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The 1927–28 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. 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

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Manchester City (C, P)	42	25	9	8	100	59	1.695	59	Promotion to the First Division
2	Leeds United (P)	42	25	7	10	98	49	2.000	57	Promotion to the First Division
3	Chelsea	42	23	8	11	75	45	1.667	54
4	Preston North End	42	22	9	11	100	66	1.515	53
5	Stoke City	42	22	8	12	78	59	1.322	52
6	Swansea Town	42	18	12	12	75	63	1.190	48
7	Oldham Athletic	42	19	8	15	75	51	1.471	46
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	12	13	90	70	1.286	46
9	Port Vale	42	18	8	16	68	57	1.193	44
10	Nottingham Forest	42	15	10	17	83	84	0.988	40
11	Grimsby Town	42	14	12	16	69	83	0.831	40
12	Bristol City	42	15	9	18	76	79	0.962	39
13	Barnsley	42	14	11	17	65	85	0.765	39
14	Hull City	42	12	15	15	41	54	0.759	39
15	Notts County	42	13	12	17	68	74	0.919	38
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	10	19	63	91	0.692	36
17	Southampton	42	14	7	21	68	77	0.883	35
18	Reading	42	11	13	18	53	75	0.707	35
19	Blackpool	42	13	8	21	83	101	0.822	34
20	Clapton Orient	42	11	12	19	55	85	0.647	34
21	Fulham (R)	42	13	7	22	68	89	0.764	33	Relegation to the Third Division South
22	South Shields (R)	42	7	9	26	56	111	0.505	23	Relegation to the Third Division North

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bradford (Park Avenue) (C, P)	42	27	9	6	101	45	2.244	63	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Lincoln City	42	24	7	11	91	64	1.422	55
3	Stockport County	42	23	8	11	89	51	1.745	54
4	Doncaster Rovers	42	23	7	12	80	44	1.818	53
5	Tranmere Rovers	42	22	9	11	105	72	1.458	53
6	Bradford City	42	18	12	12	85	60	1.417	48
7	Darlington	42	21	5	16	89	74	1.203	47
8	Southport	42	20	5	17	79	70	1.129	45
9	Accrington Stanley	42	18	8	16	76	67	1.134	44
10	New Brighton	42	14	14	14	72	62	1.161	42
11	Wrexham	42	18	6	18	64	67	0.955	42
12	Halifax Town	42	13	15	14	73	71	1.028	41
13	Rochdale	42	17	7	18	74	77	0.961	41
14	Rotherham United	42	14	11	17	65	69	0.942	39
15	Hartlepools United	42	16	6	20	69	81	0.852	38
16	Chesterfield	42	13	10	19	71	78	0.910	36
17	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	10	20	77	86	0.895	34
18	Ashington	42	11	11	20	77	103	0.748	33
19	Barrow	42	10	11	21	54	102	0.529	31
20	Wigan Borough	42	10	10	22	56	97	0.577	30
21	Durham City (R)	42	11	7	24	53	100	0.530	29	Failed re-election and demoted
22	Nelson	42	10	6	26	76	136	0.559	26	Re-elected

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Millwall (C, P)	42	30	5	7	127	50	2.540	65	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Northampton Town	42	23	9	10	102	64	1.594	55
3	Plymouth Argyle	42	23	7	12	85	54	1.574	53
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	19	10	13	81	69	1.174	48
5	Crystal Palace	42	18	12	12	79	72	1.097	48
6	Swindon Town	42	19	9	14	90	69	1.304	47
7	Southend United	42	20	6	16	80	64	1.250	46
8	Exeter City	42	17	12	13	70	60	1.167	46
9	Newport County	42	18	9	15	81	84	0.964	45
10	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	9	16	72	71	1.014	43
11	Charlton Athletic	42	15	13	14	60	70	0.857	43
12	Brentford	42	16	8	18	76	74	1.027	40
13	Luton Town	42	16	7	19	94	87	1.080	39
14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	13	12	17	72	79	0.911	38
15	Watford	42	14	10	18	68	78	0.872	38
16	Gillingham	42	13	11	18	62	81	0.765	37
17	Norwich City	42	10	16	16	66	70	0.943	36
18	Walsall	42	12	9	21	75	101	0.743	33
19	Bristol Rovers	42	14	4	24	67	93	0.720	32
20	Coventry City	42	11	9	22	67	96	0.698	31
21	Merthyr Town	42	9	13	20	53	91	0.582	31	Re-elected
22	Torquay United	42	8	14	20	53	103	0.515	30	Re-elected

No.	Club	Average
1	Everton FC	37,461
2	Aston Villa FC	32,505
3	Newcastle United FC	30,195
4	Liverpool FC	29,975
5	Arsenal FC	27,434
6	Manchester United	25,555
7	Leicester City FC	24,758
8	Portsmouth FC	22,752
9	Middlesbrough FC	22,632
10	The Wednesday	22,075
11	Tottenham Hotspur FC	21,928
12	West Ham United FC	21,419
13	Sunderland AFC	21,411
14	Birmingham City FC	21,217
15	Sheffield United FC	19,482
16	Bolton Wanderers FC	19,383
17	Huddersfield Town AFC	19,306
18	Blackburn Rovers FC	19,120
19	Burnley FC	17,408
20	Derby County FC	16,243
21	Bury FC	15,608
22	Cardiff City FC	15,607

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Final league tables

First Division

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Third Division South

Results

Maps

Attendances

Division One

Division Two

See also

References