Good Friday 1947-04-04

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Highbury	46,105
Jones	Lineups		Metcalfe, Doherty (p)
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	Sheffield United	Burnden Park	34,109
Hamlett, Roberts (p), Lofthouse	Lineups		Mills, Hubbick OG
Brentford	1	3	Portsmouth	Griffin Park	24,570
Hopkins	Lineups		Reid 2, Parker
Charlton Athletic	3	3	Middlesbrough	The Valley	38,402
Dawson, Hurst, Duffy	Lineups		Fenton, Linwood 2
Chelsea	0	2	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford Bridge	37,840
	Lineups		Weir, Oakes
Everton	1	1	Blackpool	Goodison Park	63,617	Largest home gate 1946-47
Stevenson	Lineups		Jones OG
Grimsby Town	2	5	Stoke City	Blundell Park	26,537	Largest home gate 1946-47
Clifton, Wardle (p)	Lineups		Peppitt, Steele 3, Ormston (p)
Preston North End	0	0	Liverpool	Deepdale	32,542
	Lineups
Sunderland	4	1	Aston Villa	Roker Park	53,796
Watson 2, Robinson, Burbanks	Lineups		Dixon

				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	32	13	0	3	47	17	8	4	4	25	19	2	46	W	L	W	D	W	1947-04-05	Manchester United	A
2	0	Blackpool	37	14	0	4	38	27	6	5	8	28	35	1.065	45	D	W	W	W	W	1947-04-05	Liverpool	A
3	0	Liverpool	33	10	3	4	35	21	8	3	5	32	23	1.523	42	D	D	W	W	W	1947-04-05	Blackpool	H
4	0	Manchester United	32	12	3	1	42	15	3	7	6	30	33	1.5	40	D	W	L	W	D	1947-04-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	0	Stoke City	33	11	4	2	43	20	6	2	8	30	29	1.49	40	W	D	D	L	W	1947-04-05	Huddersfield Town	H
6	0	Middlesbrough	34	10	3	5	40	28	6	4	6	26	23	1.294	39	D	L	L	L	D	1947-04-05	Everton	H
7	0	Preston North End	33	10	3	4	40	22	6	4	6	24	35	1.123	39	D	L	W	L	W	1947-04-05	Sunderland	H
8	0	Aston Villa	34	6	5	4	25	15	8	2	9	25	27	1.19	35	L	W	L	L	D	1947-04-05	Sheffield United	A
9	0	Sheffield United	29	7	4	2	34	19	7	1	8	29	34	1.189	33	L	L	W	L	L	1947-04-05	Aston Villa	H
10	0	Sunderland	33	8	2	7	26	24	6	3	7	28	31	0.982	33	W	W	L	W	D	1947-04-05	Preston North End	A
11	3	Bolton Wanderers	36	7	5	6	28	22	5	3	10	24	33	0.945	32	W	W	W	L	W	1947-04-05	Arsenal	H
12	0	Everton	33	10	4	3	31	22	2	4	10	15	33	0.836	32	D	D	L	D	W	1947-04-05	Middlesbrough	A
13	2	Portsmouth	31	10	1	5	37	23	3	4	8	18	26	1.122	31	W	W	D	L	W	1947-04-05	Charlton Athletic	A
14	2	Blackburn Rovers	33	5	5	7	20	21	7	2	7	14	15	0.944	31	W	W	W	L	W	1947-04-05	Grimsby Town	A
15	-4	Chelsea	34	6	3	7	26	32	6	4	8	30	36	0.824	31	L	L	W	W	L	1947-04-05	Derby County	H
16	-3	Derby County	31	9	2	4	37	23	4	2	10	24	37	1.017	30	L	D	W	W	L	1947-04-05	Chelsea	A
17	0	Grimsby Town	34	5	6	5	24	31	4	5	9	18	36	0.627	29	L	W	L	L	D	1947-04-05	Blackburn Rovers	H
18	0	Arsenal	32	6	5	6	31	27	4	2	9	21	32	0.881	27	L	D	W	L	L	1947-04-05	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	0	Charlton Athletic	32	6	4	8	31	27	3	3	8	16	33	0.783	25	D	W	L	L	D	1947-04-05	Portsmouth	H
20	0	Huddersfield Town	33	8	2	5	28	21	2	3	13	19	50	0.662	25	W	D	L	W	W	1947-04-05	Stoke City	A
21	0	Brentford	32	5	2	9	18	30	3	2	11	22	43	0.548	20	L	L	L	L	L	1947-04-05	Leeds United	A
22	0	Leeds United	31	6	4	6	27	22	0	1	14	11	45	0.567	17	L	D	L	L	L	1947-04-05	Brentford	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	1	Newport County	Oakwell	14,999
Asquith, Cooling, Robledo	Lineups		Batty
Burnley	1	0	Southampton	Turf Moor	31,713
Kippax	Lineups
Bury	4	0	West Ham United	Gigg Lane	15,266
Quigley 2, Carter, Halton (p)	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Saltergate Recreation Ground	17,772
Milburn G (p)	Lineups		Walsh
Manchester City	2	0	Luton Town	Maine Road	53,692
Woodroffe, Smith	Lineups
Millwall	1	0	Leicester City	The Den, New Cross	25,158
Jinks (p)	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	2	Birmingham City	St James' Park	57,259
Bentley, Milburn	Lineups		McIntosh, Bodle
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Nottingham Forest	White Hart Lane	29,176
Burgess, Rundle	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	32	14	3	0	41	11	7	5	3	24	16	2.407	50	W	W	D	W	D	1947-04-05	Southampton	A
2	0	Burnley	32	11	6	1	27	10	7	5	2	21	11	2.286	47	W	W	W	W	D	1947-04-05	Chesterfield	H
3	0	Birmingham City	33	13	2	2	42	10	5	2	9	15	19	1.966	40	D	L	W	L	D	1947-04-05	Fulham	H
4	1	Tottenham Hotspur	33	9	6	2	30	18	5	4	7	26	27	1.244	38	W	W	W	D	L	1947-04-05	Leicester City	H
5	-1	Newcastle United	31	9	3	5	45	26	6	4	4	27	20	1.565	37	D	L	L	W	L	1947-04-05	Luton Town	H
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	31	8	3	3	34	23	7	3	7	29	31	1.167	36	D	W	W	L	W	1947-04-05	Bury	H
7	0	Leicester City	31	8	3	4	31	18	7	1	8	23	31	1.102	34	L	L	W	D	L	1947-04-05	Tottenham Hotspur	A
8	0	Chesterfield	30	6	5	3	20	13	5	7	4	15	19	1.094	34	D	W	L	D	D	1947-04-05	Burnley	A
9	0	Luton Town	33	10	2	4	38	25	3	3	11	18	30	1.018	31	L	W	L	L	W	1947-04-05	Newcastle United	A
10	0	Southampton	33	8	4	3	38	20	4	3	11	24	43	0.984	31	L	W	L	W	L	1947-04-05	Manchester City	H
11	0	Plymouth Argyle	32	11	3	3	43	25	2	2	11	25	47	0.944	31	L	L	W	L	W	1947-04-05	Swansea Town	A
12	0	Fulham	29	9	2	3	33	18	3	4	8	19	36	0.963	30	L	W	W	D	D	1947-04-05	Birmingham City	A
13	2	Bury	32	9	5	3	52	30	1	4	10	12	29	1.085	29	W	L	D	W	L	1947-04-05	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	0	Coventry City	31	6	8	1	22	12	3	3	10	20	34	0.913	29	W	D	L	L	L	1947-04-05	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	-2	West Ham United	32	9	3	4	33	22	3	2	11	17	36	0.862	29	L	L	L	W	W	1947-04-05	Nottingham Forest	A
16	0	Barnsley	32	8	2	5	31	23	3	5	9	31	49	0.861	29	W	L	W	L	D	1947-04-05	Millwall	H
17	2	Millwall	31	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	9	15	32	0.737	27	W	W	W	W	L	1947-04-05	Barnsley	A
18	-1	Bradford	29	5	5	6	20	17	3	5	5	24	29	0.957	26	L	W	D	D	D	1947-04-07	Plymouth Argyle	A
19	-1	Nottingham Forest	30	8	2	3	28	12	2	4	11	20	41	0.906	26	L	L	L	D	D	1947-04-05	West Ham United	H
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	32	7	4	6	33	26	1	3	11	21	43	0.783	23	W	L	D	W	L	1947-04-05	Coventry City	A
21	0	Swansea Town	32	7	1	8	28	31	1	4	11	13	35	0.621	21	L	W	L	L	L	1947-04-05	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	0	Newport County	31	5	0	8	30	39	1	2	15	15	68	0.421	14	L	L	W	L	L	1947-04-07	Barnsley	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Halifax Town	Peel Park	4,769
Mercer	Lineups		Dooley
Carlisle United	0	2	Hull City	Brunton Park	11,704
	Lineups		Davidson, Greenhalgh
Chester	3	0	Lincoln City	Sealand Road	6,921
Lee, Burden 2	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	York City	Gresty Road	7,267
Davies, Meaney	Lineups
Darlington	2	0	Gateshead	Feethams Ground	8,139
Kelly, Bower	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	4	2	Oldham Athletic	Belle Vue	25,366	Largest home gate 1946-47
Thompson 2, Jordan, Kirkaldie	Lineups		Burns, Corbett OG
Hartlepools United	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Victoria Park	9,679
Harden	Lineups
New Brighton	0	1	Barrow	Tower Athletic Grounds	6,628
	Lineups		Miller
Rochdale	0	1	Bradford City	Spotland	10,539
	Lineups		Shearer
Southport	2	0	Rotherham United	Haig Avenue	7,407	Largest home gate 1946-47
Hawkins (p), Mycock	Lineups
Stockport County	1	0	Wrexham	Edgeley Park	12,050
Gleave	Lineups

				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	33	13	2	1	60	14	15	1	1	47	21	3.057	59	W	W	W	W	W	1947-04-05	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	0	Rotherham United	30	13	0	0	52	8	8	4	5	29	28	2.25	46	L	W	W	W	W	1947-04-05	Halifax Town	A
3	0	Stockport County	33	13	0	4	39	15	7	2	7	25	21	1.778	42	W	W	W	L	L	1947-04-05	Gateshead	H
4	0	Chester	31	12	2	2	40	13	6	3	6	31	29	1.69	41	W	W	L	L	W	1947-04-05	Carlisle United	A
5	0	Bradford City	31	9	3	2	29	14	7	4	6	20	22	1.361	39	W	W	W	L	W	1947-04-05	Darlington	H
6	0	Rochdale	32	6	4	7	28	23	8	2	5	31	31	1.093	34	L	D	W	W	L	1947-04-05	Lincoln City	H
7	0	Tranmere Rovers	32	10	3	4	37	29	5	1	9	17	32	0.885	34	L	W	W	L	W	1947-04-05	Barrow	A
8	0	Wrexham	28	9	4	2	31	14	4	3	6	14	17	1.452	33	L	D	L	W	L	1947-04-05	Hartlepools United	H
9	0	Barrow	32	8	1	7	23	19	5	5	6	17	32	0.784	32	W	W	W	L	L	1947-04-05	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	0	Darlington	33	10	3	3	40	22	3	2	12	19	44	0.894	31	W	D	L	L	W	1947-04-05	Bradford City	A
11	0	Hartlepools United	34	9	4	5	34	23	3	3	10	18	37	0.867	31	W	L	L	W	W	1947-04-05	Wrexham	A
12	2	Crewe Alexandra	34	7	4	5	23	21	4	4	10	25	42	0.762	30	W	D	L	W	D	1947-04-05	Doncaster Rovers	A
13	3	Hull City	32	5	4	5	17	15	6	3	9	22	30	0.867	29	W	L	W	L	L	1947-04-05	Oldham Athletic	A
14	-2	Gateshead	33	7	2	6	28	23	5	2	11	18	34	0.807	28	L	D	L	W	L	1947-04-05	Stockport County	A
15	-2	Carlisle United	32	8	4	6	37	33	4	0	10	17	40	0.74	28	L	L	D	L	D	1947-04-05	Chester	H
16	-1	Oldham Athletic	33	5	4	8	27	28	5	3	8	25	36	0.813	27	L	D	L	L	L	1947-04-05	Hull City	H
17	0	Lincoln City	29	8	1	6	36	25	4	1	9	25	32	1.07	26	L	W	W	L	W	1947-04-05	Rochdale	A
18	2	Southport	34	6	4	8	34	33	1	6	9	14	33	0.727	24	W	W	D	L	L	1947-04-05	New Brighton	A
19	-1	Accrington Stanley	32	5	3	9	22	31	5	1	9	16	34	0.585	24	D	L	L	W	W	1947-04-07	Halifax Town	A
20	-1	New Brighton	29	7	2	5	28	21	1	4	10	15	37	0.741	22	L	L	W	L	L	1947-04-05	Southport	H
21	0	York City	28	4	2	8	24	29	4	3	7	18	31	0.7	21	L	L	L	W	L	1947-04-07	Crewe Alexandra	H
22	0	Halifax Town	31	4	3	8	19	22	1	2	13	12	45	0.463	15	D	L	L	L	L	1947-04-05	Rotherham United	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	3	Reading	Recreation Ground	6,942
Griffiths	Lineups		Deverall, Glidden, MacPhee
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	2	Swindon Town	Dean Court	14,056	Largest home gate 1946-47
McDonald 2, Burke 2, Rowell	Lineups		Stephens W, Lucas
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Northampton Town	Goldstone Ground	9,152
Willard, Hanlon	Lineups		Roberts, Thompson
Bristol City	2	1	Cardiff City	Ashton Gate	32,535	Largest home gate 1946-47
Clark, Collins	Lineups		Rees
Crystal Palace	1	1	Walsall	Selhurst Park	12,906
Jones	Lineups		Wilshaw
Leyton Orient	3	0	Bristol Rovers	Brisbane Road	13,602
Hunt, Morrad, Davidson	Lineups
Mansfield Town	4	3	Ipswich Town	Field Mill	5,383
Oscroft 2, Carter, Chadbourne	Lineups		O'Mahony, Pole, Parker T
Notts County	0	0	Exeter City	Meadow Lane	15,014
	Lineups
Port Vale	1	3	Norwich City	Recreation Ground	13,978
Cheadle	Lineups		Ryder 2, Eyre
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Southend United	Loftus Road	20,307
Durrant	Lineups
Watford	3	3	Torquay United	Vicarage Road	8,923
Ross, Chase, Evans	Lineups		Conley 2, Cothliff

				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	32	13	2	0	50	8	10	2	5	28	15	3.391	50	L	D	D	W	L	1947-04-05	Reading	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	33	13	2	3	37	12	7	5	3	23	17	2.069	47	W	W	W	D	W	1947-04-05	Exeter City	H
3	0	Bristol City	33	11	2	4	49	18	6	5	5	32	30	1.688	41	W	L	L	W	W	1947-04-05	Ipswich Town	A
4	0	Swindon Town	34	11	3	1	45	17	4	5	10	27	47	1.125	38	L	W	D	W	W	1947-04-05	Watford	A
5	0	Southend United	32	9	4	4	34	16	6	3	6	24	27	1.349	37	L	D	W	W	L	1947-04-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	2	Exeter City	33	10	5	2	33	18	4	3	9	21	31	1.102	36	D	W	L	W	W	1947-04-05	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	-1	Ipswich Town	32	7	4	4	23	14	5	7	5	22	24	1.184	35	L	L	W	D	D	1947-04-05	Bristol City	H
8	-1	Port Vale	32	11	3	3	38	22	3	4	8	13	23	1.133	35	L	W	L	D	W	1947-04-05	Leyton Orient	A
9	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	33	10	4	4	37	18	4	2	9	19	23	1.366	34	W	W	W	W	L	1947-04-05	Walsall	A
10	0	Reading	33	9	3	4	48	28	4	5	8	28	36	1.188	34	W	L	D	L	L	1947-04-05	Cardiff City	H
11	1	Torquay United	33	8	4	3	26	20	3	6	9	17	36	0.768	32	D	L	D	L	D	1947-04-05	Notts County	H
12	-1	Bristol Rovers	36	7	4	6	26	24	6	2	11	22	40	0.75	32	L	W	W	D	W	1947-04-05	Aldershot	H
13	0	Walsall	31	7	4	4	28	18	4	5	7	20	27	1.067	31	D	L	W	D	L	1947-04-05	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
14	0	Watford	33	10	2	5	34	21	4	1	11	17	41	0.823	31	D	W	W	L	L	1947-04-05	Swindon Town	H
15	0	Crystal Palace	33	9	5	4	27	16	3	2	10	13	34	0.8	31	D	D	L	L	W	1947-04-05	Norwich City	H
16	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	7	7	5	29	33	3	4	8	15	26	0.746	31	D	L	L	D	W	1947-04-05	Southend United	A
17	0	Northampton Town	31	7	2	4	30	20	4	3	11	21	36	0.911	27	D	L	L	D	L	1947-04-05	Mansfield Town	A
18	0	Notts County	31	8	3	4	28	14	2	3	11	20	38	0.923	26	D	W	L	L	D	1947-04-05	Torquay United	A
19	1	Leyton Orient	30	9	3	4	32	20	0	3	11	8	31	0.784	24	W	L	W	D	W	1947-04-05	Port Vale	H
20	-1	Aldershot	32	5	6	6	21	21	3	2	10	19	46	0.597	24	L	D	L	D	D	1947-04-05	Bristol Rovers	A
21	0	Mansfield Town	34	7	4	5	25	26	1	4	13	15	54	0.5	24	W	L	D	L	L	1947-04-05	Northampton Town	H
22	0	Norwich City	35	4	3	10	31	42	3	3	12	22	49	0.582	20	W	W	D	D	L	1947-04-05	Crystal Palace	A