Saturday 1928-04-28

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	1	Manchester United	Highbury	22,452
	Lineups		Rawlings
Aston Villa	2	2	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park	22,895
Walker, Armfield	Lineups		Gibson, Boston
Burnley	3	5	Everton	Turf Moor	24,485
Page, Beel 2	Lineups		Dean 4, Martin
Bury	3	0	Cardiff City	Gigg Lane	13,706
Amos, Bullock, Smith J	Lineups
Derby County	2	1	Middlesbrough	Baseball Ground	12,017
Whitehouse, Bacon	Lineups		Carr
Leicester City	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Filbert Street	29,191
Carr	Lineups		Raw, Barkas (p)
Liverpool	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Anfield Road	31,780
Bromilow, Hodgson	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	1	Newcastle United	Fratton Park	28,364
	Lineups		Seymour
Sheffield United	2	3	Blackburn Rovers	Bramall Lane	25,239
Johnson H, Phillipson	Lineups		Roscamp, Mitchell 2
Sunderland	2	3	The Wednesday	Roker Park	19,339
Halliday 2	Lineups		Hooper 2, Trotter
West Ham United	3	3	Birmingham	Upton Park	17,917
Barrett 2, Loughlin	Lineups		Bradford 2, Briggs

				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	41	11	7	2	57	25	9	5	7	42	38	1.571	52	W	W	W	W	D	1928-05-05	Arsenal	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	39	14	1	4	53	29	7	6	7	34	34	1.381	49	W	L	D	L	W	1928-04-30	Sheffield United	H
3	0	Leicester City	41	13	5	2	60	25	4	7	10	30	47	1.25	46	L	D	D	W	D	1928-04-30	Blackburn Rovers	H
4	0	Derby County	41	12	4	5	59	30	5	6	9	36	51	1.173	44	W	L	W	W	D	1928-05-05	Birmingham	A
5	1	Bolton Wanderers	41	12	4	4	46	25	4	6	11	34	40	1.231	42	D	W	L	L	L	1928-05-05	Sheffield United	H
6	2	Bury	41	13	1	7	53	35	6	3	11	26	45	0.988	42	W	W	W	D	D	1928-05-05	Blackburn Rovers	A
7	-2	Cardiff City	41	11	7	2	41	25	5	3	13	26	53	0.859	42	L	W	L	D	D	1928-05-05	Burnley	H
8	-1	Aston Villa	40	12	3	5	49	30	4	6	10	26	41	1.056	41	D	L	W	W	W	1928-05-02	Huddersfield Town	H
9	1	Newcastle United	41	8	7	5	46	40	6	6	9	30	40	0.95	41	W	D	D	L	D	1928-05-05	West Ham United	H
10	1	Blackburn Rovers	40	13	5	2	41	21	3	4	13	25	50	0.93	41	W	W	W	L	L	1928-04-30	Leicester City	A
11	6	Liverpool	41	10	6	5	54	36	3	7	10	29	45	1.025	39	W	D	L	D	W	1928-05-05	Manchester United	A
12	-3	Arsenal	40	10	5	5	48	32	3	8	9	30	50	0.951	39	L	D	D	D	D	1928-05-02	The Wednesday	H
13	1	West Ham United	41	9	7	5	48	34	5	4	11	32	51	0.941	39	D	L	L	L	D	1928-05-05	Newcastle United	A
14	1	Birmingham	41	9	7	4	34	24	3	8	10	34	50	0.919	39	D	W	L	L	L	1928-05-05	Derby County	H
15	-3	Burnley	41	12	5	4	55	31	4	2	14	25	64	0.842	39	L	W	D	L	D	1928-05-05	Cardiff City	A
16	-3	Portsmouth	41	13	4	4	40	23	3	3	14	25	63	0.756	39	L	L	L	W	W	1928-05-05	Huddersfield Town	A
17	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	12	3	6	47	34	3	5	13	27	52	0.86	38	L	L	D	L	W	End of Season
18	0	Middlesbrough	41	7	9	4	46	32	4	6	11	35	53	0.953	37	L	D	D	L	W	1928-05-05	Sunderland	H
19	0	Sunderland	41	9	5	7	37	29	5	4	11	34	47	0.934	37	L	L	L	L	W	1928-05-05	Middlesbrough	A
20	0	Sheffield United	40	12	4	5	56	42	2	5	12	21	43	0.906	37	L	D	W	W	L	1928-04-30	Huddersfield Town	A
21	0	Manchester United	41	11	6	3	45	26	4	1	16	21	53	0.835	37	W	W	L	L	W	1928-05-05	Liverpool	H
22	0	The Wednesday	40	8	6	6	43	29	4	6	10	35	48	1.013	36	W	W	W	W	D	1928-05-02	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Blackpool	Oakwell	4,949
Eaton, Scott (p)	Lineups		Hampson
Fulham	1	0	Reading	Craven Cottage	18,918
Craig	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Notts County	Anlaby Road	5,284
Whitworth	Lineups		Wilson OG
Manchester City	6	1	Southampton	Maine Road	42,361
Marshall 3, Johnson, Tait, Horne	Lineups		Taylor T
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Stoke City	City Ground	5,382
	Lineups		Wilson, Davies
Port Vale	0	0	Clapton Orient	Recreation Ground	5,966
	Lineups
Preston North End	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Deepdale	8,215
Robson	Lineups		Jones
South Shields	2	3	West Bromwich Albion	Horsley Hill	5,514
Stevenson, Scott	Lineups		Bromage, Dunn OG, Cookson
Swansea Town	3	2	Grimsby Town	Vetch Field	9,208
Lewis 2, Deacon	Lineups		Robson 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Chelsea	Molineux	16,727
Weaver R	Lineups		Wilson, Jackson

				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	1	Manchester City	41	18	2	1	70	27	7	7	6	29	30	1.737	59	W	W	D	D	W	1928-05-05	Notts County	A
2	-1	Leeds United	41	16	2	3	63	15	9	5	6	34	29	2.205	57	L	W	W	W	D	1928-05-05	Stoke City	A
3	0	Chelsea	41	15	2	3	45	13	8	6	7	29	30	1.721	54	W	L	L	L	W	1928-05-05	Barnsley	H
4	0	Preston North End	41	15	3	3	62	24	6	6	8	32	38	1.516	51	D	L	L	L	L	1928-05-05	Grimsby Town	A
5	0	Stoke City	41	13	5	2	39	16	8	3	10	34	42	1.259	50	W	W	L	W	W	1928-05-05	Leeds United	H
6	0	Swansea Town	40	13	6	2	46	17	5	4	10	28	45	1.194	46	W	W	D	W	W	1928-04-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
7	1	West Bromwich Albion	41	10	6	4	50	28	7	5	9	40	42	1.286	45	W	D	W	W	L	1928-05-05	Port Vale	H
8	-1	Oldham Athletic	41	14	3	3	50	18	4	5	12	20	33	1.373	44	D	L	L	D	W	1928-05-05	Hull City	H
9	0	Port Vale	41	11	6	4	45	20	7	1	12	23	37	1.193	43	D	W	D	W	W	1928-05-05	West Bromwich Albion	A
10	0	Nottingham Forest	41	10	6	5	54	37	5	4	11	28	45	1	40	L	L	D	L	L	1928-05-05	Southampton	A
11	0	Grimsby Town	41	8	6	6	37	35	6	6	9	28	42	0.844	40	L	L	W	W	D	1928-05-05	Preston North End	H
12	1	Hull City	41	9	8	4	25	19	3	7	10	16	30	0.837	39	D	W	D	W	L	1928-05-05	Oldham Athletic	A
13	-1	Bristol City	41	11	4	5	41	17	4	4	13	34	61	0.962	38	L	L	L	D	W	1928-05-05	South Shields	H
14	1	Barnsley	41	10	5	6	43	36	3	6	11	20	48	0.75	37	W	W	L	W	D	1928-05-05	Chelsea	A
15	-1	Notts County	41	9	4	7	45	25	3	8	10	21	48	0.904	36	D	L	D	W	W	1928-05-05	Manchester City	H
16	0	Reading	41	9	7	4	32	22	2	5	14	21	53	0.707	34	L	D	L	W	D	1928-05-05	Swansea Town	H
17	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	11	4	5	42	30	2	4	14	20	60	0.689	34	L	W	W	L	D	1928-04-30	Swansea Town	H
18	0	Southampton	41	10	3	7	52	39	3	4	14	14	37	0.868	33	L	L	W	L	W	1928-05-05	Nottingham Forest	H
19	2	Fulham	41	12	7	2	46	22	1	0	19	22	63	0.8	33	W	W	D	D	L	1928-05-05	Blackpool	A
20	0	Clapton Orient	41	9	6	5	32	25	2	5	14	23	60	0.647	33	D	D	W	L	L	1928-05-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	-2	Blackpool	41	10	3	7	51	43	2	5	14	28	58	0.782	32	L	W	L	W	D	1928-05-05	Fulham	H
22	0	South Shields	41	5	5	11	30	41	2	3	15	25	69	0.5	22	L	L	W	L	D	1928-05-05	Bristol City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	0	Stockport County	Peel Park	5,225
Chadwick	Lineups
Ashington	6	0	Rotherham United	Portland Park	1,464
Graham, Johnson 2, Watson, Randall, Price	Lineups
Bradford City	2	0	Wrexham	Valley Parade	6,844
Senior, Scriven	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Southport	Gresty Road	2,552
	Lineups		Beadles
Darlington	1	0	Rochdale	Feethams Ground	2,708
Gregg	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	4	2	Nelson	Belle Vue	4,117
Keetley T 4	Lineups		Radford, Hayes
Halifax Town	3	1	Durham City	The Shay	2,553
Coleman, Smeaton, Bell	Lineups		Adey
Hartlepools United	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Victoria Park	2,132
Mordue B, Robinson	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	0	Bradford	Sincil Bank	9,785	Largest home gate 1927-28
Dinsdale, Maidment	Lineups
New Brighton	3	3	Chesterfield	Sandheys Park	2,702
Harley, Dickie (p), Roberts	Lineups		Turnbull, Nutter, Oxley
Wigan Borough	1	0	Barrow	Springfield Park	3,355
Dickinson (p)	Lineups
Footnotes
Nelson to apply for re-election

				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	41	17	2	1	66	21	9	7	5	33	23	2.25	61	L	W	L	W	L	1928-05-05	New Brighton	H
2	2	Lincoln City	41	15	4	2	53	20	9	2	9	36	42	1.435	54	W	W	W	D	W	1928-05-05	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	-1	Stockport County	41	16	4	0	60	12	7	3	11	27	37	1.776	53	L	L	W	W	W	1928-05-05	Hartlepools United	H
4	-1	Tranmere Rovers	40	14	5	1	66	26	8	3	9	35	39	1.554	52	L	W	D	L	W	1928-05-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	0	Doncaster Rovers	40	14	4	2	54	16	8	3	9	21	25	1.829	51	W	D	L	L	D	1928-05-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	0	Bradford City	41	15	4	2	59	19	3	8	9	26	39	1.466	48	W	D	W	W	L	1928-05-05	Chesterfield	A
7	0	Darlington	41	15	1	5	63	28	6	4	10	25	43	1.239	47	W	W	L	W	D	1928-05-05	Rotherham United	A
8	0	Accrington Stanley	40	14	4	3	49	22	4	4	11	25	41	1.175	44	W	W	W	L	L	1928-05-01	Rochdale	A
9	0	Southport	41	15	1	4	52	21	5	3	13	24	46	1.134	44	W	W	L	L	W	1928-05-05	Ashington	H
10	0	New Brighton	41	10	7	4	45	22	4	7	9	26	38	1.183	42	D	D	L	D	W	1928-05-05	Bradford	A
11	1	Halifax Town	41	11	7	3	47	24	2	8	10	26	45	1.058	41	W	D	D	D	D	1928-05-05	Wrexham	A
12	-1	Wrexham	41	14	1	5	46	19	3	5	13	16	48	0.925	40	L	L	L	D	L	1928-05-05	Halifax Town	H
13	1	Rochdale	40	11	4	4	41	22	4	3	14	29	53	0.933	37	L	D	D	D	L	1928-05-01	Accrington Stanley	H
14	-1	Rotherham United	41	10	6	4	36	18	3	5	13	26	50	0.912	37	L	D	D	L	W	1928-05-05	Darlington	H
15	0	Hartlepools United	41	10	3	8	41	35	6	2	12	26	44	0.848	37	W	W	W	L	L	1928-05-05	Stockport County	A
16	0	Crewe Alexandra	41	10	6	5	51	28	2	4	14	25	53	0.938	34	L	D	D	W	L	1928-05-05	Durham City	A
17	0	Chesterfield	41	9	4	7	44	29	3	6	12	25	49	0.885	34	D	L	D	W	L	1928-05-05	Bradford City	H
18	0	Ashington	41	10	5	6	54	36	1	5	14	20	64	0.74	32	W	D	D	W	D	1928-05-05	Southport	A
19	1	Wigan Borough	41	8	5	8	30	32	2	4	14	23	62	0.564	29	W	L	W	L	D	1928-05-05	Nelson	A
20	-1	Barrow	41	9	8	3	40	24	0	3	18	13	78	0.52	29	L	D	D	D	D	1928-05-05	Accrington Stanley	H
21	0	Durham City	41	9	5	6	32	29	1	2	18	16	70	0.485	27	L	L	D	L	D	1928-05-05	Crewe Alexandra	H
22	0	Nelson	41	8	3	9	47	46	2	2	17	26	87	0.549	25	L	L	D	L	L	1928-05-05	Wigan Borough	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Luton Town	Eastville	5,639
Ormston	Lineups		Woods, Yardley
Charlton Athletic	3	2	Brentford	The Valley	7,122
Rankin, Horton, Lennox	Lineups		Watkins, Phillips
Coventry City	2	2	Norwich City	Highfield Road	12,000
Richmond OG, Herbert	Lineups		Robinson 2
Gillingham	4	1	Torquay United	Priestfield Road	3,868
Wilcox 3, Dominy	Lineups		Pattison
Merthyr Town	2	2	Crystal Palace	Penydarren Park	2,169
Crewe 2	Lineups		Mulcahy, Turner
Newport County	4	1	Northampton Town	Somerton Park	2,753
Waterston 2, Harper, Gittins	Lineups		Bowen
Queens Park Rangers	5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loftus Road	5,394
Johnson 2, Rounce, Lofthouse, Young (p)	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Southend United	County Ground	4,898
	Lineups		Andrews
Walsall	5	1	Exeter City	Hillary Street	6,000
Walker 3, Lane M, Bedford	Lineups		Bastin
Watford	2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vicarage Road	5,102
Groome 2	Lineups

				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	40	18	2	0	86	15	11	3	6	40	33	2.625	63	W	W	W	W	W	1928-04-30	Norwich City	A
2	0	Northampton Town	41	16	3	1	65	22	6	6	9	35	41	1.587	53	L	L	W	L	W	1928-05-05	Coventry City	H
3	0	Plymouth Argyle	40	16	2	2	56	19	5	5	10	23	35	1.463	49	W	D	W	W	D	1928-05-02	Luton Town	H
4	0	Crystal Palace	41	15	3	2	46	21	3	9	9	33	49	1.129	48	D	W	W	L	D	1928-05-05	Plymouth Argyle	H
5	0	Swindon Town	39	12	5	3	58	24	7	3	9	27	36	1.417	46	L	W	L	L	D	1928-04-30	Charlton Athletic	A
6	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	13	4	3	47	22	5	6	10	30	45	1.149	46	L	L	W	L	W	1928-05-05	Swindon Town	H
7	1	Newport County	41	12	5	4	52	38	6	4	10	28	41	1.013	45	W	L	L	D	W	1928-05-05	Southend United	A
8	1	Southend United	41	13	2	5	43	18	6	4	11	32	45	1.19	44	W	D	L	D	L	1928-05-05	Newport County	H
9	-2	Exeter City	41	10	6	4	47	27	6	6	9	21	33	1.133	44	L	W	D	L	D	1928-05-05	Merthyr Town	H
10	0	Queens Park Rangers	41	8	4	8	37	35	9	4	8	35	36	1.014	42	W	L	L	L	D	1928-05-03	Norwich City	H
11	1	Charlton Athletic	40	11	5	4	31	26	3	8	9	25	41	0.836	41	W	W	D	W	L	1928-04-30	Swindon Town	H
12	-1	Brentford	41	12	3	5	48	29	4	4	13	27	44	1.027	39	L	D	W	L	D	1928-05-05	Watford	H
13	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	12	6	3	44	24	1	6	14	28	55	0.911	38	L	L	D	D	L	End of Season
14	0	Luton Town	40	12	5	3	54	26	3	2	15	38	56	1.122	37	W	L	W	D	W	1928-05-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
15	0	Gillingham	40	10	3	8	33	26	3	7	9	26	50	0.776	36	W	L	L	W	L	1928-05-02	Watford	A
16	0	Watford	40	9	5	6	37	31	4	4	12	25	43	0.838	35	W	L	W	D	L	1928-05-02	Gillingham	H
17	1	Norwich City	39	8	7	4	39	26	1	7	12	25	44	0.914	32	D	W	D	D	D	1928-04-30	Millwall	H
18	1	Walsall	41	9	6	6	52	35	3	2	15	22	65	0.74	32	W	W	L	L	D	1928-05-05	Torquay United	A
19	-2	Bristol Rovers	41	11	3	7	41	36	3	1	16	26	56	0.728	32	L	W	L	W	W	1928-05-05	Millwall	A
20	0	Coventry City	41	5	8	8	40	36	6	1	13	26	58	0.702	31	D	W	L	D	L	1928-05-05	Northampton Town	A
21	0	Merthyr Town	41	7	6	8	38	40	2	7	11	15	49	0.596	31	D	L	D	W	D	1928-05-05	Exeter City	A
22	0	Torquay United	40	4	9	7	26	35	4	3	13	24	65	0.5	28	L	W	D	L	L	1928-05-02	Swindon Town	A