Saturday 1928-12-22

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Burnley	Highbury	14,990
Hulme, Peel, Brain	Lineups		Page
Birmingham	5	1	Leeds United	St Andrew's	16,057
Bradford 3, Liddell, Hicks	Lineups		Turnbull
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Cardiff City	Ewood Park	11,040
Blackburn OG, McLean	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	5	0	Leicester City	Burnden Park	16,030
Butler, McClelland, Gibson, Blackmore 2	Lineups
Derby County	3	1	Bury	Baseball Ground	11,976
Bedford, Stephenson, Robson J	Lineups		Smith J
Everton	5	2	Newcastle United	Goodison Park	23,295
Dean 3, Martin, Ritchie	Lineups		Chalmers, Lang
Huddersfield Town	4	0	West Ham United	Leeds Road	11,509
Jackson 3, Smith	Lineups
Manchester City	2	3	Liverpool	Maine Road	19,738
Bacon, Johnson	Lineups		Hodgson 2, Race
Portsmouth	3	0	Manchester United	Fratton Park	12,836
Smith J 2, McNeil	Lineups
Sunderland	4	4	Sheffield United	Roker Park	18,899
Halliday 4 (1p)	Lineups		Phillipson 2, Johnson, Tunstall (p)
The Wednesday	4	1	Aston Villa	Hillsborough	24,822
Seed 2, Allen, Hooper	Lineups		Gibson

				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	The Wednesday	20	10	1	0	27	10	3	2	4	14	17	1.519	29	W	W	W	L	W	1928-12-25	Manchester City	H
2	0	Derby County	20	8	2	1	36	9	4	0	5	13	20	1.69	26	W	L	W	L	L	1928-12-25	Huddersfield Town	A
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	3	1	22	7	3	2	5	16	20	1.41	25	W	D	L	W	D	1928-12-25	Arsenal	H
4	0	Leeds United	19	7	1	2	24	15	3	2	4	16	26	0.976	23	L	D	W	L	W	1928-12-25	Cardiff City	H
5	2	Sunderland	20	7	1	2	35	17	3	1	6	15	21	1.316	22	D	D	W	W	W	1928-12-25	Everton	A
6	-1	Leicester City	20	6	4	0	35	12	2	2	6	13	26	1.263	22	L	W	L	D	D	1928-12-25	Bury	A
7	-1	Aston Villa	19	6	2	2	26	13	4	0	5	19	25	1.184	22	L	W	L	W	W	1928-12-25	Portsmouth	A
8	1	Everton	20	7	1	2	21	12	3	1	6	14	18	1.167	22	W	D	W	L	W	1928-12-25	Sunderland	H
9	2	Liverpool	20	5	2	3	23	13	3	3	4	18	19	1.281	21	W	D	L	W	L	1928-12-25	Burnley	A
10	-2	Burnley	21	6	2	3	29	21	3	1	6	19	31	0.923	21	L	L	W	W	W	1928-12-25	Liverpool	H
11	-1	Newcastle United	21	7	1	2	22	17	2	1	8	16	32	0.776	20	L	W	L	W	W	1928-12-25	West Ham United	A
12	2	Huddersfield Town	20	7	1	2	34	9	1	2	7	10	23	1.38	19	W	L	W	L	W	1928-12-25	Derby County	H
13	-1	West Ham United	21	5	3	2	24	14	2	2	7	15	35	0.796	19	L	D	L	W	L	1928-12-25	Newcastle United	H
14	1	Birmingham	19	4	2	4	25	23	3	2	4	13	15	1	18	W	D	W	L	L	1928-12-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
15	2	Bolton Wanderers	20	6	1	4	26	14	1	3	5	9	22	0.972	18	W	D	L	L	W	1928-12-25	Birmingham	A
16	0	Arsenal	20	5	2	3	21	17	1	4	5	11	17	0.941	18	W	D	W	D	L	1928-12-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
17	-4	Manchester City	19	4	2	3	23	20	3	2	5	18	25	0.911	18	L	L	W	D	W	1928-12-25	The Wednesday	A
18	2	Sheffield United	20	6	0	3	18	14	1	2	8	14	36	0.64	16	D	W	D	L	L	1928-12-25	Manchester United	A
19	2	Portsmouth	20	7	0	3	18	6	1	0	9	7	35	0.61	16	W	L	L	L	L	1928-12-25	Aston Villa	H
20	-2	Cardiff City	20	3	3	3	18	11	1	4	6	6	14	0.96	15	L	D	W	L	D	1928-12-25	Leeds United	A
21	-2	Manchester United	19	2	5	2	13	11	2	2	6	14	25	0.75	15	L	D	L	L	L	1928-12-25	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Bury	17	4	0	3	10	12	1	1	8	7	28	0.425	11	L	W	L	W	D	1928-12-25	Leicester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	2	Millwall	Oakwell	5,664
Atkinson, Harron	Lineups		Harley, Jones
Blackpool	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	7,262
Hampson, Tremelling 2	Lineups
Bradford	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Park Avenue	14,116
McLean, Atherton	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Port Vale	Ashton Gate	10,459
Blakemore, Vials	Lineups		Simms
Chelsea	1	1	Notts County	Stamford Bridge	19,560
Thain	Lineups		Mills BR
Clapton Orient	1	1	Reading	Millfield Road	6,127
Dennison	Lineups		Johnstone W
Grimsby Town	1	4	Middlesbrough	Blundell Park	10,984
Bestall	Lineups		Pease, Bruce 2, Camsell
Nottingham Forest	3	1	Hull City	City Ground	6,758
Morton, Heathcock 2	Lineups		Starling
Stoke City	1	1	Preston North End	Victoria Ground	10,989
Wilson	Lineups		Hair
Swansea Town	1	1	Southampton	Vetch Field	7,681
Nicholas	Lineups		Mackie
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	11,565
Shaw (p), Cookson, Carter	Lineups		Crompton, O'Callaghan

				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	Notts County	20	7	2	1	22	8	4	4	2	17	12	1.95	28	D	W	D	D	L	1928-12-25	Southampton	H
2	1	Chelsea	20	6	5	0	23	10	2	4	3	10	13	1.435	25	D	D	D	D	D	1928-12-25	Stoke City	A
3	2	Middlesbrough	20	5	2	2	21	13	5	3	3	24	21	1.324	25	W	W	D	D	L	1928-12-25	Port Vale	H
4	-2	Hull City	21	5	4	1	22	11	4	3	4	15	19	1.233	25	L	D	L	D	D	1928-12-25	Preston North End	H
5	2	Bradford	20	9	0	1	36	11	2	2	6	16	26	1.405	24	W	W	W	D	W	1928-12-25	Swansea Town	H
6	-2	Preston North End	20	8	1	1	38	17	2	3	5	11	21	1.289	24	D	W	L	W	D	1928-12-25	Hull City	A
7	-1	Southampton	20	3	4	2	20	11	3	7	1	14	12	1.478	23	D	D	D	D	L	1928-12-25	Notts County	A
8	0	Stoke City	20	6	3	1	22	9	2	3	5	11	11	1.65	22	D	L	W	D	D	1928-12-25	Chelsea	H
9	2	Millwall	20	5	2	3	21	15	3	3	4	15	20	1.029	21	D	W	L	W	L	1928-12-25	Oldham Athletic	H
10	-1	Grimsby Town	19	6	2	2	26	15	2	2	5	14	19	1.176	20	L	L	D	D	W	1928-12-25	Blackpool	H
11	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	3	5	2	16	15	4	1	5	24	22	1.081	20	L	W	L	D	L	1928-12-25	Nottingham Forest	H
12	0	Blackpool	20	7	1	2	25	7	2	1	7	17	32	1.077	20	W	W	W	L	W	1928-12-25	Grimsby Town	A
13	0	West Bromwich Albion	20	7	1	2	21	11	1	3	6	13	26	0.919	20	W	D	W	D	D	1928-12-25	Bristol City	H
14	0	Tottenham Hotspur	19	8	0	2	24	15	0	2	7	7	21	0.861	18	L	L	D	W	L	1928-12-25	Reading	H
15	1	Swansea Town	20	6	2	2	22	14	0	4	6	8	26	0.75	18	D	D	W	L	W	1928-12-25	Bradford	A
16	-1	Port Vale	20	7	0	3	23	14	1	1	8	10	23	0.892	17	L	L	L	W	D	1928-12-25	Middlesbrough	A
17	1	Nottingham Forest	19	3	3	4	13	19	3	2	4	22	21	0.875	17	W	D	L	L	L	1928-12-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	-1	Barnsley	19	4	4	2	22	17	2	0	7	9	18	0.886	16	D	L	L	L	D	1928-12-25	Clapton Orient	A
19	0	Reading	20	4	3	3	20	15	2	1	7	8	34	0.571	16	D	D	W	W	W	1928-12-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
20	0	Clapton Orient	20	3	4	3	13	15	1	3	6	11	25	0.6	15	D	L	D	D	W	1928-12-25	Barnsley	H
21	0	Bristol City	20	5	4	2	19	16	0	0	9	10	26	0.69	14	W	L	W	L	W	1928-12-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	19	3	1	4	7	14	0	1	10	6	28	0.31	8	L	L	D	D	L	1928-12-25	Millwall	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Ashington	1	1	Lincoln City	Portland Park	1,129
Robson J	Lineups		Bosbury
Barrow	2	4	Stockport County	Holker Street	3,346
Miller, Hamilton	Lineups		Tompkinson, Newton F 2, Burgess
Chesterfield	4	1	Tranmere Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,027
Lee JW, Roseboom, Castle, Taylor	Lineups		Beswick
Darlington	4	1	Hartlepools United	Feethams Ground	3,080
Dickson, Brown 2, Cochrane	Lineups		Dixon
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Halifax Town	Belle Vue	3,574
Keetley T	Lineups
Nelson	0	2	Accrington Stanley	Seedhill Ground	4,791
	Lineups		Curran, Jepson
New Brighton	2	2	Wigan Borough	Sandheys Park	2,616
Kirk, Davidson	Lineups		Cockle, Lievesley
Rochdale	2	1	Rotherham United	Spotland	2,120
Bertram 2	Lineups		Atkinson
South Shields	1	1	Bradford City	Horsley Hill	4,297
Matthewson	Lineups		Bedford
Southport	4	3	Carlisle United	Haig Avenue	2,533
Beadles 2, Rimmer A, Taylor B	Lineups		McConnell 3
Wrexham	1	2	Crewe Alexandra	Racecourse Ground	5,507
Mays	Lineups		Hart, Owen

				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	1	Stockport County	18	9	1	0	51	14	2	3	3	11	14	2.214	26	W	W	W	W	D	1928-12-25	Rotherham United	H
2	-1	Wrexham	19	7	1	1	23	14	2	6	2	19	20	1.235	25	L	D	W	D	L	1928-12-25	Rochdale	A
3	0	Lincoln City	19	6	3	1	24	7	3	3	3	18	24	1.355	24	D	W	D	W	L	1928-12-25	Hartlepools United	A
4	0	Bradford City	18	8	0	2	42	13	2	3	3	16	12	2.32	23	D	L	W	W	L	1928-12-25	Accrington Stanley	A
5	0	Wigan Borough	18	7	2	0	16	4	2	3	4	12	13	1.647	23	D	D	W	W	D	1928-12-25	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	0	Carlisle United	20	7	2	0	34	10	1	4	6	12	27	1.243	22	L	W	L	D	D	1928-12-25	Halifax Town	H
7	1	Doncaster Rovers	19	6	1	2	17	7	3	3	4	17	21	1.214	22	W	L	L	D	W	1928-12-26	Nelson	H
8	-1	South Shields	18	5	2	1	21	9	3	3	4	17	20	1.31	21	D	L	W	L	W	1928-12-25	Ashington	A
9	0	Tranmere Rovers	18	8	1	1	28	10	1	0	7	8	26	1	19	L	W	W	W	W	1928-12-25	Wigan Borough	A
10	0	Halifax Town	19	4	5	1	13	9	1	4	4	11	15	1	19	L	W	L	L	W	1928-12-25	Carlisle United	A
11	0	Nelson	20	6	0	5	28	21	3	1	5	11	22	0.907	19	L	W	W	W	L	1928-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	2	Rochdale	19	6	2	2	31	17	0	4	5	10	22	1.051	18	W	L	W	D	L	1928-12-25	Wrexham	H
13	-1	New Brighton	18	5	1	3	22	14	3	1	5	16	23	1.027	18	D	L	W	L	L	1928-12-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	1	Crewe Alexandra	18	4	3	3	19	16	3	1	4	12	20	0.861	18	W	W	W	D	L	1928-12-25	New Brighton	H
15	1	Chesterfield	17	5	1	1	20	8	2	2	6	16	31	0.923	17	W	L	L	W	W	1928-12-25	Southport	A
16	-3	Rotherham United	19	6	1	2	19	9	1	2	7	7	27	0.722	17	L	W	L	W	L	1928-12-25	Stockport County	A
17	0	Accrington Stanley	17	5	3	2	20	12	1	0	6	7	23	0.771	15	W	W	D	W	L	1928-12-25	Bradford City	H
18	1	Darlington	19	5	3	1	22	9	0	1	9	9	32	0.756	14	W	L	D	L	L	1928-12-26	Barrow	H
19	-1	Hartlepools United	19	4	4	2	19	18	0	1	8	9	33	0.549	13	L	W	L	W	L	1928-12-25	Lincoln City	H
20	2	Southport	18	5	2	1	22	12	0	0	10	10	36	0.667	12	W	L	L	L	D	1928-12-25	Chesterfield	H
21	0	Ashington	20	4	2	2	15	16	1	0	11	10	38	0.463	12	D	L	L	L	L	1928-12-25	South Shields	H
22	-2	Barrow	18	1	5	3	15	20	2	0	7	11	22	0.619	11	L	L	L	D	W	1928-12-26	Darlington	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	1	Plymouth Argyle	Dean Court	5,936
Cherrett, Eyre 2, Hayward (p)	Lineups		Forbes
Brentford	1	2	Fulham	Griffin Park	8,876
Watkins	Lineups		Avey, Craig
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	5	Crystal Palace	Goldstone Ground	3,899
Kirkwood	Lineups		Havelock 2, Butler 3
Charlton Athletic	5	0	Walsall	The Valley	5,925
Pugsley, Whitlow 3, Astley	Lineups
Coventry City	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Highfield Road	13,000
Toseland, Lake	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Swindon Town	St James Park	5,208
Purcell G	Lineups		Roberts
Luton Town	3	2	Queens Park Rangers	Kenilworth Road	9,112
Rennie 2, Bedford	Lineups		Goddard 2
Merthyr Town	2	3	Gillingham	Penydarren Park	1,669
Bryant, Gibbon	Lineups		Dominy, Taylor 2
Northampton Town	3	0	Watford	County Ground	9,438
Bowen 2, Weston	Lineups
Norwich City	3	1	Newport County	The Nest, Rosary Road	4,824
Varco, Porter, McKenna	Lineups		Wardell
Southend United	3	0	Torquay United	Kursaal Ground	4,096
Shankly, Donoven, Clenshaw	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	Plymouth Argyle	19	7	2	1	26	7	4	2	3	14	15	1.818	26	L	W	W	D	W	1928-12-25	Gillingham	H
2	1	Coventry City	19	7	2	0	23	5	3	3	4	11	13	1.889	25	W	L	W	L	W	1928-12-25	Charlton Athletic	H
3	1	Northampton Town	20	7	2	1	35	11	3	3	4	13	16	1.778	25	W	W	W	L	L	1928-12-25	Walsall	A
4	1	Luton Town	18	8	1	0	27	12	3	2	4	16	19	1.387	25	W	L	L	L	W	1928-12-25	Norwich City	H
5	-3	Queens Park Rangers	19	6	3	0	17	9	3	4	3	16	18	1.222	25	L	W	L	D	W	1928-12-25	Swindon Town	H
6	0	Fulham	18	7	2	0	30	10	3	2	4	16	15	1.84	24	W	W	W	W	L	1928-12-25	Torquay United	H
7	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	18	6	2	1	23	11	2	3	4	12	15	1.346	21	W	D	D	W	L	1928-12-25	Exeter City	H
8	0	Swindon Town	19	6	2	2	23	14	2	2	5	12	21	1	20	D	W	D	W	L	1928-12-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	2	Crystal Palace	18	6	1	3	13	11	3	1	4	16	22	0.879	20	W	W	W	W	L	1928-12-25	Bristol Rovers	A
10	3	Charlton Athletic	17	4	3	0	18	7	3	2	5	17	22	1.207	19	W	L	D	D	D	1928-12-25	Coventry City	A
11	-2	Watford	18	8	0	2	23	18	1	1	6	5	15	0.848	19	L	W	W	W	L	1928-12-25	Newport County	A
12	2	Southend United	18	3	3	2	8	6	3	3	4	20	24	0.933	18	W	L	D	L	W	1928-12-25	Merthyr Town	A
13	-3	Walsall	18	5	4	1	22	12	2	0	6	11	27	0.846	18	L	D	W	D	W	1928-12-25	Northampton Town	H
14	-2	Torquay United	18	7	0	3	30	17	1	1	6	6	19	1	17	L	W	W	L	L	1928-12-25	Fulham	A
15	0	Bristol Rovers	18	5	2	2	16	7	1	0	8	9	24	0.806	14	L	L	W	D	L	1928-12-25	Crystal Palace	H
16	2	Gillingham	19	4	3	3	15	14	1	1	7	7	19	0.667	14	W	D	L	W	W	1928-12-25	Plymouth Argyle	A
17	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	4	1	3	15	15	1	2	7	9	19	0.706	13	L	W	L	L	W	1928-12-25	Brentford	H
18	-1	Newport County	18	2	3	5	15	16	1	3	4	11	19	0.743	12	L	L	D	L	W	1928-12-25	Watford	H
19	1	Exeter City	18	2	3	3	11	11	1	3	6	12	22	0.697	12	D	L	L	D	D	1928-12-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
20	2	Norwich City	18	4	1	3	17	13	1	1	8	8	23	0.694	12	W	D	L	L	L	1928-12-25	Luton Town	A
21	-2	Brentford	18	4	2	4	14	13	0	2	6	3	16	0.586	12	L	L	L	L	L	1928-12-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	-1	Merthyr Town	18	4	1	3	14	13	0	2	8	8	32	0.489	11	L	L	L	D	W	1928-12-25	Southend United	H