Football League Second Division 1928/29

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Football League Second Division 1928/29
Football League logo until 1988
master Middlesbrough FC
Climbers Middlesbrough FC, Grimsby Town
Relegated Port Vale , Clapton Orient
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,576  (ø 3.41 per game)
Top scorer Jimmy Hampson ( Blackpool FC )
Football League Second Division 1927/28
^ Football League First Division 1928/29

The Football League Second Division 1928/29 was the 33rd season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 25, 1928 and ended on May 4, 1929.

Second division champion was Middlesbrough FC and also the second-placed Grimsby Town rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1929/30, the two first division clubs FC Bury and Cardiff City, which are ranked in the table below, took their places. Port Vale and Clapton Orient had to descend from the Second Division , with Port Vale henceforth having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Clapton Orient in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs took the free positions in the following season 1929/30 Third Division North champions Bradford City and from the Third Division South the winner Charlton Athletic .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Middlesbrough FC (A)  42  22nd  11  9 092:570 1.61 55:29
 2. Grimsby Town  42  24  5  13 082:610 1.34 53:31
 3. Bradford Park Avenue (N)  42  22nd  4th  16 088:700 1.26 48:36
 4th Southampton FC  42  17th  14th  11 074:600 1.23 48:36
 5. Notts County  42  19th  9  14th 078:650 1.20 47:37
 6th Stoke City  42  17th  12  13 074:510 1.45 46:38
 7th West Bromwich Albion  42  19th  8th  15th 080:790 1.01 46:38
 8th. Blackpool FC  42  19th  7th  16 092:760 1.21 45:39
 9. Chelsea FC  42  17th  10  15th 064:650 0.98 44:40
10. Tottenham Hotspur (A)  42  17th  9  16 075:810 0.93 43:41
11. Nottingham Forest  42  15th  12  15th 071:700 1.01 42:42
12. Hull City  42  13  14th  15th 058:630 0.92 40:44
13. Preston North End  42  15th  9  18th 078:790 0.99 39:45
14th Millwall FC (N)  42  16  7th  19th 071:860 0.83 39:45
15th Reading FC  42  15th  9  18th 063:860 0.73 39:45
16. Barnsley FC  42  16  6th  20th 069:660 1.05 38:46
17th Wolverhampton Wanderers  42  15th  7th  20th 077:810 0.95 37:47
18th Oldham Athletic  42  16  5  21st 054:750 0.72 37:47
19th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea Town  42  13  10  19th 062:750 0.83 36:48
20th Bristol City  42  13  10  19th 058:720 0.81 36:48
21st Port Vale  42  15th  4th  23 071:860 0.83 34:50
22nd Clapton Orient  42  12  8th  22nd 045:720 0.63 32:52
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1929/30
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1929/30
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
  • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1927/28
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1927/28

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1928/29 BAR BLP BPA BRC CHE CLO GRI HUL MID Mil NOF NOC OLD PVA PNE REA SOH STO SWA DEAD WBA WOL
    Barnsley FC 3: 1 1: 2 4: 2 0: 1 2-0 0: 2 2: 2 2: 2 2: 2 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 6-0 4: 1 2: 3 4: 1 4: 2 2: 1 4: 2 2-0 2: 2
    Blackpool FC 0: 1 3-0 2: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2: 2 3: 2 4-0 4-0 3: 2 7-0 3-0 2-0 2: 2 2: 2 0: 2 3-0
    Bradford Park Avenue 2: 1 5: 2 3: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 5: 1 3: 2 4-0 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 2-0 7: 2 1-0 4: 1 2: 1 3: 1 4: 1 4: 1 4: 1
    Bristol City 3: 1 3: 2 1-0 0-0 1-0 2: 2 0-0 0: 1 5-0 2: 5 0: 4 6-0 2: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 3 3: 2
    Chelsea FC 1-0 2: 3 3: 1 3-0 2: 2 3: 2 0-0 2-0 0: 3 3-0 1: 1 2: 3 3: 3 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 4-0 1: 1 2: 5 0: 2
    Clapton Orient 3: 1 2: 4 1-0 0: 1 1-0 3: 1 0: 2 3-0 1: 1 1: 4 2: 2 2-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 2: 3 0: 2 2-0
    Grimsby Town 2: 1 1: 4 4: 2 3: 2 1-0 6: 1 0: 1 1: 4 3-0 2: 2 2: 2 1-0 3: 1 1-0 4-0 2: 1 2: 1 4: 1 2-0 3: 1 2-0
    Hull City 0-0 1: 3 1-0 5: 1 2: 2 0-0 2: 3 1: 1 4-0 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 2-0 5: 1 3-0 2: 2 1: 3 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1 1: 3
    Middlesbrough FC 1-0 4: 1 5: 3 3: 1 4: 5 4-0 3-0 1: 1 3-0 1-0 3: 1 1-0 5: 1 2: 3 0-0 1: 2 1-0 0-0 3-0 1: 1 8: 3
    Millwall FC 0: 2 2: 1 1: 3 3: 1 2: 1 2-0 4: 1 0-0 2: 3 1: 1 0: 1 3: 3 2: 1 3: 1 5: 1 2: 4 1: 3 3-0 5: 1 2: 2 0: 5
    Nottingham Forest 1: 3 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 3-0 0-0 0: 1 3: 1 1: 1 0: 4 1: 2 3: 1 2: 2 4: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 5 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 2: 1
    Notts County 4: 1 3: 1 3: 3 2-0 4: 3 2-0 1: 2 6-0 0: 3 4: 5 1: 1 2-0 3-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 5: 1 2-0 3: 1 3-0
    Oldham Athletic 1-0 4: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 3 0: 1 1: 3 4: 1 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 3-0 0: 4
    Port Vale 3-0 1-0 0: 1 5-0 1-0 3-0 0: 3 4: 1 2: 3 5: 2 4: 2 3-0 2: 1 3: 2 4-0 1: 2 1: 2 0-0 2: 1 8: 1 1: 4
    Preston North End 2: 1 3: 1 2-0 2: 2 3-0 5: 2 5: 2 1-0 0-0 3: 4 3: 2 0: 1 3: 2 7: 1 7-0 0: 1 2: 2 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1 5: 1
    Reading FC 1-0 4: 1 4-0 2: 1 3: 3 4: 2 1: 3 3-0 2: 3 0: 2 0: 3 1: 2 6: 1 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 4: 3 5: 3 3-0
    Southampton FC 1: 2 8: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1: 2 2-0 3: 1 3: 2 1: 1 3-0 2: 1 4-0 2: 1 1: 2 4-0 2: 2 0-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1
    Stoke City 0-0 1: 1 2-0 2-0 0: 1 3: 1 1: 2 1: 1 3: 2 0-0 1: 1 5-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 5-0 3-0 5-0 2-0 4: 1 4: 3
    Swansea Town 2: 1 5: 5 3: 1 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 2-0 3: 5 1-0 3: 2 2-0 5-0 0: 1 1: 1 3: 3 4-0 6: 1 2-0
    Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 1: 2 3: 2 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 2: 1 4: 1 2: 5 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 4: 1 4: 2 2-0 2: 2 3: 2 1-0 1: 1 2-0 3: 2
    West Bromwich Albion 6: 2 2: 2 1: 2 1: 1 3-0 3: 1 1-0 2-0 1: 1 3: 2 3-0 1: 3 1-0 3: 1 1: 1 5-0 3: 1 2: 3 5: 1 3: 2 0: 2
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 3: 1 1: 5 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 2 2: 2 2: 4 3: 3 0: 1 2: 3 3: 1 0-0 4-0 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 4-0 0-0 4: 2 0: 1

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Jimmy Hampson Blackpool FC 40

    literature

    • Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ^ Season 1928/29. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .