1928–29 in English football

Football in England

Season	1928–29
Men's football
Football League	The Wednesday
Football League Second Division	Middlesbrough
FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers

The 1928–29 season was the 54th season of competitive football in England.

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	The Wednesday (3)	Leicester City
Second Division	Middlesbrough	Grimsby Town
Third Division North	Bradford City	Stockport County
Third Division South	Charlton Athletic	Crystal Palace
FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers (3)	Portsmouth
Charity Shield	Everton	Blackburn Rovers
Home Championship	Scotland	England

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

Main article: 1928–29 Football League

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	The Wednesday	42	21	10	11	86	62	1.387	52	Club changed name
2	Leicester City	42	21	9	12	96	67	1.433	51
3	Aston Villa	42	23	4	15	98	81	1.210	50
4	Sunderland	42	20	7	15	93	75	1.240	47
5	Liverpool	42	17	12	13	90	64	1.406	46
6	Derby County	42	18	10	14	86	71	1.211	46
7	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	11	14	72	63	1.143	45
8	Manchester City	42	18	9	15	95	86	1.105	45
9	Arsenal	42	16	13	13	77	72	1.069	45
10	Newcastle United	42	19	6	17	70	72	0.972	44
11	Sheffield United	42	15	11	16	86	85	1.012	41
12	Manchester United	42	14	13	15	66	76	0.868	41
13	Leeds United	42	16	9	17	71	84	0.845	41
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	12	16	73	80	0.913	40
15	Birmingham	42	15	10	17	68	77	0.883	40
16	Huddersfield Town	42	14	11	17	70	61	1.148	39
17	West Ham United	42	15	9	18	86	96	0.896	39
18	Everton	42	17	4	21	63	75	0.840	38
19	Burnley	42	15	8	19	81	103	0.786	38
20	Portsmouth	42	15	6	21	56	80	0.700	36
21	Bury	42	12	7	23	62	99	0.626	31	Relegated to the Second Division
22	Cardiff City	42	8	13	21	43	59	0.729	29

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Middlesbrough	42	22	11	9	92	57	1.614	55	Promoted to the First Division
2	Grimsby Town	42	24	5	13	82	61	1.344	53
3	Bradford Park Avenue	42	22	4	16	88	70	1.257	48
4	Southampton	42	17	14	11	74	60	1.233	48
5	Notts County	42	19	9	14	78	65	1.200	47
6	Stoke City	42	17	12	13	74	51	1.451	46
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	19	8	15	80	79	1.013	46
8	Blackpool	42	19	7	16	92	76	1.211	45
9	Chelsea	42	17	10	15	64	65	0.985	44
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	9	16	75	81	0.926	43
11	Nottingham Forest	42	15	12	15	71	70	1.014	42
12	Hull City	42	13	14	15	58	63	0.921	40
13	Preston North End	42	15	9	18	78	79	0.987	39
14	Millwall	42	16	7	19	71	86	0.826	39
15	Reading	42	15	9	18	63	86	0.733	39
16	Barnsley	42	16	6	20	69	66	1.045	38
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	7	20	77	81	0.951	37
18	Oldham Athletic	42	16	5	21	54	75	0.720	37
19	Swansea Town	42	13	10	19	62	75	0.827	36
20	Bristol City	42	13	10	19	58	72	0.806	36
21	Port Vale	42	15	4	23	71	86	0.826	34	Relegated to the Third Division North
22	Clapton Orient	42	12	8	22	45	72	0.625	32	Relegated to the Third Division South

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Third Division North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bradford City	42	27	9	6	128	43	2.977	63	Promoted to the Second Division
2	Stockport County	42	28	6	8	111	58	1.914	62
3	Wrexham	42	21	10	11	91	69	1.319	52
4	Wigan Borough	42	21	9	12	82	49	1.673	51
5	Doncaster Rovers	42	20	10	12	76	66	1.152	50
6	Lincoln City	42	21	6	15	91	67	1.358	48
7	Tranmere Rovers	42	22	3	17	79	77	1.026	47
8	Carlisle United	42	19	8	15	86	77	1.117	46
9	Crewe Alexandra	42	18	8	16	80	68	1.176	44
10	South Shields	42	18	8	16	83	74	1.122	44
11	Chesterfield	42	18	5	19	71	77	0.922	41
12	Southport	42	16	8	18	75	85	0.882	40
13	Halifax Town	42	13	13	16	63	62	1.016	39
14	New Brighton	42	15	9	18	64	71	0.901	39
15	Nelson	42	17	5	20	77	90	0.856	39
16	Rotherham United	42	15	9	18	60	77	0.779	39
17	Rochdale	42	13	10	19	79	96	0.823	36
18	Accrington Stanley	42	13	8	21	68	82	0.829	34
19	Darlington	42	13	7	22	64	88	0.727	33
20	Barrow	42	10	8	24	64	93	0.688	28
21	Hartlepools United	42	10	6	26	59	112	0.527	26	Re-elected
22	Ashington	42	8	7	27	45	115	0.391	23	Not re-elected

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Third Division South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Charlton Athletic	42	23	8	11	86	60	1.433	54	Promoted to the Second Division
2	Crystal Palace	42	23	8	11	81	67	1.209	54
3	Northampton Town	42	20	12	10	96	57	1.684	52
4	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	12	10	83	51	1.627	52
5	Fulham	42	21	10	11	101	71	1.423	52
6	Queens Park Rangers	42	19	14	9	82	61	1.344	52
7	Luton Town	42	19	11	12	89	73	1.219	49
8	Watford	42	19	10	13	79	74	1.068	48
9	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	19	9	14	84	77	1.091	47
10	Swindon Town	42	15	13	14	75	72	1.042	43
11	Coventry City	42	14	14	14	62	57	1.088	42
12	Southend United	42	15	11	16	80	75	1.067	41
13	Brentford	42	14	10	18	56	60	0.933	38
14	Walsall	42	13	12	17	73	79	0.924	38
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	16	6	20	58	76	0.763	38
16	Newport County	42	13	9	20	69	86	0.802	35
17	Norwich City	42	14	6	22	69	81	0.852	34
18	Torquay United	42	14	6	22	66	84	0.786	34
19	Bristol Rovers	42	13	7	22	60	79	0.759	33
20	Merthyr Town	42	11	8	23	55	103	0.534	30
21	Exeter City	42	9	11	22	67	88	0.761	29	Re-elected
22	Gillingham	42	10	9	23	43	83	0.518	29

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top goalscorers

First Division

• Dave Halliday (Sunderland) – 43 goals

Second Division

• Jimmy Hampson (Blackpool) – 40 goals

Third Division North

• Jimmy McConnell (Carlisle United) – 42 goals

Third Division South

• Andy Rennie (Luton Town) – 43 goals