Saturday 1947-04-05

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	1	3	Arsenal	Burnden Park	34,398
Wrigglesworth	Lineups		Rooke 2, Lewis
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Portsmouth	The Valley	40,261
	Lineups
Chelsea	3	0	Derby County	Stamford Bridge	52,886
Lawton 2, Goulden	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Blundell Park	12,975
Cairns, Reeve K	Lineups		Smith
Leeds United	1	2	Brentford	Elland Road	23,962
Henry (p)	Lineups		Naylor, Girling
Liverpool	2	3	Blackpool	Anfield Road	47,320
Fagan, Done	Lineups		Mortensen 2, Buchan W
Manchester United	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	67,204	Largest home gate 1946-47
Rowley 2, Hanlon	Lineups		Westcott
Middlesbrough	4	0	Everton	Ayresome Park	27,106
Walker 2, Mannion 2	Lineups
Preston North End	2	2	Sunderland	Deepdale	19,650
McIntosh, Shankly	Lineups		Robinson 2
Sheffield United	1	2	Aston Villa	Bramall Lane	31,997
Nightingale	Lineups		Dorsett 2
Stoke City	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Victoria Ground	28,966
Steele, Ormston, Baker	Lineups

				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	1	Blackpool	38	14	0	4	38	27	7	5	8	31	37	1.078	47	W	D	W	W	W	1947-04-07	Everton	H
2	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	13	0	3	47	17	8	4	5	26	22	1.872	46	L	W	L	W	D	1947-04-07	Derby County	A
3	2	Stoke City	34	12	4	2	46	20	6	2	8	30	29	1.551	42	W	W	D	D	L	1947-04-07	Grimsby Town	H
4	0	Manchester United	33	13	3	1	45	16	3	7	6	30	33	1.531	42	W	D	W	L	W	1947-04-07	Leeds United	H
5	-2	Liverpool	34	10	3	5	37	24	8	3	5	32	23	1.468	42	L	D	D	W	W	1947-04-07	Preston North End	H
6	0	Middlesbrough	35	11	3	5	44	28	6	4	6	26	23	1.373	41	W	D	L	L	L	1947-04-07	Charlton Athletic	H
7	0	Preston North End	34	10	4	4	42	24	6	4	6	24	35	1.119	40	D	D	L	W	L	1947-04-07	Liverpool	A
8	0	Aston Villa	35	6	5	4	25	15	9	2	9	27	28	1.209	37	W	L	W	L	L	1947-04-08	Sunderland	H
9	1	Sunderland	34	8	2	7	26	24	6	4	7	30	33	0.982	34	D	W	W	L	W	1947-04-08	Aston Villa	A
10	-1	Sheffield United	30	7	4	3	35	21	7	1	8	29	34	1.164	33	L	L	L	W	L	1947-04-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
11	4	Chelsea	35	7	3	7	29	32	6	4	8	30	36	0.868	33	W	L	L	W	W	1947-04-07	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	1	Portsmouth	32	10	1	5	37	23	3	5	8	18	26	1.122	32	D	W	W	D	L	1947-04-07	Brentford	H
13	-2	Bolton Wanderers	37	7	5	7	29	25	5	3	10	24	33	0.914	32	L	W	W	W	L	1947-04-07	Sheffield United	A
14	-2	Everton	34	10	4	3	31	22	2	4	11	15	37	0.78	32	L	D	D	L	D	1947-04-07	Blackpool	A
15	-1	Blackburn Rovers	34	5	5	7	20	21	7	2	8	15	17	0.921	31	L	W	W	W	L	1947-04-07	Chelsea	H
16	1	Grimsby Town	35	6	6	5	26	32	4	5	9	18	36	0.647	31	W	L	W	L	L	1947-04-07	Stoke City	A
17	-1	Derby County	32	9	2	4	37	23	4	2	11	24	40	0.968	30	L	L	D	W	W	1947-04-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	0	Arsenal	33	6	5	6	31	27	5	2	9	24	33	0.917	29	W	L	D	W	L	1947-04-07	Huddersfield Town	A
19	0	Charlton Athletic	33	6	5	8	31	27	3	3	8	16	33	0.783	26	D	D	W	L	L	1947-04-07	Middlesbrough	A
20	0	Huddersfield Town	34	8	2	5	28	21	2	3	14	19	53	0.635	25	L	W	D	L	W	1947-04-07	Arsenal	H
21	0	Brentford	33	5	2	9	18	30	4	2	11	24	44	0.568	22	W	L	L	L	L	1947-04-07	Portsmouth	A
22	0	Leeds United	32	6	4	7	28	24	0	1	14	11	45	0.565	17	L	L	D	L	L	1947-04-07	Manchester United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	4	1	Millwall	Oakwell	13,558
Bennett 2, Glover, Kelly J	Lineups		Brown
Birmingham City	2	1	Fulham	St Andrew's	28,194
Hall, Goodwin	Lineups		McGibbon
Burnley	1	1	Chesterfield	Turf Moor	23,719
Potts	Lineups		Milburn G
Coventry City	5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Highfield Road	19,478
Lowrie 4, Roberts	Lineups		Tooze OG
Newcastle United	7	2	Luton Town	St James' Park	40,372
Wayman 2, Stobbart 2, Shackleton, Milburn, Harvey	Lineups		Driver 2
Nottingham Forest	4	3	West Ham United	City Ground	22,888
Brown R, Scott, Johnston, Barks	Lineups		Neary 2, Parsons
Southampton	0	1	Manchester City	The Dell	24,197
	Lineups		Smith
Swansea Town	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Vetch Field	17,043
Payne 2, McCrory	Lineups		Strauss
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Leicester City	White Hart Lane	37,843
Rundle 2	Lineups		Smith A
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Bury	The Hawthorns	27,745
Clarke 3	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	33	14	3	0	41	11	8	5	3	25	16	2.444	52	W	W	W	D	W	1947-04-07	Luton Town	A
2	0	Burnley	33	11	7	1	28	11	7	5	2	21	11	2.227	48	D	W	W	W	W	1947-04-07	Southampton	A
3	0	Birmingham City	34	14	2	2	44	11	5	2	9	15	19	1.967	42	W	D	L	W	L	1947-04-07	Newcastle United	H
4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	34	10	6	2	32	19	5	4	7	26	27	1.261	40	W	W	W	W	D	1947-04-07	Nottingham Forest	A
5	0	Newcastle United	32	10	3	5	52	28	6	4	4	27	20	1.646	39	W	D	L	L	W	1947-04-07	Birmingham City	A
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	32	9	3	3	37	23	7	3	7	29	31	1.222	38	W	D	W	W	L	1947-04-07	Chesterfield	H
7	1	Chesterfield	31	6	5	3	20	13	5	8	4	16	20	1.091	35	D	D	W	L	D	1947-04-07	West Bromwich Albion	A
8	-1	Leicester City	32	8	3	4	31	18	7	1	9	24	33	1.078	34	L	L	L	W	D	1947-04-08	Millwall	H
9	5	Coventry City	32	7	8	1	27	13	3	3	10	20	34	1	31	W	W	D	L	L	1947-04-07	Swansea Town	A
10	0	Southampton	34	8	4	4	38	21	4	3	11	24	43	0.969	31	L	L	W	L	W	1947-04-07	Burnley	H
11	-2	Luton Town	34	10	2	4	38	25	3	3	12	20	37	0.935	31	L	L	W	L	L	1947-04-07	Manchester City	H
12	-1	Plymouth Argyle	33	11	3	3	43	25	2	2	12	26	50	0.92	31	L	L	L	W	L	1947-04-07	Bradford	H
13	3	Barnsley	33	9	2	5	35	24	3	5	9	31	49	0.904	31	W	W	L	W	L	1947-04-07	Newport County	A
14	-2	Fulham	30	9	2	3	33	18	3	4	9	20	38	0.946	30	L	L	W	W	D	1947-04-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	-2	Bury	33	9	5	3	52	30	1	4	11	12	32	1.032	29	L	W	L	D	W	1947-04-07	West Ham United	A
16	-1	West Ham United	33	9	3	4	33	22	3	2	12	20	40	0.855	29	L	L	L	L	W	1947-04-07	Bury	H
17	2	Nottingham Forest	31	9	2	3	32	15	2	4	11	20	41	0.929	28	W	L	L	L	D	1947-04-07	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	-1	Millwall	32	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	10	16	36	0.705	27	L	W	W	W	W	1947-04-08	Leicester City	A
19	-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
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	33	7	4	6	33	26	1	3	12	22	48	0.743	23	L	W	L	D	W	1947-04-07	Fulham	A
21	0	Swansea Town	33	8	1	8	31	32	1	4	11	13	35	0.657	23	W	L	W	L	L	1947-04-07	Coventry City	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
Barrow	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Holker Street	3,941
	Lineups		Atkinson
Bradford City	2	0	Darlington	Valley Parade	7,220
Shearer, Hinsley	Lineups
Carlisle United	3	2	Chester	Brunton Park	6,810
Dellow, Broadis, Moir	Lineups		Lee, Burden
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Belle Vue	18,142
Kirkaldie	Lineups		Ferris
Halifax Town	2	3	Rotherham United	The Shay	4,355
Fisher, Green	Lineups		Wilson, Ardron, Allsop OG
New Brighton	1	0	Southport	Tower Athletic Grounds	3,291
Pendergast	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Hull City	Boundary Park	9,564
Tomlinson	Lineups		Davidson 2
Rochdale	2	0	Lincoln City	Spotland	6,634
Sibley, O'Donnell	Lineups
Stockport County	2	0	Gateshead	Edgeley Park	7,693
Brinton 2	Lineups
Wrexham	4	1	Hartlepools United	Racecourse Ground	4,877
Roberts S 2, Boothway, Gardner	Lineups		Harden

				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	34	13	3	1	61	15	15	1	1	47	21	3	60	D	W	W	W	W	1947-04-07	Oldham Athletic	A
2	0	Rotherham United	31	13	0	0	52	8	9	4	5	32	30	2.211	48	W	L	W	W	W	1947-04-07	Southport	H
3	0	Stockport County	34	14	0	4	41	15	7	2	7	25	21	1.833	44	W	W	W	W	L	1947-04-07	Wrexham	A
4	0	Chester	32	12	2	2	40	13	6	3	7	33	32	1.622	41	L	W	W	L	L	1947-04-07	Lincoln City	A
5	0	Bradford City	32	10	3	2	31	14	7	4	6	20	22	1.417	41	W	W	W	W	L	1947-04-07	Rochdale	H
6	0	Rochdale	33	7	4	7	30	23	8	2	5	31	31	1.13	36	W	L	D	W	W	1947-04-07	Bradford City	A
7	0	Tranmere Rovers	33	10	3	4	37	29	6	1	9	18	32	0.902	36	W	L	W	W	L	1947-04-07	Hartlepools United	H
8	0	Wrexham	29	10	4	2	35	15	4	3	6	14	17	1.531	35	W	L	D	L	W	1947-04-07	Stockport County	H
9	0	Barrow	33	8	1	8	23	20	5	5	6	17	32	0.769	32	L	W	W	W	L	1947-04-07	New Brighton	H
10	3	Hull City	33	5	4	5	17	15	7	3	9	24	31	0.891	31	W	W	L	W	L	1947-04-07	Carlisle United	H
11	-1	Darlington	34	10	3	3	40	22	3	2	13	19	46	0.868	31	L	W	D	L	L	1947-04-07	Gateshead	A
12	-1	Hartlepools United	35	9	4	5	34	23	3	3	11	19	41	0.828	31	L	W	L	L	W	1947-04-07	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	-1	Crewe Alexandra	35	7	4	5	23	21	4	5	10	26	43	0.766	31	D	W	D	L	W	1947-04-07	York City	A
14	1	Carlisle United	33	9	4	6	40	35	4	0	10	17	40	0.76	30	W	L	L	D	L	1947-04-07	Hull City	A
15	-1	Gateshead	34	7	2	6	28	23	5	2	12	18	36	0.78	28	L	L	D	L	W	1947-04-07	Darlington	H
16	0	Oldham Athletic	34	5	4	9	28	30	5	3	8	25	36	0.803	27	L	L	D	L	L	1947-04-07	Doncaster Rovers	H
17	0	Lincoln City	30	8	1	6	36	25	4	1	10	25	34	1.034	26	L	L	W	W	L	1947-04-07	Chester	H
18	2	New Brighton	30	8	2	5	29	21	1	4	10	15	37	0.759	24	W	L	L	W	L	1947-04-07	Barrow	A
19	-1	Southport	35	6	4	8	34	33	1	6	10	14	34	0.716	24	L	W	W	D	L	1947-04-07	Rotherham United	A
20	-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
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	32	4	3	9	21	25	1	2	13	12	45	0.471	15	L	D	L	L	L	1947-04-07	Accrington Stanley	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Aldershot	Eastville	13,717
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	1	Norwich City	Selhurst Park	13,315
	Lineups		Hold
Ipswich Town	3	2	Bristol City	Portman Road	16,022
Lang, Parker S, Pole	Lineups		Collins, Thomas
Leyton Orient	5	3	Port Vale	Brisbane Road	12,371
Pullen 2, Hunt, Roberts, Morrad	Lineups		Jones F, Bellis, Allen
Mansfield Town	3	2	Northampton Town	Field Mill	5,625
Copestake, Carter, Chadbourne	Lineups		Briscoe, Garrett
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Exeter City	Loftus Road	18,267
Durrant, Pattison	Lineups
Reading	0	0	Cardiff City	Elm Park	21,627	Largest home gate 1946-47
	Lineups
Southend United	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Greyhound Stadium	10,594
	Lineups
Torquay United	1	2	Notts County	Plainmoor	4,064
Kernick	Lineups		Sewell 2
Walsall	3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Fellows Park	9,666
Lishman, Wilshaw, Darby	Lineups
Watford	1	1	Swindon Town	Vicarage Road	9,992
Harris	Lineups		Lucas

				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	33	13	2	0	50	8	10	3	5	28	15	3.391	51	D	L	D	D	W	1947-04-07	Bristol City	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	34	14	2	3	39	12	7	5	3	23	17	2.138	49	W	W	W	W	D	1947-04-07	Southend United	A
3	0	Bristol City	34	11	2	4	49	18	6	5	6	34	33	1.627	41	L	W	L	L	W	1947-04-07	Cardiff City	A
4	0	Swindon Town	35	11	3	1	45	17	4	6	10	28	48	1.123	39	D	L	W	D	W	1947-04-07	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
5	0	Southend United	33	9	5	4	34	16	6	3	6	24	27	1.349	38	D	L	D	W	W	1947-04-07	Queens Park Rangers	H
6	1	Ipswich Town	33	8	4	4	26	16	5	7	5	22	24	1.2	37	W	L	L	W	D	1947-04-07	Mansfield Town	H
7	-1	Exeter City	34	10	5	2	33	18	4	3	10	21	33	1.059	36	L	D	W	L	W	1947-04-07	Notts County	H
8	2	Reading	34	9	4	4	48	28	4	5	8	28	36	1.188	35	D	W	L	D	L	1947-04-07	Aldershot	H
9	-1	Port Vale	33	11	3	3	38	22	3	4	9	16	28	1.08	35	L	L	W	L	D	1947-04-07	Norwich City	A
10	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	34	10	4	4	37	18	4	2	10	19	26	1.273	34	L	W	W	W	W	1947-04-07	Swindon Town	A
11	2	Walsall	32	8	4	4	31	18	4	5	7	20	27	1.133	33	W	D	L	W	D	1947-04-07	Crystal Palace	H
12	0	Bristol Rovers	37	7	5	6	26	24	6	2	11	22	40	0.75	33	D	L	W	W	D	1947-04-07	Leyton Orient	H
13	1	Watford	34	10	3	5	35	22	4	1	11	17	41	0.825	32	D	D	W	W	L	1947-04-07	Torquay United	A
14	-3	Torquay United	34	8	4	4	27	22	3	6	9	17	36	0.759	32	L	D	L	D	L	1947-04-07	Watford	H
15	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	7	7	5	29	33	3	5	8	15	26	0.746	32	D	D	L	L	D	1947-04-07	Northampton Town	A
16	-1	Crystal Palace	34	9	5	5	27	17	3	2	10	13	34	0.784	31	L	D	D	L	L	1947-04-07	Walsall	A
17	1	Notts County	32	8	3	4	28	14	3	3	11	22	39	0.943	28	W	D	W	L	L	1947-04-07	Exeter City	A
18	-1	Northampton Town	32	7	2	4	30	20	4	3	12	23	39	0.898	27	L	D	L	L	D	1947-04-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	0	Leyton Orient	31	10	3	4	37	23	0	3	11	8	31	0.833	26	W	W	L	W	D	1947-04-07	Bristol Rovers	A
20	1	Mansfield Town	35	8	4	5	28	28	1	4	13	15	54	0.524	26	W	W	L	D	L	1947-04-07	Ipswich Town	A
21	-1	Aldershot	33	5	6	6	21	21	3	3	10	19	46	0.597	25	D	L	D	L	D	1947-04-07	Reading	A
22	0	Norwich City	36	4	3	10	31	42	4	3	12	23	49	0.593	22	W	W	W	D	D	1947-04-07	Port Vale	H