1927–28 Football League

Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season on Re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.

First Division

3rd English title Middlesbrough (60 goals) (22 October 1927) (10 September 1927) Sheffield United 1–7 Huddersfield Town (12 November 1927) (10 March 1928)

Results

Maps

Arsenal Tottenham West Ham

Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Burnley Bury Cardiff City Derby County Everton Huddersfield Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle Portsmouth Sheffield United Sunderland Tottenham The Wednesday (Sheffield) West Ham

Second Division

Second Division South Shields

Results

Maps

Chelsea Clapton Orient Fulham

Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Chelsea Clapton Orient Fulham Grimsby Town Hull Leeds U. Notts County Manchester City Nottingham Forest Oldham Port Vale Preston North End Reading Southampton South Shields Swansea Town Stoke West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division North

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Accrington Stanley Ashington Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Durham City Halifax Town Hartlepool Lincoln City Nelson New Brighton Rochdale Rotherham Southport Stockport Tranmere Wigan Borough Wrexham

Third Division South

Third Division South

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Results

|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_BRE=1–0 |match_B&BA_B&HA=3–1 |match_B&BA_BRR=4–3 |match_B&BA_CHA=3–1 |match_B&BA_COV=2–3 |match_B&BA_CRY=2–2 |match_B&BA_EXE=2–0 |match_B&BA_GIL=3–0 |match_B&BA_LUT=2–2 |match_B&BA_MER=2–1 |match_B&BA_MIL=5–0 |match_B&BA_NPC=0–0 |match_B&BA_NOR=1–1 |match_B&BA_NWC=2–1 |match_B&BA_PLY=2–2 |match_B&BA_QPR=1–2 |match_B&BA_STD=2–3 |match_B&BA_SWI=2–0 |match_B&BA_TOR=1–1 |match_B&BA_WAL=3–1 |match_B&BA_WAT=1–0

|match_BRE_B&BA=2–1 |match_BRE_B&HA=1–3

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_B&BA=3–2 |match_B&HA_BRE=5–2 |match_B&HA_BRR=5–0 |match_B&HA_CHA=2–2 |match_B&HA_COV=3–0 |match_B&HA_CRY=4–2 |match_B&HA_EXE=0–2 |match_B&HA_GIL=0–0 |match_B&HA_LUT=3–1 |match_B&HA_MER=5–0 |match_B&HA_MIL=3–1 |match_B&HA_NPC=1–4 |match_B&HA_NOR=2–1 |match_B&HA_NWC=1–0 |match_B&HA_PLY=4–1 |match_B&HA_QPR=1–3 |match_B&HA_STD=1–0 |match_B&HA_SWI=4–2 |match_B&HA_TOR=3–0 |match_B&HA_WAL=0–0 |match_B&HA_WAT=1–1

|match_BRR_B&BA=3–0 |match_BRR_B&HA=1–0

|match_CHA_B&BA=1–1 |match_CHA_B&HA=3–0

|match_COV_B&BA=3–2 |match_COV_B&HA=2–2

|match_CRY_B&BA=6–1 |match_CRY_B&HA=1–1

|match_EXE_B&BA=4–1 |match_EXE_B&HA=0–3

|match_GIL_B&BA=2–1 |match_GIL_B&HA=0–1

|match_LUT_B&BA=3–3 |match_LUT_B&HA=2–5

|match_MER_B&BA=1–1 |match_MER_B&HA=4–2

|match_MIL_B&BA=2–0 |match_MIL_B&HA=6–0

|match_NPC_B&BA=4–3 |match_NPC_B&HA=3–1

|match_NOR_B&BA=1–1 |match_NOR_B&HA=1–0

|match_NWC_B&BA=3–3 |match_NWC_B&HA=0–0

|match_PLY_B&BA=3–1 |match_PLY_B&HA=2–0

|match_QPR_B&BA=2–0 |match_QPR_B&HA=5–0

|match_STD_B&BA=3–0 |match_STD_B&HA=0–1

|match_SWI_B&BA=3–2 |match_SWI_B&HA=4–3

|match_TOR_B&BA=2–2 |match_TOR_B&HA=1–1

|match_WAL_B&BA=2–3 |match_WAL_B&HA=3–3

|match_WAT_B&BA=2–0 |match_WAT_B&HA=3–3

Maps

Brentford Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford

Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Bristol Rovers Charlton Coventry Crystal P. Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Merthyr Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle QPR Southend Torquay Swindon Walsall Watford

Attendances

Source:

Division One

Division Two

References

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

References

1. "England 1927-28". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
2. Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers".
4. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1928.htm