Saturday 1947-10-04

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Portsmouth	Highbury	62,461
	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	3	Preston North End	Ewood Park	46,874	Largest home gate 1947-48
Oakes, Graham	Lineups		Finney, McLaren, Shankly (p)
Blackpool	1	1	Manchester City	Bloomfield Road	30,930
Mortensen	Lineups		Wharton
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	The Valley	31,284
Duffy, Vaughan	Lineups		Rothwell
Chelsea	4	2	Aston Villa	Stamford Bridge	67,789	Largest home gate 1947-48
Lawton 2, Campbell 2	Lineups		Dixon, Ford (p)
Derby County	4	1	Grimsby Town	Baseball Ground	24,274
Morrison 2, Broome, Antonio	Lineups		Cairns
Everton	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Goodison Park	48,106
Boyes	Lineups		Hancocks
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Sunderland	Leeds Road	24,928
Thompson, Metcalfe	Lineups		Reynolds 2
Manchester United	1	1	Stoke City	Maine Road	45,745
Hanlon	Lineups		Kiernan
Middlesbrough	3	1	Liverpool	Ayresome Park	41,140
Fenton 2, Spuhler	Lineups		Balmer
Sheffield United	1	1	Burnley	Bramall Lane	40,930
Nightingale	Lineups		Billingham

				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	10	5	1	0	16	2	3	1	0	7	3	4.6	18	D	W	W	D	W	1947-10-11	Aston Villa	H
2	0	Preston North End	11	4	1	0	7	3	4	0	2	10	10	1.308	17	W	W	L	W	D	1947-10-11	Manchester City	H
3	0	Blackpool	11	3	2	1	11	4	3	1	1	5	4	2	15	D	W	L	D	W	1947-10-11	Burnley	A
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	0	1	16	5	2	2	1	11	7	2.25	14	D	W	W	W	L	1947-10-11	Charlton Athletic	A
5	0	Portsmouth	10	4	0	1	13	2	2	1	2	5	7	2	13	D	W	W	W	W	1947-10-11	Derby County	H
6	2	Middlesbrough	10	3	1	1	11	6	2	1	2	8	8	1.357	12	W	W	L	L	W	1947-10-11	Everton	H
7	2	Chelsea	10	4	2	0	11	5	1	0	3	4	9	1.071	12	W	L	W	W	D	1947-10-11	Liverpool	A
8	-1	Burnley	10	2	1	2	5	3	1	4	0	5	4	1.429	11	D	L	D	W	D	1947-10-11	Blackpool	H
9	-3	Aston Villa	11	3	1	1	8	3	1	2	3	5	11	0.929	11	L	W	W	L	L	1947-10-11	Arsenal	A
10	0	Sheffield United	11	2	2	1	9	6	2	1	3	5	14	0.7	11	D	D	W	L	W	1947-10-11	Sunderland	H
11	6	Derby County	11	2	3	1	7	5	1	1	3	5	6	1.091	10	W	D	L	L	L	1947-10-11	Portsmouth	A
12	0	Manchester City	11	3	1	2	11	9	0	3	2	2	4	1	10	D	L	D	W	L	1947-10-11	Preston North End	A
13	0	Everton	11	2	2	2	7	7	2	0	3	5	9	0.75	10	D	L	L	W	D	1947-10-11	Middlesbrough	A
14	0	Manchester United	10	2	1	1	9	4	0	4	2	6	8	1.25	9	D	L	D	L	D	1947-10-11	Grimsby Town	H
15	-4	Liverpool	11	1	3	0	6	4	2	0	5	7	11	0.867	9	L	W	D	L	L	1947-10-11	Chelsea	H
16	0	Huddersfield Town	11	3	1	2	12	7	0	2	3	2	10	0.824	9	D	L	L	L	D	1947-10-11	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	1	Charlton Athletic	10	3	1	2	12	8	1	0	3	4	15	0.696	9	W	L	D	W	W	1947-10-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	-3	Blackburn Rovers	10	1	2	2	9	7	2	0	3	5	8	0.933	8	L	W	W	D	W	1947-10-11	Stoke City	A
19	0	Sunderland	11	1	2	2	7	7	1	2	3	5	11	0.667	8	D	D	W	L	L	1947-10-11	Sheffield United	A
20	1	Stoke City	11	1	1	3	3	6	1	1	4	4	11	0.412	6	D	D	L	L	L	1947-10-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
21	-1	Grimsby Town	11	3	0	3	7	8	0	0	5	5	25	0.364	6	L	L	L	W	W	1947-10-11	Manchester United	A
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	10	1	0	3	6	6	0	2	4	2	8	0.571	4	L	L	D	D	L	1947-10-11	Huddersfield Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	0	Leicester City	Oakwell	20,765
Smith, Frame OG	Lineups
Birmingham City	3	1	Fulham	St Andrew's	39,758
Bodle, Trigg 2	Lineups		Watson
Bradford	2	2	Luton Town	Park Avenue	21,568
McIlvenny, Downie	Lineups		Billington, Daniel
Bury	0	0	Millwall	Gigg Lane	15,715
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Belle Vue	29,446
	Lineups		Dailey
Newcastle United	0	0	Coventry City	St James' Park	55,569
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	2	Cardiff City	City Ground	30,618
Jones (p)	Lineups		Gibson 2
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Brentford	Home Park	23,959
	Lineups
Southampton	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	The Dell	23,840
Day	Lineups		Duquemin
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Leeds United	The Hawthorns	30,479
Lunn 2, Elliott	Lineups		Heaton, Wakefield
West Ham United	4	0	Chesterfield	Upton Park	25,888
Tucker 3, 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	0	West Bromwich Albion	11	5	1	0	13	7	2	2	1	4	3	1.7	17	W	D	W	L	D	1947-10-11	Millwall	H
2	1	Birmingham City	11	3	2	1	9	6	4	0	1	7	2	2	16	W	W	W	L	W	1947-10-11	Chesterfield	H
3	-1	Bradford	11	5	1	0	19	4	2	0	3	4	8	1.917	15	D	L	W	L	L	1947-10-11	Brentford	A
4	0	Cardiff City	11	4	1	1	12	4	2	2	1	8	7	1.818	15	W	W	W	D	L	1947-10-11	Luton Town	H
5	1	West Ham United	11	4	2	0	11	3	1	2	2	6	9	1.417	14	W	W	W	D	W	1947-10-11	Newcastle United	A
6	-1	Newcastle United	11	4	1	1	14	6	1	2	2	4	7	1.385	13	D	L	W	W	D	1947-10-11	West Ham United	H
7	1	Sheffield Wednesday	11	4	1	1	15	10	2	0	3	5	11	0.952	13	W	W	L	D	W	1947-10-11	Plymouth Argyle	A
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	11	3	2	0	14	6	1	2	3	5	6	1.583	12	D	W	L	D	W	1947-10-11	Barnsley	A
9	2	Bury	11	3	1	2	9	6	1	2	2	7	8	1.143	11	D	W	L	D	W	1947-10-11	Coventry City	A
10	5	Barnsley	11	3	0	2	9	3	2	1	3	10	15	1.056	11	W	D	W	W	L	1947-10-11	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	1	Luton Town	11	3	2	0	8	3	1	1	4	9	14	1	11	D	D	L	W	D	1947-10-11	Cardiff City	A
12	1	Southampton	11	3	2	1	11	6	1	1	3	4	12	0.833	11	D	L	W	D	L	1947-10-11	Fulham	A
13	1	Coventry City	11	3	0	2	10	5	1	2	3	7	8	1.308	10	D	L	W	W	L	1947-10-11	Bury	H
14	-5	Fulham	11	3	0	2	11	4	2	0	4	8	12	1.188	10	L	W	L	L	L	1947-10-11	Southampton	H
15	-5	Leeds United	11	4	0	1	14	4	1	0	5	8	15	1.158	10	L	L	L	L	W	1947-10-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	1	Doncaster Rovers	11	2	3	1	9	6	1	0	4	5	13	0.737	9	L	L	D	W	W	1947-10-11	Leeds United	A
17	-1	Leicester City	11	2	2	1	8	8	1	1	4	3	8	0.688	9	L	D	L	L	D	1947-10-11	Nottingham Forest	H
18	0	Millwall	10	2	1	2	6	4	0	3	2	5	10	0.786	8	D	W	D	W	L	1947-10-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
19	1	Plymouth Argyle	11	2	2	1	2	3	0	2	4	3	17	0.25	8	D	D	L	W	W	1947-10-11	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	-1	Chesterfield	10	0	0	4	1	7	3	1	2	8	10	0.529	7	L	L	L	L	W	1947-10-11	Birmingham City	A
21	0	Nottingham Forest	11	3	0	3	8	8	0	0	5	4	12	0.6	6	L	L	W	W	L	1947-10-11	Leicester City	A
22	0	Brentford	11	1	1	3	8	13	0	1	5	2	14	0.37	4	D	D	L	L	L	1947-10-11	Bradford	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	0	Halifax Town	Peel Park	6,969
Keeley 2	Lineups
Chester	4	1	Carlisle United	Sealand Road	7,910
Coffin, Astbury 2, Burden	Lineups		Broadis
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Bradford City	Gresty Road	9,367
Taylor, Finan, Meaney J,	Lineups		Shearer, Murphy G
Hull City	1	1	Wrexham	Boothferry Park	32,188
Richardson	Lineups		Tunnicliffe (p)
Lincoln City	3	0	Rochdale	Sincil Bank	12,246
Hutchinson 2, McCormick	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	1	Rotherham United	Field Mill	13,886
Bryant, Oscroft	Lineups		Ardron
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Gateshead	Boundary Park	16,992
	Lineups		Ingham
Southport	4	0	New Brighton	Haig Avenue	9,170
Humble 2, Wyles 2	Lineups
Stockport County	2	3	Barrow	Edgeley Park	9,652
Brinton, Shaw	Lineups		Miller 3
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Darlington	Prenton Park	12,318
	Lineups		Chadwick
York City	4	0	Hartlepools United	Bootham Crescent	9,219
Allen 2, Patrick M, Winters	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	Wrexham	11	4	1	0	14	4	2	2	2	5	5	2.111	15	D	D	L	W	W	1947-10-11	Chester	H
2	3	Accrington Stanley	11	4	0	1	16	8	3	1	2	9	8	1.563	15	W	W	D	L	L	1947-10-11	Gateshead	H
3	4	Lincoln City	10	4	0	2	14	7	2	2	0	4	2	2	14	W	W	W	W	L	1947-10-11	Darlington	H
4	0	Hull City	11	2	2	1	8	6	3	2	1	7	3	1.667	14	D	W	W	W	D	1947-10-11	Hartlepools United	H
5	-3	Rotherham United	12	4	2	1	14	6	1	2	2	11	10	1.563	14	L	W	W	D	L	1947-10-11	Stockport County	A
6	2	York City	10	4	1	1	15	4	1	2	1	5	6	2	13	W	D	L	L	W	1947-10-11	Rochdale	A
7	-4	Tranmere Rovers	10	4	0	2	11	6	2	1	1	7	5	1.636	13	L	W	W	W	W	1947-10-11	Southport	A
8	-2	Carlisle United	10	3	2	0	15	6	2	1	2	11	16	1.182	13	L	W	W	L	W	1947-10-11	Bradford City	A
9	1	Chester	11	4	2	0	13	5	1	0	4	5	8	1.385	12	W	L	W	L	L	1947-10-11	Wrexham	A
10	1	Barrow	11	1	1	3	2	5	3	3	0	9	6	1	12	W	L	W	D	L	1947-10-11	Crewe Alexandra	H
11	1	Crewe Alexandra	11	3	2	1	10	8	2	0	3	7	12	0.85	12	W	L	D	W	W	1947-10-11	Barrow	A
12	-3	Bradford City	11	3	1	1	8	5	2	0	4	8	12	0.941	11	L	W	L	D	L	1947-10-11	Carlisle United	H
13	1	Gateshead	10	1	1	2	4	6	3	2	1	5	5	0.818	11	W	D	W	W	L	1947-10-11	Accrington Stanley	A
14	-1	Rochdale	10	3	1	1	8	7	0	3	2	2	9	0.625	10	L	W	D	D	L	1947-10-11	York City	H
15	2	Southport	11	3	1	2	10	7	1	0	4	6	11	0.889	9	W	L	W	W	L	1947-10-11	Tranmere Rovers	H
16	2	Mansfield Town	10	2	0	4	10	12	1	2	1	3	3	0.867	8	W	L	L	W	L	1947-10-11	Halifax Town	A
17	2	Darlington	10	0	1	3	2	10	3	1	2	8	8	0.556	8	W	L	W	L	L	1947-10-11	Lincoln City	A
18	-3	Hartlepools United	10	1	2	1	4	4	1	1	4	5	12	0.563	7	L	W	L	W	L	1947-10-11	Hull City	A
19	-3	New Brighton	10	0	2	2	1	4	2	1	3	8	13	0.529	7	L	L	L	D	W	1947-10-11	Oldham Athletic	H
20	0	Stockport County	11	1	2	2	5	6	1	0	5	6	16	0.5	6	L	L	L	L	D	1947-10-11	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Oldham Athletic	10	0	2	4	3	11	1	0	3	8	7	0.611	4	L	W	L	L	D	1947-10-11	New Brighton	A
22	0	Halifax Town	11	1	0	4	5	6	1	0	5	4	15	0.429	4	L	L	L	L	L	1947-10-11	Mansfield Town	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Crystal Palace	Goldstone Ground	10,240
James	Lineups		Robson
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Northampton Town	Eastville	15,098
Leamon	Lineups		Briscoe, Morrall
Exeter City	3	1	Swansea Town	St James Park	8,525
Hutchings, Thompson, Regan	Lineups		O'Driscoll
Leyton Orient	2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Brisbane Road	11,704
Johnson, Hunt	Lineups
Newport County	3	1	Notts County	Somerton Park	14,015
Williams, Mogford, Emmanuel	Lineups		Marsh
Norwich City	0	1	Aldershot	Carrow Road	15,247
	Lineups		Mycock
Port Vale	2	1	Southend United	Recreation Ground	15,106
Allen, Smith J	Lineups		Whitchurch
Queens Park Rangers	0	2	Swindon Town	Loftus Road	25,092
	Lineups		Owen 2
Reading	2	7	Bristol City	Elm Park	17,529
Edelston, MacPhee	Lineups		Clark 4, Kearney 2, Townsend
Walsall	1	2	Ipswich Town	Fellows Park	18,394
Lishman	Lineups		Baird, Day
Watford	2	2	Torquay United	Vicarage Road	9,946
Nolan 2	Lineups		Shaw, Mercer

				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	13	7	0	1	18	7	3	2	0	12	3	3	22	L	W	D	W	W	1947-10-11	Swansea Town	A
2	1	Bristol City	11	5	0	0	20	2	3	0	3	12	8	3.2	16	W	W	W	W	L	1947-10-11	Norwich City	H
3	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	11	4	1	0	11	1	2	2	2	7	9	1.8	15	L	D	L	W	W	1947-10-11	Watford	H
4	0	Walsall	11	4	1	1	16	4	2	1	2	5	6	2.1	14	L	D	W	W	L	1947-10-11	Northampton Town	H
5	0	Ipswich Town	11	4	1	0	10	1	2	1	3	10	11	1.667	14	W	W	L	W	W	1947-10-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	1	Northampton Town	11	4	0	1	8	3	2	2	2	8	10	1.231	14	W	W	W	D	L	1947-10-11	Walsall	A
7	1	Port Vale	11	4	2	0	19	7	1	1	3	4	9	1.438	13	W	L	D	W	L	1947-10-11	Notts County	A
8	2	Newport County	11	4	1	0	13	5	1	2	3	4	10	1.133	13	W	L	W	L	W	1947-10-11	Torquay United	H
9	-3	Swansea Town	13	3	2	0	13	2	1	2	5	9	16	1.222	12	L	W	W	D	L	1947-10-11	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	-1	Bristol Rovers	12	2	2	3	11	10	1	3	1	9	6	1.25	11	L	L	D	W	D	1947-10-11	Reading	A
11	1	Crystal Palace	11	3	1	1	6	3	0	4	2	3	6	1	11	D	L	L	D	W	1947-10-11	Exeter City	A
12	3	Exeter City	12	3	2	0	6	2	1	1	5	5	16	0.611	11	W	D	L	D	L	1947-10-11	Crystal Palace	H
13	0	Torquay United	11	2	3	1	10	7	0	3	2	5	7	1.071	10	D	D	D	D	D	1947-10-11	Newport County	A
14	3	Swindon Town	11	1	4	1	4	4	1	2	2	6	7	0.909	10	W	W	L	L	D	1947-10-11	Southend United	A
15	-4	Reading	11	3	1	2	10	10	0	3	2	2	4	0.857	10	L	L	W	L	D	1947-10-11	Bristol Rovers	H
16	-2	Watford	11	2	2	2	13	11	2	0	3	3	12	0.696	10	D	W	L	L	W	1947-10-11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
17	2	Aldershot	11	1	3	1	7	8	2	0	4	8	12	0.75	9	W	D	W	D	L	1947-10-11	Leyton Orient	A
18	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	12	2	1	4	6	12	1	2	2	6	10	0.545	9	D	L	D	L	W	1947-10-11	Ipswich Town	A
19	-3	Southend United	12	3	2	0	8	5	0	1	6	3	24	0.379	9	L	L	W	D	L	1947-10-11	Swindon Town	H
20	1	Leyton Orient	11	2	2	2	7	7	0	1	4	3	17	0.417	7	W	L	W	L	L	1947-10-11	Aldershot	H
21	-1	Notts County	11	2	2	1	7	5	0	0	6	4	16	0.524	6	L	D	L	L	W	1947-10-11	Port Vale	H
22	0	Norwich City	11	1	1	4	5	14	0	1	4	2	9	0.304	4	L	L	L	D	L	1947-10-11	Bristol City	A