Saturday 1928-04-07

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham	2	0	Portsmouth	St Andrew's	32,996
Bond, Ellis	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Aston Villa	Ewood Park	21,432
	Lineups		Armfield
Bolton Wanderers	1	2	Sunderland	Burnden Park	18,064
McClelland (p)	Lineups		Halliday 2
Cardiff City	2	2	Sheffield United	Ninian Park	11,283
McLachlan 2	Lineups		Johnson H 2
Everton	1	1	Bury	Goodison Park	37,597
Dean	Lineups		Ball
Huddersfield Town	2	4	Liverpool	Leeds Road	27,290
Jackson 2	Lineups		Reid, Hodgson, Edmed, Walsh
Manchester United	4	3	Burnley	Old Trafford	28,311
Rawlings 3, Williams	Lineups		Beel 2, Bruton
Middlesbrough	2	2	West Ham United	Ayresome Park	21,860
Carr, Ferguson	Lineups		Moore, Ruffell
Newcastle United	1	5	Leicester City	St James' Park	32,492
Chalmers	Lineups		Chandler 4, Hine
The Wednesday	2	2	Derby County	Hillsborough	28,566
Trotter, Seed	Lineups		McIntyre, Stephenson
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Arsenal	White Hart Lane	39,193	Largest home gate 1927-28
O'Callaghan 2	Lineups

				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	1	Everton	37	9	7	2	51	23	7	5	7	34	34	1.491	44	D	W	W	D	L	1928-04-14	Sheffield United	A
2	-1	Huddersfield Town	34	13	1	2	48	23	6	5	7	32	33	1.429	44	L	W	D	W	W	1928-04-09	Birmingham	H
3	1	Leicester City	36	12	4	1	54	21	4	5	10	28	45	1.242	41	W	D	D	W	L	1928-04-09	Bury	H
4	-1	Bolton Wanderers	37	11	4	4	42	25	4	5	9	31	35	1.217	39	L	W	L	D	D	1928-04-09	Manchester United	A
5	0	Cardiff City	37	10	6	2	36	22	5	3	11	25	47	0.884	39	D	L	L	L	W	1928-04-09	Arsenal	H
6	0	Derby County	37	9	4	5	55	29	5	6	8	34	48	1.156	38	D	W	W	W	D	1928-04-09	Sunderland	H
7	0	West Ham United	37	9	6	4	44	29	5	4	9	32	46	1.013	38	D	D	W	W	D	1928-04-09	Aston Villa	A
8	2	Tottenham Hotspur	38	12	3	5	46	30	3	4	11	23	44	0.932	37	W	L	L	D	W	1928-04-10	The Wednesday	A
9	4	Aston Villa	36	10	2	5	43	27	4	6	9	24	38	1.031	36	W	D	W	L	D	1928-04-09	West Ham United	H
10	5	Birmingham	36	8	7	3	32	22	3	7	8	31	42	0.984	36	W	D	W	D	W	1928-04-09	Huddersfield Town	A
11	-3	Burnley	38	12	4	3	50	24	3	2	14	23	63	0.839	36	L	D	W	L	D	1928-04-14	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	5	Sunderland	35	8	5	6	34	26	5	4	7	31	36	1.048	35	W	L	L	D	D	1928-04-09	Derby County	A
13	5	Liverpool	37	9	4	5	51	35	3	7	9	29	43	1.026	35	W	D	D	L	L	1928-04-14	Newcastle United	H
14	-5	Arsenal	35	10	4	4	48	31	3	5	9	25	45	0.961	35	L	W	D	L	W	1928-04-09	Cardiff City	A
15	1	Bury	37	11	1	7	46	32	5	2	11	20	42	0.892	35	D	L	W	W	L	1928-04-09	Leicester City	A
16	-5	Blackburn Rovers	36	11	5	2	32	19	2	4	12	22	47	0.818	35	L	L	L	L	L	1928-04-14	Sunderland	A
17	-5	Portsmouth	36	11	4	3	32	20	3	3	12	25	55	0.76	35	L	W	W	W	W	1928-04-09	Sheffield United	H
18	-4	Newcastle United	35	8	6	5	45	39	4	4	8	26	36	0.947	34	L	L	L	D	W	1928-04-10	Birmingham	A
19	0	Middlesbrough	36	7	7	4	43	29	3	6	9	29	45	0.973	33	D	D	D	L	W	1928-04-10	Huddersfield Town	A
20	0	Sheffield United	34	11	3	3	47	34	1	5	11	17	37	0.901	32	D	W	W	W	L	1928-04-09	Portsmouth	A
21	0	Manchester United	36	9	6	2	39	21	3	1	15	17	49	0.8	31	W	L	L	L	L	1928-04-09	Bolton Wanderers	H
22	0	The Wednesday	36	6	6	6	37	27	2	6	10	30	45	0.931	28	D	W	D	W	L	1928-04-10	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	18,030	Largest home gate 1927-28
Neal, Browell, Oxberry	Lineups
Bristol City	0	0	Nottingham Forest	Ashton Gate	14,575
	Lineups
Chelsea	1	0	Port Vale	Stamford Bridge	39,278
Crawford	Lineups
Clapton Orient	2	2	South Shields	Millfield Road	11,019
Dennison, Turnbull	Lineups		Matthewson, Wilson
Grimsby Town	1	0	Fulham	Blundell Park	9,005
Robson	Lineups
Notts County	6	2	Preston North End	Meadow Lane	16,226
Davies 2, Taylor 3, Haden	Lineups		James, Robson
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Swansea Town	Boundary Park	14,860
	Lineups		Lewis
Reading	1	1	Barnsley	Elm Park	10,659
Richardson	Lineups		Curran
Southampton	2	0	Hull City	The Dell	11,955
Mackie, Cribb	Lineups
Stoke City	2	0	Manchester City	Victoria Ground	29,455
Archibald, Wilson	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Leeds United	The Hawthorns	23,644
	Lineups		Turnbull

				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	37	15	2	2	43	10	7	6	5	25	25	1.943	52	W	W	D	L	D	1928-04-09	Oldham Athletic	A
2	2	Leeds United	36	14	2	2	56	14	8	4	6	31	27	2.122	50	W	W	W	W	W	1928-04-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	0	Manchester City	35	16	2	1	60	24	6	4	6	26	28	1.654	50	L	W	W	W	W	1928-04-09	Fulham	A
4	-2	Preston North End	37	15	2	2	60	21	6	6	6	29	33	1.648	50	L	W	W	W	W	1928-04-09	Reading	A
5	0	Stoke City	37	11	5	2	35	14	7	3	9	32	41	1.218	44	W	L	D	W	L	1928-04-09	Bristol City	H
6	0	Oldham Athletic	36	13	3	2	48	16	4	3	11	18	29	1.467	40	L	L	L	W	L	1928-04-09	Chelsea	H
7	1	Swansea Town	36	11	5	2	40	14	4	4	10	26	45	1.119	39	W	W	D	L	D	1928-04-09	Hull City	H
8	-1	West Bromwich Albion	36	9	5	4	47	26	5	5	8	33	37	1.27	38	L	D	L	W	W	1928-04-09	Southampton	A
9	0	Nottingham Forest	35	10	5	2	53	30	5	3	10	25	41	1.099	38	D	D	W	L	W	1928-04-09	Barnsley	H
10	0	Bristol City	38	11	4	4	41	16	4	4	11	32	56	1.014	38	D	W	L	W	L	1928-04-09	Stoke City	A
11	0	Grimsby Town	38	8	6	5	37	34	5	6	8	22	38	0.819	38	W	D	D	W	L	1928-04-14	Barnsley	A
12	0	Port Vale	36	10	5	4	42	20	5	0	12	20	37	1.088	35	L	L	D	L	D	1928-04-09	South Shields	A
13	0	Hull City	36	8	6	4	23	18	2	7	9	15	28	0.826	33	L	L	D	W	D	1928-04-09	Swansea Town	A
14	0	Notts County	37	9	4	6	45	24	2	6	10	18	46	0.9	32	W	W	D	L	L	1928-04-09	Clapton Orient	A
15	0	Reading	37	8	6	4	30	21	2	5	12	20	50	0.704	31	D	L	D	L	L	1928-04-09	Preston North End	H
16	2	Blackpool	38	9	3	7	47	42	2	5	12	27	53	0.779	30	W	D	L	W	L	1928-04-14	Port Vale	A
17	-1	Barnsley	36	8	5	5	38	30	2	5	11	18	47	0.727	30	D	D	L	W	L	1928-04-09	Nottingham Forest	A
18	2	Southampton	36	9	3	6	49	35	2	4	12	10	28	0.937	29	W	L	W	L	L	1928-04-09	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	10	3	4	39	27	1	4	13	19	57	0.69	29	L	W	W	W	D	1928-04-09	Leeds United	H
20	-1	Clapton Orient	36	8	5	4	28	22	2	4	13	23	56	0.654	29	D	L	L	D	L	1928-04-09	Notts County	H
21	0	Fulham	37	11	5	2	43	20	0	0	19	21	63	0.771	27	L	L	W	L	L	1928-04-09	Manchester City	H
22	0	South Shields	37	4	5	9	26	36	2	3	14	24	65	0.495	20	D	W	D	L	W	1928-04-09	Port Vale	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Holker Street	7,989
	Lineups
Bradford	3	0	Hartlepools United	Park Avenue	12,715
Millership, McDonald, McLean	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	1	Lincoln City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,770
	Lineups		Dinsdale
Durham City	3	2	Bradford City	Holiday Park	2,135
Howlett, Butler, Richardson (p)	Lineups		Harvey 2
Nelson	4	0	Darlington	Seedhill Ground	3,816
Sharp, Taylor, Hayes 2 (1p)	Lineups
Rochdale	2	2	Ashington	Spotland	3,309
Bertram, Whitehurst	Lineups		Johnson, Robinson
Rotherham United	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Millmoor	3,625
Phillips, Lievesley	Lineups
Southport	3	1	Halifax Town	Haig Avenue	3,524
Beadles 2, James	Lineups		Groves
Stockport County	1	1	Wigan Borough	Edgeley Park	8,840
Bocking (p)	Lineups		Lawson
Tranmere Rovers	3	2	Accrington Stanley	Prenton Park	6,169
Jones, Charlton, Littlehales	Lineups		Parkin 2
Wrexham	0	2	New Brighton	Racecourse Ground	4,296
	Lineups		Harley, Roberts

				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	36	15	2	1	58	19	9	7	2	32	18	2.432	57	W	L	W	D	W	1928-04-09	Rotherham United	A
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	13	4	1	50	12	8	2	8	21	24	1.972	48	D	W	W	L	L	1928-04-09	Bradford City	A
3	0	Stockport County	36	15	4	0	56	12	5	3	9	20	33	1.689	47	D	W	L	W	D	1928-04-09	Nelson	A
4	0	Tranmere Rovers	35	14	4	1	66	26	6	3	7	28	32	1.621	47	W	W	W	W	L	1928-04-09	Rochdale	A
5	0	Lincoln City	37	13	3	2	46	20	8	2	9	32	42	1.258	47	W	W	W	W	D	1928-04-11	Chesterfield	H
6	0	Bradford City	37	12	4	2	54	19	3	7	9	26	39	1.379	41	L	L	D	W	W	1928-04-09	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	0	Darlington	35	12	0	4	53	22	6	4	9	25	39	1.279	40	L	W	L	L	W	1928-04-09	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	1	Southport	37	14	1	4	48	19	4	3	11	21	39	1.19	40	W	W	L	L	L	1928-04-09	Chesterfield	A
9	-1	Wrexham	37	14	1	5	46	19	3	4	10	13	36	1.073	39	L	W	L	W	L	1928-04-09	Durham City	A
10	0	Accrington Stanley	37	12	4	3	46	21	3	4	11	23	41	1.113	38	L	L	W	L	W	1928-04-09	Hartlepools United	A
11	1	New Brighton	35	8	5	4	33	15	4	6	8	23	33	1.167	35	W	D	D	D	D	1928-04-09	Wigan Borough	H
12	-1	Halifax Town	36	10	4	3	42	21	2	7	10	24	43	1.031	35	L	L	W	L	D	1928-04-10	Rochdale	H
13	0	Rochdale	35	11	3	3	38	18	4	1	13	27	50	0.956	34	D	L	D	D	L	1928-04-09	Tranmere Rovers	H
14	0	Rotherham United	36	9	5	4	35	18	3	4	11	25	41	1.017	33	W	D	L	D	L	1928-04-09	Bradford	H
15	0	Hartlepools United	37	7	3	7	34	31	6	2	12	26	44	0.8	31	L	L	W	L	W	1928-04-09	Accrington Stanley	H
16	0	Crewe Alexandra	37	10	5	4	50	26	1	3	14	19	49	0.92	30	L	W	W	L	D	1928-04-09	Darlington	A
17	0	Chesterfield	37	8	4	7	39	27	3	4	11	22	45	0.847	30	L	L	L	W	L	1928-04-09	Southport	H
18	0	Ashington	37	8	5	6	43	35	1	3	14	19	63	0.633	26	D	L	W	L	W	1928-04-14	Nelson	H
19	0	Barrow	37	9	7	3	39	23	0	1	17	9	73	0.5	26	D	W	L	W	L	1928-04-14	Darlington	A
20	0	Wigan Borough	37	6	5	8	28	32	2	4	12	21	55	0.563	25	D	D	W	L	D	1928-04-09	New Brighton	A
21	0	Durham City	36	9	3	5	31	24	1	2	16	15	63	0.529	25	W	L	W	L	L	1928-04-09	Wrexham	H
22	0	Nelson	35	8	2	7	41	34	2	2	14	22	74	0.583	24	W	L	L	D	W	1928-04-09	Stockport County	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Dean Court	5,764
Stringfellow, Eyre 2	Lineups		Horton
Brentford	5	1	Bristol Rovers	Griffin Park	7,894
Wiggins, Cairns, Drinnan 2, Lawson	Lineups		Thom
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Watford	Goldstone Ground	7,969
Hopkins	Lineups		Sheppard
Crystal Palace	5	1	Walsall	Selhurst Park	12,530
Hopkins, Clarke 2, Harry, Mulcahy	Lineups		Lane M (p)
Exeter City	2	2	Gillingham	St James Park	6,001
Dent, Vaughan	Lineups		Poxton, Pool OG
Luton Town	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Kenilworth Road	10,451	Largest home gate 1927-28
Banks	Lineups		Sloan
Millwall	3	0	Merthyr Town	The Den, New Cross	19,969
Landells 2, Cock	Lineups
Northampton Town	3	0	Swindon Town	County Ground	14,174	Largest home gate 1927-28
Bowen 2, Hoten	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Newport County	The Nest, Rosary Road	7,641
Porter	Lineups		Thomas
Southend United	7	0	Queens Park Rangers	Kursaal Ground	8,126
Hick 3, Donoven, Morris, Dixon, Clenshaw	Lineups
Torquay United	2	3	Coventry City	Plainmoor	3,275
Budd, Griffiths (p)	Lineups		Herbert 2, Ward

				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	36	17	2	0	80	15	8	3	6	30	29	2.5	55	W	W	W	W	W	1928-04-09	Exeter City	A
2	0	Northampton Town	34	15	2	1	59	21	5	5	6	29	30	1.725	47	W	D	W	L	D	1928-04-09	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
3	1	Plymouth Argyle	36	13	2	2	50	18	5	4	10	21	33	1.392	42	D	L	W	L	W	1928-04-09	Charlton Athletic	H
4	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	12	4	3	42	22	4	6	7	29	36	1.224	42	D	W	L	W	D	1928-04-09	Southend United	A
5	2	Crystal Palace	36	14	3	2	45	21	2	7	8	26	43	1.109	42	W	W	W	W	W	1928-04-09	Bristol Rovers	A
6	-3	Swindon Town	33	10	4	2	47	21	7	3	7	26	33	1.352	41	L	W	W	L	W	1928-04-09	Gillingham	H
7	-1	Exeter City	37	9	6	3	40	22	6	5	8	20	28	1.2	41	D	L	L	D	W	1928-04-09	Millwall	H
8	1	Southend United	36	13	2	3	42	15	5	2	11	28	42	1.228	40	W	L	W	W	W	1928-04-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	-1	Queens Park Rangers	35	7	3	6	30	25	9	3	7	32	31	1.107	38	L	W	L	L	W	1928-04-09	Walsall	H
10	0	Newport County	35	10	4	3	43	32	5	4	9	25	36	1	38	D	L	L	W	W	1928-04-09	Coventry City	H
11	1	Brentford	36	11	2	5	42	27	4	3	11	24	39	1	35	W	W	L	W	D	1928-04-09	Norwich City	A
12	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	35	12	4	3	41	21	1	4	11	25	45	1	34	W	D	W	L	L	1928-04-09	Northampton Town	H
13	-2	Charlton Athletic	35	9	4	4	24	23	2	8	8	23	38	0.77	34	L	W	D	L	D	1928-04-09	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	0	Gillingham	35	8	3	7	26	23	3	7	7	25	38	0.836	32	D	L	L	D	L	1928-04-09	Swindon Town	A
15	0	Luton Town	35	11	5	3	50	25	1	1	14	31	51	1.066	30	D	W	W	W	W	1928-04-09	Torquay United	A
16	0	Watford	34	7	3	6	31	29	4	4	10	24	35	0.859	29	D	W	D	L	L	1928-04-09	Merthyr Town	H
17	0	Norwich City	35	7	6	4	35	24	1	5	12	22	41	0.877	27	D	L	L	D	D	1928-04-09	Brentford	H
18	3	Coventry City	35	5	6	7	38	32	5	1	11	21	53	0.694	27	W	L	L	D	W	1928-04-09	Newport County	A
19	-1	Walsall	35	7	5	5	39	26	3	1	14	20	60	0.686	26	L	W	L	D	L	1928-04-09	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	-1	Merthyr Town	36	6	4	8	33	37	2	6	10	14	44	0.58	26	L	D	L	D	W	1928-04-09	Watford	A
21	-1	Bristol Rovers	35	8	2	6	34	33	3	1	15	26	51	0.714	25	L	L	L	L	L	1928-04-09	Crystal Palace	H
22	0	Torquay United	36	3	9	6	24	30	4	2	12	21	59	0.506	25	L	L	W	D	L	1928-04-09	Luton Town	H