1927/28 Second Division

First Team Overall First Team Appearances & Scorers Reserves Youth

Directors: Ernest Baker (Chairman), FT Hollins (Vice Chairman), JS Baker, TW Simpson, G Holley, Major AJ Holloway, AH Oakley, B Matthews, JA Walsh.
Secretary Manager: Major Frank Buckley.
Trainers: Jack Davies, George Holley.
Captains: Tom Phillipson and Sam Charnley.

Playing Staff: Addison, Henry Andrews, Jimmy Baker, Arthur Barwell, Tom Baxter, Ernest Bishop, Bill Boswell, Anthony Botto, Tom Bowen, Edward Bradburn, Jack Bradford, Ted Bryce, Burgan, Billy Burns, Alf Canavon, Wilf Chadwick, Charlton, Sam Charnley, Donald Cock, Craggs, Edward Crowe, Albert Dandy, Amos Dee, Thomas Dee, Dennis, Charles Evans, William Fox, Richard Galfield, Edward Gardner, Gascoigne, Noel George, Francis Green, Ashley Hancock, Jack Harrington, Thomas Harrison, Harrow, William Heath, Frank Higham, Hill, Reg Hollingworth, Jack Holmes, Harry Hooper, Hughes, Jackson, Robert Japp, Sidney Jarvis, Charles Jones, Stanley Jones, Albert Kay, Harold Keeling, Cyril Knowles, Albert Latham, Harry Lees, Albert Legge, Arthur Lewis, Manley, Harry Marshall, Alexander McDougall, William Millward, Moore, Joseph Morton, Newbold, Harry Nicholls, Joseph Nicholls, Nicol, Norgrove, Oxley, Parker, George Parry, Cecil Pemberton, Pembleton, Thomas Phillips, Tom Phillipson, Pickering, Pogden, Harry Porter, George Poyser, Tommy Pritchard, Dickie Rhodes, Dai Richards, Billy Richards, William Richards, Billy Rotton, Harry Scott, Harry Shaw, S Shaw, Fred Stocks, Stokes, Swindell, Donald Taylor, Robert Turnbull, Victors, Arthur Walker, James Walker, Wardell, Ted Watson, Reg Weaver, Walter Weaver, Frank Whitehouse, Leonard Williams, Robert Williams, Jack Williams, Wood, James Wyke.

Club Finances: Profit: £2,079; Overdraft: Reduced to £5,000; Deduct £300 deficiency from the 1926/27 season to £10,854 17s 1d; Dividend: 7½ percent.

 
August

13 (H) Pre Season Practice Match Details
20 (H) Pre Season Practice Match Details
27 (H) Manchester City D 2-2 Details

September

3 (a) Hull City L 0-2 Details
5 (H) South Shields W 2-1 Details
10 (H) Preston North End L 2-3 Details
12 (a) South Shields D 2-2 Details
17 (a) Swansea Town L 0-6 Details
24 (H) Fulham W 3-1 Details

October

1 (a) Barnsley D 2-2 Details
8 (H) West Bromwich Albion W 4-1 Details
15 (H) Port Vale W 2-1 Details
22 (a) Southampton L 1-4 Details
29 (H) Stoke City L 1-2 Details

November

5 (a) Bristol City L 1-4 Details
12 (H) Notts County D 2-2 Details
19 (a) Oldham Athletic L 0-3 Details
26 (H) Blackpool L 2-4 Details

December

3 (a) Reading L 1-2 Details
10 (H) Grimsby Town L 0-1 Details
17 (a) Chelsea L 0-2 Details
24 (H) Clapton Orient W 5-3 Details
26 (a) Nottingham Forest L 2-3 Details
27 (H) Nottingham Forest W 1-0 Details
31 (a) Manchester City L 0-3 Details

January

7 (H) Hull City D 1-1 Details
14 (H) Chelsea W 2-1 Details [FAC3]
21 (a) Preston North End L 4-5 Details
28 (a) Sheffield United L 1-3 Details [FAC4]

February

4 (a) Fulham L 0-7 Details
11 (H) Barnsley W 2-1 Details
18 (a) West Bromwich Albion L 0-4 Details
25 (a) Port Vale D 2-2 Details

March

3 (H) Southampton W 2-1 Details
10 (a) Stoke City D 2-2 Details
17 (H) Bristol City W 5-2 Details
24 (a) Notts County W 2-1 Details
31 (H) Oldham Athletic W 3-1 Details

April

7 (a) Blackpool L 0-3 Details
9 (H) Leeds United D 0-0 Details
10 (a) Leeds United L 0-3 Details
14 (H) Reading W 2-1 Details
21 (a) Grimsby Town W 1-0 Details
25 (a) Mansfield Town Details [Friendly]
28 (H) Chelsea L 1-2 Details
30 (H) Swansea Town D 1-1 Details

May

4 (a) Newport County W 2-1 Details [Friendly]
5 (a) Clapton Orient D 0-0 Details