Monday 1947-04-07

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Chelsea	Ewood Park	35,646	Largest home gate 1946-47
Godwin	Lineups		Lawton, Walker
Blackpool	0	3	Everton	Bloomfield Road	23,699
	Lineups		Dodds 2, Stevenson
Derby County	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	31,209
Stamps 2 (1p)	Lineups		Westcott
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Arsenal	Leeds Road	33,381
	Lineups
Liverpool	3	0	Preston North End	Anfield Road	46,477
Stubbins 2, Balmer	Lineups
Manchester United	3	1	Leeds United	Maine Road	41,912
Burke 2, Delaney	Lineups		Cochrane
Middlesbrough	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Ayresome Park	36,903
Dews	Lineups		Robinson R OG, Duffy
Portsmouth	3	0	Brentford	Fratton Park	33,409
Reid 2, McAlinden	Lineups
Sheffield United	4	2	Bolton Wanderers	Bramall Lane	29,170
Nightingale 3, Gillies OG	Lineups		Lofthouse, Moir
Stoke City	3	0	Grimsby Town	Victoria Ground	34,386
Ormston, Jackson 2	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	0	Blackpool	39	14	0	5	38	30	7	5	8	31	37	1.03	47	L	W	D	W	W	1947-04-12	Stoke City	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	13	0	3	47	17	8	4	6	27	24	1.805	46	L	L	W	L	W	1947-04-08	Derby County	H
3	0	Stoke City	35	13	4	2	49	20	6	2	8	30	29	1.612	44	W	W	W	D	D	1947-04-12	Blackpool	A
4	0	Manchester United	34	14	3	1	48	17	3	7	6	30	33	1.56	44	W	W	D	W	L	1947-04-08	Leeds United	A
5	0	Liverpool	35	11	3	5	40	24	8	3	5	32	23	1.532	44	W	L	D	D	W	1947-04-19	Sunderland	H
6	0	Middlesbrough	36	11	3	6	45	30	6	4	6	26	23	1.34	41	L	W	D	L	L	1947-04-12	Arsenal	A
7	0	Preston North End	35	10	4	4	42	24	6	4	7	24	38	1.065	40	L	D	D	L	W	1947-04-12	Blackburn Rovers	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	Sheffield United	31	8	4	3	39	23	7	1	8	29	34	1.193	35	W	L	L	L	W	1947-04-12	Portsmouth	A
10	1	Chelsea	36	7	3	7	29	32	7	4	8	32	37	0.884	35	W	W	L	L	W	1947-04-12	Everton	A
11	1	Portsmouth	33	11	1	5	40	23	3	5	8	18	26	1.184	34	W	D	W	W	D	1947-04-12	Sheffield United	H
12	-3	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
13	1	Everton	35	10	4	3	31	22	3	4	11	18	37	0.831	34	W	L	D	D	L	1947-04-12	Chelsea	H
14	3	Derby County	33	10	2	4	39	24	4	2	11	24	40	0.984	32	W	L	L	D	W	1947-04-08	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
15	-2	Bolton Wanderers	38	7	5	7	29	25	5	3	11	26	37	0.887	32	L	L	W	W	W	1947-04-12	Huddersfield Town	A
16	-1	Blackburn Rovers	35	5	5	8	21	23	7	2	8	15	17	0.9	31	L	L	W	W	W	1947-04-12	Preston North End	H
17	-1	Grimsby Town	36	6	6	5	26	32	4	5	10	18	39	0.62	31	L	W	L	W	L	1947-04-12	Aston Villa	A
18	0	Arsenal	34	6	5	6	31	27	5	3	9	24	33	0.917	30	D	W	L	D	W	1947-04-12	Middlesbrough	H
19	0	Charlton Athletic	34	6	5	8	31	27	4	3	8	18	34	0.803	28	W	D	D	W	L	1947-04-12	Derby County	A
20	0	Huddersfield Town	35	8	3	5	28	21	2	3	14	19	53	0.635	26	D	L	W	D	L	1947-04-12	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	0	Brentford	34	5	2	9	18	30	4	2	12	24	47	0.545	22	L	W	L	L	L	1947-04-12	Manchester United	H
22	0	Leeds United	33	6	4	7	28	24	0	1	15	12	48	0.556	17	L	L	L	D	L	1947-04-08	Manchester United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	0	Newcastle United	St Andrew's	43,000
Bodle, Trigg	Lineups
Fulham	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Craven Cottage	26,651
Freeman	Lineups		Hunt, Ward
Luton Town	0	0	Manchester City	Kenilworth Road	22,976
	Lineups
Newport County	2	1	Barnsley	Somerton Park	11,013
Rawcliffe 2	Lineups		Kelly J
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	City Ground	30,656
Brown R	Lineups		Bennett
Plymouth Argyle	2	4	Bradford	Home Park	23,201
Boyd, Rawlings	Lineups		Wilkins, Smith, Dix, White
Southampton	0	1	Burnley	The Dell	20,330
	Lineups		KnightJ
Swansea Town	2	3	Coventry City	Vetch Field	26,584	Largest home gate 1946-47
Jones E (p), McCrory	Lineups		Bett 2, Roberts
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Chesterfield	The Hawthorns	29,806
Walsh 2, Hodgetts	Lineups		Hudson, Milburn G (p)
West Ham United	3	3	Bury	Upton Park	22,525
Neary 2, Bainbridge	Lineups		Halton 2, Carter

				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	34	14	3	0	41	11	8	6	3	25	16	2.444	53	D	W	W	W	D	1947-04-19	Barnsley	A
2	0	Burnley	34	11	7	1	28	11	8	5	2	22	11	2.273	50	W	D	W	W	W	1947-04-19	Bradford	H
3	0	Birmingham City	35	15	2	2	46	11	5	2	9	15	19	2.033	44	W	W	D	L	W	1947-04-12	Bury	A
4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	35	10	6	2	32	19	5	5	7	27	28	1.255	41	D	W	W	W	W	1947-04-12	Chesterfield	A
5	1	West Bromwich Albion	33	10	3	3	40	25	7	3	7	29	31	1.232	40	W	W	D	W	W	1947-04-12	Luton Town	A
6	-1	Newcastle United	33	10	3	5	52	28	6	4	5	27	22	1.58	39	L	W	D	L	L	1947-04-12	Plymouth Argyle	A
7	0	Chesterfield	32	6	5	3	20	13	5	8	5	18	23	1.056	35	L	D	D	W	L	1947-04-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	0	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	0	Coventry City	33	7	8	1	27	13	4	3	10	23	36	1.02	33	W	W	W	D	L	1947-04-08	Swansea Town	H
10	1	Luton Town	35	10	3	4	38	25	3	3	12	20	37	0.935	32	D	L	L	W	L	1947-04-12	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	-1	Southampton	35	8	4	5	38	22	4	3	11	24	43	0.954	31	L	L	L	W	L	1947-04-12	West Ham United	A
12	0	Plymouth Argyle	34	11	3	4	45	29	2	2	12	26	50	0.899	31	L	L	L	L	W	1947-04-12	Newcastle United	H
13	0	Barnsley	34	9	2	5	35	24	3	5	10	32	51	0.893	31	L	W	W	L	W	1947-04-12	Bradford	A
14	1	Bury	34	9	5	3	52	30	1	5	11	15	35	1.031	30	D	L	W	L	D	1947-04-12	Birmingham City	H
15	-1	Fulham	31	9	2	4	34	20	3	4	9	20	38	0.931	30	L	L	L	W	W	1947-04-12	Coventry City	H
16	0	West Ham United	34	9	4	4	36	25	3	2	12	20	40	0.862	30	D	L	L	L	L	1947-04-12	Southampton	H
17	0	Nottingham Forest	32	9	3	3	33	16	2	4	11	20	41	0.93	29	D	W	L	L	L	1947-04-12	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	1	Bradford	30	5	5	6	20	17	4	5	5	28	31	1	28	W	L	W	D	D	1947-04-12	Barnsley	H
19	-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
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	34	7	4	6	33	26	2	3	12	24	49	0.76	25	W	L	W	L	D	1947-04-12	Nottingham Forest	H
21	0	Swansea Town	34	8	1	9	33	35	1	4	11	13	35	0.657	23	L	W	L	W	L	1947-04-08	Coventry City	A
22	0	Newport County	32	6	0	8	32	40	1	2	15	15	68	0.435	16	W	L	L	W	L	1947-04-19	West Ham United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	0	1	New Brighton	Holker Street	6,963
	Lineups		Pritchard (p)
Bradford City	0	1	Rochdale	Valley Parade	10,267
	Lineups		Barkas
Gateshead	1	0	Darlington	Redheugh Park	4,998
Callender J	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	1	Accrington Stanley	The Shay	2,747
Fisher 2	Lineups		Edwards
Hull City	2	0	Carlisle United	Boothferry Park	21,854
Davies, Brown R	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	2	Chester	Sincil Bank	8,785
Davies, Hutchinson	Lineups		Yates, Burden
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	Boundary Park	16,621
	Lineups		Todd
Rotherham United	2	1	Southport	Millmoor	14,254
Ardron, Shaw	Lineups		Linaker
Tranmere Rovers	4	1	Hartlepools United	Prenton Park	10,690
Atkinson 2, Rosenthal, Jones	Lineups		Scott
Wrexham	2	1	Stockport County	Racecourse Ground	10,029
Roberts S 2, Boothway (p)	Lineups		Shaw
York City	2	3	Crewe Alexandra	Bootham Crescent	6,610
Patrick A 2	Lineups		Ferris, Meaney 2

				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	35	13	3	1	61	15	16	1	1	48	21	3.028	62	W	D	W	W	W	1947-04-12	Lincoln City	H
2	0	Rotherham United	32	14	0	0	54	9	9	4	5	32	30	2.205	50	W	W	L	W	W	1947-04-12	New Brighton	H
3	0	Stockport County	35	14	0	4	41	15	7	2	8	26	23	1.763	44	L	W	W	W	W	1947-04-12	Hartlepools United	A
4	0	Chester	33	12	2	2	40	13	6	4	7	35	34	1.596	42	D	L	W	W	L	1947-04-12	Halifax Town	H
5	0	Bradford City	33	10	3	3	31	15	7	4	6	20	22	1.378	41	L	W	W	W	W	1947-04-12	Hull City	A
6	0	Rochdale	34	7	4	7	30	23	9	2	5	32	31	1.148	38	W	W	L	D	W	1947-04-12	Southport	A
7	0	Tranmere Rovers	34	11	3	4	41	30	6	1	9	18	32	0.952	38	W	W	L	W	W	1947-04-12	Accrington Stanley	H
8	0	Wrexham	30	11	4	2	37	16	4	3	6	14	17	1.545	37	W	W	L	D	L	1947-04-12	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	1	Hull City	34	6	4	5	19	15	7	3	9	24	31	0.935	33	W	W	W	L	W	1947-04-12	Bradford City	H
10	3	Crewe Alexandra	36	7	4	5	23	21	5	5	10	29	45	0.788	33	W	D	W	D	L	1947-04-12	Wrexham	H
11	-2	Barrow	34	8	1	9	23	21	5	5	6	17	32	0.755	32	L	L	W	W	W	1947-04-12	Darlington	A
12	-1	Darlington	35	10	3	3	40	22	3	2	14	19	47	0.855	31	L	L	W	D	L	1947-04-12	Barrow	H
13	-1	Hartlepools United	36	9	4	5	34	23	3	3	12	20	45	0.794	31	L	L	W	L	L	1947-04-12	Stockport County	H
14	1	Gateshead	35	8	2	6	29	23	5	2	12	18	36	0.797	30	W	L	L	D	L	1947-04-12	Oldham Athletic	H
15	-1	Carlisle United	34	9	4	6	40	35	4	0	11	17	42	0.74	30	L	W	L	L	D	1947-04-12	York City	A
16	1	Lincoln City	31	8	2	6	38	27	4	1	10	25	34	1.033	27	D	L	L	W	W	1947-04-12	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	-1	Oldham Athletic	35	5	4	10	28	31	5	3	8	25	36	0.791	27	L	L	L	D	L	1947-04-12	Gateshead	A
18	0	New Brighton	31	8	2	5	29	21	2	4	10	16	37	0.776	26	W	W	L	L	W	1947-04-12	Rotherham United	A
19	0	Southport	36	6	4	8	34	33	1	6	11	15	36	0.71	24	L	L	W	W	D	1947-04-12	Rochdale	H
20	0	Accrington Stanley	33	5	3	9	22	31	5	1	10	17	36	0.582	24	L	D	L	L	W	1947-04-12	Tranmere Rovers	A
21	0	York City	29	4	2	9	26	32	4	3	7	18	31	0.698	21	L	L	L	L	W	1947-04-12	Carlisle United	H
22	0	Halifax Town	33	5	3	9	23	26	1	2	13	12	45	0.493	17	W	L	D	L	L	1947-04-12	Chester	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	6	1	Leyton Orient	Eastville	14,045
Hodges 2, Morgan J 2, Pitt (p), Carr	Lineups		Morrad
Cardiff City	1	1	Bristol City	Ninian Park	49,310	Largest home, & D 3S gate 1946-47
Richards	Lineups		Williams S
Exeter City	2	2	Notts County	St James Park	10,796
Owen 2	Lineups		Sewell, Fallon
Ipswich Town	2	1	Mansfield Town	Portman Road	15,126
Parker S, Pole	Lineups		Oscroft
Northampton Town	6	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	8,754
Garrett, Morrall 2, Roberts, Smith 2	Lineups		Liddell
Norwich City	3	0	Port Vale	Carrow Road	29,985	Largest home gate 1946-47
Eyre, Joy, Jones	Lineups
Reading	1	0	Aldershot	Elm Park	13,324
Taylor A	Lineups
Southend United	1	3	Queens Park Rangers	Greyhound Stadium	17,295	Largest home gate 1946-47
Lane	Lineups		Durrant, McEwan, Mills
Swindon Town	1	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	County Ground	20,051
Lloyd	Lineups		Burke, Gray, McDonald
Torquay United	2	0	Watford	Plainmoor	5,643
Calland (p), Conley	Lineups
Walsall	3	3	Crystal Palace	Fellows Park	13,326
Walsh, Wilshaw, Darby	Lineups		Reece, Russell, Robson

				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	34	13	3	0	51	9	10	3	5	28	15	3.292	52	D	D	L	D	D	1947-04-12	Walsall	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	35	14	2	3	39	12	8	5	3	26	18	2.167	51	W	W	W	W	W	1947-04-12	Port Vale	A
3	0	Bristol City	35	11	2	4	49	18	6	6	6	35	34	1.615	42	D	L	W	L	L	1947-04-12	Leyton Orient	H
4	2	Ipswich Town	34	9	4	4	28	17	5	7	5	22	24	1.22	39	W	W	L	L	W	1947-04-12	Swindon Town	A
5	-1	Swindon Town	36	11	3	2	46	20	4	6	10	28	48	1.088	39	L	D	L	W	D	1947-04-12	Ipswich Town	H
6	-1	Southend United	34	9	5	5	35	19	6	3	6	24	27	1.283	38	L	D	L	D	W	1947-04-12	Exeter City	A
7	1	Reading	35	10	4	4	49	28	4	5	8	28	36	1.203	37	W	D	W	L	D	1947-04-12	Norwich City	A
8	-1	Exeter City	35	10	6	2	35	20	4	3	10	21	33	1.057	37	D	L	D	W	L	1947-04-12	Southend United	H
9	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	35	10	4	4	37	18	5	2	10	22	27	1.311	36	W	L	W	W	W	1947-04-12	Watford	H
10	-1	Port Vale	34	11	3	3	38	22	3	4	10	16	31	1.019	35	L	L	L	W	L	1947-04-12	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	1	Bristol Rovers	38	8	5	6	32	25	6	2	11	22	40	0.831	35	W	D	L	W	W	1947-04-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	-1	Walsall	33	8	5	4	34	21	4	5	7	20	27	1.125	34	D	W	D	L	W	1947-04-08	Northampton Town	A
13	1	Torquay United	35	9	4	4	29	22	3	6	9	17	36	0.793	34	W	L	D	L	D	1947-04-12	Northampton Town	A
14	-1	Watford	35	10	3	5	35	22	4	1	12	17	43	0.8	32	L	D	D	W	W	1947-04-12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
15	1	Crystal Palace	35	9	5	5	27	17	3	3	10	16	37	0.796	32	D	L	D	D	L	1947-04-12	Notts County	A
16	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	7	7	5	29	33	3	5	9	16	32	0.692	32	L	D	D	L	L	1947-04-12	Bristol Rovers	H
17	1	Northampton Town	33	8	2	4	36	21	4	3	12	23	39	0.983	29	W	L	D	L	L	1947-04-08	Walsall	H
18	-1	Notts County	33	8	3	4	28	14	3	4	11	24	41	0.945	29	D	W	D	W	L	1947-04-12	Crystal Palace	H
19	0	Leyton Orient	32	10	3	4	37	23	0	3	12	9	37	0.767	26	L	W	W	L	W	1947-04-12	Bristol City	A
20	0	Mansfield Town	36	8	4	5	28	28	1	4	14	16	56	0.524	26	L	W	W	L	D	1947-04-12	Aldershot	A
21	0	Aldershot	34	5	6	6	21	21	3	3	11	19	47	0.588	25	L	D	L	D	L	1947-04-12	Mansfield Town	H
22	0	Norwich City	37	5	3	10	34	42	4	3	12	23	49	0.626	24	W	W	W	W	D	1947-04-12	Reading	H