Monday 1947-05-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	0	1	Stoke City	Villa Park	41,902
	Lineups		Mountford G
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Ewood Park	18,129
Wightman	Lineups
Brentford	0	1	Arsenal	Griffin Park	17,976
	Lineups		Sloan
Chelsea	0	3	Portsmouth	Stamford Bridge	26,048
	Lineups		Reid 3
Everton	4	1	Leeds United	Goodison Park	21,001
Dodds 2, Grant, Stevenson	Lineups		Powell
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds Road	25,401
	Lineups		Hancocks
Manchester United	6	2	Sheffield United	Maine Road	34,209
Rowley 3, Morris 2, Pearson	Lineups		Collindridge, Nightingale
Preston North End	1	1	Derby County	Deepdale	17,644
Garth	Lineups		Stamps (p)

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	15	1	4	65	29	10	5	6	32	25	1.796	56	W	D	L	D	W	1947-05-31	Liverpool	H
2	1	Manchester United	42	17	3	1	61	19	5	9	7	34	35	1.759	56	W	W	D	L	W	End of Season
3	1	Stoke City	41	14	5	2	52	21	10	2	8	37	30	1.745	55	W	D	W	W	W	1947-06-14	Sheffield United	A
4	-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
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	0	Preston North End	42	10	7	4	45	27	8	4	9	31	47	1.027	47	L	W	L	D	L	End of Season
7	0	Aston Villa	42	9	6	6	39	24	9	3	9	28	29	1.264	45	L	W	W	L	D	End of Season
8	0	Sheffield United	39	10	4	4	46	27	9	3	9	38	43	1.2	45	L	L	W	W	W	1947-05-31	Charlton Athletic	H
9	0	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	Everton	41	13	5	3	40	24	4	4	12	21	41	0.938	43	W	D	W	W	L	1947-05-31	Arsenal	A
11	-1	Middlesbrough	42	11	3	7	46	32	6	5	10	27	36	1.074	42	L	L	L	D	L	End of Season
12	0	Portsmouth	41	11	3	6	41	25	5	6	10	24	33	1.121	41	W	W	L	L	D	1947-05-31	Derby County	H
13	3	Arsenal	40	8	5	7	41	32	7	4	9	28	35	1.03	39	W	L	W	W	D	1947-05-31	Everton	H
14	0	Derby County	41	13	2	6	44	28	4	3	13	27	50	0.91	39	D	L	L	W	W	1947-05-31	Portsmouth	A
15	-2	Chelsea	42	9	3	9	33	39	7	4	10	36	45	0.821	39	L	W	L	L	W	End of Season
16	-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
17	0	Blackburn Rovers	42	6	5	10	23	27	8	3	10	22	26	0.849	36	W	D	L	W	L	End of Season
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	42	11	4	6	34	24	2	3	16	19	55	0.671	33	L	W	W	L	D	End of Season
20	0	Charlton Athletic	41	6	6	9	34	32	4	6	10	20	38	0.771	32	L	D	D	L	D	1947-05-31	Sheffield United	A
21	0	Brentford	42	5	5	11	19	35	4	2	15	26	53	0.511	25	L	L	D	L	L	End of Season
22	0	Leeds United	42	6	5	10	30	30	0	1	20	15	60	0.5	18	L	L	L	L	L	End of Season

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Oakwell	16,426
Kelly J, Vernon OG	Lineups		Edwards
Bradford	3	2	Plymouth Argyle	Park Avenue	7,996
Wilkins, Gibbons 2	Lineups		Thomas R, Murphy
Burnley	1	1	Bury	Turf Moor	40,145	Largest home gate 1946-47
Billingham	Lineups		Mutch
Chesterfield	2	1	Coventry City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	13,096
Ottewell, Roberts	Lineups		Lowrie
Fulham	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Craven Cottage	9,160
Grant	Lineups		Edwards
Newcastle United	2	3	West Ham United	St James' Park	30,112
Milburn, Shackleton	Lineups		Hall, Wood, Bainbridge
Newport County	0	3	Birmingham City	Somerton Park	12,028
	Lineups		Bodle 2, Dougall
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Manchester City	Hillsborough	33,412
Ward	Lineups
Southampton	1	1	Leicester City	The Dell	9,905
Bradley	Lineups		Lee
Swansea Town	0	3	Millwall	Vetch Field	19,902
	Lineups		Jinks 2, Mansfield
Footnotes
Manchester City champions
Swansea Town relegated

				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	40	16	3	1	44	13	9	7	4	28	18	2.323	60	L	W	D	W	L	1947-05-31	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	1	Birmingham City	42	17	2	2	51	11	8	3	10	23	22	2.242	55	W	W	D	W	W	End of Season
3	-1	Burnley	40	11	8	2	30	14	10	5	4	29	14	2.107	55	D	W	L	L	W	1947-05-31	West Ham United	A
4	0	Newcastle United	41	11	4	6	60	32	8	6	6	33	26	1.603	48	L	D	D	W	W	1947-06-07	Newport County	A
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	1	Chesterfield	39	10	6	3	30	14	6	8	6	21	26	1.275	46	W	W	L	W	W	1947-05-27	Nottingham Forest	A
7	-1	Coventry City	42	12	8	1	40	17	4	5	12	26	42	1.119	45	L	W	W	W	D	End of Season
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	40	11	4	5	50	36	7	4	9	31	36	1.125	44	L	W	L	D	D	1947-05-27	Bradford	A
9	0	Leicester City	41	10	4	6	40	25	7	3	11	27	39	1.047	41	D	L	L	L	W	1947-06-07	Fulham	H
10	0	Barnsley	41	13	2	6	48	29	4	5	11	35	56	0.976	41	W	W	W	W	L	1947-06-07	Tottenham Hotspur	A
11	0	West Ham United	41	12	4	4	46	26	4	4	13	24	45	0.986	40	W	L	D	W	W	1947-05-31	Burnley	H
12	0	Southampton	42	11	5	5	45	24	4	4	13	24	52	0.908	39	D	W	W	L	D	End of Season
13	1	Fulham	39	12	4	4	40	22	3	4	12	22	46	0.912	38	D	L	W	W	L	1947-05-31	Bradford	H
14	-1	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
15	1	Bradford	39	7	6	7	27	24	6	5	8	33	45	0.87	37	W	L	W	D	L	1947-05-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	-1	Bury	41	11	6	4	62	34	1	6	13	17	41	1.053	36	D	L	D	L	W	1947-05-31	Chesterfield	A
17	1	Nottingham Forest	39	10	5	3	37	19	2	5	14	22	54	0.808	34	D	L	D	D	L	1947-05-27	Chesterfield	H
18	1	Millwall	40	7	5	7	28	28	7	1	13	26	49	0.701	34	W	L	L	W	W	1947-06-07	Burnley	H
19	-2	Plymouth Argyle	41	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	15	33	57	0.857	33	L	L	L	L	L	1947-05-31	Nottingham Forest	A
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	41	10	5	6	39	28	2	3	15	26	56	0.774	32	W	D	L	L	W	1947-06-07	Chesterfield	A
21	0	Swansea Town	42	9	1	11	36	40	2	6	13	19	43	0.663	29	L	L	W	D	D	End of Season
22	0	Newport County	39	8	1	11	37	50	1	2	16	16	70	0.442	21	L	W	L	W	L	1947-05-31	Luton Town	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Hartlepools United	1	3	Gateshead	Victoria Park	7,000
Scott	Lineups		Small 3
Lincoln City	1	0	Barrow	Sincil Bank	6,596
Dooley	Lineups
New Brighton	2	2	Carlisle United	Tower Athletic Grounds	4,561
Paterson, Ainsworth J	Lineups		Dellow, Iceton
Rotherham United	8	0	Oldham Athletic	Millmoor	10,398
Ardron 3, Wilson 2, Guest, Shaw, Hainsworth	Lineups
Wrexham	0	4	Chester	Racecourse Ground	18,746
	Lineups		Yates 3, Burden
York City	2	0	Halifax Town	Bootham Crescent	5,745
Rudd 2	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	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	39	20	0	0	78	16	9	5	5	33	31	2.362	63	W	W	W	W	W	1947-05-31	Bradford City	A
3	0	Chester	41	16	2	2	49	13	8	4	9	42	38	1.784	54	W	W	L	W	L	1947-05-31	Carlisle United	H
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	0	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	0	Wrexham	38	13	4	3	43	21	4	5	9	19	26	1.319	43	L	L	W	D	L	1947-05-27	York City	A
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	41	10	2	9	28	24	7	5	8	26	37	0.885	41	L	L	D	W	W	1947-05-31	Hull 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	0	Hartlepools United	42	10	5	6	36	26	5	4	12	28	47	0.877	39	L	W	W	D	D	End of Season
12	1	Gateshead	42	10	3	8	39	33	6	3	12	23	39	0.861	38	W	L	D	W	L	End of Season
13	2	Lincoln City	39	12	3	6	52	32	4	2	12	27	42	1.068	37	W	W	W	L	D	1947-05-31	Accrington Stanley	A
14	-2	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
15	-1	Carlisle United	41	10	5	6	45	38	4	4	12	25	51	0.787	37	D	D	D	D	L	1947-05-31	Chester	A
16	0	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	39	6	3	11	33	40	8	4	7	30	35	0.84	35	W	W	W	W	W	1947-05-27	Wrexham	H
18	0	Oldham Athletic	42	6	5	10	29	31	6	3	12	26	49	0.688	32	L	W	L	W	L	End of Season
19	0	New Brighton	39	9	3	7	35	30	3	4	13	19	46	0.711	31	D	W	L	L	L	1947-05-31	Wrexham	H
20	0	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	41	6	3	11	26	33	2	3	16	15	56	0.461	22	L	L	W	W	L	1947-06-07	Lincoln City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Ipswich Town	1	1	Aldershot	Portman Road	9,933
Parker T	Lineups		White
Notts County	1	2	Leyton Orient	Meadow Lane	10,785
Dickson	Lineups		Baynham, Hunt
Port Vale	4	2	Crystal Palace	Recreation Ground	10,414
Allen 2, Pointon, Smith J	Lineups		Russell, Robson
Reading	1	1	Walsall	Elm Park	7,137
MacPhee	Lineups		Campbell
Footnotes
Norwich City to apply for re-election

				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	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	2	Ipswich Town	41	11	5	5	33	21	5	8	7	26	30	1.157	45	D	L	D	W	L	1947-05-31	Northampton Town	A
6	-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
7	-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
8	0	Walsall	41	10	6	4	40	24	6	6	9	32	34	1.241	44	D	W	W	W	L	1947-05-31	Torquay United	H
9	0	Reading	41	11	6	4	53	30	5	5	10	30	43	1.137	43	D	W	L	L	D	1947-05-29	Notts County	A
10	0	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	Port Vale	41	13	4	3	46	27	3	5	13	17	35	1.016	41	W	L	L	L	W	1947-05-31	Southend United	H
12	-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
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	41	10	4	6	34	19	4	6	11	28	44	0.984	38	L	L	W	W	D	1947-05-29	Reading	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	0	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	0	Crystal Palace	42	9	7	5	29	19	4	4	13	20	43	0.79	37	L	D	L	L	W	End of Season
19	0	Aldershot	41	6	7	8	25	26	4	4	12	21	50	0.605	31	D	L	L	W	L	1947-05-29	Northampton Town	A
20	0	Leyton Orient	40	10	5	6	40	28	1	3	15	11	45	0.699	30	W	L	L	L	D	1947-05-31	Mansfield Town	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