Saturday 1928-08-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham	4	1	Manchester City	St Andrew's	26,911
Bond, Bradford, Ellis, Briggs	Lineups		Tait
Bolton Wanderers	2	3	Everton	Burnden Park	34,637
Gibson 2	Lineups		Dean 3
Burnley	3	1	Sunderland	Turf Moor	21,448
Bruton 2, Devine	Lineups		Halliday
Derby County	5	1	Blackburn Rovers	Baseball Ground	19,435
Whitehouse 2, Bedford, Ramage, Crooks	Lineups		Rigby
Leeds United	4	1	Aston Villa	Elland Road	26,588
Keetley 3, Wainscoat	Lineups		York
Liverpool	3	0	Bury	Anfield Road	38,411
Millar 2, Whitehurst	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	Leicester City	Old Trafford	20,129
Rawlings	Lineups		Hine
Newcastle United	1	1	Cardiff City	St James' Park	36,964
Gallacher	Lineups		Ferguson (p)
Portsmouth	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Fratton Park	33,475	Largest Home Gate 1928-29
Weddle	Lineups
The Wednesday	3	2	Arsenal	Hillsborough	23,684	Numbered shirts worn for the first time in the league by Arsenal in the First Division
Hooper 2, Marsden	Lineups		Jones, Brain
West Ham United	4	0	Sheffield United	Upton Park	23,683
Ruffell 2, Barrett, Shone	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	0	Derby County	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Arsenal	A
2	0	Birmingham	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Leicester City	A
3	0	Leeds United	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Bury	H
4	0	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Bury	A
5	0	Burnley	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Newcastle United	A
6	0	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Aston Villa	A
7	0	Everton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	The Wednesday	H
8	0	The Wednesday	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Everton	A
9	0	Portsmouth	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Everton	A
10	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Burnley	H
11	0	Leicester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Birmingham	H
12	0	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Aston Villa	A
13	0	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Burnley	H
14	0	Arsenal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Derby County	H
15	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Huddersfield Town	A
16	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Manchester United	H
18	0	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Manchester United	H
19	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Sunderland	A
20	0	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Leeds United	A
21	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
22	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	2	Bradford	Oakwell	11,072
Millar	Lineups		Lloyd, Hart
Bristol City	2	2	Grimsby Town	Ashton Gate	16,083
Blakemore, Hick	Lineups		Robson J 2
Chelsea	4	0	Swansea Town	Stamford Bridge	47,264	Numbered shirts worn for the first time in the league by Chelsea in the Second Division
Crawford, Biswell, Pearson, Elliott	Lineups
Hull City	2	2	Southampton	Anlaby Road	11,232
McDonald, Childs	Lineups		Keeping, Petrie
Millwall	0	1	Notts County	The Den,New Cross	27,221
	Lineups		Fenner
Nottingham Forest	1	5	Stoke City	City Ground	14,548
Burton	Lineups		Wilson 2, Davies, Liddle, Bussey
Port Vale	1	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Recreation Ground	12,274
Fishwick (p)	Lineups		Marshall 2, Chadwick, Weaver
Preston North End	3	1	Blackpool	Deepdale	23,567
Robson, Russell 2	Lineups		Hampson
Reading	2	3	Middlesbrough	Elm Park	20,925
Goodwin, Lane	Lineups		Camsell 2, Peacock
Tottenham Hotspur	4	1	Oldham Athletic	White Hart Lane	33,173
Elkes, Roberts 2, Osborne	Lineups		King
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Clapton Orient	The Hawthorns	19,756
Chambers, Glidden, Carter	Lineups		Batten

				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	Stoke City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Bristol City	H
2	0	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Bradford	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Middlesbrough	H
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Millwall	H
5	0	Preston North End	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Reading	H
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Notts County	A
7	0	Bradford	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Chelsea	H
8	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
9	0	Notts County	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
10	0	Bristol City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Stoke City	A
11	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Barnsley	H
12	0	Hull City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Oldham Athletic	H
13	0	Southampton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Port Vale	H
14	0	Reading	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Preston North End	A
15	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Grimsby Town	A
16	0	Blackpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Swansea Town	A
17	0	Clapton Orient	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Nottingham Forest	H
18	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Hull City	A
19	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Southampton	A
20	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Clapton Orient	A
21	0	Millwall	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	0	Swansea Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Blackpool	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	3	Carlisle United	Peel Park	6,714
Barclay (p), Lee	Lineups		McConnell, Ward, Agar
Bradford City	11	1	Rotherham United	Valley Parade	12,356
Edmunds 3, White 3, Burkinshaw, Scriven 2, Harvey 2	Lineups		Pears
Darlington	2	2	South Shields	Feethams Ground	7,253	Largest Home Gate 1928-29
Cochrane, McGuire	Lineups		Matthewson, Stevenson
Halifax Town	2	2	Crewe Alexandra	The Shay	8,088
Dixon, Coleman	Lineups		Shaw, Pither
Hartlepools United	2	2	Nelson	Victoria Park	5,524	Largest Home Gate 1928-29
Young, Spry	Lineups		Ridley, Radford
Lincoln City	1	3	Wigan Borough	Sincil Bank	7,913
Pegg	Lineups		Lindsay, Lievesley, Cockle
New Brighton	1	3	Barrow	Sandheys Park	4,037
Kirk	Lineups		Parsons 3
Rochdale	1	3	Doncaster Rovers	Spotland	4,275
Bertram	Lineups		Longden, Tippett, Keetley T
Southport	2	1	Ashington	Haig Avenue	5,151
Beadles, Rawlings	Lineups		Johnson
Stockport County	4	1	Tranmere Rovers	Edgeley Park	10,283
Tompkinson 2, Burgess, Boardman	Lineups		Jones
Wrexham	4	3	Chesterfield	Racecourse Ground	5,463
Mays 4	Lineups		Roseboom, Bloxham, Cowan

				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 City	1	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-30	Carlisle United	A
2	0	Stockport County	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Chesterfield	A
3	0	Barrow	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Rochdale	H
4	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Southport	H
5	0	Wigan Borough	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Halifax Town	H
6	0	Southport	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	0	Carlisle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-30	Bradford City	H
8	0	Wrexham	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.333	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Lincoln City	H
10	0	Darlington	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Ashington	A
11	0	Halifax Town	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Wigan Borough	A
12	0	Hartlepools United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Carlisle United	A
13	0	Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Darlington	H
14	0	South Shields	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Southport	H
15	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0.75	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Stockport County	H
16	0	Accrington Stanley	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Rotherham United	A
17	0	Ashington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Darlington	H
18	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Rotherham United	A
19	0	New Brighton	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
20	0	Rochdale	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Barrow	A
21	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Wrexham	H
22	0	Rotherham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	0.091	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Lincoln City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	2	Southend United	Dean Court	9,042	Largest Home Gate 1928-29
Robinson OG, Cherrett	Lineups		Shankly 2
Brentford	4	2	Exeter City	Griffin Park	11,158
Phillips 2, Drinnan, Berry	Lineups		Houghton, Doncaster
Coventry City	3	0	Norwich City	Highfield Road	18,000
Bowen 2, Widdowson	Lineups
Crystal Palace	3	0	Watford	Selhurst Park	19,446
Harry, Gill, Davis	Lineups
Gillingham	2	2	Fulham	Priestfield Road	9,457	Largest Home Gate 1928-29
Dominy, Poxton	Lineups		Price, Avey
Luton Town	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Kenilworth Road	10,526
Yardley	Lineups
Newport County	3	1	Walsall	Somerton Park	6,035
Harper, Gittins, Waterston	Lineups		Lane
Northampton Town	4	1	Charlton Athletic	County Ground	15,135
Bowen, Odell 2, Smith	Lineups		Lennox
Plymouth Argyle	4	0	Merthyr Town	Home Park	10,435
Matthews, Bowden 2, Leslie	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Bristol Rovers	County Ground	9,315
Eddleston (p), Roberts	Lineups		Barton (p)
Torquay United	3	4	Queens Park Rangers	Plainmoor	7,357	Largest Home Gate 1928-29
Hemingway, Henderson, Kelly	Lineups		Goddard 3, Burns

				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	Plymouth Argyle	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Swindon Town	H
2	0	Northampton Town	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-30	Luton Town	H
3	0	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Watford	H
4	0	Crystal Palace	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Walsall	A
5	0	Newport County	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-30	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	0	Brentford	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Southend United	A
7	0	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
8	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	1.333	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-30	Newport County	H
9	0	Luton Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1928-08-30	Northampton Town	A
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Norwich City	A
11	0	Fulham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	0	Gillingham	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Torquay United	H
13	0	Southend United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Exeter City	H
14	0	Torquay United	1	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-29	Gillingham	A
15	0	Exeter City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Southend United	A
16	0	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Walsall	A
17	0	Walsall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Bristol Rovers	H
18	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-09-01	Newport County	H
19	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Merthyr Town	A
20	0	Merthyr Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
22	0	Watford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1928-08-27	Coventry City	A