Tuesday 1928-12-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham	0	2	Bolton Wanderers	St Andrew's	31,358
	Lineups		Blackmore, McClelland
Blackburn Rovers	5	2	Arsenal	Ewood Park	30,828
Puddefoot 2, Bourton 2, Campbell (p)	Lineups		Jack, Brain
Burnley	3	2	Liverpool	Turf Moor	25,361
Beel 2, Page	Lineups		Edmed, Clark
Bury	3	1	Leicester City	Gigg Lane	19,805
Amos, Ball, Gale	Lineups		Chandler
Everton	0	0	Sunderland	Goodison Park	37,583
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Derby County	Leeds Road	26,709
	Lineups
Leeds United	3	0	Cardiff City	Elland Road	28,188
Keetley, White, Hart	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	Sheffield United	Old Trafford	22,202
Ramsden	Lineups		Johnson
Portsmouth	3	2	Aston Villa	Fratton Park	24,679
Irvine 2, McNeil	Lineups		Dorrell, Beresford
The Wednesday	4	0	Manchester City	Hillsborough	45,093
Allen 2, Hooper, Gregg	Lineups
West Ham United	1	0	Newcastle United	Upton Park	23,794
Gibbins	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	The Wednesday	21	11	1	0	31	10	3	2	4	14	17	1.667	31	W	W	W	W	L	1928-12-26	Manchester City	A
2	0	Derby County	21	8	2	1	36	9	4	1	5	13	20	1.69	27	D	W	L	W	L	1928-12-26	Huddersfield Town	H
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	22	8	3	1	27	9	3	2	5	16	20	1.48	27	W	W	D	L	W	1928-12-29	Derby County	H
4	0	Leeds United	20	8	1	2	27	15	3	2	4	16	26	1.049	25	W	L	D	W	L	1928-12-26	Cardiff City	A
5	0	Sunderland	21	7	1	2	35	17	3	2	6	15	21	1.316	23	D	D	D	W	W	1928-12-26	Arsenal	A
6	2	Everton	21	7	2	2	21	12	3	1	6	14	18	1.167	23	D	W	D	W	L	1928-12-29	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	3	Burnley	22	7	2	3	32	23	3	1	6	19	31	0.944	23	W	L	L	W	W	1928-12-26	Liverpool	A
8	-2	Leicester City	21	6	4	0	35	12	2	2	7	14	29	1.195	22	L	L	W	L	D	1928-12-26	Bury	H
9	-2	Aston Villa	20	6	2	2	26	13	4	0	6	21	28	1.146	22	L	L	W	L	W	1928-12-26	Portsmouth	H
10	-1	Liverpool	21	5	2	3	23	13	3	3	5	20	22	1.229	21	L	W	D	L	W	1928-12-26	Burnley	H
11	2	West Ham United	22	6	3	2	25	14	2	2	7	15	35	0.816	21	W	L	D	L	W	1928-12-26	Newcastle United	A
12	0	Huddersfield Town	21	7	2	2	34	9	1	2	7	10	23	1.38	20	D	W	L	W	L	1928-12-26	Derby County	A
13	2	Bolton Wanderers	21	6	1	4	26	14	2	3	5	11	22	1.028	20	W	W	D	L	L	1928-12-26	Birmingham	H
14	-3	Newcastle United	22	7	1	2	22	17	2	1	9	16	33	0.76	20	L	L	W	L	W	1928-12-26	West Ham United	H
15	-1	Birmingham	20	4	2	5	25	25	3	2	4	13	15	0.95	18	L	W	D	W	L	1928-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	0	Arsenal	21	5	2	3	21	17	1	4	6	13	22	0.872	18	L	W	D	W	D	1928-12-26	Sunderland	H
17	0	Manchester City	20	4	2	3	23	20	3	2	6	18	29	0.837	18	L	L	L	W	D	1928-12-26	The Wednesday	H
18	1	Portsmouth	21	8	0	3	21	8	1	0	9	7	35	0.651	18	W	W	L	L	L	1928-12-26	Aston Villa	A
19	-1	Sheffield United	21	6	0	3	18	14	1	3	8	15	37	0.647	17	D	D	W	D	L	1928-12-26	Manchester United	H
20	1	Manchester United	20	2	6	2	14	12	2	2	6	14	25	0.757	16	D	L	D	L	L	1928-12-26	Sheffield United	A
21	-1	Cardiff City	21	3	3	3	18	11	1	4	7	6	17	0.857	15	L	L	D	W	L	1928-12-26	Leeds United	H
22	0	Bury	18	5	0	3	13	13	1	1	8	7	28	0.488	13	W	L	W	L	W	1928-12-26	Leicester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	3	1	Swansea Town	Park Avenue	26,925	Largest Home Gate 1928-29
McLean, Davis, Quantrill	Lineups		Fowler
Clapton Orient	3	1	Barnsley	Millfield Road	9,877
Batten, Turnbull, Dennison	Lineups		Batty (p)
Grimsby Town	1	4	Blackpool	Blundell Park	15,437
Robson J	Lineups		Hampson 3, Downes
Hull City	5	1	Preston North End	Anlaby Road	17,254
McDonald 2, Alexander, Taylor, Smith	Lineups		Smith
Middlesbrough	5	1	Port Vale	Ayresome Park	23,977
Williams 2, Bruce, Camsell, Pease	Lineups		Fishwick
Millwall	3	3	Oldham Athletic	The Den,New Cross	19,601
Cock, Bryant, Phillips	Lineups		Taylor, Pynegar, Dyson
Notts County	1	1	Southampton	Meadow Lane	21,865
Andrews	Lineups		Haines
Stoke City	0	1	Chelsea	Victoria Ground	21,862
	Lineups		Miller
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Reading	White Hart Lane	28,344
O'Callaghan, Dimmock	Lineups		Messer, Baggett
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Bristol City	The Hawthorns	11,303
Glidden	Lineups		Vials
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	3	Nottingham Forest	Molineux	14,455
Green, Johnson	Lineups		Howie, Heathcock 2

				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	21	7	3	1	23	9	4	4	2	17	12	1.905	29	D	D	W	D	D	1928-12-26	Southampton	A
2	0	Chelsea	21	6	5	0	23	10	3	4	3	11	13	1.478	27	W	D	D	D	D	1928-12-26	Stoke City	H
3	0	Middlesbrough	21	6	2	2	26	14	5	3	3	24	21	1.429	27	W	W	W	D	D	1928-12-26	Port Vale	A
4	0	Hull City	22	6	4	1	27	12	4	3	4	15	19	1.355	27	W	L	D	L	D	1928-12-26	Preston North End	A
5	0	Bradford	21	10	0	1	39	12	2	2	6	16	26	1.447	26	W	W	W	W	D	1928-12-26	Swansea Town	A
6	1	Southampton	21	3	4	2	20	11	3	8	1	15	13	1.458	24	D	D	D	D	D	1928-12-26	Notts County	H
7	-1	Preston North End	21	8	1	1	38	17	2	3	6	12	26	1.163	24	L	D	W	L	W	1928-12-26	Hull City	H
8	0	Stoke City	21	6	3	2	22	10	2	3	5	11	11	1.571	22	L	D	L	W	D	1928-12-26	Chelsea	A
9	3	Blackpool	21	7	1	2	25	7	3	1	7	21	33	1.15	22	W	W	W	W	L	1928-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
10	-1	Millwall	21	5	3	3	24	18	3	3	4	15	20	1.026	22	D	D	W	L	W	1928-12-26	Oldham Athletic	A
11	2	West Bromwich Albion	21	7	2	2	22	12	1	3	6	13	26	0.921	21	D	W	D	W	D	1928-12-26	Bristol City	A
12	-2	Grimsby Town	20	6	2	3	27	19	2	2	5	14	19	1.079	20	L	L	L	D	D	1928-12-26	Blackpool	A
13	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	3	5	3	18	18	4	1	5	24	22	1.05	20	L	L	W	L	D	1928-12-26	Nottingham Forest	A
14	3	Nottingham Forest	20	3	3	4	13	19	4	2	4	25	23	0.905	19	W	W	D	L	L	1928-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	1	2	26	17	0	2	7	7	21	0.868	19	D	L	L	D	W	1928-12-26	Reading	A
16	-1	Swansea Town	21	6	2	2	22	14	0	4	7	9	29	0.721	18	L	D	D	W	L	1928-12-26	Bradford	H
17	-1	Port Vale	21	7	0	3	23	14	1	1	9	11	28	0.81	17	L	L	L	L	W	1928-12-26	Middlesbrough	H
18	2	Clapton Orient	21	4	4	3	16	16	1	3	6	11	25	0.659	17	W	D	L	D	D	1928-12-26	Barnsley	A
19	0	Reading	21	4	3	3	20	15	2	2	7	10	36	0.588	17	D	D	D	W	W	1928-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
20	-2	Barnsley	20	4	4	2	22	17	2	0	8	10	21	0.842	16	L	D	L	L	L	1928-12-26	Clapton Orient	H
21	0	Bristol City	21	5	4	2	19	16	0	1	9	11	27	0.698	15	D	W	L	W	L	1928-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	20	3	1	4	7	14	0	2	10	9	31	0.356	9	D	L	L	D	D	1928-12-26	Millwall	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	0	1	Bradford City	Peel Park	7,357	Largest Home Gate 1928-29
	Lineups		Cairns
Ashington	1	3	South Shields	Portland Park	3,245	Largest Home Gate 1928-29
Robson J	Lineups		Cook 2, Matthewson
Carlisle United	2	1	Halifax Town	Brunton Park	10,394
McConnell, Pigg (p)	Lineups		Groves
Crewe Alexandra	3	0	New Brighton	Gresty Road	5,951
Pither, Hart, Seabrook	Lineups
Hartlepools United	3	2	Lincoln City	Victoria Park	3,699
Hall, Richardson, Mordue T	Lineups		Dinsdale 2
Rochdale	4	4	Wrexham	Spotland	7,608
Milsom 2, Trotman, Bertram	Lineups		Mays, Hudson, Longmuir (p), Gunson
Southport	1	0	Chesterfield	Haig Avenue	5,367
Bicknell OG	Lineups
Stockport County	1	0	Rotherham United	Edgeley Park	14,238
Burgess	Lineups
Wigan Borough	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Springfield Park	9,183
	Lineups		Beswick

				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	Stockport County	19	10	1	0	52	14	2	3	3	11	14	2.25	28	W	W	W	W	W	1928-12-26	Rotherham United	A
2	0	Wrexham	20	7	1	1	23	14	2	7	2	23	24	1.211	26	D	L	D	W	D	1928-12-26	Rochdale	H
3	1	Bradford City	19	8	0	2	42	13	3	3	3	17	12	2.36	25	W	D	L	W	W	1928-12-26	Accrington Stanley	H
4	-1	Lincoln City	20	6	3	1	24	7	3	3	4	20	27	1.294	24	L	D	W	D	W	1928-12-26	Hartlepools United	H
5	1	Carlisle United	21	8	2	0	36	11	1	4	6	12	27	1.263	24	W	L	W	L	D	1928-12-26	Halifax Town	A
6	-1	Wigan Borough	19	7	2	1	16	5	2	3	4	12	13	1.556	23	L	D	D	W	W	1928-12-29	Lincoln City	H
7	1	South Shields	19	5	2	1	21	9	4	3	4	20	21	1.367	23	W	D	L	W	L	1928-12-26	Ashington	H
8	-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
9	0	Tranmere Rovers	19	8	1	1	28	10	2	0	7	9	26	1.028	21	W	L	W	W	W	1928-12-29	Stockport County	H
10	4	Crewe Alexandra	19	5	3	3	22	16	3	1	4	12	20	0.944	20	W	W	W	W	D	1928-12-26	New Brighton	A
11	1	Rochdale	20	6	3	2	35	21	0	4	5	10	22	1.047	19	D	W	L	W	D	1928-12-26	Wrexham	A
12	-2	Halifax Town	20	4	5	1	13	9	1	4	5	12	17	0.962	19	L	L	W	L	L	1928-12-26	Carlisle United	H
13	-2	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
14	-1	New Brighton	19	5	1	3	22	14	3	1	6	16	26	0.95	18	L	D	L	W	L	1928-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	0	Chesterfield	18	5	1	1	20	8	2	2	7	16	32	0.9	17	L	W	L	L	W	1928-12-26	Southport	H
16	0	Rotherham United	20	6	1	2	19	9	1	2	8	7	28	0.703	17	L	L	W	L	W	1928-12-26	Stockport County	H
17	0	Accrington Stanley	18	5	3	3	20	13	1	0	6	7	23	0.75	15	L	W	W	D	W	1928-12-26	Bradford City	A
18	1	Hartlepools United	20	5	4	2	22	20	0	1	8	9	33	0.585	15	W	L	W	L	W	1928-12-26	Lincoln City	A
19	-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
20	0	Southport	19	6	2	1	23	12	0	0	10	10	36	0.688	14	W	W	L	L	L	1928-12-26	Chesterfield	A
21	0	Ashington	21	4	2	3	16	19	1	0	11	10	38	0.456	12	L	D	L	L	L	1928-12-26	South Shields	A
22	0	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	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	1	Exeter City	Dean Court	7,994
Eyre 2, Lowton OG	Lineups		Houghton
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	2	Brentford	Goldstone Ground	8,600
Kirkwood 2, Herod OG	Lineups		Douglas, Durnion
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Crystal Palace	Eastville	12,106
Bennett	Lineups		Griffiths
Coventry City	0	1	Charlton Athletic	Highfield Road	21,813	Largest Home Gate 1928-29
	Lineups		Horton
Fulham	2	1	Torquay United	Craven Cottage	20,327
Haley, McNab (p)	Lineups		Thomas
Luton Town	2	1	Norwich City	Kenilworth Road	14,146
Rennie 2	Lineups		McKenna
Merthyr Town	2	1	Southend United	Penydarren Park	2,627
Gibbon 2	Lineups		Donoven
Newport County	0	2	Watford	Somerton Park	3,351
	Lineups		McPherson, Sheppard
Plymouth Argyle	3	0	Gillingham	Home Park	15,608
Leslie 2, Richards	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	4	2	Swindon Town	Loftus Road	14,962
Rogers, Burns, Goddard, Kellard	Lineups		Morris, Roberts
Walsall	4	3	Northampton Town	Hillary Street	8,419
Lane 2, Smith 2	Lineups		Bowen, Hoten 2

				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	20	8	2	1	29	7	4	2	3	14	15	1.955	28	W	L	W	W	D	1928-12-26	Gillingham	A
2	2	Luton Town	19	9	1	0	29	13	3	2	4	16	19	1.406	27	W	W	L	L	L	1928-12-26	Norwich City	A
3	2	Queens Park Rangers	20	7	3	0	21	11	3	4	3	16	18	1.276	27	W	L	W	L	D	1928-12-26	Swindon Town	A
4	2	Fulham	19	8	2	0	32	11	3	2	4	16	15	1.846	26	W	W	W	W	W	1928-12-26	Torquay United	A
5	-3	Coventry City	20	7	2	1	23	6	3	3	4	11	13	1.789	25	L	W	L	W	L	1928-12-26	Charlton Athletic	A
6	-3	Northampton Town	21	7	2	1	35	11	3	3	5	16	20	1.645	25	L	W	W	W	L	1928-12-26	Walsall	H
7	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	19	7	2	1	26	12	2	3	4	12	15	1.407	23	W	W	D	D	W	1928-12-26	Exeter City	A
8	2	Charlton Athletic	18	4	3	0	18	7	4	2	5	18	22	1.241	21	W	W	L	D	D	1928-12-26	Coventry City	H
9	2	Watford	19	8	0	2	23	18	2	1	6	7	15	0.909	21	W	L	W	W	W	1928-12-26	Newport County	H
10	-1	Crystal Palace	19	6	1	3	13	11	3	2	4	17	23	0.882	21	D	W	W	W	W	1928-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
11	-3	Swindon Town	20	6	2	2	23	14	2	2	6	14	25	0.949	20	L	D	W	D	W	1928-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
12	1	Walsall	19	6	4	1	26	15	2	0	6	11	27	0.881	20	W	L	D	W	D	1928-12-26	Northampton Town	A
13	-1	Southend United	19	3	3	2	8	6	3	3	5	21	26	0.906	18	L	W	L	D	L	1928-12-26	Merthyr Town	H
14	0	Torquay United	19	7	0	3	30	17	1	1	7	7	21	0.974	17	L	L	W	W	L	1928-12-26	Fulham	H
15	0	Bristol Rovers	19	5	3	2	17	8	1	0	8	9	24	0.813	15	D	L	L	W	D	1928-12-26	Crystal Palace	A
16	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	5	1	3	18	17	1	2	7	9	19	0.75	15	W	L	W	L	L	1928-12-26	Brentford	A
17	-1	Gillingham	20	4	3	3	15	14	1	1	8	7	22	0.611	14	L	W	D	L	W	1928-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	4	Merthyr Town	19	5	1	3	16	14	0	2	8	8	32	0.522	13	W	L	L	L	D	1928-12-26	Southend United	A
19	-1	Newport County	19	2	3	6	15	18	1	3	4	11	19	0.703	12	L	L	L	D	L	1928-12-26	Watford	A
20	0	Norwich City	19	4	1	3	17	13	1	1	9	9	25	0.684	12	L	W	D	L	L	1928-12-26	Luton Town	H
21	-2	Exeter City	19	2	3	3	11	11	1	3	7	13	25	0.667	12	L	D	L	L	D	1928-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
22	-1	Brentford	19	4	2	4	14	13	0	2	7	5	19	0.594	12	L	L	L	L	L	1928-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	H