1928/29 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.
Captain: Reg Hollingworth.

Playing Squad: Allen, Henry Andrews, Jack Angus, Arthur Attwood, Jimmy Baker, Billy Barraclough, Jack Bartley, Tom Baxter, Ernest Bishop, George Bland, Anthony Botto, Harrold Briggs, Bill Brown, Evan Bufton, Billy Burns, Thomas Cade, Wilf Chadwick, Cuthbert Coundon, Alex Cox, Charlie Cross, Edward Crowe, Jimmy Deacon, Arthur Doyle, Joseph Dunnicliffe, Eagle, John Fantham, Leonard Featherby, John Ferguson, William Fox, Jack Gardiner, Richard Gatfield, Noel George, Robert Gibbs, Arthur Greaves, Francis Green, Thomas Gretton, Grime, Harold Guest, Jack Harrington, Billy Hartill, John Hetherington, Reg Hollingworth, Cecil Hornby, Tommy Hunt, Joseph Jeavons, Walter Jenkins, Martin Johnson, Jones (I), Jones (II), Albert Kay, Kirby, Eric Kittle, Arthur Lewis, Harry Marshall, Alexander McDougall, MacLaren, McKinley, Joseph Mountford, Albert Munday, Arthur Partridge, Geffrey Partridge, Harry Porter, John Porter, George Poyser, Tommy Pritchard, Dickie Rhodes, Dai Richards, Billy Richards, Jonathan Richardson, Richmond, Albert Ryder, James Sanders, Harry Shaw, A Smith, Joseph Smith, Donald Taylor, Ted Thorpe, Alf Tootill, Tunnicliffe, John Turner, Wilfred Walker, Bernard Waring, Cyril Watson, Ted Watson, Reg Weaver, Whetton, Arthur Whitehouse, Bert Whitehouse, Leonard Williams, John Wilson, William Wood.

Club Finances: Profit: £2,977 10s 8d; Bank Overdraft: £8,501 11s 8d; Dividend: £7½ percent.

 
August

11 (H) Pre Season Practice Match Details
18 (H) Pre Season Practice Match Details
25 (a) Port Vale W 4-1 Details
27 (H) Millwall L 0-1 Details

September

1 (H) Hull City L 2-4 Details
3 (a) Millwall W 5-0 Details
8 (a) Tottenham Hotspur L 2-3 Details
15 (H) Reading W 2-0 Details
22 (a) Preston North End L 1-5 Details
29 (H) Middlesbrough D 3-3 Details

October

6 (a) Oldham Athletic W 4-0 Details
13 (H) Southampton D 1-1 Details
20 (H) Bristol City W 2-1 Details
27 (a) Barnsley D 2-2 Details

November

3 (H) Chelsea D 1-1 Details
10 (a) West Bromwich Albion W 2-0 Details
17 (H) Swansea Town D 0-0 Details
24 (a) Bradford (PA) L 1-4 Details

December

1 (H) Grimsby Town D 2-2 Details
8 (a) Stoke City L 3-4 Details
15 (H) Clapton Orient W 3-2 Details
22 (a) Blackpool L 0-3 Details
25 (H) Nottingham Forest L 2-3 Details
26 (a) Nottingham Forest L 1-2 Details
29 (H) Port Vale W 4-0 Details

January

5 (a) Hull City W 3-1 Details
12 (H) Mansfield Town L 0-1 Details [FAC3]
19 (H) Tottenham Hotspur W 4-2 Details
26 (a) Reading P-P Details

February

2 (H) Preston North End L 1-2 Details
9 (a) Middlesbrough L 3-8 Details
16 (H) Oldham Athletic D 0-0 Details
23 (a) Southampton L 1-2 Details

March

2 (a) Bristol City L 2-3 Details
9 (H) Barnsley W 3-1 Details
13 (a) Reading L 0-3 Details
16 (a) Chelsea W 2-0 Details
23 (H) West Bromwich Albion L 0-1 Details
30 (a) Swansea Town L 0-2 Details

April

1 (a) Notts County L 0-3 Details
2 (H) Notts County W 3-1 Details
6 (H) Bradford (PA) W 3-1 Details
13 (a) Grimsby Town L 0-2 Details
20 (H) Stoke City W 4-0 Details
27 (a) Clapton Orient L 0-2 Details
29 (a) Walsall 3-4 Details [Friendly]

May

1 (a) Exeter City W 3-2 Details [Friendly]
4 (H) Blackpool L 1-5 Details
6 (a) Stoke City L 2-3 Details [Friendly]