Saturday 1947-04-26

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

FA Cup Last Matches

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Final						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Charlton Athletic	1	0	Burnley	D 2	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	98,215	aet
	Duffy	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	5	3	Grimsby Town	Highbury	42,100
Lewis 4, Compton D	Lineups		Cairns, Reeve K, Clifton
Aston Villa	1	2	Liverpool	Villa Park	40,000
Evans	Lineups		Watkinson, Fagan
Blackburn Rovers	0	2	Stoke City	Ewood Park	26,323
	Lineups		Ormston, Matthews
Brentford	0	0	Middlesbrough	Griffin Park	19,020
	Lineups
Derby County	2	1	Leeds United	Baseball Ground	10,994
Carter, Stamps (p)	Lineups		Powell
Everton	2	0	Preston North End	Goodison Park	26,371
Dodds, Fielding	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Sheffield United	Leeds Road	18,406
Whittingham	Lineups		Collindridge
Portsmouth	0	1	Manchester United	Fratton Park	30,623
	Lineups		Delaney
Sunderland	3	1	Bolton Wanderers	Roker Park	19,359
Reynolds, Robinson, Davis	Lineups		Lofthouse
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	4	Chelsea	Molineux	44,260
Forbes 2, Hancocks 2, Westcott 2	Lineups		Spence, Lawton, Goulden, Machin
Footnotes
Leeds United relegated

				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	37	15	0	3	60	23	9	4	6	30	24	1.915	52	W	W	W	L	L	1947-05-03	Portsmouth	A
2	0	Manchester United	38	15	3	1	52	17	5	8	6	33	33	1.7	51	W	W	D	W	W	1947-05-03	Liverpool	A
3	1	Stoke City	38	14	4	2	52	21	8	2	8	34	29	1.72	50	W	W	W	W	W	1947-05-03	Leeds United	A
4	-1	Blackpool	41	14	0	6	38	32	8	5	8	33	38	1.014	49	W	L	L	W	D	1947-05-17	Charlton Athletic	H
5	0	Liverpool	37	12	3	5	41	24	9	3	5	34	24	1.563	48	W	W	W	L	D	1947-05-03	Manchester United	H
6	0	Preston North End	38	10	5	4	43	25	7	4	8	26	41	1.045	43	L	D	W	L	D	1947-05-10	Manchester United	H
7	1	Middlesbrough	39	11	3	7	46	32	6	5	7	26	27	1.22	42	D	L	L	L	W	1947-05-03	Grimsby Town	A
8	-1	Aston Villa	39	7	6	5	33	20	9	3	9	28	29	1.245	41	L	D	D	W	W	1947-05-10	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	0	Sheffield United	34	9	4	3	41	23	7	3	8	30	35	1.224	39	D	W	D	W	L	1947-05-03	Chelsea	A
10	2	Sunderland	38	10	2	7	30	25	6	4	9	30	38	0.952	38	W	L	W	L	D	1947-05-03	Charlton Athletic	H
11	2	Everton	38	12	4	3	35	22	3	4	12	18	39	0.869	38	W	L	W	W	L	1947-05-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
12	-2	Chelsea	39	8	3	7	30	32	7	4	10	36	45	0.857	37	L	W	L	W	W	1947-05-03	Sheffield United	H
13	-2	Portsmouth	36	11	2	6	40	24	3	6	8	19	27	1.157	36	L	D	D	W	D	1947-05-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	0	Derby County	37	12	2	4	42	25	4	2	13	26	49	0.919	36	W	L	W	L	W	1947-05-03	Huddersfield Town	H
15	1	Arsenal	37	8	5	6	40	30	5	4	9	26	35	1.015	35	W	D	W	D	W	1947-05-10	Derby County	A
16	-1	Grimsby Town	39	7	6	5	28	32	4	6	11	24	47	0.658	34	L	W	D	L	W	1947-05-03	Middlesbrough	H
17	0	Bolton Wanderers	41	7	5	8	29	28	5	3	13	27	41	0.812	32	L	L	L	L	L	1947-05-10	Brentford	H
18	0	Blackburn Rovers	38	5	5	10	22	27	7	2	9	15	21	0.771	31	L	L	L	L	L	1947-05-03	Brentford	A
19	0	Charlton Athletic	36	6	6	8	33	29	4	3	9	18	35	0.797	29	D	L	W	D	D	1947-05-03	Sunderland	A
20	0	Huddersfield Town	38	9	4	5	30	22	2	3	15	19	54	0.645	29	D	L	W	D	L	1947-05-03	Derby County	A
21	0	Brentford	37	5	4	9	18	30	4	2	13	25	50	0.538	24	D	L	D	L	W	1947-05-03	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Leeds United	37	6	5	8	29	27	0	1	17	13	51	0.538	18	L	D	L	L	L	1947-05-03	Stoke City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Park Avenue	11,371
Stephen, McIlvenny	Lineups		Rundle
Bury	5	0	Nottingham Forest	Gigg Lane	7,916
Berry 2, Carter, Jarman, Whitworth	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	0	Newcastle United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	14,672
Milburn G	Lineups
Fulham	0	0	Southampton	Craven Cottage	14,087
	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Filbert Street	17,363
Revie	Lineups		Clarke
Luton Town	1	1	Coventry City	Kenilworth Road	13,686
Waugh	Lineups		Lowrie
Millwall	1	1	Swansea Town	The Den, New Cross	16,079
Woodward	Lineups		Haines J
Plymouth Argyle	0	2	Birmingham City	Home Park	23,338
	Lineups		Edwards, Bodle
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Newport County	Hillsborough	21,564
Tomlinson, Cockroft	Lineups		Carr
West Ham United	4	0	Barnsley	Upton Park	16,275
Parsons 2, Bainbridge, Woodgate	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	35	14	3	0	41	11	9	6	3	27	16	2.519	55	W	D	W	W	W	1947-05-03	Newcastle United	H
2	0	Burnley	35	11	7	2	29	13	8	5	2	22	11	2.125	50	L	W	D	W	W	1947-05-03	Newport County	A
3	0	Birmingham City	38	16	2	2	47	11	6	2	10	17	21	2	48	W	W	L	W	W	1947-05-03	Bradford	H
4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	6	2	34	20	5	6	8	28	30	1.24	44	L	W	D	D	W	1947-05-03	Bury	A
5	0	Newcastle United	36	10	4	5	53	29	7	4	6	28	23	1.558	42	L	D	W	L	W	1947-05-03	Manchester City	A
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	36	10	3	4	42	30	7	4	8	30	34	1.125	41	D	L	L	W	W	1947-05-03	Coventry City	H
7	0	Chesterfield	35	7	6	3	21	13	6	8	5	20	24	1.108	40	W	W	D	L	D	1947-05-03	Southampton	H
8	0	Leicester City	36	9	4	5	37	20	7	2	9	25	34	1.148	38	D	D	L	W	L	1947-05-03	Luton Town	H
9	0	Coventry City	37	9	8	1	33	16	4	4	11	24	39	1.036	38	D	W	L	W	W	1947-05-03	West Bromwich Albion	A
10	3	West Ham United	37	11	4	4	44	25	3	3	12	21	41	0.985	35	W	D	W	D	L	1947-05-03	Sheffield Wednesday	H
11	-1	Luton Town	38	11	4	4	41	26	3	3	13	20	38	0.953	35	D	L	W	D	L	1947-05-03	Leicester City	A
12	3	Bury	37	11	5	3	59	30	1	5	12	16	38	1.103	34	W	L	W	D	L	1947-05-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	-2	Southampton	38	9	4	5	41	23	4	4	12	24	47	0.929	34	D	W	L	L	L	1947-05-03	Chesterfield	A
14	2	Fulham	34	10	3	4	36	20	3	4	10	21	40	0.95	33	D	L	W	L	L	1947-05-03	Barnsley	A
15	-3	Plymouth Argyle	37	11	3	6	45	32	3	2	12	31	52	0.905	33	L	W	L	L	L	1947-05-03	Millwall	H
16	-2	Barnsley	37	9	2	6	35	26	4	5	11	35	56	0.854	33	L	L	W	L	W	1947-05-03	Fulham	H
17	1	Bradford	33	6	5	7	23	21	5	5	5	30	32	1	32	W	W	L	W	L	1947-05-03	Birmingham City	A
18	-1	Nottingham Forest	35	10	3	3	35	17	2	4	13	20	48	0.846	31	L	W	L	D	W	1947-05-03	Swansea Town	H
19	0	Sheffield Wednesday	37	9	4	6	37	27	2	3	13	25	52	0.785	29	W	L	W	W	L	1947-05-03	West Ham United	A
20	0	Millwall	35	7	5	6	28	26	4	1	12	17	43	0.652	28	D	L	L	L	W	1947-05-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	0	Swansea Town	38	8	1	10	34	37	2	5	12	17	39	0.671	26	D	L	W	L	L	1947-05-03	Nottingham Forest	A
22	0	Newport County	34	6	1	8	33	41	1	2	16	16	70	0.441	17	L	D	W	L	L	1947-05-03	Burnley	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chester	1	0	Rochdale	Sealand Road	4,278
Yates	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Gresty Road	3,929
Harrigan 2, Ferris	Lineups
Darlington	2	1	Carlisle United	Feethams Ground	4,779
Varty, Stubbs	Lineups		Moir
Gateshead	0	5	Barrow	Redheugh Park	2,365
	Lineups		Mullen 2, Burnett 3
Hartlepools United	0	0	Bradford City	Victoria Park	6,623
	Lineups
Hull City	3	0	Accrington Stanley	Boothferry Park	13,023
Thompson 3	Lineups
Lincoln City	4	0	Stockport County	Sincil Bank	5,550
Hutchinson 2, Cheetham 2	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	2	Doncaster Rovers	Millmoor	20,247	Largest home gate 1946-47
Hainsworth, McLean, Shaw	Lineups		Todd, Thompson (p)
Southport	1	1	Wrexham	Haig Avenue	2,335
Simpkin	Lineups		Roberts S
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Halifax Town	Prenton Park	4,755
Atkinson	Lineups		Green
York City	1	2	New Brighton	Bootham Crescent	4,448
Bradley	Lineups		Forsyth, Ainsworth A

				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	38	13	4	1	62	16	17	1	2	55	24	2.925	65	L	W	D	W	D	1947-05-03	Chester	H
2	0	Rotherham United	35	16	0	0	60	11	9	5	5	33	31	2.214	55	W	D	W	W	W	1947-05-03	Wrexham	H
3	1	Chester	36	14	2	2	43	13	7	4	7	38	34	1.723	48	W	W	W	D	L	1947-05-03	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	-1	Stockport County	38	15	0	4	44	17	7	2	10	26	28	1.556	46	L	W	L	L	W	1947-05-03	New Brighton	H
5	0	Bradford City	36	10	4	3	33	17	8	5	6	22	22	1.41	45	D	D	W	L	W	1947-05-03	Carlisle United	H
6	0	Rochdale	37	7	5	7	31	24	10	2	6	34	32	1.161	41	L	D	W	W	W	1947-05-10	Barrow	A
7	0	Wrexham	33	12	4	2	41	17	4	4	7	15	19	1.556	40	D	W	L	W	W	1947-05-03	Rotherham United	A
8	0	Tranmere Rovers	37	11	4	5	42	32	6	1	10	20	36	0.912	39	D	L	L	W	W	1947-05-03	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	0	Barrow	37	9	1	9	24	21	7	5	6	23	32	0.887	38	W	W	W	L	L	1947-05-03	Southport	H
10	0	Crewe Alexandra	39	9	4	5	27	21	5	5	11	31	48	0.841	37	W	L	W	W	D	1947-05-03	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	1	Hull City	37	7	4	6	22	17	7	3	10	24	32	0.939	35	W	L	L	W	W	1947-05-10	Tranmere Rovers	H
12	-1	Hartlepools United	39	10	5	5	35	23	3	4	12	20	45	0.809	35	D	D	W	L	L	1947-05-10	York City	A
13	2	Darlington	38	11	3	4	42	24	3	2	15	19	50	0.824	33	W	L	L	L	L	1947-05-03	Accrington Stanley	H
14	0	Carlisle United	37	10	4	6	44	37	4	1	12	20	46	0.771	33	L	W	D	L	W	1947-05-03	Bradford City	A
15	-2	Gateshead	38	9	2	7	30	28	5	3	12	20	38	0.758	33	L	D	W	W	L	1947-05-03	Halifax Town	H
16	0	Lincoln City	34	9	2	6	42	27	4	2	11	27	39	1.045	30	W	L	D	D	L	1947-05-03	York City	H
17	0	Oldham Athletic	38	5	5	10	28	31	5	3	10	25	40	0.746	28	L	D	L	L	L	1947-05-17	Chester	H
18	1	New Brighton	34	8	2	6	29	24	3	4	11	18	41	0.723	28	W	L	L	W	W	1947-05-03	Stockport County	A
19	-1	Accrington Stanley	36	6	3	9	25	31	6	1	11	18	39	0.614	28	L	W	W	L	D	1947-05-03	Darlington	A
20	1	Southport	39	6	5	10	35	41	1	6	11	15	36	0.649	25	D	L	L	L	L	1947-05-03	Barrow	A
21	-1	York City	32	4	3	10	29	36	5	3	7	21	31	0.746	24	L	W	D	L	L	1947-05-03	Lincoln City	A
22	0	Halifax Town	36	5	3	10	23	29	1	3	14	13	48	0.468	18	D	L	L	W	L	1947-05-03	Gateshead	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	2	Crystal Palace	Recreation Ground	4,125
	Lineups		Reece, Kurz
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	0	Leyton Orient	Dean Court	7,780
Longdon, Woodward	Lineups
Bristol City	2	0	Southend United	Ashton Gate	12,816
Dymond, Williams S	Lineups
Cardiff City	3	2	Ipswich Town	Ninian Park	31,219
Gibson, Richards, Allen	Lineups		O'Mahony, Parker S
Exeter City	1	0	Mansfield Town	St James Park	5,346
Walker	Lineups
Northampton Town	4	0	Reading	County Ground	5,290
Heaselgrave, Roberts, Smith 2	Lineups
Norwich City	4	2	Watford	Carrow Road	15,077
Church, Hold, Ryder, Eyre	Lineups		Davies, Young
Notts County	3	1	Walsall	Meadow Lane	10,790
Whittaker, Dickson, Parks	Lineups		Mullard
Port Vale	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Recreation Ground	8,323
Jones M, Eastwood	Lineups		McArthur
Swindon Town	3	2	Queens Park Rangers	County Ground	20,884
Owen, Stephens W, Lucas	Lineups		Durrant, Hatton

				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	37	15	3	0	57	11	10	3	6	28	17	3.036	56	W	L	W	D	D	1947-05-03	Watford	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	38	15	2	3	40	12	8	6	4	30	23	2	54	L	W	D	W	W	1947-05-03	Leyton Orient	A
3	0	Bristol City	38	13	2	4	54	18	6	6	7	35	35	1.679	46	W	L	W	D	L	1947-05-03	Notts County	H
4	0	Swindon Town	39	13	3	2	51	23	4	7	10	28	48	1.113	44	W	D	W	L	D	1947-05-03	Norwich City	H
5	0	Southend United	37	9	6	5	36	20	7	3	7	29	30	1.3	41	L	D	W	L	D	1947-05-03	Ipswich Town	A
6	0	Ipswich Town	37	10	4	4	30	18	5	7	7	25	29	1.17	41	L	W	L	W	W	1947-05-03	Southend United	H
7	0	Reading	38	10	5	4	50	29	5	5	9	30	40	1.159	40	L	D	W	W	D	1947-05-03	Torquay United	A
8	2	Port Vale	37	12	4	3	42	25	3	5	10	17	32	1.035	39	W	D	D	L	L	1947-05-03	Northampton Town	A
9	2	Exeter City	38	11	6	3	37	25	4	3	11	21	34	0.983	39	W	L	L	D	L	1947-05-03	Aldershot	A
10	-2	Bristol Rovers	41	9	5	6	33	25	7	2	12	25	43	0.853	39	L	W	W	W	D	1947-05-10	Ipswich Town	H
11	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	38	11	4	5	39	19	5	2	11	23	29	1.292	38	W	L	L	W	L	1947-05-03	Mansfield Town	A
12	-3	Walsall	37	8	6	4	36	23	5	5	9	29	33	1.161	37	L	D	L	W	D	1947-05-10	Aldershot	H
13	2	Crystal Palace	38	9	6	5	29	19	4	4	10	18	37	0.839	36	W	D	D	D	L	1947-05-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	-1	Watford	38	11	3	5	37	22	5	1	13	20	47	0.826	36	L	W	W	L	D	1947-05-03	Cardiff City	A
15	-1	Torquay United	37	9	4	5	29	23	3	7	9	17	36	0.78	35	L	D	W	L	D	1947-05-03	Reading	H
16	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	7	7	6	30	35	4	5	9	19	32	0.731	34	W	L	L	D	D	1947-05-03	Crystal Palace	H
17	0	Notts County	36	9	4	4	31	15	3	5	11	25	42	0.982	33	W	D	D	D	W	1947-05-03	Bristol City	A
18	0	Northampton Town	37	9	3	5	40	29	4	4	12	25	41	0.929	33	W	D	D	L	W	1947-05-03	Port Vale	H
19	0	Aldershot	37	5	7	7	22	24	4	3	11	20	47	0.592	28	L	W	D	L	D	1947-05-03	Exeter City	H
20	0	Leyton Orient	35	10	4	4	37	23	0	3	14	9	42	0.708	27	L	D	L	L	W	1947-05-03	Queens Park Rangers	H
21	1	Norwich City	40	6	3	11	38	46	4	4	12	25	51	0.649	27	W	D	L	W	W	1947-05-03	Swindon Town	A
22	-1	Mansfield Town	39	8	4	6	28	31	1	5	15	17	58	0.506	27	L	L	D	L	W	1947-05-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H