Wednesday 1946-12-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	1	Portsmouth	Highbury	32,108
Rooke, Logie	Lineups		McAlinden
Aston Villa	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Villa Park	29,906
Parkes, Martin	Lineups		Glazzard, Rodgers
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Blackpool	Ewood Park	27,013
Langton	Lineups		Mortensen
Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Manchester United	Burnden Park	30,511
Woodward, Lofthouse	Lineups		Rowley 2
Chelsea	1	2	Preston North End	Stamford Bridge	37,126
Lawton	Lineups		Finney, Wharton
Everton	4	1	Derby County	Goodison Park	32,925
Wainwright 2, Boyes (p), Dodds	Lineups		Carter
Grimsby Town	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Blundell Park	17,841
Clifton 2, Cairns	Lineups		Duffy
Leeds United	3	3	Middlesbrough	Elland Road	28,942
Milburn, Short, Cochrane	Lineups		Spuhler 2, Fenton
Sheffield United	6	1	Brentford	Bramall Lane	36,156
Rickett, Collindridge 2, Jackson, Hagan 2	Lineups		Townsend
Stoke City	2	1	Liverpool	Victoria Ground	30,518
Steele 2	Lineups		Stubbins
Sunderland	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Roker Park	37,068
	Lineups		Hancocks

				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	22	8	0	3	33	14	7	2	2	21	11	2.16	32	W	W	W	W	W	1946-12-26	Sunderland	H
2	0	Liverpool	21	6	2	2	23	14	6	2	3	27	17	1.613	28	L	W	W	L	L	1946-12-26	Stoke City	H
3	0	Middlesbrough	20	6	2	1	24	15	5	3	3	20	13	1.571	27	D	W	W	W	L	1946-12-26	Leeds United	H
4	0	Stoke City	21	7	3	2	25	16	5	0	4	22	15	1.516	27	W	D	W	W	L	1946-12-26	Liverpool	A
5	1	Preston North End	20	7	1	3	25	16	4	3	2	17	17	1.273	26	W	W	D	W	W	1946-12-26	Chelsea	H
6	-1	Blackpool	22	8	0	2	22	17	4	2	6	17	23	0.975	26	D	W	L	L	W	1946-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
7	1	Sheffield United	19	5	4	1	26	16	5	1	3	16	18	1.235	25	W	D	W	W	W	1946-12-26	Brentford	A
8	-1	Manchester United	20	7	2	1	28	12	2	4	4	18	18	1.533	24	D	L	W	L	W	1946-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
9	0	Aston Villa	21	4	4	4	20	14	5	1	3	13	11	1.32	23	D	L	W	W	L	1946-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
10	0	Sunderland	21	5	0	6	17	17	4	3	3	16	17	0.971	21	L	W	L	D	L	1946-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
11	3	Grimsby Town	20	4	3	3	14	18	3	3	4	14	18	0.778	20	W	D	L	L	D	1946-12-26	Charlton Athletic	A
12	-1	Blackburn Rovers	20	3	3	4	13	11	4	2	4	9	11	1	19	D	D	W	L	D	1946-12-26	Blackpool	A
13	2	Bolton Wanderers	21	4	4	3	19	13	2	2	6	13	22	0.914	18	D	L	L	W	D	1946-12-26	Manchester United	A
14	-1	Chelsea	21	4	2	5	20	24	3	2	5	19	21	0.867	18	L	L	W	D	L	1946-12-26	Preston North End	A
15	-3	Derby County	20	4	2	3	17	14	4	0	7	21	30	0.864	18	L	W	W	W	W	1946-12-26	Everton	H
16	2	Everton	20	5	2	3	19	17	1	2	7	8	20	0.73	16	W	L	L	D	W	1946-12-26	Derby County	A
17	0	Arsenal	21	4	3	3	17	16	2	1	8	13	27	0.698	16	W	D	W	L	D	1946-12-26	Portsmouth	A
18	-2	Charlton Athletic	21	4	0	6	21	17	2	3	6	14	27	0.795	15	L	L	L	L	L	1946-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
19	1	Leeds United	21	5	3	3	23	14	0	1	9	9	30	0.727	14	D	L	L	D	D	1946-12-26	Middlesbrough	A
20	-1	Portsmouth	19	5	1	3	22	14	0	2	8	11	23	0.892	13	L	D	W	D	L	1946-12-26	Arsenal	H
21	0	Brentford	20	3	1	5	10	19	2	2	7	16	30	0.531	13	L	L	L	L	D	1946-12-26	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Huddersfield Town	21	5	1	4	18	15	0	2	9	9	37	0.519	13	D	D	L	L	W	1946-12-26	Aston Villa	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	4	4	Southampton	Oakwell	16,331
Bennett, Morris, Pallister, Robledo	Lineups		Lewis 2, Stroud, Bevis
Birmingham City	3	1	Swansea Town	St Andrew's	31,309
Dougall, Bodle, Feeney OG	Lineups		McCrory
Bradford	1	2	Leicester City	Park Avenue	14,939
Danskin	Lineups		Smith S (p), Griffiths
Burnley	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Turf Moor	21,036
Chew 2, Kippax	Lineups
Bury	4	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Gigg Lane	11,913
Halton 2 (1p), Quigley 2	Lineups		Dailey, Slynn
Coventry City	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Highfield Road	23,307
Snape, Lowrie, Ashall	Lineups		Burgess
Manchester City	4	3	Plymouth Argyle	Maine Road	26,323
Smith 2, Herd, Constantine	Lineups		Rawlings 2, Thomas D
Millwall	1	1	Chesterfield	The Den, New Cross	18,566
Anderson	Lineups		Brolly OG
Newcastle United	2	4	West Bromwich Albion	St James' Park	44,722
Shackleton, Stobbart	Lineups		Walsh 2, Duggan, Elliott
Newport County	4	2	Fulham	Somerton Park	13,862
Rawcliffe 2, Carr, Watson OG	Lineups		Beasley, Taylor
West Ham United	2	1	Luton Town	Upton Park	19,948
Payne, Woodgate	Lineups		Duncan

				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	1	Birmingham City	22	9	1	1	32	7	5	1	5	13	13	2.25	30	W	W	W	W	W	1946-12-26	Swansea Town	A
2	1	Burnley	21	6	5	1	18	9	4	4	1	12	8	1.765	29	W	D	W	W	D	1946-12-26	Nottingham Forest	A
3	1	Manchester City	20	7	3	0	29	10	4	3	3	15	10	2.2	28	W	D	W	W	D	1946-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	-3	Newcastle United	21	6	2	2	33	14	5	4	2	23	13	2.074	28	L	W	W	W	L	1946-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	0	Chesterfield	20	4	4	1	11	6	5	4	2	14	10	1.563	26	D	L	W	W	D	1946-12-26	Millwall	H
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	21	5	4	2	20	15	4	3	3	21	16	1.323	25	L	D	W	L	D	1946-12-26	Coventry City	H
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	21	5	1	3	24	16	5	2	5	24	25	1.171	23	W	W	L	L	L	1946-12-26	Newcastle United	H
8	0	Leicester City	21	5	2	4	21	16	5	1	4	17	21	1.027	23	W	L	L	W	D	1946-12-26	Bradford	H
9	0	Plymouth Argyle	20	7	3	0	22	11	1	2	7	17	31	0.929	21	L	L	W	L	W	1946-12-26	Manchester City	H
10	0	Barnsley	22	6	2	4	27	20	2	3	5	18	32	0.865	21	D	L	L	W	L	1946-12-26	Southampton	A
11	0	Southampton	20	6	3	0	25	10	1	3	7	13	26	1.056	20	D	L	W	D	W	1946-12-26	Barnsley	H
12	2	Coventry City	21	5	6	0	14	7	1	2	7	13	21	0.964	20	W	D	L	W	L	1946-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	-1	Luton Town	21	6	1	2	23	14	2	2	8	13	21	1.029	19	L	D	L	W	W	1946-12-26	West Ham United	H
14	-1	Bradford	20	4	2	5	12	12	2	4	3	18	20	0.938	18	L	D	L	L	W	1946-12-26	Leicester City	A
15	0	Fulham	19	5	1	2	19	13	2	3	6	15	28	0.829	18	L	L	L	L	L	1946-12-26	Newport County	H
16	0	Nottingham Forest	19	5	2	3	19	11	1	2	6	10	23	0.853	16	L	W	D	D	L	1946-12-26	Burnley	H
17	1	Bury	21	4	4	2	26	17	0	4	7	6	21	0.842	16	W	L	W	L	W	1946-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	1	West Ham United	19	4	2	3	13	16	3	0	7	15	22	0.737	16	W	W	L	D	L	1946-12-26	Luton Town	A
19	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	21	4	2	4	19	15	1	2	8	18	34	0.755	14	L	L	W	D	W	1946-12-26	Bury	H
20	0	Swansea Town	20	4	1	5	19	24	1	3	6	11	21	0.667	14	L	L	L	L	W	1946-12-26	Birmingham City	H
21	0	Millwall	20	4	3	5	19	23	1	1	6	6	20	0.581	14	D	L	L	W	L	1946-12-26	Chesterfield	A
22	0	Newport County	20	4	0	7	25	34	1	1	7	8	34	0.485	11	W	W	L	L	W	1946-12-26	Fulham	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Carlisle United	4	1	Barrow	Brunton Park	9,576
Broadis, Moir, Iceton, Dougal	Lineups		Burnett
Chester	2	2	Rotherham United	Sealand Road	9,096
Lee, Hamilton	Lineups		Wilson, McLean
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Darlington	Gresty Road	4,853
Harrigan, Kelly, Ward	Lineups		Parsley, Stubbs
Doncaster Rovers	5	0	Wrexham	Belle Vue	17,987
Kirkaldie, Jordan, Todd, Tudor OG, Jackson OG	Lineups
Gateshead	2	1	Accrington Stanley	Redheugh Park	3,540
McCormack, Small	Lineups		Robinson
Halifax Town	1	2	Bradford City	The Shay	5,032
Burgess	Lineups		Leech 2
Hartlepools United	0	0	Hull City	Victoria Park	8,130
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	2	New Brighton	Boundary Park	10,804
Howe, Butler	Lineups		Ainsworth A 2
Rochdale	1	4	Stockport County	Spotland	7,153
Hargreaves J	Lineups		Brown 3, Walker
Southport	0	3	York City	Haig Avenue	5,435
	Lineups		Patrick A 2, Allen
Tranmere Rovers	5	2	Lincoln City	Prenton Park	6,938
Burns, Atkinson 3, Jones	Lineups		Cheetham 2

				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	19	8	1	1	31	10	8	1	0	28	12	2.682	34	W	D	W	W	W	1946-12-26	Wrexham	A
2	0	Chester	20	8	1	1	25	10	6	3	1	27	16	2	32	D	L	W	W	W	1946-12-26	Rotherham United	A
3	0	Rotherham United	17	6	0	0	21	5	5	4	2	19	16	1.905	26	D	D	D	W	W	1946-12-26	Chester	H
4	0	Wrexham	19	7	4	0	25	11	2	2	4	3	10	1.333	24	L	D	W	W	L	1946-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	0	Bradford City	20	6	3	1	18	9	3	2	5	13	17	1.192	23	W	L	L	D	D	1946-12-26	Halifax Town	H
6	0	Stockport County	18	7	0	3	23	11	3	2	3	13	10	1.714	22	W	W	L	W	W	1946-12-26	Rochdale	H
7	2	Carlisle United	18	5	2	3	23	19	4	0	4	12	15	1.029	20	W	L	L	D	W	1946-12-26	Barrow	A
8	-1	Rochdale	20	3	4	5	19	17	4	1	3	15	14	1.097	19	L	W	D	D	W	1946-12-26	Stockport County	A
9	-1	Oldham Athletic	19	4	4	3	16	13	3	1	4	14	15	1.071	19	D	W	D	W	L	1946-12-26	New Brighton	A
10	0	Crewe Alexandra	19	5	1	2	13	6	3	2	6	16	22	1.036	19	W	L	L	D	W	1946-12-26	Darlington	A
11	2	York City	17	3	1	4	18	21	4	3	2	14	11	1	18	W	W	W	L	D	1946-12-26	Southport	H
12	2	Tranmere Rovers	19	5	1	3	20	17	3	1	6	13	22	0.846	18	W	W	W	L	D	1946-12-26	Lincoln City	A
13	-2	Barrow	20	3	1	6	11	14	3	4	3	13	16	0.8	17	L	W	W	L	L	1946-12-26	Carlisle United	H
14	1	Hartlepools United	19	3	3	3	11	13	3	2	5	14	22	0.714	17	D	W	W	L	L	1946-12-26	Hull City	A
15	-3	Lincoln City	18	4	1	3	18	11	3	1	6	17	22	1.061	16	L	L	L	L	W	1946-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
16	0	Hull City	19	3	3	3	11	10	2	3	5	12	19	0.793	16	D	D	D	L	W	1946-12-26	Hartlepools United	H
17	0	Darlington	19	3	2	2	16	11	3	0	9	16	33	0.727	14	L	W	W	L	L	1946-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	0	Gateshead	18	4	1	4	17	16	2	1	6	8	20	0.694	14	W	L	D	L	L	1946-12-26	Accrington Stanley	A
19	2	New Brighton	17	4	2	2	16	15	0	2	7	10	24	0.667	12	D	L	W	L	W	1946-12-26	Oldham Athletic	H
20	-1	Halifax Town	19	3	3	6	14	17	1	1	5	7	17	0.618	12	L	L	L	D	L	1946-12-26	Bradford City	A
21	-1	Accrington Stanley	19	3	1	6	15	21	2	1	6	9	22	0.558	12	L	D	L	W	L	1946-12-26	Gateshead	H
22	0	Southport	19	1	2	6	14	24	0	4	6	8	20	0.5	8	L	D	D	D	L	1946-12-26	York City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	0	0	Port Vale	Recreation Ground	3,449
	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	1	Norwich City	Dean Court	10,071
	Lineups		Jones
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	6	Exeter City	Goldstone Ground	8,015
Sim	Lineups		Owen 3, Wright 2, Wardle
Bristol Rovers	2	2	Walsall	Eastville	6,624
Windle, Leamon	Lineups		Wilshaw, Mullard
Crystal Palace	6	1	Torquay United	Selhurst Park	11,786
Naylor 2, Girling 2, Russell, Head OG	Lineups		Mercer
Leyton Orient	0	1	Cardiff City	Brisbane Road	12,947
	Lineups		Rees
Mansfield Town	2	2	Reading	Field Mill	4,975
Copestake, Hogg	Lineups		MacPhee, Edelston
Northampton Town	2	2	Bristol City	County Ground	13,501	Largest home gate 1946-47
Garrett, Smith	Lineups		Hargreaves, Williams C
Notts County	0	0	Swindon Town	Meadow Lane	18,439
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	3	Ipswich Town	Loftus Road	15,503
Hatton	Lineups		Parker T, Gillespie, Parker S
Watford	4	0	Southend United	Vicarage Road	6,849
Evans 3, Dunderdale	Lineups

				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	20	7	1	0	23	4	9	0	3	25	11	3.2	33	W	W	W	W	W	1946-12-28	Norwich City	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	19	8	2	2	23	7	4	3	0	12	5	2.917	29	L	W	W	W	W	1946-12-26	Ipswich Town	A
3	0	Bristol City	19	5	1	1	15	5	6	3	3	30	24	1.552	26	D	L	L	W	L	1946-12-26	Northampton Town	H
4	0	Southend United	19	6	4	1	20	9	4	1	3	16	19	1.286	25	L	W	D	W	W	1946-12-26	Watford	H
5	2	Exeter City	19	6	3	1	21	11	3	1	5	13	20	1.097	22	W	L	W	D	D	1946-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	-1	Reading	19	7	1	2	39	19	1	4	4	14	20	1.359	21	D	W	W	W	D	1946-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
7	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	19	7	1	1	19	5	2	1	7	10	18	1.261	20	L	W	L	W	D	1946-12-26	Norwich City	A
8	0	Walsall	19	4	3	3	17	12	3	3	3	12	13	1.16	20	D	W	L	L	W	1946-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
9	2	Watford	20	7	1	4	25	15	2	1	5	10	19	1.029	20	W	W	L	L	L	1946-12-26	Southend United	A
10	3	Ipswich Town	18	5	1	4	17	10	2	4	2	12	14	1.208	19	W	L	W	W	D	1946-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	1	Swindon Town	19	4	2	1	18	9	3	3	6	15	29	0.868	19	D	L	L	W	D	1946-12-26	Notts County	H
12	3	Crystal Palace	20	6	3	2	20	10	2	0	7	8	27	0.757	19	W	D	W	L	L	1946-12-26	Torquay United	A
13	-4	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	4	2	4	16	23	3	3	4	10	12	0.743	19	L	L	W	D	L	1946-12-26	Exeter City	A
14	-4	Torquay United	18	5	2	2	18	13	1	4	4	10	18	0.903	18	L	W	W	W	L	1946-12-26	Crystal Palace	H
15	-1	Mansfield Town	21	5	3	4	16	18	1	3	5	10	23	0.634	18	D	W	L	L	W	1946-12-26	Reading	A
16	0	Northampton Town	19	4	1	3	19	13	3	2	6	12	16	1.069	17	D	L	L	W	L	1946-12-26	Bristol City	A
17	0	Port Vale	19	4	2	2	17	11	2	3	6	9	18	0.897	17	D	D	L	L	W	1946-12-26	Aldershot	H
18	0	Aldershot	19	4	2	3	17	14	2	1	7	11	25	0.718	15	D	D	W	L	L	1946-12-26	Port Vale	A
19	0	Notts County	19	5	1	3	17	9	1	1	8	11	22	0.903	14	D	L	L	L	W	1946-12-26	Swindon Town	A
20	0	Norwich City	20	3	1	5	20	23	2	1	8	11	28	0.608	12	W	L	L	L	W	1946-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
21	1	Bristol Rovers	20	1	4	6	12	21	2	0	7	8	20	0.488	10	D	D	L	D	L	1946-12-26	Walsall	A
22	-1	Leyton Orient	17	3	2	4	13	13	0	1	7	5	21	0.529	9	L	W	L	L	L	1946-12-28	Ipswich Town	A