Thursday 1946-12-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Bloomfield Road	25,576
Mortensen	Lineups
Brentford	2	1	Sheffield United	Griffin Park	29,535
Smith A, Wilkins	Lineups		Rickett
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Grimsby Town	The Valley	30,804
	Lineups
Derby County	5	1	Everton	Baseball Ground	29,978
Doherty 2, Harrison 2, Ward	Lineups		Fielding
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Aston Villa	Leeds Road	39,606	Largest home gate 1946-47
Rodgers	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Stoke City	Anfield Road	49,494
Nieuwenhuys, Stubbins	Lineups
Manchester United	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Maine Road	57,446
Pearson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	0	Leeds United	Ayresome Park	45,336	Largest home gate 1946-47
Fenton 2, Walker	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	2	Arsenal	Fratton Park	37,723
	Lineups		Rooke 2
Preston North End	1	1	Chelsea	Deepdale	40,167	Largest home gate 1946-47
Garth	Lineups		Paton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Sunderland	Molineux	53,834
Galley, King	Lineups		Whitelum

				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	23	9	0	3	35	15	7	2	2	21	11	2.154	34	W	W	W	W	W	1946-12-28	Arsenal	A
2	0	Liverpool	22	7	2	2	25	14	6	2	3	27	17	1.677	30	W	L	W	W	L	1946-12-28	Sheffield United	H
3	0	Middlesbrough	21	7	2	1	27	15	5	3	3	20	13	1.679	29	W	D	W	W	W	1946-12-28	Aston Villa	H
4	2	Blackpool	23	9	0	2	23	17	4	2	6	17	23	1	28	W	D	W	L	L	1946-12-28	Huddersfield Town	H
5	-1	Stoke City	22	7	3	2	25	16	5	0	5	22	17	1.424	27	L	W	D	W	W	1946-12-28	Charlton Athletic	A
6	-1	Preston North End	21	7	2	3	26	17	4	3	2	17	17	1.265	27	D	W	W	D	W	1946-12-28	Leeds United	A
7	1	Manchester United	21	8	2	1	29	12	2	4	4	18	18	1.567	26	W	D	L	W	L	1946-12-28	Grimsby Town	A
8	-1	Sheffield United	20	5	4	1	26	16	5	1	4	17	20	1.194	25	L	W	D	W	W	1946-12-28	Liverpool	A
9	0	Aston Villa	22	4	4	4	20	14	5	1	4	13	12	1.269	23	L	D	L	W	W	1946-12-28	Middlesbrough	A
10	0	Sunderland	22	5	0	6	17	17	4	3	4	17	19	0.944	21	L	L	W	L	D	1946-12-28	Derby County	A
11	0	Grimsby Town	21	4	3	3	14	18	3	4	4	14	18	0.778	21	D	W	D	L	L	1946-12-28	Manchester United	H
12	3	Derby County	21	5	2	3	22	15	4	0	7	21	30	0.956	20	W	L	W	W	W	1946-12-28	Sunderland	H
13	-1	Blackburn Rovers	21	3	3	4	13	11	4	2	5	9	12	0.957	19	L	D	D	W	L	1946-12-28	Portsmouth	H
14	0	Chelsea	22	4	2	5	20	24	3	3	5	20	22	0.87	19	D	L	L	W	D	1946-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	-2	Bolton Wanderers	22	4	4	3	19	13	2	2	7	13	23	0.889	18	L	D	L	L	W	1946-12-28	Chelsea	H
16	1	Arsenal	22	4	3	3	17	16	3	1	8	15	27	0.744	18	W	W	D	W	L	1946-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
17	1	Charlton Athletic	22	4	1	6	21	17	2	3	6	14	27	0.795	16	D	L	L	L	L	1946-12-28	Stoke City	H
18	-2	Everton	21	5	2	3	19	17	1	2	8	9	25	0.667	16	L	W	L	L	D	1946-12-28	Brentford	A
19	2	Brentford	21	4	1	5	12	20	2	2	7	16	30	0.56	15	W	L	L	L	L	1946-12-28	Everton	H
20	2	Huddersfield Town	22	6	1	4	19	15	0	2	9	9	37	0.538	15	W	D	D	L	L	1946-12-28	Blackpool	A
21	-2	Leeds United	22	5	3	3	23	14	0	1	10	9	33	0.681	14	L	D	L	L	D	1946-12-28	Preston North End	H
22	-2	Portsmouth	20	5	1	4	22	16	0	2	8	11	23	0.846	13	L	L	D	W	D	1946-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chesterfield	2	3	Millwall	Saltergate Recreation Ground	20,729
Oliver, Wilson	Lineups		Johnson 2, Anderson (p)
Fulham	4	1	Newport County	Craven Cottage	20,098
Nelson, Buchanan, Shepherd 2	Lineups		Carr
Leicester City	2	1	Bradford	Filbert Street	36,075	Largest home gate 1946-47
Griffiths 2	Lineups		Horsman
Luton Town	2	1	West Ham United	Kenilworth Road	22,320
Billington, Waugh	Lineups		Payne
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Burnley	City Ground	31,484
Leverton	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	3	Manchester City	Home Park	26,617
Thomas D, Stuttard	Lineups		Jones OG, Constantine, Smith
Sheffield Wednesday	2	5	Bury	Hillsborough	41,183	Largest home gate 1946-47
Dailey, Hunt	Lineups		Lindsay 3, Kilshaw, Carter
Southampton	1	1	Barnsley	The Dell	21,556
Ramsey	Lineups		Morris
Swansea Town	1	0	Birmingham City	Vetch Field	20,003
Ford	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Coventry City	White Hart Lane	44,311
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Newcastle United	The Hawthorns	31,794
Walsh 2, Clarke	Lineups		Wayman 2

				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	Birmingham City	23	9	1	1	32	7	5	1	6	13	14	2.143	30	L	W	W	W	W	1946-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	1	Manchester City	21	7	3	0	29	10	5	3	3	18	12	2.136	30	W	W	D	W	W	1946-12-28	Leicester City	H
3	-1	Burnley	22	6	5	1	18	9	4	4	2	12	9	1.667	29	L	W	D	W	W	1946-12-28	Coventry City	A
4	0	Newcastle United	22	6	2	2	33	14	5	4	3	25	16	1.933	28	L	L	W	W	W	1946-12-28	Millwall	H
5	0	Chesterfield	21	4	4	2	13	9	5	4	2	14	10	1.421	26	L	D	L	W	W	1946-12-28	Bradford	A
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	22	5	5	2	20	15	4	3	3	21	16	1.323	26	D	L	D	W	L	1946-12-28	Birmingham City	A
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	22	6	1	3	27	18	5	2	5	24	25	1.186	25	W	W	W	L	L	1946-12-28	Swansea Town	H
8	0	Leicester City	22	6	2	4	23	17	5	1	4	17	21	1.053	25	W	W	L	L	W	1946-12-28	Manchester City	A
9	1	Barnsley	23	6	2	4	27	20	2	4	5	19	33	0.868	22	D	D	L	L	W	1946-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
10	3	Luton Town	22	7	1	2	25	15	2	2	8	13	21	1.056	21	W	L	D	L	W	1946-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	0	Southampton	21	6	4	0	26	11	1	3	7	13	26	1.054	21	D	D	L	W	D	1946-12-28	Newport County	H
12	0	Coventry City	22	5	6	0	14	7	1	3	7	13	21	0.964	21	D	W	D	L	W	1946-12-28	Burnley	H
13	-4	Plymouth Argyle	21	7	3	1	24	14	1	2	7	17	31	0.911	21	L	L	L	W	L	1946-12-28	West Ham United	A
14	1	Fulham	20	6	1	2	23	14	2	3	6	15	28	0.905	20	W	L	L	L	L	1946-12-28	Bury	H
15	2	Bury	22	4	4	2	26	17	1	4	7	11	23	0.925	18	W	W	L	W	L	1946-12-28	Fulham	A
16	-2	Bradford	21	4	2	5	12	12	2	4	4	19	22	0.912	18	L	L	D	L	L	1946-12-28	Chesterfield	H
17	-1	Nottingham Forest	20	6	2	3	20	11	1	2	6	10	23	0.882	18	W	L	W	D	D	1946-12-28	Barnsley	H
18	0	West Ham United	20	4	2	3	13	16	3	0	8	16	24	0.725	16	L	W	W	L	D	1946-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
19	1	Swansea Town	21	5	1	5	20	24	1	3	6	11	21	0.689	16	W	L	L	L	L	1946-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	1	Millwall	21	4	3	5	19	23	2	1	6	9	22	0.622	16	W	D	L	L	W	1946-12-28	Newcastle United	A
21	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	22	4	2	5	21	20	1	2	8	18	34	0.722	14	L	L	L	W	D	1946-12-28	Luton Town	H
22	0	Newport County	21	4	0	7	25	34	1	1	8	9	38	0.472	11	L	W	W	L	L	1946-12-28	Southampton	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	0	3	Gateshead	Peel Park	5,099
	Lineups		McCormack 2, Briggs OG
Barrow	3	1	Carlisle United	Holker Street	8,379
McBride OG, Burnett, Iddon	Lineups		Moir
Bradford City	3	1	Halifax Town	Valley Parade	13,060
shearer, Milburn (p), Whittingham	Lineups		Quinn
Darlington	4	0	Crewe Alexandra	Feethams Ground	7,824
Clarke 2, Stubbs, Callender	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Hartlepools United	Boothferry Park	30,064	Largest home, & D 3N gate 1946-47
Chadwick	Lineups		Sloan
Lincoln City	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Sincil Bank	11,633	Largest home gate 1946-47
Cheetham, Marlow	Lineups		Rosenthal
New Brighton	4	0	Oldham Athletic	Tower Athletic Grounds	6,898
Pendergast 3, Ainsworth A	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	1	Chester	Millmoor	18,000
Ardron 3	Lineups		Burden
Stockport County	5	2	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	14,408	Largest home gate 1946-47
Walker, Cocker 2, Earl, Brinton	Lineups		Jones W 2
Wrexham	0	2	Doncaster Rovers	Racecourse Ground	19,334	Largest home gate 1946-47
	Lineups		Maddison, Todd
York City	1	1	Southport	Bootham Crescent	10,410
Pinder (p)	Lineups		Hawkins

				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	20	8	1	1	31	10	9	1	0	30	12	2.773	36	W	W	D	W	W	1946-12-28	Rochdale	A
2	0	Chester	21	8	1	1	25	10	6	3	2	28	19	1.828	32	L	D	L	W	W	1946-12-28	York City	H
3	0	Rotherham United	18	7	0	0	24	6	5	4	2	19	16	1.955	28	W	D	D	D	W	1946-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	1	Bradford City	21	7	3	1	21	10	3	2	5	13	17	1.259	25	W	W	L	L	D	1946-12-28	Accrington Stanley	A
5	1	Stockport County	19	8	0	3	28	13	3	2	3	13	10	1.783	24	W	W	W	L	W	1946-12-28	Halifax Town	A
6	-2	Wrexham	20	7	4	1	25	13	2	2	4	3	10	1.217	24	L	L	D	W	W	1947-01-01	Hartlepools United	A
7	0	Carlisle United	19	5	2	3	23	19	4	0	5	13	18	0.973	20	L	W	L	L	D	1946-12-28	Oldham Athletic	H
8	0	Rochdale	21	3	4	5	19	17	4	1	4	17	19	1	19	L	L	W	D	D	1946-12-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
9	2	York City	18	3	2	4	19	22	4	3	2	14	11	1	19	D	W	W	W	L	1946-12-28	Chester	A
10	-1	Oldham Athletic	20	4	4	3	16	13	3	1	5	14	19	0.938	19	L	D	W	D	W	1946-12-28	Carlisle United	A
11	-1	Crewe Alexandra	20	5	1	2	13	6	3	2	7	16	26	0.906	19	L	W	L	L	D	1946-12-28	Gateshead	H
12	1	Barrow	21	4	1	6	14	15	3	4	3	13	16	0.871	19	W	L	W	W	L	1946-12-28	Hartlepools United	H
13	2	Lincoln City	19	5	1	3	20	12	3	1	6	17	22	1.088	18	W	L	L	L	L	1946-12-28	Hull City	H
14	-2	Tranmere Rovers	20	5	1	3	20	17	3	1	7	14	24	0.829	18	L	W	W	W	L	1946-12-28	Rotherham United	A
15	-1	Hartlepools United	20	3	3	3	11	13	3	3	5	15	23	0.722	18	D	D	W	W	L	1946-12-28	Barrow	A
16	0	Hull City	20	3	4	3	12	11	2	3	5	12	19	0.8	17	D	D	D	D	L	1946-12-28	Lincoln City	A
17	0	Darlington	20	4	2	2	20	11	3	0	9	16	33	0.818	16	W	L	W	W	L	1946-12-28	Southport	A
18	0	Gateshead	19	4	1	4	17	16	3	1	6	11	20	0.778	16	W	W	L	D	L	1946-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	0	New Brighton	18	5	2	2	20	15	0	2	7	10	24	0.769	14	W	D	L	W	L	1947-01-01	Stockport County	H
20	0	Halifax Town	20	3	3	6	14	17	1	1	6	8	20	0.595	12	L	L	L	L	D	1946-12-28	Stockport County	H
21	0	Accrington Stanley	20	3	1	7	15	24	2	1	6	9	22	0.522	12	L	L	D	L	W	1946-12-28	Bradford City	H
22	0	Southport	20	1	2	6	14	24	0	5	6	9	21	0.511	9	D	L	D	D	D	1946-12-28	Darlington	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol City	2	3	Northampton Town	Ashton Gate	22,681
Clark, Thomas	Lineups		Garrett, Morrall, Smith
Exeter City	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	St James Park	12,170
Cutting, Blood	Lineups		Sim
Ipswich Town	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Portman Road	20,267	Largest home gate 1946-47
Day	Lineups		Hatton
Norwich City	1	6	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Carrow Road	23,404
Plunkett	Lineups		Tagg 2, McDonald 2, Rowell 2
Port Vale	4	2	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	14,076
Pointon 2, Prince, Triner	Lineups		Hold, Griffiths
Reading	3	0	Mansfield Town	Elm Park	16,488
Edelston, Glidden, MacPhee	Lineups
Southend United	5	0	Watford	Greyhound Stadium	15,254
Sibley 2, Lane 2, Thompson	Lineups
Swindon Town	4	2	Notts County	County Ground	17,894
Stephens W 2, Paterson, Jones	Lineups		Jayes, Brown C
Torquay United	2	1	Crystal Palace	Plainmoor	7,584
Phillips, Harrower	Lineups		Lewis G
Walsall	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Fellows Park	14,554
Wilshaw, Alsop	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	20	8	2	2	23	7	4	4	0	13	6	2.769	30	D	L	W	W	W	1946-12-28	Watford	A
3	1	Southend United	20	7	4	1	25	9	4	1	3	16	19	1.464	27	W	L	W	D	W	1946-12-28	Walsall	A
4	-1	Bristol City	20	5	1	2	17	8	6	3	3	30	24	1.469	26	L	D	L	L	W	1946-12-28	Aldershot	H
5	0	Exeter City	20	7	3	1	23	12	3	1	5	13	20	1.125	24	W	W	L	W	D	1946-12-28	Torquay United	A
6	0	Reading	20	8	1	2	42	19	1	4	4	14	20	1.436	23	W	D	W	W	W	1946-12-28	Bristol Rovers	H
7	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	20	7	1	1	19	5	3	1	7	16	19	1.458	22	W	L	W	L	W	1946-12-28	Notts County	H
8	0	Walsall	20	5	3	3	19	12	3	3	3	12	13	1.24	22	W	D	W	L	L	1946-12-28	Southend United	H
9	2	Swindon Town	20	5	2	1	22	11	3	3	6	15	29	0.925	21	W	D	L	L	W	1946-12-28	Northampton Town	H
10	0	Ipswich Town	19	5	2	4	18	11	2	4	2	12	14	1.2	20	D	W	L	W	W	1946-12-28	Leyton Orient	H
11	3	Torquay United	19	6	2	2	20	14	1	4	4	10	18	0.938	20	W	L	W	W	W	1946-12-28	Exeter City	H
12	-3	Watford	21	7	1	4	25	15	2	1	6	10	24	0.897	20	L	W	W	L	L	1946-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	3	Northampton Town	20	4	1	3	19	13	4	2	6	15	18	1.097	19	W	D	L	L	W	1946-12-28	Swindon Town	A
14	3	Port Vale	20	5	2	2	21	13	2	3	6	9	18	0.968	19	W	D	D	L	L	1946-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	-3	Crystal Palace	21	6	3	2	20	10	2	0	8	9	29	0.744	19	L	W	D	W	L	1946-12-28	Mansfield Town	H
16	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	4	2	4	16	23	3	3	5	11	14	0.73	19	L	L	L	W	D	1946-12-28	Port Vale	A
17	-2	Mansfield Town	22	5	3	4	16	18	1	3	6	10	26	0.591	18	L	D	W	L	L	1946-12-28	Crystal Palace	A
18	0	Aldershot	20	4	2	3	17	14	2	1	8	13	29	0.698	15	L	D	D	W	L	1946-12-28	Bristol City	A
19	0	Notts County	20	5	1	3	17	9	1	1	9	13	26	0.857	14	L	D	L	L	L	1946-12-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
20	0	Norwich City	21	3	1	6	21	29	2	1	8	11	28	0.561	12	L	W	L	L	L	1946-12-28	Cardiff City	A
21	0	Bristol Rovers	21	1	4	6	12	21	2	0	8	8	22	0.465	10	L	D	D	L	D	1946-12-28	Reading	A
22	0	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