Saturday 1947-09-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Villa Park	46,013
Ford, Dixon	Lineups		Thompson
Bolton Wanderers	1	3	Middlesbrough	Burnden Park	30,641
Woodward	Lineups		McCormack 3
Burnley	0	1	Arsenal	Turf Moor	47,958
	Lineups		Lewis
Everton	0	3	Liverpool	Goodison Park	66,776	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups		Balmer, Stubbins, Fagan
Grimsby Town	0	1	Blackpool	Blundell Park	25,576	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups		Mortensen
Manchester City	1	3	Blackburn Rovers	Maine Road	47,544
Smith	Lineups		Oakes (p), Venters, Godwin
Portsmouth	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Fratton Park	36,605
Froggatt, Barlow, Harris	Lineups		Fenton
Preston North End	2	1	Manchester United	Deepdale	34,372
McLaren, Beattie	Lineups		Morris
Stoke City	1	1	Sheffield United	Victoria Ground	37,020
Peppitt	Lineups		Latham
Sunderland	1	1	Derby County	Roker Park	54,792
Duns	Lineups		Harrison
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Chelsea	Molineux	51,365
Forbes	Lineups

				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	9	5	0	0	16	2	3	1	0	7	3	4.6	17	W	W	D	W	W	1947-10-04	Portsmouth	H
2	0	Preston North End	10	4	1	0	7	3	3	0	2	7	8	1.273	15	W	L	W	D	W	1947-10-04	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	0	Blackpool	10	3	1	1	10	3	3	1	1	5	4	2.143	14	W	L	D	W	W	1947-10-04	Manchester City	H
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	4	0	1	16	5	2	1	1	10	6	2.364	13	W	W	W	L	D	1947-10-04	Everton	A
5	0	Portsmouth	9	4	0	1	13	2	2	0	2	5	7	2	12	W	W	W	W	L	1947-10-04	Arsenal	A
6	3	Aston Villa	10	3	1	1	8	3	1	2	2	3	7	1.1	11	W	W	L	L	W	1947-10-04	Chelsea	A
7	-1	Burnley	9	2	1	2	5	3	1	3	0	4	3	1.5	10	L	D	W	D	D	1947-10-04	Sheffield United	A
8	5	Middlesbrough	9	2	1	1	8	5	2	1	2	8	8	1.231	10	W	L	L	W	W	1947-10-04	Liverpool	H
9	-2	Chelsea	9	3	2	0	7	3	1	0	3	4	9	0.917	10	L	W	W	D	D	1947-10-04	Aston Villa	H
10	1	Sheffield United	10	2	1	1	8	5	2	1	3	5	14	0.684	10	D	W	L	W	W	1947-10-04	Burnley	H
11	5	Liverpool	10	1	3	0	6	4	2	0	4	6	8	1	9	W	D	L	L	L	1947-10-04	Middlesbrough	A
12	-4	Manchester City	10	3	1	2	11	9	0	2	2	1	3	1	9	L	D	W	L	D	1947-10-04	Blackpool	A
13	-3	Everton	10	2	1	2	6	6	2	0	3	5	9	0.733	9	L	L	W	D	L	1947-10-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	-2	Manchester United	9	2	0	1	8	3	0	4	2	6	8	1.273	8	L	D	L	D	L	1947-10-04	Stoke City	H
15	3	Blackburn Rovers	9	1	2	1	7	4	2	0	3	5	8	1	8	W	W	D	W	L	1947-10-04	Preston North End	H
16	-2	Huddersfield Town	10	3	0	2	10	5	0	2	3	2	10	0.8	8	L	L	L	D	W	1947-10-04	Sunderland	H
17	-2	Derby County	10	1	3	1	3	4	1	1	3	5	6	0.8	8	D	L	L	L	D	1947-10-04	Grimsby Town	H
18	-1	Charlton Athletic	9	2	1	2	10	7	1	0	3	4	15	0.636	7	L	D	W	W	L	1947-10-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	0	Sunderland	10	1	2	2	7	7	1	1	3	3	9	0.625	7	D	W	L	L	D	1947-10-04	Huddersfield Town	A
20	0	Grimsby Town	10	3	0	3	7	8	0	0	4	4	21	0.379	6	L	L	W	W	L	1947-10-04	Derby County	A
21	1	Stoke City	10	1	1	3	3	6	1	0	4	3	10	0.375	5	D	L	L	L	L	1947-10-04	Manchester United	A
22	-1	Bolton Wanderers	9	1	0	3	6	6	0	2	3	1	6	0.583	4	L	D	D	L	W	1947-10-04	Charlton Athletic	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	3	3	Barnsley	Griffin Park	22,137
Gleeson, Gibbons, Buchanan	Lineups		Bennett 3
Cardiff City	1	0	Bradford	Ninian Park	39,796
Rees	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	2	Bury	Saltergate Recreation Ground	12,184
Howsam	Lineups		Constantine, Woodcock
Fulham	3	0	Newcastle United	Craven Cottage	41,454	Largest home gate 1947-48
Shepherd, Thomas S, Grant	Lineups
Leeds United	0	1	Birmingham City	Elland Road	37,135	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups		Trigg
Leicester City	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Filbert Street	32,195
Revie (p)	Lineups		Elliott
Luton Town	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Kenilworth Road	19,244
	Lineups
Millwall	3	0	Southampton	The Den, New Cross	23,161
Mansfield, Jinks, Woodward	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough	33,052
Lowes, Woodhead	Lineups		Lee
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	White Hart Lane	46,011
Jordan 2	Lineups
West Ham United	1	0	Coventry City	Upton Park	27,087
Proudlock	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	1	West Bromwich Albion	10	4	1	0	10	5	2	2	1	4	3	1.75	15	D	W	L	D	W	1947-10-04	Leeds United	H
2	-1	Bradford	10	5	0	0	17	2	2	0	3	4	8	2.1	14	L	W	L	L	W	1947-10-04	Luton Town	H
3	1	Birmingham City	10	2	2	1	6	5	4	0	1	7	2	1.857	14	W	W	L	W	D	1947-10-04	Fulham	H
4	1	Cardiff City	10	4	1	1	12	4	1	2	1	6	6	1.8	13	W	W	D	L	W	1947-10-04	Nottingham Forest	A
5	-2	Newcastle United	10	4	0	1	14	6	1	2	2	4	7	1.385	12	L	W	W	D	D	1947-10-04	Coventry City	H
6	2	West Ham United	10	3	2	0	7	3	1	2	2	6	9	1.083	12	W	W	D	W	D	1947-10-04	Chesterfield	H
7	2	Tottenham Hotspur	10	3	2	0	14	6	1	1	3	4	5	1.636	11	W	L	D	W	D	1947-10-04	Southampton	A
8	5	Sheffield Wednesday	10	4	1	1	15	10	1	0	3	4	11	0.905	11	W	L	D	W	W	1947-10-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
9	5	Fulham	10	3	0	2	11	4	2	0	3	7	9	1.385	10	W	L	L	L	W	1947-10-04	Birmingham City	A
10	-4	Leeds United	10	4	0	1	14	4	1	0	4	6	12	1.25	10	L	L	L	W	W	1947-10-04	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	4	Bury	10	3	0	2	9	6	1	2	2	7	8	1.143	10	W	L	D	W	L	1947-10-04	Millwall	H
12	-1	Luton Town	10	3	2	0	8	3	1	0	4	7	12	1	10	D	L	W	D	L	1947-10-04	Bradford	A
13	-6	Southampton	10	3	1	1	10	5	1	1	3	4	12	0.824	10	L	W	D	L	L	1947-10-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	-4	Coventry City	10	3	0	2	10	5	1	1	3	7	8	1.308	9	L	W	W	L	L	1947-10-04	Newcastle United	A
15	1	Barnsley	10	2	0	2	7	3	2	1	3	10	15	0.944	9	D	W	W	L	L	1947-10-04	Leicester City	H
16	1	Leicester City	10	2	2	1	8	8	1	1	3	3	6	0.786	9	D	L	L	D	W	1947-10-04	Barnsley	A
17	-5	Doncaster Rovers	10	2	3	0	9	5	1	0	4	5	13	0.778	9	L	D	W	W	L	1947-10-04	Sheffield Wednesday	H
18	3	Millwall	9	2	1	2	6	4	0	2	2	5	10	0.786	7	W	D	W	L	L	1947-10-04	Bury	A
19	-1	Chesterfield	9	0	0	4	1	7	3	1	1	8	6	0.692	7	L	L	L	W	W	1947-10-04	West Ham United	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	10	2	1	1	2	3	0	2	4	3	17	0.25	7	D	L	W	W	L	1947-10-04	Brentford	H
21	-2	Nottingham Forest	10	3	0	2	7	6	0	0	5	4	12	0.611	6	L	W	W	L	L	1947-10-04	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Brentford	10	1	1	3	8	13	0	0	5	2	14	0.37	3	D	L	L	L	W	1947-10-04	Plymouth Argyle	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	0	2	Hull City	Holker Street	9,182
	Lineups		Moore, Richardson
Bradford City	1	0	Stockport County	Valley Parade	10,771
Murphy G	Lineups
Carlisle United	5	2	Crewe Alexandra	Brunton Park	13,986
Lindsay 4, Hayton	Lineups		Taylor, Finan
Darlington	0	6	Oldham Athletic	Feethams Ground	7,296
	Lineups		Haddington 3, Fryer 2, Blackshaw
Gateshead	0	0	York City	Redheugh Park	6,723
	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	1	Lincoln City	The Shay	7,162
	Lineups		Hutchinson
Hartlepools United	1	0	Mansfield Town	Victoria Park	7,497
Isaac	Lineups
Rochdale	2	1	Southport	Spotland	8,213
Moss, Arthur	Lineups		Heslop
Rotherham United	2	1	Chester	Millmoor	14,262
Ardron, Mosby	Lineups		Turner
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	New Brighton	Prenton Park	17,359	Largest home gate 1947-48
Harlock	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Accrington Stanley	Racecourse Ground	12,045
Roberts S	Lineups		Mercer

				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	10	4	1	0	14	4	2	1	2	4	4	2.25	14	D	L	W	W	W	1947-10-04	Hull City	A
2	0	Rotherham United	11	4	2	1	14	6	1	2	1	10	8	1.714	14	W	W	D	L	W	1947-10-04	Mansfield Town	A
3	0	Tranmere Rovers	9	4	0	1	11	5	2	1	1	7	5	1.8	13	W	W	W	W	W	1947-10-04	Darlington	H
4	0	Hull City	10	2	1	1	7	5	3	2	1	7	3	1.75	13	W	W	W	D	L	1947-10-04	Wrexham	H
5	0	Carlisle United	9	3	2	0	15	6	2	1	1	10	12	1.389	13	W	W	L	W	D	1947-10-04	Chester	A
6	1	Lincoln City	9	3	0	2	11	7	2	2	0	4	2	1.667	12	W	W	W	L	W	1947-10-04	Rochdale	H
7	-1	York City	9	3	1	1	11	4	1	2	1	5	6	1.6	11	D	L	L	W	W	1947-10-04	Hartlepools United	H
8	0	Accrington Stanley	9	2	0	1	9	5	3	1	2	9	8	1.385	11	D	L	L	W	W	1947-09-30	New Brighton	H
9	3	Bradford City	10	3	1	1	8	5	2	0	3	6	9	1	11	W	L	D	L	W	1947-10-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
10	-1	Chester	10	3	2	0	9	4	1	0	4	5	8	1.167	10	L	W	L	L	W	1947-10-04	Carlisle United	H
11	-1	Barrow	10	1	1	3	2	5	2	3	0	6	4	0.889	10	L	W	D	L	L	1947-10-04	Stockport County	A
12	-1	Crewe Alexandra	10	2	2	1	7	6	2	0	3	7	12	0.778	10	L	D	W	W	L	1947-10-04	Bradford City	H
13	1	Rochdale	9	3	1	1	8	7	0	3	1	2	6	0.769	10	W	D	D	L	W	1947-10-04	Lincoln City	A
14	-1	Gateshead	9	1	1	2	4	6	2	2	1	4	5	0.727	9	D	W	W	L	W	1947-10-04	Oldham Athletic	A
15	5	Hartlepools United	9	1	2	1	4	4	1	1	3	5	8	0.75	7	W	L	W	L	D	1947-10-04	York City	A
16	-1	New Brighton	8	0	2	2	1	4	2	1	1	5	4	0.75	7	L	D	W	W	D	1947-09-30	Accrington Stanley	A
17	-1	Southport	10	2	1	2	6	7	1	0	4	6	11	0.667	7	L	W	W	L	W	1947-10-04	New Brighton	H
18	-1	Mansfield Town	9	1	0	4	8	11	1	2	1	3	3	0.786	6	L	L	W	L	L	1947-10-04	Rotherham United	H
19	-1	Darlington	9	0	1	3	2	10	2	1	2	7	8	0.5	6	L	W	L	L	D	1947-10-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	-1	Stockport County	10	1	2	1	3	3	1	0	5	6	16	0.474	6	L	L	L	D	L	1947-10-04	Barrow	H
21	1	Oldham Athletic	9	0	2	3	3	10	1	0	3	8	7	0.647	4	W	L	L	D	L	1947-10-04	Gateshead	H
22	-1	Halifax Town	10	1	0	4	5	6	1	0	4	4	13	0.474	4	L	L	L	L	W	1947-10-04	Accrington Stanley	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Recreation Ground	6,997
Hood	Lineups		Vickers
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Walsall	Dean Court	19,587
Milligan	Lineups		Lishman
Bristol Rovers	0	2	Bristol City	Eastville	34,188	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups		Chilcott, Clark
Crystal Palace	1	2	Watford	Selhurst Park	16,764
Robson	Lineups		Davies T, Nolan
Ipswich Town	1	0	Reading	Portman Road	15,195
Parker T	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	0	Norwich City	County Ground	9,757
Garrett	Lineups
Notts County	1	1	Exeter City	Meadow Lane	20,851
Lyman	Lineups		Ebdon
Southend United	1	0	Newport County	Greyhound Stadium	11,447
Thompson	Lineups
Swansea Town	5	0	Leyton Orient	Vetch Field	16,576
James 2, McCrory 2, Lockhart	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Port Vale	County Ground	16,828
Lucas	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Plainmoor	10,402
Hill	Lineups		Smith G

				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	11	6	0	0	15	3	3	2	0	12	3	4.5	20	D	W	W	W	W	1947-10-02	Southend United	H
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	10	4	1	0	11	1	2	2	1	7	7	2.25	15	D	L	W	W	D	1947-10-04	Leyton Orient	A
3	1	Bristol City	10	5	0	0	20	2	2	0	3	5	6	3.125	14	W	W	W	L	W	1947-10-04	Reading	A
4	-1	Walsall	10	4	1	0	15	2	2	1	2	5	6	2.5	14	D	W	W	L	D	1947-10-04	Ipswich Town	H
5	4	Ipswich Town	10	4	1	0	10	1	1	1	3	8	10	1.636	12	W	L	W	W	L	1947-10-04	Walsall	A
6	5	Northampton Town	10	4	0	1	8	3	1	2	2	6	9	1.167	12	W	W	D	L	W	1947-10-04	Bristol Rovers	A
7	-1	Port Vale	10	3	2	0	17	6	1	1	3	4	9	1.4	11	L	D	W	L	D	1947-10-04	Southend United	H
8	-3	Bristol Rovers	11	2	2	2	10	8	1	3	1	9	6	1.357	11	L	D	W	D	W	1947-10-04	Northampton Town	H
9	-2	Newport County	10	3	1	0	10	4	1	2	3	4	10	1	11	L	W	L	W	D	1947-10-04	Notts County	H
10	-2	Reading	10	3	1	1	8	3	0	3	2	2	4	1.429	10	L	W	L	D	D	1947-10-04	Bristol City	H
11	2	Swansea Town	11	3	2	0	13	2	0	2	4	7	13	1.333	10	W	D	L	W	D	1947-10-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	-2	Crystal Palace	10	3	1	1	6	3	0	3	2	2	5	1	10	L	L	D	W	D	1947-10-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
13	-1	Torquay United	10	2	3	1	10	7	0	2	2	3	5	1.083	9	D	D	D	D	D	1947-10-04	Watford	A
14	1	Watford	10	2	1	2	11	9	2	0	3	3	12	0.667	9	W	L	L	W	D	1947-10-04	Torquay United	H
15	-1	Exeter City	11	2	2	0	3	1	1	1	5	5	16	0.471	9	D	L	D	L	L	1947-10-04	Swansea Town	H
16	1	Southend United	10	3	2	0	8	5	0	1	4	0	19	0.333	9	W	D	L	W	D	1947-10-02	Queens Park Rangers	A
17	2	Swindon Town	10	1	4	1	4	4	0	2	2	4	7	0.727	8	W	L	L	D	D	1947-10-04	Queens Park Rangers	A
18	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	2	0	3	5	10	1	2	2	6	10	0.55	8	D	L	W	L	D	1947-10-01	Swansea Town	H
19	-1	Aldershot	10	1	3	1	7	8	1	0	4	7	12	0.7	7	D	W	D	L	L	1947-10-04	Norwich City	A
20	0	Notts County	10	2	2	1	7	5	0	0	5	3	13	0.556	6	D	L	L	W	D	1947-10-04	Newport County	A
21	0	Leyton Orient	10	1	2	2	5	7	0	1	4	3	17	0.333	5	L	W	L	L	L	1947-10-04	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
22	0	Norwich City	10	1	1	3	5	13	0	1	4	2	9	0.318	4	L	L	D	L	D	1947-10-04	Aldershot	H