)
Southport	3	1	Rochdale	Haig Avenue	2,731
Devine, Marshall 2	Lineups		Tompkinson
Wigan Borough	0	3	Darlington	Springfield Park	1,900
	Lineups		Gardner, Lees, Gregg
Wrexham	5	0	Barrow	Racecourse Ground	2,438
Gunson 3, Woodhouse, Longmuir	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	27	12	1	1	46	15	7	5	1	24	12	2.593	44	W	W	W	D	D	1928-02-11	Stockport County	A
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	26	10	3	0	42	7	7	1	5	17	15	2.682	38	L	W	W	W	D	1928-02-11	Darlington	A
3	0	Stockport County	26	11	2	0	36	9	4	2	7	14	23	1.563	34	D	W	W	W	W	1928-02-11	Bradford	H
4	1	Lincoln City	27	9	3	1	32	16	5	1	8	23	36	1.058	32	W	L	W	L	L	1928-02-11	Bradford City	A
5	-1	Tranmere Rovers	24	9	3	1	44	17	3	3	5	13	20	1.541	30	L	W	L	W	W	1928-02-11	New Brighton	H
6	1	Wrexham	25	11	1	3	34	13	2	2	6	10	22	1.257	29	W	W	L	L	W	1928-02-11	Nelson	A
7	1	Darlington	25	8	0	3	36	13	4	4	6	17	24	1.432	28	W	W	W	W	L	1928-02-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
8	-2	Halifax Town	26	8	2	2	33	14	2	6	6	17	27	1.22	28	L	D	W	L	D	1928-02-11	Hartlepools United	H
9	0	Accrington Stanley	26	8	4	2	34	15	2	4	6	15	27	1.167	28	W	L	L	L	L	1928-02-11	Crewe Alexandra	A
10	2	Hartlepools United	28	7	3	4	27	20	4	2	8	21	33	0.906	27	W	L	L	D	D	1928-02-11	Halifax Town	A
11	-1	Bradford City	26	7	3	2	37	13	1	7	6	17	29	1.286	26	D	L	D	W	L	1928-02-11	Lincoln City	H
12	-1	Rochdale	24	8	1	2	28	13	4	0	9	23	39	0.981	25	L	W	L	L	L	1928-02-11	Durham City	H
13	1	Southport	24	9	1	3	36	13	2	1	8	16	30	1.209	24	W	W	L	L	L	1928-02-11	Rotherham United	A
14	-1	Chesterfield	27	5	4	6	29	26	3	4	5	15	25	0.863	24	D	L	D	W	W	1928-02-11	Barrow	A
15	0	New Brighton	23	6	2	3	26	12	2	4	6	16	24	1.167	22	D	W	L	D	W	1928-02-11	Tranmere Rovers	A
16	0	Rotherham United	24	7	4	2	28	11	1	2	8	13	30	1	22	W	W	D	L	L	1928-02-08	Crewe Alexandra	A
17	2	Durham City	27	7	3	3	24	14	1	2	11	14	47	0.623	21	W	W	L	L	L	1928-02-11	Rochdale	A
18	-1	Crewe Alexandra	25	5	4	2	28	15	1	3	10	18	42	0.807	19	L	L	W	W	D	1928-02-08	Rotherham United	H
19	-1	Ashington	27	5	5	4	29	24	1	2	10	12	47	0.577	19	L	W	L	W	W	1928-02-11	Wigan Borough	H
20	0	Nelson	25	6	1	4	30	25	1	2	11	17	52	0.61	17	L	L	L	W	L	1928-02-11	Wrexham	H
21	0	Wigan Borough	27	3	3	8	18	27	2	2	9	13	39	0.47	15	L	L	L	L	L	1928-02-11	Ashington	A
22	0	Barrow	27	4	6	3	25	19	0	0	14	6	59	0.397	14	L	L	L	L	D	1928-02-11	Chesterfield	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Coventry City	1	2	Merthyr Town	Highfield Road	6,586
Herbert	Lineups		Morgan 2
Crystal Palace	6	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Selhurst Park	10,862
Clarke 3, Hopkins, Tonner 2	Lineups		Eyre
Exeter City	0	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	St James Park	5,000
	Lineups		Cook, Hopkins 2
Gillingham	2	0	Walsall	Priestfield Road	4,296
Wilcox 2	Lineups
Luton Town	3	2	Watford	Kenilworth Road	8,012
Rennie, Yardley, Woods	Lineups		Sheppard, Warner
Millwall	3	0	Brentford	The Den, New Cross	16,885
Cock, Phillips, Chance	Lineups
Newport County	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Somerton Park	3,502
Harper	Lineups		Leslie
Norwich City	3	4	Northampton Town	The Nest, Rosary Road	6,760
Varco 2, Robinson	Lineups		Bowen 3, Wells
Queens Park Rangers	3	3	Charlton Athletic	Loftus Road	10,830
Goddard 2, Burns	Lineups		Sherlaw 2, Welsh
Swindon Town	2	1	Bristol Rovers	County Ground	5,593
Dickinson (p), Morris	Lineups		Ormston
Torquay United	3	3	Southend United	Plainmoor	3,419
Ringland 2, McGovern	Lineups		Hick 2, Bailey

				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	26	12	1	0	58	12	6	2	5	23	25	2.189	39	W	L	W	W	W	1928-02-11	Luton Town	A
2	0	Northampton Town	24	10	2	1	45	20	5	2	4	22	20	1.675	34	W	D	D	D	L	1928-02-11	Gillingham	H
3	1	Plymouth Argyle	26	10	1	1	38	13	4	3	7	19	25	1.5	32	D	W	L	W	W	1928-02-11	Swindon Town	H
4	-1	Exeter City	24	7	5	2	32	18	4	4	2	12	12	1.467	31	L	D	D	W	W	1928-02-11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
5	0	Swindon Town	21	7	3	1	36	16	5	2	3	21	22	1.5	29	W	W	W	W	W	1928-02-11	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	8	2	3	30	20	4	3	6	24	29	1.102	29	W	W	L	D	W	1928-02-11	Torquay United	H
7	-1	Queens Park Rangers	25	5	3	4	23	19	6	3	4	17	13	1.25	28	D	D	W	W	L	1928-02-11	Bristol Rovers	A
8	0	Charlton Athletic	23	7	3	0	17	10	2	7	4	20	26	1.028	28	D	L	W	D	L	1928-02-09	Walsall	H
9	0	Newport County	25	6	4	2	26	20	4	3	6	20	23	1.07	27	D	L	W	D	W	1928-02-11	Merthyr Town	A
10	1	Crystal Palace	25	8	3	2	28	13	1	5	6	18	36	0.939	26	W	L	W	D	D	1928-02-11	Brentford	A
11	1	Southend United	23	9	0	2	24	8	2	2	8	19	34	1.024	24	D	L	L	L	D	1928-02-11	Norwich City	H
12	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	25	8	4	2	29	15	1	2	8	16	33	0.938	24	L	W	D	W	L	1928-02-11	Exeter City	H
13	4	Gillingham	23	5	2	5	18	16	2	5	4	20	29	0.844	21	W	W	W	D	L	1928-02-11	Northampton Town	A
14	-1	Brentford	26	6	2	4	26	21	3	1	10	20	34	0.836	21	L	W	L	L	L	1928-02-11	Crystal Palace	H
15	-1	Norwich City	25	6	3	4	32	23	1	3	8	18	29	0.962	20	L	L	L	D	D	1928-02-11	Southend United	A
16	-1	Bristol Rovers	25	6	2	3	27	23	3	0	11	22	39	0.79	20	L	W	W	L	W	1928-02-11	Queens Park Rangers	H
17	-1	Coventry City	25	5	3	5	33	23	3	1	8	12	36	0.763	20	L	L	L	W	L	1928-02-11	Walsall	A
18	0	Merthyr Town	26	5	2	5	26	25	1	6	7	12	29	0.704	20	W	D	L	D	L	1928-02-11	Newport County	H
19	0	Walsall	25	5	3	4	23	18	2	1	10	13	45	0.571	18	L	W	D	D	L	1928-02-09	Charlton Athletic	A
20	1	Torquay United	25	3	6	5	19	24	2	2	7	13	40	0.5	18	D	D	W	L	D	1928-02-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	-1	Watford	25	4	3	5	24	23	2	2	9	18	31	0.778	17	L	D	L	D	L	1928-02-11	Charlton Athletic	A
22	0	Luton Town	24	6	3	3	34	20	0	1	11	21	38	0.948	16	W	L	D	L	D	1928-02-11	Millwall	H