Saturday 1928-03-17

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	2	Blackburn Rovers	Highbury	33,446
Buchan 2, Hoar	Lineups		Puddefoot, Rigby
Aston Villa	1	1	Birmingham	Villa Park	62,000	Largest home gate 1927-28
Smart (p)	Lineups		Bradford
Burnley	2	2	Bolton Wanderers	Turf Moor	15,865
Beel, Page	Lineups		Butler, McClelland
Bury	4	2	The Wednesday	Gigg Lane	14,185
Smith J 3 (1p), Amos	Lineups		Hooper, Trotter
Derby County	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Baseball Ground	24,684
	Lineups
Leicester City	1	0	Everton	Filbert Street	26,625
Adcock	Lineups
Liverpool	1	2	Cardiff City	Anfield Road	34,532
Reid	Lineups		Davies L, Thirlaway
Portsmouth	1	0	Manchester United	Fratton Park	25,400
Weddle	Lineups
Sheffield United	4	1	Middlesbrough	Bramall Lane	26,328
Gillespie, Johnson H, Tunstall, Phillipson	Lineups		Pease
Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United	Roker Park	40,071	Largest home gate 1927-28
Halliday	Lineups		McDonald
West Ham United	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	33,908	Largest home gate 1927-28
Ruffell	Lineups		Osborne

				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	Huddersfield Town	32	13	1	1	46	19	5	5	7	29	31	1.5	42	D	W	W	D	W	1928-03-31	Bury	A
2	0	Everton	33	8	5	2	44	19	6	5	7	32	34	1.434	38	L	L	D	D	D	1928-03-24	Derby County	H
3	0	Cardiff City	33	10	5	1	33	15	5	3	9	24	37	1.096	38	W	W	L	L	W	1928-03-24	West Ham United	H
4	1	Leicester City	33	12	3	1	52	19	3	4	10	20	41	1.2	37	W	L	L	W	L	1928-03-24	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	-1	Bolton Wanderers	33	10	3	3	35	18	4	5	8	31	34	1.269	36	D	D	L	W	L	1928-03-24	Leicester City	H
6	0	Blackburn Rovers	33	11	5	1	32	18	2	4	10	18	39	0.877	35	L	L	W	W	W	1928-03-31	West Ham United	A
7	0	Newcastle United	32	8	6	3	42	31	4	4	7	25	31	1.081	34	D	W	D	D	L	1928-03-24	Bury	H
8	0	Burnley	34	11	3	3	43	21	3	2	12	20	55	0.829	33	D	L	D	L	D	1928-03-24	Birmingham	A
9	0	Sunderland	31	8	4	4	34	23	4	4	7	29	35	1.086	32	D	W	L	L	W	1928-03-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
10	1	Tottenham Hotspur	32	10	3	3	41	23	3	3	10	22	41	0.984	32	D	L	W	L	W	1928-03-19	Portsmouth	H
11	3	Arsenal	31	9	3	3	43	27	3	5	8	25	43	0.971	32	W	L	D	W	L	1928-03-28	Portsmouth	H
12	0	West Ham United	33	8	5	4	40	26	4	3	9	25	43	0.942	32	D	W	D	D	L	1928-03-24	Cardiff City	A
13	3	Bury	34	11	1	6	44	29	4	1	11	16	39	0.882	32	W	L	L	L	W	1928-03-24	Newcastle United	A
14	-4	Liverpool	33	9	3	5	50	34	2	6	8	23	35	1.058	31	L	L	L	W	D	1928-03-24	The Wednesday	A
15	0	Birmingham	33	6	7	3	26	22	3	6	8	29	40	0.887	31	D	W	W	W	D	1928-03-24	Burnley	H
16	1	Derby County	32	7	4	5	43	28	4	4	8	29	44	1	30	D	W	W	L	L	1928-03-24	Everton	A
17	1	Aston Villa	31	9	2	5	40	26	3	4	8	22	36	1	30	D	L	W	W	W	1928-03-21	Middlesbrough	A
18	-5	Middlesbrough	33	7	5	4	41	27	3	5	9	28	44	0.972	30	L	W	D	D	L	1928-03-21	Aston Villa	H
19	0	Manchester United	32	8	6	2	35	18	3	1	12	14	38	0.875	29	L	W	D	D	L	1928-03-28	Derby County	A
20	0	Sheffield United	32	10	3	3	44	33	1	4	11	15	35	0.868	29	W	W	L	L	L	1928-03-31	Tottenham Hotspur	H
21	0	Portsmouth	32	10	4	3	31	20	1	3	11	20	53	0.699	29	W	D	W	W	L	1928-03-19	Tottenham Hotspur	A
22	0	The Wednesday	32	5	5	6	31	25	1	5	10	25	42	0.836	22	L	W	L	L	D	1928-03-24	Liverpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	4	West Bromwich Albion	Oakwell	8,144
Fletcher 2	Lineups		Carter, Cookson 2, Glidden
Fulham	2	0	Clapton Orient	Craven Cottage	21,452
McKenna, Penn	Lineups
Hull City	0	1	Reading	Anlaby Road	6,493
	Lineups		Baggett
Leeds United	6	0	Notts County	Elland Road	17,358
Keetley 3, Turnbull, Armand, White	Lineups
Manchester City	2	0	Grimsby Town	Maine Road	49,185
Roberts, McMullan	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Oldham Athletic	City Ground	9,045
Harrison, Thompson W (p)	Lineups		Watson
Port Vale	0	0	Stoke City	Recreation Ground	21,071	Largest home gate 1927-28
	Lineups
Preston North End	2	1	Blackpool	Deepdale	22,341
Roberts, James	Lineups		Benton (p)
South Shields	2	1	Southampton	Horsley Hill	2,650
Parker, Loftus	Lineups		Bullock
Swansea Town	0	0	Chelsea	Vetch Field	15,563
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	2	Bristol City	Molineux	15,492
Weaver R 3, Chadwick, Marshall	Lineups		Keating, Rankin

				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	33	13	2	1	40	8	7	5	5	23	23	2.032	47	D	W	W	W	L	1928-03-24	Manchester City	H
2	0	Leeds United	33	13	2	2	52	14	6	4	6	29	27	1.976	44	W	W	D	W	D	1928-03-24	Reading	A
3	0	Manchester City	31	14	2	1	53	20	5	4	5	25	26	1.696	44	W	D	W	D	L	1928-03-24	Chelsea	A
4	0	Preston North End	33	13	2	2	51	20	5	6	5	23	25	1.644	44	W	L	W	D	D	1928-03-24	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	1	Stoke City	32	9	5	2	28	13	7	2	7	30	33	1.261	39	D	D	W	L	W	1928-03-19	Barnsley	A
6	-1	Oldham Athletic	32	12	3	1	44	14	4	3	9	16	24	1.579	38	L	L	W	L	W	1928-03-24	Port Vale	H
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	33	9	5	2	45	21	5	4	8	32	36	1.351	37	W	W	L	D	W	1928-03-24	Preston North End	H
8	0	Port Vale	32	10	4	3	38	15	5	0	10	19	32	1.213	34	D	W	W	D	L	1928-03-24	Oldham Athletic	A
9	2	Nottingham Forest	31	9	4	2	46	25	5	2	9	22	36	1.115	34	W	L	L	L	W	1928-03-24	Blackpool	A
10	-1	Swansea Town	32	11	4	2	39	13	2	4	9	22	43	1.089	34	D	D	W	W	D	1928-03-24	Bristol City	A
11	-1	Bristol City	34	9	3	4	35	15	4	4	10	31	51	1	33	L	W	L	D	W	1928-03-24	Swansea Town	H
12	0	Grimsby Town	34	6	5	5	29	30	5	5	8	20	36	0.742	32	L	L	W	L	D	1928-03-24	South Shields	H
13	0	Hull City	31	8	5	3	22	15	1	6	8	13	26	0.854	29	L	L	L	D	L	1928-03-24	Clapton Orient	A
14	1	Reading	32	8	5	3	29	19	2	4	10	17	41	0.767	29	W	D	W	D	W	1928-03-24	Leeds United	H
15	-1	Notts County	33	7	4	5	35	20	2	5	10	18	46	0.803	27	L	W	L	D	L	1928-03-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	0	Clapton Orient	32	8	3	4	26	20	2	4	11	20	48	0.676	27	L	D	D	W	L	1928-03-24	Hull City	H
17	0	Barnsley	32	7	4	5	35	29	2	4	10	16	40	0.739	26	L	L	D	W	L	1928-03-19	Stoke City	H
18	0	Southampton	33	7	3	6	41	34	2	4	11	10	27	0.836	25	L	L	L	W	W	1928-03-24	Barnsley	H
19	1	Fulham	32	10	5	1	42	18	0	0	16	19	55	0.836	25	W	L	W	L	W	1928-03-24	Stoke City	A
20	-1	Blackpool	34	7	3	7	39	39	2	4	11	24	46	0.741	25	L	W	L	D	L	1928-03-24	Nottingham Forest	H
21	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	9	3	4	36	26	0	4	12	17	53	0.671	25	W	D	W	D	L	1928-03-24	Notts County	A
22	0	South Shields	33	4	4	9	26	36	1	2	13	18	57	0.473	16	W	L	L	D	W	1928-03-24	Grimsby Town	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	0	Rochdale	Peel Park	3,885
Barclay (p)	Lineups
Ashington	2	1	Wrexham	Portland Park	1,369
Robinson, Chipperfield	Lineups		Rogers
Bradford City	3	1	Tranmere Rovers	Valley Parade	9,717
Bancroft, Scriven, Bauld (p)	Lineups		Jones
Crewe Alexandra	4	1	Chesterfield	Gresty Road	4,123
Kay, O'Connor, Evans, Ralphs	Lineups		Wass
Darlington	5	0	Durham City	Feethams Ground	4,668
Gregg 2, Gardner 2, Dickson	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Southport	Belle Vue	6,622
	Lineups		Beadles
Halifax Town	1	1	Bradford	The Shay	15,842
Seabrook	Lineups		Hawes
Hartlepools United	4	5	Nelson	Victoria Park	2,972
Rigg OG, Robinson 3	Lineups		Sharp, Slack, Radford 2, Bottrill
Lincoln City	5	0	Barrow	Sincil Bank	5,202
Campbell 2, Maidment, Dinsdale 2	Lineups
New Brighton	0	0	Stockport County	Sandheys Park	4,876
	Lineups
Wigan Borough	0	0	Rotherham United	Springfield Park	3,281
	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	33	13	2	1	49	16	9	7	1	32	16	2.531	53	D	W	W	W	D	1928-03-24	Darlington	H
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	32	11	4	1	46	11	8	1	7	21	23	1.971	43	L	W	D	L	W	1928-03-24	Chesterfield	A
3	0	Stockport County	32	13	3	0	46	11	5	3	8	19	29	1.625	42	D	W	W	W	L	1928-03-24	Crewe Alexandra	H
4	0	Tranmere Rovers	31	11	4	1	55	21	5	3	7	21	29	1.52	39	L	D	W	L	W	1928-03-24	Ashington	H
5	0	Darlington	31	11	0	3	48	15	6	4	7	22	29	1.591	38	W	W	W	W	L	1928-03-24	Bradford	A
6	0	Bradford City	33	12	3	2	52	17	2	7	7	20	34	1.412	38	W	W	L	W	W	1928-03-24	Nelson	A
7	0	Lincoln City	32	11	3	2	41	19	6	1	9	27	40	1.153	38	W	W	W	L	L	1928-03-21	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	1	Accrington Stanley	33	11	4	3	44	21	3	4	8	19	33	1.167	36	W	L	W	L	W	1928-03-24	Durham City	A
9	1	Southport	31	12	1	3	43	15	4	2	9	20	35	1.26	35	W	W	L	W	W	1928-03-20	Nelson	A
10	-2	Wrexham	33	12	1	4	37	16	3	4	9	13	34	1	35	L	L	D	D	L	1928-03-24	Wigan Borough	H
11	0	Halifax Town	32	9	4	3	41	21	2	7	7	21	32	1.17	33	D	D	L	D	L	1928-03-24	Barrow	A
12	0	Rochdale	31	11	1	3	36	16	4	0	12	25	45	1	31	L	L	L	W	W	1928-03-24	New Brighton	H
13	0	New Brighton	31	8	4	4	32	14	3	4	8	19	31	1.133	30	D	L	D	W	W	1928-03-24	Rochdale	A
14	0	Rotherham United	33	8	5	3	31	14	3	3	11	24	40	1.019	30	D	L	W	W	L	1928-03-24	Lincoln City	H
15	0	Hartlepools United	34	7	3	7	34	31	5	2	10	24	39	0.829	29	L	W	L	L	L	1928-03-24	Southport	A
16	0	Chesterfield	33	7	4	6	38	26	3	4	9	19	40	0.864	28	L	W	L	L	W	1928-03-24	Doncaster Rovers	H
17	0	Crewe Alexandra	32	8	4	4	43	25	1	3	12	19	46	0.873	25	W	L	L	W	L	1928-03-21	Lincoln City	H
18	0	Ashington	33	7	5	6	39	34	1	2	12	14	53	0.609	23	W	L	L	L	L	1928-03-24	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	3	Nelson	31	7	1	6	36	30	2	2	13	22	66	0.604	21	W	L	L	L	L	1928-03-20	Southport	H
20	1	Wigan Borough	33	5	4	8	23	28	2	3	11	19	49	0.545	21	D	L	W	D	W	1928-03-24	Wrexham	A
21	-2	Durham City	33	7	3	5	26	21	1	2	15	15	59	0.513	21	L	L	L	L	L	1928-03-24	Accrington Stanley	H
22	-2	Barrow	33	7	6	3	31	21	0	1	16	8	69	0.433	21	L	W	L	W	D	1928-03-24	Halifax Town	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Exeter City	Eastville	8,000
Williams (p)	Lineups		McDevitt, Dent
Charlton Athletic	0	4	Crystal Palace	The Valley	11,083
	Lineups		Hopkins 2, Clarke, Harry
Coventry City	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Highfield Road	12,000
Dinsdale, Widdowson	Lineups		Wilson T, Little
Gillingham	1	0	Southend United	Priestfield Road	6,240
Wilcox	Lineups
Merthyr Town	1	1	Norwich City	Penydarren Park	2,317
Mays	Lineups		Varco
Newport County	4	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Somerton Park	3,754
Gittins 2, Waterston, Brittan	Lineups		Jones, Stringfellow, Eyre
Plymouth Argyle	4	1	Torquay United	Home Park	9,008
Richards 3, Matthews	Lineups		Russell OG
Queens Park Rangers	3	2	Luton Town	Loftus Road	11,217
Johnson, Burns, Lofthouse	Lineups		Yardley, Dennis
Swindon Town	1	1	Brentford	County Ground	6,300
Walker	Lineups		Phillips
Walsall	1	1	Northampton Town	Hillary Street	8,000
Lane M	Lineups		Fraser
Watford	0	3	Millwall	Vicarage Road	13,727	Largest home gate 1927-28
	Lineups		Phillips 2, Cock

				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	32	14	2	0	70	14	7	3	6	27	29	2.256	47	W	W	L	D	W	1928-03-24	Newport County	H
2	0	Northampton Town	30	13	2	1	54	21	5	4	5	27	26	1.723	42	D	W	D	L	W	1928-03-19	Luton Town	A
3	0	Plymouth Argyle	32	12	2	2	48	18	5	3	8	20	27	1.511	39	W	L	D	L	W	1928-03-24	Southend United	A
4	1	Exeter City	31	8	5	3	34	20	6	4	5	19	21	1.293	37	W	W	L	L	L	1928-03-22	Newport County	A
5	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	10	3	3	35	21	4	6	6	29	34	1.164	37	D	D	D	W	D	1928-03-24	Merthyr Town	H
6	1	Queens Park Rangers	31	7	3	5	28	22	8	3	5	26	19	1.317	36	W	L	W	W	L	1928-03-24	Exeter City	A
7	1	Crystal Palace	33	11	3	2	36	18	2	7	8	26	43	1.016	36	W	W	W	L	D	1928-03-24	Swindon Town	H
8	-2	Swindon Town	28	8	4	2	41	19	6	3	5	25	29	1.375	35	D	D	L	W	W	1928-03-21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
9	0	Newport County	31	9	4	2	41	26	5	3	8	23	30	1.143	35	W	L	W	L	W	1928-03-22	Exeter City	H
10	0	Southend United	31	11	2	3	32	15	3	2	10	23	39	1.019	32	L	D	W	W	W	1928-03-24	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	2	Gillingham	30	8	2	5	25	17	3	6	6	23	34	0.941	30	W	L	D	W	W	1928-03-24	Brentford	A
12	-1	Charlton Athletic	30	8	3	3	19	19	2	7	7	22	35	0.759	30	L	L	W	L	L	1928-03-24	Norwich City	A
13	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	31	10	4	3	35	19	1	3	10	22	41	0.95	29	L	L	L	W	D	1928-03-21	Swindon Town	A
14	0	Brentford	32	8	2	5	32	25	4	3	10	22	35	0.9	29	D	W	D	L	W	1928-03-24	Gillingham	H
15	2	Norwich City	31	7	4	4	34	23	1	5	10	21	36	0.932	25	D	W	L	L	D	1928-03-24	Charlton Athletic	H
16	-1	Watford	31	6	3	6	29	29	4	2	10	22	33	0.823	25	L	L	W	W	W	1928-03-24	Torquay United	A
17	-1	Bristol Rovers	31	8	2	5	33	30	3	1	12	23	41	0.789	25	L	D	W	W	L	1928-03-24	Northampton Town	A
18	0	Coventry City	32	5	6	6	38	29	4	1	10	17	48	0.714	25	D	W	D	L	L	1928-03-24	Luton Town	A
19	0	Merthyr Town	33	6	3	8	32	36	2	6	8	14	36	0.639	25	D	W	L	L	L	1928-03-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
20	0	Walsall	32	6	5	5	35	24	3	1	12	18	52	0.697	24	D	L	D	L	L	1928-03-24	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
21	0	Torquay United	32	3	8	5	21	26	3	2	11	18	52	0.5	22	L	L	D	L	W	1928-03-24	Watford	H
22	0	Luton Town	30	8	4	3	39	23	0	1	14	27	51	0.892	21	L	W	L	W	L	1928-03-19	Northampton Town	H