1927–28 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United

1927–28 season
Chairman	George Lawton
Manager	Herbert Bamlett
First Division	18th
FA Cup	Sixth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Spence (22) All: Joe Spence (24)
Highest home attendance	52,568 vs Birmingham (18 February 1928)
Lowest home attendance	9,545 vs Sunderland (25 April 1928)
Average home league attendance	27,029
Home colours Away colours

The 1927–28 season was Manchester United's 32nd season in the Football League.

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
27 August 1927	Middlesbrough	H	3 – 0	Spence (2), Hanson	44,957
29 August 1927	The Wednesday	A	2 – 0	Hanson, Partridge	17,944
3 September 1927	Birmingham	A	0 – 0		25,863
7 September 1927	The Wednesday	H	1 – 1	McPherson	18,759
10 September 1927	Newcastle United	H	1 – 7	Spence	50,217
17 September 1927	Huddersfield Town	A	2 – 4	Spence (2)	17,307
19 September 1927	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 – 3		18,243
24 September 1927	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3 – 0	Hanson (2), Spence	13,952
1 October 1927	Leicester City	A	0 – 1		22,385
8 October 1927	Everton	A	2 – 5	Bennion, Spence	40,080
15 October 1927	Cardiff City	H	2 – 2	Spence, Sweeney	31,090
22 October 1927	Derby County	H	5 – 0	Spence (3), Johnston, McPherson	18,304
29 October 1927	West Ham United	A	2 – 1	McPherson, own goal	21,972
5 November 1927	Portsmouth	H	2 – 0	McPherson, own goal	13,119
12 November 1927	Sunderland	A	1 – 4	Spence	13,319
19 November 1927	Aston Villa	H	5 – 1	Partridge (2), Johnston, McPherson, Spence	25,991
26 November 1927	Burnley	A	0 – 4		18,509
3 December 1927	Bury	H	0 – 1		23,581
10 December 1927	Sheffield United	A	1 – 2	Spence	11,984
17 December 1927	Arsenal	H	4 – 1	Hanson, McPherson, Partridge, Spence	18,120
24 December 1927	Liverpool	A	0 – 2		14,971
26 December 1927	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 1	Spence	31,131
31 December 1927	Middlesbrough	A	2 – 1	Hanson, Johnston	19,652
7 January 1928	Birmingham	H	1 – 1	Hanson	16,853
21 January 1928	Newcastle United	A	1 – 4	Partridge	25,912
4 February 1928	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1 – 4	Johnston	23,545
11 February 1928	Leicester City	H	5 – 2	Nicol (2), Spence (2), Hanson	16,640
25 February 1928	Cardiff City	A	0 – 2		15,579
7 March 1928	Huddersfield Town	H	0 – 0		35,413
10 March 1928	West Ham United	H	1 – 1	Johnston	21,577
14 March 1928	Everton	H	1 – 0	Rawlings	25,667
17 March 1928	Portsmouth	A	0 – 1		25,400
28 March 1928	Derby County	A	0 – 5		8,323
31 March 1928	Aston Villa	A	1 – 3	Rawlings	24,691
6 April 1928	Bolton Wanderers	A	2 – 3	Spence, Thomas	23,795
7 April 1928	Burnley	H	4 – 3	Rawlings (3), Williams	28,311
9 April 1928	Bolton Wanderers	H	2 – 1	Johnston, Rawlings	28,590
14 April 1928	Bury	A	3 – 4	Johnston, McLenahan, Williams	17,440
21 April 1928	Sheffield United	H	2 – 3	Rawlings, Thomas	27,137
25 April 1928	Sunderland	H	2 – 1	Hanson, Johnston	9,545
28 April 1928	Arsenal	A	1 – 0	Rawlings	22,452
5 May 1928	Liverpool	H	6 – 1	Spence (3), Rawlings (2), Hanson	30,625

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
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

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
14 January 1928	Round 3	Brentford	H	7 – 1	Hanson (4), Johnston, McPherson, Spence	18,538
28 January 1928	Round 4	Bury	A	1 – 1	Johnston	25,000
1 February 1928	Round 4 Replay	Bury	H	1 – 0	Spence	48,001
18 February 1928	Round 5	Birmingham	H	1 – 0	Johnston	52,568
3 March 1928	Round 6	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 – 2		42,312