| Continentalcup1: | New Team in League |
| Nextseason: | 1928–29 |
The 1927–28 season was the 36th season of The Football League.
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season on Re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.
| Competition: | First Division |
| Season: | 1927–28 |
| Winners: | Everton 3rd English title |
| Relegated: | Tottenham Hotspur Middlesbrough |
| League Topscorer: | Dixie Dean (60 goals)[3] |
| Biggest Home Win: | (22 October 1927) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (10 September 1927) (12 November 1927) |
| Highest Scoring: | (10 March 1928) |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1765 |
| Prevseason: | 1926–27 |
| Nextseason: | 1928–29 |
| Competition: | Football League Second Division |
| Season: | 1927–28 |
| Winners: | Manchester City (4th title) |
| League Topscorer: | Jimmy Cookson (West Bromwich Albion), 38 |
| Biggest Home Win: | Notts County – Barnsley 9–0 (19 Nov 1927) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Grimsby Town – West Bromwich Albion 0–6 (7 Jan 1928) |
| Highest Scoring: | Barnsley–Fulham 8–4 (28 Jan 1928) |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1607 |
| Nextseason: | 1928–29 |
| Competition: | Football League Third Division North |
| Season: | 1927–28 |
| Winners: | Bradford Park Avenue (1st title) |
| League Topscorer: | Joe Smith (Stockport County), 38 |
| Continentalcup2: | Failed re-election |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1676 |
| Nextseason: | 1928–29 |
| Competition: | Football League Third Division South |
| Season: | 1927–28 |
| Winners: | Millwall (1st title) |
| League Topscorer: | Harry Morris (Swindon Town), 38 |
| Continentalcup2: | Failed re-election |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | None |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1680 |
| Nextseason: | 1928–29 |