The City Ground

SEASON: 1927-28

Prev Season: 1926-27
Next Season: 1928-29

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: John Baynes
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Sheffield United (A) 0-3)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Cyril Stocks, Noah Burton (15 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	10 times	10 times	6 times	4 times	4 times
Conceded	12 times	19 times	5 times	2 times	3 times
Won By	9 times	5 times	2 times		2 times
Lost By	6 times	8 times	2 times	1 time	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 21,957
Lowest League Attendance:: 2,572
Average League Attendance:: 10,478
Highest Cup Attendance:: 35,625
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 35,625

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 6
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION TWO								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Manchester City	42	25	9	8	100	59	18	2	1	70	27	7	7	7	30	32	1.695	59	Promoted as Champions	4-5	3-3
2	Leeds United	42	25	7	10	98	49	16	2	3	63	15	9	5	7	35	34	2.000	57	Promoted	2-2	0-4
3	Chelsea	42	23	8	11	75	45	15	2	4	46	15	8	6	7	29	30	1.667	54		2-2	1-2
4	Preston North End	42	22	9	11	100	66	15	3	3	62	24	7	6	8	38	42	1.515	53		3-1	0-5
5	Stoke City	42	22	8	12	78	59	14	5	2	44	17	8	3	10	34	42	1.322	52		0-2	3-1
6	Swansea Town	42	18	12	12	75	63	13	6	2	46	17	5	6	10	29	46	1.190	48		0-2	0-2
7	Oldham Athletic	42	19	8	15	75	51	15	3	3	55	18	4	5	12	20	33	1.471	46		2-1	1-4
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	12	13	90	70	10	7	4	50	28	7	5	9	40	42	1.286	46		0-2	3-2
9	Port Vale	42	18	8	16	68	57	11	6	4	45	20	7	2	12	23	37	1.193	44		0-2	2-2
10	Nottingham Forest	42	15	10	17	83	84	10	6	5	54	37	5	4	12	29	47	.988	40
11	Grimsby Town	42	14	12	16	69	83	8	6	7	41	41	6	6	9	28	42	.831	40		5-2	1-2
12	Bristol City	42	15	9	18	76	79	11	5	5	42	18	4	4	13	34	61	.962	39		1-1	0-0
13	Barnsley	42	14	11	17	65	85	10	5	6	43	36	4	6	11	22	49	.765	39		1-1	1-2
14	Hull City	42	12	15	15	41	54	9	8	4	25	19	3	7	11	16	35	.759	39		1-1	0-2
15	Notts County	42	13	12	17	68	74	10	4	7	47	26	3	8	10	21	48	.919	38		2-1	2-1
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	10	19	63	91	11	5	5	43	31	2	5	14	20	60	.692	36		3-2	0-1
17	Southampton	42	14	7	21	68	77	11	3	7	54	40	3	4	14	14	37	.883	35		1-1	1-2
18	Reading	42	11	13	18	53	75	9	8	4	32	22	2	5	14	21	53	.707	35		5-3	2-0
19	Blackpool	42	13	8	21	83	101	11	3	7	55	43	2	5	14	28	58	.822	34		4-1	3-5
20	Clapton Orient	42	11	12	19	55	85	9	7	5	32	25	2	5	14	23	60	.647	34		4-3	2-2
21	Fulham	42	13	7	22	68	89	12	7	2	46	22	1	0	20	22	67	.764	33	Relegated	7-0	0-2
22	South Shields	42	7	9	26	56	111	5	5	11	30	41	2	4	15	26	70	.505	23	Relegated	7-2	4-3

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 27, 1927	Port Vale	A	2-2	Draw	14,524	6	Stocks (?), Wadsworth (?)
2	Mon Aug 29, 1927	Fulham	H	7-0	Win	11,430	2	Barratt (? pen), Stocks (?), Burton (?, ?, ?), Jones (?, ?)
3	Sat Sep 03, 1927	South Shields	H	7-2	Win	16,714	3	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Burton (?, ?), Jones (?, ?)
4	Sat Sep 10, 1927	Leeds United	A	0-4	Loss	19,478	11
5	Thu Sep 15, 1927	Fulham	A	0-2	Loss	9,446	11
6	Sat Sep 17, 1927	Notts County	H	2-1	Win	21,957	11	Barratt (?), Gibson (?)
7	Sat Sep 24, 1927	Manchester City	H	4-5	Loss	12,893	12	Roe (?, ?, ?), Jones (?)
8	Sat Oct 01, 1927	Hull City	A	0-2	Loss	8,274	14
9	Sat Oct 08, 1927	Preston North End	H	3-1	Win	17,056	13	Gibson (?, ?), Burton (?)
10	Sat Oct 15, 1927	Swansea Town	A	0-2	Loss	14,844	14
11	Sat Oct 22, 1927	Reading	A	2-0	Win	7,785	12	McLachlan (?), Wadsworth (?)
12	Sat Oct 29, 1927	Grimsby Town	H	5-2	Win	14,546	11	McLachlan (?), Burton (?, ?), Jones (?, ?)
13	Sat Nov 05, 1927	Oldham Athletic	A	1-4	Loss	6,032	11	Barratt (?)
14	Sat Nov 12, 1927	Blackpool	H	4-1	Win	8,602	10	Barratt (?), Gibson (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?)
15	Sat Nov 19, 1927	Chelsea	A	1-2	Loss	28,743	11	Gibson (?)
16	Sat Nov 26, 1927	Bristol City	H	1-1	Draw	10,040	11	Burton (?)
17	Sat Dec 03, 1927	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-2	Win	16,674	10	Burton (?), Wadsworth (?, ?)
18	Sat Dec 10, 1927	Clapton Orient	H	4-3	Win	7,802	8	Barratt (? pen), Gibson (?, ?), Galbraith (? OG)
19	Sat Dec 17, 1927	Stoke City	A	3-1	Win	9,093	6	Burton (?), Wadsworth (?, ?)
20	Sat Dec 24, 1927	Southampton	H	1-1	Draw	5,572	8	Burton (?)
21	Mon Dec 26, 1927	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-2	Win	12,530	7	Gibson (?, ?), Burton (?)
22	Tue Dec 27, 1927	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	15,982	7
23	Sat Jan 07, 1928	South Shields	A	4-3	Win	4,723	7	Stocks (?, ?), Wadsworth (?, ?)
24	Sat Jan 21, 1928	Leeds United	H	2-2	Draw	13,133	7	Gibson (?), Stocks (?)
25	Sat Feb 04, 1928	Manchester City	A	3-3	Draw	30,037	7	Stocks (?, ?), Jones (?)
26	Sat Feb 11, 1928	Hull City	H	1-1	Draw	6,617	7	Wadsworth (?)
27	Wed Feb 22, 1928	Notts County	A	2-1	Win	13,241	8	Gibson (?), German (?)
28	Sat Feb 25, 1928	Swansea Town	H	0-2	Loss	11,687	8
29	Mon Mar 05, 1928	Preston North End	A	0-5	Loss	10,036	8
30	Sat Mar 10, 1928	Grimsby Town	A	1-2	Loss	7,466	11	Burton (?)
31	Sat Mar 17, 1928	Oldham Athletic	H	2-1	Win	9,045	9	Thompson (?), Harrison (?)
32	Sat Mar 24, 1928	Blackpool	A	3-5	Loss	8,977	10	Thompson (? pen), German (?), Barnett (? OG)
33	Thu Mar 29, 1928	Reading	H	5-3	Win	2,572	8	Harrison (?), Stocks (?, ?), Townsend (?, ?)
34	Sat Mar 31, 1928	Chelsea	H	2-2	Draw	10,959	8	Thompson (?), Townsend (?)
35	Sat Apr 07, 1928	Bristol City	A	0-0	Draw	14,575	9
36	Mon Apr 09, 1928	Barnsley	H	1-1	Draw	11,640	8	Jones (?)
37	Tue Apr 10, 1928	Barnsley	A	1-2	Loss	7,688	9	Roe (?)
38	Sat Apr 14, 1928	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	Loss	6,158	11
39	Sat Apr 21, 1928	Clapton Orient	A	2-2	Draw	9,451	10	Wallace (?), Stocks (?)
40	Thu Apr 26, 1928	Port Vale	H	0-2	Loss	3,713	10
41	Sat Apr 28, 1928	Stoke City	H	0-2	Loss	5,382	10
42	Sat May 05, 1928	Southampton	A	1-2	Loss	8,244	10	Jones (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 14, 1928	Tranmere Rovers	3			H	1-0	Win	-	Wadsworth (?)
Sat Jan 28, 1928	Derby County	4			A	0-0	Draw	22,594
Wed Feb 01, 1928	Derby County	4	Y	1	H	2-0	Win	35,625	Gibson (?), Stocks (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1928	Cardiff City	5			H	2-1	Win	-	Thompson (?), Stocks (?)
Sat Mar 03, 1928	Sheffield United	Quarter			A	0-3	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Thu May 03, 1928	Derby County	England	N	1-1	Draw	-	Price (?)
Mon May 07, 1928	Northampton Town	England	A	2-3	Loss	-	? (?, ?)
Tue May 08, 1928	Kettering Town	England	A	1-7	Loss	-	? (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Arthur Dexter	33	12	10	11
GK		Len Langford	12	6	1	5
GK		Leonard Boot	2			2
D		Henry Marsden	3		2	1
D		Thomas Hicks	8	2		6
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	38	16	9	13	4
M		Albert Harrison	41	16	10	15	2
M		Bill Sturton	1		1
M		Billy McKinlay	13	3	3	7
M		Ernest McLachlan	8	5	1	2	2
M		Gerry Morgan	15	8	2	5
M		Hugh McKennan	1			1
M		Lee Gordon	2			2
M		Sid Gibson	43	18	10	15	13
M		Tom Turner
M		Tommy Roe	9	1	1	7	4
M		Harold Green	4	2	1	1
F		Alf Townsend	7	2	3	2	3
F		Bob Wallace	34	13	8	13	1
F		Charlie Jones	41	16	10	15	10
F		Cliff Price	5		2	3
F		Clive German	2	1		1	2
F		Cyril Stocks	36	11	10	15	15
F		Harold Wadsworth	35	16	7	12	10
F		Jackie Belton	30	12	7	11
F		Noah Burton	36	16	9	11	15
F		Norman Thompson	1			1
F		Percy Barratt	45	18	11	16	5
F		Stuart McMillan	10	4	1	5
F		Tommy Graham	2		2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
15	Cyril Stocks	36
15	Noah Burton	36
13	Sid Gibson	43
10	Charlie Jones	41
10	Harold Wadsworth	35
5	Percy Barratt	45
4	Tommy Roe	9
4	William 'Bill' Thompson	38
3	Alf Townsend	7
2	Albert Harrison	41
2	Clive German	2
2	Ernest McLachlan	8
1	Bob Wallace	34

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1927-28

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Notts County	Sat Sep 17, 1927	H	2-1	Wed Feb 22, 1928	A	2-1
Reading	Sat Oct 22, 1927	A	2-0	Thu Mar 29, 1928	H	5-3
South Shields	Sat Sep 03, 1927	H	7-2	Sat Jan 07, 1928	A	4-3