1928–29 Football League

37th season of the Football League The Football League 1928–29 The Wednesday Ashington New Team in League Carlisle United 1927–28 1929–30 The 1928–29 season was the 37th season of The Football League. Final league tables The tables and results below are reproduced here with home and away statistics separated, as per RSSSFhttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1928-29.html England 1928-29 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100205200833/http://rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1928-29.html 5 February 2010 live and Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79.Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 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. When two 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. April 2015 From the 1922–23 season, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. First Division First Division 1928–29 The Wednesday3rd English title BuryCardiff City Dave Halliday(43 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Leicester City 10–0 Portsmouth(20 October 1928)Sheffield United 10–0 Burnley(19 January 1929) Newcastle United 2–7 Burnley(29 April 1929) 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) 462 1688 1927–28 1929–30 main WDL First Division World Football THW, LEI, AVL, SUN, LIV, DER, BLA, MCI, ARS, NEW, SHU, MUN, LEE, BOL, BIR, HUD, WHU, EVE, BUR, POR, BRY, CAR 1st REL REL complete 16 13 13 77 72 23 4 15 98 81 15 10 17 68 77 17 11 14 72 63 14 12 16 73 80 15 8 19 81 103 12 7 23 62 99 8 13 21 43 59 18 10 14 86 71 17 4 21 63 75 14 11 17 70 61 16 9 17 71 84 21 9 12 96 67 17 12 13 90 64 18 9 15 95 86 14 13 15 66 76 19 6 17 70 72 15 6 21 56 80 15 11 16 86 85 20 7 15 93 75 21 10 11 86 62 15 9 18 86 96 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Bury Cardiff City Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Portsmouth Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday West Ham United 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey 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 Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal West Ham England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 51.53 0.040 right Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Burnley Bury Cardiff City Derby County Everton Huddersfield Leeds U. Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Portsmouth Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday (Sheffield) West Ham Second Division Football LeagueSecond Division 1928–29 Middlesbrough (2nd title) Clapton OrientPort Vale Jimmy Hampson (Blackpool), 40 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) Millwall – Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–5 (3 Sept 1928) Middlesbrough – Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–3 (9 Feb 1929) 462 1576 1927–28 1929–30 main WDL PR Second Division 5 y 2 MID Middlesbrough GRI Grimsby Town BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) SOU Southampton NTC Notts County STK Stoke City WBA West Bromwich Albion BLP Blackpool CHE Chelsea TOT Tottenham Hotspur NOT Nottingham Forest HUL Hull City PNE Preston North End MIL Millwall REA Reading BAR Barnsley WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers OLD Oldham Athletic SWA Swansea Town BRC Bristol City PTV Port Vale LEY Clapton Orient 22 11 9 92 57 24 5 13 82 61 22 4 16 88 70 17 14 11 74 60 19 9 14 78 65 17 12 13 74 51 19 8 15 80 79 19 7 16 92 76 17 10 15 64 65 17 9 16 75 81 15 12 15 71 70 13 14 15 58 63 15 9 18 78 79 16 7 19 71 86 15 9 18 63 86 16 6 20 69 66 15 7 20 77 81 16 5 21 54 75 13 10 19 62 75 13 10 19 58 72 15 4 23 71 86 12 8 22 45 72 CP P R R green1 Promotion to the First Division P P red1 Relegation to the Third Division North RN red1 Relegation to the Third Division South RS complete Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Chelsea Clapton Orient Millwall Tottenham England none 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Barnsley Blackpool Bradford Park Avenue Bristol City Chelsea Clapton Orient Grimsby Town Hull Notts County Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Oldham Port Vale Preston North End Reading Southampton Swansea Town Stoke Tottenham West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Third Division North Football LeagueThird Division North 1928–29 Bradford City (1st title) Jimmy McConnell (Carlisle United), 42 Failed re-election Ashington 462 1696 1927–28 1929–30 main WDL PR Third Division North 5 y 2 BRA Bradford City STP Stockport County WRE Wrexham WIG Wigan Borough DON Doncaster Rovers LIN Lincoln City TRA Tranmere Rovers CRL Carlisle United CRE Crewe Alexandra SSH South Shields CHF Chesterfield SOU Southport HAL Halifax Town NWB New Brighton NEL Nelson ROT Rotherham United ROC Rochdale ACC Accrington Stanley DAR Darlington BRW Barrow HAR Hartlepools United ASH Ashington 27 9 6 128 43 28 6 8 111 58 21 10 11 91 69 21 9 12 82 49 20 10 12 76 66 21 6 15 91 67 22 3 17 79 77 19 8 15 86 77 18 8 16 80 68 18 8 16 83 74 18 5 19 71 77 16 8 18 75 85 13 13 16 63 62 15 9 18 64 71 17 5 20 77 90 15 9 18 60 77 13 10 19 79 96 13 8 21 68 82 13 7 22 64 88 10 8 24 64 93 10 6 26 59 112 8 7 27 45 115 CP R green1 Promotion to the Second Division CP red2 Re-elected REE red1 Failed re-election and demoted R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams England 53.75 -2.36 right England 55.18 -1.57 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.099 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.83 -2.22 right England 53.43 -3.05 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 54.99 -1.43 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 53.54 -2.63 right England 53.03 -2.98 right Accrington Stanley Ashington Barrow Bradford City Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Halifax Town Hartlepool Lincoln City Nelson New Brighton Rochdale Rotherham Southport South Shields Stockport Tranmere Wigan Borough Wrexham Third Division South Football LeagueThird Division South 1928–29 Charlton Athletic (1st title) Andy Rennie (Luton Town), 43 Failed re-election None 462 1614 1927–28 1929–30 main WDL QR Third Division South 5 y 2 CHA Charlton Athletic CRY Crystal Palace NOR Northampton Town PLY Plymouth Argyle FUL Fulham QPR Queens Park Rangers LUT Luton Town WAT Watford BOU Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic SWI Swindon Town COV Coventry City STD Southend United BRE Brentford WAL Walsall B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion NPC Newport County NWC Norwich City TOR Torquay United BRR Bristol Rovers MER Merthyr Town EXE Exeter City GIL Gillingham 23 8 11 86 60 23 8 11 81 67 20 12 10 96 57 20 12 10 83 51 21 10 11 101 71 19 14 9 82 61 19 11 12 89 73 19 10 13 79 74 19 9 14 84 77 15 13 14 75 72 14 14 14 62 57 15 11 16 80 75 14 10 18 56 60 13 12 17 73 79 16 6 20 58 76 13 9 20 69 86 14 6 22 69 81 14 6 22 66 84 13 7 22 60 79 11 8 23 55 103 9 11 22 67 88 10 9 23 43 83 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division CP red2 Re-elected REE REE complete Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.398 -0.070 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Brentford Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Queens Park Rangers Watford England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams England 50.73 -1.84 right England 51.486 -0.31 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.46 -2.54 right England 51.49 0.05 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 51.42 -0.07 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 51.75 -3.38 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Bristol Rovers Charlton Coventry Crystal P. Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Luton Town Merthyr Town Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle QPR Southend Torquay Swindon Walsall Watford Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1929.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk Aug 17, 2026 Division One No. Club Average Highest Lowest 1 Manchester City FC 31,715 61,007 15,198 2 Newcastle United FC 31,667 65,838 17,587 3 Aston Villa FC 29,531 56,528 8,496 4 Everton FC 29,513 55,415 7,996 5 Liverpool FC 28,257 45,095 8,852 6 The Wednesday 27,113 57,143 13,705 7 Arsenal FC 26,690 43,327 11,696 8 Sunderland AFC 25,196 50,519 9,469 9 Leicester City FC 23,773 35,744 12,938 10 Manchester United 23,659 42,555 12,020 11 Leeds United FC 22,402 32,866 8,151 12 Sheffield United FC 22,395 44,576 11,849 13 Birmingham City FC 20,646 36,261 11,001 14 Portsmouth FC 20,225 33,475 11,973 15 West Ham United FC 19,989 33,221 8,603 16 Bolton Wanderers FC 19,419 37,181 10,271 17 Burnley FC 17,239 35,694 6,238 18 Derby County FC 16,866 30,651 9,319 19 Blackburn Rovers FC 16,841 33,966 5,461 20 Huddersfield Town AFC 16,720 39,869 3,997 21 Cardiff City FC 15,256 20,439 5,738 22 Bury FC 14,507 27,167 5,352 References 1928–29 League