Season 1927-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1928						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	Huddersfield Town	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	92,041
	Roscamp 2, McLean			Jackson

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1928						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Arsenal	D 1	Filbert Street, Leicester	25,633
	Roscamp
D 1	Huddersfield Town	2	2	Sheffield United	D 1	Old Trafford, Manchester	69,260	aet
	Jackson, Brown G			Johnson 2
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1928 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Huddersfield Town	0	0	Sheffield United	D 1	Goodison Park, Liverpool	53,749	aet

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1928 Replay 2						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Huddersfield Town	1	0	Sheffield United	D 1	Maine Road, Manchester	69,360
	Jackson

Final Table for Season 1927-28

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	19	Everton	42	11	8	2	60	28	9	5	7	42	38	1.545	53	Rd 4
2	0	Huddersfield Town	42	15	1	5	57	31	7	6	8	34	37	1.338	51	Final
3	4	Leicester City	42	14	5	2	66	25	4	7	10	30	47	1.333	48	Rd 5
4	8	Derby County	42	12	4	5	59	30	5	6	10	37	53	1.157	44	Rd 4
5	14	Bury	42	13	1	7	53	35	7	3	11	27	45	1.000	44	Rd 4
6	8	Cardiff City	42	12	7	2	44	27	5	3	13	26	53	0.875	44	Rd 5
7	-3	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	5	4	47	26	4	6	11	34	40	1.227	43	Rd 4
8	2	Aston Villa	42	13	3	5	52	30	4	6	11	26	43	1.068	43	Rd 5
9	-8	Newcastle United	42	9	7	5	49	41	6	6	9	30	40	0.975	43	Rd 3
10	1	Arsenal	42	10	6	5	49	33	3	9	9	33	53	0.953	41	SF
11	6	Birmingham	42	10	7	4	36	25	3	8	10	34	50	0.933	41	Rd 5
12	6	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	5	3	41	22	3	4	14	25	56	0.846	41	Win
13	-5	Sheffield United	42	12	4	5	56	42	3	6	12	23	44	0.919	40	SF
14	2	The Wednesday	42	9	6	6	45	29	4	7	10	36	49	1.038	39	Rd 5
15	-12	Sunderland	42	9	5	7	37	29	6	4	11	37	47	0.974	39	Rd 4
16	-7	Liverpool	42	10	6	5	54	36	3	7	11	30	51	0.966	39	Rd 4
17	-11	West Ham United	42	9	7	5	48	34	5	4	12	33	54	0.920	39	Rd 4
18	-3	Manchester United	42	12	6	3	51	27	4	1	16	21	53	0.900	39	Rd 6
19	-14	Burnley	42	12	5	4	55	31	4	2	15	27	67	0.837	39	Rd 3
20	D 2	Portsmouth	42	13	4	4	40	23	3	3	15	26	67	0.733	39	Rd 3
21	-8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	12	3	6	47	34	3	5	13	27	52	0.860	38	Rd 6
22	D 2	Middlesbrough	42	7	9	5	46	35	4	6	11	35	53	0.920	37	Rd 5

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	2	Manchester City	42	18	2	1	70	27	7	7	7	30	32	1.695	59	Rd 5
2	D 1	Leeds United	42	16	2	3	63	15	9	5	7	35	34	2.000	57	Rd 3
3	1	Chelsea	42	15	2	4	46	15	8	6	7	29	30	1.667	54	Rd 3
4	2	Preston North End	42	15	3	3	62	24	7	6	8	38	42	1.515	53	Rd 3
5	D 3N	Stoke City	42	14	5	2	44	17	8	3	10	34	42	1.322	52	Rd 6
6	6	Swansea Town	42	13	6	2	46	17	5	6	10	29	46	1.190	48	Rd 3
7	3	Oldham Athletic	42	15	3	3	55	18	4	5	12	20	33	1.471	46	Rd 4
8	D 1	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	7	4	50	28	7	5	9	40	42	1.286	46	Rd 3
9	-1	Port Vale	42	11	6	4	45	20	7	2	12	23	37	1.193	44	Rd 5
10	-5	Nottingham Forest	42	10	6	5	54	37	5	4	12	29	47	0.988	40	Rd 6
11	6	Grimsby Town	42	8	6	7	41	41	6	6	9	28	42	0.831	40	Rd 3
12	D 3S	Bristol City	42	11	5	5	42	18	4	4	13	34	61	0.962	39	Rd 3
13	-2	Barnsley	42	10	5	6	43	36	4	6	11	22	49	0.765	39	Rd 3
14	-7	Hull City	42	9	8	4	25	19	3	7	11	16	35	0.759	39	Rd 3
15	1	Notts County	42	10	4	7	47	26	3	8	10	21	48	0.919	38	Rd 3
16	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	5	5	43	31	2	5	14	20	60	0.692	36	Rd 4
17	-4	Southampton	42	11	3	7	54	40	3	4	14	14	37	0.883	35	Rd 3
18	-4	Reading	42	9	8	4	32	22	2	5	14	21	53	0.707	35	Rd 4
19	-10	Blackpool	42	11	3	7	55	43	2	5	14	28	58	0.822	34	Rd 3
20	0	Clapton Orient	42	9	7	5	32	25	2	5	14	23	60	0.647	34	Rd 3
21	-3	Fulham	42	12	7	2	46	22	1	0	20	22	67	0.764	33	Rd 3
22	-3	South Shields	42	5	5	11	30	41	2	4	15	26	70	0.505	23	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Third Division North
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	2	Bradford	42	18	2	1	68	22	9	7	5	33	23	2.244	63	Rd 2
2	9	Lincoln City	42	15	4	2	53	20	9	3	9	38	44	1.422	55	Rd 3
3	3	Stockport County	42	16	5	0	62	14	7	3	11	27	37	1.745	54	Rd 2
4	4	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	4	2	59	18	8	3	10	21	26	1.818	53	Rd 1
5	4	Tranmere Rovers	42	14	6	1	68	28	8	3	10	37	44	1.458	53	Rd 3
6	D 2	Bradford City	42	15	4	2	59	19	3	8	10	26	41	1.417	48	Rd 2
7	D 2	Darlington	42	15	1	5	63	28	6	4	11	26	46	1.203	47	Rd 3
8	4	Southport	42	15	2	4	55	24	5	3	13	24	46	1.129	45	Rd 4
9	12	Accrington Stanley	42	14	4	3	49	22	4	4	13	27	45	1.134	44	Rd 1
10	0	New Brighton	42	10	7	4	45	22	4	7	10	27	40	1.161	42	Rd 4
11	2	Wrexham	42	15	1	5	48	19	3	5	13	16	48	0.955	42	Rd 4
12	-8	Halifax Town	42	11	7	3	47	24	2	8	11	26	47	1.028	41	Rd 2
13	-11	Rochdale	42	13	4	4	45	24	4	3	14	29	53	0.961	41	Rd 2
14	5	Rotherham United	42	11	6	4	39	19	3	5	13	26	50	0.942	39	Rd 3
15	2	Hartlepools United	42	10	3	8	41	35	6	3	12	28	46	0.852	38	Rd 1
16	-9	Chesterfield	42	10	4	7	46	29	3	6	12	25	49	0.910	36	Rd 1
17	-2	Crewe Alexandra	42	10	6	5	51	28	2	4	15	26	58	0.895	34	Rd 4
18	-2	Ashington	42	10	5	6	54	36	1	6	14	23	67	0.748	33	Rd 1
19	3	Barrow	42	10	8	3	41	24	0	3	18	13	78	0.529	31	Q4
20	-2	Wigan Borough	42	8	5	8	30	32	2	5	14	26	65	0.577	30	Rd 1
21	-1	Durham City	42	10	5	6	37	30	1	2	18	16	70	0.530	29	Rd 1
22	-17	Nelson	42	8	4	9	50	49	2	2	17	26	87	0.559	26	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Third Division South
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	2	Millwall	42	19	2	0	87	15	11	3	7	40	35	2.540	65	Rd 3
2	16	Northampton Town	42	17	3	1	67	23	6	6	9	35	41	1.594	55	Rd 3
3	-1	Plymouth Argyle	42	17	2	2	60	19	6	5	10	25	35	1.574	53	Rd 1
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	4	3	51	24	5	6	10	30	45	1.174	48	Rd 2
5	1	Crystal Palace	42	15	3	3	46	23	3	9	9	33	49	1.097	48	Rd 2
6	-1	Swindon Town	42	12	6	3	60	26	7	3	11	30	43	1.304	47	Rd 4
7	12	Southend United	42	14	2	5	48	19	6	4	11	32	45	1.250	46	Rd 2
8	4	Exeter City	42	11	6	4	49	27	6	6	9	21	33	1.167	46	Rd 4
9	0	Newport County	42	12	5	4	52	38	6	4	11	29	46	0.964	45	Rd 1
10	4	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	5	8	37	35	9	4	8	35	36	1.014	43	Rd 1
11	2	Charlton Athletic	42	12	5	4	34	27	3	8	10	26	43	0.857	43	Rd 3
12	-1	Brentford	42	12	4	5	49	30	4	4	13	27	44	1.027	40	Rd 3
13	-5	Luton Town	42	13	5	3	56	27	3	2	16	38	60	1.080	39	Rd 3
14	-7	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	12	6	3	44	24	1	6	14	28	55	0.911	38	Rd 3
15	6	Watford	42	10	5	6	42	34	4	5	12	26	44	0.872	38	Rd 1
16	4	Gillingham	42	10	3	8	33	26	3	8	10	29	55	0.765	37	Rd 3
17	-1	Norwich City	42	9	8	4	41	26	1	8	12	25	44	0.943	36	Rd 2
18	D 3N	Walsall	42	9	6	6	52	35	3	3	15	23	66	0.743	33	Rd 1
19	-9	Bristol Rovers	42	11	3	7	41	36	3	1	17	26	57	0.720	32	Rd 2
20	-5	Coventry City	42	5	8	8	40	36	6	1	14	27	60	0.698	31	Rd 1
21	-4	Merthyr Town	42	7	6	8	38	40	2	7	12	15	51	0.582	31	Rd 1
22	SL	Torquay United	42	4	10	7	27	36	4	4	13	26	67	0.515	30	DNE

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
1928 Election to the Third Division North of the Football League
D 3N	Nelson	3,964	Rd 1	37	Re-elected
NEL	Carlisle United		Rd 2	33	Elected
D 3N	Durham City	1,759	Rd 1	11	Not Re-elected
ML	York City		Q4	7	Failed
CCL	Chester		Q2	2	Failed
1928 Election to the Third Division South of the Football League
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
D 3S	Torquay United	4,175	DNE	42	Re-elected
D 3S	Merthyr Town	2,745	Rd 1	27	Re-elected
Non	Argonauts		DNE	16	Failed
SL	Kettering Town		Rd 2	3	Failed
SL	Peterborough & Fletton United		Rd 3	2	Failed
SL	Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic		Rd 1	X	Withdrew application