Saturday 1946-12-07

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	4	0	Huddersfield Town	Burnden Park	21,975
Moir, Lofthouse, Roberts, Gillies	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	4	Derby County	The Valley	24,329
Welsh 2 (1p)	Lineups		Morrison 2, Stamps, Broome
Chelsea	1	1	Everton	Stamford Bridge	41,255
Macauley	Lineups		Dodds
Grimsby Town	0	3	Aston Villa	Blundell Park	18,257
	Lineups		Martin, Edwards, Dorsett
Leeds United	1	1	Sunderland	Elland Road	25,784
Cochrane	Lineups		Robinson
Liverpool	1	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Anfield Road	52,512	Largest home gate 1946-47
Balmer (p)	Lineups		Westcott 4, Mullen
Manchester United	4	1	Brentford	Maine Road	31,962
Rowley 3, Mitten	Lineups		Macaulay
Middlesbrough	2	0	Arsenal	Ayresome Park	30,357
Fenton, Gordon	Lineups
Preston North End	4	0	Blackburn Rovers	Deepdale	32,238
McIntosh 2, Beattie R, Finney	Lineups
Stoke City	4	1	Blackpool	Victoria Ground	28,624
Steele, Peppitt, Baker, Matthews	Lineups		Dick

				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	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	7	0	3	28	14	5	2	2	18	10	1.917	26	W	W	D	W	W	1946-12-14	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	-1	Liverpool	18	5	2	2	19	13	5	2	2	22	14	1.519	24	L	L	W	W	W	1946-12-14	Sunderland	A
3	1	Manchester United	18	7	2	1	28	12	2	3	3	15	14	1.654	23	W	L	W	D	W	1946-12-14	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	-1	Blackpool	19	8	0	1	22	12	3	1	6	15	22	1.088	23	L	W	L	L	L	1946-12-14	Middlesbrough	H
5	0	Stoke City	18	6	2	2	23	15	4	0	4	18	14	1.414	22	W	L	W	W	D	1946-12-14	Brentford	A
6	0	Middlesbrough	17	5	2	1	22	15	4	2	3	12	10	1.36	22	W	L	D	W	L	1946-12-14	Blackpool	A
7	1	Preston North End	17	6	1	3	23	15	3	2	2	11	12	1.259	21	W	W	D	L	W	1946-12-14	Portsmouth	A
8	1	Aston Villa	18	3	3	4	16	11	5	1	2	12	7	1.556	20	W	L	W	D	D	1946-12-14	Leeds United	H
9	-2	Sheffield United	16	4	3	1	18	13	4	1	3	13	16	1.069	20	W	W	L	W	W	1946-12-14	Everton	A
10	0	Sunderland	18	5	0	4	16	12	3	3	3	15	17	1.069	19	D	L	L	L	W	1946-12-14	Liverpool	H
11	2	Bolton Wanderers	18	4	3	2	17	10	2	2	5	13	17	1.111	17	W	D	W	D	D	1946-12-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
12	-1	Grimsby Town	17	3	2	3	11	17	3	3	3	13	14	0.774	17	L	D	D	W	W	1946-12-14	Derby County	A
13	2	Chelsea	18	4	2	3	18	20	2	2	5	15	20	0.825	16	D	L	L	W	W	1946-12-14	Huddersfield Town	A
14	-2	Blackburn Rovers	17	2	2	4	10	9	4	1	4	9	11	0.95	15	L	D	W	L	D	1946-12-14	Manchester United	H
15	-1	Charlton Athletic	18	4	0	5	21	16	2	3	4	13	23	0.872	15	L	L	L	W	L	1946-12-14	Arsenal	A
16	3	Derby County	17	3	2	3	13	13	3	0	6	18	25	0.816	14	W	W	L	L	L	1946-12-14	Grimsby Town	H
17	0	Everton	17	4	2	2	13	13	1	2	6	7	18	0.645	14	D	W	L	D	L	1946-12-14	Sheffield United	H
18	2	Leeds United	18	5	2	2	19	9	0	1	8	8	28	0.73	13	D	D	W	L	W	1946-12-14	Aston Villa	A
19	-3	Brentford	17	3	1	4	9	15	2	2	5	15	22	0.649	13	L	D	D	L	L	1946-12-14	Stoke City	H
20	-2	Portsmouth	17	5	0	3	18	10	0	2	7	10	21	0.903	12	W	D	L	L	W	1946-12-14	Preston North End	H
21	0	Arsenal	18	2	3	3	14	15	2	0	8	13	27	0.643	11	L	D	L	W	L	1946-12-14	Charlton Athletic	H
22	0	Huddersfield Town	18	5	1	3	17	11	0	0	9	5	33	0.5	11	L	W	L	W	L	1946-12-14	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	1	Bradford	Oakwell	13,448
Bennett, Pallister (p), Smith	Lineups		Charlesworth OG
Birmingham City	3	0	Bury	St Andrew's	29,500
Duckhouse, Dougall, Edwards	Lineups
Burnley	3	0	Millwall	Turf Moor	17,968
Billingham, Potts, Kippax	Lineups
Coventry City	1	0	Fulham	Highfield Road	17,011
Lowrie	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	2	Plymouth Argyle	St James' Park	47,661
Bentley 3	Lineups		Thomas D, Tinkler
Newport County	0	3	Manchester City	Somerton Park	13,641
	Lineups		Dunkley, Black, Constantine
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	City Ground	18,307
Brown R, Pritty	Lineups		Ward, Dailey
Southampton	4	2	West Ham United	The Dell	17,305
Ellerington, Bevis, Roper, McGibbon	Lineups		Payne, Bainbridge
Swansea Town	3	4	Leicester City	Vetch Field	16,697
Payne, McCrory, Haines J	Lineups		Lee 3, Dewis
Tottenham Hotspur	3	4	Chesterfield	White Hart Lane	38,654
Bennett, Cox 2	Lineups		Ludford OG, Swinscoe, Ottewell, Wilson
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Luton Town	The Hawthorns	20,685
Richards	Lineups		Duncan, Billington

				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	Newcastle United	18	5	2	1	29	9	4	4	2	19	11	2.4	24	W	L	D	W	W	1946-12-14	Leicester City	A
2	0	Birmingham City	19	7	1	1	23	5	4	1	5	10	12	1.941	24	W	W	W	W	W	1946-12-14	Luton Town	A
3	1	Burnley	18	5	4	1	15	9	3	4	1	11	8	1.529	24	W	D	D	D	D	1946-12-14	Bradford	A
4	1	Manchester City	17	5	3	0	20	6	4	2	3	15	10	2.188	23	W	D	W	W	L	1946-12-14	Barnsley	H
5	1	Chesterfield	17	3	4	1	10	6	5	3	1	12	7	1.692	23	W	D	W	W	D	1946-12-14	Swansea Town	H
6	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	18	5	3	2	17	12	3	3	2	17	13	1.36	22	L	D	W	L	W	1946-12-14	Millwall	A
7	1	Leicester City	18	5	2	3	19	12	4	1	3	13	16	1.143	21	W	D	D	W	W	1946-12-14	Newcastle United	H
8	2	Barnsley	19	6	1	3	22	14	2	3	4	17	27	0.951	20	W	L	L	L	L	1946-12-14	Manchester City	A
9	3	Southampton	18	6	3	0	25	10	1	2	6	9	19	1.172	19	W	D	W	L	D	1946-12-14	Sheffield Wednesday	A
10	-3	West Bromwich Albion	18	4	1	3	20	14	4	2	4	19	21	1.114	19	L	L	W	D	L	1946-12-14	Plymouth Argyle	A
11	-2	Plymouth Argyle	17	6	3	0	20	10	1	2	5	13	21	1.065	19	L	W	L	D	W	1946-12-14	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	2	Luton Town	18	6	1	1	22	11	2	1	7	12	19	1.133	18	W	W	L	W	D	1946-12-14	Birmingham City	H
13	-2	Fulham	18	5	1	2	19	13	2	3	5	13	24	0.865	18	L	L	L	L	W	1946-12-25	Newport County	A
14	-1	Bradford	17	4	2	3	11	9	2	3	3	15	17	1	17	L	W	L	L	D	1946-12-14	Burnley	H
15	0	Coventry City	18	4	5	0	11	6	1	2	6	13	20	0.923	17	W	L	W	L	D	1946-12-14	Bury	A
16	1	Nottingham Forest	17	4	2	3	17	11	1	2	5	10	20	0.871	14	D	D	L	W	L	1946-12-21	Bury	H
17	-1	Swansea Town	18	4	1	5	19	24	1	3	4	10	17	0.707	14	L	L	W	D	L	1946-12-14	Chesterfield	A
18	0	Millwall	18	4	2	4	18	19	1	1	6	6	20	0.615	13	L	W	L	W	W	1946-12-14	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	0	Bury	18	2	4	2	21	15	0	4	6	6	19	0.794	12	L	W	D	D	L	1946-12-14	Coventry City	H
20	1	Sheffield Wednesday	18	3	2	4	16	15	1	2	6	13	26	0.707	12	D	W	L	D	L	1946-12-14	Southampton	H
21	-1	West Ham United	17	3	2	3	11	15	2	0	7	13	21	0.667	12	L	D	L	L	W	1946-12-21	Barnsley	A
22	0	Newport County	18	2	0	7	17	29	1	1	7	8	34	0.397	7	L	L	W	L	L	1946-12-21	Sheffield Wednesday	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Peel Park	2,740
Robinson 2	Lineups		Harlock
Barrow	2	3	Darlington	Holker Street	4,026
Shanks, Henderson	Lineups		Harrison 2, Clarke
Bradford City	1	1	Hull City	Valley Parade	6,453
Whittingham	Lineups		Lester
Carlisle United	1	2	York City	Brunton Park	11,144
Hayton	Lineups		Porritt 2
Halifax Town	1	2	Chester	The Shay	3,830
Quinn	Lineups		Burden, Yates
Lincoln City	3	5	Doncaster Rovers	Sincil Bank	10,917
Marlow 2, Cheetham	Lineups		Bycroft, Owens, Jordan, Todd, Maddison
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Gateshead	Boundary Park	9,368
Tomlinson	Lineups		Small
Rochdale	0	0	Southport	Spotland	4,467
	Lineups
Stockport County	1	2	Hartlepools United	Edgeley Park	6,928
Cocker	Lineups		Sloan, McMahon (p)
Wrexham	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Racecourse Ground	9,760
Boothway	Lineups

				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	17	7	0	1	25	9	8	1	0	28	12	2.524	31	W	W	W	W	D	1946-12-21	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Chester	17	7	0	1	21	7	6	3	0	26	14	2.238	29	W	W	W	D	W	1946-12-14	New Brighton	H
3	0	Rotherham United	15	6	0	0	21	5	5	2	2	16	13	2.056	24	D	W	W	W	W	1946-12-21	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	0	Wrexham	17	7	3	0	24	10	2	2	3	3	5	1.8	23	W	W	L	W	D	1946-12-21	Southport	H
5	0	Bradford City	17	6	3	0	17	7	2	2	4	11	14	1.333	21	D	D	W	D	L	1946-12-14	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	0	Stockport County	16	6	0	3	20	9	2	2	3	9	9	1.611	18	L	W	W	W	L	1946-12-21	Lincoln City	H
7	0	Carlisle United	16	4	2	2	18	13	4	0	4	12	15	1.071	18	L	D	W	W	L	1946-12-21	Darlington	H
8	2	Rochdale	18	2	4	4	16	12	4	1	3	15	14	1.192	17	D	D	W	L	W	1946-12-21	Chester	H
9	-1	Crewe Alexandra	17	4	1	2	10	4	3	2	5	15	19	1.087	17	L	D	W	W	W	1946-12-21	Oldham Athletic	A
10	-1	Lincoln City	16	4	1	3	18	11	3	1	4	13	14	1.24	16	L	L	W	L	D	1946-12-21	Stockport County	A
11	0	Oldham Athletic	17	3	3	3	11	10	3	1	4	14	15	1	16	D	W	L	D	L	1946-12-21	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	0	York City	16	3	1	4	18	21	3	3	2	11	11	0.906	16	W	W	L	D	W	1946-12-25	Southport	A
13	0	Hull City	17	3	3	3	11	10	2	1	5	12	19	0.793	14	D	L	W	L	L	1946-12-21	Accrington Stanley	A
14	3	Hartlepools United	17	3	2	3	11	13	2	2	5	12	21	0.676	14	W	L	L	L	L	1946-12-21	Bradford City	A
15	-1	Barrow	17	2	1	6	10	14	2	4	2	9	11	0.76	13	L	L	L	L	D	1946-12-14	Accrington Stanley	A
16	2	Gateshead	16	3	1	4	15	15	2	1	5	8	19	0.676	12	D	L	L	W	W	1946-12-21	Barrow	A
17	-2	Halifax Town	17	3	3	4	12	12	1	1	5	7	17	0.655	12	L	D	L	L	W	1946-12-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	-2	Tranmere Rovers	16	3	1	3	13	15	2	1	6	10	21	0.639	12	L	D	W	L	D	1946-12-14	Bradford City	H
19	1	Darlington	17	3	2	2	16	11	2	0	8	9	29	0.625	12	W	L	L	L	D	1946-12-21	Carlisle United	A
20	-1	New Brighton	15	4	2	2	16	15	0	1	6	7	20	0.657	11	W	L	W	L	L	1946-12-14	Chester	A
21	0	Accrington Stanley	16	3	0	5	14	18	2	1	5	8	20	0.579	11	W	L	L	W	D	1946-12-14	Barrow	H
22	0	Southport	17	1	2	5	14	21	0	3	6	7	19	0.525	7	D	D	L	L	D	1946-12-21	Wrexham	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Eastville	6,097
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	1	Notts County	Selhurst Park	12,461
Kurz, Girling	Lineups		Jayes
Ipswich Town	3	1	Swindon Town	Portman Road	9,871
O'Mahony, Roy, Parker S	Lineups		Stephens W
Leyton Orient	4	1	Bristol City	Brisbane Road	7,600
Pullen 3, Morrad	Lineups		Williams C
Mansfield Town	1	3	Aldershot	Field Mill	4,429
Copestake	Lineups		Brooks 2, Chessell OG
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Port Vale	Loftus Road	14,251
Harris, Mills	Lineups
Reading	4	3	Norwich City	Elm Park	10,556
Fisher, MacPhee 3	Lineups		Eyre, Johnson 2
Southend United	2	2	Exeter City	Greyhound Stadium	7,360
Lane, Montgomery	Lineups		Walton OG, Owen
Torquay United	2	1	Northampton Town	Plainmoor	5,265
Harrower, Conley	Lineups		Garrett
Walsall	2	3	Cardiff City	Fellows Park	16,386	Largest home gate 1946-47
Wilshaw 2	Lineups		Allen 2, Rees
Watford	0	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vicarage Road	5,981
	Lineups		Kirkham, McDonald

				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	Cardiff City	18	7	1	0	23	4	7	0	3	23	11	3.067	29	W	W	W	W	W	1946-12-21	Ipswich Town	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	17	7	2	1	15	4	4	3	0	12	5	3	27	W	W	W	W	W	1946-12-21	Swindon Town	H
3	0	Bristol City	17	5	1	1	15	5	6	2	2	27	18	1.826	25	L	W	L	W	W	1946-12-21	Southend United	A
4	0	Southend United	17	5	4	1	16	8	4	1	2	16	15	1.391	23	D	W	W	W	W	1946-12-21	Bristol City	H
5	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	18	7	1	0	19	4	2	1	7	10	18	1.318	20	W	L	W	D	W	1946-12-25	Norwich City	H
6	3	Reading	17	6	1	2	36	19	1	3	4	12	18	1.297	18	W	W	D	L	L	1946-12-21	Northampton Town	H
7	-1	Swindon Town	17	4	2	1	18	9	3	2	5	15	22	1.065	18	L	W	D	L	L	1946-12-21	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	0	Exeter City	16	5	3	1	18	9	2	1	4	7	18	0.926	18	D	D	L	D	L	1946-12-14	Bristol Rovers	H
9	4	Ipswich Town	16	5	1	3	17	9	1	4	2	9	13	1.182	17	W	W	D	L	L	1946-12-21	Cardiff City	H
10	-3	Walsall	17	3	3	3	15	12	3	2	3	10	11	1.087	17	L	L	W	W	D	1946-12-21	Notts County	H
11	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	17	3	2	3	10	17	3	3	3	9	9	0.731	17	D	L	W	W	D	1946-12-14	Mansfield Town	H
12	-2	Northampton Town	17	4	0	3	17	11	3	2	5	12	13	1.208	16	L	W	L	L	W	1946-12-21	Reading	A
13	3	Torquay United	16	4	2	2	15	12	1	4	3	9	12	1	16	W	W	L	D	W	1946-12-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	-3	Watford	18	5	1	4	17	14	2	1	5	10	19	0.818	16	L	L	L	W	D	1946-12-21	Norwich City	H
15	2	Crystal Palace	18	5	2	2	14	9	2	0	7	8	27	0.611	16	W	L	L	W	L	1946-12-21	Aldershot	H
16	-2	Port Vale	17	4	2	2	17	11	2	1	6	9	18	0.897	15	L	L	W	L	W	1946-12-21	Bristol Rovers	A
17	-2	Mansfield Town	18	4	2	4	13	16	1	3	4	10	18	0.676	15	L	W	L	L	L	1946-12-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	0	Notts County	17	5	0	3	17	9	1	1	7	11	20	0.966	13	L	L	W	L	L	1946-12-21	Walsall	A
19	0	Aldershot	17	4	1	3	17	14	2	0	7	11	25	0.718	13	W	L	L	W	W	1946-12-21	Crystal Palace	A
20	0	Norwich City	18	3	1	5	20	23	1	1	7	9	24	0.617	10	L	L	W	W	L	1946-12-21	Watford	A
21	1	Leyton Orient	16	3	2	3	13	12	0	1	7	5	21	0.545	9	W	L	L	L	L	1946-12-25	Cardiff City	H
22	-1	Bristol Rovers	17	1	2	6	10	19	2	0	6	6	17	0.444	8	D	L	L	L	L	1946-12-14	Exeter City	A