Saturday 1947-09-06

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	1	Manchester United	Highbury	64,905
Rooke, Lewis	Lineups		Morris
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Aston Villa	Ewood Park	24,772
	Lineups
Blackpool	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	31,663
Buchan 2	Lineups		Forbes, Hancocks
Bolton Wanderers	4	0	Portsmouth	Burnden Park	26,597
Burgess 2, Middlebrough, Flewin OG	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Preston North End	The Valley	29,633
McCrae	Lineups		McIntosh 2
Derby County	1	0	Everton	Baseball Ground	29,089
Harrison	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	3	Sheffield United	Blundell Park	18,103
	Lineups		Brook, Collindridge, Thompson
Huddersfield Town	3	1	Chelsea	Leeds Road	24,837
Doherty, Metcalfe, Price	Lineups		Walker
Liverpool	1	1	Burnley	Anfield Road	56,074	Largest home gate 1947-48
Balmer	Lineups		Hays
Manchester City	3	0	Sunderland	Maine Road	55,172
Black, McMorran, Clarke	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	1	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	38,146
McCormack 2	Lineups		Ormston

				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	5	3	0	0	11	2	2	0	0	6	3	3.4	10	W	W	W	W	W	1947-09-10	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	4	Preston North End	5	2	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	5	5	1.333	8	W	W	W	W	L	1947-09-08	Stoke City	A
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	2	0	0	13	2	1	1	1	9	6	2.75	7	D	W	W	W	L	1947-09-10	Middlesbrough	H
4	-1	Blackpool	5	2	1	0	9	2	1	0	1	2	3	2.2	7	D	W	W	L	W	1947-09-08	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	5	Derby County	5	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	6	W	D	L	W	D	1947-09-10	Manchester City	H
6	-2	Manchester United	5	2	0	0	8	2	0	2	1	5	6	1.625	6	L	D	W	W	D	1947-09-08	Burnley	A
7	4	Middlesbrough	5	2	1	0	7	3	0	1	1	2	3	1.5	6	W	W	L	D	D	1947-09-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	-1	Liverpool	5	1	2	0	6	4	1	0	1	2	2	1.333	6	D	D	W	L	W	1947-09-08	Sheffield United	A
9	-1	Burnley	5	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	0	3	2	1.25	6	D	D	W	L	W	1947-09-08	Manchester United	H
10	-5	Everton	5	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	1	4	3	1.2	6	L	W	L	W	W	1947-09-08	Aston Villa	A
11	4	Manchester City	5	2	0	1	7	4	0	1	1	1	2	1.333	5	W	L	D	L	W	1947-09-10	Derby County	A
12	0	Aston Villa	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	3	0.75	5	D	W	D	D	L	1947-09-08	Everton	H
13	4	Huddersfield Town	5	2	0	1	5	3	0	1	1	0	4	0.714	5	W	L	L	W	D	1947-09-10	Grimsby Town	H
14	-5	Portsmouth	5	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	2	3	6	0.857	4	L	W	W	L	L	1947-09-13	Liverpool	H
15	-1	Stoke City	5	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	2	2	5	0.5	4	L	L	L	W	W	1947-09-08	Preston North End	H
16	-3	Chelsea	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	6	0.5	4	L	W	W	L	#	1947-09-10	Sunderland	H
17	3	Sheffield United	5	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	2	3	7	0.5	3	W	L	L	D	L	1947-09-08	Liverpool	H
18	-2	Sunderland	5	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	3	1	8	0.5	3	L	L	W	D	L	1947-09-10	Chelsea	A
19	3	Bolton Wanderers	5	1	0	2	5	3	0	0	2	0	3	0.833	2	W	L	L	L	L	1947-09-10	Arsenal	A
20	-2	Charlton Athletic	5	1	0	2	7	6	0	0	2	2	12	0.5	2	L	L	L	L	W	1947-09-13	Stoke City	A
21	-2	Grimsby Town	5	1	0	2	3	7	0	0	2	3	12	0.316	2	L	L	L	L	W	1947-09-10	Huddersfield Town	A
22	-1	Blackburn Rovers	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	1	6	0.333	1	D	L	L	L	#	1947-09-08	Blackpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	1	Luton Town	St Andrew's	40,032
Bodle, Aveyard	Lineups		Soo (p)
Bradford	4	0	Millwall	Park Avenue	18,164
Downie 2, Farrell, Layton	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Ninian Park	48,894
	Lineups		Duquemin 2, Bennett
Coventry City	0	1	Leicester City	Highfield Road	28,628
	Lineups		Griffiths
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	West Ham United	Belle Vue	21,198
Yeomanson OG	Lineups
Fulham	3	2	Leeds United	Craven Cottage	26,247
Beasley, Thomas R, Shepherd	Lineups		Short, Wakefield
Newcastle United	1	0	Brentford	St James' Park	56,692
Woodburn	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	3	Chesterfield	City Ground	28,811
Jones (p)	Lineups		Linacre 2, Hall
Sheffield Wednesday	5	2	Barnsley	Hillsborough	33,835
Dailey 5	Lineups		Baxter (p), Morris
Southampton	1	0	Bury	The Dell	17,617
Bradley	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	The Hawthorns	31,427
Drury	Lineups		Rawlings

				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	1	Bradford	5	3	0	0	11	2	2	0	0	3	1	4.667	10	W	W	W	W	W	1947-09-10	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	-1	West Bromwich Albion	5	2	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	9	D	W	W	W	W	1947-09-10	Coventry City	H
3	4	Birmingham City	5	1	1	1	5	5	2	0	0	4	0	1.8	7	W	D	W	W	L	1947-09-10	Newcastle United	H
4	5	Southampton	5	2	0	1	5	3	1	1	0	3	2	1.6	7	W	W	L	W	D	1947-09-08	Cardiff City	A
5	5	Fulham	5	2	0	1	8	3	1	0	1	3	2	2.2	6	W	L	W	L	W	1947-09-10	Barnsley	A
6	5	Newcastle United	5	2	0	1	9	4	1	0	1	2	2	1.833	6	W	L	L	W	W	1947-09-10	Birmingham City	A
7	-3	Luton Town	5	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	2	5	6	1.429	6	L	W	W	W	L	1947-09-08	Leicester City	A
8	-3	Leeds United	5	2	0	0	7	2	1	0	2	4	7	1.222	6	L	W	W	L	W	1947-09-10	Plymouth Argyle	H
9	-6	Cardiff City	5	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	3	2	1.2	6	L	D	W	W	D	1947-09-08	Southampton	H
10	-4	Coventry City	5	1	0	2	4	3	1	1	0	5	2	1.8	5	L	D	W	L	W	1947-09-10	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	3	Tottenham Hotspur	5	1	1	0	7	3	1	0	2	3	3	1.667	5	W	D	W	L	L	1947-09-08	West Ham United	A
12	-4	Bury	5	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	2	3	5	1.286	5	L	D	W	W	L	1947-09-10	Sheffield Wednesday	H
13	2	Chesterfield	5	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	6	3	1.2	5	W	W	L	L	D	1947-09-08	Millwall	A
14	2	Leicester City	5	1	0	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	3	0.667	5	W	D	L	W	L	1947-09-08	Luton Town	H
15	4	Sheffield Wednesday	5	2	0	1	9	6	0	0	2	2	8	0.786	4	W	L	L	L	W	1947-09-10	Bury	A
16	-4	Barnsley	5	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	2	6	11	0.75	4	L	L	L	W	W	1947-09-10	Fulham	H
17	-4	West Ham United	5	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	2	2	6	0.625	4	L	D	W	D	L	1947-09-08	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	2	Doncaster Rovers	5	1	2	0	4	3	0	0	2	2	7	0.6	4	W	D	L	L	D	1947-09-10	Bradford	A
19	-1	Nottingham Forest	5	1	0	2	4	6	0	0	2	2	5	0.545	2	L	L	L	L	W	1947-09-10	Brentford	A
20	-3	Millwall	5	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	3	8	0.4	2	L	D	L	D	L	1947-09-08	Chesterfield	H
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	5	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	2	3	9	0.25	2	D	D	L	L	L	1947-09-10	Leeds United	A
22	0	Brentford	5	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	3	0	9	0.063	0	L	L	L	L	L	1947-09-10	Nottingham Forest	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	5	2	Stockport County	Peel Park	7,055
Gleave OG, Keeley 2, Smith N, Rothwell	Lineups		Watters, Glaister
Carlisle United	1	1	Hartlepools United	Brunton Park	14,223
Lindsay	Lineups		Simpson
Chester	1	1	Darlington	Sealand Road	7,948
Astbury	Lineups		Stubbs
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Gateshead	Gresty Road	7,829
	Lineups		Small
Lincoln City	3	0	Bradford City	Sincil Bank	11,397
Walshaw 2, Marlow	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	3	Tranmere Rovers	Field Mill	10,187
Oscroft	Lineups		Atkinson 2, Curran
New Brighton	1	1	Wrexham	Tower Athletic Grounds	6,819
Paterson	Lineups		Tudor (p)
Rochdale	2	1	Halifax Town	Spotland	10,868
Moss, Withington	Lineups		Fisher
Rotherham United	0	0	Hull City	Millmoor	15,205
	Lineups
Southport	1	2	Barrow	Haig Avenue	6,898
Wyles	Lineups		Burnett, Kendall
York City	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Bootham Crescent	10,899
Rudd	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	1	York City	5	2	1	0	9	2	1	1	0	3	2	3	8	W	D	W	D	W	1947-09-10	Rotherham United	H
2	-1	Rotherham United	5	1	2	0	4	1	1	1	0	7	3	2.75	7	D	W	D	W	D	1947-09-10	York City	A
3	0	Wrexham	5	2	0	0	9	3	1	1	1	2	2	2.2	7	D	W	W	L	W	1947-09-08	Stockport County	A
4	0	Carlisle United	5	1	2	0	6	4	1	1	0	5	3	1.571	7	D	D	W	D	W	1947-09-08	Mansfield Town	A
5	2	Barrow	5	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	4	3	1.5	7	W	D	D	W	D	1947-09-11	Bradford City	H
6	7	Lincoln City	5	2	0	1	8	4	0	2	0	2	2	1.667	6	W	W	D	D	L	1947-09-10	New Brighton	H
7	5	Accrington Stanley	4	2	0	0	9	4	1	0	1	3	4	1.5	6	W	W	L	W	#	1947-09-09	Rochdale	A
8	-2	Hull City	5	1	1	0	4	2	1	1	1	3	3	1.4	6	D	L	W	D	W	1947-09-11	Halifax Town	H
9	-1	Chester	5	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	1	3	3	1.2	6	D	D	W	L	W	1947-09-10	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	-5	Bradford City	5	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	2	4	7	1	6	L	L	W	W	W	1947-09-11	Barrow	A
11	3	Rochdale	5	2	1	0	5	3	0	1	1	1	5	0.75	6	W	W	L	D	D	1947-09-09	Accrington Stanley	H
12	3	Tranmere Rovers	5	1	0	1	3	3	1	1	1	6	5	1.125	5	W	W	L	D	L	1947-09-09	Gateshead	H
13	-3	Crewe Alexandra	5	1	1	1	3	3	1	0	1	2	3	0.833	5	L	L	W	D	W	1947-09-10	Chester	A
14	-5	Stockport County	5	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	2	6	9	0.818	5	L	L	D	W	W	1947-09-08	Wrexham	H
15	-4	Mansfield Town	5	1	0	2	5	6	0	2	0	1	1	0.857	4	L	W	D	D	L	1947-09-08	Carlisle United	H
16	0	Darlington	5	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	6	0.75	4	D	D	L	W	L	1947-09-08	Southport	A
17	2	Gateshead	5	0	0	2	2	5	1	2	0	2	1	0.667	4	W	D	L	L	D	1947-09-09	Tranmere Rovers	A
18	-1	Hartlepools United	5	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	2	3	6	0.667	3	D	L	D	D	L	1947-09-13	Crewe Alexandra	H
19	-1	Halifax Town	5	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	3	2	10	0.545	2	L	W	L	L	L	1947-09-11	Hull City	A
20	2	New Brighton	4	0	1	2	1	4	0	1	0	1	1	0.4	2	D	L	D	L	#	1947-09-10	Lincoln City	A
21	0	Southport	5	0	1	2	2	7	0	0	2	3	7	0.357	1	L	L	L	D	L	1947-09-08	Darlington	H
22	-2	Oldham Athletic	5	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	3	2	7	0.308	1	L	L	D	L	L	1947-09-13	Rochdale	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Norwich City	Goldstone Ground	9,132
James, Willard	Lineups
Bristol City	3	2	Swansea Town	Ashton Gate	28,068
Clark, Thomas, Williams C	Lineups		James, Lockhart
Ipswich Town	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Portman Road	15,385
Pole	Lineups		Milligan
Leyton Orient	2	2	Newport County	Brisbane Road	14,407
Naylor, Gray	Lineups		Williams, Mogford
Port Vale	6	4	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	13,840
Allen 3, Jones 3	Lineups		Smith E (p), McNichol 3
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Northampton Town	Loftus Road	21,419
McEwan, Pattison	Lineups
Reading	3	1	Notts County	Elm Park	11,726
Edelston 2, MacPhee	Lineups		Sewell
Swindon Town	0	0	Crystal Palace	County Ground	17,619
	Lineups
Torquay United	1	2	Exeter City	Plainmoor	10,968	Largest home gate 1947-48
Shaw	Lineups		Fallon B, Ebdon
Walsall	6	0	Southend United	Fellows Park	18,285
Massart 3, Wilshaw 2, Lishman	Lineups
Watford	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Vicarage Road	10,315
Young, Hicklin, Surtees	Lineups		Leamon, Wookey

				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	Queens Park Rangers	5	3	0	0	7	1	2	0	0	6	0	13	10	W	W	W	W	W	1947-09-11	Notts County	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	2	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	5	2	4	9	D	W	W	W	W	1947-09-11	Newport County	A
3	0	Walsall	5	3	0	0	13	1	1	0	1	3	4	3.2	8	W	W	L	W	W	1947-09-11	Reading	H
4	3	Port Vale	5	2	1	0	9	5	1	0	1	3	5	1.2	7	W	W	L	W	D	1947-09-10	Watford	A
5	-1	Ipswich Town	5	2	1	0	7	1	0	1	1	3	4	2	6	D	W	D	L	W	1947-09-10	Exeter City	A
6	3	Bristol City	5	3	0	0	10	2	0	0	2	1	4	1.833	6	W	W	L	L	W	1947-09-11	Leyton Orient	A
7	5	Reading	5	2	1	0	5	2	0	1	1	1	2	1.5	6	W	W	D	L	D	1947-09-11	Walsall	A
8	-3	Newport County	5	2	0	0	5	2	0	2	1	2	3	1.4	6	D	L	W	W	D	1947-09-11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
9	-1	Crystal Palace	5	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	1	3	1	6	D	L	W	W	D	1947-09-08	Bristol Rovers	A
10	-4	Northampton Town	5	2	0	0	5	1	0	1	2	2	6	1	5	L	L	W	W	D	1947-09-11	Aldershot	H
11	5	Exeter City	5	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	3	7	0.625	5	W	L	D	W	L	1947-09-10	Ipswich Town	H
12	-2	Torquay United	5	2	0	1	7	4	0	0	2	1	3	1.143	4	L	W	L	L	W	1947-09-10	Norwich City	A
13	-2	Bristol Rovers	5	1	0	1	3	2	0	2	1	4	5	1	4	L	D	L	W	D	1947-09-08	Crystal Palace	H
14	4	Watford	5	2	0	1	9	6	0	0	2	0	4	0.9	4	W	W	L	L	L	1947-09-10	Port Vale	H
15	0	Swindon Town	5	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	5	0.667	4	D	D	D	L	D	1947-09-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
16	6	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	1	0	2	2	7	1	0	1	3	4	0.455	4	W	L	L	L	W	1947-09-10	Swindon Town	A
17	-4	Swansea Town	5	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	3	3	8	0.778	3	L	L	D	W	L	1947-09-10	Southend United	A
18	-4	Aldershot	5	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	3	4	9	0.727	3	L	W	D	L	L	1947-09-11	Northampton Town	A
19	1	Leyton Orient	5	0	2	1	3	4	0	1	1	2	4	0.625	3	D	L	D	L	D	1947-09-11	Bristol City	H
20	-3	Southend United	5	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	3	0	16	0.211	3	L	L	D	W	L	1947-09-10	Swansea Town	H
21	-2	Notts County	5	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	3	1	7	0.5	2	L	L	W	L	L	1947-09-11	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	-1	Norwich City	5	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	3	1	7	0.333	2	L	L	W	L	L	1947-09-10	Torquay United	H