1928–29 Leicester City F.C. season

1928–29 season of Leicester City February 2015 February 2015 Leicester City 1928–29 Willie Orr First Division 2nd FA Cup 5th Round Arthur Chandler (34) Arthur Chandler (34) __whitecollar _2whitestripes 2B55DB 2B55DB 2B55DB white 000000 1927–28 1929–30 The 1928–29 season was Leicester City's 31st season in the Football League and their 5th in the First Division. Led by their formidable strike force of Ernie Hine, Arthur Chandler and Arthur Lochhead (all three of whom are still placed today among Leicester's top five goalscorers of all-time) and inspirational captain and creative lynch-pin Johnny Duncan, Leicester finished runners-up in the First Division, just one point behind winners The Wednesday. It was the club's highest ever league finish until the 2015–16 Season where the team won their first ever top division championship. The most remarkable game of the season came on 20 October 1928 in which Leicester thrashed Portsmouth 10–0, which still stands as Leicester's record league victory. The club's all-time record goalscorer Arthur Chandler netted an incredible six goals in the game. A legend surrounding the game says that just after Chandler scored his 5th goal of the afternoon, 5 swans flew over Filbert Street. Several minutes later a further sixth swan flew overhead, to which Chandler promptly responded by scoring his sixth goal of the afternoon. Overview The close season saw Leicester hold on to the spine of the team that had helped them to third place in the First Division the previous season. A bid for star man and club captain Johnny Duncan from Everton firmly rejected, while a deal for George Ritchie, who signed from Falkirk remained the major transfer dealing of the summer.Dave Smith & Paul Taylor Of Fossils and Foxes 2010 1-905411-94-4 An indifferent start to the season saw Leicester sit 14th after 8 gamesEnglish Division One (old) 1928-1929 : Table, 29 September 1928 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065100/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/division-one-old/1928-1929/table/1928-09-29 4 March 2016 statto.com, retrieved 4 April 2011 and the season got worse after both Duncan and Reg Osborne picked up injuries which would see them kept out for lengthy periods of the season soon after. However, fortunes began to turn on the pitch as Leicester picked up four wins on the bounce, including the legendary 10–0 win against Portsmouth. Leicester, who were being captained for the first time by centre half George Carr, were 5–0 up at half-time, in a first-half which included a 14-minute Arthur Chandler hat-trick. After 70 minutes when Chandler netted his 5th goal, five swans flew over Filbert Street, which led to cheers from the home crowd. A few minutes later, after Ernie Hine had made it 8–0, a sixth swan flew overhead, which caused the crowd to react and call for Chandler to score his sixth, to which Chandler responded by promptly scoring, to equal teammate's Johnny Duncan's record of scoring 6 goals in a single match. Hine rounded up a hat-trick of his own shortly afterwards to make it 10-0 and to round off Leicester's record ever league win. Inspired by this win Leicester rapidly began to climb the table and by 6 April, Leicester sat in second place 4 points off the lead with a game in handEnglish Division One (old) 1928-1929 : Table, 6 April 1929 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321213315/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/division-one-old/1928-1929/table/1929-04-06 21 March 2012 statto.com, retrieved 4 April 2011 However, it was ironically defeat against Portsmouth in their game in hand which may have cost Leicester the title as Leicester took 6 points from their final 5 games, they ended up the season as division runners-up, knowing that just one more point would have been enough to clinch the title from The Wednesday, having finished the season with a superior goal average. Results Football League First Division First Division y LEI Leicester City scores given first MatchDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance 125 August 1928Manchester UnitedA1–1Hine20,129 227 August 1928Birmingham CityH5–3Hine, Chandler (2), Lochhead (2)22,589 31 September 1928Leeds UnitedH4–4Barry, Hine, Chandler (2)27,507 48 September 1928LiverpoolA3–6Baxter, Chandler, Gibson26,900 510 September 1928Birmingham CityA0–111,449 615 September 1928West Ham UnitedH5–0 Barry, Chandler (2), Lochhead, Hine24,654 722 September 1928NewcastleA0–1 30,816 829 September 1928BurnleyH1–1 Chandler26,506 96 October 1928Cardiff CityA2–1 Carr, Hine19,477 1013 October 1928Sheffield UnitedH3–1 Chandler (2), Hine25,438 1120 October 1928PortsmouthH10–0 Hine (3), Barry, Chandler (6) 23,621 1227 October 1928Manchester CityA3–2 Lochhead, Adcock, Hine33,982 133 November 1928The WednesdayH1–1 Hine29,522 1410 November 1928Derby CountyA2–5 Hine, Lochhead24,673 1517 November 1928SunderlandH1–0 Chandler24,178 1624 November 1928Blackburn RoversA1–1 Hine10,831 171 December 1928ArsenalH1–1 Chandler26,851 188 December 1928EvertonA1–3 Chandler10,831 1915 December 1928Huddersfield TownH4–1 Hine (2), Chandler (2)19,528 2022 December 1928Bolton WanderersA0–516,030 2125 December 1928BuryA1–3 Chandler19,805 2226 December 1928BuryH5–2 Hine (3), Adcock, Lochhead32,807 2329 December 1928Manchester UnitedH2–1 Hine (2)21,532 245 January 1929Leeds UnitedA3–4 Chandler, Lochhead, Hine (2)18,870 2519 January 1929LiverpoolH2–0 Hine (2)(1p)21,764 262 February 1929Newcastle UnitedH1–1 Adcock20,796 279 February 1929BurnleyA1–0 Chandler14,879 2821 February 1929Cardiff CityH2–0 Lovatt, Hine (p)12,938 2923 February 1929Sheffield UnitedA4–1 Lochhead, Chandler (2), Hine19,045 304 March 1929West Ham UnitedA1–2 Lovatt8,603 319 March 1929Manchester CityH3–2 Hine (2), Lochhead21,396 3216 March 1929The WednesdayA0–130,176 3323 March 1929Derby CountyH1–0 Hine23,622 3430 March 1929SunderlandA2–1 Lochhead, Chandler22,849 351 April 1929Aston VillaH4–1 Adcock (p), Lochhead, Duncan, Chandler35,744 362 April 1929Aston VillaA2–4 Chandler (2)31,909 376 April 1929Blackburn RoversH2–1 Chandler (2)19,328 3810 April 1929PortsmouthA0–121,102 3913 April 1929ArsenalA1–1 Chandler19,139 4020 April 1929EvertonH4–1 Chandler, Hine (2), Lochhead19,006 4127 April 1929Huddersfield TownA1–1 Duncan8,778 424 May 1929Bolton WanderersH6–1 Lochhead, Lovatt (3), Hine (2)19,912 FA Cup Leicester City scores given first RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendance 312 January 1929Lincoln CityA1–0Lochhead16,849 426 January 1929Swansea TownH1–0Lochhead39,188 516 February 1929Bolton WanderersH1–2Lochhead30,591 Club statistics All data from: Dave Smith and Paul Taylor, Of Fossils and Foxes: The Official Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club (2001) (1-899538-21-6) Appearances Pos.Nat.NameDiv 1FACTotal GK SCOJim McLaren 34 3 37 GK SCOKen Campbell 8 0 8 DF SCOAdam Black 40 3 43 DF ENGJohn Brown 31 1 32 DF RSA 1928 ENGReg Osborne 12 2 14 MF SCOBill Findlay 19 0 19 MF ENGGeorge Carr 39 3 42 MF SCOJohnny Duncan 27 1 28 MF ENGHugh Adcock 40 3 43 MF SCOJimmy Baxter 2 0 2 MF ENGNorman Watson 16 2 18 MF SCOGeorge Ritchie 28 3 31 MF SCOPat Carrigan 5 0 5 FW ENGErnie Hine 35 3 38 FW ENGArthur Chandler 40 3 43 FW SCOArthur Lochhead 36 3 39 FW ENGLen Barry 40 3 43 FW SCOTom Gibson 2 0 2 FW ENGWilliam Bell 2 0 2 FW ENGWalter Langford 2 0 2 FW ENGHarry Lovatt 4 0 4 Starting XI The following players have been named in the most starting line-ups. This line-up may differ from the list of players with most appearances. No.Nat.Pos.NameStarts 1SCO GK Jim McLaren 37 2SCO RB Adam Black 43 3ENG LB John Brown 32 4SCO RH Johnny Duncan 28 5ENG CH George Carr 42 6SCO LH George Ritchie 31 7ENG OR Hugh Adcock 43 8ENG IR Ernie Hine 38 9ENG CF Arthur Chandler 43 10SCO IL Arthur Lochhead 39 11ENG OL Len Barry 43 2–3–5 Formation 200px 0.24 0.70 350 SCOMcLaren 0.42 0.41 350 SCODuncan(C) 0.14 0.60 350 ENGBrown 0.37 0.60 350 SCOBlack 0.04 0.41 350 SCORitchie 0.27 0.41 350 ENGCarr 0.10 0.17 350 SCOLochhead 0.40 0.17 350 ENGHine 0.47 0.26 350 ENGAdcock 0.24 0.15 350 ENGChandler 0.042 0.26 350 ENGBarry Top goalscorers Pos.Nat.NameDiv 1FACTotal 1 ENGArthur Chandler 34 0 34 2 ENGErnie Hine 32 0 32 3 SCOArthur Lochhead 13 3 16 4 ENGHarry Lovatt 5 0 5 5 ENGHugh Adcock 5 0 5 6 ENGLen Barry 3 0 3 7 SCOJohnny Duncan 2 0 2 8 ENGGeorge Carr 1 0 1 = SCOJames Baxter 1 0 1 = SCOTom Gibson 1 0 1 References Category:Leicester City F.C. seasons Leicester City