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The 1927-28 season was the 53rd season of competitive football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 in England
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The 1927-28 season was the 53rd season of competitive football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 in England
England

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Overview


Events

This was the season in which Dixie Dean
Dixie Dean

William Ralph Dean , popularly known as Dixie Dean, was an England football player and the most prolific goal-scorer in Football in England history, best known for his legendary exploits at Everton F.C., where he spent most of his career....
 scored an astounding 60 goals in 39 league appearances for Everton - 58.8% of their seasons total (102).

Honours

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
First Division
Football League First Division

The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004, and the highest division of Football in England overall between 1892 and 1992....
Everton
Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are a professional English association football club located in the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League and has contested more seasons in the top flight of English football than any other....
Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town Football Club is an England association football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in Football League One....
Second Division
Football League Second Division

From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in England football .This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992-93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams making up the new FA Premier League, which had...
Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football Football team based in the city of Manchester. They are currently members of the English Premier League....
Leeds United
Third Division North
Football League Third Division North

The Third Division North of The Football League was a level in England football , which ran parallel to Football League Third Division South from 1921 to 1958....
Bradford Park AvenueLincoln City
Lincoln City F.C.

Lincoln City F.C. is an England association football team currently playing in Football League Two .The team play at the 10,127 capacity Sincil Bank in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, and are nicknamed the Imps after the legend of the Lincoln Imp....
Third Division South
Football League Third Division South

The Football League Third Division South was a level of England professional football which ran in parallel to Football League Third Division North from 1921 to 1958....
Millwall
Millwall F.C.

Millwall Football Club is an England Association Football team based at The New Den, in Bermondsey, South East London. They currently play in Football League One....
Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.

Northampton Town Football Club is a Football club based in Northampton. The nickname of the club is The Cobblers. For the 2008-09 in English football season, Northampton Town continue to play Football in Football League One, the third level of English football, after promotion in 2005-06 in English football....
FA Cup
FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English FA Premier League Association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. It is one of only three teams to be founder members of both the Football League and the Premier League, the others being Aston Villa F.C....
Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town Football Club is an England association football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in Football League One....
Charity Shield
FA Community Shield

The Football Association Community Shield is an England football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of the FA Premier League and the winners of the FA Cup, though this tradition was only established twenty years into the fixture's existence....
Cardiff City
Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Cardiff are currently playing in the Football League Championship. They play their home games at Ninian Park....
Corinthian
Home Championship
1928 British Home Championship

The 1928 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1927–28 season between the British Home Nations....


League table


First Division
Football League First Division

The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004, and the highest division of Football in England overall between 1892 and 1992....

P WDLFAGAPts
1Everton
Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are a professional English association football club located in the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League and has contested more seasons in the top flight of English football than any other....
4220139102661.54553
2Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town Football Club is an England association football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in Football League One....
422271391681.33851
3Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club, is an England professional football club based at the Walkers Stadium in the city of Leicester. Leicester's highest ever finish was second in the old Division One in 1928-29 in English football, and despite getting into the FA Cup final four times, they have never won the cup....
4218121296721.33348
4Derby County
Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is a professional association football club based at Pride Park Stadium in Derby, England, playing in the Football League Championship....
4217101596831.15744
5Bury
Bury F.C.

Bury Football Club is an England football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team are currently playing in League Two in The Football League....
422041880801.00044
6Cardiff City
Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Cardiff are currently playing in the Football League Championship. They play their home games at Ninian Park....
4217101570800.87544
7Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English Football League teams professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England....
4216111581661.22743
8Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897....
421791678731.06843
9Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an England football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1892 in football after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End F.C....
4215131479810.97543
10Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London, North London. They play in the Premier League and are one of the Football records in England#Most successful clubs overall in Football in England, having won thirteen Football League First Division and Premier League titles and ten FA Cup...
4213151482860.95341
11Birmingham
Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham F.C. in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City F.C....
4213151470750.93341
12Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English FA Premier League Association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. It is one of only three teams to be founder members of both the Football League and the Premier League, the others being Aston Villa F.C....
421691766780.84641
13Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.

Sheffield United Football Club is a professional England football club based in the Sheffield, South Yorkshire. They currently play in the English Football League Championship....
4215101779860.91940
14The Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a professional Association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England who currently compete in the Football League Championship, in England....
4213131681781.03839
15Sunderland421591874760.97439
16Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in Liverpool, England. The club plays in the Premier League, and it is the Football records in England#Most successful clubs overall in the history of Football in England; the club has won List of football clubs in England by major honours won than any other English cl...
4213131684870.96639
17West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an England association football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, England. They have played their home matches at the Boleyn Ground stadium since 1904....
4214111781880.92039
18Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
421671972800.90039
19Burnley
Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club, nicknamed The Clarets, are a professional English association football club managed by Owen Coyle and based in Burnley, Lancashire....
421671982980.83739
20Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey , sometimes called 'The Blues', with their fans known as 'The Blue Army'....
421671966900.73339
21Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, , is an English professional association football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Commonly referred to as Spurs, the club's home stadium is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey N postcode area....
421581974860.86038
22Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club, also known as 'The Boro', are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Premier League....
4211151681880.92037


Second Division
Football League Second Division

From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in England football .This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992-93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams making up the new FA Premier League, which had...

P WDLFAGAPts
1Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football Football team based in the city of Manchester. They are currently members of the English Premier League....
422598100591.69559
2Leeds United422571098492.00057
3Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are a professional English association football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Football in England....
422381175451.66754
4Preston North End
Preston North End F.C.

Preston North End Football Club is an England professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the second tier of English league football, Football League Championship....
4222911100661.51553
5Stoke
Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is a association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Founded in 1863, Stoke is the oldest club in the Premier League, and the second oldest professional football club after Notts County F.C.....
422281278591.32252
6Swansea Town4218121275631.19048
7Oldham Athletic421981575511.47146
8West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club , also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or WBA, are an English professional Football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands ....
4217121390701.28646
9Port Vale
Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club are an England association football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire ? one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent....
421881668571.19344
10Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest F.C. is an England professional Football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham. It is currently playing in the second tier of English league football, Football League Championship....
4215101783840.98840
11Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town F.C.

Grimsby Town Football Club are an English Football club playing in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club is located at Blundell Park in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, part of the conurbation of Grimsby Borough in North East Lincolnshire, on the Humber estuary....
4214121669830.83140
12Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two association football league clubs in Bristol, . They play at Ashton Gate stadium, located in the south-western portion of the City....
421591876790.96239
13Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club is an England football club, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and nicknamed the Tykes, with Toby Tyke being their mascot....
4214111765850.76539
14Hull City4212151541540.75939
15Notts County
Notts County F.C.

Notts County Football Club is a association football club based in Nottingham, England, and the oldest of all the clubs that are now professional....
4213121768740.91938
16Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is a professional association football club based in the City of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands of England....
4213101963910.69236
17Southampton
Southampton F.C.

Southampton Football Club is a professional English Football League teams, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. The club currently plays in the Football League Championship, since relegation from the Premier League in 2005....
421472168770.88335
18Reading
Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club are an association football club, based in the England town of Reading, Berkshire, in Berkshire. They play in Football League Championship in the 2008-09 season after being relegated on the final day of the previous season....
4211131853750.70735
19Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an England Association football club founded in 1887 and located in the Lancashire seaside resort of Blackpool. They have been a member of the The Football League since 1896, except for the 1899?1900 in English football season, which was spent in non-League football....
4213821831010.82234
20Clapton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.

Leyton Orient F.C. are an England professional Association football team from east London, currently playing in Football League One of the Football League....
4211121955850.64734
21Fulham
Fulham F.C.

Fulham Football Club is an English professional Association football club based in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2004, and they are in the top tier of English football, the The Football Association Premier League....
421372268890.76433
22South Shields
South Shields F.C.

South Shields F.C. are a association football club based in South Shields, England. They have a long and complicated history, with three distinct incarnations taking the name....
427926561110.50523


Third Division North
Football League Third Division North

The Third Division North of The Football League was a level in England football , which ran parallel to Football League Third Division South from 1921 to 1958....

P WDLFAGAPts
1Bradford Park Avenue422796101452.24463
2Lincoln City
Lincoln City F.C.

Lincoln City F.C. is an England association football team currently playing in Football League Two .The team play at the 10,127 capacity Sincil Bank in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, and are nicknamed the Imps after the legend of the Lincoln Imp....
422471191641.42255
3Stockport County
Stockport County F.C.

Stockport County Football Club are one of four English Football Clubs to be fully owned by their supporters. The Stockport County Supporters' Trust took ownership of the club in July 2005....
422381189511.74554
4Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers F.C.

Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an England association football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the Football League One play-offs#2008 in 2008....
422371280441.81853
5Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers F.C.

Tranmere Rovers Football Club is an England football club, currently playing in Football League One and based at Prenton Park, Tranmere, Merseyside, Birkenhead, Wirral Peninsula....
4222911105721.45853
6Bradford City4218121285601.41748
7Darlington
Darlington F.C.

Darlington Football Club are an England association football team based in the England town of Darlington, currently playing in Football League Two....
422151689741.20347
8Southport
Southport F.C.

Southport Football Club are an England football club, based in Southport, Merseyside. They are currently in the Conference North, and play their home matches at Haig Avenue, which has a capacity of 6008 ....
422051779701.12945
9Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley F.C.

Accrington Stanley Football Club is an England association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the north-west of England, formed in 1968....
421881676671.13444
10New Brighton
New Brighton F.C.

New Brighton F.C. may refer to either of three football teams that are or have been based in New Brighton, Merseyside:*New Brighton A.F.C. - the current soccer club....
4214141472621.16142
11Wrexham421861864670.95542
12Halifax Town4213151473711.02841
13Rochdale421771874770.96141
14Rotherham United
Rotherham United F.C.

The Chuckle BrothersAs two of Rotherham's most famous and much revered residents, the Chuckle Brother's were made honorary presidents of Rotherham United F.C....
4214111765690.94239
15Hartlepools United
Hartlepool United F.C.

Hartlepool United Football Club are an England association football team from Hartlepool playing in Football League One. They won promotion to League One in the 2006?07 in English football season....
421662069810.85238
16Chesterfield
Chesterfield F.C.

Chesterfield Football Club is an England association football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football....
4213101971780.91036
17Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra F.C.

Crewe Alexandra Football Club are an England Association football team based at Alexandra Stadium in Crewe, Cheshire and nicknamed The Railwaymen due to Crewe Works....
4212102077860.89534
18Ashington42111120771030.74833
19Barrow42101121541020.52931
20Wigan Borough
Wigan Borough F.C.

Wigan Borough Football Club was an England association football club from the town of Wigan, Lancashire. The club was a fourth attempt at establishing football in Wigan, their forerunners Wigan County F.C., Wigan United and Wigan Town all having fallen into liquidation previously....
4210102256970.57730
21Durham City4211724531000.53029
22Nelson
Nelson F.C.

Nelson F.C. are an England Association football club, based in Nelson, Lancashire, Lancashire. They are currently in the North West Counties Football League Premier Division, and play their home matches at Victoria Park, Lomeshaye Way....
4210626761360.55926

Third Division South
Football League Third Division South

The Football League Third Division South was a level of England professional football which ran in parallel to Football League Third Division North from 1921 to 1958....

P WDLFAGAPts
1Millwall
Millwall F.C.

Millwall Football Club is an England Association Football team based at The New Den, in Bermondsey, South East London. They currently play in Football League One....
423057127502.54065
2Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.

Northampton Town Football Club is a Football club based in Northampton. The nickname of the club is The Cobblers. For the 2008-09 in English football season, Northampton Town continue to play Football in Football League One, the third level of English football, after promotion in 2005-06 in English football....
4223910102641.59455
3Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Plymouth Argyle Football Club, commonly known as Argyle, or the Pilgrims, is an English professional football club and is one of only two clubs in the Football League to play in a principally green home strip....
422371285541.57453
4Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club is an England association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They play in Football League One, after their relegation following the 2005-06 in English football season from the Coca-Cola Championship....
4219101381691.17448
5Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace F.C. is an England association football club based in South Norwood, London. Their home games are played at Selhurst Park....
4218121279721.09748
6Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.

Swindon Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, who currently play in Football League One. The club's home ground is the County Ground, Swindon, which has an all-seated capacity of 15,728....
421991490691.30447
7Southend United
Southend United F.C.

Southend United Football Club is an England football club based at Roots Hall Stadium in Prittlewell, in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in the Football League One....
422061680641.25046
8Exeter City
Exeter City F.C.

Exeter City Football Club are an England Football club, based in Exeter, who were members of the Football League from 1920 to 2003, and rejoined the league for the 2008–09 season, after 5 seasons in the Conference National....
4217121370601.16746
9Newport County421891581840.96445
10Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club are an English professional association football club, based in Shepherd's Bush, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London....
421791672711.01443
11Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football football team based in Charlton, London, in the London Borough of Greenwich....
4215131460700.85743
12Brentford
Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional England football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League Two....
421681876741.02740
13Luton Town
Luton Town F.C.

Luton Town Football Club, commonly known as Luton Town or informally Luton, are an English football team based in the town of Luton in Bedfordshire....
421671994871.08039
14Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
A.F.C. Bournemouth

A.F.C. Bournemouth is an England association football club currently playing in Football League Two. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....
4213121772790.91138
15Watford
Watford F.C.

Watford Football Club is an England professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. They play in the Football League Championship....
4214101868780.87238
16Gillingham
Gillingham F.C.

Gillingham Football Club is an England professional association football club based in the town of Gillingham, Medway, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the KRBS Priestfield Stadium....
4213111862810.76537
17Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club is an England professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk.Norwich are currently members of the Football League Championship ....
4210161666700.94336
18Walsall
Walsall F.C.

Walsall Football Club are an England Association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands , currently playing in Football League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club were one of the founder members of the Football League Second Di...
4212921751010.74333
19Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers F.C.

Bristol Rovers Football Club are an English professional football club, based in Bristol. They play their home matches at the Memorial Stadium , in the Horfield area of the city, and have played in Football League One since being promoted via the Football League Two playoffs at the end of the Bristol Rovers F.C....
421442467930.72032
20Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, is an association football club based in Coventry, England....
421192267960.69831
21Merthyr Town
Merthyr Town F.C.

Merthyr Town Football Club was a Wales association football club that played in the England The Football League during the 1920s, but apparently folded in 1934....
429132053910.58231
22Torquay United
Torquay United F.C.

Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, is an England Football club based in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon. They play in the Conference National....
4281420531030.51530
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points