1927–28 Football League

The 1927–28 season was the 36th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1927–28
Champions	Everton
Relegated	Durham City
New Team in League	Torquay United
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

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. 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

First Division

Season	1927–28
Champions	Everton 3rd English title
Relegated	Tottenham Hotspur Middlesbrough
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,765 (3.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dixie Dean (60 goals)[3]
Biggest home win	Everton 7–0 West Ham United (22 October 1927)
Biggest away win	Manchester United 1–7 Newcastle United (10 September 1927) Sheffield United 1–7 Huddersfield Town (12 November 1927)
Highest scoring	Newcastle United 7–5 Aston Villa (10 March 1928)
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Everton (C)	42	20	13	9	102	66	1.545	53
2	Huddersfield Town	42	22	7	13	91	68	1.338	51
3	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	96	72	1.333	48
4	Derby County	42	17	10	15	96	83	1.157	44
5	Bury	42	20	4	18	80	80	1.000	44
6	Cardiff City	42	17	10	15	70	80	0.875	44
7	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	11	15	81	66	1.227	43
8	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	78	73	1.068	43
9	Newcastle United	42	15	13	14	79	81	0.975	43
10	Arsenal	42	13	15	14	82	86	0.953	41
11	Birmingham	42	13	15	14	70	75	0.933	41
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	9	17	66	78	0.846	41
13	Sheffield United	42	15	10	17	79	86	0.919	40
14	The Wednesday	42	13	13	16	81	78	1.038	39
15	Sunderland	42	15	9	18	74	76	0.974	39
16	Liverpool	42	13	13	16	84	87	0.966	39
17	West Ham United	42	14	11	17	81	88	0.920	39
18	Manchester United	42	16	7	19	72	80	0.900	39
19	Burnley	42	16	7	19	82	98	0.837	39
20	Portsmouth	42	16	7	19	66	90	0.733	39
21	Tottenham Hotspur (R)	42	15	8	19	74	86	0.860	38	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Middlesbrough (R)	42	11	15	16	81	88	0.920	37

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BOL	BUR	BRY	CAR	DER	EVE	HUD	LEI	LIV	MUN	MID	NEW	POR	SHU	SUN	TOT	WED	WHU
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

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

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1927–28
Champions	Manchester City (4th title)
Relegated	Fulham South Shields
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,607 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Cookson (West Bromwich Albion), 38 [3]
Biggest home win	Notts County – Barnsley 9–0 (19 Nov 1927)
Biggest away win	Grimsby Town – West Bromwich Albion 0–6 (7 Jan 1928)
Highest scoring	Barnsley–Fulham 8–4 (28 Jan 1928)
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Manchester City	42	18	2	1	70	27	7	7	7	30	32	1.695	59	Division Champions, promoted
2	Leeds United	42	16	2	3	63	15	9	5	7	35	34	2.000	57	Promoted
3	Chelsea	42	15	2	4	46	15	8	6	7	29	30	1.667	54
4	Preston North End	42	15	3	3	62	24	7	6	8	38	42	1.515	53
5	Stoke City	42	14	5	2	44	17	8	3	10	34	42	1.322	52
6	Swansea Town	42	13	6	2	46	17	5	6	10	29	46	1.190	48
7	Oldham Athletic	42	15	3	3	55	18	4	5	12	20	33	1.471	46
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	7	4	50	28	7	5	9	40	42	1.286	46
9	Port Vale	42	11	6	4	45	20	7	2	12	23	37	1.193	44
10	Nottingham Forest	42	10	6	5	54	37	5	4	12	29	47	0.988	40
11	Grimsby Town	42	8	6	7	41	41	6	6	9	28	42	0.831	40
12	Bristol City	42	11	5	5	42	18	4	4	13	34	61	0.962	39
13	Barnsley	42	10	5	6	43	36	4	6	11	22	49	0.765	39
14	Hull City	42	9	8	4	25	19	3	7	11	16	35	0.759	39
15	Notts County	42	10	4	7	47	26	3	8	10	21	48	0.919	38
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	5	5	43	31	2	5	14	20	60	0.692	36
17	Southampton	42	11	3	7	54	40	3	4	14	14	37	0.883	35
18	Reading	42	9	8	4	32	22	2	5	14	21	53	0.707	35
19	Blackpool	42	11	3	7	55	43	2	5	14	28	58	0.822	34
20	Clapton Orient	42	9	7	5	32	25	2	5	14	23	60	0.647	34
21	Fulham	42	12	7	2	46	22	1	0	20	22	67	0.764	33	Relegated
22	South Shields	42	5	5	11	30	41	2	4	15	26	70	0.505	23

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRI	CHE	CLA	FUL	GRI	HUL	LEE	MCI	NOT	NTC	OLD	PTV	PNE	REA	SOU	SSH	STK	SWA	WBA	WOL
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Chelsea

Clapton Orient

Fulham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

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

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

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	1,676 (3.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Smith (Stockport County), 38 [3]
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bradford Park Avenue	42	18	2	1	68	22	9	7	5	33	23	2.244	63	Division Champions, promoted
2	Lincoln City	42	15	4	2	53	20	9	3	9	38	44	1.422	55
3	Stockport County	42	16	5	0	62	14	7	3	11	27	37	1.745	54
4	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	4	2	59	18	8	3	10	21	26	1.818	53
5	Tranmere Rovers	42	14	6	1	68	28	8	3	10	37	44	1.458	53
6	Bradford City	42	15	4	2	59	19	3	8	10	26	41	1.417	48
7	Darlington	42	15	1	5	63	28	6	4	11	26	46	1.203	47
8	Southport	42	15	2	4	55	24	5	3	13	24	46	1.129	45
9	Accrington Stanley	42	14	4	3	49	22	4	4	13	27	45	1.134	44
10	New Brighton	42	10	7	4	45	22	4	7	10	27	40	1.161	42
11	Wrexham	42	15	1	5	48	19	3	5	13	16	48	0.955	42
12	Halifax Town	42	11	7	3	47	24	2	8	11	26	47	1.028	41
13	Rochdale	42	13	4	4	45	24	4	3	14	29	53	0.961	41
14	Rotherham United	42	11	6	4	39	19	3	5	13	26	50	0.942	39
15	Hartlepools United	42	10	3	8	41	35	6	3	12	28	46	0.852	38
16	Chesterfield	42	10	4	7	46	29	3	6	12	25	49	0.910	36
17	Crewe Alexandra	42	10	6	5	51	28	2	4	15	26	58	0.895	34
18	Ashington	42	10	5	6	54	36	1	6	14	23	67	0.748	33
19	Barrow	42	10	8	3	41	24	0	3	18	13	78	0.529	31
20	Wigan Borough	42	8	5	8	30	32	2	5	14	26	65	0.577	30
21	Durham City	42	10	5	6	37	30	1	2	18	16	70	0.530	29	Failed re-election
22	Nelson	42	8	4	9	50	49	2	2	17	26	87	0.559	26	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	BRA	BPA	CHF	CRE	DAR	DON	DUR	HAL	HAR	LIN	NEL	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	STP	TRA	WIG	WRE
Accrington Stanley		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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1927–28
Champions	Millwall (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,680 (3.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harry Morris (Swindon Town), 38 [3]
← 1926–27 1928–29 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Millwall	42	19	2	0	87	15	11	3	7	40	35	2.540	65	Division Champions, promoted
2	Northampton Town	42	17	3	1	67	23	6	6	9	35	41	1.594	55
3	Plymouth Argyle	42	17	2	2	60	19	6	5	10	25	35	1.574	53
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	4	3	51	24	5	6	10	30	45	1.174	48
5	Crystal Palace	42	15	3	3	46	23	3	9	9	33	49	1.097	48
6	Swindon Town	42	12	6	3	60	26	7	3	11	30	43	1.304	47
7	Southend United	42	14	2	5	48	19	6	4	11	32	45	1.250	46
8	Exeter City	42	11	6	4	49	27	6	6	9	21	33	1.167	46
9	Newport County	42	12	5	4	52	38	6	4	11	29	46	0.964	45
10	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	5	8	37	35	9	4	8	35	36	1.014	43
11	Charlton Athletic	42	12	5	4	34	27	3	8	10	26	43	0.857	43
12	Brentford	42	12	4	5	49	30	4	4	13	27	44	1.027	40
13	Luton Town	42	13	5	3	56	27	3	2	16	38	60	1.080	39
14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	12	6	3	44	24	1	6	14	28	55	0.911	38
15	Watford	42	10	5	6	42	34	4	5	12	26	44	0.872	38
16	Gillingham	42	10	3	8	33	26	3	8	10	29	55	0.765	37
17	Norwich City	42	9	8	4	41	26	1	8	12	25	44	0.943	36
18	Walsall[a]	42	9	6	6	52	35	3	3	15	23	66	0.743	33
19	Bristol Rovers	42	11	3	7	41	36	3	1	17	26	57	0.720	32
20	Coventry City	42	5	8	8	40	36	6	1	14	27	60	0.698	31
21	Merthyr Town	42	7	6	8	38	40	2	7	12	15	51	0.582	31	Re-elected
22	Torquay United[b]	42	4	10	7	27	36	4	4	13	26	67	0.515	30

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Walsall had been transferred from Third Division North for this season.
2. New club in the league; elected from Southern League and Western League

Results

Home \ Away	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CHA	COV	CRY	EXE	GIL	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	QPR	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Charlton Athletic

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

See also

• 1927-28 in English football
• 1927 in association football
• 1928 in association football

References

^{[citation needed]}

1. "England 1927-28". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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". 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.