Saturday 1928-02-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Ewood Park	20,890
Mitchell, Roscamp	Lineups		O'Callaghan
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Burnden Park	44,082	Largest home gate 1927-28
	Lineups		Smith W
Cardiff City	2	0	Manchester United	Ninian Park	15,579
Davies L, Ferguson	Lineups
Derby County	2	1	Sheffield United	Baseball Ground	14,257
Bedford, Whitehouse	Lineups		Tunstall (p)
Leicester City	3	2	Arsenal	Filbert Street	25,835
Bishop, Adcock, Duncan	Lineups		Hoar, Buchan
Liverpool	3	3	Everton	Anfield Road	55,361	Largest home gate 1927-28
Hopkin, Bromilow, Hodgson	Lineups		Dean 3
Middlesbrough	1	1	Birmingham	Ayresome Park	18,329
McClelland	Lineups		Firth
Portsmouth	1	0	Burnley	Fratton Park	19,666
Weddle	Lineups
Sunderland	2	3	Aston Villa	Roker Park	29,444
Hargreaves 2	Lineups		Cook, Waring, York
The Wednesday	0	0	Newcastle United	Hillsborough	25,462
	Lineups
West Ham United	1	2	Bury	Upton Park	19,903
Ruffell	Lineups		Amos, Ball

				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	29	8	4	2	44	19	6	4	5	32	32	1.49	36	D	L	L	D	W	1928-03-03	West Ham United	A
2	0	Huddersfield Town	28	11	1	1	39	16	5	3	7	29	31	1.447	36	W	L	W	W	W	1928-03-07	Manchester United	A
3	0	Leicester City	30	11	3	1	51	19	3	4	8	20	34	1.34	35	W	L	W	W	D	1928-03-10	Cardiff City	A
4	1	Cardiff City	29	9	5	1	30	15	4	3	7	22	32	1.106	34	W	W	W	L	W	1928-03-03	Portsmouth	A
5	2	Blackburn Rovers	30	10	5	1	30	17	2	4	8	15	33	0.9	33	W	W	W	L	L	1928-03-10	Liverpool	H
6	-2	Bolton Wanderers	29	9	2	3	32	17	4	4	7	27	28	1.311	32	L	D	W	W	W	1928-02-29	The Wednesday	H
7	1	Newcastle United	30	7	6	3	35	26	4	3	7	24	30	1.054	31	D	D	L	W	W	1928-03-10	Aston Villa	H
8	-2	Burnley	31	11	1	3	40	18	3	2	11	20	50	0.882	31	L	D	W	L	W	1928-03-03	Middlesbrough	H
9	3	Bury	30	10	1	5	38	24	4	1	9	14	30	0.963	30	W	W	L	D	L	1928-03-03	Birmingham	H
10	1	Liverpool	29	8	3	4	45	30	2	6	6	19	27	1.123	29	D	W	L	L	L	1928-03-03	Bolton Wanderers	H
11	-2	Sunderland	28	7	3	4	28	21	4	4	6	27	31	1.058	29	L	W	W	L	W	1928-03-10	Huddersfield Town	A
12	1	Aston Villa	29	9	1	5	39	25	3	4	7	17	29	1.037	29	W	W	W	D	W	1928-03-10	Newcastle United	A
13	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	29	9	3	2	39	21	3	2	10	21	40	0.984	29	L	W	L	W	L	1928-03-05	Cardiff City	H
14	3	Derby County	30	7	3	5	43	28	3	4	8	27	43	0.986	27	W	L	L	L	W	1928-03-10	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	-1	Arsenal	27	7	3	3	34	22	3	4	7	23	37	0.966	27	L	D	L	L	L	1928-03-07	Liverpool	H
16	0	Middlesbrough	30	6	5	4	35	26	3	4	8	26	39	0.938	27	D	L	W	L	L	1928-03-03	Burnley	A
17	-2	West Ham United	29	7	3	4	35	25	4	2	9	24	42	0.881	27	L	D	D	W	L	1928-03-03	Everton	H
18	0	Manchester United	28	7	4	2	33	17	3	1	11	14	37	0.87	25	L	W	L	L	D	1928-03-07	Huddersfield Town	H
19	0	Sheffield United	29	8	3	3	37	31	1	4	10	14	31	0.823	25	L	L	D	L	W	1928-03-10	Birmingham	A
20	0	Birmingham	29	4	7	3	21	21	2	5	8	25	37	0.793	24	D	L	L	W	D	1928-03-03	Bury	A
21	0	Portsmouth	29	8	4	3	27	20	1	2	11	20	53	0.644	24	W	L	W	L	W	1928-03-03	Cardiff City	H
22	0	The Wednesday	28	4	5	6	26	25	1	5	7	23	35	0.817	20	D	L	D	W	D	1928-02-29	Bolton Wanderers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	3	3	Notts County	Bloomfield Road	9,423
Fishwick, Neal, Meredith	Lineups		Mills BR, Staniforth 2
Chelsea	0	2	Southampton	Stamford Bridge	46,567
	Lineups		Rawlings 2
Clapton Orient	3	2	Stoke City	Millfield Road	20,084
Turnbull, Whipp, Williams	Lineups		Wilson, Campbell OG
Grimsby Town	1	1	Hull City	Blundell Park	15,986
Coglin	Lineups		Guyan
Leeds United	2	1	Fulham	Elland Road	17,358
White, Wainscoat	Lineups		Temple
Manchester City	2	2	Preston North End	Maine Road	59,500	Largest home gate 1927-28
Roberts 2	Lineups		Russell, James
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Swansea Town	City Ground	11,687
	Lineups		Lewis, Fowler
Port Vale	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Recreation Ground	11,328
Page, Littlewood	Lineups		Chadwick, Weaver R
Reading	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Elm Park	12,806
Richardson	Lineups
South Shields	0	0	Barnsley	Horsley Hill	5,513
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Bristol City	The Hawthorns	30,000
	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	29	11	2	1	34	7	6	4	5	21	23	1.833	40	L	L	W	L	W	1928-03-03	Hull City	A
2	2	Leeds United	30	12	1	2	46	14	5	4	6	28	27	1.805	39	W	D	L	L	W	1928-03-03	Grimsby Town	H
3	-1	Manchester City	28	12	2	1	47	19	5	3	5	24	25	1.614	39	D	L	D	W	W	1928-03-03	Blackpool	H
4	-1	Preston North End	29	11	1	2	44	19	5	6	4	22	23	1.571	39	D	W	L	W	W	1928-03-03	Clapton Orient	H
5	0	Oldham Athletic	29	12	3	0	44	13	3	3	8	12	22	1.6	36	L	W	W	L	W	1928-03-03	South Shields	A
6	0	Stoke City	29	9	4	2	26	11	6	1	7	28	32	1.256	35	L	W	L	W	W	1928-03-06	Grimsby Town	A
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	30	8	5	2	41	21	4	4	7	26	31	1.288	33	D	W	D	W	L	1928-03-03	Swansea Town	A
8	0	Nottingham Forest	28	8	4	2	44	24	5	2	7	21	29	1.226	32	L	W	D	D	D	1928-03-05	Preston North End	A
9	0	Bristol City	31	8	3	4	33	15	4	4	8	29	41	1.107	31	D	W	L	L	D	1928-03-03	Fulham	A
10	1	Swansea Town	29	10	3	2	36	11	2	3	9	21	42	1.075	30	W	D	L	W	W	1928-03-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	-1	Port Vale	29	9	3	3	35	15	4	0	10	16	31	1.109	29	D	L	W	W	L	1928-03-03	Notts County	H
12	0	Hull City	28	8	5	1	22	12	1	6	7	12	24	0.944	29	D	L	D	W	W	1928-03-03	Chelsea	H
13	0	Grimsby Town	29	5	5	4	26	27	5	4	6	20	30	0.807	29	D	L	W	L	D	1928-03-03	Leeds United	A
14	0	Barnsley	30	7	4	4	33	25	2	4	9	16	38	0.778	26	D	W	L	L	W	1928-03-10	Bristol City	A
15	1	Reading	30	8	4	3	28	18	1	4	10	16	41	0.746	26	W	D	W	D	L	1928-03-10	Manchester City	H
16	1	Southampton	30	7	3	5	40	31	2	4	9	8	23	0.889	25	W	W	D	W	L	1928-03-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
17	-2	Notts County	30	6	4	5	31	19	2	5	8	18	37	0.875	25	D	L	D	L	W	1928-03-03	Port Vale	A
18	0	Clapton Orient	29	8	2	4	25	19	2	3	10	20	46	0.692	25	W	L	D	W	L	1928-03-03	Preston North End	A
19	0	Blackpool	31	6	3	7	37	38	2	4	9	22	40	0.756	23	D	L	W	D	W	1928-03-03	Manchester City	A
20	0	Fulham	29	8	5	1	35	18	0	0	15	19	51	0.783	21	L	W	L	W	L	1928-03-03	Bristol City	H
21	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	7	3	4	29	23	0	3	12	15	51	0.595	20	D	L	W	L	L	1928-03-03	Southampton	H
22	0	South Shields	30	3	4	8	24	32	1	2	12	17	53	0.482	14	D	W	L	W	L	1928-03-03	Oldham Athletic	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Ashington	2	3	Darlington	Portland Park	4,232	Largest home gate 1927-28
Ball 2	Lineups		Lees, Gardner 2
Barrow	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Holker Street	5,119
Parsons, Miller	Lineups		Littlehales
Bradford City	2	0	Accrington Stanley	Valley Parade	10,930
Burkinshaw, Harvey	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	4	1	Doncaster Rovers	Gresty Road	4,861
Shaw C, Owen, Kay, Evans	Lineups		Patterson
Halifax Town	2	2	Wigan Borough	The Shay	2,678
Bell, Waites	Lineups		Humpish, Yates
Nelson	1	2	Bradford	Seedhill Ground	8,096	Largest home gate 1927-28
Wilson (p)	Lineups		McDonald 2
New Brighton	2	1	Hartlepools United	Sandheys Park	2,861
Laycock, Roberts	Lineups		Robinson
Rochdale	5	1	Chesterfield	Spotland	2,602
Whitehurst 4, Bertram	Lineups		Williams
Rotherham United	0	1	Wrexham	Millmoor	5,665
	Lineups		Woodhouse
Southport	3	1	Durham City	Haig Avenue	3,142
Hamilton, Beadles, Martin	Lineups		Adey

				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	30	12	2	1	47	16	8	6	1	28	15	2.419	48	W	D	D	W	W	1928-03-03	Ashington	A
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	29	11	3	0	45	9	7	1	7	18	22	2.032	40	L	W	L	L	W	1928-03-03	Wrexham	H
3	0	Tranmere Rovers	28	11	3	1	53	19	4	3	6	17	24	1.628	36	L	W	W	W	L	1928-03-03	Crewe Alexandra	A
4	0	Stockport County	28	11	3	0	38	11	4	2	8	16	28	1.385	35	L	D	D	W	W	1928-02-27	Wrexham	H
5	2	Wrexham	28	12	1	3	36	14	3	2	7	11	26	1.175	33	W	W	L	W	W	1928-02-27	Stockport County	A
6	2	Darlington	28	9	0	3	39	13	5	4	7	20	28	1.439	32	W	L	W	W	W	1928-03-03	Chesterfield	H
7	2	Bradford City	29	9	3	2	42	14	2	7	6	20	31	1.378	32	W	W	W	D	L	1928-03-03	Barrow	H
8	-3	Accrington Stanley	30	9	4	3	39	20	3	4	7	18	31	1.118	32	L	W	L	W	W	1928-03-03	Southport	H
9	-3	Lincoln City	29	9	3	2	33	18	5	1	9	24	39	1	32	L	L	W	L	W	1928-03-03	Rochdale	H
10	1	Southport	28	11	1	3	41	14	3	2	8	18	31	1.311	31	W	W	W	D	W	1928-03-03	Accrington Stanley	A
11	-1	Halifax Town	29	9	3	2	39	17	2	6	7	19	30	1.234	31	D	L	W	L	D	1928-03-03	Stockport County	H
12	0	Rochdale	27	10	1	2	34	14	4	0	10	24	41	1.055	29	W	L	W	L	W	1928-02-28	Rotherham United	H
13	0	Hartlepools United	31	7	3	5	29	23	4	2	10	23	39	0.839	27	L	L	L	W	L	1928-03-03	Rotherham United	H
14	2	New Brighton	27	7	2	4	28	14	3	4	7	18	29	1.07	26	W	W	L	L	D	1928-03-03	Nelson	H
15	-1	Chesterfield	30	6	4	6	35	26	3	4	7	16	32	0.879	26	L	W	L	D	L	1928-03-03	Darlington	A
16	-1	Rotherham United	28	7	5	3	29	13	2	2	9	19	34	1.021	25	L	W	D	L	W	1928-02-28	Rochdale	A
17	0	Crewe Alexandra	29	7	4	3	37	21	1	3	11	19	44	0.862	23	W	L	L	W	L	1928-03-03	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	0	Ashington	30	6	5	5	37	30	1	2	11	14	50	0.638	21	L	L	W	L	W	1928-03-03	Bradford	H
19	0	Durham City	30	7	3	4	25	18	1	2	13	15	51	0.58	21	L	L	L	W	W	1928-03-03	Wigan Borough	A
20	0	Nelson	28	7	1	5	35	27	1	2	12	17	58	0.612	19	L	L	W	L	L	1928-03-03	New Brighton	A
21	1	Barrow	30	6	6	3	29	20	0	1	14	7	60	0.45	19	W	D	W	L	L	1928-03-03	Bradford City	A
22	-1	Wigan Borough	30	4	3	8	20	28	2	3	10	18	47	0.507	18	D	W	L	L	L	1928-03-03	Durham City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	Norwich City	Dean Court	6,041
Eyre, Hayward (p)	Lineups		Varco
Brentford	1	2	Torquay United	Griffin Park	8,355
Lane	Lineups		Pattison, Ringland
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Northampton Town	Goldstone Ground	12,631
Cook, Simpson	Lineups		Wells
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Eastville	7,963
Ormston 2	Lineups		Lennox
Gillingham	4	0	Newport County	Priestfield Road	5,932
Bromage 2, Wilcox 2	Lineups
Luton Town	2	1	Exeter City	Kenilworth Road	8,309
Rennie, Nunn	Lineups		Compton
Merthyr Town	0	4	Queens Park Rangers	Penydarren Park	2,869
	Lineups		Goddard 3, Rounce
Millwall	1	1	Crystal Palace	The Den, New Cross	27,736
Landells	Lineups		Clarke
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Watford	Home Park	11,281
	Lineups		Groome
Southend United	3	2	Coventry City	Kursaal Ground	5,979
Baron 2, Horne	Lineups		Bird, Herbert
Walsall	1	2	Swindon Town	Hillary Street	7,591
Robson	Lineups		Roberts, Morris

				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	29	13	2	0	64	13	6	3	5	24	26	2.256	43	D	W	D	W	L	1928-03-03	Swindon Town	A
2	0	Northampton Town	27	12	2	1	48	21	5	2	5	23	22	1.651	38	L	W	W	W	D	1928-03-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
3	0	Plymouth Argyle	29	11	1	2	41	14	5	3	7	20	25	1.564	36	L	W	W	D	W	1928-03-03	Northampton Town	H
4	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	29	10	2	3	35	21	4	4	6	24	29	1.18	34	W	D	W	W	W	1928-03-03	Walsall	A
5	-1	Exeter City	28	7	5	3	32	19	5	4	4	15	17	1.306	33	L	L	W	L	L	1928-03-03	Watford	A
6	1	Queens Park Rangers	28	5	3	5	23	20	8	3	4	25	13	1.455	32	W	L	W	D	D	1928-03-03	Crystal Palace	H
7	1	Swindon Town	24	7	3	2	37	18	6	2	4	23	26	1.364	31	W	L	L	W	W	1928-03-03	Millwall	H
8	-2	Newport County	28	7	4	2	30	21	5	3	7	22	27	1.083	31	L	W	W	D	L	1928-03-03	Luton Town	H
9	0	Crystal Palace	29	9	3	2	31	15	1	7	7	22	41	0.946	30	D	W	D	L	W	1928-03-03	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	28	10	4	2	33	16	1	3	8	18	35	1	29	W	D	W	L	W	1928-03-03	Gillingham	A
11	-1	Charlton Athletic	27	7	3	2	18	15	2	7	6	21	33	0.813	28	L	L	L	L	D	1928-03-03	Torquay United	H
12	0	Southend United	27	10	1	3	29	13	2	2	9	20	36	1	27	W	L	L	D	D	1928-03-03	Merthyr Town	A
13	1	Gillingham	26	6	2	5	22	16	3	5	5	22	31	0.936	25	W	W	L	W	W	1928-03-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
14	-1	Brentford	29	7	2	5	29	24	4	1	10	21	34	0.862	25	L	W	W	L	W	1928-03-03	Coventry City	A
15	3	Watford	28	5	3	5	26	24	4	2	9	21	31	0.855	23	W	W	W	L	D	1928-03-03	Exeter City	H
16	-1	Norwich City	28	6	4	4	32	23	1	4	9	20	32	0.945	22	L	D	D	L	L	1928-03-03	Bristol Rovers	A
17	3	Bristol Rovers	28	7	2	4	29	28	3	0	12	23	41	0.754	22	W	L	L	L	W	1928-03-03	Norwich City	H
18	-1	Walsall	29	6	3	5	31	20	3	1	11	17	50	0.686	22	L	L	W	W	L	1928-03-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	-3	Merthyr Town	29	5	2	7	26	31	2	6	7	14	30	0.656	22	L	W	L	W	D	1928-03-03	Southend United	H
20	-1	Coventry City	29	5	4	6	36	27	3	1	10	14	46	0.685	21	L	L	D	L	L	1928-03-03	Brentford	H
21	0	Torquay United	28	3	7	5	21	26	3	2	8	15	44	0.514	21	W	D	L	D	D	1928-03-03	Charlton Athletic	A
22	0	Luton Town	27	7	4	3	37	22	0	1	12	23	41	0.952	19	W	L	D	W	L	1928-03-03	Newport County	A