Saturday 1947-08-23

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Sunderland	Highbury	58,184
McPherson, Logie, Rooke	Lineups		Lloyd
Blackburn Rovers	2	3	Everton	Ewood Park	24,536
Webber, Rogers	Lineups		Dodds, Eglington, Wainwright
Blackpool	3	0	Chelsea	Bloomfield Road	27,389
Mortensen 2, OG	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Stoke City	Burnden Park	31,189
	Lineups		Steele
Charlton Athletic	4	0	Sheffield United	The Valley	35,160
Hurst, McCrae 2, Duffy	Lineups
Derby County	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Baseball Ground	30,069
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	3	0	Aston Villa	Blundell Park	20,532
Cairns 2, Johnson	Lineups
Liverpool	3	1	Preston North End	Anfield Road	49,353
Liddell, Stubbins 2	Lineups		McIntosh
Manchester City	4	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	65,809
Black, McMorran, Smith, Clarke	Lineups		Galley, Hancocks, Westcott
Middlesbrough	2	2	Manchester United	Ayresome Park	39,554
Fenton 2	Lineups		Rowley 2
Portsmouth	0	1	Burnley	Fratton Park	33,967
	Lineups		Potts

				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	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Manchester United	A
3	0	Charlton Athletic	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Arsenal	H
4	0	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Huddersfield Town	A
5	0	Grimsby Town	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	0	Stoke City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Portsmouth	H
7	0	Everton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Manchester City	H
8	0	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.333	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Everton	A
9	0	Burnley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-26	Derby County	H
10	0	Derby County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.798	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-26	Burnley	A
11	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.798	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Blackpool	H
12	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Liverpool	H
13	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Sheffield United	A
14	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0.75	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Grimsby Town	H
15	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Chelsea	A
16	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
17	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Aston Villa	H
18	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Sunderland	A
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Preston North End	A
20	0	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
21	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Stoke City	A
22	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Middlesbrough	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	3	Barnsley	St Andrew's	37,917
Bodle, Mitchell (p)	Lineups		Morris, Smith, Wright
Bradford	4	1	West Ham United	Park Avenue	14,523
Mcllvenny 2, Downie 2	Lineups		Walker
Cardiff City	0	0	Chesterfield	Ninian Park	38,028
	Lineups
Coventry City	4	1	Luton Town	Highfield Road	25,355
Lowrie 4	Lineups		Driver
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Southampton	Belle Vue	23,991
Maddison	Lineups		Bradley
Fulham	5	0	Brentford	Craven Cottage	32,823
Beasley, Thomas R, McGibbon 3	Lineups
Leeds United	3	1	Leicester City	Elland Road	26,519
Short, Ainsley 2	Lineups		Griffiths
Newcastle United	6	1	Plymouth Argyle	St James' Park	52,642
Bentley, Pearson, Shackleton 2, Walker, Wayman	Lineups		Tadman
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Bury	City Ground	27,381
Lee, Johnston	Lineups		Constantine
Sheffield Wednesday	3	2	Millwall	Hillsborough	29,860
Ward, Froggatt, Woodhead	Lineups		Jinks (p), Brown
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	32,521
Walsh	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	Fulham	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	0	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Chesterfield	A
3	0	Bradford	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Nottingham Forest	A
4	0	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Birmingham City	H
5	0	Leeds United	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Barnsley	A
6	0	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Bradford	H
7	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Leeds United	H
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Southampton	A
9	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Fulham	H
10	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Cardiff City	A
11	0	Southampton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Sheffield Wednesday	H
12	0	Cardiff City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Newcastle United	H
14	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Coventry City	A
15	0	Millwall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	West Ham United	A
16	0	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	0	Leicester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	0	Luton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Brentford	A
19	0	West Ham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Millwall	H
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0.167	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Leicester City	A
21	0	Brentford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Luton Town	H
22	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Bury	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	4	2	Hartlepools United	Peel Park	6,104
Rothwell, Webster, Mercer, Smith N	Lineups		Wilkinson 2
Carlisle United	4	2	Darlington	Brunton Park	13,280
Lindsay 2, Broadis, Iceton	Lineups		Stubbs, Chadwick
Chester	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Sealand Road	8,505
Yates, Best	Lineups		Blackshaw (p)
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Tranmere Rovers	Gresty Road	6,966
Byrne, Barlow, Ferris	Lineups		Curran, Jones
Halifax Town	0	1	Wrexham	The Shay	9,266
	Lineups		Sharp
Lincoln City	2	3	Hull City	Sincil Bank	11,116
Hutchinson, Marlow	Lineups		Thompson 2, Gallacher
Mansfield Town	1	2	York City	Field Mill	9,695
Croft	Lineups		Patrick A, Storey
New Brighton	0	2	Bradford City	Tower Athletic Grounds	6,616
	Lineups		Murphy G, Rosenthal
Rochdale	2	2	Barrow	Spotland	9,210
Arthur, Hargreaves	Lineups		Burnett, Kendall
Rotherham United	0	0	Gateshead	Millmoor	12,205
	Lineups
Southport	0	4	Stockport County	Haig Avenue	9,148
	Lineups		Jessop, Brinton, Dainty, Brown

				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	Stockport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	5.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Bradford City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Wrexham	H
3	0	Wrexham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Bradford City	A
4	0	Accrington Stanley	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-30	Hull City	A
5	0	Carlisle United	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	York City	A
6	0	Chester	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Barrow	A
7	0	York City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Carlisle United	H
8	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Mansfield Town	H
9	0	Hull City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Rochdale	H
10	0	Gateshead	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.798	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Darlington	H
11	0	Rotherham United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.798	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-26	Oldham Athletic	A
12	0	Barrow	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Chester	H
13	0	Rochdale	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Hull City	A
14	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-26	Southport	A
15	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Hartlepools United	A
16	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Gateshead	A
17	0	Hartlepools United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-26	Rotherham United	H
20	0	Halifax Town	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Stockport County	A
21	0	New Brighton	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-30	Barrow	A
22	0	Southport	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-26	Lincoln City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Swansea Town	Dean Court	17,474
Paton	Lineups
Bristol City	6	0	Southend United	Ashton Gate	23,874
Townsend 3, Clark 2, Williams C	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	0	Notts County	Portman Road	14,073
Parker S 2	Lineups
Leyton Orient	1	1	Crystal Palace	Brisbane Road	18,243
Sales (p)	Lineups		Kurz
Port Vale	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Recreation Ground	15,714
Pointon	Lineups		Cranfield
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Norwich City	Loftus Road	18,704
Hatton, McEwan, Pattison	Lineups		Hold
Reading	0	0	Newport County	Elm Park	13,890
	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	0	Northampton Town	County Ground	18,138
	Lineups
Torquay United	2	0	Aldershot	Plainmoor	7,099
Lewis, Hill	Lineups
Walsall	4	0	Exeter City	Fellows Park	15,096
Massart 3, Lishman	Lineups
Watford	2	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vicarage Road	9,787
Gray 2	Lineups		Thomas, Redfern, Chapman

				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	Bristol City	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Newport County	A
2	0	Walsall	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Leyton Orient	H
3	0	Torquay United	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Northampton Town	A
4	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
5	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Notts County	A
6	0	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Southend United	A
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
8	0	Newport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.798	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Bristol City	H
9	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.798	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Torquay United	H
10	0	Reading	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.798	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Exeter City	A
11	0	Swindon Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.798	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Bristol Rovers	A
12	0	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-25	Swindon Town	H
13	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Aldershot	H
14	0	Leyton Orient	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Walsall	A
15	0	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Norwich City	A
16	0	Watford	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Swansea Town	A
17	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Port Vale	H
18	0	Aldershot	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Crystal Palace	A
19	0	Exeter City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Reading	H
20	0	Notts County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
21	0	Southend United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-27	Ipswich Town	H
22	0	Swansea Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1947-08-28	Watford	H