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DIVISION 3 (North) 1928/29 | |||||||||||||||
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Leading
League goalscorer: Jimmy McConnell (Carlisle United) 43 goals Bradford City started the season with a 11-1 home victory over Rotherham United and went on to score a record 128 League goals in the season. Their victory over Rotherham is still their record League score. However Aston Villa matched that total in 1930/31but the total was not bettered until Peterborough United scored 134 goals in their first League season in 1960/61. An injury to regular Halifax Town keeper Howard Matthews - a sprightly 43 year old - saw trainer Bob Suter forced out of a 7-year retirement to play two matches in goal for the Shaymen in April 1929. He was just 3 months short of his 51st birthday and so became the second-oldest player ever to appear in the Football League. Nelson didn't take part in the FA Cup in 1928/29 - they hadn't got their entry in by the deadline date!
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Results | 1 | Bradford City | 42 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 128 | 43 | 63 | |||||
2 | Stockport County | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 111 | 58 | 62 | |||||||
3 | Wrexham | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 91 | 69 | 52 | |||||||
4 | Wigan Borough | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 82 | 49 | 51 | |||||||
5 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 76 | 66 | 50 | |||||||
6 | Lincoln City | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 91 | 67 | 48 | |||||||
7 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 79 | 77 | 47 | |||||||
8 | Carlisle United | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 86 | 77 | 46 | |||||||
9 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 80 | 68 | 44 | |||||||
10 | South Shields | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 83 | 74 | 44 | |||||||
11 | Chesterfield | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 71 | 77 | 41 | |||||||
12 | Southport | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 75 | 85 | 40 | |||||||
13 | Halifax Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 63 | 62 | 39 | |||||||
Results | 14 | New Brighton | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 64 | 71 | 39 | ||||||
Results | 15 | Nelson | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 77 | 90 | 39 | ||||||
16 | Rotherham United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 60 | 77 | 39 | |||||||
17 | Rochdale | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 79 | 96 | 36 | |||||||
18 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 68 | 82 | 34 | |||||||
19 | Darlington | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 64 | 88 | 33 | |||||||
20 | Barrow | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 64 | 93 | 28 | |||||||
21 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 59 | 112 | 26 | |||||||
Results | 22 | Ashington | 42 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 45 | 115 | 23 | ||||||
R Seven non-league clubs challenged the two clubs needing to seek re-election to Division 3 (North) in the vote for League membership. Voting -
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