Saturday 1947-05-03

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

Cup and International Matches

Friendly International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	England	3	0	France		Highbury, London	54,389
	Carter, Mannion, Finney	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Brentford	0	3	Blackburn Rovers	Griffin Park	18,022
	Lineups		Weir, Rogers, Venters
Chelsea	1	4	Sheffield United	Stamford Bridge	32,110
McInnes	Lineups		Hagan 2, Jones, Collindridge
Derby County	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Baseball Ground	16,883
Broome	Lineups
Grimsby Town	4	0	Middlesbrough	Blundell Park	13,376
Cairns 2, Whitfield, Reeve K	Lineups
Leeds United	1	2	Stoke City	Elland Road	21,714
Short	Lineups		Steele 2
Liverpool	1	0	Manchester United	Anfield Road	48,800
Stubbins	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fratton Park	37,711
McAlinden	Lineups		Westcott
Sunderland	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Roker Park	21,323
Duns	Lineups		Robinson W

				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	38	15	0	3	60	23	9	5	6	31	25	1.896	53	D	W	W	W	L	1947-05-10	Everton	H
2	1	Stoke City	39	14	4	2	52	21	9	2	8	36	30	1.725	52	W	W	W	W	W	1947-05-17	Sunderland	H
3	-1	Manchester United	39	15	3	1	52	17	5	8	7	33	34	1.667	51	L	W	W	D	W	1947-05-10	Preston North End	A
4	1	Liverpool	38	13	3	5	42	24	9	3	5	34	24	1.583	50	W	W	W	W	L	1947-05-10	Charlton Athletic	A
5	-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
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	0	Middlesbrough	40	11	3	7	46	32	6	5	8	26	31	1.143	42	L	D	L	L	L	1947-05-10	Chelsea	A
8	1	Sheffield United	35	9	4	3	41	23	8	3	8	34	36	1.271	41	W	D	W	D	W	1947-05-10	Portsmouth	H
9	-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
10	0	Sunderland	39	10	3	7	31	26	6	4	9	30	38	0.953	39	D	W	L	W	L	1947-05-10	Grimsby Town	A
11	3	Derby County	38	13	2	4	43	25	4	2	13	26	49	0.932	38	W	W	L	W	L	1947-05-10	Arsenal	H
12	-1	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
13	0	Portsmouth	37	11	3	6	41	25	3	6	8	19	27	1.154	37	D	L	D	D	W	1947-05-10	Sheffield United	A
14	-2	Chelsea	40	8	3	8	31	36	7	4	10	36	45	0.827	37	L	L	W	L	W	1947-05-10	Middlesbrough	H
15	1	Grimsby Town	40	8	6	5	32	32	4	6	11	24	47	0.709	36	W	L	W	D	L	1947-05-10	Sunderland	H
16	-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
17	1	Blackburn Rovers	39	5	5	10	22	27	8	2	9	18	21	0.833	33	W	L	L	L	L	1947-05-10	Aston Villa	A
18	-1	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
19	0	Charlton Athletic	37	6	6	8	33	29	4	4	9	19	36	0.8	30	D	D	L	W	D	1947-05-10	Liverpool	H
20	0	Huddersfield Town	39	9	4	5	30	22	2	3	16	19	55	0.636	29	L	D	L	W	D	1947-05-10	Leeds United	H
21	0	Brentford	38	5	4	10	18	33	4	2	13	25	50	0.518	24	L	D	L	D	L	1947-05-10	Bolton Wanderers	A
22	0	Leeds United	38	6	5	9	30	29	0	1	17	13	51	0.538	18	L	L	D	L	L	1947-05-10	Huddersfield Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	4	1	Fulham	Oakwell	12,327
Cooling, Kelly J, Robledo, Smith	Lineups		McGibbon
Birmingham City	4	0	Bradford	St Andrew's	23,083
Dougall, Bodle 2, Mitchell (p)	Lineups
Bury	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Gigg Lane	13,063
Halton (p)	Lineups		Cox, Rundle
Chesterfield	5	0	Southampton	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,329
Swinscoe 2, Milburn G 2 (1p), Oliver	Lineups
Leicester City	2	1	Luton Town	Filbert Street	18,578
Adam, Revie	Lineups		Driver
Manchester City	0	2	Newcastle United	Maine Road	46,492
	Lineups		Walker, Wayman
Newport County	0	3	Burnley	Somerton Park	14,751
	Lineups		Morris, Potts, Hays
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Swansea Town	City Ground	17,114
Brown R	Lineups		Lockhart
Plymouth Argyle	0	2	Millwall	Home Park	14,305
	Lineups		Osman, Jinks
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Coventry City	The Hawthorns	23,807
Hodgetts	Lineups		Lowrie
West Ham United	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Upton Park	20,977
Neary, Woodgate	Lineups		Ward

				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	36	14	3	1	41	13	9	6	3	27	16	2.345	55	L	W	D	W	W	1947-05-10	Burnley	H
2	0	Burnley	36	11	7	2	29	13	9	5	2	25	11	2.25	52	W	L	W	D	W	1947-05-10	Manchester City	A
3	0	Birmingham City	39	17	2	2	51	11	6	2	10	17	21	2.125	50	W	W	W	L	W	1947-05-10	Nottingham Forest	A
4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	39	11	6	2	34	20	6	6	8	30	31	1.255	46	W	L	W	D	D	1947-05-10	Southampton	A
5	0	Newcastle United	37	10	4	5	53	29	8	4	6	30	23	1.596	44	W	L	D	W	L	1947-05-10	Bradford	H
6	1	Chesterfield	36	8	6	3	26	13	6	8	5	20	24	1.243	42	W	W	W	D	L	1947-05-10	Fulham	A
7	-1	West Bromwich Albion	37	10	4	4	43	31	7	4	8	30	34	1.123	42	D	D	L	L	W	1947-05-10	Millwall	H
8	0	Leicester City	37	10	4	5	39	21	7	2	9	25	34	1.164	40	W	D	D	L	W	1947-05-10	Coventry City	A
9	0	Coventry City	38	9	8	1	33	16	4	5	11	25	40	1.036	39	D	D	W	L	W	1947-05-10	Leicester City	H
10	0	West Ham United	38	12	4	4	46	26	3	3	12	21	41	1	37	W	W	D	W	D	1947-05-17	Tottenham Hotspur	A
11	0	Luton Town	39	11	4	4	41	26	3	3	14	21	40	0.939	35	L	D	L	W	D	1947-05-10	Barnsley	A
12	4	Barnsley	38	10	2	6	39	27	4	5	11	35	56	0.892	35	W	L	L	W	L	1947-05-10	Luton Town	H
13	-1	Bury	38	11	5	4	60	32	1	5	12	16	38	1.086	34	L	W	L	W	D	1947-05-17	Newcastle United	H
14	-1	Southampton	39	9	4	5	41	23	4	4	13	24	52	0.867	34	L	D	W	L	L	1947-05-10	Tottenham Hotspur	H
15	-1	Fulham	35	10	3	4	36	20	3	4	11	22	44	0.906	33	L	D	L	W	L	1947-05-10	Chesterfield	H
16	-1	Plymouth Argyle	38	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	12	31	52	0.884	33	L	L	W	L	L	1947-05-10	Newport County	A
17	0	Bradford	34	6	5	7	23	21	5	5	6	30	36	0.93	32	L	W	W	L	W	1947-05-10	Newcastle United	A
18	0	Nottingham Forest	36	10	4	3	36	18	2	4	13	20	48	0.848	32	D	L	W	L	D	1947-05-10	Birmingham City	H
19	1	Millwall	36	7	5	6	28	26	5	1	12	19	43	0.681	30	W	D	L	L	L	1947-05-10	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	38	9	4	6	37	27	2	3	14	26	54	0.778	29	L	W	L	W	W	1947-05-10	Swansea Town	A
21	0	Swansea Town	39	8	1	10	34	37	2	6	12	18	40	0.675	27	D	D	L	W	L	1947-05-10	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	0	Newport County	35	6	1	9	33	44	1	2	16	16	70	0.43	17	L	L	D	W	L	1947-05-10	Plymouth Argyle	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	2	1	Southport	Holker Street	3,986
Miller 2	Lineups		Hawkins
Bradford City	2	2	Carlisle United	Valley Parade	4,565
Murphy G 2	Lineups		Dellow, Moir
Crewe Alexandra	4	3	Tranmere Rovers	Gresty Road	4,672
Harrigan, Meaney, Johnstone OG, Jones E	Lineups		Cox, Rosenthal, Jones
Darlington	5	0	Accrington Stanley	Feethams Ground	3,377
Sinclair 2, Bower 2, Eves	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Chester	Belle Vue	17,015
Thompson, Jordan, Todd	Lineups
Gateshead	6	1	Halifax Town	Redheugh Park	1,292
Forster 2, Small, Skeen, Johnson 2	Lineups		Collins
Lincoln City	2	2	York City	Sincil Bank	6,443
Hutchinson, Park OG	Lineups		Patrick A, Rudd
Rotherham United	3	2	Wrexham	Millmoor	12,035
Hainsworth 2, Ardron	Lineups		Beynon, Pritchard
Stockport County	2	0	New Brighton	Edgeley Park	5,610
Earl (p), McCulloch	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	39	14	4	1	65	16	17	1	2	55	24	3	67	W	L	W	D	W	1947-05-10	Southport	H
2	0	Rotherham United	36	17	0	0	63	13	9	5	5	33	31	2.182	57	W	W	D	W	W	1947-05-10	Lincoln City	H
3	0	Chester	37	14	2	2	43	13	7	4	8	38	37	1.62	48	L	W	W	W	D	1947-05-10	Bradford City	H
4	0	Stockport County	39	16	0	4	46	17	7	2	10	26	28	1.6	48	W	L	W	L	L	1947-05-10	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	0	Bradford City	37	10	5	3	35	19	8	5	6	22	22	1.39	46	D	D	D	W	L	1947-05-10	Chester	A
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	34	12	4	2	41	17	4	4	8	17	22	1.487	40	L	D	W	L	W	1947-05-10	Carlisle United	A
8	1	Barrow	38	10	1	9	26	22	7	5	6	23	32	0.907	40	W	W	W	W	L	1947-05-10	Rochdale	H
9	-1	Tranmere Rovers	38	11	4	5	42	32	6	1	11	23	40	0.903	39	L	D	L	L	W	1947-05-10	Hull City	A
10	0	Crewe Alexandra	40	10	4	5	31	24	5	5	11	31	48	0.861	39	W	W	L	W	W	1947-05-10	Stockport County	H
11	0	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	Darlington	39	12	3	4	47	24	3	2	15	19	50	0.892	35	W	W	L	L	L	1947-05-10	Halifax Town	H
13	2	Gateshead	39	10	2	7	36	29	5	3	12	20	38	0.836	35	W	L	D	W	W	1947-05-17	Rochdale	H
14	-2	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
15	-1	Carlisle United	38	10	4	6	44	37	4	2	12	22	48	0.776	34	D	L	W	D	L	1947-05-10	Wrexham	H
16	0	Lincoln City	35	9	3	6	44	29	4	2	11	27	39	1.044	31	D	W	L	D	D	1947-05-10	Rotherham United	A
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	0	New Brighton	35	8	2	6	29	24	3	4	12	18	43	0.701	28	L	W	L	L	W	1947-05-10	Accrington Stanley	A
19	0	Accrington Stanley	37	6	3	9	25	31	6	1	12	18	44	0.573	28	L	L	W	W	L	1947-05-10	New Brighton	H
20	1	York City	33	4	3	10	29	36	5	4	7	23	33	0.754	25	D	L	W	D	L	1947-05-10	Hartlepools United	H
21	-1	Southport	40	6	5	10	35	41	1	6	12	16	38	0.646	25	L	D	L	L	L	1947-05-10	Doncaster Rovers	A
22	0	Halifax Town	37	5	3	10	23	29	1	3	15	14	54	0.446	18	L	D	L	L	W	1947-05-10	Darlington	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	0	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	4,006
Gray G, Griffiths	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Crystal Palace	Goldstone Ground	6,957
Chapman	Lineups
Bristol City	1	1	Notts County	Ashton Gate	12,210
Kearney	Lineups		Houghton
Cardiff City	1	0	Watford	Ninian Park	30,368
Richards	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	0	Southend United	Portman Road	12,436
Little	Lineups
Leyton Orient	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Brisbane Road	13,956	Largest home gate 1946-47
Morrad	Lineups		Hatton
Mansfield Town	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Field Mill	5,042
Betts	Lineups		Rowell
Northampton Town	1	0	Port Vale	County Ground	6,258
Frost	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Norwich City	County Ground	13,570
Owen	Lineups		Hold
Torquay United	3	0	Reading	Plainmoor	4,769
Calland (p), Phillips, Shaw	Lineups

				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	38	16	3	0	58	11	10	3	6	28	17	3.071	58	W	W	L	W	D	1947-05-10	Port Vale	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	39	15	2	3	40	12	8	7	4	31	24	1.972	55	D	L	W	D	W	1947-05-10	Bristol City	A
3	0	Bristol City	39	13	3	4	55	19	6	6	7	35	35	1.667	47	D	W	L	W	D	1947-05-10	Queens Park Rangers	H
4	0	Swindon Town	40	13	4	2	52	24	4	7	10	28	48	1.111	45	D	W	D	W	L	1947-05-10	Southend United	H
5	1	Ipswich Town	38	11	4	4	31	18	5	7	7	25	29	1.191	43	W	L	W	L	W	1947-05-10	Bristol Rovers	A
6	-1	Southend United	38	9	6	5	36	20	7	3	8	29	31	1.275	41	L	L	D	W	L	1947-05-10	Swindon Town	A
7	0	Reading	39	10	5	4	50	29	5	5	10	30	43	1.111	40	L	L	D	W	W	1947-05-17	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
8	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	39	11	4	5	39	19	5	3	11	24	30	1.286	39	D	W	L	L	W	1947-05-10	Exeter City	H
9	-1	Port Vale	38	12	4	3	42	25	3	5	11	17	33	1.017	39	L	W	D	D	L	1947-05-10	Cardiff City	A
10	-1	Exeter City	39	11	6	3	37	25	4	3	12	21	36	0.951	39	L	W	L	L	D	1947-05-10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	-1	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
12	0	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	Torquay United	38	10	4	5	32	23	3	7	9	17	36	0.831	37	W	L	D	W	L	1947-05-10	Leyton Orient	A
14	-1	Crystal Palace	39	9	6	5	29	19	4	4	11	18	38	0.825	36	L	W	D	D	D	1947-05-17	Northampton Town	A
15	-1	Watford	39	11	3	5	37	22	5	1	14	20	48	0.814	36	L	L	W	W	L	1947-05-10	Northampton Town	H
16	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	8	7	6	31	35	4	5	9	19	32	0.746	36	W	W	L	L	D	1947-05-10	Notts County	A
17	1	Northampton Town	38	10	3	5	41	29	4	4	12	25	41	0.943	35	W	W	D	D	L	1947-05-10	Watford	A
18	-1	Notts County	37	9	4	4	31	15	3	6	11	26	43	0.983	34	D	W	D	D	D	1947-05-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	0	Aldershot	38	6	7	7	24	24	4	3	11	20	47	0.62	30	W	L	W	D	L	1947-05-10	Walsall	A
20	0	Leyton Orient	36	10	5	4	38	24	0	3	14	9	42	0.712	28	D	L	D	L	L	1947-05-10	Torquay United	H
21	0	Norwich City	41	6	3	11	38	46	4	5	12	26	52	0.653	28	D	W	D	L	W	1947-05-17	Walsall	H
22	0	Mansfield Town	40	8	5	6	29	32	1	5	15	17	58	0.511	28	D	L	L	D	L	1947-05-17	Bristol City	H