Wednesday 1929-12-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	0	2	Manchester City	Villa Park	39,803
	Lineups		Tait 2
Blackburn Rovers	5	3	Sunderland	Ewood Park	19,704
Puddefoot, Bourton 2, McLean, Bruton J	Lineups		Gunson 2, Gallacher
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Burnley	Burnden Park	21,533
Gibson	Lineups		Hutchinson
Everton	1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	Goodison Park	30,835
White	Lineups		Hooper M 3, Allen
Grimsby Town	1	4	Leicester City	Blundell Park	16,173
Barley	Lineups		Hine 2, Chandler, Lochhead
Leeds United	2	1	Derby County	Elland Road	23,360
Longden, Wainscoat	Lineups		Crooks
Manchester United	0	0	Birmingham	Old Trafford	18,626
	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	2	Middlesbrough	St James' Park	38,922
Chalmers, Gallacher, Weaver	Lineups		Pease, Bruce
Portsmouth	0	1	Arsenal	Fratton Park	27,475
	Lineups		James
Sheffield United	4	0	Liverpool	Bramall Lane	28,311
Phillipson 2, Dunne, Tunstall	Lineups
West Ham United	2	3	Huddersfield Town	Upton Park	28,390
Gibbins, Watson	Lineups		Jackson, Mangnall 2

				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	Manchester City	20	7	2	0	24	10	6	2	3	27	21	1.645	30	W	W	W	L	D	1929-12-26	Aston Villa	H
2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	19	6	1	2	23	9	6	2	2	25	14	2.087	27	W	W	L	W	D	1929-12-26	Everton	A
3	-1	Derby County	21	8	1	1	29	17	3	3	5	12	20	1.108	26	L	W	W	D	W	1929-12-26	Leeds United	H
4	0	Aston Villa	21	8	1	3	31	17	3	2	4	15	22	1.179	25	L	L	W	D	W	1929-12-26	Manchester City	A
5	1	Leeds United	21	9	0	2	28	11	2	2	6	13	19	1.367	24	W	L	W	L	L	1929-12-26	Derby County	A
6	-1	Middlesbrough	21	6	0	4	26	13	4	2	5	22	24	1.297	22	L	W	L	W	W	1929-12-26	Newcastle United	H
7	3	Leicester City	21	5	4	1	23	19	4	0	7	20	25	0.977	22	W	W	L	D	W	1929-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
8	-1	Liverpool	21	6	2	3	17	15	3	2	5	15	26	0.78	22	L	W	W	L	L	1929-12-26	Sheffield United	H
9	2	Arsenal	21	5	1	4	22	11	4	2	5	13	18	1.207	21	W	L	L	W	L	1929-12-26	Portsmouth	H
10	-2	West Ham United	21	6	2	4	27	17	2	3	4	17	22	1.128	21	L	W	L	D	D	1929-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
11	2	Sheffield United	21	8	1	3	31	18	1	2	6	11	25	0.977	21	W	W	W	L	L	1929-12-26	Liverpool	A
12	-3	Bolton Wanderers	21	5	3	3	20	15	3	2	5	14	20	0.971	21	D	W	W	D	L	1929-12-26	Burnley	A
13	-1	Burnley	21	6	2	2	26	13	2	2	7	17	32	0.956	20	D	L	W	W	D	1929-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
14	1	Huddersfield Town	21	5	3	2	15	9	3	1	7	15	26	0.857	20	W	L	L	W	D	1929-12-26	West Ham United	H
15	-1	Birmingham	21	6	2	1	23	9	1	3	8	14	25	1.088	19	D	W	L	W	L	1929-12-26	Manchester United	H
16	3	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	2	2	38	24	0	3	7	7	25	0.918	19	W	L	L	W	L	1929-12-26	Sunderland	A
17	-1	Manchester United	21	6	2	3	16	15	2	1	7	13	28	0.674	19	D	W	D	D	W	1929-12-26	Birmingham	A
18	-1	Everton	22	2	4	4	20	23	3	3	6	19	21	0.886	17	L	L	D	W	L	1929-12-26	The Wednesday	A
19	-1	Portsmouth	21	4	4	3	20	18	2	1	7	12	19	0.865	17	L	L	W	L	W	1929-12-26	Arsenal	A
20	0	Newcastle United	21	7	1	3	32	20	1	0	9	9	33	0.774	17	W	L	L	D	W	1929-12-26	Middlesbrough	A
21	0	Grimsby Town	20	2	3	5	14	20	3	1	6	19	31	0.647	14	L	L	L	W	L	1929-12-26	Leicester City	A
22	0	Sunderland	20	4	1	4	16	17	1	3	7	11	25	0.643	14	L	L	L	D	L	1929-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	1	Chelsea	Bloomfield Road	14,882
Ritchie	Lineups		Wilson
Bradford City	1	0	Reading	Valley Parade	16,272
Randall	Lineups
Bristol City	2	0	Cardiff City	Ashton Gate	16,350
Johnson, Williams	Lineups
Bury	1	2	Preston North End	Gigg Lane	13,762
Smith J	Lineups		Smithies 2
Hull City	3	0	Stoke City	Anlaby Road	10,631
Starling, Duncan, Howieson	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	The Den,New Cross	19,388
Chance, Graham	Lineups		Carter
Nottingham Forest	4	0	Barnsley	City Ground	16,301
German, McKinlay, Dent, Burton	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	5	1	Bradford	Boundary Park	18,235
Littlewood 2, Cumming 2, Gray	Lineups		Dickinson
Swansea Town	3	2	Notts County	Vetch Field	7,148
Williams R 3	Lineups		Andrews, Taylor
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	Southampton	White Hart Lane	26,564
Osborne (p), Harper 2	Lineups		Cribb 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	Blackpool	20	10	1	1	37	15	5	1	2	21	17	1.813	32	D	W	D	W	W	1929-12-26	Chelsea	A
2	0	Oldham Athletic	20	7	3	1	31	13	6	1	2	18	11	2.042	30	W	D	W	L	L	1929-12-26	Bradford	A
3	1	Chelsea	20	9	1	1	27	6	1	4	4	10	16	1.682	25	D	W	L	W	W	1929-12-26	Blackpool	H
4	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	9	1	1	32	11	1	4	5	9	22	1.242	25	D	W	L	W	D	1929-12-26	Charlton Athletic	H
5	0	Bury	20	6	1	3	22	17	5	1	4	21	19	1.194	24	L	W	W	L	L	1929-12-26	Preston North End	A
6	0	Bradford	21	7	2	1	27	14	3	2	6	13	25	1.026	24	L	D	L	W	L	1929-12-26	Oldham Athletic	H
7	0	Cardiff City	22	7	2	1	20	6	3	1	8	12	26	1	23	L	L	W	L	W	1929-12-26	Bristol City	H
8	0	Southampton	21	7	2	1	25	14	2	2	7	20	28	1.071	22	L	W	D	D	L	1929-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	3	Hull City	21	7	1	3	18	11	2	3	5	13	24	0.886	22	W	D	W	L	W	1929-12-26	Stoke City	A
10	-1	Charlton Athletic	20	4	4	1	17	12	3	3	5	13	18	1	21	L	W	D	W	L	1929-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
11	2	Nottingham Forest	21	5	2	4	19	18	3	3	4	12	20	0.816	21	W	W	W	W	D	1929-12-26	Barnsley	A
12	-2	West Bromwich Albion	20	6	1	2	27	12	2	3	6	22	24	1.361	20	L	L	L	D	D	1929-12-26	Millwall	H
13	-2	Stoke City	22	6	3	2	23	11	1	3	7	17	31	0.952	20	L	W	W	L	L	1929-12-26	Hull City	H
14	0	Tottenham Hotspur	21	4	6	1	18	14	3	0	7	10	20	0.824	20	W	D	L	D	W	1929-12-26	Southampton	A
15	2	Bradford City	21	4	3	4	19	17	2	3	5	13	20	0.865	18	W	L	D	W	L	1929-12-26	Reading	A
16	-1	Reading	21	4	3	2	12	7	1	4	7	12	23	0.8	17	L	L	D	D	D	1929-12-26	Bradford City	H
17	1	Millwall	21	4	5	3	21	21	0	4	5	12	21	0.786	17	W	W	D	D	L	1929-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
18	-2	Notts County	22	4	4	2	18	12	0	5	7	13	28	0.775	17	L	D	D	D	L	1929-12-26	Swansea Town	H
19	0	Preston North End	21	4	1	4	25	19	3	2	7	8	25	0.75	17	W	L	L	W	W	1929-12-26	Bury	H
20	0	Bristol City	21	7	1	3	24	17	0	2	8	11	34	0.686	17	W	L	L	D	W	1929-12-26	Cardiff City	A
21	0	Barnsley	20	5	3	1	17	11	0	1	10	9	26	0.703	14	L	W	L	W	L	1929-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
22	0	Swansea Town	21	4	3	4	23	17	0	1	9	6	24	0.707	12	W	L	L	L	D	1929-12-26	Notts County	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	0	0	York City	Holker Street	2,229
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Wrexham	Gresty Road	5,926
Green, Scullion	Lineups
Darlington	2	4	Accrington Stanley	Feethams Ground	3,739
Vine, Laycock	Lineups		Hamilton 3, Hawes
Halifax Town	1	1	Lincoln City	The Shay	4,618
Strang	Lineups		Ellis
Hartlepools United	2	1	South Shields	Victoria Park	3,175
Pedwell, Mordue T	Lineups		Kennedy
Nelson	2	2	Carlisle United	Seedhill Ground	3,454
Dixon, Parry	Lineups		Cape, Holland
Port Vale	1	2	Stockport County	Recreation Ground	14,494
Oakes	Lineups		Tompkinson, Newton F
Rochdale	2	4	Doncaster Rovers	Spotland	2,996
Tippett, Bertram	Lineups		Patterson 2, Smith R, Bott
Rotherham United	1	1	Chesterfield	Millmoor	5,645
Murden	Lineups		Taylor S
Southport	1	1	Wigan Borough	Haig Avenue	4,960
Cowen	Lineups		Welsby
Tranmere Rovers	3	1	New Brighton	Prenton Park	6,155
Ridding, Urmson 2	Lineups		Smedley

				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	Port Vale	20	9	1	1	35	11	6	2	1	16	8	2.684	33	L	W	W	W	W	1929-12-26	Stockport County	A
2	0	Stockport County	17	6	1	1	26	7	6	2	1	21	12	2.474	27	W	W	W	W	W	1929-12-26	Port Vale	H
3	1	Crewe Alexandra	18	8	2	1	34	12	3	0	4	10	14	1.692	24	W	W	W	W	L	1929-12-26	Wrexham	A
4	-1	Darlington	20	6	1	2	28	13	5	1	5	19	22	1.343	24	L	L	W	D	W	1929-12-26	Accrington Stanley	A
5	1	Accrington Stanley	19	7	1	0	25	5	2	3	6	16	25	1.367	22	W	L	L	L	W	1929-12-26	Darlington	H
6	-1	Carlisle United	19	8	0	2	35	17	2	2	5	15	26	1.163	22	D	W	W	W	L	1929-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	0	Nelson	20	7	3	1	22	9	2	0	7	9	30	0.795	21	D	W	L	W	W	1929-12-28	Southport	A
8	0	Southport	19	5	3	3	29	19	2	3	3	13	14	1.273	20	D	W	L	W	W	1929-12-26	Wigan Borough	A
9	0	Lincoln City	19	4	5	0	19	11	1	5	4	10	14	1.16	20	D	W	L	L	W	1929-12-26	Halifax Town	H
10	2	Wigan Borough	19	8	1	1	31	10	0	2	7	6	24	1.088	19	D	W	L	W	W	1929-12-26	Southport	H
11	-1	Rochdale	17	7	0	2	28	11	1	3	4	12	28	1.026	19	L	L	W	L	L	1929-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	-1	South Shields	19	4	3	2	14	14	3	2	5	13	18	0.844	19	L	L	W	L	D	1929-12-26	Hartlepools United	H
13	0	Tranmere Rovers	19	5	1	2	21	14	2	3	6	17	20	1.118	18	W	L	L	L	L	1929-12-26	New Brighton	A
14	0	York City	18	2	7	2	15	14	1	4	2	8	11	0.92	17	D	D	D	D	W	1929-12-26	Barrow	H
15	0	Chesterfield	18	6	0	1	21	5	0	4	7	7	26	0.903	16	D	L	L	D	W	1929-12-26	Rotherham United	H
16	0	Hartlepools United	17	4	2	2	15	10	1	4	4	13	21	0.903	16	W	L	L	W	W	1929-12-26	South Shields	A
17	2	Doncaster Rovers	20	5	2	1	13	8	1	1	10	14	30	0.711	15	W	D	L	L	W	1929-12-26	Rochdale	H
18	0	Halifax Town	21	3	5	3	15	11	1	1	8	11	23	0.765	14	D	W	W	L	L	1929-12-26	Lincoln City	A
19	-2	Wrexham	20	4	3	3	19	12	0	3	7	9	28	0.7	14	L	W	L	W	D	1929-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
20	0	Rotherham United	18	3	3	2	11	11	1	2	7	12	30	0.561	13	D	L	L	L	W	1929-12-26	Chesterfield	A
21	0	New Brighton	19	4	1	4	14	16	1	0	9	6	37	0.377	11	L	L	W	L	L	1929-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	0	Barrow	18	4	2	5	16	19	0	0	7	2	25	0.409	10	D	L	W	W	L	1929-12-26	York City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	5	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Griffin Park	14,612
Lane J 2, Payne, Blakemore, Lane B	Lineups		Vallance, Kirkwood
Clapton Orient	2	1	Swindon Town	Millfield Road	10,123
Hughes, Campbell	Lineups		Dent
Coventry City	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Highfield Road	26,400	Largest home gate 1929-30
Loughlin	Lineups
Fulham	6	2	Bristol Rovers	Craven Cottage	15,354
Haley 3, Penn 2, Price	Lineups		Forbes, King
Gillingham	1	5	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Priestfield Road	3,954
Castle	Lineups		Eyre 2, McInally, Beswick, Hayward
Luton Town	1	0	Northampton Town	Kenilworth Road	9,473
Brett OG	Lineups
Merthyr Town	2	2	Watford	Penydarren Park	1,127
Dransfield, Williams	Lineups		McPherson 2
Newport County	2	1	Torquay United	Somerton Park	3,337
Morris, Thomas	Lineups		Corbett
Norwich City	3	0	Queens Park Rangers	The Nest, Rosary Road	11,163
Hunt 2, Thompson	Lineups
Southend United	1	0	Exeter City	Kursaal Ground	6,154
Jones	Lineups
Walsall	0	0	Crystal Palace	Hillary Street	5,612
	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	3	0	32	8	5	3	1	16	10	2.667	30	L	W	W	D	D	1929-12-26	Coventry City	H
2	0	Brentford	19	12	0	0	38	10	1	3	3	7	10	2.25	29	W	W	W	W	D	1929-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	10	1	0	35	9	1	3	4	10	18	1.667	26	L	W	W	W	D	1929-12-26	Brentford	H
4	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	18	6	2	0	23	6	3	5	2	16	14	1.95	25	W	D	D	D	W	1929-12-26	Gillingham	H
5	-1	Northampton Town	19	5	2	1	16	7	6	1	4	13	11	1.611	25	L	W	W	D	D	1929-12-26	Luton Town	H
6	0	Coventry City	19	7	2	2	29	14	3	1	4	16	16	1.5	23	W	W	D	W	L	1929-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
7	0	Southend United	19	5	4	1	15	9	3	3	3	17	18	1.185	23	W	L	D	L	D	1929-12-26	Exeter City	A
8	2	Fulham	19	5	2	1	19	10	4	2	5	16	23	1.061	22	W	L	L	W	W	1929-12-26	Bristol Rovers	A
9	-1	Crystal Palace	22	6	2	2	22	15	2	4	6	16	29	0.864	22	D	L	W	D	W	1929-12-26	Walsall	H
10	2	Norwich City	19	7	1	1	20	9	1	3	6	18	28	1.027	20	W	L	W	D	W	1929-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	-2	Swindon Town	21	7	4	1	32	16	0	2	7	6	21	1.027	20	L	W	D	L	D	1929-12-26	Clapton Orient	H
12	-1	Walsall	20	5	2	2	23	10	2	3	6	15	28	1	19	D	L	L	D	W	1929-12-26	Crystal Palace	A
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	18	3	5	0	9	5	2	3	5	13	23	0.786	18	L	L	D	D	W	1929-12-26	Norwich City	H
14	1	Luton Town	19	5	2	2	19	11	1	3	6	13	28	0.821	17	W	L	L	L	D	1929-12-26	Northampton Town	A
15	-1	Exeter City	19	5	3	1	24	10	0	2	8	7	25	0.886	15	L	L	D	L	W	1929-12-26	Southend United	H
16	1	Watford	19	4	2	5	13	16	1	3	4	9	13	0.759	15	D	W	L	D	L	1929-12-26	Merthyr Town	H
17	1	Clapton Orient	19	2	7	2	11	13	1	2	5	5	13	0.615	15	W	D	D	D	L	1929-12-26	Swindon Town	A
18	2	Newport County	19	5	4	1	25	16	0	0	9	8	22	0.868	14	W	W	W	D	L	1929-12-26	Torquay United	A
19	-3	Torquay United	20	3	2	4	22	21	1	4	6	8	20	0.732	14	L	L	W	D	L	1929-12-26	Newport County	H
20	-1	Bristol Rovers	18	4	0	5	19	17	0	4	5	15	26	0.791	12	L	W	W	L	L	1929-12-26	Fulham	H
21	0	Gillingham	20	3	3	3	11	13	0	1	10	5	30	0.372	10	L	D	L	L	L	1929-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
22	0	Merthyr Town	18	1	4	3	8	13	0	2	8	9	39	0.327	8	D	D	L	L	L	1929-12-26	Watford	A