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      DIVISION 3 (South)  1928/29
     
      P W D L F A Pts
  Leading League goalscorer:
Andrew Rennie 
(Luton Town)
 43  goals

Newport County goalkeeper Jimmy Maidment took two penalties for his side in their League match against Torquay United. He scored one but missed the other - Newport won 4-1.

   1 Charlton Athletic 42 23 8 11 86 60 54 Promoted
   

Results

 2 Crystal Palace 42 23 8 11 81 67 54
   

Results

 3 Northampton Town 42 20 12 10 96 57 52
    4 Plymouth Argyle 42 20 12 10 83 51 52
   

Results

 5 Fulham 42 21 10 11 101 71 52
    6 Queens Park Rangers 42 19 14 9 82 61 52
    7 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 89 73 49
   

Results

 8 Watford 42 19 10 13 79 74 48
   

Results

 9 Bournemouth 42 19 9 14 84 77 47
    10 Swindon Town 42 15 13 14 75 72 43
    11 Coventry City 42 14 14 14 62 57 42
    12 Southend United 42 15 11 16 80 75 41
   

Results

 13 Brentford 42 14 10 18 56 60 38
    14 Walsall 42 13 12 17 73 79 38
   

Results

 15 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 16 6 20 58 76 38
    16 Newport County 42 13 9 20 69 86 35
   

Results

 17 Norwich City 42 14 6 22 69 81 34
    18 Torquay United 42 14 6 22 66 84 34
    19 Bristol Rovers 42 13 7 22 60 79 33
   

Results

 20 Merthyr Town 42 11 8 23 55 103 30
    21 Exeter City 42 9 11 22 67 88 29 Re-election position
    22 Gillingham 42 10 9 23 43 83 29 Re-election position
   
   

R Five non-league clubs challenged the two clubs needing to seek re-election to Division 3 (South) in the vote for League membership. Voting -
42 votes Exeter City Re-elected to the League
35 Gillingham Re-elected to the League
6 Argonauts Not elected to the League
5 Aldershot Not elected to the League
1 Kettering Town Not elected to the League
1 Thames Association Not elected to the League
0 Llanelly Not elected to the League