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Football in England
Season	1927–28
Men's football
Football League	Everton
Football League Second Division	Manchester City
FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers

The 1927–28 season was the 53rd season of competitive football in England.

Events

This was the season in which Dixie Dean scored 60 goals in 39 league appearances for Everton – more than half of their total for the season (102).

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Everton	42	20	13	9	102	66	1.545	53
2	Huddersfield Town	42	22	7	13	91	68	1.338	51
3	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	96	72	1.333	48
4	Derby County	42	17	10	15	96	83	1.157	44
5	Bury	42	20	4	18	80	80	1.000	44
6	Cardiff City	42	17	10	15	70	80	0.875	44
7	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	11	15	81	66	1.227	43
8	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	78	73	1.068	43
9	Newcastle United	42	15	13	14	79	81	0.975	43
10	Arsenal	42	13	15	14	82	86	0.953	41
11	Birmingham	42	13	15	14	70	75	0.933	41
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	9	17	66	78	0.846	41
13	Sheffield United	42	15	10	17	79	86	0.919	40
14	The Wednesday	42	13	13	16	81	78	1.038	39
15	Sunderland	42	15	9	18	74	76	0.974	39
16	Liverpool	42	13	13	16	84	87	0.966	39
17	West Ham United	42	14	11	17	81	88	0.920	39
18	Manchester United	42	16	7	19	72	80	0.900	39
19	Burnley	42	16	7	19	82	98	0.837	39
20	Portsmouth	42	16	7	19	66	90	0.733	39
21	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	8	19	74	86	0.860	38	Relegated to the Second Division
22	Middlesbrough	42	11	15	16	81	88	0.920	37	Relegated to the Second Division

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City	42	25	9	8	100	59	1.695	59	Promoted to the First Division
2	Leeds United	42	25	7	10	98	49	2.000	57	Promoted to the First Division
3	Chelsea	42	23	8	11	75	45	1.667	54
4	Preston North End	42	22	9	11	100	66	1.515	53
5	Stoke City	42	22	8	12	78	59	1.322	52
6	Swansea Town	42	18	12	12	75	63	1.190	48
7	Oldham Athletic	42	19	8	15	75	51	1.471	46
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	12	13	90	70	1.286	46
9	Port Vale	42	18	8	16	68	57	1.193	44
10	Nottingham Forest	42	15	10	17	83	84	0.988	40
11	Grimsby Town	42	14	12	16	69	83	0.831	40
12	Bristol City	42	15	9	18	76	79	0.962	39
13	Barnsley	42	14	11	17	65	85	0.765	39
14	Hull City	42	12	15	15	41	54	0.759	39
15	Notts County	42	13	12	17	68	74	0.919	38
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	10	19	63	91	0.692	36
17	Southampton	42	14	7	21	68	77	0.883	35
18	Reading	42	11	13	18	53	75	0.707	35
19	Blackpool	42	13	8	21	83	101	0.822	34
20	Clapton Orient	42	11	12	19	55	85	0.647	34
21	Fulham	42	13	7	22	68	89	0.764	33	Relegated to the Third Division South
22	South Shields	42	7	9	26	56	111	0.505	23	Relegated to the Third Division North

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bradford Park Avenue	42	27	9	6	101	45	2.244	63	Promoted to the Second Division
2	Lincoln City	42	24	7	11	91	64	1.422	55
3	Stockport County	42	23	8	11	89	51	1.745	54
4	Doncaster Rovers	42	23	7	12	80	44	1.818	53
5	Tranmere Rovers	42	22	9	11	105	72	1.458	53
6	Bradford City	42	18	12	12	85	60	1.417	48
7	Darlington	42	21	5	16	89	74	1.203	47
8	Southport	42	20	5	17	79	70	1.129	45
9	Accrington Stanley	42	18	8	16	76	67	1.134	44
10	New Brighton	42	14	14	14	72	62	1.161	42
11	Wrexham	42	18	6	18	64	67	0.955	42
12	Halifax Town	42	13	15	14	73	71	1.028	41
13	Rochdale	42	17	7	18	74	77	0.961	41
14	Rotherham United	42	14	11	17	65	69	0.942	39
15	Hartlepools United	42	16	6	20	69	81	0.852	38
16	Chesterfield	42	13	10	19	71	78	0.910	36
17	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	10	20	77	86	0.895	34
18	Ashington	42	11	11	20	77	103	0.748	33
19	Barrow	42	10	11	21	54	102	0.529	31
20	Wigan Borough	42	10	10	22	56	97	0.577	30
21	Durham City	42	11	7	24	53	100	0.530	29	Not re-elected
22	Nelson	42	10	6	26	76	136	0.559	26	Re-elected

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Millwall	42	30	5	7	127	50	2.540	65	Promoted to the Second Division
2	Northampton Town	42	23	9	10	102	64	1.594	55
3	Plymouth Argyle	42	23	7	12	85	54	1.574	53
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	19	10	13	81	69	1.174	48
5	Crystal Palace	42	18	12	12	79	72	1.097	48
6	Swindon Town	42	19	9	14	90	69	1.304	47
7	Southend United	42	20	6	16	80	64	1.250	46
8	Exeter City	42	17	12	13	70	60	1.167	46
9	Newport County	42	18	9	15	81	84	0.964	45
10	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	9	16	72	71	1.014	43
11	Charlton Athletic	42	15	13	14	60	70	0.857	43
12	Brentford	42	16	8	18	76	74	1.027	40
13	Luton Town	42	16	7	19	94	87	1.080	39
14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	13	12	17	72	79	0.911	38
15	Watford	42	14	10	18	68	78	0.872	38
16	Gillingham	42	13	11	18	62	81	0.765	37
17	Norwich City	42	10	16	16	66	70	0.943	36
18	Walsall	42	12	9	21	75	101	0.743	33
19	Bristol Rovers	42	14	4	24	67	93	0.720	32
20	Coventry City	42	11	9	22	67	96	0.698	31
21	Merthyr Town	42	9	13	20	53	91	0.582	31	Re-elected
22	Torquay United	42	8	14	20	53	103	0.515	30	Re-elected