1927–28 Nelson F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Nelson 1927–28 None Football League Third Division North 22nd (re-elected) FA Cup First Round Bernard Radford (17) Bernard Radford (17) 9,000 (vs Bradford (Park Avenue), 26 November 1927) 1,126 (vs Tranmere Rovers, 24 April 1928) 4,193 1926–27 1928–29 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 000000 For the 1927–28 season, Nelson Football Club played as a professional outfit in the Football League for the seventh consecutive campaign. Nelson finished last out of 22 teams in the Third Division North, with a record of 10 wins, 6 draws and 26 defeats, corresponding to a tally of 26 points. As a result, the club was forced to apply for re-election to the League at the end of the season. The application was successful, with Nelson retaining their berth in place of Durham City. Due to the departure of Percy Smith to Bury, Nelson did not have a manager installed during the entire season. The team played inconsistently throughout the campaign from the outset, losing the opening two matches before winning four consecutive games during September 1927. Nelson suffered several comprehensive defeats during the 1927–28 season, including a 1–9 defeat to Bradford City, a 0–8 loss away at Stockport County and a 1–7 reverse against Accrington Stanley. In total, the team conceded 136 goals in 42 league matches, one of the highest totals in Football League history. Outside of league competition, Nelson entered the FA Cup but were knocked out in the First Round following a 0–3 defeat to Bradford Park Avenue at Seedhill. They also competed in the Lancashire Senior Cup, but suffered a 2–10 loss to Second Division side Manchester City. Nelson used 33 different players during the season. Many of these were new arrivals at the club; a number of the professional staff from the previous campaign had been released due to the club's increasing debts. Forward Jimmy Hampson, the top goalscorer in 1926–27, was sold to Blackpool in October 1927 for a transfer fee of £1,250 and went on to become an England international. His replacement, Bernard Radford, was Nelson's highest scorer in the 1927–28 campaign with 17 league goals. Scottish striker Buchanan Sharp was the only other player to reach double figures with his tally of 11. Only one player, Joe Halliwell appeared in all 43 competitive matches; former England international George Wilson appeared in 40 of the games. Many squad members were bit-part players, with more than half of the team making fewer than 10 competitive appearances. The highest attendance of the season at Nelson's Seedhill stadium was around 9,000 for the FA Cup tie against Bradford Park Avenue, while the lowest gate was 1,126 (the club's lowest ever Football League attendance) for the 3–5 home defeat to Tranmere Rovers on 24 April 1928. Football League Third Division North Key H = Home match A = Away match In Result column, Nelson's score shown first Goalscorers shown in order of first goal scored Match results Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance 27 August 1927 Accrington Stanley (H) 1–4 Sharp 8,007 3 September 1927 Rochdale (A) 0–1 9,869 10 September 1927 Rotherham United (H) 6–1 Bottrill, Hampson (2), Sharp, White (2) 4,881 12 September 1927 Barrow (H) 4–0 Bedford, Bottrill, White (2) 4,928 17 September 1927 Southport (A) 2–1 Bedford, Hampson 5,406 24 September 1927 Durham City (H) 2–1 Hampson (2) 5,495 29 September 1927 Barrow (A) 1–3 Bedford 4,306 1 October 1927 Wrexham (A) 2–5 White (2) 4,828 8 October 1927 Chesterfield (H) 3–3 Hampson, Sharp, White 4,659 15 October 1927 Bradford Park Avenue (A) 2–3 Bottrill, Sharp 14,833 22 October 1927 New Brighton (H) 0–3 2,698 29 October 1927 Lincoln City (A) 0–0 7,956 5 November 1927 Hartlepools United (H) 4–2 Sharp (3), Spence 2,001 12 November 1927 Bradford City (A) 1–9 Cochrane 15,638 19 November 1927 Halifax Town (H) 3–2 Bottrill, Cochrane, Sharp 3,862 3 December 1927 Ashington (H) 1–5 Spence 2,936 10 December 1927 Wigan Borough (A) 2–4 McGuire, Ruffell 2,736 17 December 1927 Doncaster Rovers (H) 0–1 3,410 27 December 1927 Tranmere Rovers (A) 1–1 Bedford 8,946 31 December 1927 Accrington Stanley (A) 1–7 Ruffell 4,207 2 January 1928 Crewe Alexandra (A) 1–6 Wilson 2,430 7 January 1928 Rochdale (H) 6–3 McClure, McGuire, Radford (3), Taylor 2,539 14 January 1928 Halifax Town (A) 1–5 Radford 3,119 21 January 1928 Rotherham United (A) 3–4 Sharp, Taylor (2) 4,505 4 February 1928 Durham City (A) 0–3 1,537 11 February 1928 Wrexham (H) 4–0 Radford (4) 2,721 18 February 1928 Chesterfield (A) 0–6 3,804 25 February 1928 Bradford Park Avenue (H) 1–2 Wilson 8,096 3 March 1928 New Brighton (A) 0–4 4,290 10 March 1928 Lincoln City (H) 1–3 Bottrill 3,422 17 March 1928 Hartlepools United (A) 5–4 Bottrill, Radford (2), Sharp, Slack 2,972 20 March 1928 Southport (H) 1–1 Bottrill 3,583 24 March 1928 Bradford City (H) 0–3 5,085 6 April 1928 Stockport County (A) 0–8 8,430 7 April 1928 Darlington (H) 4–0 Hayes (2), Sharp, Taylor 3,816 9 April 1928 Stockport County (H) 0–4 5,441 14 April 1928 Ashington (A) 1–5 Slack 1,410 16 April 1928 Darlington (A) 1–4 Hayes 1,003 21 April 1928 Crewe Alexandra (H) 3–3 Radford, Sharp, Slack 2,349 24 April 1928 Tranmere Rovers (H) 3–5 Hayes, Radford (2) 1,126 28 April 1928 Doncaster Rovers (A) 2–4 Hayes, Radford 4,117 5 May 1928 Wigan Borough (H) 3–3 Radford (2), Wilson 2,183 Final league position Third Division North y NEL FA Cup Match results Round Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance First round 26 November 1927 Bradford Park Avenue (H) 0–3 9,000 Player statistics Key to positions CF = Centre forward FB = Fullback GK = Goalkeeper HB = Half-back IF = Inside forward OF = Outside forward Statistics Nat.PositionPlayerThird Division NorthFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsEnglandOFLewis Bedford18300183EnglandGKWilliam Bossons401050EnglandIFBilly Bottrill35710367EnglandFBJimmy Broadhead100010EnglandHBAlfred Brown200020ScotlandCFDavid Cochrane221032EnglandIFJames Dargan200020EnglandOFJack Fletcher401050EnglandIFRichard Gaskell300030EnglandHBJoe Halliwell42010430EnglandCFJimmy Hampson960096EnglandHBAmbrose Harris800080WalesCFGeorge Hayes950095EnglandHBArthur Hepworth10000100EnglandFBArthur Jones100010EnglandFBJack Jones12010130EnglandGKJames Mangham100010ScotlandFBDavid McClure28100281EnglandIFJohn McGuire20200202ScotlandFBJames Pearson701080EnglandCFBernard Radford2017002017EnglandHBDennis Ridge800080EnglandFBClem Rigg32000320EnglandIFBill Ruffell12300123ScotlandIFBuchanan Sharp3711103811EnglandHBEdwin Simpson15000150EnglandOFBill Slack10300103EnglandOFGeorge Spence13210142EnglandGKJohn Stoneham601070EnglandOFHarold Taylor12400124EnglandGKSam Warhurst31000310EnglandIFHenry White970097EnglandHBGeorge Wilson39310403 See also List of Nelson F.C. seasons References Dykes, Garth Nelson FC in the Football League 2009 SoccerData Nottingham 81 978-1-905891-29-0 Category:Nelson F.C. seasons Nelson