Season

1927-28

Manchester UnitedHerbert Bamlett

18thleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

−0.0
goal difference
1.7 scored · 1.8 conceded
47
Played
40%
Win rate

Season in brief

18th of 22 in the First Division, down from 15th the year before. Home form carried the season — 63% of home matches won against 17% away. Joe Spence led the scoring with 24 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 82 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Everton42P · 20W 13D 9L · GD +3653
  3. 16Liverpool42P · 13W 13D 16L · GD -339
  4. 17West Ham United42P · 14W 11D 17L · GD -739
  5. 18Manchester United42P · 16W 7D 19L · GD -839
  6. 19Burnley42P · 16W 7D 19L · GD -1639
  7. 20Portsmouth42P · 16W 7D 19L · GD -2439
  8. 21Tottenham Hotspur42P · 15W 8D 19L · GD -1238
  9. 22Middlesbrough42P · 11W 15D 16L · GD -737

Slice: the final First Division table for 1927-28, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

47 matches
27 Aug 1927 v Middlesbrough: 3–029 Aug 1927 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 2–03 Sep 1927 @ Birmingham City: 0–07 Sep 1927 v Sheffield Wednesday: 1–110 Sep 1927 v Newcastle United: 1–717 Sep 1927 @ Huddersfield Town: 2–419 Sep 1927 @ Blackburn Rovers: 0–324 Sep 1927 v Tottenham Hotspur: 3–01 Oct 1927 @ Leicester City: 0–18 Oct 1927 @ Everton: 2–515 Oct 1927 v Cardiff City: 2–222 Oct 1927 v Derby County: 5–029 Oct 1927 @ West Ham United: 2–15 Nov 1927 v Portsmouth: 2–012 Nov 1927 @ Sunderland: 1–419 Nov 1927 v Aston Villa: 5–126 Nov 1927 @ Burnley: 0–43 Dec 1927 v Bury: 0–110 Dec 1927 @ Sheffield United: 1–217 Dec 1927 v Arsenal: 4–124 Dec 1927 @ Liverpool: 0–226 Dec 1927 v Blackburn Rovers: 1–131 Dec 1927 @ Middlesbrough: 2–17 Jan 1928 v Birmingham City: 1–114 Jan 1928 v Brentford: 7–121 Jan 1928 @ Newcastle United: 1–428 Jan 1928 @ Bury: 1–11 Feb 1928 v Bury: 1–04 Feb 1928 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 1–411 Feb 1928 v Leicester City: 5–218 Feb 1928 v Birmingham City: 1–025 Feb 1928 @ Cardiff City: 0–23 Mar 1928 @ Blackburn Rovers: 0–27 Mar 1928 v Huddersfield Town: 0–010 Mar 1928 v West Ham United: 1–114 Mar 1928 v Everton: 1–017 Mar 1928 @ Portsmouth: 0–128 Mar 1928 @ Derby County: 0–531 Mar 1928 @ Aston Villa: 1–36 Apr 1928 @ Bolton Wanderers: 2–37 Apr 1928 v Burnley: 4–39 Apr 1928 v Bolton Wanderers: 2–114 Apr 1928 @ Bury: 3–421 Apr 1928 v Sheffield United: 2–325 Apr 1928 v Sunderland: 2–128 Apr 1928 @ Arsenal: 1–05 May 1928 v Liverpool: 6–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.