Saturday 1947-05-24

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First Division
Division 1VenueGateNotes
Arsenal 12 LiverpoolHighbury44,265
McPherson Lineups Balmer, Priday    
Everton 11 Charlton AthleticGoodison Park32,558
Wainwright Lineups Duffy    
Leeds United 01 PortsmouthElland Road14,097
Lineups Froggatt    
Sheffield United 23 Preston North EndBramall Lane16,686
Thompson C (p), Jones Lineups McIntosh 2, Garth    
Sunderland 21 BrentfordRoker Park20,160
Davis, Burbanks Lineups Townsend    

 

Ptn First Division Pld W D L F A W D L F A G Ave Pts Last 5 Games Next Match
1 3 Liverpool 41 13 3 5 42 24 11 4 5 40 27 1.608 55 W D W W W 1947-05-31 Wolverhampton Wanderers A
2 -1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 40 15 1 4 65 29 9 5 6 31 25 1.778 54 D L D W W 1947-05-26 Huddersfield Town A
3 -1 Manchester United 41 16 3 1 55 17 5 9 7 34 35 1.712 54 W D L W W 1947-05-26 Sheffield United H
4 -1 Stoke City 40 14 5 2 52 21 9 2 8 36 30 1.725 53 D W W W W 1947-05-26 Aston Villa A
5 0 Blackpool 42 14 1 6 38 32 8 5 8 33 38 1.014 50 D W L L W End of Season
6 2 Preston North End 41 10 6 4 44 26 8 4 9 31 47 1.027 46 W L D L D 1947-05-26 Derby County H
7 0 Aston Villa 41 9 6 5 39 23 9 3 9 28 29 1.288 45 W W L D D 1947-05-26 Stoke City H
8 -2 Sheffield United 38 10 4 4 46 27 9 3 8 36 37 1.281 45 L W W W D 1947-05-26 Manchester United A
9 1 Sunderland 42 11 3 7 33 27 7 5 9 32 39 0.985 44 W D W D W End of Season
10 -1 Middlesbrough 42 11 3 7 46 32 6 5 10 27 36 1.074 42 L L L D L End of Season
11 0 Everton 40 12 5 3 36 23 4 4 12 21 41 0.891 41 D W W L W 1947-05-26 Leeds United H
12 3 Portsmouth 40 11 3 6 41 25 4 6 10 21 33 1.069 39 W L L D L 1947-05-26 Chelsea A
13 -1 Chelsea 41 9 3 8 33 36 7 4 10 36 45 0.852 39 W L L W L 1947-05-26 Portsmouth H
14 -1 Derby County 40 13 2 6 44 28 4 2 13 26 49 0.909 38 L L W W L 1947-05-26 Preston North End A
15 -1 Grimsby Town 42 9 6 6 37 35 4 6 11 24 47 0.744 38 W L W L W End of Season
16 0 Arsenal 39 8 5 7 41 32 6 4 9 27 35 1.015 37 L W W D W 1947-05-26 Brentford A
17 0 Blackburn Rovers 41 5 5 10 22 27 8 3 10 22 26 0.83 34 D L W L L 1947-05-26 Charlton Athletic H
18 0 Bolton Wanderers 42 8 5 8 30 28 5 3 13 27 41 0.826 34 W L L L L End of Season
19 0 Huddersfield Town 41 11 4 5 34 23 2 3 16 19 55 0.679 33 W W L D L 1947-05-26 Wolverhampton Wanderers H
20 0 Charlton Athletic 40 6 6 9 34 32 4 6 9 20 37 0.783 32 D D L D D 1947-05-26 Blackburn Rovers A
21 0 Brentford 41 5 5 10 19 34 4 2 15 26 53 0.517 25 L D L L D 1947-05-26 Arsenal H
22 0 Leeds United 41 6 5 10 30 30 0 1 19 14 56 0.512 18 L L L L L 1947-05-26 Everton A

 

Second Division
Second DivisionVenueGateNotes
Coventry City40MillwallHighfield Road15,400
Roberts, Lowrie 2, Murphy Lineups   
Leicester City14BurnleyFilbert Street21,626
Lee LineupsBillingham 2, Hays 2   
Luton Town30BradfordKenilworth Road10,805
Billington 2, Driver Lineups   
Manchester City20West Ham UnitedMaine Road33,771
McDowall, Smith Lineups   
Newport County20BurySomerton Park8,875
Lewis, Roffi Lineups   
Sheffield Wednesday11Newcastle UnitedHillsborough28,405
Ward LineupsHair   
Southampton20FulhamThe Dell10,369
Bates, Bradley Lineups   
Footnotes
Manchester City promoted
Newport County relegated

 

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 39 16 3 1 44 13 9 7 3 28 17 2.4 60 W D W L W 1947-05-26 Sheffield Wednesday A
2 1 Burnley 39 11 7 2 29 13 10 5 4 29 14 2.148 54 W L L W L 1947-05-26 Bury H
3 -1 Birmingham City 41 17 2 2 51 11 7 3 10 20 22 2.152 53 W D W W W 1947-05-26 Newport County A
4 0 Newcastle United 40 11 4 5 58 29 8 6 6 33 26 1.655 48 D D W W L 1947-05-26 West Ham United H
5 0 Tottenham Hotspur 41 11 7 2 34 20 6 6 9 30 32 1.231 47 D L W L W 1947-06-07 Barnsley H
6 2 Coventry City 41 12 8 1 40 17 4 5 11 25 40 1.14 45 W W W D D 1947-05-26 Chesterfield A
7 -1 Chesterfield 38 9 6 3 28 13 6 8 6 21 26 1.256 44 W L W W W 1947-05-26 Coventry City H
8 -1 West Bromwich Albion 39 11 4 5 50 36 7 4 8 30 34 1.143 44 W L D D L 1947-05-26 Barnsley A
9 0 Leicester City 40 10 4 6 40 25 7 2 11 26 38 1.048 40 L L L W D 1947-05-26 Southampton A
10 0 Barnsley 40 12 2 6 46 28 4 5 11 35 56 0.964 39 W W W L L 1947-05-26 West Bromwich Albion H
11 0 West Ham United 40 12 4 4 46 26 3 4 13 21 43 0.971 38 L D W W D 1947-05-26 Newcastle United A
12 1 Southampton 41 11 4 5 44 23 4 4 13 24 52 0.907 38 W W L D W 1947-05-26 Leicester City H
13 3 Luton Town 41 12 4 4 44 26 3 3 15 21 44 0.929 37 W L L D L 1947-05-31 Newport County H
14 -2 Fulham 38 12 3 4 39 21 3 4 12 22 46 0.91 37 L W W L D 1947-05-26 Nottingham Forest H
15 -1 Bury 40 11 6 4 62 34 1 5 13 16 40 1.054 35 L D L W L 1947-05-26 Burnley A
16 -1 Bradford 38 6 6 7 24 22 6 5 8 33 45 0.851 35 L W D L L 1947-05-26 Plymouth Argyle H
17 0 Plymouth Argyle 40 11 3 7 45 34 3 2 14 31 54 0.864 33 L L L L W 1947-05-26 Bradford A
18 0 Nottingham Forest 38 10 5 3 37 19 2 4 14 21 53 0.806 33 L D D L W 1947-05-26 Fulham A
19 0 Millwall 39 7 5 7 28 28 6 1 13 23 49 0.662 32 L L W W D 1947-05-26 Swansea Town A
20 0 Sheffield Wednesday 40 9 5 6 38 28 2 3 15 26 56 0.762 30 D L L W L 1947-05-26 Manchester City H
21 0 Swansea Town 41 9 1 10 36 37 2 6 13 19 43 0.688 29 L W D D L 1947-05-26 Millwall H
22 0 Newport County 38 8 1 10 37 47 1 2 16 16 70 0.453 21 W L W L L 1947-05-26 Birmingham City H

 

Third Division North
Third Division NorthVenueGateNotes
Bradford City01Doncaster RoversValley Parade15,631
LineupsMaddison   
Chester30Stockport CountySealand Road4,563
Brown, Burden, Yates Lineups   
Gateshead12York CityRedheugh Park 3,756
Skeen LineupsWinters 2   
Halifax Town14Hartlepools UnitedThe Shay3,949
Waters LineupsScott 2, Harden, Morris   
Hull City01Oldham AthleticBoothferry Park14,954
LineupsBlackshaw   
Lincoln City31WrexhamSincil Bank6,173
Dooley, Parr, Tudor OG LineupsBoothway   
New Brighton41DarlingtonTower Athletic Grounds3,485
Buist, Paterson 2, McGeachie LineupsVarty   
Rochdale51Accrington StanleySpotland6,758
Moss, Hargreaves J, Barkas 3 LineupsMercer   
Rotherham United43BarrowMillmoor9,974
Ardron 2, Guest, Williams D LineupsKendall 3   
Tranmere Rovers11Carlisle UnitedPrenton Park5,546
Jones LineupsJohnstone OG   
Footnotes
Doncaster Rovers champions & promoted
Hartlepools United to apply for re-election

 

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 41 15 4 1 67 16 18 1 2 56 24 3.075 71 W W W L W 1947-06-07 York City H
2 0 Rotherham United 38 19 0 0 70 16 9 5 5 33 31 2.191 61 W W W W D 1947-05-26 Oldham Athletic H
3 0 Chester 40 16 2 2 49 13 7 4 9 38 38 1.706 52 W L W L W 1947-05-26 Wrexham A
4 0 Stockport County 41 16 0 4 46 17 7 2 12 28 34 1.451 48 L L W L W 1947-05-31 York City H
5 0 Bradford City 40 10 5 4 35 20 8 5 8 22 27 1.213 46 L L L D D 1947-05-31 Rotherham United H
6 1 Rochdale 40 8 5 7 36 25 10 4 6 38 36 1.213 45 W D D L D 1947-05-31 Tranmere Rovers H
7 -1 Wrexham 37 13 4 2 43 17 4 5 9 19 26 1.442 43 L W D L D 1947-05-26 Chester H
8 0 Crewe Alexandra 42 12 4 5 39 26 5 5 11 31 48 0.946 43 W W W W L End of Season
9 0 Barrow 40 10 2 9 28 24 7 5 7 26 36 0.9 41 L D W W W 1947-05-26 Lincoln City A
10 0 Tranmere Rovers 40 11 5 5 43 33 6 1 12 23 41 0.892 40 D L L D L 1947-05-31 Rochdale A
11 1 Hartlepools United 41 10 5 5 35 23 5 4 12 28 47 0.9 39 W W D D W 1947-05-26 Gateshead H
12 -1 Hull City 40 8 4 7 23 18 7 3 11 24 34 0.904 37 L L W W L 1947-05-31 Barrow H
13 0 Gateshead 41 10 3 8 39 33 5 3 12 20 38 0.831 36 L D W L D 1947-05-26 Hartlepools United A
14 1 Carlisle United 40 10 5 6 45 38 4 3 12 23 49 0.782 36 D D D L W 1947-05-26 New Brighton A
15 1 Lincoln City 38 11 3 6 51 32 4 2 12 27 42 1.054 35 W W L D W 1947-05-26 Barrow H
16 -2 Darlington 41 12 3 5 47 25 3 2 16 20 54 0.848 35 L L W W L 1947-06-07 Wrexham H
17 0 York City 38 5 3 11 31 40 8 4 7 30 35 0.813 33 W W W W L 1947-05-26 Halifax Town H
18 0 Oldham Athletic 41 6 5 10 29 31 6 3 11 26 41 0.764 32 W L W L D 1947-05-26 Rotherham United A
19 1 New Brighton 38 9 2 7 33 28 3 4 13 19 46 0.703 30 W L L L W 1947-05-26 Carlisle United H
20 -1 Accrington Stanley 41 7 3 10 29 34 6 1 14 19 54 0.545 30 L L L W L 1947-05-31 Lincoln City H
21 0 Southport 42 6 5 10 35 41 1 6 14 18 44 0.624 25 L L L D L End of Season
22 0 Halifax Town 40 6 3 11 26 33 2 3 15 15 54 0.471 22 L W W L D 1947-05-26 York City A

 

Third Division South
Third Division SouthVenueGateNotes
Crystal Palace00Bristol CitySelhurst Park11,634
Lineups   
Leyton Orient23Bournemouth & Boscombe AthleticBrisbane Road9,937
Smith, Hunt LineupsMcDonald 2, Rowell   
Notts County02Southend UnitedMeadow Lane14,041
LineupsLane, Pritchard   
Queens Park Rangers23Cardiff CityLoftus Road23,272Largest home gate 1946-47
Wardle OG, Pattison LineupsWardle, Ross 2   
Torquay United10Port ValePlainmoor5,943
Conley Lineups   
Walsall21Exeter CityFellows Park9,743
Wilshaw, Mullard LineupsChallis (p)   
Watford14Brighton & Hove AlbionVicarage Road5,376
Young LineupsChapman, James 2, Stephens   

 

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 41 17 3 0 59 11 12 3 6 33 19 3.067 64 W W W W W 1947-06-07 Leyton Orient H
2 0 Queens Park Rangers 42 15 2 4 42 15 8 9 4 32 25 1.85 57 L D D D L End of Season
3 0 Bristol City 42 13 4 4 56 20 7 7 7 38 36 1.679 51 D W D D W End of Season
4 0 Swindon Town 42 15 4 2 56 25 4 7 10 28 48 1.151 49 W W D W D End of Season
5 1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 42 12 4 5 43 20 6 4 11 29 34 1.333 44 W D W D W End of Season
6 1 Southend United 41 9 7 5 38 22 8 3 9 32 33 1.273 44 W D L L L 1947-05-31 Port Vale A
7 -2 Ipswich Town 40 11 4 5 32 20 5 8 7 26 30 1.16 44 L D W L W 1947-05-26 Aldershot H
8 1 Walsall 40 10 6 4 40 24 6 5 9 31 33 1.246 43 W W W L D 1947-05-26 Reading A
9 -1 Reading 40 11 5 4 52 29 5 5 10 30 43 1.139 42 W L L D W 1947-05-26 Walsall H
10 1 Torquay United 41 11 5 5 33 23 4 7 9 18 36 0.864 42 W D W W L 1947-05-31 Walsall A
11 -1 Bristol Rovers 42 9 6 6 34 26 7 2 12 25 43 0.855 40 D L W W W End of Season
12 0 Port Vale 40 12 4 3 42 25 3 5 13 17 35 0.983 39 L L L W D 1947-05-26 Crystal Palace H
13 0 Exeter City 42 11 6 4 37 27 4 3 14 23 42 0.87 39 L L L L W End of Season
14 0 Watford 42 11 4 6 39 27 6 1 14 22 49 0.803 39 L W D L L End of Season
15 0 Notts County 40 10 4 5 33 17 4 6 11 28 44 1 38 L W W D W 1947-05-26 Leyton Orient H
16 0 Northampton Town 40 11 3 5 42 29 4 5 12 26 42 0.958 38 W D W W D 1947-05-29 Aldershot H
17 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 8 7 6 31 35 5 5 11 23 37 0.75 38 W L L W W End of Season
18 -1 Crystal Palace 41 9 7 5 29 19 4 4 12 18 39 0.81 37 D L L W D 1947-05-26 Port Vale A
19 0 Aldershot 40 6 7 8 25 26 4 3 12 20 49 0.6 30 L L W L W 1947-05-26 Ipswich Town A
20 0 Leyton Orient 39 10 5 6 40 28 0 3 15 9 44 0.681 28 L L L D L 1947-05-26 Notts County A
21 0 Norwich City 42 6 3 12 38 48 4 5 12 26 52 0.64 28 L D W D L End of Season
22 0 Mansfield Town 41 8 5 7 30 35 1 5 15 17 58 0.505 28 L D L L D 1947-05-31 Leyton Orient H