1928-29_Football_League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1928–29
Champions	Middlesbrough (2nd title)
Relegated	Clapton Orient; Port Vale
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,576 (3.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Hampson (Blackpool), 40
Biggest home win	Port Vale – West Bromwich Albion 8–1 (9 Mar 1929); Blackpool – Reading 7–0 (10 Nov 1929); Preston North End – Reading 7–0 (27 Apr 1929)
Biggest away win	Millwall – Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–5 (3 Sept 1928)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough – Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–3 (9 Feb 1929)
	← 1927–28 1929–30 →

First Division
Season	1928–29
Champions	The Wednesday; 3rd English title
Relegated	Bury; Cardiff City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,688 (3.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dave Halliday; (43 goals)
Biggest home win	Leicester City 10–0 Portsmouth; (20 October 1928); Sheffield United 10–0 Burnley; (19 January 1929)
Biggest away win	Newcastle United 2–7 Burnley; (29 April 1929)
Highest scoring	Leicester City 10–0 Portsmouth; (20 October 1928); Sheffield United 10–0 Burnley; (19 January 1929); West Ham United 8–2 Leeds United; (9 February 1929)
	← 1927–28 1929–30 →

The Football League
Season	1928–29
Champions	The Wednesday
Relegated	Ashington
New Team in League	Carlisle United
	← 1927–28 1929–30 →

1928–29 Football League

37th season of the Football League

The 1928–29 season was the 37th season of The Football League.

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First Division

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

Results

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Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BOL	BUR	BRY	CAR	DER	EVE	HUD	LEE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	POR	SHU	SUN	WED	WHU
Arsenal		2–5	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	7–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–4	0–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–3
Aston Villa	4–2		1–2	2–1	3–5	4–2	7–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	4–1	1–0	4–2	3–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	3–1	4–1	5–2
Birmingham	1–1	2–4		4–0	0–2	3–6	3–2	0–0	1–4	1–3	1–2	5–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	4–1	2–2
Blackburn Rovers	5–2	2–5	4–1		1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–3	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–0
Bolton Wanderers	1–2	3–1	6–2	0–3		0–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–3	1–1	4–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	4–1
Burnley	3–3	4–1	4–0	2–2	3–1		0–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	3–2	5–0	0–1	3–2	2–3	3–4	4–3	4–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	3–3
Bury	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	3–4	2–1		4–1	3–3	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–3	0–4	0–3
Cardiff City	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	7–0	4–0		3–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–2
Derby County	0–0	1–0	2–2	5–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	2–0		3–0	1–2	3–4	5–2	2–5	1–1	6–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	6–0	6–0
Everton	4–2	0–1	0–2	5–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–0		0–3	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–6	2–4	5–2	4–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–4
Huddersfield Town	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	4–1	7–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–1		6–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	6–1	1–2	0–0	4–0
Leeds United	1–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2		4–3	2–2	4–1	3–2	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–3	0–2	4–1
Leicester City	1–1	4–1	5–3	2–1	6–1	1–1	5–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	4–4		2–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	10–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	5–0
Liverpool	2–4	4–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	8–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	6–3		1–1	2–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	5–2	3–2	2–1
Manchester City	4–1	3–0	2–3	1–2	5–1	4–1	6–4	1–1	2–3	5–1	3–2	3–0	2–3	2–3		2–2	2–4	2–1	3–1	5–3	2–2	4–2
Manchester United	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–2		5–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–3
Newcastle United	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–2	4–1	2–7	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	4–1	3–2	1–0	2–2	4–0	5–0		0–1	4–2	4–3	2–1	1–0
Portsmouth	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–2	4–4	3–1	4–1	0–1	1–5	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1		2–3	4–0	3–2	3–0
Sheffield United	2–2	1–3	3–2	2–1	1–1	10–0	6–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–4	1–3	1–3	6–1	3–1	3–0		4–0	1–1	3–3
Sunderland	5–1	1–3	3–4	3–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	5–1	5–2	5–0	4–4		4–3	4–1
The Wednesday	3–2	4–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	3–2	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	5–2	2–1		6–0
West Ham United	3–4	4–1	2–1	3–3	3–0	4–0	2–3	1–1	2–2	2–4	1–1	8–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	3–3	3–2

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

Second Division

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Results

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Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BPA	BRI	CHE	CLA	GRI	HUL	MID	MIL	NOT	NTC	OLD	PTV	PNE	REA	SOU	STK	SWA	TOT	WBA	WOL
Barnsley		3–1	1–2	4–2	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	6–0	4–1	2–3	4–1	4–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–2
Blackpool	0–1		3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	3–2	4–0	4–0	3–2	7–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–0
Bradford Park Avenue	2–1	5–2		3–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	5–1	3–2	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	7–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	4–1	4–1
Bristol City	3–1	3–2	1–0		0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	5–0	2–5	0–4	6–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	3–2
Chelsea	1–0	2–3	3–1	3–0		2–2	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–3	3–0	1–1	2–3	3–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–5	0–2
Clapton Orient	3–1	2–4	1–0	0–1	1–0		3–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–4	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–2	2–0
Grimsby Town	2–1	1–4	4–2	3–2	1–0	6–1		0–1	1–4	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
Hull City	0–0	1–3	1–0	5–1	2–2	0–0	2–3		1–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–3
Middlesbrough	1–0	4–1	5–3	3–1	4–5	4–0	3–0	1–1		3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	5–1	2–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	8–3
Millwall	0–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	2–3		1–1	0–1	3–3	2–1	3–1	5–1	2–4	1–3	3–0	5–1	2–2	0–5
Nottingham Forest	1–3	2–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–4		1–2	3–1	2–2	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–5	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1
Notts County	4–1	3–1	3–3	2–0	4–3	2–0	1–2	6–0	0–3	4–5	1–1		2–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	3–1	3–0
Oldham Athletic	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	4–1	2–0	3–2		1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–4
Port Vale	3–0	1–0	0–1	5–0	1–0	3–0	0–3	4–1	2–3	5–2	4–2	3–0	2–1		3–2	4–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	8–1	1–4
Preston North End	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	5–2	5–2	1–0	0–0	3–4	3–2	0–1	3–2	7–1		7–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	5–1
Reading	1–0	4–1	4–0	2–1	3–3	4–2	1–3	3–0	2–3	0–2	0–3	1–2	6–1	2–1	0–0		0–1	1–1	2–0	4–3	5–3	3–0
Southampton	1–2	8–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	2–2		0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1
Stoke City	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	3–0		5–0	2–0	4–1	4–3
Swansea Town	2–1	5–5	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–5	1–0	3–2	2–0	5–0	0–1	1–1	3–3		4–0	6–1	2–0
Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–5	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–1	4–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–1		2–0	3–2
West Bromwich Albion	6–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–1	2–3	5–1	3–2		0–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	1–5	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–4	3–3	0–1	2–3	3–1	0–0	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	4–2	0–1

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.

Third Division North

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Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

New club in the league; elected from North Eastern League

Results

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Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	BRA	CRL	CHF	CRE	DAR	DON	HAL	HAR	LIN	NEL	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	SSH	STP	TRA	WIG	WRE
Accrington Stanley		0–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–0	4–0	6–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	4–4	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–3
Ashington	2–2		1–0	2–8	0–4	0–2	0–5	4–2	4–7	0–3	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–2
Barrow	2–1	3–0		1–3	1–1	1–2	2–4	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–3	7–2	0–0	3–3	4–0	1–2	1–1	2–4	1–2	1–0	2–2
Bradford City	4–1	2–0	8–0		4–2	6–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	4–1	2–3	0–2	5–2	0–0	11–1	5–0	3–1	2–1	8–0	1–0	5–0
Carlisle United	4–3	5–1	4–1	2–2		1–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	8–0	3–1	4–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	4–2	5–0	0–5	4–1	2–1	1–1
Chesterfield	4–1	4–1	3–0	0–5	1–2		1–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	6–0	3–2	1–2	4–1	0–0	3–1
Crewe Alexandra	4–0	7–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	6–1		2–0	1–1	3–0	4–2	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–5	2–0	0–1	0–4	3–1
Darlington	0–0	4–0	1–2	3–3	0–0	2–2	4–2		1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	3–2	3–1	5–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–3	1–2	3–0	0–0
Doncaster Rovers	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–1		1–0	4–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	4–2	1–0	4–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–0
Halifax Town	4–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–2	5–1	2–2		2–0	4–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2
Hartlepool	1–3	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–1		3–2	2–2	5–2	0–2	1–1	4–2	0–5	1–1	4–1	1–3	0–2
Lincoln City	3–1	3–1	5–0	3–4	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	7–1		5–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–2	3–1	1–3	1–1
Nelson	0–2	5–0	3–4	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–4	3–1	1–0	3–4		3–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	4–2	2–1	1–3
New Brighton	2–1	3–2	1–3	0–3	1–0	2–3	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	6–1	0–1		6–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–2	2–0
Rochdale	2–1	5–0	4–2	1–3	4–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–3	2–2	7–4	0–2	2–1	4–2		2–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	5–1	0–0	4–4
Rotherham United	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	3–2	4–0	3–1	5–0		0–2	1–1	3–3	0–1	4–2	2–1
Southport	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–3	4–3	1–0	6–2	3–1	3–3	1–0	6–2	2–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	2–0		5–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–3
South Shields	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	5–0	6–3	3–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–2	5–1	10–1	4–0		0–1	4–1	2–2	3–2
Stockport County	6–1	4–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	7–3	4–1	3–0	3–0	7–3	3–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	7–1		4–1	2–1	6–2
Tranmere	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	6–1	1–3	5–1	3–0	6–1	4–0	2–1		3–2	1–1
Wigan Borough	5–2	5–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	0–1		1–1
Wrexham	4–1	4–0	5–0	2–1	5–1	4–3	1–2	4–3	4–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–3

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.

Third Division South

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Results

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Home \ Away	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CHA	COV	CRY	EXE	FUL	GIL	LUT	MER	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	QPR	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic		1–1	3–2	6–2	4–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	4–3	3–3	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–2	2–1	4–3	1–2	3–3
Brentford	0–0		5–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–4	4–2	1–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	3–2		4–0	2–3	0–1	1–5	3–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1
Bristol Rovers	1–2	2–0	3–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–3	2–4	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–4	2–1	4–1	1–1
Charlton Athletic	6–2	1–0	3–0	1–2		3–1	1–3	3–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	4–1	2–0	5–0	2–0
Coventry City	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1		1–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	6–1	3–1	0–2	3–0	1–4	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–1
Crystal Palace	1–3	1–0	1–0	5–2	0–2	0–3		1–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–4	3–2	6–1	2–0	1–1	3–0
Exeter City	6–3	2–3	4–1	2–2	2–5	2–3	1–2		1–4	4–2	1–1	5–0	6–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
Fulham	3–0	1–0	3–1	6–1	2–5	2–2	2–2	0–0		4–2	4–2	4–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	5–2	5–0	2–4	2–0	2–1	5–1	2–3
Gillingham	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–2		1–0	1–0	0–4	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–0
Luton Town	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–0	1–1	5–3	4–0	1–3	8–0		2–0	5–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	4–2	5–3	1–2	3–1	2–2
Merthyr Town	1–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–3	3–4		2–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1
Newport County	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–3	5–0	1–2	6–1		0–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	4–1	3–1	0–2
Northampton Town	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	3–3	8–1	4–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	4–1	7–0		2–0	3–0	4–2	2–3	1–1	6–1	4–2	3–0
Norwich City	5–1	2–4	3–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	5–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	1–1		0–3	3–1	2–5	1–1	3–0	2–1	5–2
Plymouth Argyle	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	4–2	3–0	2–0	4–0	5–2	1–1	4–0		1–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	2–0
Queens Park Rangers	0–0	2–2	3–2	0–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	8–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	2–0		3–1	4–2	5–1	2–2	3–2
Southend	4–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	5–0	5–1	4–2	2–2	5–3	1–1	0–3		1–1	3–0	3–1	1–3
Swindon Town	3–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	4–2	2–1	5–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–1		1–1	5–1	5–0
Torquay United	4–1	4–1	5–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	6–2	4–1	0–1	0–3	2–2	3–4	2–1	2–4		3–2	1–0
Walsall	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–0	3–1	7–2	2–2	4–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	4–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0		4–0
Watford	0–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	4–2	3–3	3–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	6–3	4–1	4–1	3–2	0–2	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.

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[table_note_CRL0.010749205486267-4] New club in the league; elected from North Eastern League

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"England 1928-29". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

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

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"English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	The Wednesday (C)	42	21	10	11	86	62	1.387	52
2	Leicester City	42	21	9	12	96	67	1.433	51
3	Aston Villa	42	23	4	15	98	81	1.210	50
4	Sunderland	42	20	7	15	93	75	1.240	47
5	Liverpool	42	17	12	13	90	64	1.406	46
6	Derby County	42	18	10	14	86	71	1.211	46
7	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	11	14	72	63	1.143	45
8	Manchester City	42	18	9	15	95	86	1.105	45
9	Arsenal	42	16	13	13	77	72	1.069	45
10	Newcastle United	42	19	6	17	70	72	0.972	44
11	Sheffield United	42	15	11	16	86	85	1.012	41
12	Manchester United	42	14	13	15	66	76	0.868	41
13	Leeds United	42	16	9	17	71	84	0.845	41
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	12	16	73	80	0.913	40
15	Birmingham	42	15	10	17	68	77	0.883	40
16	Huddersfield Town	42	14	11	17	70	61	1.148	39
17	West Ham United	42	15	9	18	86	96	0.896	39
18	Everton	42	17	4	21	63	75	0.840	38
19	Burnley	42	15	8	19	81	103	0.786	38
20	Portsmouth	42	15	6	21	56	80	0.700	36
21	Bury (R)	42	12	7	23	62	99	0.626	31	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Cardiff City (R)	42	8	13	21	43	59	0.729	29	Relegation to the Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Middlesbrough	42	14	4	3	54	22	8	7	6	38	35	1.614	55	Division Champions, promoted
2	Grimsby Town	42	16	2	3	49	24	8	3	10	33	37	1.344	53	Promoted
3	Bradford Park Avenue	42	18	2	1	62	22	4	2	15	26	48	1.257	48
4	Southampton	42	12	6	3	48	22	5	8	8	26	38	1.233	48
5	Notts County	42	13	4	4	51	24	6	5	10	27	41	1.200	47
6	Stoke City	42	12	7	2	46	16	5	5	11	28	35	1.451	46
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	4	4	50	25	6	4	11	30	54	1.013	46
8	Blackpool	42	13	4	4	49	18	6	3	12	43	58	1.211	45
9	Chelsea	42	10	6	5	40	30	7	4	10	24	35	0.985	44
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	3	2	50	26	1	6	14	25	55	0.926	43
11	Nottingham Forest	42	8	6	7	34	33	7	6	8	37	37	1.014	42
12	Hull City	42	8	8	5	38	24	5	6	10	20	39	0.921	40
13	Preston North End	42	12	6	3	58	27	3	3	15	20	52	0.987	39
14	Millwall	42	10	4	7	43	35	6	3	12	28	51	0.826	39
15	Reading	42	12	3	6	48	30	3	6	12	15	56	0.733	39
16	Barnsley	42	12	4	5	51	28	4	2	15	18	38	1.045	38
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	9	6	6	41	31	6	1	14	36	50	0.951	37
18	Oldham Athletic	42	15	2	4	37	24	1	3	17	17	51	0.720	37
19	Swansea Town	42	12	3	6	46	26	1	7	13	16	49	0.827	36
20	Bristol City	42	11	6	4	37	25	2	4	15	21	47	0.806	36
21	Port Vale	42	14	1	6	53	25	1	3	17	18	61	0.826	34	Relegated
22	Clapton Orient	42	10	4	7	29	25	2	4	15	16	47	0.625	32	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bradford City	42	17	2	2	82	18	10	7	4	46	25	2.977	63	Division Champions, promoted
2	Stockport County	42	19	2	0	77	23	9	4	8	34	35	1.914	62
3	Wrexham	42	17	2	2	59	25	4	8	9	32	44	1.319	52
4	Wigan Borough	42	16	4	1	55	16	5	5	11	27	33	1.673	51
5	Doncaster Rovers	42	14	3	4	39	20	6	7	8	37	46	1.152	50
6	Lincoln City	42	15	3	3	58	18	6	3	12	33	49	1.358	48
7	Tranmere Rovers	42	15	3	3	55	21	7	0	14	24	56	1.026	47
8	Carlisle United^{[lower-alpha 1]}	42	15	3	3	61	27	4	5	12	25	50	1.117	46
9	Crewe Alexandra	42	11	6	4	47	23	7	2	12	33	45	1.176	44
10	South Shields	42	13	5	3	57	24	5	3	13	26	50	1.122	44
11	Chesterfield	42	13	2	6	46	28	5	3	13	25	49	0.922	41
12	Southport	42	13	5	3	52	27	3	3	15	23	58	0.882	40
13	Halifax Town	42	11	7	3	42	24	2	6	13	21	38	1.016	39
14	New Brighton	42	11	3	7	40	28	4	6	11	24	43	0.901	39
15	Nelson	42	14	1	6	48	28	3	4	14	29	62	0.856	39
16	Rotherham United	42	12	5	4	44	23	3	4	14	16	54	0.779	39
17	Rochdale	42	12	4	5	55	34	1	6	14	24	62	0.823	36
18	Accrington Stanley	42	11	5	5	42	22	2	3	16	26	60	0.829	34
19	Darlington	42	12	6	3	47	26	1	1	19	17	62	0.727	33
20	Barrow	42	7	6	8	42	37	3	2	16	22	56	0.688	28
21	Hartlepools United	42	9	4	8	35	38	1	2	18	24	74	0.527	26	Re-elected
22	Ashington	42	6	5	10	31	52	2	2	17	14	63	0.391	23	Failed re-election

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Charlton Athletic	42	14	5	2	51	22	9	3	9	35	38	1.433	54	Division Champions, promoted
2	Crystal Palace	42	14	2	5	40	25	9	6	6	41	42	1.209	54
3	Northampton Town	42	14	6	1	68	23	6	6	9	28	34	1.684	52
4	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	6	1	51	13	6	6	9	32	38	1.627	52
5	Fulham	42	14	3	4	60	31	7	7	7	41	40	1.423	52
6	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	7	1	50	22	6	7	8	32	39	1.344	52
7	Luton Town	42	16	3	2	64	28	3	8	10	25	45	1.219	49
8	Watford	42	15	3	3	55	31	4	7	10	24	43	1.068	48
9	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	14	4	3	54	31	5	5	11	30	46	1.091	47
10	Swindon Town	42	12	5	4	48	27	3	8	10	27	45	1.042	43
11	Coventry City	42	9	6	6	35	23	5	8	8	27	34	1.088	42
12	Southend United	42	10	7	4	44	27	5	4	12	36	48	1.067	41
13	Brentford	42	11	4	6	34	21	3	6	12	22	39	0.933	38
14	Walsall	42	11	7	3	47	25	2	5	14	26	54	0.924	38
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	2	5	39	28	2	4	15	19	48	0.763	38
16	Newport County	42	8	6	7	37	28	5	3	13	32	58	0.802	35
17	Norwich City	42	12	3	6	49	29	2	3	16	20	52	0.852	34
18	Torquay United	42	10	3	8	46	36	4	3	14	20	48	0.786	34
19	Bristol Rovers	42	9	6	6	39	28	4	1	16	21	51	0.759	33
20	Merthyr Town	42	11	6	4	42	28	0	2	19	13	75	0.534	30
21	Exeter City	42	7	6	8	49	40	2	5	14	18	48	0.761	29	Re-elected
22	Gillingham	42	7	8	6	22	24	3	1	17	21	59	0.518	29	Re-elected

1928-29_Football_League

1928–29 Football League

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

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Third Division North

Results

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Third Division South

Results

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