Thursday 1929-12-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	2	Portsmouth	Highbury	49,433	Largest home gate 1929-30
Hulme	Lineups		Smith J, Easson
Birmingham	0	1	Manchester United	St Andrew's	35,682
	Lineups		Rowley
Burnley	2	2	Bolton Wanderers	Turf Moor	27,515	Largest home gate 1929-30
Beel, McCluggage	Lineups		McKay, Blackmore
Derby County	3	0	Leeds United	Baseball Ground	30,307	Largest home gate 1929-30
Bedford 3	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	3	0	West Ham United	Leeds Road	21,657
Kelly R, Raw, Mangnall	Lineups
Leicester City	1	0	Grimsby Town	Filbert Street	35,644	Largest home gate 1929-30
Chandler	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Sheffield United	Anfield Road	45,287	Largest home gate 1929-30
Smith, McPherson,	Lineups
Manchester City	1	2	Aston Villa	Maine Road	68,704	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1929-30
Tait	Lineups		Brown, Heineman OG
Middlesbrough	2	2	Newcastle United	Ayresome Park	40,538	Largest home gate 1929-30
Camsell, Bruce (p)	Lineups		Scott, Hutchison
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Everton	Hillsborough	45,549
Leach 2, Allen, Burgess	Lineups
Sunderland	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	Roker Park	25,109
McLean, Wood, Gunson	Lineups		Puddefoot

				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	21	7	2	1	25	12	6	2	3	27	21	1.576	30	L	W	W	W	L	1929-12-28	Burnley	A
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	20	7	1	2	27	9	6	2	2	25	14	2.261	29	W	W	W	L	W	1929-12-28	Portsmouth	H
3	0	Derby County	22	9	1	1	32	17	3	3	5	12	20	1.189	28	W	L	W	W	D	1929-12-28	Sunderland	A
4	0	Aston Villa	22	8	1	3	31	17	4	2	4	17	23	1.2	27	W	L	L	W	D	1929-12-28	Birmingham	A
5	0	Leeds United	22	9	0	2	28	11	2	2	7	13	22	1.242	24	L	W	L	W	L	1929-12-28	Arsenal	H
6	1	Leicester City	22	6	4	1	24	19	4	0	7	20	25	1	24	W	W	W	L	D	1929-12-28	Huddersfield Town	H
7	1	Liverpool	22	7	2	3	19	15	3	2	5	15	26	0.829	24	W	L	W	W	L	1929-12-28	Middlesbrough	H
8	-2	Middlesbrough	22	6	1	4	28	15	4	2	5	22	24	1.282	23	D	L	W	L	W	1929-12-28	Liverpool	A
9	3	Bolton Wanderers	22	5	3	3	20	15	3	3	5	16	22	0.973	22	D	D	W	W	D	1929-12-28	Everton	H
10	4	Huddersfield Town	22	6	3	2	18	9	3	1	7	15	26	0.943	22	W	W	L	L	W	1929-12-28	Leicester City	A
11	-2	Arsenal	22	5	1	5	23	13	4	2	5	13	18	1.161	21	L	W	L	L	W	1929-12-28	Leeds United	A
12	-2	West Ham United	22	6	2	4	27	17	2	3	5	17	25	1.048	21	L	L	W	L	D	1929-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
13	0	Burnley	22	6	3	2	28	15	2	2	7	17	32	0.957	21	D	D	L	W	W	1929-12-28	Manchester City	H
14	-3	Sheffield United	22	8	1	3	31	18	1	2	7	11	27	0.933	21	L	W	W	W	L	1929-12-28	Grimsby Town	A
15	2	Manchester United	22	6	2	3	16	15	3	1	7	14	28	0.698	21	W	D	W	D	D	1929-12-28	Newcastle United	H
16	-1	Birmingham	22	6	2	2	23	10	1	3	8	14	25	1.057	19	L	D	W	L	W	1929-12-28	Aston Villa	H
17	2	Portsmouth	22	4	4	3	20	18	3	1	7	14	20	0.895	19	W	L	L	W	L	1929-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	-2	Blackburn Rovers	22	7	2	2	38	24	0	3	8	8	28	0.885	19	L	W	L	L	W	1929-12-28	West Ham United	A
19	1	Newcastle United	22	7	1	3	32	20	1	1	9	11	35	0.782	18	D	W	L	L	D	1929-12-28	Manchester United	A
20	-2	Everton	23	2	4	4	20	23	3	3	7	19	25	0.813	17	L	L	L	D	W	1929-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	1	Sunderland	21	5	1	4	19	18	1	3	7	11	25	0.698	16	W	L	L	L	D	1929-12-28	Derby County	H
22	-1	Grimsby Town	21	2	3	5	14	20	3	1	7	19	32	0.635	14	L	L	L	L	W	1929-12-28	Sheffield United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Oakwell	9,852
Eaton	Lineups		Loftus
Bradford	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Park Avenue	27,257
Rhodes 2	Lineups		Hasson, Gray
Cardiff City	1	1	Bristol City	Ninian Park	25,244
Wake	Lineups		Vials
Chelsea	4	0	Blackpool	Stamford Bridge	53,819	Largest home & D 2 gate 1929-30
Wilson 2 (1p), Mills, Pearson	Lineups
Notts County	0	0	Swansea Town	Meadow Lane	19,284
	Lineups
Preston North End	1	1	Bury	Deepdale	27,070	Largest home gate 1929-30
Reid	Lineups		Smith J
Reading	1	1	Bradford City	Elm Park	19,016	Largest home gate 1929-30
Kennedy	Lineups		Richardson J OG
Southampton	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	The Dell	25,934	Largest home gate 1929-30
Rowley	Lineups
Stoke City	3	1	Hull City	Victoria Ground	17,807
Shirley, Williamson, Mawson	Lineups		Alexander
West Bromwich Albion	6	1	Millwall	The Hawthorns	24,032	Largest home gate 1929-30
Carter 2, Glidden 2, Richardson G, Wood	Lineups		Forsyth
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	4	Charlton Athletic	Molineux	29,535	Largest home gate 1929-30
	Lineups		Horton, Lennox, Wyper 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	21	10	1	1	37	15	5	1	3	21	21	1.611	32	L	D	W	D	W	1929-12-28	Millwall	A
2	0	Oldham Athletic	21	7	3	1	31	13	6	2	2	20	13	1.962	31	D	W	D	W	L	1929-12-28	Bury	H
3	0	Chelsea	21	10	1	1	31	6	1	4	4	10	16	1.864	27	W	D	W	L	W	1929-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
4	1	Bury	21	6	1	3	22	17	5	2	4	22	20	1.189	25	D	L	W	W	L	1929-12-28	Oldham Athletic	A
5	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	9	1	2	32	15	1	4	5	9	22	1.108	25	L	D	W	L	W	1929-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	0	Bradford	22	7	3	1	29	16	3	2	6	13	25	1.024	25	D	L	D	L	W	1929-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	1	Southampton	22	8	2	1	26	14	2	2	7	20	28	1.095	24	W	L	W	D	D	1929-12-28	Barnsley	H
8	-1	Cardiff City	23	7	3	1	21	7	3	1	8	12	26	1	24	D	L	L	W	L	1929-12-28	Charlton Athletic	H
9	1	Charlton Athletic	21	4	4	1	17	12	4	3	5	17	18	1.133	23	W	L	W	D	W	1929-12-28	Cardiff City	A
10	2	West Bromwich Albion	21	7	1	2	33	13	2	3	6	22	24	1.486	22	W	L	L	L	D	1929-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	2	Stoke City	23	7	3	2	26	12	1	3	7	17	31	1	22	W	L	W	W	L	1929-12-28	Bradford City	A
12	-3	Hull City	22	7	1	3	18	11	2	3	6	14	27	0.842	22	L	W	D	W	L	1929-12-28	Swansea Town	A
13	-2	Nottingham Forest	22	5	2	4	19	18	3	4	4	13	21	0.821	22	D	W	W	W	W	1929-12-28	Chelsea	H
14	0	Tottenham Hotspur	22	4	6	1	18	14	3	0	8	10	21	0.8	20	L	W	D	L	D	1929-12-28	Bradford	H
15	0	Bradford City	22	4	3	4	19	17	2	4	5	14	21	0.868	19	D	W	L	D	W	1929-12-28	Stoke City	H
16	0	Reading	22	4	4	2	13	8	1	4	7	12	23	0.806	18	D	L	L	D	D	1929-12-28	Preston North End	A
17	1	Notts County	23	4	5	2	18	12	0	5	7	13	28	0.775	18	D	L	D	D	D	1929-12-28	Bristol City	A
18	1	Preston North End	22	4	2	4	26	20	3	2	7	8	25	0.756	18	D	W	L	L	W	1929-12-28	Reading	H
19	1	Bristol City	22	7	1	3	24	17	0	3	8	12	35	0.692	18	D	W	L	L	D	1929-12-28	Notts County	H
20	-3	Millwall	22	4	5	3	21	21	0	4	6	13	27	0.708	17	L	W	W	D	D	1929-12-28	Blackpool	H
21	0	Barnsley	21	5	4	1	18	12	0	1	10	9	26	0.711	15	D	L	W	L	W	1929-12-28	Southampton	A
22	0	Swansea Town	22	4	3	4	23	17	0	2	9	6	24	0.707	13	D	W	L	L	L	1929-12-28	Hull City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	3	1	Darlington	Peel Park	5,114
Ferguson 2, Latham	Lineups		Wrightson
Chesterfield	2	1	Rotherham United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,484	Largest home gate 1929-30
Dennison, Bullock	Lineups		Sellars
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Rochdale	Belle Vue	7,799
Gregory, Wadsworth, Patterson	Lineups		Tippett
Lincoln City	0	1	Halifax Town	Sincil Bank	10,304	Largest home gate 1929-30
	Lineups		Gilchrist
New Brighton	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Sandheys Park	9,289
Johnson, Taylor, Williamson	Lineups
South Shields	3	5	Hartlepools United	Horsley Hill	4,118
Bowron OG, Taylor 2	Lineups		Pape 2, Pedwell, Mordue J, Millar
Stockport County	4	2	Port Vale	Edgeley Park	22,668	Largest home & D 3N gate 1929-30
Newton B, Newton F, Lincoln 2	Lineups		Stockton, Jennings
Wigan Borough	1	1	Southport	Springfield Park	6,377
Hughes	Lineups		Cowen
Wrexham	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Racecourse Ground	10,656
Mays	Lineups
York City	3	1	Barrow	Fulfordgate	7,834
Evans, Fenoughty, Bottrill	Lineups		Hamilton (p)

				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	21	9	1	1	35	11	6	2	2	18	12	2.304	33	L	L	W	W	W	1929-12-28	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Stockport County	18	7	1	1	30	9	6	2	1	21	12	2.429	29	W	W	W	W	W	1929-12-28	Wrexham	H
3	0	Crewe Alexandra	19	8	2	1	34	12	3	0	5	10	15	1.63	24	L	W	W	W	W	1929-12-28	Carlisle United	H
4	1	Accrington Stanley	20	8	1	0	28	6	2	3	6	16	25	1.419	24	W	W	L	L	L	1930-01-01	Carlisle United	H
5	-1	Darlington	21	6	1	2	28	13	5	1	6	20	25	1.263	24	L	L	L	W	D	1929-12-28	Hartlepools United	H
6	0	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	1	Southport	20	5	3	3	29	19	2	4	3	14	15	1.265	21	D	D	W	L	W	1929-12-28	Nelson	H
8	-1	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
9	0	Lincoln City	20	4	5	1	19	12	1	5	4	10	14	1.115	20	L	D	W	L	L	1930-01-01	Stockport County	A
10	0	Wigan Borough	20	8	2	1	32	11	0	2	7	6	24	1.086	20	D	D	W	L	W	1929-12-28	York City	A
11	3	York City	19	3	7	2	18	15	1	4	2	8	11	1	19	W	D	D	D	D	1929-12-28	Wigan Borough	H
12	-1	Rochdale	18	7	0	2	28	11	1	3	5	13	31	0.976	19	L	L	L	W	L	1930-01-01	Chesterfield	A
13	-1	South Shields	20	4	3	3	17	19	3	2	5	13	18	0.811	19	L	L	L	W	L	1929-12-28	Chesterfield	H
14	-1	Tranmere Rovers	20	5	1	2	21	14	2	3	7	17	23	1.027	18	L	W	L	L	L	1929-12-28	Rotherham United	A
15	1	Hartlepools United	18	4	2	2	15	10	2	4	4	18	24	0.971	18	W	W	L	L	W	1929-12-28	Darlington	A
16	-1	Chesterfield	19	7	0	1	23	6	0	4	7	7	26	0.938	18	W	D	L	L	D	1929-12-28	South Shields	A
17	0	Doncaster Rovers	21	6	2	1	16	9	1	1	10	14	30	0.769	17	W	W	D	L	L	1930-01-04	Darlington	H
18	0	Halifax Town	22	3	5	3	15	11	2	1	8	12	23	0.794	16	W	D	W	W	L	1929-12-28	Port Vale	A
19	0	Wrexham	21	5	3	3	20	12	0	3	7	9	28	0.725	16	W	L	W	L	W	1929-12-28	Stockport County	A
20	0	Rotherham United	19	3	3	2	11	11	1	2	8	13	32	0.558	13	L	D	L	L	L	1929-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
21	0	New Brighton	20	5	1	4	17	16	1	0	9	6	37	0.434	13	W	L	L	W	L	1929-12-28	Barrow	H
22	0	Barrow	19	4	2	5	16	19	0	0	8	3	28	0.404	10	L	D	L	W	W	1929-12-28	New Brighton	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	2	Gillingham	Dean Court	11,481
Bryce	Lineups		Durnion 2
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Brentford	Goldstone Ground	19,193	Largest home gate 1929-30
Smith, Vallance	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Fulham	Eastville	16,782	Largest home gate 1929-30
Phillips 2, Haydon, Murray	Lineups		Allen
Crystal Palace	5	1	Walsall	Selhurst Park	19,940
Harry 2, Simpson 2, Butler	Lineups		Barnes
Exeter City	3	1	Southend United	St James Park	11,502
Guyan, Doncaster, Guyan	Lineups		Bailey
Northampton Town	4	1	Luton Town	County Ground	19,251
Hoten 3, Smith	Lineups		Clark
Plymouth Argyle	3	0	Coventry City	Home Park	27,975
Mackay, Leslie, Black	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	2	Norwich City	Loftus Road	13,530
Goddard 3	Lineups		Hunt, Varco
Swindon Town	0	0	Clapton Orient	County Ground	10,818	Largest home gate 1929-30
	Lineups
Torquay United	3	2	Newport County	Plainmoor	5,928
Kelly, Robinson 2	Lineups		Martin, Seymour
Watford	2	3	Merthyr Town	Vicarage Road	10,975
McPherson 2	Lineups		Dransfield, Resoli, Parker

				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	3	0	35	8	5	3	1	16	10	2.833	32	W	L	W	W	D	1929-12-28	Clapton Orient	H
2	0	Brentford	20	12	0	0	38	10	1	3	4	7	12	2.045	29	L	W	W	W	W	1929-12-28	Swindon Town	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	11	1	0	37	9	1	3	4	10	18	1.741	28	W	L	W	W	W	1929-12-28	Bristol Rovers	H
4	1	Northampton Town	20	6	2	1	20	8	6	1	4	13	11	1.737	27	W	L	W	W	D	1929-12-31	Newport County	H
5	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	19	6	2	1	24	8	3	5	2	16	14	1.818	25	L	W	D	D	D	1930-01-04	Exeter City	A
6	3	Crystal Palace	23	7	2	2	27	16	2	4	6	16	29	0.956	24	W	D	L	W	D	1929-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	-1	Coventry City	20	7	2	2	29	14	3	1	5	16	19	1.364	23	L	W	W	D	W	1930-01-04	Torquay United	H
8	-1	Southend United	20	5	4	1	15	9	3	3	4	18	21	1.1	23	L	W	L	D	L	1930-01-04	Luton Town	H
9	-1	Fulham	20	5	2	1	19	10	4	2	6	17	27	0.973	22	L	W	L	L	W	1929-12-28	Norwich City	H
10	1	Swindon Town	22	7	5	1	32	16	0	2	7	6	21	1.027	21	D	L	W	D	L	1929-12-28	Brentford	H
11	-1	Norwich City	20	7	1	1	20	9	1	3	7	20	31	1	20	L	W	L	W	D	1929-12-28	Fulham	A
12	1	Queens Park Rangers	19	4	5	0	12	7	2	3	5	13	23	0.833	20	W	L	L	D	D	1929-12-28	Crystal Palace	H
13	-1	Walsall	21	5	2	2	23	10	2	3	7	16	33	0.907	19	L	D	L	L	D	1929-12-28	Gillingham	H
14	1	Exeter City	20	6	3	1	27	11	0	2	8	7	25	0.944	17	W	L	L	D	L	1929-12-28	Luton Town	A
15	-1	Luton Town	20	5	2	2	19	11	1	3	7	14	32	0.767	17	L	W	L	L	L	1929-12-28	Exeter City	H
16	3	Torquay United	21	4	2	4	25	23	1	4	6	8	20	0.767	16	W	L	L	W	D	1929-12-28	Watford	H
17	0	Clapton Orient	20	2	7	2	11	13	1	3	5	5	13	0.615	16	D	W	D	D	D	1929-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
18	-2	Watford	20	4	2	6	15	19	1	3	4	9	13	0.75	15	L	D	W	L	D	1929-12-28	Torquay United	A
19	1	Bristol Rovers	19	5	0	5	23	18	0	4	5	15	26	0.864	14	W	L	W	W	L	1929-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
20	-2	Newport County	20	5	4	1	25	16	0	0	10	10	25	0.854	14	L	W	W	W	D	1929-12-31	Northampton Town	A
21	0	Gillingham	21	3	3	3	11	13	1	1	10	7	31	0.409	12	W	L	D	L	L	1929-12-28	Walsall	A
22	0	Merthyr Town	19	1	4	3	8	13	1	2	8	12	41	0.37	10	W	D	D	L	L	1930-01-04	Clapton Orient	A