Saturday 1946-09-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Ireland	2	7	England		Windsor Park, Belfast	57,111
	Lockhart 2	Lineups		Carter, Mannion 3, Finney, Lawton, Langton

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	5	2	Brentford	Villa Park	45,350
Smith OG, Martin, Goffin 2, Graham	Lineups		Wilkins (p), McAloon
Bolton Wanderers	1	2	Grimsby Town	Burnden Park	30,547
Hamlett (p)	Lineups		Clifton 2
Chelsea	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Stamford Bridge	63,859
Goulden, Walker	Lineups		Lancelotte, Robinson W
Derby County	1	2	Blackpool	Baseball Ground	25,138
Broome	Lineups		Mortensen, McIntosh
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Everton	Leeds Road	19,208
Glazzard	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Leeds United	Anfield Road	51,042
Balmer, Nieuwenhuys	Lineups
Manchester United	5	2	Arsenal	Maine Road	62,718
Hanlon 2, Rowley 2, Wrigglesworth	Lineups		Lewis, McPherson
Preston North End	1	3	Stoke City	Deepdale	22,787
Shankly (p)	Lineups		Steele, Ormston, Antonio
Sheffield United	2	1	Middlesbrough	Bramall Lane	36,931
Machent, Hagan	Lineups		Spuhler
Sunderland	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Roker Park	43,611
Duns	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Portsmouth	Molineux	40,183
Galley, King, Westcott	Lineups		Reid

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Blackpool	9	4	0	0	11	5	3	0	2	9	7	1.667	14	W	W	W	L	L	1946-10-05	Arsenal	H
2	0	Manchester United	8	4	1	0	14	4	2	0	1	8	4	2.75	13	W	L	D	W	W	1946-10-05	Preston North End	H
3	0	Sunderland	8	4	0	0	10	4	1	2	1	5	7	1.364	12	W	D	W	W	L	1946-10-05	Portsmouth	A
4	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	3	0	2	13	6	1	1	2	2	6	1.25	9	W	W	W	L	L	1946-10-05	Everton	A
5	3	Sheffield United	7	1	2	1	5	5	2	1	0	6	4	1.222	9	W	W	D	D	D	1946-10-05	Stoke City	A
6	3	Stoke City	8	3	1	1	14	10	1	0	2	9	9	1.211	9	W	W	W	W	L	1946-10-05	Sheffield United	H
7	4	Liverpool	7	2	1	1	9	5	2	0	1	4	6	1.182	9	W	D	W	L	W	1946-10-05	Grimsby Town	A
8	-4	Middlesbrough	6	2	0	0	7	4	2	0	2	3	3	1.429	8	L	W	L	W	W	1946-10-05	Chelsea	H
9	-2	Charlton Athletic	8	2	0	2	12	5	1	2	1	7	9	1.357	8	D	W	L	L	W	1946-10-05	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	4	Aston Villa	8	2	0	3	8	6	2	0	1	4	3	1.333	8	W	L	W	L	W	1946-10-05	Blackburn Rovers	A
11	-5	Bolton Wanderers	8	2	0	2	6	7	2	0	2	9	9	0.938	8	L	L	W	L	W	1946-10-05	Charlton Athletic	A
12	-7	Brentford	7	2	0	1	4	4	2	0	2	8	10	0.857	8	L	L	W	W	W	1946-10-05	Derby County	H
13	3	Chelsea	8	2	1	1	9	8	0	2	2	8	12	0.85	7	D	L	D	W	D	1946-10-05	Middlesbrough	A
14	-2	Everton	7	2	0	1	4	4	1	1	2	2	5	0.667	7	L	D	W	W	L	1946-10-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	-2	Blackburn Rovers	7	1	0	2	6	5	2	0	2	5	5	1.1	6	L	L	L	W	W	1946-10-05	Aston Villa	H
16	-1	Preston North End	7	2	0	3	10	12	1	0	1	3	4	0.813	6	L	L	L	W	W	1946-10-05	Manchester United	A
17	3	Grimsby Town	7	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	2	4	6	0.8	6	W	L	W	D	L	1946-10-05	Liverpool	H
18	-1	Arsenal	8	0	1	2	3	6	2	0	3	9	15	0.571	5	L	L	W	W	L	1946-10-05	Blackpool	A
19	3	Huddersfield Town	8	2	1	2	7	6	0	0	3	1	8	0.571	5	W	D	L	L	W	1946-10-05	Leeds United	A
20	-1	Derby County	7	1	0	2	4	4	1	0	3	7	11	0.733	4	L	W	L	L	L	1946-10-05	Brentford	A
21	-3	Portsmouth	8	2	0	1	6	3	0	0	5	4	11	0.714	4	L	L	W	L	L	1946-10-05	Sunderland	H
22	-1	Leeds United	8	1	1	1	6	4	0	0	5	4	18	0.455	3	L	L	W	L	L	1946-10-05	Huddersfield Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	1	Newcastle United	Oakwell	34,262	Largest home gate 1946-47
Graham OG	Lineups		Stobbart
Bradford	0	1	West Ham United	Park Avenue	21,360
	Lineups		Wood
Burnley	1	0	Swansea Town	Turf Moor	19,968
Harrison	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	Fulham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	16,812
Booker (p)	Lineups		Rooke
Leicester City	0	0	Bury	Filbert Street	20,134
	Lineups
Millwall	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	The Den, New Cross	24,960
Johnson, Mansfield	Lineups		Aveyard 2
Newport County	2	7	West Bromwich Albion	Somerton Park	17,614
Mogford, Davis	Lineups		Southam OG, Barlow, Elliott, Clarke 4
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Coventry City	City Ground	27,943
Edwards	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Luton Town	Home Park	27,535
Strauss, Rawlings	Lineups		Gager
Southampton	1	0	Birmingham City	The Dell	24,920
Bradley	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Manchester City	White Hart Lane	55,253	Largest home gate 1946-47
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Barnsley	8	4	1	0	12	5	2	1	0	10	5	2.2	14	D	W	W	W	W	1946-09-30	Burnley	A
2	0	Manchester City	7	2	1	0	10	3	2	2	0	8	3	3	11	D	W	D	W	D	1946-10-05	West Ham United	A
3	0	Newcastle United	8	1	1	1	5	4	2	3	0	9	4	1.75	10	D	L	D	D	W	1946-10-05	Newport County	H
4	1	West Bromwich Albion	8	2	0	1	8	7	3	0	2	14	8	1.467	10	W	L	L	W	W	1946-10-05	Southampton	H
5	-1	Chesterfield	7	1	2	0	5	3	2	1	1	2	1	1.75	9	D	W	W	W	L	1946-10-05	Bury	A
6	2	Plymouth Argyle	7	3	1	0	8	4	0	2	1	5	6	1.3	9	W	D	D	W	L	1946-10-05	Coventry City	H
7	2	Burnley	7	2	1	1	5	5	2	0	1	4	2	1.286	9	W	W	L	L	W	1946-09-30	Barnsley	H
8	-2	Fulham	8	3	0	0	9	5	0	3	2	8	14	0.895	9	D	W	D	D	W	1946-10-05	Millwall	H
9	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	7	1	2	1	4	4	2	0	1	8	5	1.333	8	D	W	W	D	W	1946-10-05	Burnley	H
10	5	Southampton	6	3	1	0	11	3	0	0	2	1	4	1.714	7	W	L	W	L	D	1946-10-03	Swansea Town	A
11	3	Bury	8	1	2	0	12	7	0	3	2	4	8	1.067	7	D	D	D	D	L	1946-10-05	Chesterfield	H
12	-2	Bradford	7	1	2	1	4	4	1	1	1	9	9	1	7	L	D	L	W	D	1946-10-05	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	-2	Coventry City	8	2	2	0	7	4	0	1	3	4	9	0.846	7	L	W	D	L	L	1946-10-05	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	-2	Birmingham City	9	2	1	1	6	3	1	0	4	4	10	0.769	7	L	W	D	L	L	1946-10-05	Nottingham Forest	H
15	-2	Luton Town	7	3	0	0	9	1	0	0	4	5	10	1.273	6	L	L	W	W	L	1946-10-05	Leicester City	H
16	1	Nottingham Forest	7	3	0	1	11	5	0	0	3	6	11	1.063	6	W	W	L	L	W	1946-10-05	Birmingham City	A
17	1	West Ham United	7	2	0	1	6	5	1	0	3	5	9	0.786	6	W	W	L	L	L	1946-10-05	Manchester City	H
18	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	8	1	1	2	5	7	1	1	2	9	13	0.7	6	D	L	D	W	L	1946-10-05	Bradford	H
19	0	Leicester City	8	1	1	3	5	10	1	0	2	4	8	0.5	5	D	L	L	L	W	1946-10-05	Luton Town	A
20	0	Newport County	6	1	0	2	8	13	0	1	2	4	10	0.522	3	L	D	L	W	L	1946-10-05	Newcastle United	A
21	1	Millwall	7	0	2	2	5	10	0	1	2	1	6	0.375	3	D	L	L	L	D	1946-10-05	Fulham	A
22	-1	Swansea Town	7	1	0	3	6	13	0	1	2	1	6	0.368	3	L	L	L	W	D	1946-10-03	Southampton	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Southport	Gresty Road	7,870
Cooke, Boothway	Lineups
Darlington	1	2	Tranmere Rovers	Feethams Ground	8,518
Clarke	Lineups		Atkinson 2
Doncaster Rovers	5	0	Accrington Stanley	Belle Vue	12,873
Jordan 3, Todd, Tindill	Lineups
Gateshead	3	4	Chester	Redheugh Park	4,842
McCormack 3	Lineups		Burden 2, Astbury, Yates
Hartlepools United	2	1	Rotherham United	Victoria Park	12,800	Largest home gate 1946-47
Scott, Moses	Lineups		McLean
Hull City	2	2	York City	Boothferry Park	22,249
McGorrighan, Wright	Lineups		Allen, Winters
New Brighton	1	1	Halifax Town	Tower Athletic Grounds	9,798
Pendergast	Lineups		Moncrieff
Oldham Athletic	3	1	Lincoln City	Boundary Park	14,478
Howe 3	Lineups		Davies
Rochdale	6	0	Carlisle United	Spotland	7,414
Hargreaves J 3, Rodi, Cunliffe A, Barkas	Lineups
Stockport County	4	0	Bradford City	Edgeley Park	10,247
Earl 2 (1p), Brinton, Chapman	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Barrow	Racecourse Ground	9,399
McLarty	Lineups		Kelly A

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Doncaster Rovers	8	3	0	1	10	4	4	0	0	14	6	2.4	14	W	W	L	W	W	1946-10-05	Barrow	A
2	0	Chester	9	4	0	1	14	6	2	2	0	15	12	1.611	14	W	W	W	W	D	1946-10-05	Hartlepools United	H
3	1	Wrexham	9	2	3	0	9	7	2	1	1	2	2	1.222	12	D	D	W	L	W	1946-10-05	Bradford City	A
4	-1	Rotherham United	7	2	0	0	8	1	3	1	1	11	6	2.714	11	L	W	W	D	W	1946-10-05	Crewe Alexandra	H
5	1	Hartlepools United	8	3	1	0	9	3	1	2	1	6	6	1.667	11	W	D	W	W	L	1946-10-05	Chester	A
6	-1	Bradford City	8	4	0	0	7	2	0	2	2	3	8	1	10	L	W	L	W	W	1946-10-05	Wrexham	H
7	1	Stockport County	7	3	0	1	11	4	1	1	1	4	3	2.143	9	W	L	W	W	L	1946-10-05	Oldham Athletic	A
8	-1	Barrow	8	2	1	1	5	3	1	2	1	5	5	1.25	9	D	W	L	W	W	1946-10-05	Doncaster Rovers	H
9	1	Oldham Athletic	8	2	0	2	6	6	2	1	1	7	5	1.182	9	W	L	W	L	W	1946-10-05	Stockport County	H
10	1	Crewe Alexandra	8	2	1	0	5	1	1	1	3	8	9	1.3	8	W	W	L	L	W	1946-10-05	Rotherham United	A
11	1	Tranmere Rovers	7	2	0	1	6	7	2	0	2	6	8	0.8	8	W	L	W	W	L	1946-10-05	Hull City	H
12	-3	Lincoln City	7	2	0	1	7	3	1	1	2	5	7	1.2	7	L	L	L	W	W	1946-10-05	Southport	A
13	0	Halifax Town	8	2	2	0	7	3	0	1	3	2	10	0.692	7	D	W	W	L	L	1946-10-05	Darlington	H
14	0	York City	7	1	1	2	11	11	1	1	1	4	4	1	6	D	W	L	L	W	1946-10-05	Gateshead	H
15	5	New Brighton	7	1	2	1	5	7	0	1	2	5	7	0.714	5	D	W	D	L	L	1946-10-05	Carlisle United	A
16	-1	Carlisle United	7	1	1	1	7	7	1	0	3	6	12	0.684	5	L	L	L	W	L	1946-10-05	New Brighton	H
17	-1	Darlington	8	2	1	1	10	8	0	0	4	2	13	0.571	5	L	L	L	D	W	1946-10-05	Halifax Town	A
18	-1	Gateshead	7	1	1	2	7	8	1	0	2	2	9	0.529	5	L	L	W	D	L	1946-10-05	York City	A
19	2	Rochdale	9	1	1	3	9	7	0	1	3	5	10	0.824	4	W	D	L	L	D	1946-10-05	Accrington Stanley	A
20	-2	Southport	8	1	1	2	9	10	0	1	3	5	10	0.7	4	L	L	D	D	L	1946-10-05	Lincoln City	H
21	-2	Accrington Stanley	7	1	0	2	6	7	1	0	3	4	11	0.556	4	L	W	L	L	L	1946-10-05	Rochdale	H
22	0	Hull City	8	0	3	2	5	8	0	0	3	2	10	0.389	3	D	L	L	L	L	1946-10-05	Tranmere Rovers	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	3	1	Norwich City	Recreation Ground	5,734
Hobbs, Brooks 2	Lineups		Russell
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	4	Cardiff City	Goldstone Ground	13,193	Largest home gate 1946-47
	Lineups		Rees, Richards 2, Allen
Bristol Rovers	0	3	Bristol City	Eastville	25,578
	Lineups		Clark, Hargreaves, Williams C
Exeter City	4	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	St James Park	9,874
Ebdon 3, Wardle	Lineups		Paton
Ipswich Town	2	0	Reading	Portman Road	16,009
Day, Fox	Lineups
Leyton Orient	0	1	Crystal Palace	Brisbane Road	11,802	*
	Lineups		Naylor
Northampton Town	2	1	Notts County	County Ground	11,906
Garrett 2	Lineups		Beresford
Port Vale	1	1	Swindon Town	Recreation Ground	12,900
Jones M	Lineups		Lloyd
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Torquay United	Loftus Road	23,117
	Lineups
Southend United	1	1	Mansfield Town	Greyhound Stadium	10,994
Smirk	Lineups		Harkin
Watford	0	2	Walsall	Vicarage Road	9,235
	Lineups		Mullard, Talbot
Footnotes
*The programme for this match announced a change of name from Clapton Orient to Leyton Orient and ground name from Osborne Road to Brisbane Road

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	3	1	Norwich City	Recreation Ground	5,734
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	4	Cardiff City	Goldstone Ground	13,193	Largest home gate 1946-47
Bristol Rovers	0	3	Bristol City	Eastville	25,578
Exeter City	4	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	St James Park	9,874
Ipswich Town	2	0	Reading	Portman Road	16,009
Leyton Orient	0	1	Crystal Palace	Brisbane Road	11,802	*
Northampton Town	2	1	Notts County	County Ground	11,906
Port Vale	1	1	Swindon Town	Recreation Ground	12,900
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Torquay United	Loftus Road	23,117
Southend United	1	1	Mansfield Town	Greyhound Stadium	10,994
Watford	0	2	Walsall	Vicarage Road	9,235

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Queens Park Rangers	8	4	1	0	9	1	1	2	0	3	1	6	13	D	W	D	W	W	1946-10-05	Mansfield Town	A
2	0	Bristol City	8	2	1	0	5	1	3	1	1	14	7	2.375	12	W	W	D	W	W	1946-10-05	Swindon Town	A
3	0	Cardiff City	9	4	0	0	11	2	2	0	3	9	7	2.222	12	W	W	W	L	W	1946-10-05	Exeter City	H
4	0	Swindon Town	8	3	0	0	12	2	2	1	2	11	12	1.643	11	D	L	W	W	W	1946-10-05	Bristol City	H
5	1	Exeter City	8	3	1	1	11	6	2	0	1	4	4	1.5	11	W	L	W	L	W	1946-10-05	Cardiff City	A
6	2	Crystal Palace	9	3	1	0	5	2	2	0	3	7	17	0.632	11	W	W	D	W	L	1946-10-05	Ipswich Town	H
7	-2	Mansfield Town	8	2	1	1	7	6	1	3	0	5	4	1.2	10	D	W	D	L	D	1946-10-05	Queens Park Rangers	H
8	-1	Southend United	8	2	3	0	7	3	1	1	1	4	8	1	10	D	W	D	W	D	1946-10-05	Bristol Rovers	A
9	0	Reading	8	3	1	0	21	6	0	1	3	3	8	1.714	8	L	W	L	L	D	1946-10-05	Watford	H
10	2	Ipswich Town	7	3	0	1	9	2	0	2	1	5	7	1.556	8	W	L	W	D	W	1946-10-05	Crystal Palace	A
11	2	Port Vale	7	1	2	1	7	5	1	1	1	3	3	1.25	7	D	W	L	W	D	1946-10-03	Notts County	A
12	4	Northampton Town	8	2	0	2	7	6	1	1	2	5	6	1	7	W	W	L	L	D	1946-10-05	Walsall	A
13	-3	Watford	8	2	1	2	7	7	1	0	2	5	7	0.857	7	L	D	W	L	W	1946-10-05	Reading	A
14	-3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	9	3	1	0	6	2	0	0	5	2	12	0.571	7	L	L	W	W	L	1946-10-05	Port Vale	H
15	2	Torquay United	7	1	1	1	4	3	0	3	1	3	6	0.778	6	D	L	L	D	D	1946-10-05	Leyton Orient	H
16	4	Walsall	8	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	3	4	7	0.727	6	W	W	D	L	D	1946-10-05	Northampton Town	H
17	4	Aldershot	8	3	0	1	10	8	0	0	4	3	15	0.565	6	W	L	L	W	L	1946-10-05	Notts County	A
18	-4	Brighton & Hove Albion	8	1	1	2	3	9	1	1	2	3	3	0.5	6	L	L	W	L	L	1946-10-05	Norwich City	A
19	-4	Bristol Rovers	8	1	1	2	8	9	1	0	3	4	6	0.8	5	L	L	L	W	L	1946-10-05	Southend United	H
20	-2	Notts County	7	2	0	1	4	3	0	1	3	5	10	0.692	5	L	L	D	W	L	1946-10-03	Port Vale	H
21	-2	Leyton Orient	8	1	2	1	4	4	0	1	3	1	7	0.455	5	L	L	D	W	L	1946-10-05	Torquay United	A
22	0	Norwich City	9	1	1	3	9	14	0	0	4	2	13	0.407	3	L	L	L	D	L	1946-10-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	H