Saturday 1947-01-04

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	0	Derby County	Villa Park	50,254
Martin, Graham	Lineups
Chelsea	3	1	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge	58,375
Lawton 2, Goulden	Lineups		Balmer
Everton	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Goodison Park	39,775
Wainwright	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Brentford	Leeds Road	27,759
Rodgers 2, Glazzard	Lineups
Manchester United	4	1	Charlton Athletic	Maine Road	43,658
Burke 2, Buckle, Pearson	Lineups		Duffy
Portsmouth	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Fratton Park	25,221
Reid, Barlow	Lineups
Preston North End	3	0	Grimsby Town	Deepdale	27,262
McLaren, Dainty, Wharton	Lineups
Sheffield United	6	2	Leeds United	Bramall Lane	31,947
Collindridge, Brook 2, Hagan, Cox, Rickett	Lineups		Cochrane, Ainsley
Stoke City	3	1	Middlesbrough	Victoria Ground	34,057
Mitchell 2, Peppitt	Lineups		Fenton
Sunderland	1	4	Arsenal	Roker Park	36,812
Whitelum	Lineups		Rooke 2, Lewis 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Blackpool	Molineux	49,482
Forbes, Pye, Westcott	Lineups		Mortensen

				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	25	10	0	3	38	16	7	3	2	22	12	2.143	37	W	D	W	W	W	1947-01-18	Brentford	A
2	1	Preston North End	24	8	2	3	29	17	6	3	2	22	18	1.457	33	W	W	W	D	W	1947-01-18	Charlton Athletic	A
3	-1	Middlesbrough	24	8	2	2	31	17	5	3	4	21	16	1.576	31	L	W	L	W	D	1947-01-18	Manchester United	H
4	0	Liverpool	24	7	2	3	26	16	6	2	4	28	20	1.5	30	L	L	W	L	W	1947-01-18	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	0	Blackpool	25	10	0	2	25	18	4	2	7	18	26	0.977	30	L	W	W	D	W	1947-01-18	Sunderland	H
6	0	Manchester United	23	9	2	1	33	13	2	5	4	18	18	1.645	29	W	D	W	D	L	1947-01-18	Middlesbrough	A
7	0	Stoke City	24	8	3	2	28	17	5	0	6	22	18	1.429	29	W	L	L	W	D	1947-01-18	Derby County	A
8	0	Sheffield United	22	6	4	1	32	18	6	1	4	19	21	1.308	29	W	W	L	W	D	1947-01-18	Grimsby Town	A
9	0	Aston Villa	25	5	4	4	22	14	6	1	5	15	15	1.276	27	W	L	W	L	D	1947-01-18	Arsenal	A
10	0	Derby County	23	6	2	3	27	16	4	0	8	21	32	1	22	L	W	W	L	W	1947-01-18	Stoke City	H
11	2	Chelsea	24	5	2	5	23	25	3	4	5	21	23	0.917	22	W	D	D	L	L	1947-01-18	Leeds United	A
12	-1	Grimsby Town	24	4	4	3	14	18	3	4	6	14	24	0.667	22	L	L	D	D	W	1947-01-18	Sheffield United	H
13	3	Arsenal	24	4	4	3	18	17	4	1	8	19	28	0.822	21	W	D	W	W	D	1947-01-18	Aston Villa	H
14	-2	Sunderland	24	5	0	7	18	21	4	3	5	18	24	0.8	21	L	L	L	L	W	1947-01-18	Blackpool	A
15	2	Everton	24	7	2	3	22	17	1	3	8	10	26	0.744	21	W	W	D	L	W	1947-01-18	Portsmouth	A
16	-2	Bolton Wanderers	25	4	5	4	21	16	2	2	8	13	25	0.829	19	L	L	D	L	D	1947-01-18	Liverpool	A
17	-2	Blackburn Rovers	24	3	3	6	13	15	4	2	6	9	13	0.786	19	L	L	L	L	D	1947-01-18	Huddersfield Town	H
18	0	Charlton Athletic	24	5	1	6	22	17	2	3	7	15	31	0.771	18	L	W	D	L	L	1947-01-18	Preston North End	H
19	0	Brentford	24	4	2	5	13	21	3	2	8	19	33	0.593	18	L	W	D	W	L	1947-01-18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	0	Portsmouth	22	6	1	4	24	16	1	2	8	12	23	0.923	17	W	W	L	L	D	1947-01-18	Everton	H
21	0	Huddersfield Town	24	7	1	4	22	15	0	2	10	10	39	0.593	17	W	L	W	D	D	1947-01-18	Blackburn Rovers	A
22	0	Leeds United	24	5	3	4	23	17	0	1	11	11	39	0.607	14	L	L	L	D	L	1947-01-18	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	2	Coventry City	Oakwell	16,945
	Lineups		Barratt, Lowrie
Burnley	1	0	Birmingham City	Turf Moor	36,281
Potts	Lineups
Bury	2	1	Southampton	Gigg Lane	16,971
Carter 2	Lineups		Lewis
Chesterfield	0	1	Manchester City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	21,079	Largest home gate 1946-47
	Lineups		Jackson
Leicester City	4	0	West Ham United	Filbert Street	27,613
Lee 2, Dewis, Griffiths	Lineups
Luton Town	2	0	Fulham	Kenilworth Road	17,341
Billington, Cooke (p)	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Bradford	The Den, New Cross	26,773
	Lineups		Gibbons
Newport County	2	5	Nottingham Forest	Somerton Park	13,150
Carr, Lewis	Lineups		Johnston, Lyman 3, Smith OG
Plymouth Argyle	4	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Home Park	20,405
Thomas D, Thomas R, Strauss, Rawlings	Lineups		Slynn
Swansea Town	1	2	Newcastle United	Vetch Field	22,836
Ford	Lineups		Shackleton, Wayman
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	White Hart Lane	40,537
Burgess, Walters	Lineups

				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	Manchester City	24	9	3	0	34	10	6	3	3	19	12	2.409	36	W	W	W	W	W	1947-01-18	Millwall	H
2	1	Burnley	24	7	5	1	19	9	5	4	2	15	9	1.889	33	W	W	L	W	D	1947-01-18	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	-1	Birmingham City	25	10	1	1	33	7	5	1	7	13	15	2.091	32	L	W	L	W	W	1947-01-18	Barnsley	H
4	0	Newcastle United	25	7	2	3	36	16	6	4	3	27	17	1.909	32	W	W	L	L	L	1947-01-18	Tottenham Hotspur	H
5	0	Chesterfield	24	5	4	3	17	11	5	5	2	14	10	1.476	29	L	W	D	L	D	1947-01-18	West Ham United	A
6	1	Tottenham Hotspur	24	6	5	2	22	15	4	3	4	21	17	1.344	28	W	L	D	L	D	1947-01-18	Newcastle United	A
7	-1	West Bromwich Albion	24	7	1	3	29	19	5	2	6	24	27	1.152	27	L	W	W	W	W	1947-01-18	Burnley	H
8	0	Leicester City	24	7	2	4	27	17	5	1	5	17	22	1.128	27	W	L	W	W	L	1947-01-18	Sheffield Wednesday	A
9	1	Luton Town	24	8	1	2	27	15	2	3	8	14	22	1.108	24	W	D	W	L	D	1947-01-18	Bury	A
10	-1	Southampton	23	7	4	0	31	12	1	3	8	14	28	1.125	23	L	W	D	D	L	1947-01-18	Nottingham Forest	A
11	2	Coventry City	24	5	6	1	14	10	2	3	7	15	21	0.935	23	W	L	D	W	D	1947-01-18	Newport County	H
12	2	Plymouth Argyle	24	8	3	1	28	15	1	2	9	19	39	0.87	23	W	L	L	L	L	1947-01-18	Fulham	A
13	2	Bury	25	6	4	2	34	21	1	4	8	11	25	0.978	22	W	W	L	W	W	1947-01-18	Luton Town	H
14	2	Nottingham Forest	23	7	2	3	22	12	2	2	7	15	28	0.925	22	W	L	W	W	L	1947-01-18	Southampton	H
15	-4	Fulham	23	7	1	2	25	14	2	3	8	15	34	0.833	22	L	L	W	W	L	1947-01-18	Plymouth Argyle	H
16	-4	Barnsley	25	6	2	5	27	22	2	4	6	20	35	0.825	22	L	L	D	D	L	1947-01-18	Birmingham City	A
17	0	Bradford	24	4	3	5	12	12	3	4	5	23	28	0.875	21	W	L	D	L	L	1947-01-18	Swansea Town	H
18	0	West Ham United	23	5	2	3	17	17	3	1	9	17	29	0.739	19	L	D	W	L	W	1947-01-18	Chesterfield	H
19	0	Millwall	23	4	3	6	19	24	3	1	6	11	22	0.652	18	L	W	W	D	L	1947-01-18	Manchester City	A
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	25	4	4	5	23	22	1	2	9	19	38	0.7	16	L	D	D	L	L	1947-01-18	Leicester City	H
21	0	Swansea Town	23	5	1	6	21	26	1	3	7	12	23	0.673	16	L	L	W	L	L	1947-01-18	Bradford	A
22	0	Newport County	23	4	0	8	27	39	1	1	9	10	43	0.451	11	L	L	L	W	W	1947-01-18	Coventry City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	5	0	Barrow	Valley Parade	9,222
Murphy G 2, Whittingham, Milne OG, Shearer	Lineups
Darlington	4	3	Rotherham United	Feethams Ground	7,811
Clarke 3, Stubbs	Lineups		McLean 2, Wilson
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	New Brighton	Belle Vue	14,482
	Lineups
Gateshead	3	0	Lincoln City	Redheugh Park	5,263
Gallon, McCormack 2	Lineups
Hartlepools United	5	2	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	6,877
Copeland, Sloan, Scott 2, Price	Lineups		Jones E, Harrigan
Hull City	4	0	Southport	Boothferry Park	18,800
Lester, Peach, Chadwick, Hassall	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Accrington Stanley	Boundary Park	14,735
Howe	Lineups		Marvin, Keeley
Stockport County	2	0	Carlisle United	Edgeley Park	10,006
Brinton, Earl	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	3	2	Chester	Prenton Park	11,787
Jones 2, Birmingham	Lineups		Yates, Burden
Wrexham	2	0	Halifax Town	Racecourse Ground	7,099
Boothway, Roberts W	Lineups
York City	2	3	Rochdale	Bootham Crescent	5,363
Gledhill, Allen	Lineups		Hargreaves J 2, Carruthers

				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	22	8	2	1	31	10	10	1	0	33	14	2.667	39	D	W	W	W	D	1947-01-18	Halifax Town	A
2	0	Chester	23	9	1	1	31	10	6	3	3	30	22	1.906	34	L	W	L	D	L	1947-01-18	Darlington	H
3	0	Rotherham United	21	9	0	0	36	7	5	4	3	22	20	2.148	32	L	W	W	W	D	1947-01-13	Halifax Town	H
4	0	Bradford City	24	8	3	1	26	10	4	3	5	15	18	1.464	30	W	W	D	W	W	1947-01-11	Darlington	A
5	0	Stockport County	22	9	0	3	30	13	4	2	4	15	12	1.8	28	W	L	W	W	W	1947-01-15	Gateshead	A
6	0	Wrexham	22	8	4	1	27	13	3	2	4	6	11	1.375	28	W	W	L	L	D	1947-01-25	Accrington Stanley	H
7	0	Oldham Athletic	23	5	4	4	23	16	4	1	5	16	20	1.083	23	L	W	W	L	D	1947-01-11	Hartlepools United	A
8	0	Carlisle United	22	6	2	4	28	23	4	0	6	13	20	0.953	22	L	W	L	L	W	1947-01-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
9	2	Tranmere Rovers	23	7	1	3	25	19	3	1	8	14	30	0.796	22	W	W	L	L	W	1947-01-11	Barrow	H
10	2	Rochdale	23	3	4	6	21	20	5	1	4	20	21	1	21	W	L	L	L	W	1947-01-18	New Brighton	A
11	2	Hull City	23	4	4	3	16	11	3	3	6	15	20	1	21	W	L	W	D	D	1947-01-18	Rotherham United	A
12	2	Darlington	23	6	2	2	28	17	3	1	9	18	35	0.885	21	W	W	D	W	L	1947-01-11	Bradford City	H
13	2	Gateshead	23	6	1	5	22	18	3	2	6	12	21	0.872	21	W	L	W	D	W	1947-01-15	Stockport County	H
14	-5	Barrow	23	5	1	6	16	15	3	4	4	13	21	0.806	21	L	W	W	L	W	1947-01-11	Tranmere Rovers	A
15	-5	Crewe Alexandra	22	5	2	2	14	7	3	2	8	18	31	0.842	20	L	D	L	W	L	1947-01-18	Bradford City	H
16	2	Hartlepools United	23	4	3	4	17	18	3	3	6	15	25	0.744	20	W	L	L	D	D	1947-01-11	Oldham Athletic	H
17	-1	York City	21	3	2	5	21	25	4	3	4	15	23	0.75	19	L	L	L	D	W	1947-01-11	Accrington Stanley	H
18	-1	Lincoln City	22	5	1	4	20	15	3	1	8	20	29	0.909	18	L	L	L	W	L	1947-01-18	Hartlepools United	H
19	0	New Brighton	20	6	2	2	21	15	0	3	7	10	24	0.795	17	D	W	W	D	L	1947-01-11	Southport	A
20	0	Accrington Stanley	23	3	2	7	15	24	3	1	7	13	27	0.549	15	W	L	D	L	L	1947-01-11	York City	A
21	0	Halifax Town	23	3	3	7	15	19	1	1	8	9	28	0.511	12	L	L	L	L	L	1947-01-13	Rotherham United	A
22	0	Southport	23	1	3	6	16	26	0	5	8	9	27	0.472	10	L	L	D	D	L	1947-01-11	New Brighton	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	0	Swindon Town	Recreation Ground	4,796
Hold, Hassell	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Bristol City	Goldstone Ground	9,527
James	Lineups		Thomas
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Crystal Palace	Eastville	13,341
Baker, Leamon	Lineups		Robson
Exeter City	1	1	Port Vale	St James Park	8,694
Jones M OG	Lineups		Jones M
Leyton Orient	3	1	Watford	Brisbane Road	9,126
Pullen 2, Morrad	Lineups		Dunderdale
Mansfield Town	1	0	Torquay United	Field Mill	5,499
Bryant	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	County Ground	9,176
Garrett, Roberts	Lineups		McDonald
Norwich City	0	1	Ipswich Town	Carrow Road	23,167
	Lineups		Parker S
Notts County	1	1	Cardiff City	Meadow Lane	28,450	Largest home gate 1946-47
Flanagan	Lineups		Allen
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Walsall	Loftus Road	16,289
Boxshall	Lineups
Southend United	0	2	Reading	Greyhound Stadium	11,407
	Lineups		MacPhee, Edelston

				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	22	8	1	0	29	5	9	1	3	26	12	3.235	36	D	W	W	W	W	1947-01-18	Northampton Town	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	22	9	2	2	24	7	5	4	0	15	6	3	34	W	W	D	L	W	1947-01-18	Reading	A
3	0	Bristol City	22	6	1	2	26	8	6	4	3	31	25	1.727	29	D	W	L	D	L	1947-01-11	Ipswich Town	H
4	0	Southend United	22	7	4	2	25	11	4	2	3	18	21	1.344	28	L	D	W	L	W	1947-01-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
5	0	Reading	22	8	2	2	43	20	2	4	4	16	20	1.475	26	W	D	W	D	W	1947-01-18	Queens Park Rangers	H
6	0	Exeter City	22	7	4	1	24	13	3	1	6	14	22	1.086	25	D	L	W	W	L	1947-01-11	Leyton Orient	A
7	3	Ipswich Town	22	5	3	4	18	11	3	5	2	14	15	1.231	24	W	D	D	D	W	1947-01-11	Bristol City	A
8	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	23	7	2	2	21	8	3	1	8	17	21	1.31	23	L	D	L	W	L	1947-01-15	Walsall	H
9	-1	Walsall	22	5	4	3	21	14	3	3	4	12	14	1.179	23	L	D	W	D	W	1947-01-15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
10	-1	Swindon Town	22	6	2	1	25	12	3	3	7	15	31	0.93	23	L	W	W	D	L	1947-01-11	Watford	H
11	1	Port Vale	22	6	2	2	25	14	2	4	6	10	19	1.061	22	D	W	W	D	D	1947-01-16	Leyton Orient	H
12	-1	Torquay United	21	7	2	2	22	15	1	4	5	10	19	0.941	22	L	W	W	L	W	1947-01-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
13	2	Northampton Town	22	5	1	3	21	14	4	2	7	16	21	1.057	21	W	L	W	D	L	1947-01-18	Cardiff City	A
14	3	Mansfield Town	24	6	3	4	17	18	1	4	6	11	27	0.622	21	W	D	L	D	W	1947-01-18	Port Vale	A
15	-2	Watford	23	7	1	5	25	17	2	1	7	11	27	0.818	20	L	L	L	W	W	1947-01-11	Swindon Town	A
16	-2	Crystal Palace	23	6	4	2	21	11	2	0	9	10	31	0.738	20	L	D	L	W	D	1947-01-18	Southend United	H
17	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	4	3	4	17	24	3	3	6	12	18	0.69	20	D	L	L	L	L	1947-01-11	Torquay United	H
18	0	Notts County	22	5	2	3	18	10	2	1	9	15	27	0.892	17	D	W	L	D	L	1947-01-18	Norwich City	A
19	0	Aldershot	22	5	2	3	19	14	2	1	9	13	38	0.615	17	W	L	L	D	D	1947-01-11	Bristol Rovers	H
20	1	Bristol Rovers	23	2	4	6	14	22	2	1	8	9	23	0.511	13	W	D	L	D	D	1947-01-11	Aldershot	A
21	1	Leyton Orient	19	4	2	4	16	14	0	2	7	5	21	0.6	12	W	D	L	W	L	1947-01-11	Exeter City	H
22	-2	Norwich City	23	3	1	7	21	30	2	1	9	12	34	0.516	12	L	L	L	W	L	1947-01-18	Notts County	H