Links With The Past: 1929 First Division Runners-Up Memorabilia

Club Historian John Hutchinson's Links with the Past series continues by featuring some of the memorabilia in the Club’s archives from 1928/29 when Leicester City were runners-up in the old First Division.

2021-05-19T14:43:00.000Z

by John Hutchinson

Published

19 May, 2021

Links With The Past: 1929 First Division Runners-Up Memorabilia

Club Historian John Hutchinson's Links with the Past series continues by featuring some of the memorabilia in the Club’s archives from 1928/29 when Leicester City were runners-up in the old First Division.

John Hutchinson

2021-05-19T14:43:00.000Z

Links With The Past: 1929 First Division Runners-Up Memorabilia

Club Historian John Hutchinson's Links with the Past series continues by featuring some of the memorabilia in the Club’s archives from 1928/29 when Leicester City were runners-up in the old First Division.

John Hutchinson

2021-05-19T14:43:00.000Z

Links With The Past: 1929 First Division Runners-Up Memorabilia

Club Historian John Hutchinson's Links with the Past series continues by featuring some of the memorabilia in the Club’s archives from 1928/29 when Leicester City were runners-up in the old First Division.

John Hutchinson

2021-05-19T14:43:00.000Z

Links With The Past: 1929 First Division Runners-Up Memorabilia

Club Historian John Hutchinson's Links with the Past series continues by featuring some of the memorabilia in the Club’s archives from 1928/29 when Leicester City were runners-up in the old First Division.

John Hutchinson

2021-05-19T14:43:00.000Z

Until Leicester City became Premier League champions in 2016, the Club’s most successful season in the league was in 1928/29 when they finished runners-up in the old First Division to Sheffield Wednesday, missing out on the title by just one point.

The Club’s archives contain several artefacts from that memorable season 92 years ago.

Amongst these is a photograph from the fixture at Filbert Street on 17 November, 1928 against Sunderland. It is an original of a picture which was published in the Leicester Evening Mail, a local newspaper which went out of existence the 1960s.

The two players are Arthur Chandler and Bill Murray. Chandler, Leicester City’s all-time record goalscorer, was on target in this game which ended in a 1-0 victory for the home side. Murray, who played over 500 games for the Wearsiders, went on to manage Sunderland from 1939-1957.

The Directors’ Minutes book is open at the page which lists the City team chosen for this match. A notable absentee is Ernie Hine whose absence is explained at the foot of the left hand page. He had been selected to play for England against Wales on the same day, a game in which he scored in a 3-2 England victory.

The other artefacts here also date from the 1928/29 season.

The photograph shows Chandler resplendent in rather flamboyant golf attire. Next to this is his contract for the 1928/29 season. The clauses contained in this document were handwritten by the Club’s manager, Willie Orr.

They reveal that Chandler, one of the most prolific scorers in England, playing in one of the top sides in the League, was earning £8 a week (£6 in the close season). Bonuses approved by the league could be added to this sum.

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