Saturday 1947-09-20

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	0	Stoke City	Highbury	62,000
Logie, McPherson 2	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	4	0	Grimsby Town	Ewood Park	24,254
Godwin 2, Oakes, Graham	Lineups
Blackpool	0	1	Sunderland	Bloomfield Road	25,343
	Lineups		Scotson
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Burnley	The Valley	37,588
Duffy	Lineups		Billingham
Chelsea	3	1	Everton	Stamford Bridge	42,955
Armstrong 2, Goulden	Lineups		Catterick
Derby County	1	3	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground	32,891
Harrison	Lineups		Edwards, Ford, Lowe
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds Road	28,591
	Lineups		Pye
Liverpool	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Anfield Road	43,920
	Lineups
Manchester City	0	0	Manchester United	Maine Road	71,364	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	2	Portsmouth	Ayresome Park	29,590
Fenton	Lineups		Froggatt, Harris
Sheffield United	3	1	Preston North End	Bramall Lane	36,458
Hagan 2, Collindridge	Lineups		Shankly (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	0	Arsenal	8	5	0	0	16	2	2	1	0	6	3	4.4	15	W	D	W	W	W	1947-09-27	Burnley	A
2	0	Preston North End	9	3	1	0	5	2	3	0	2	7	8	1.2	13	L	W	D	W	W	1947-09-27	Manchester United	H
3	0	Blackpool	9	3	1	1	10	3	2	1	1	4	4	2	12	L	D	W	W	D	1947-09-27	Grimsby Town	A
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	3	0	1	15	5	2	1	1	10	6	2.273	11	W	W	L	D	W	1947-09-27	Chelsea	H
5	2	Portsmouth	8	3	0	1	10	1	2	0	2	5	7	1.875	10	W	W	W	L	W	1947-09-27	Charlton Athletic	H
6	-1	Burnley	8	2	1	1	5	2	1	3	0	4	3	1.8	10	D	W	D	D	D	1947-09-27	Arsenal	H
7	4	Chelsea	8	3	2	0	7	3	1	0	2	4	8	1	10	W	W	D	D	L	1947-09-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	0	Manchester City	9	3	1	1	10	6	0	2	2	1	3	1.222	9	D	W	L	D	W	1947-09-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	5	Aston Villa	9	2	1	1	6	2	1	2	2	3	7	1	9	W	L	L	W	D	1947-09-27	Huddersfield Town	H
10	-4	Everton	9	2	1	1	6	3	2	0	3	5	9	0.917	9	L	W	D	L	L	1947-09-27	Liverpool	H
11	4	Sheffield United	9	2	1	1	8	5	2	0	3	4	13	0.667	9	W	L	W	W	W	1947-09-27	Stoke City	A
12	0	Manchester United	8	2	0	1	8	3	0	4	1	5	6	1.444	8	D	L	D	L	D	1947-09-27	Preston North End	A
13	-4	Middlesbrough	8	2	1	1	8	5	1	1	2	5	7	1.083	8	L	L	W	W	W	1947-09-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
14	-4	Huddersfield Town	9	3	0	2	10	5	0	2	2	1	8	0.846	8	L	L	D	W	W	1947-09-27	Aston Villa	A
15	-2	Derby County	9	1	3	1	3	4	1	0	3	4	5	0.778	7	L	L	L	D	W	1947-09-27	Sunderland	A
16	0	Liverpool	9	1	3	0	6	4	1	0	4	3	8	0.75	7	D	L	L	L	D	1947-09-27	Everton	A
17	0	Charlton Athletic	8	2	1	2	10	7	1	0	2	3	12	0.684	7	D	W	W	L	L	1947-09-27	Portsmouth	A
18	2	Blackburn Rovers	8	1	2	1	7	4	1	0	3	2	7	0.818	6	W	D	W	L	D	1947-09-27	Manchester City	A
19	0	Sunderland	9	1	1	2	6	6	1	1	3	3	9	0.6	6	W	L	L	D	L	1947-09-27	Derby County	H
20	-2	Grimsby Town	9	3	0	2	7	7	0	0	4	4	21	0.393	6	L	W	W	L	L	1947-09-27	Blackpool	H
21	1	Bolton Wanderers	8	1	0	2	5	3	0	2	3	1	6	0.667	4	D	D	L	W	L	1947-09-27	Middlesbrough	H
22	-1	Stoke City	9	1	0	3	2	5	1	0	4	3	10	0.333	4	L	L	L	L	L	1947-09-27	Sheffield United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	0	Luton Town	Oakwell	17,670
Baxter, Kelly J, Smith	Lineups
Birmingham City	1	0	Leicester City	St Andrew's	30,000
Dougall	Lineups
Bradford	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Park Avenue	21,818
McIlvenny, Wilkins	Lineups
Bury	1	2	West Ham United	Gigg Lane	17,488
Peters	Lineups		Proudlock, Wood
Cardiff City	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	Ninian Park	33,060
Blair, Lever (p), Rees	Lineups
Coventry City	5	2	Fulham	Highfield Road	20,215
Roberts 2, Newsome 2, Dearson	Lineups		Grant, Stevens
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Millwall	Belle Vue	23,315
Jordan, Tindill	Lineups		Jinks, Johnson
Newcastle United	4	2	Leeds United	St James' Park	57,275
Hair, Shackleton 2, Stobbart	Lineups		Wakefield, Cochrane
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	City Ground	26,202
Jones	Lineups
Southampton	3	0	Chesterfield	The Dell	18,590
Day 3	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Brentford	The Hawthorns	29,445
Drury 2, Walsh	Lineups		Buchanan, Gibbons

				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	Bradford	9	5	0	0	17	2	2	0	2	4	7	2.333	14	W	L	L	W	W	1947-09-27	Cardiff City	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	9	4	1	0	10	5	2	1	1	3	2	1.857	14	W	L	D	W	D	1947-09-27	Leicester City	A
3	0	Newcastle United	9	4	0	1	14	6	1	2	1	4	4	1.8	12	W	W	D	D	W	1947-09-27	Fulham	A
4	1	Birmingham City	9	2	2	1	6	5	3	0	1	6	2	1.714	12	W	L	W	D	W	1947-09-27	Leeds United	A
5	2	Cardiff City	9	3	1	1	11	4	1	2	1	6	6	1.7	11	W	D	L	W	L	1947-09-27	Bradford	H
6	-2	Leeds United	9	4	0	0	14	3	1	0	4	6	12	1.333	10	L	L	W	W	L	1947-09-27	Birmingham City	H
7	8	Southampton	9	3	1	1	10	5	1	1	2	4	9	1	10	W	D	L	L	W	1947-09-27	Millwall	A
8	4	West Ham United	9	2	2	0	6	3	1	2	2	6	9	1	10	W	D	W	D	L	1947-09-27	Coventry City	H
9	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	9	2	2	0	12	6	1	1	3	4	5	1.455	9	L	D	W	D	W	1947-09-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
10	6	Coventry City	9	3	0	2	10	5	1	1	2	7	7	1.417	9	W	W	L	L	L	1947-09-27	West Ham United	A
11	-3	Luton Town	9	3	1	0	8	3	1	0	4	7	12	1	9	L	W	D	L	L	1947-09-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	1	Doncaster Rovers	9	2	3	0	9	5	1	0	3	5	11	0.875	9	D	W	W	L	W	1947-09-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	-4	Sheffield Wednesday	9	3	1	1	13	9	1	0	3	4	11	0.85	9	L	D	W	W	W	1947-09-27	Nottingham Forest	H
14	-4	Fulham	9	2	0	2	8	4	2	0	3	7	9	1.154	8	L	L	L	W	W	1947-09-27	Newcastle United	H
15	-4	Bury	9	3	0	2	9	6	0	2	2	5	7	1.077	8	L	D	W	L	L	1947-09-27	Chesterfield	A
16	2	Barnsley	9	2	0	2	7	3	2	0	3	7	12	0.933	8	W	W	L	L	L	1947-09-27	Brentford	A
17	-3	Leicester City	9	2	1	1	7	7	1	1	3	3	6	0.769	8	L	L	D	W	W	1947-09-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
18	-1	Chesterfield	8	0	0	3	0	5	3	1	1	8	6	0.727	7	L	L	W	W	W	1947-09-27	Bury	H
19	1	Nottingham Forest	9	3	0	2	7	6	0	0	4	3	10	0.625	6	W	W	L	L	L	1947-09-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
20	-1	Plymouth Argyle	9	2	1	1	2	3	0	1	4	3	17	0.25	6	L	W	W	L	D	1947-09-27	Luton Town	A
21	0	Millwall	8	1	1	2	3	4	0	2	2	5	10	0.571	5	D	W	L	L	D	1947-09-27	Southampton	H
22	0	Brentford	9	1	0	3	5	10	0	0	5	2	14	0.292	2	L	L	L	W	L	1947-09-27	Barnsley	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	0	1	Barrow	Peel Park	8,688
	Lineups		Miller
Carlisle United	4	0	Stockport County	Brunton Park	13,327
Lindsay, Dougal, Broadis, Burke (p)	Lineups
Chester	2	0	Hartlepools United	Sealand Road	7,145
Turner, Hamilton	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	3	Rotherham United	Gresty Road	9,596
Finan 2, Taylor	Lineups		Ardron, Guest, Shaw
Hull City	2	1	Bradford City	Boothferry Park	22,810
Moore, Robertson	Lineups		Murphy G
Lincoln City	2	1	Wrexham	Sincil Bank	11,443
Hutchinson 2	Lineups		Sharp
Mansfield Town	1	2	Gateshead	Field Mill	9,879
Cooling	Lineups		Ingham, Johnson
New Brighton	0	0	Rochdale	Tower Athletic Grounds	7,135
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Boundary Park	11,151
	Lineups		Jones
Southport	2	0	Halifax Town	Haig Avenue	6,871
Humble, Heslop	Lineups
York City	0	2	Darlington	Bootham Crescent	10,008
	Lineups		Sinclair, Bower

				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	Wrexham	9	4	0	0	13	3	2	1	2	4	4	2.429	13	L	W	W	W	D	1947-09-27	Accrington Stanley	H
2	3	Tranmere Rovers	8	3	0	1	10	5	2	1	1	7	5	1.7	11	W	W	W	W	W	1947-09-27	New Brighton	H
3	3	Hull City	9	2	1	1	7	5	2	2	1	5	3	1.5	11	W	W	D	L	D	1947-09-27	Barrow	A
4	3	Carlisle United	8	2	2	0	10	4	2	1	1	10	12	1.25	11	W	L	W	D	D	1947-09-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
5	-1	Rotherham United	9	2	2	1	11	5	1	2	1	10	8	1.615	10	D	L	W	L	D	1947-09-22	Accrington Stanley	H
6	-4	York City	8	3	1	1	11	4	1	1	1	5	6	1.6	10	L	L	W	W	D	1947-09-27	Gateshead	A
7	3	Lincoln City	8	3	0	2	11	7	1	2	0	3	2	1.556	10	W	W	L	W	W	1947-09-27	Halifax Town	A
8	-5	Accrington Stanley	7	2	0	1	9	5	3	0	1	8	6	1.545	10	L	W	W	W	W	1947-09-22	Rotherham United	A
9	2	Chester	9	3	2	0	9	4	1	0	3	4	6	1.3	10	W	L	L	W	D	1947-09-27	Rotherham United	A
10	2	Barrow	9	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	0	6	4	1.143	10	W	D	L	L	W	1947-09-27	Hull City	H
11	-2	Crewe Alexandra	9	2	2	1	7	6	2	0	2	5	7	0.923	10	D	W	W	L	L	1947-09-27	Carlisle United	A
12	-4	Bradford City	9	2	1	1	7	5	2	0	3	6	9	0.929	9	L	D	L	W	L	1947-09-27	Stockport County	H
13	4	Gateshead	8	1	0	2	4	6	2	2	1	4	5	0.727	8	W	W	L	W	D	1947-09-27	York City	H
14	-1	Rochdale	8	2	1	1	6	6	0	3	1	2	6	0.667	8	D	D	L	W	W	1947-09-27	Southport	H
15	0	New Brighton	7	0	2	2	1	4	2	1	0	5	3	0.857	7	D	W	W	D	L	1947-09-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
16	3	Southport	9	2	1	2	6	7	1	0	3	5	9	0.688	7	W	W	L	W	L	1947-09-27	Rochdale	A
17	-3	Mansfield Town	8	1	0	4	8	11	1	2	0	3	2	0.846	6	L	W	L	L	W	1947-09-27	Hartlepools United	A
18	2	Darlington	8	0	1	2	2	4	2	1	2	7	8	0.75	6	W	L	L	D	D	1947-09-27	Oldham Athletic	H
19	-3	Stockport County	9	1	2	1	3	3	1	0	4	6	15	0.5	6	L	L	D	L	L	1947-09-27	Bradford City	A
20	-2	Hartlepools United	8	0	2	1	3	4	1	1	3	5	8	0.667	5	L	W	L	D	L	1947-09-27	Mansfield Town	H
21	0	Halifax Town	9	1	0	3	5	5	1	0	4	4	13	0.5	4	L	L	L	W	L	1947-09-27	Lincoln City	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	8	0	2	3	3	10	0	0	3	2	7	0.294	2	L	L	D	L	L	1947-09-27	Darlington	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	3	Northampton Town	Goldstone Ground	8,575
Lowery OG, Willard	Lineups		Garrett, Jenkins, Smith
Bristol City	4	0	Ipswich Town	Ashton Gate	23,009
Townsend 2, Clark, Williams C	Lineups
Exeter City	0	0	Southend United	St James Park	9,295
	Lineups
Leyton Orient	2	1	Notts County	Brisbane Road	11,508
Naylor, Sales (p)	Lineups		Sewell
Norwich City	1	5	Bristol Rovers	Carrow Road	15,209
Robinson	Lineups		Hodges 2, Leamon 2, Wookey
Port Vale	1	1	Torquay United	Recreation Ground	17,092
Bellis	Lineups		Shaw
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Crystal Palace	Loftus Road	25,199
Chapman	Lineups
Reading	3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Elm Park	14,614
Taylor, MacPhee, Edelston	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	2	Newport County	County Ground	18,642
Lucas	Lineups		Shergold, Mogford
Walsall	2	1	Swansea Town	Fellows Park	18,006
Paul OG, Wilshaw	Lineups		Burns
Watford	1	2	Aldershot	Vicarage Road	9,257
Dunderdale	Lineups		Hood 2

				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	9	5	0	0	12	2	3	1	0	11	2	5.75	17	W	W	W	D	W	1947-09-25	Exeter City	H
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	9	4	0	0	10	0	2	2	1	7	7	2.429	14	L	W	W	D	D	1947-09-27	Walsall	H
3	0	Walsall	9	4	1	0	15	2	2	0	2	4	5	2.714	13	W	W	L	D	W	1947-09-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
4	1	Bristol City	9	5	0	0	20	2	1	0	3	3	6	2.875	12	W	W	L	W	W	1947-09-27	Bristol Rovers	A
5	1	Port Vale	9	3	2	0	17	6	1	1	2	4	8	1.5	11	D	W	L	D	W	1947-09-27	Swindon Town	A
6	2	Newport County	9	3	1	0	10	4	1	2	2	4	9	1.077	11	W	L	W	D	D	1947-09-27	Southend United	A
7	2	Bristol Rovers	9	2	1	1	8	4	1	3	1	9	6	1.7	10	W	D	W	D	L	1947-09-22	Swansea Town	H
8	2	Reading	9	3	1	1	8	3	0	3	1	2	3	1.667	10	W	L	D	D	W	1947-09-27	Ipswich Town	A
9	-5	Ipswich Town	9	3	1	0	9	1	1	1	3	8	10	1.545	10	L	W	W	L	D	1947-09-27	Reading	H
10	-3	Crystal Palace	9	3	1	0	5	1	0	3	2	2	5	1.167	10	L	D	W	D	D	1947-09-27	Watford	H
11	0	Northampton Town	9	3	0	1	7	3	1	2	2	6	9	1.083	10	W	D	L	W	L	1947-09-27	Norwich City	H
12	0	Torquay United	9	2	2	1	9	6	0	2	2	3	5	1.091	8	D	D	D	D	L	1947-09-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	3	Exeter City	9	2	2	0	3	1	1	0	4	3	12	0.462	8	D	L	L	W	W	1947-09-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
14	-1	Swansea Town	9	2	2	0	8	2	0	1	4	5	11	1	7	L	W	D	D	L	1947-09-22	Bristol Rovers	A
15	-1	Watford	9	2	1	2	11	9	1	0	3	1	11	0.6	7	L	L	W	D	W	1947-09-27	Crystal Palace	A
16	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	2	0	3	5	10	1	1	2	5	9	0.526	7	L	W	L	D	W	1947-09-27	Aldershot	A
17	1	Southend United	9	2	2	0	7	5	0	1	4	0	19	0.292	7	D	L	W	D	L	1947-09-27	Newport County	H
18	2	Aldershot	9	1	2	1	6	7	1	0	4	7	12	0.684	6	W	D	L	L	L	1947-09-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	-2	Swindon Town	9	0	4	1	3	4	0	2	2	4	7	0.636	6	L	L	D	D	D	1947-09-27	Port Vale	H
20	-1	Notts County	9	2	1	1	6	4	0	0	5	3	13	0.529	5	L	L	W	D	L	1947-09-27	Exeter City	H
21	1	Leyton Orient	9	1	2	2	5	7	0	1	3	3	12	0.421	5	W	L	L	L	D	1947-09-27	Swansea Town	A
22	-1	Norwich City	9	1	1	3	5	13	0	1	3	2	8	0.333	4	L	D	L	D	L	1947-09-27	Northampton Town	A