Saturday 1946-12-28

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	58,075
Rooke	Lineups		King
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Portsmouth	Ewood Park	24,389
	Lineups		Froggatt
Blackpool	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Bloomfield Road	24,558
Dick, Buchan W (p)	Lineups		Metcalfe
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Chelsea	Burnden Park	36,048
Hamlett (p)	Lineups		Paton
Brentford	1	1	Everton	Griffin Park	29,360
Hopkins	Lineups		Wainwright
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Stoke City	The Valley	36,388
Purves	Lineups
Derby County	5	1	Sunderland	Baseball Ground	30,911
Carter 2, Stamps 2, Morrison	Lineups		Robinson
Grimsby Town	0	0	Manchester United	Blundell Park	17,183
	Lineups
Leeds United	0	3	Preston North End	Elland Road	33,433
	Lineups		Finney, Wharton, Garth
Liverpool	1	2	Sheffield United	Anfield Road	50,961
Stubbins	Lineups		Forbes (p), Nightingale
Middlesbrough	1	2	Aston Villa	Ayresome Park	41,299
Mannion	Lineups		Smith, Edwards

				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	24	9	0	3	35	15	7	3	2	22	12	2.111	35	D	W	W	W	W	1947-01-04	Blackpool	H
2	0	Liverpool	23	7	2	3	26	16	6	2	3	27	17	1.606	30	L	W	L	W	W	1947-01-04	Chelsea	A
3	1	Blackpool	24	10	0	2	25	18	4	2	6	17	23	1.024	30	W	W	D	W	L	1947-01-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	-1	Middlesbrough	22	7	2	2	28	17	5	3	3	20	13	1.6	29	L	W	D	W	W	1947-01-01	Grimsby Town	H
5	1	Preston North End	22	7	2	3	26	17	5	3	2	20	17	1.353	29	W	D	W	W	D	1947-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
6	1	Manchester United	22	8	2	1	29	12	2	5	4	18	18	1.567	27	D	W	D	L	W	1947-01-04	Charlton Athletic	H
7	-2	Stoke City	23	7	3	2	25	16	5	0	6	22	18	1.382	27	L	L	W	D	W	1947-01-04	Middlesbrough	H
8	0	Sheffield United	21	5	4	1	26	16	6	1	4	19	21	1.216	27	W	L	W	D	W	1947-01-04	Leeds United	H
9	0	Aston Villa	23	4	4	4	20	14	6	1	4	15	13	1.296	25	W	L	D	L	W	1947-01-01	Everton	A
10	2	Derby County	22	6	2	3	27	16	4	0	7	21	30	1.043	22	W	W	L	W	W	1947-01-04	Aston Villa	A
11	0	Grimsby Town	22	4	4	3	14	18	3	4	4	14	18	0.778	22	D	D	W	D	L	1947-01-01	Middlesbrough	A
12	-2	Sunderland	23	5	0	6	17	17	4	3	5	18	24	0.854	21	L	L	L	W	L	1947-01-04	Arsenal	H
13	1	Chelsea	23	4	2	5	20	24	3	4	5	21	23	0.872	20	D	D	L	L	W	1947-01-04	Liverpool	H
14	-1	Blackburn Rovers	22	3	3	5	13	12	4	2	5	9	12	0.917	19	L	L	D	D	W	1947-01-01	Brentford	H
15	0	Bolton Wanderers	23	4	5	3	20	14	2	2	7	13	23	0.892	19	D	L	D	L	L	1947-01-01	Preston North End	H
16	0	Arsenal	23	4	4	3	18	17	3	1	8	15	27	0.75	19	D	W	W	D	W	1947-01-04	Sunderland	A
17	0	Charlton Athletic	23	5	1	6	22	17	2	3	6	14	27	0.818	18	W	D	L	L	L	1947-01-04	Manchester United	A
18	0	Everton	22	5	2	3	19	17	1	3	8	10	26	0.674	17	D	L	W	L	L	1947-01-01	Aston Villa	H
19	0	Brentford	22	4	2	5	13	21	2	2	7	16	30	0.569	16	D	W	L	L	L	1947-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	2	Portsmouth	21	5	1	4	22	16	1	2	8	12	23	0.872	15	W	L	L	D	W	1947-01-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	-1	Huddersfield Town	23	6	1	4	19	15	0	2	10	10	39	0.537	15	L	W	D	D	L	1947-01-04	Brentford	H
22	-1	Leeds United	23	5	3	4	23	17	0	1	10	9	33	0.64	14	L	L	D	L	L	1947-01-04	Sheffield United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	St Andrew's	44,171
Mulraney	Lineups
Bradford	0	0	Chesterfield	Park Avenue	19,221
	Lineups
Coventry City	0	3	Burnley	Highfield Road	26,944
	Lineups		Morris 3
Fulham	2	0	Bury	Craven Cottage	20,363
Grant, Nelson	Lineups
Manchester City	1	0	Leicester City	Maine Road	43,910
Constantine	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	2	Millwall	St James' Park	53,305
	Lineups		Heathcote, Brown (p)
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Barnsley	City Ground	27,239
Cunningham OG, Lyman	Lineups		Robledo
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Luton Town	Hillsborough	29,497
Ward	Lineups		Daniel
Southampton	5	1	Newport County	The Dell	17,778
Bradley 2, Stroud, Bevis, Lewis	Lineups		Rawcliffe
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Swansea Town	The Hawthorns	34,933
Hodgetts, Elliott	Lineups		Squires
West Ham United	4	1	Plymouth Argyle	Upton Park	24,945
Bicknell, Small, Payne, Wood	Lineups		Thomas R

				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	24	10	1	1	33	7	5	1	6	13	14	2.19	32	W	L	W	W	W	1947-01-04	Burnley	A
2	0	Manchester City	22	8	3	0	30	10	5	3	3	18	12	2.182	32	W	W	W	D	W	1947-01-01	Fulham	H
3	0	Burnley	23	6	5	1	18	9	5	4	2	15	9	1.833	31	W	L	W	D	W	1947-01-04	Birmingham City	H
4	0	Newcastle United	23	6	2	3	33	16	5	4	3	25	16	1.813	28	L	L	L	W	W	1947-01-01	Nottingham Forest	H
5	0	Chesterfield	22	4	4	2	13	9	5	5	2	14	10	1.421	27	D	L	D	L	W	1947-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
6	1	West Bromwich Albion	23	7	1	3	29	19	5	2	5	24	25	1.205	27	W	W	W	W	L	1947-01-04	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	23	5	5	2	20	15	4	3	4	21	17	1.281	26	L	D	L	D	W	1947-01-04	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	0	Leicester City	23	6	2	4	23	17	5	1	5	17	22	1.026	25	L	W	W	L	L	1947-01-04	West Ham United	H
9	2	Southampton	22	7	4	0	31	12	1	3	7	13	26	1.158	23	W	D	D	L	W	1947-01-04	Bury	A
10	0	Luton Town	23	7	1	2	25	15	2	3	8	14	22	1.054	22	D	W	L	D	L	1947-01-04	Fulham	H
11	3	Fulham	21	7	1	2	25	14	2	3	6	15	28	0.952	22	W	W	L	L	L	1947-01-01	Manchester City	A
12	-3	Barnsley	24	6	2	4	27	20	2	4	6	20	35	0.855	22	L	D	D	L	L	1947-01-04	Coventry City	H
13	-1	Coventry City	23	5	6	1	14	10	1	3	7	13	21	0.871	21	L	D	W	D	L	1947-01-04	Barnsley	A
14	-1	Plymouth Argyle	22	7	3	1	24	14	1	2	8	18	35	0.857	21	L	L	L	L	W	1947-01-01	Chesterfield	A
15	2	Nottingham Forest	21	7	2	3	22	12	1	2	6	10	23	0.914	20	W	W	L	W	D	1947-01-01	Newcastle United	A
16	0	Bradford	22	4	3	5	12	12	2	4	4	19	22	0.912	19	D	L	L	D	L	1947-01-01	Bury	A
17	-2	Bury	23	4	4	2	26	17	1	4	8	11	25	0.881	18	L	W	W	L	W	1947-01-01	Bradford	H
18	0	West Ham United	21	5	2	3	17	17	3	0	8	16	24	0.805	18	W	L	W	W	L	1947-01-01	Sheffield Wednesday	A
19	1	Millwall	22	4	3	5	19	23	3	1	6	11	22	0.667	18	W	W	D	L	L	1947-01-04	Bradford	H
20	-1	Swansea Town	22	5	1	5	20	24	1	3	7	12	23	0.681	16	L	W	L	L	L	1947-01-04	Newcastle United	H
21	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	4	3	5	22	21	1	2	8	18	34	0.727	15	D	L	L	L	W	1947-01-01	West Ham United	H
22	0	Newport County	22	4	0	7	25	34	1	1	9	10	43	0.455	11	L	L	W	W	L	1947-01-04	Nottingham Forest	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	0	0	Bradford City	Peel Park	3,733
	Lineups
Barrow	2	0	Hartlepools United	Holker Street	7,701
Burnett, Iddon	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	2	Oldham Athletic	Brunton Park	11,594
Broadis	Lineups		Tomlinson, Burns
Chester	6	0	York City	Sealand Road	7,358
Yates 3, Astbury 2, Selby	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Gateshead	Gresty Road	6,057
Jones R	Lineups		McCormack
Halifax Town	1	2	Stockport County	The Shay	5,820
Hazledine	Lineups		Walker, Cocker
Lincoln City	0	3	Hull City	Sincil Bank	10,996
	Lineups		Lester 2, Davidson
Rochdale	2	3	Doncaster Rovers	Spotland	13,555	Largest home gate 1946-47
Hargreaves J, Wood	Lineups		Todd, Maddison, Kirkaldie
Rotherham United	6	0	Tranmere Rovers	Millmoor	16,000
Guest 2, Shaw 2, Ardron, McLEan	Lineups
Southport	2	2	Darlington	Haig Avenue	4,340
Hawkins, Clough	Lineups		Varty, Clarke

				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	21	8	1	1	31	10	10	1	0	33	14	2.667	38	W	W	W	D	W	1947-01-04	New Brighton	H
2	0	Chester	22	9	1	1	31	10	6	3	2	28	19	2.034	34	W	L	D	L	W	1947-01-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	0	Rotherham United	19	8	0	0	30	6	5	4	2	19	16	2.227	30	W	W	D	D	D	1947-01-01	York City	H
4	1	Stockport County	20	8	0	3	28	13	4	2	3	15	11	1.792	26	W	W	W	W	L	1947-01-01	New Brighton	A
5	-1	Bradford City	22	7	3	1	21	10	3	3	5	13	17	1.259	26	D	W	W	L	L	1947-01-02	Gateshead	A
6	0	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	3	Oldham Athletic	21	4	4	3	16	13	4	1	5	16	20	0.97	21	W	L	D	W	D	1947-01-01	Halifax Town	H
8	4	Barrow	22	5	1	6	16	15	3	4	3	13	16	0.935	21	W	W	L	W	W	1947-01-04	Bradford City	A
9	-2	Carlisle United	20	5	2	4	24	21	4	0	5	13	18	0.949	20	L	L	W	L	L	1947-01-01	Accrington Stanley	H
10	1	Crewe Alexandra	21	5	2	2	14	7	3	2	7	16	26	0.909	20	D	L	W	L	L	1947-01-04	Hartlepools United	A
11	-3	Rochdale	22	3	4	6	21	20	4	1	4	17	19	0.974	19	L	L	L	W	D	1947-01-04	York City	A
12	4	Hull City	21	3	4	3	12	11	3	3	5	15	19	0.9	19	W	D	D	D	D	1947-01-01	Gateshead	A
13	-4	York City	19	3	2	4	19	22	4	3	3	14	17	0.846	19	L	D	W	W	W	1947-01-01	Rotherham United	A
14	-1	Lincoln City	20	5	1	4	20	15	3	1	6	17	22	1	18	L	W	L	L	L	1947-01-01	Darlington	A
15	-1	Tranmere Rovers	21	5	1	3	20	17	3	1	8	14	30	0.723	18	L	L	W	W	W	1947-01-01	Southport	H
16	-1	Hartlepools United	21	3	3	3	11	13	3	3	6	15	25	0.684	18	L	D	D	W	W	1947-01-01	Wrexham	H
17	0	Darlington	21	4	2	2	20	11	3	1	9	18	35	0.826	17	D	W	L	W	W	1947-01-01	Lincoln City	H
18	0	Gateshead	20	4	1	4	17	16	3	2	6	12	21	0.784	17	D	W	W	L	D	1947-01-01	Hull City	H
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	1	Accrington Stanley	21	3	2	7	15	24	2	1	6	9	22	0.522	13	D	L	L	D	L	1947-01-01	Carlisle United	A
21	-1	Halifax Town	21	3	3	7	15	19	1	1	6	8	20	0.59	12	L	L	L	L	L	1947-01-01	Oldham Athletic	A
22	0	Southport	21	1	3	6	16	26	0	5	6	9	21	0.532	10	D	D	L	D	D	1947-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	2	Notts County	Dean Court	13,491
Kirkham (p)	Lineups		Brown C, Flanagan
Bristol City	9	0	Aldershot	Ashton Gate	17,690
Clark 4 (1p), Hargreaves 3, Jones, Williams C	Lineups
Cardiff City	6	1	Norwich City	Ninian Park	36,285
Richards 3, Rees, Allen, Clarke	Lineups		Spinks
Crystal Palace	1	1	Mansfield Town	Selhurst Park	15,347
Naylor	Lineups		Harkin
Ipswich Town	0	0	Leyton Orient	Portman Road	13,039
	Lineups
Port Vale	4	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Recreation Ground	12,061
Prince, Jones M, Triner, Pointon	Lineups		James
Reading	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Elm Park	14,233
Chitty (p)	Lineups		Leamon
Swindon Town	3	1	Northampton Town	County Ground	15,456
Lucas 2, Stephens W	Lineups		Garrett
Torquay United	2	1	Exeter City	Plainmoor	11,576	Largest home gate 1946-47
Phillips, Conley	Lineups		Head OG
Walsall	2	2	Southend United	Fellows Park	14,966
Maund, Alsop	Lineups		Thompson, Smirk
Watford	0	2	Queens Park Rangers	Vicarage Road	18,610
	Lineups		Mallett 2

				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	21	8	1	0	29	5	9	0	3	25	11	3.375	35	W	W	W	W	W	1947-01-04	Notts County	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	21	8	2	2	23	7	5	4	0	15	6	2.923	32	W	D	L	W	W	1947-01-04	Walsall	H
3	1	Bristol City	21	6	1	2	26	8	6	3	3	30	24	1.75	28	W	L	D	L	L	1947-01-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
4	-1	Southend United	21	7	4	1	25	9	4	2	3	18	21	1.433	28	D	W	L	W	D	1947-01-04	Reading	H
5	1	Reading	21	8	2	2	43	20	1	4	4	14	20	1.425	24	D	W	D	W	W	1947-01-04	Southend United	A
6	-1	Exeter City	21	7	3	1	23	12	3	1	6	14	22	1.088	24	L	W	W	L	W	1947-01-04	Port Vale	H
7	1	Walsall	21	5	4	3	21	14	3	3	3	12	13	1.222	23	D	W	D	W	L	1947-01-04	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	1	Swindon Town	21	6	2	1	25	12	3	3	6	15	29	0.976	23	W	W	D	L	L	1947-01-04	Aldershot	A
9	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	7	1	2	20	7	3	1	7	16	19	1.385	22	L	W	L	W	L	1947-01-01	Ipswich Town	H
10	1	Torquay United	20	7	2	2	22	15	1	4	4	10	18	0.97	22	W	W	L	W	W	1947-01-04	Mansfield Town	A
11	-1	Ipswich Town	20	5	3	4	18	11	2	4	2	12	14	1.2	21	D	D	W	L	W	1947-01-01	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
12	2	Port Vale	21	6	2	2	25	14	2	3	6	9	18	1.063	21	W	W	D	D	L	1947-01-04	Exeter City	A
13	-1	Watford	22	7	1	5	25	17	2	1	6	10	24	0.854	20	L	L	W	W	L	1947-01-04	Leyton Orient	A
14	1	Crystal Palace	22	6	4	2	21	11	2	0	8	9	29	0.75	20	D	L	W	D	W	1947-01-04	Bristol Rovers	A
15	-2	Northampton Town	21	4	1	3	19	13	4	2	7	16	21	1.029	19	L	W	D	L	L	1947-01-04	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
16	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	4	2	4	16	23	3	3	6	12	18	0.683	19	L	L	L	L	W	1947-01-04	Bristol City	H
17	0	Mansfield Town	23	5	3	4	16	18	1	4	6	11	27	0.6	19	D	L	D	W	L	1947-01-04	Torquay United	H
18	1	Notts County	21	5	1	3	17	9	2	1	9	15	27	0.889	16	W	L	D	L	L	1947-01-04	Cardiff City	H
19	-1	Aldershot	21	4	2	3	17	14	2	1	9	13	38	0.577	15	L	L	D	D	W	1947-01-04	Swindon Town	H
20	0	Norwich City	22	3	1	6	21	29	2	1	9	12	34	0.524	12	L	L	W	L	L	1947-01-04	Ipswich Town	H
21	0	Bristol Rovers	22	1	4	6	12	21	2	1	8	9	23	0.477	11	D	L	D	D	L	1947-01-04	Crystal Palace	H
22	0	Leyton Orient	18	3	2	4	13	13	0	2	7	5	21	0.529	10	D	L	W	L	L	1947-01-04	Watford	H