FINAL PLACINGS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 390, 26 June 1928, Page 12

FINAL PLACINGS

ENGLISH F.A. LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION

SECOND DIVISION

The leading teams in the Third Division were;— Northern. Pts. Southern. Pts. Bradford ... 63 Milwall .... 55 Lincoln ... 55 Northampton . 55 Stockport ... 54 Plymouth . . 53 Doncaster ... 53 Brighton ... 48 Tranmere ... 51 Crystal Palace 48 Bradford City . 48 Swindon ... 47 Milwall gained promotion to the Second Division through goal average, scoring 127 goals against 50.

shade, and both famous players wew under a cloud when the season closed. The “Wicked” Player.—A symposium of the leading authorities’ opinion os the last English season was summed up, generally, as an all-round improvement in the standard of play, but with fewer outstanding players than usual. It was also agreed that the standard of refereeing was ueteriorating rapid!)', and that the “wicked” players were getting away with too much sly "dirt’’ The “wicked” player is not one who throws his weight in too solidly, or is too fresh in his boisterous efforts to secure the ball, but the tricky one who takes a mean advantage of the referee’s distant view or blind side to sneak in some foul tactics. To improve the standard of refereeing it w now suggested to secure as many retiring professionals as possible, pay them substantial fees, and encourage them to keep the game clean. Thereformed burglar alw r ays makes a good watchman. Amendments to Rules. —At the English Football Association annual meeting held this month there were two amendments to the rules for consideration, both with the object of fuf* ther penalising foul play. One, submitted by the Scottish F.A, was tend the penalty area to a line dra*" parallel with the goal line 30 yaru= away from it, and allow a penalty *** to be taken in this area from the where the offence occurred; or, nw ing the acceptance of this proposal, extend the joining line of the pen *.• area parallel to the goal line . vards out instead of 18 as at J,” the spot kick to be taken from the sa^ : place as now. A second amen . n 0 proposes to amend Law S so player can be off-side fro l n .i a *. kick awarded for breaches of

P. W. L. D. Goals For Ae. Pts. Everton . . . 42 20 9 13 103 65 53 Huddersfield . 42 22 13 7 91 68 51 Leicester . . . 42 18 12 12 96 48 Derby Co. 42 17 15 10 71 79 44 Cardiff . . . 42 17 15 10 71 74 44 Bury . . . . 42 . 20 18 4 78 80 44 Aston Villa . 42 17 16 9 78 73 43 Newcastle . . 42 15 14 13 79 81 43 Bolton W. 42 16 15 11 81 66 43 Birmingham . 42 13 14 15 70 73 41 Blackburn R . 42 16 17 9 65 76 41 Arsenal . . . 42 13 14 15 82 86 41 Sheffield U. . 42 15 17 10 79 86 40 Sunderland 42 15 18 9 74 75 39 Portsmouth . 42 16 19 7 66 90 39 Burnley. . 42 16 19 7 82 98 39 Manchester U. 42 16 19 7 72 80 39 Liverpool 42 13 16 13 85 87 39 West Ham . 42 14 17 11 SI 88 39 Sheffield Wed. 42 13 16 13 81 78 39 Tottenham 42 15 19 S 74 86 38 Middlesbro’ . 42 11 16 15 81 88 37

P. W. L. D. Goals For As. Pts. Manchester C. 42 25 8 9 91 59 59 Leeds Unit. . 42 10 7 9S 49 57 Chelsea . . . 42 23 11 8 75 45 54 Preston N.E. 42 11 9 99 66 53 Stoke City . 42 22 12 8 76 59 52 Swansea T. . 42 18 12 12 63 48 Oudham Ath. 42 19 15 8 51 46 W.B. Albion 42 17 13 12 90 70 46 Port Vale . . 42 18 16 8 68 57 44 Grimsby T. . 42 14 16 12 70 S3 40 Notts Forest . 42 15 17 10 83 84 40 Hull City . . 42 12 15 15 42 54 39 Bristol City . 42 15 18 9 76 49 39 Barnsley . 42 14 17 11 65 85 39 Notts Co. . . 42 13 17 12 59 38 Wolver Wan. 42 13 19 10 63 91 36 Reading . . . 42 11 18 13 54 35 Southampton 42 14 21 7 68 77 35 Clapton O. . . 42 11 19 12 56 85 34 Blackpool . . 42 13 21 8 73 101 34 Fulham . . . 42 13 22 68 89 33 S. Shields . . 42 7 26 9 56 112 23