Saturday 1946-12-21

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Sunderland	Burnden Park	19,757
	Lineups		Whitelum
Charlton Athletic	0	1	Blackpool	The Valley	13,417
	Lineups		Buchan W (p)
Chelsea	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	43,006
Lawton	Lineups		Forbes, Mullen
Grimsby Town	0	0	Arsenal	Blundell Park	13,308
	Lineups
Leeds United	1	2	Derby County	Elland Road	21,320
Henry (p)	Lineups		Carter, Stamps
Liverpool	4	1	Aston Villa	Anfield Road	35,650
Balmer 2, Stubbins, Nieuwenhuys	Lineups		Dorsett
Middlesbrough	2	0	Brentford	Ayresome Park	28,750
Spuhler 2	Lineups
Preston North End	2	1	Everton	Deepdale	23,334
Finney (p), Beattie R	Lineups		Jones (p)
Sheffield United	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Bramall Lane	23,980
Collindridge 2	Lineups		Bateman, Glazzard
Stoke City	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Victoria Ground	23,641
	Lineups

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	0	3	33	14	6	2	2	20	11	2.12	30	W	W	W	W	D	1946-12-25	Sunderland	A
2	0	Liverpool	20	6	2	2	23	14	6	2	2	26	15	1.69	28	W	W	L	L	W	1946-12-25	Stoke City	A
3	0	Middlesbrough	19	6	2	1	24	15	5	2	3	17	10	1.64	26	W	W	W	L	D	1946-12-25	Leeds United	A
4	0	Stoke City	20	6	3	2	23	15	5	0	4	22	15	1.5	25	D	W	W	L	W	1946-12-25	Liverpool	H
5	1	Blackpool	21	8	0	2	22	17	4	1	6	16	22	0.974	25	W	L	L	W	L	1946-12-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	2	Preston North End	19	7	1	3	25	16	3	3	2	15	16	1.25	24	W	D	W	W	D	1946-12-25	Chelsea	A
7	-2	Manchester United	19	7	2	1	28	12	2	3	4	16	16	1.571	23	L	W	L	W	D	1946-12-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	1	Sheffield United	18	4	4	1	20	15	5	1	3	16	18	1.091	23	D	W	W	W	L	1946-12-25	Brentford	H
9	-2	Aston Villa	20	4	3	4	18	12	5	1	3	13	11	1.348	22	L	W	W	L	W	1946-12-25	Huddersfield Town	H
10	0	Sunderland	20	5	0	5	17	16	4	3	3	16	17	1	21	W	L	D	L	L	1946-12-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	1	Blackburn Rovers	19	3	2	4	12	10	4	2	4	9	11	1	18	D	W	L	D	W	1946-12-25	Blackpool	H
12	3	Derby County	19	4	2	3	17	14	4	0	6	20	26	0.925	18	W	W	W	W	L	1946-12-25	Everton	A
13	-2	Chelsea	20	4	2	4	19	22	3	2	5	19	21	0.884	18	L	W	D	L	L	1946-12-25	Preston North End	H
14	0	Grimsby Town	19	3	3	3	11	17	3	3	4	14	18	0.714	18	D	L	L	D	D	1946-12-25	Charlton Athletic	H
15	-2	Bolton Wanderers	20	4	3	3	17	11	2	2	6	13	22	0.909	17	L	L	W	D	W	1946-12-25	Manchester United	H
16	0	Charlton Athletic	20	4	0	6	21	17	2	3	5	13	24	0.829	15	L	L	L	L	L	1946-12-25	Grimsby Town	A
17	3	Arsenal	20	3	3	3	15	15	2	1	8	13	27	0.667	14	D	W	L	D	L	1946-12-25	Portsmouth	H
18	-1	Everton	19	4	2	3	15	16	1	2	7	8	20	0.639	14	L	L	D	W	L	1946-12-25	Derby County	H
19	-1	Portsmouth	18	5	1	3	22	14	0	2	7	10	21	0.914	13	D	W	D	L	L	1946-12-25	Arsenal	A
20	-1	Leeds United	20	5	2	3	20	11	0	1	9	9	30	0.707	13	L	L	D	D	W	1946-12-25	Middlesbrough	H
21	0	Brentford	19	3	1	5	10	19	2	2	6	15	24	0.581	13	L	L	L	D	D	1946-12-25	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Huddersfield Town	20	5	1	4	18	15	0	1	9	7	35	0.5	12	D	L	L	W	L	1946-12-25	Aston Villa	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	2	West Ham United	Oakwell	11,109
Bennett	Lineups		Hall, Payne
Birmingham City	6	1	Plymouth Argyle	St Andrew's	26,734
Bodle 3, Mulraney 2, Edwards	Lineups		Tinkler
Burnley	0	0	Manchester City	Turf Moor	31,210
	Lineups
Coventry City	0	0	Luton Town	Highfield Road	13,087
	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	1	Chesterfield	St James' Park	53,675
Wayman 2	Lineups		Oliver
Newport County	4	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Somerton Park	10,680
Carr 3, Lewis	Lineups		Ward 2, Slynn
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Bury	City Ground	15,788
Johnston, Brigham	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	3	Bradford	White Hart Lane	24,779
Foreman 2, Dix (p)	Lineups		Downie, Dix, Smith
West Bromwich Albion	4	2	Leicester City	The Hawthorns	18,820
Duggan 2, Millard, Walsh	Lineups		Lee, Dewis

				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	20	6	2	1	31	10	5	4	2	23	13	2.348	28	W	W	W	L	D	1946-12-25	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	0	Birmingham City	21	8	1	1	29	6	5	1	5	13	13	2.211	28	W	W	W	W	W	1946-12-25	Swansea Town	H
3	0	Burnley	20	5	5	1	15	9	4	4	1	12	8	1.588	27	D	W	W	D	D	1946-12-25	Nottingham Forest	H
4	0	Manchester City	19	6	3	0	25	7	4	3	3	15	10	2.353	26	D	W	W	D	W	1946-12-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
5	0	Chesterfield	19	4	4	1	11	6	5	3	2	13	9	1.6	25	L	W	W	D	W	1946-12-25	Millwall	A
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	20	5	4	2	20	15	4	3	2	20	13	1.429	25	D	W	L	D	W	1946-12-25	Coventry City	A
7	3	West Bromwich Albion	20	5	1	3	24	16	4	2	5	20	23	1.128	21	W	L	L	L	W	1946-12-25	Newcastle United	A
8	0	Leicester City	20	5	2	4	21	16	4	1	4	15	20	1	21	L	L	W	D	D	1946-12-25	Bradford	A
9	-2	Plymouth Argyle	19	7	3	0	22	11	1	2	6	14	27	0.947	21	L	W	L	W	L	1946-12-25	Manchester City	A
10	-1	Barnsley	21	6	1	4	23	16	2	3	5	18	32	0.854	20	L	L	W	L	L	1946-12-25	Southampton	H
11	0	Southampton	19	6	3	0	25	10	1	2	7	9	22	1.063	19	L	W	D	W	L	1946-12-25	Barnsley	A
12	0	Luton Town	20	6	1	2	23	14	2	2	7	12	19	1.061	19	D	L	W	W	L	1946-12-25	West Ham United	A
13	1	Bradford	19	4	2	4	11	10	2	4	3	18	20	0.967	18	D	L	L	W	L	1946-12-25	Leicester City	H
14	1	Coventry City	20	4	6	0	11	6	1	2	7	13	21	0.889	18	D	L	W	L	W	1946-12-25	Tottenham Hotspur	H
15	-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
16	0	Nottingham Forest	18	5	2	3	19	11	1	2	5	10	20	0.935	16	W	D	D	L	W	1946-12-25	Burnley	A
17	1	Sheffield Wednesday	20	4	2	4	19	15	1	2	7	16	30	0.778	14	L	W	D	W	L	1946-12-25	Bury	A
18	-1	Bury	20	3	4	2	22	15	0	4	7	6	21	0.778	14	L	W	L	W	D	1946-12-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H
19	2	West Ham United	18	3	2	3	11	15	3	0	7	15	22	0.703	14	W	L	D	L	L	1946-12-25	Luton Town	H
20	-1	Swansea Town	19	4	1	5	19	24	1	3	5	10	18	0.69	14	L	L	L	W	D	1946-12-25	Birmingham City	A
21	-1	Millwall	19	4	2	5	18	22	1	1	6	6	20	0.571	13	L	L	W	L	W	1946-12-25	Chesterfield	H
22	0	Newport County	19	3	0	7	21	32	1	1	7	8	34	0.439	9	W	L	L	W	L	1946-12-25	Fulham	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	0	0	Hull City	Peel Park	2,672
	Lineups
Barrow	1	0	Gateshead	Holker Street	4,478
Birch	Lineups
Bradford City	1	2	Hartlepools United	Valley Parade	6,445
Isaac	Lineups		Sloan, Copeland
Carlisle United	1	5	Darlington	Brunton Park	8,342
Adams	Lineups		Stubbs, Clarke 3, Parsley
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Rotherham United	Belle Vue	21,297
Owens	Lineups		Shaw
Halifax Town	1	3	Tranmere Rovers	The Shay	3,610
Burgess	Lineups		Burns, Atkinson, Rosenthal
Oldham Athletic	3	1	Crewe Alexandra	Boundary Park	9,567
Howe 2, Ormandy	Lineups		Cooke
Rochdale	2	1	Chester	Spotland	7,738
Hallard, Barkas	Lineups		Yates
Stockport County	3	2	Lincoln City	Edgeley Park	6,824
Cocker 2, Brown	Lineups		Dagg, Hutchinson
Wrexham	1	1	Southport	Racecourse Ground	5,721
McLarty	Lineups		Sinclair

				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	18	7	1	1	26	10	8	1	0	28	12	2.455	32	D	W	W	W	W	1946-12-25	Wrexham	H
2	0	Chester	19	8	0	1	23	8	6	3	1	27	16	2.083	31	L	W	W	W	W	1946-12-25	Rotherham United	H
3	0	Rotherham United	16	6	0	0	21	5	5	3	2	17	14	2	25	D	D	W	W	W	1946-12-25	Chester	A
4	0	Wrexham	18	7	4	0	25	11	2	2	3	3	5	1.75	24	D	W	W	L	W	1946-12-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	0	Bradford City	19	6	3	1	18	9	2	2	5	11	16	1.16	21	L	L	D	D	W	1946-12-25	Halifax Town	A
6	0	Stockport County	17	7	0	3	23	11	2	2	3	9	9	1.6	20	W	L	W	W	W	1946-12-25	Rochdale	A
7	1	Rochdale	19	3	4	4	18	13	4	1	3	15	14	1.222	19	W	D	D	W	L	1946-12-25	Stockport County	H
8	3	Oldham Athletic	18	4	3	3	14	11	3	1	4	14	15	1.077	18	W	D	W	L	D	1946-12-25	New Brighton	H
9	-2	Carlisle United	17	4	2	3	19	18	4	0	4	12	15	0.939	18	L	L	D	W	W	1946-12-25	Barrow	H
10	-1	Crewe Alexandra	18	4	1	2	10	4	3	2	6	16	22	1	17	L	L	D	W	W	1946-12-25	Darlington	H
11	2	Barrow	19	3	1	6	11	14	3	4	2	12	12	0.885	17	W	W	L	L	L	1946-12-25	Carlisle United	A
12	-2	Lincoln City	17	4	1	3	18	11	3	1	5	15	17	1.179	16	L	L	L	W	L	1946-12-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	-1	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
14	1	Tranmere Rovers	18	4	1	3	15	15	3	1	6	13	22	0.757	16	W	W	L	D	W	1946-12-25	Lincoln City	H
15	1	Hartlepools United	18	3	2	3	11	13	3	2	5	14	22	0.714	16	W	W	L	L	L	1946-12-25	Hull City	H
16	-2	Hull City	18	3	3	3	11	10	2	2	5	12	19	0.793	15	D	D	L	W	L	1946-12-25	Hartlepools United	A
17	2	Darlington	18	3	2	2	16	11	3	0	8	14	30	0.732	14	W	W	L	L	L	1946-12-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
18	-1	Gateshead	17	3	1	4	15	15	2	1	6	8	20	0.657	12	L	D	L	L	W	1946-12-25	Accrington Stanley	H
19	-1	Halifax Town	18	3	3	5	13	15	1	1	5	7	17	0.625	12	L	L	D	L	L	1946-12-25	Bradford City	H
20	1	Accrington Stanley	18	3	1	6	15	21	2	1	5	8	20	0.561	12	D	L	W	L	L	1946-12-25	Gateshead	A
21	-1	New Brighton	16	4	2	2	16	15	0	1	7	8	22	0.649	11	L	W	L	W	L	1946-12-25	Oldham Athletic	A
22	0	Southport	18	1	2	5	14	21	0	4	6	8	20	0.537	8	D	D	D	L	L	1946-12-25	York City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Port Vale	Eastville	5,734
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	0	Aldershot	Selhurst Park	6,696
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	0	1	Cardiff City	Portman Road	12,398
	Lineups		Gibson
Mansfield Town	1	0	Exeter City	Field Mill	4,485
Hogg	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	7	0	Swindon Town	Loftus Road	9,576
Pattison 2, McEwan 2, Hatton, Mills, Powell	Lineups
Reading	3	0	Northampton Town	Elm Park	5,374
Edelston, Chitty, MacPhee	Lineups
Southend United	4	1	Bristol City	Greyhound Stadium	8,007
Thompson 3, Sibley (p)	Lineups		Clark
Torquay United	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Plainmoor	4,414
Conley, Mercer 2	Lineups		Ferrier
Walsall	2	0	Notts County	Fellows Park	8,801
Wilshaw, Lishman	Lineups
Watford	4	1	Norwich City	Vicarage Road	3,078
Evans 2, Lowe OG, Wipfler	Lineups		Morgan D

				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	19	7	1	0	23	4	8	0	3	24	11	3.133	31	W	W	W	W	W	1946-12-25	Leyton Orient	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	18	8	2	1	22	4	4	3	0	12	5	3.778	29	W	W	W	W	W	1946-12-25	Ipswich Town	H
3	0	Bristol City	18	5	1	1	15	5	6	2	3	28	22	1.593	25	L	L	W	L	W	1946-12-25	Northampton Town	A
4	0	Southend United	18	6	4	1	20	9	4	1	2	16	15	1.5	25	W	D	W	W	W	1946-12-25	Watford	A
5	3	Reading	18	7	1	2	39	19	1	3	4	12	18	1.378	20	W	W	W	D	L	1946-12-25	Mansfield Town	A
6	-1	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
7	-1	Exeter City	18	6	3	1	21	11	2	1	5	7	19	0.933	20	L	W	D	D	L	1946-12-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
8	3	Walsall	18	4	3	3	17	12	3	2	3	10	11	1.174	19	W	L	L	W	W	1946-12-25	Bristol Rovers	A
9	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	4	2	3	15	17	3	3	4	10	12	0.862	19	L	W	D	L	W	1946-12-25	Exeter City	H
10	3	Torquay United	17	5	2	2	18	13	1	4	3	9	12	1.08	18	W	W	W	L	D	1946-12-25	Crystal Palace	A
11	3	Watford	19	6	1	4	21	15	2	1	5	10	19	0.912	18	W	L	L	L	W	1946-12-25	Southend United	H
12	-3	Swindon Town	18	4	2	1	18	9	3	2	6	15	29	0.868	18	L	L	W	D	L	1946-12-25	Notts County	A
13	-3	Ipswich Town	17	5	1	4	17	10	1	4	2	9	13	1.13	17	L	W	W	D	L	1946-12-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
14	3	Mansfield Town	20	5	2	4	14	16	1	3	5	10	23	0.615	17	W	L	L	W	L	1946-12-25	Reading	H
15	0	Crystal Palace	19	5	3	2	14	9	2	0	7	8	27	0.611	17	D	W	L	L	W	1946-12-25	Torquay United	H
16	-4	Northampton Town	18	4	0	3	17	11	3	2	6	12	16	1.074	16	L	L	W	L	L	1946-12-25	Bristol City	H
17	-1	Port Vale	18	4	2	2	17	11	2	2	6	9	18	0.897	16	D	L	L	W	L	1946-12-25	Aldershot	A
18	1	Aldershot	18	4	1	3	17	14	2	1	7	11	25	0.718	14	D	W	L	L	W	1946-12-25	Port Vale	H
19	-1	Notts County	18	5	0	3	17	9	1	1	8	11	22	0.903	13	L	L	L	W	L	1946-12-25	Swindon Town	H
20	0	Norwich City	19	3	1	5	20	23	1	1	8	10	28	0.588	10	L	L	L	W	W	1946-12-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
21	0	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	0	Bristol Rovers	19	1	3	6	10	19	2	0	7	8	20	0.462	9	D	L	D	L	L	1946-12-25	Walsall	H