1927–28 Football League

The Football League
Season	1927–28
Champions	Everton
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

The 1927–1928 season was the 36th season of The 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^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] 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.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

From the 1922–23 season on Re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[2]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1927–28
Champions	Everton (3rd English title)
Relegated	Middlesbrough Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup winners	Blackburn Rovers (6th and as of 2016 the last FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1765 (3.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dixie Dean (Everton), 60 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Everton –West Ham 7–0 (22 Oct 1927)
Biggest away win	Manchester United –Newcastle 1–7 (10 Sept 1927) Sheffield United –Huddersfield 1–7 (12 Nov 1927)
Highest scoring	Newcastle –Aston Villa 7–5 (10 Mar 1928)
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Everton	42	11	8	2	60	28	9	5	7	42	38	102	66	1.545	+36	53
2	Huddersfield Town	42	15	1	5	57	31	7	6	8	34	37	91	68	1.338	+23	51
3	Leicester City	42	14	5	2	66	25	4	7	10	30	47	96	72	1.333	+24	48
4	Derby County	42	12	4	5	59	30	5	6	10	37	53	96	83	1.157	+13	44
5	Bury	42	13	1	7	53	35	7	3	11	27	45	80	80	1.000	±0	44
6	Cardiff City	42	12	7	2	44	27	5	3	13	26	53	70	80	0.875	–10	44
7	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	5	4	47	26	4	6	11	34	40	81	66	1.227	+15	43
8	Aston Villa	42	13	3	5	52	30	4	6	11	26	43	78	73	1.068	+5	43
9	Newcastle United	42	9	7	5	49	41	6	6	9	30	40	79	81	0.975	–2	43
10	Arsenal	42	10	6	5	49	33	3	9	9	33	53	82	86	0.953	–4	41
11	Birmingham	42	10	7	4	36	25	3	8	10	34	50	70	75	0.933	–5	41
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	5	3	41	22	3	4	14	25	56	66	78	0.846	–12	41
13	Sheffield United	42	12	4	5	56	42	3	6	12	23	44	79	86	0.919	–7	40
14	The Wednesday	42	9	6	6	45	29	4	7	10	36	49	81	78	1.038	+3	39
15	Sunderland	42	9	5	7	37	29	6	4	11	37	47	74	76	0.974	–2	39
16	Liverpool	42	10	6	5	54	36	3	7	11	30	51	84	87	0.966	–3	39
17	West Ham United	42	9	7	5	48	34	5	4	12	33	54	81	88	0.920	–7	39
18	Manchester United	42	12	6	3	51	27	4	1	16	21	53	72	80	0.900	–8	39
19	Burnley	42	12	5	4	55	31	4	2	15	27	67	82	98	0.837	–16	39
20	Portsmouth	42	13	4	4	40	23	3	3	15	26	67	66	90	0.733	–24	39
21	Tottenham Hotspur	42	12	3	6	47	34	3	5	13	27	52	74	86	0.860	–12	38
22	Middlesbrough	42	7	9	5	46	35	4	6	11	35	53	81	88	0.920	–7	37

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Welsh Cup winners
	Relegated

First Division results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Burnley !BUR	Bury !BRY	Cardiff City !CAR	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester United !MUN	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Portsmouth !POR	Sheffield United !SHU	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	The Wednesday !WED	West Ham United !WHU
Arsenal !Arsenal		0–3	2–2	3–2	1–2	4–1	3–1	3–0	3–4	3–2	0–0	2–2	6–3	0–1	3–1	4–1	0–2	6–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2
Aston Villa !Aston Villa	2–2		1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–3	3–0	0–3	3–4	3–1	5–1	3–0	7–2	1–0	4–2	1–2	5–4	1–0
Birmingham City !Birmingham City	1–1	1–1		2–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–2
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	4–1	0–1	4–4		1–6	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	4–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	6–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	1–1	3–1	3–2	3–1		7–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–3	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	4–0
Burnley !Burnley	1–2	4–2	2–1	3–1	2–2		2–3	2–1	4–2	3–5	0–1	5–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	5–3	3–0	2–2	3–1	0–0
Bury !Bury	5–1	0–0	2–3	2–3	1–0	2–0		3–0	3–0	2–3	2–3	2–1	5–2	4–3	1–4	1–4	4–0	1–0	5–3	1–2	4–2	3–1
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–1		4–4	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–5
Derby County !Derby County	4–0	5–0	4–1	6–0	1–0	3–4	5–2	7–1		0–3	0–0	2–1	2–3	5–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–6	2–3
Everton !Everton	3–3	3–2	5–2	4–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–2		2–2	7–1	1–1	5–2	3–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–5	4–0	7–0
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	8–2	2–1	4–1		3–1	2–4	4–2	2–4	1–3	4–1	0–1	4–2	4–2	1–0	5–2
Leicester City !Leicester City	3–2	3–0	3–0	6–0	4–2	5–0	2–2	4–1	4–0	1–0	1–2		1–1	1–0	3–3	3–0	6–2	3–1	3–3	6–1	2–2	2–3
Liverpool !Liverpool	0–2	0–0	2–3	4–2	4–2	2–2	5–1	1–2	5–2	3–3	4–2	1–1		2–0	1–1	0–0	8–2	2–1	2–5	2–0	5–2	1–3
Manchester United !Manchester United	4–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–3	0–1	2–2	5–0	1–0	0–0	5–2	6–1		3–0	1–7	2–0	2–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–5	2–3	6–1	1–2	3–3	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2		1–1	5–1	3–0	0–3	3–1	3–3	2–2
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	1–1	7–5	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	4–3	2–2	2–3	1–5	1–1	4–1	3–3		1–3	1–0	3–1	4–1	4–3	3–1
Portsmouth !Portsmouth	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–1		4–1	3–5	3–0	0–0	2–1
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	6–4	0–3	3–1	2–3	4–3	5–2	3–1	3–4	1–0	1–3	1–7	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–1		5–1	3–1	1–1	6–2
Sunderland !Sunderland	5–1	2–3	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–3	0–1		0–0	2–3	3–2
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	5–0	1–4	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–1	4–2	5–2	0–3	2–2	3–1		1–3	5–3
The Wednesday !The Wednesday	1–1	2–0	2–3	4–1	3–0	5–0	4–0	3–3	2–2	1–2	0–5	1–2	4–0	0–2	2–3	0–0	2–0	3–3	0–0	4–2		2–0
West Ham United !West Ham United	2–2	0–0	3–3	4–3	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	4–2	4–0	3–1	1–2	4–5	5–2	4–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–2

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division 1927–1928 teams

Arsenal

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1927–1928

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1927–28
Champions	Manchester City (4th title)
Relegated	Fulham South Shields
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1607 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Cookson (West Bromwich), 38 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Notts County –Barnsley 9–0 (19 Nov 1927)
Biggest away win	Grimsby Town – West Bromwich 0–6 (7 Jan 1928)
Highest scoring	Barnsley –Fulham 8–4 (28 Jan 1928)
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	42	18	2	1	70	27	7	7	7	30	32	100	59	1.695	+41	59
2	Leeds United	42	16	2	3	63	15	9	5	7	35	34	98	49	2.000	+49	57
3	Chelsea	42	15	2	4	46	15	8	6	7	29	30	75	45	1.667	+30	54
4	Preston North End	42	15	3	3	62	24	7	6	8	38	42	100	66	1.515	+34	53
5	Stoke City	42	14	5	2	44	17	8	3	10	34	42	78	59	1.322	+19	52
6	Swansea Town	42	13	6	2	46	17	5	6	10	29	46	75	63	1.190	+12	48
7	Oldham Athletic	42	15	3	3	55	18	4	5	12	20	33	75	51	1.471	+24	46
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	7	4	50	28	7	5	9	40	42	90	70	1.286	+20	46
9	Port Vale	42	11	6	4	45	20	7	2	12	23	37	68	57	1.193	+11	44
10	Nottingham Forest	42	10	6	5	54	37	5	4	12	29	47	83	84	0.988	–1	40
11	Grimsby Town	42	8	6	7	41	41	6	6	9	28	42	69	83	0.831	–14	40
12	Bristol City	42	11	5	5	42	18	4	4	13	34	61	76	79	0.962	–3	39
13	Barnsley	42	10	5	6	43	36	4	6	11	22	49	65	85	0.765	–20	39
14	Hull City	42	9	8	4	25	19	3	7	11	16	35	41	54	0.759	–13	39
15	Notts County	42	10	4	7	47	26	3	8	10	21	48	68	74	0.919	–6	38
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	5	5	43	31	2	5	14	20	60	63	91	0.692	–28	36
17	Southampton	42	11	3	7	54	40	3	4	14	14	37	68	77	0.883	–9	35
18	Reading	42	9	8	4	32	22	2	5	14	21	53	53	75	0.707	–22	35
19	Blackpool	42	11	3	7	55	43	2	5	14	28	58	83	101	0.822	–18	34
20	Clapton Orient	42	9	7	5	32	25	2	5	14	23	60	55	85	0.647	–30	34
21	Fulham	42	12	7	2	46	22	1	0	20	22	67	68	89	0.764	–21	33
22	South Shields	42	5	5	11	30	41	2	4	15	26	70	56	111	0.505	–55	23

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Blackpool !BLP	Bristol City !BRI	Chelsea !CHE	Clapton Orient !CLA	Fulham !FUL	Grimsby Town !GRI	Hull City !HUL	Leeds United !LEE	Manchester City !MCI	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Port Vale !PTV	Preston North End !PNE	Reading !REA	Southampton !SOU	South Shields !SSH	Stoke City !STK	Swansea Town !SWA	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Barnsley !Barnsley		2–1	2–3	3–1	4–2	8–4	1–4	1–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	4–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–3	2–4	2–2
Blackpool !Blackpool	1–3		6–2	2–4	0–1	4–0	4–5	2–1	0–2	2–2	5–3	3–3	1–2	1–6	4–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	2–2	4–3	3–0
Bristol City !Bristol City	2–0	2–2		1–1	5–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–3	4–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	4–1
Chelsea !Chelsea	1–2	3–0	5–2		1–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	5–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	6–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–0
Clapton Orient !Clapton Orient	2–0	2–5	4–2	2–1		3–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Fulham !Fulham	3–1	2–2	5–0	1–1	2–0		2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–5	3–2	3–1	7–0
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	3–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	2–2	1–0		1–1	3–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	4–6	3–3	2–2	4–1	1–2	1–2	0–6	0–1
Hull City !Hull City	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–2	0–1		3–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0
Leeds United !Leeds United	2–2	4–0	3–2	5–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	2–0		0–1	4–0	6–0	1–0	3–0	2–4	6–2	2–0	3–0	5–1	5–0	1–2	3–0
Manchester City !Manchester City	7–3	4–1	4–2	0–1	5–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1		3–3	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	6–1	3–0	4–0	7–4	3–1	3–0
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	4–3	7–0	5–2	1–1	2–2	4–5		2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	5–3	1–1	7–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Notts County !Notts County	9–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2		2–1	2–4	6–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–2
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	0–1	6–0	4–1	2–1	5–0	4–2	1–0	5–0	0–1	3–2	4–1	0–0		4–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	3–1	3–0
Port Vale !Port Vale	2–1	3–0	5–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–0		2–0	3–0	4–0	2–3	0–0	2–0	4–1	2–2
Preston North End !Preston North End	1–2	2–1	5–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	3–0	4–2	5–1	1–0	5–0	4–0	1–1	4–0		4–0	1–2	7–2	2–0	4–2	3–3	5–4
Reading !Reading	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1		0–0	5–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	2–1
Southampton !Southampton	6–1	2–0	3–2	2–4	1–3	5–2	5–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–1	5–1	5–2	1–3	0–0	0–0		3–5	3–6	0–2	3–2	4–1
South Shields !South Shields	0–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–5	0–1	3–4	2–3	0–3	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–1		2–3	3–1	2–3	2–2
Stoke City !Stoke City	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	0–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	1–3	3–0	3–0	0–2	3–2	4–1	2–1	3–1		1–1	1–1	2–2
Swansea Town !Swansea Town	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	5–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	5–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	6–3	1–1		3–2	6–0
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	1–1	6–3	0–0	3–0	4–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–4	5–3	2–1	3–0	2–4	5–2		4–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	2–4	5–2	1–2	5–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–1

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1927–1928 teams

Chelsea

Clapton Orient

Fulham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1927–1928

Third Division North

Football League, Third Division North
Season	1927–28
Champions	Bradford Park Avenue (1st title)
Failed re-election	Durham City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1676 (3.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Smith (Stockport), 38 ^[3]
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bradford Park Avenue	42	18	2	1	68	22	9	7	5	33	23	101	45	2.244	+56	63
2	Lincoln City	42	15	4	2	53	20	9	3	9	38	44	91	64	1.422	+27	55
3	Stockport County	42	16	5	0	62	14	7	3	11	27	37	89	51	1.745	+38	54
4	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	4	2	59	18	8	3	10	21	26	80	44	1.818	+36	53
5	Tranmere Rovers	42	14	6	1	68	28	8	3	10	37	44	105	72	1.458	+33	53
6	Bradford City	42	15	4	2	59	19	3	8	10	26	41	85	60	1.417	+25	48
7	Darlington	42	15	1	5	63	28	6	4	11	26	46	89	74	1.203	+15	47
8	Southport	42	15	2	4	55	24	5	3	13	24	46	79	70	1.129	+9	45
9	Accrington Stanley	42	14	4	3	49	22	4	4	13	27	45	76	67	1.134	+9	44
10	New Brighton	42	10	7	4	45	22	4	7	10	27	40	72	62	1.161	+10	42
11	Wrexham	42	15	1	5	48	19	3	5	13	16	48	64	67	0.955	–3	42
12	Halifax Town	42	11	7	3	47	24	2	8	11	26	47	73	71	1.028	+2	41
13	Rochdale	42	13	4	4	45	24	4	3	14	29	53	74	77	0.961	–3	41
14	Rotherham United	42	11	6	4	39	19	3	5	13	26	50	65	69	0.942	–4	39
15	Hartlepools United	42	10	3	8	41	35	6	3	12	28	46	69	81	0.852	–12	38
16	Chesterfield	42	10	4	7	46	29	3	6	12	25	49	71	78	0.910	–7	36
17	Crewe Alexandra	42	10	6	5	51	28	2	4	15	26	58	77	86	0.895	–9	34
18	Ashington	42	10	5	6	54	36	1	6	14	23	67	77	103	0.748	–26	33
19	Barrow	42	10	8	3	41	24	0	3	18	13	78	54	102	0.529	–48	31
20	Wigan Borough	42	8	5	8	30	32	2	5	14	26	65	56	97	0.577	–41	30
21	Durham City	42	10	5	6	37	30	1	2	18	16	70	53	100	0.530	–47	29
22	Nelson	42	8	4	9	50	49	2	2	17	26	87	76	136	0.559	–60	26

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Third Division North results

Home ╲ Away	Accrington Stanley (1891) !ACC	Ashington !ASH	Barrow !BRW	Bradford City !BRA	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Chesterfield !CHF	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Darlington !DAR	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Durham City !DUR	Halifax Town !HAL	Hartlepool United !HAR	Lincoln City !LIN	Nelson !NEL	New Brighton !NWB	Rochdale !ROC	Rotherham !ROT	Southport !SOU	Stockport County !STP	Tranmere !TRA	Wigan Borough !WIG	Wrexham !WRE
Accrington Stanley (1891) !Accrington Stanley (1891)		3–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	5–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	7–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	4–1	1–0	2–3	2–4	2–0
Ashington !Ashington	1–1		1–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	0–2	2–3	1–2	2–2	3–3	3–1	4–5	5–1	3–2	5–1	6–0	1–3	4–1	3–0	6–3	2–1
Barrow !Barrow	1–0	1–1		0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	6–2	2–0	3–3	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–3	2–1	6–2	2–2
Bradford City !Bradford City	2–0	5–0	4–1		2–3	3–3	4–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	9–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–0
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	3–3	5–0	1–1	5–0		1–0	2–0	6–3	0–2	4–0	3–2	3–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	4–1	3–1	5–3	2–0	6–2	5–1	2–0
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	3–1	3–0	6–0	2–0	0–0		3–2	1–3	1–0	4–2	3–0	1–3	0–1	6–0	2–3	1–3	2–5	5–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	2–3	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–3	4–1		3–3	4–1	5–2	1–1	4–0	0–0	6–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	3–0	2–3	1–2	1–1
Darlington !Darlington	3–0	5–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	4–2	1–3		3–0	5–0	2–0	5–0	9–2	4–1	3–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	3–1	3–7	1–0	1–3
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	0–0	3–2	4–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	5–0		5–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–2	5–1	5–2	2–0	0–1	0–2	5–2	4–1	1–1
Durham City !Durham City	2–1	0–0	4–1	3–2	0–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	1–3		1–1	1–0	0–4	3–0	2–1	3–2	1–4	0–0	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–1
Halifax Town !Halifax Town	3–1	6–1	5–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–1		4–1	3–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	4–1
Hartlepool United !Hartlepool United	0–2	4–1	6–2	2–3	1–1	1–0	4–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1		1–2	4–5	3–3	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	3–1	3–1	5–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	5–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	5–2	1–5		0–0	1–2	3–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	5–0
Nelson !Nelson	1–4	1–5	4–0	0–3	1–2	3–3	3–3	4–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	4–2	1–3		0–3	6–3	6–1	1–1	0–4	3–5	3–3	4–0
New Brighton !New Brighton	3–1	6–0	3–3	1–1	1–2	3–3	5–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–3	4–0		2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0
Rochdale !Rochdale	3–2	2–2	3–0	3–3	0–4	5–1	4–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–0		2–1	5–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–0
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	5–0	2–4	4–3	0–0	3–1		1–1	0–1	2–1	6–0	0–1
Southport !Southport	5–0	3–3	4–0	5–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	4–2	3–1	1–1		4–0	0–1	2–1	4–1
Stockport County !Stockport County	3–3	3–0	4–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	8–0	0–0	5–1	2–0	6–3		1–0	1–1	5–0
Tranmere !Tranmere	3–2	5–3	5–0	2–1	2–2	6–3	3–3	3–1	0–0	11–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	5–2		5–2	2–1
Wigan Borough !Wigan Borough	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	3–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	3–0	1–3	0–2	1–3	4–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–3	1–0		3–0
Wrexham !Wrexham	0–1	5–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	4–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	5–2	0–2	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	5–1

Third Division North maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1927–1928

Third Division South

Football League, Third Division South
Season	1927–28
Champions	Millwall (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1680 (3.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harry Morris (Swindon Town), 38 ^[3]
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Millwall	42	19	2	0	87	15	11	3	7	40	35	127	50	2.540	+77	65
2	Northampton Town	42	17	3	1	67	23	6	6	9	35	41	102	64	1.594	+38	55
3	Plymouth Argyle	42	17	2	2	60	19	6	5	10	25	35	85	54	1.574	+31	53
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	4	3	51	24	5	6	10	30	45	81	69	1.174	+12	48
5	Crystal Palace	42	15	3	3	46	23	3	9	9	33	49	79	72	1.097	+7	48
6	Swindon Town	42	12	6	3	60	26	7	3	11	30	43	90	69	1.304	+21	47
7	Southend United	42	14	2	5	48	19	6	4	11	32	45	80	64	1.250	+16	46
8	Exeter City	42	11	6	4	49	27	6	6	9	21	33	70	60	1.167	+10	46
9	Newport County	42	12	5	4	52	38	6	4	11	29	46	81	84	0.964	–3	45
10	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	5	8	37	35	9	4	8	35	36	72	71	1.014	+1	43
11	Charlton Athletic	42	12	5	4	34	27	3	8	10	26	43	60	70	0.857	–10	43
12	Brentford	42	12	4	5	49	30	4	4	13	27	44	76	74	1.027	+2	40
13	Luton Town	42	13	5	3	56	27	3	2	16	38	60	94	87	1.080	+7	39
14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	12	6	3	44	24	1	6	14	28	55	72	79	0.911	–7	38
15	Watford	42	10	5	6	42	34	4	5	12	26	44	68	78	0.872	–10	38
16	Gillingham	42	10	3	8	33	26	3	8	10	29	55	62	81	0.765	–19	37
17	Norwich City	42	9	8	4	41	26	1	8	12	25	44	66	70	0.943	–4	36
18	Walsall	42	9	6	6	52	35	3	3	15	23	66	75	101	0.743	–26	33
19	Bristol Rovers	42	11	3	7	41	36	3	1	17	26	57	67	93	0.720	–26	32
20	Coventry City	42	5	8	8	40	36	6	1	14	27	60	67	96	0.698	–29	31
21	Merthyr Town	42	7	6	8	38	40	2	7	12	15	51	53	91	0.582	–38	31
22	Torquay United	42	4	10	7	27	36	4	4	13	26	67	53	103	0.515	–50	30

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Walsall had been transferred to Third Division South for this season.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league, see Torquay United
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Third Division South results

Home ╲ Away	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU	Brentford !BRE	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Exeter City !EXE	Gillingham !GIL	Luton Town !LUT	Merthyr Town !MER	Millwall !MIL	Newport County !NPC	Northampton Town !NOR	Norwich City !NOR	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Southend !STD	Swindon Town !SWI	Torquay United !TOR	Walsall !WAL	Watford !WAT
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic		1–0	3–1	4–3	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0
Brentford !Brentford	2–1		1–3	5–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	4–0	6–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–4	1–2	3–2	1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	3–2	5–2		5–0	2–2	3–0	4–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	5–0	3–1	1–4	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–0	4–2	3–0	0–0	1–1
Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	3–0	1–3	1–0		2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–4	1–2	2–1	1–6	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	5–1	5–2	3–1
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–1		2–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	4–3	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–2
Coventry City !Coventry City	3–2	0–0	2–2	2–3	3–3		2–2	0–0	1–2	4–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	2–4	2–2	1–1	0–0	6–1	4–0	5–1	0–1	2–3
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	6–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	5–0	1–0		2–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	5–1	2–1
Exeter City !Exeter City	4–1	0–1	0–3	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–2		2–2	3–2	2–0	2–4	5–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–2	0–0	5–0	3–0	3–3
Gillingham !Gillingham	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1		0–4	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	0–3
Luton Town !Luton Town	3–3	5–2	2–5	2–0	2–1	3–1	6–1	2–1	6–1		5–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	5–0	4–1	3–2
Merthyr Town !Merthyr Town	1–1	3–1	4–2	2–3	0–0	3–2	2–2	0–3	3–1	0–0		0–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–3	8–2	1–3	3–2	3–1
Millwall !Millwall	2–0	3–0	6–0	1–0	5–0	9–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	3–2	3–0		5–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	6–1	5–1	3–3	9–1	7–1	4–2
Newport County !Newport County	4–3	3–0	3–1	3–1	4–3	3–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	7–2	1–1	1–3		4–1	2–2	1–1	1–6	3–2	1–3	2–2	4–1	3–2
Northampton Town !Northampton Town	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	6–5	6–0	5–2	1–2		4–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	4–4	10–0	5–0
Norwich City !Norwich City	3–3	1–1	0–0	4–2	0–0	0–2	4–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–4		2–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–4	1–1
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	3–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	5–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	5–0	3–2	2–0	3–3	4–2		3–0	3–2	3–0	4–1	2–1	0–1
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	2–0	2–3	5–0	4–2	3–3	1–5	2–0	0–1	3–3	3–2	0–0	0–1	4–2	0–4	0–0	0–1		3–2	0–1	2–3	1–1	2–1
Southend !Southend	3–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–2	6–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	7–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0
Swindon Town !Swindon Town	3–2	1–1	4–3	2–1	2–2	6–0	3–3	3–0	6–1	4–2	1–2	3–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–1		2–2	5–0	4–0
Torquay United !Torquay United	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–5	4–2	1–2	1–0	3–3	2–1		1–1	1–1
Walsall !Walsall	2–3	4–2	3–3	1–2	1–0	7–0	1–1	5–1	7–4	4–1	2–2	2–5	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	4–0		2–0
Watford !Watford	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–2	5–3	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–3	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–3	1–1	2–5	1–2	4–0

Third Division South maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1927–1928

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1927–1928

References

↑ "England 1927-28". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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

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