Saturday 1947-10-11

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	Aston Villa	Highbury	60,428
Rooke	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	5	Huddersfield Town	Burnden Park	27,590
Lofthouse	Lineups		Doherty, Rodgers 3, Whittingham
Burnley	1	0	Blackpool	Turf Moor	52,869	Largest home gate 1947-48
Potts	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	5	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Valley	45,805
Vaughan, McCrae, Hurst, Duffy 2	Lineups		Mullen
Liverpool	3	0	Chelsea	Anfield Road	51,359
Priday, Stubbins, Liddell	Lineups
Manchester United	3	4	Grimsby Town	Maine Road	41,202
Mitten, Morris, Rowley	Lineups		Cairns 3, Blenkinsopp
Middlesbrough	0	1	Everton	Ayresome Park	38,686
	Lineups		Wainwright
Portsmouth	0	0	Derby County	Fratton Park	43,459	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups
Preston North End	2	1	Manchester City	Deepdale	35,947
McLaren, Shankly (p)	Lineups		Black
Sheffield United	3	2	Sunderland	Bramall Lane	40,614
Nightingale, Collindridge, Hagan	Lineups		Davis, Reynolds
Stoke City	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Victoria Ground	33,984
Mountford G, Mountford F	Lineups		Langton (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	11	6	1	0	17	2	3	1	0	7	3	4.8	20	W	D	W	W	D	1947-10-18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	0	Preston North End	12	5	1	0	9	4	4	0	2	10	10	1.357	19	W	W	W	L	W	1947-10-18	Grimsby Town	A
3	0	Blackpool	12	3	2	1	11	4	3	1	2	5	5	1.778	15	L	D	W	L	D	1947-10-18	Portsmouth	H
4	1	Portsmouth	11	4	1	1	13	2	2	1	2	5	7	2	14	D	D	W	W	W	1947-10-18	Blackpool	A
5	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	4	0	1	16	5	2	2	2	12	12	1.647	14	L	D	W	W	W	1947-10-18	Arsenal	H
6	2	Burnley	11	3	1	2	6	3	1	4	0	5	4	1.571	13	W	D	L	D	W	1947-10-18	Blackburn Rovers	A
7	3	Sheffield United	12	3	2	1	12	8	2	1	3	5	14	0.773	13	W	D	D	W	L	1947-10-18	Aston Villa	A
8	-2	Middlesbrough	11	3	1	2	11	7	2	1	2	8	8	1.267	12	L	W	W	L	L	1947-10-18	Chelsea	A
9	-2	Chelsea	11	4	2	0	11	5	1	0	4	4	12	0.882	12	L	W	L	W	W	1947-10-18	Middlesbrough	H
10	3	Everton	12	2	2	2	7	7	3	0	3	6	9	0.813	12	W	D	L	L	W	1947-10-18	Charlton Athletic	H
11	0	Derby County	12	2	3	1	7	5	1	2	3	5	6	1.091	11	D	W	D	L	L	1947-10-18	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	3	Liverpool	12	2	3	0	9	4	2	0	5	7	11	1.067	11	W	L	W	D	L	1947-10-18	Huddersfield Town	A
13	3	Huddersfield Town	12	3	1	2	12	7	1	2	3	7	11	1.056	11	W	D	L	L	L	1947-10-18	Liverpool	H
14	3	Charlton Athletic	11	4	1	2	17	9	1	0	3	4	15	0.875	11	W	W	L	D	W	1947-10-18	Everton	A
15	-6	Aston Villa	12	3	1	1	8	3	1	2	4	5	12	0.867	11	L	L	W	W	L	1947-10-18	Sheffield United	H
16	-4	Manchester City	12	3	1	2	11	9	0	3	3	3	6	0.933	10	L	D	L	D	W	1947-10-18	Stoke City	H
17	-3	Manchester United	11	2	1	2	12	8	0	4	2	6	8	1.125	9	L	D	L	D	L	1947-10-18	Sunderland	A
18	0	Blackburn Rovers	11	1	2	2	9	7	2	0	4	6	10	0.882	8	L	L	W	W	D	1947-10-18	Burnley	H
19	0	Sunderland	12	1	2	2	7	7	1	2	4	7	14	0.667	8	L	D	D	W	L	1947-10-18	Manchester United	H
20	0	Stoke City	12	2	1	3	5	7	1	1	4	4	11	0.5	8	W	D	D	L	L	1947-10-18	Manchester City	A
21	0	Grimsby Town	12	3	0	3	7	8	1	0	5	9	28	0.444	8	W	L	L	L	W	1947-10-18	Preston North End	H
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	11	1	0	4	7	11	0	2	4	2	8	0.474	4	L	L	L	D	D	1947-10-18	Derby County	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Oakwell	24,715
Baxter, Bennett	Lineups		Duquemin
Birmingham City	0	0	Chesterfield	St Andrew's	37,918
	Lineups
Brentford	2	1	Bradford	Griffin Park	24,682
Dawson, Girling	Lineups		Downie
Cardiff City	1	0	Luton Town	Ninian Park	39,505
Rees	Lineups
Coventry City	0	0	Bury	Highfield Road	25,577
	Lineups
Fulham	0	2	Southampton	Craven Cottage	24,437
	Lineups		Bates 2
Leeds United	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Elland Road	34,775
	Lineups
Leicester City	3	1	Nottingham Forest	Filbert Street	27,717
Dewis, Lee 2	Lineups		Lee
Newcastle United	1	0	West Ham United	St James' Park	55,767
Milburn	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Home Park	21,699
	Lineups		Dailey, Woodhead
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Millwall	The Hawthorns	32,661
Walsh 2	Lineups		Jinks

				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	12	6	1	0	15	8	2	2	1	4	3	1.727	19	W	W	D	W	L	1947-10-18	Chesterfield	A
2	0	Birmingham City	12	3	3	1	9	6	4	0	1	7	2	2	17	D	W	W	W	L	1947-10-18	West Ham United	A
3	1	Cardiff City	12	5	1	1	13	4	2	2	1	8	7	1.909	17	W	W	W	W	D	1947-10-18	Brentford	A
4	-1	Bradford	12	5	1	0	19	4	2	0	4	5	10	1.714	15	L	D	L	W	L	1947-10-18	Leicester City	H
5	1	Newcastle United	12	5	1	1	15	6	1	2	2	4	7	1.462	15	W	D	L	W	W	1947-10-18	Bury	A
6	1	Sheffield Wednesday	12	4	1	1	15	10	3	0	3	7	11	1.048	15	W	W	W	L	D	1947-10-18	Luton Town	H
7	-2	West Ham United	12	4	2	0	11	3	1	2	3	6	10	1.308	14	L	W	W	W	D	1947-10-18	Birmingham City	H
8	2	Barnsley	12	4	0	2	11	4	2	1	3	10	15	1.105	13	W	W	D	W	W	1947-10-18	Millwall	A
9	3	Southampton	12	3	2	1	11	6	2	1	3	6	12	0.944	13	W	D	L	W	D	1947-10-18	Coventry City	H
10	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	12	3	2	0	14	6	1	2	4	6	8	1.429	12	L	D	W	L	D	1947-10-18	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	-2	Bury	12	3	1	2	9	6	1	3	2	7	8	1.143	12	D	D	W	L	D	1947-10-18	Newcastle United	H
12	1	Coventry City	12	3	1	2	10	5	1	2	3	7	8	1.308	11	D	D	L	W	W	1947-10-18	Southampton	A
13	2	Leeds United	12	4	1	1	14	4	1	0	5	8	15	1.158	11	D	L	L	L	L	1947-10-18	Nottingham Forest	A
14	-3	Luton Town	12	3	2	0	8	3	1	1	5	9	15	0.944	11	L	D	D	L	W	1947-10-18	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	2	Leicester City	12	3	2	1	11	9	1	1	4	3	8	0.824	11	W	L	D	L	L	1947-10-18	Bradford	A
16	-2	Fulham	12	3	0	3	11	6	2	0	4	8	12	1.056	10	L	L	W	L	L	1947-10-18	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	-1	Doncaster Rovers	12	2	3	1	9	6	1	1	4	5	13	0.737	10	D	L	L	D	W	1947-10-18	Fulham	H
18	0	Millwall	11	2	1	2	6	4	0	3	3	6	12	0.75	8	L	D	W	D	W	1947-10-18	Barnsley	H
19	1	Chesterfield	11	0	0	4	1	7	3	2	2	8	10	0.529	8	D	L	L	L	L	1947-10-18	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	-1	Plymouth Argyle	12	2	2	2	2	5	0	2	4	3	17	0.227	8	L	D	D	L	W	1947-10-18	Tottenham Hotspur	A
21	0	Nottingham Forest	12	3	0	3	8	8	0	0	6	5	15	0.565	6	L	L	L	W	W	1947-10-18	Leeds United	H
22	0	Brentford	12	2	1	3	10	14	0	1	5	2	14	0.429	6	W	D	D	L	L	1947-10-18	Cardiff City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	0	Gateshead	Peel Park	7,265
Marvin	Lineups
Barrow	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Holker Street	7,308
Wood, Burnett	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Carlisle United	Valley Parade	10,645
Shearer (p)	Lineups		Broadis
Halifax Town	1	1	Mansfield Town	The Shay	6,713
Collins	Lineups		Shell
Hull City	5	0	Hartlepools United	Boothferry Park	25,414
Moore 3, Richardson, Tootill OG	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	1	Darlington	Sincil Bank	12,077
Walshaw 2, Hutchinson	Lineups		Bower
New Brighton	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Tower Athletic Grounds	5,890
McLean, Hitchen	Lineups		Blackshaw, Wilson
Rochdale	3	0	York City	Spotland	8,743
O'Donnell 2, Sibley	Lineups
Southport	1	4	Tranmere Rovers	Haig Avenue	10,500
Humble	Lineups		Harlock, Lamb, Bridges, Jones
Stockport County	2	2	Rotherham United	Edgeley Park	11,576
Jessop, Brinton	Lineups		Armitage, Mosby
Wrexham	2	1	Chester	Racecourse Ground	21,131	Largest home gate 1947-48
Tunnicliffe 2	Lineups		Marsh (p)

				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	12	5	1	0	16	5	2	2	2	5	5	2.1	17	W	D	D	L	W	1947-10-18	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	0	Accrington Stanley	12	5	0	1	17	8	3	1	2	9	8	1.625	17	W	W	W	D	L	1947-10-18	Darlington	A
3	1	Hull City	12	3	2	1	13	6	3	2	1	7	3	2.222	16	W	D	W	W	W	1947-10-18	Gateshead	A
4	-1	Lincoln City	11	5	0	2	17	8	2	2	0	4	2	2.1	16	W	W	W	W	W	1947-10-18	Tranmere Rovers	A
5	2	Tranmere Rovers	11	4	0	2	11	6	3	1	1	11	6	1.833	15	W	L	W	W	W	1947-10-18	Lincoln City	H
6	-1	Rotherham United	13	4	2	1	14	6	1	3	2	13	12	1.5	15	D	L	W	W	D	1947-10-18	Bradford City	H
7	3	Barrow	12	2	1	3	4	5	3	3	0	9	6	1.182	14	W	W	L	W	D	1947-10-18	Carlisle United	A
8	0	Carlisle United	11	3	2	0	15	6	2	2	2	12	17	1.174	14	D	L	W	W	L	1947-10-18	Barrow	H
9	-3	York City	11	4	1	1	15	4	1	2	2	5	9	1.538	13	L	W	D	L	L	1947-10-18	New Brighton	H
10	-1	Chester	12	4	2	0	13	5	1	0	5	6	10	1.267	12	L	W	L	W	L	1947-10-18	Halifax Town	H
11	1	Bradford City	12	3	2	1	9	6	2	0	4	8	12	0.944	12	D	L	W	L	D	1947-10-18	Rotherham United	A
12	2	Rochdale	11	4	1	1	11	7	0	3	2	2	9	0.813	12	W	L	W	D	D	1947-10-18	Mansfield Town	A
13	-2	Crewe Alexandra	12	3	2	1	10	8	2	0	4	7	14	0.773	12	L	W	L	D	W	1947-10-18	Wrexham	H
14	-1	Gateshead	11	1	1	2	4	6	3	2	2	5	6	0.75	11	L	W	D	W	W	1947-10-18	Hull City	H
15	1	Mansfield Town	11	2	0	4	10	12	1	3	1	4	4	0.875	9	D	W	L	L	W	1947-10-18	Rochdale	H
16	-1	Southport	12	3	1	3	11	11	1	0	4	6	11	0.773	9	L	W	L	W	W	1947-10-18	Oldham Athletic	A
17	2	New Brighton	11	0	3	2	3	6	2	1	3	8	13	0.579	8	D	L	L	L	D	1947-10-18	York City	A
18	-1	Darlington	11	0	1	3	2	10	3	1	3	9	11	0.524	8	L	W	L	W	L	1947-10-18	Accrington Stanley	H
19	1	Stockport County	12	1	3	2	7	8	1	0	5	6	16	0.542	7	D	L	L	L	L	1947-10-18	Hartlepools United	A
20	-2	Hartlepools United	11	1	2	1	4	4	1	1	5	5	17	0.429	7	L	L	W	L	W	1947-10-18	Stockport County	H
21	0	Oldham Athletic	11	0	2	4	3	11	1	1	3	10	9	0.65	5	D	L	W	L	L	1947-10-18	Southport	H
22	0	Halifax Town	12	1	1	4	6	7	1	0	5	4	15	0.455	5	D	L	L	L	L	1947-10-18	Chester	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Watford	Dean Court	18,541
Milligan	Lineups		Nolan
Bristol City	6	0	Norwich City	Ashton Gate	27,896
Townsend 4, Osman, Williams C	Lineups
Exeter City	2	0	Crystal Palace	St James Park	7,992
Ebdon, Hutchings	Lineups
Ipswich Town	4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Portman Road	14,573
Rumbold, Parker S, Jennings 2	Lineups
Leyton Orient	0	3	Aldershot	Brisbane Road	12,973
	Lineups		Hassell, Hood 2
Newport County	0	1	Torquay United	Somerton Park	11,933
	Lineups		Shaw
Notts County	2	1	Port Vale	Meadow Lane	20,172
Cumner, Gannon	Lineups		Bellis
Reading	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Elm Park	12,165
	Lineups
Southend United	1	0	Swindon Town	Greyhound Stadium	11,605
Thompson	Lineups
Swansea Town	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	Vetch Field	22,171
O'Driscoll 2, Rawcliffe	Lineups		Durrant
Walsall	2	0	Northampton Town	Fellows Park	15,202
Wilshaw, Massart	Lineups

				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	14	7	0	1	18	7	3	2	1	13	6	2.385	22	L	L	W	D	W	1947-10-18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
2	0	Bristol City	12	6	0	0	26	2	3	0	3	12	8	3.8	18	W	W	W	W	W	1947-10-18	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	1	Walsall	12	5	1	1	18	4	2	1	2	5	6	2.3	16	W	L	D	W	W	1947-10-18	Bristol Rovers	A
4	1	Ipswich Town	12	5	1	0	14	1	2	1	3	10	11	2	16	W	W	W	L	W	1947-10-18	Watford	A
5	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	12	4	2	0	12	2	2	2	2	7	9	1.727	16	D	L	D	L	W	1947-10-18	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	3	Swansea Town	14	4	2	0	16	3	1	2	5	9	16	1.316	14	W	L	W	W	D	1947-10-18	Port Vale	A
7	-1	Northampton Town	12	4	0	1	8	3	2	2	3	8	12	1.067	14	L	W	W	W	D	1947-10-18	Leyton Orient	H
8	-1	Port Vale	12	4	2	0	19	7	1	1	4	5	11	1.333	13	L	W	L	D	W	1947-10-18	Swansea Town	H
9	-1	Newport County	12	4	1	1	13	6	1	2	3	4	10	1.063	13	L	W	L	W	L	1947-10-18	Crystal Palace	A
10	2	Exeter City	13	4	2	0	8	2	1	1	5	5	16	0.722	13	W	W	D	L	D	1947-10-18	Aldershot	A
11	-1	Bristol Rovers	13	2	2	3	11	10	1	4	1	9	6	1.25	12	D	L	L	D	W	1947-10-18	Walsall	H
12	1	Torquay United	12	2	3	1	10	7	1	3	2	6	7	1.143	12	W	D	D	D	D	1947-10-18	Southend United	H
13	4	Aldershot	12	1	3	1	7	8	3	0	4	11	12	0.9	11	W	W	D	W	D	1947-10-18	Exeter City	H
14	1	Reading	12	3	2	2	10	10	0	3	2	2	4	0.857	11	D	L	L	W	L	1947-10-18	Norwich City	A
15	-4	Crystal Palace	12	3	1	1	6	3	0	4	3	3	8	0.818	11	L	D	L	L	D	1947-10-18	Newport County	H
16	0	Watford	12	2	2	2	13	11	2	1	3	4	13	0.708	11	D	D	W	L	L	1947-10-18	Ipswich Town	H
17	2	Southend United	13	4	2	0	9	5	0	1	6	3	24	0.414	11	W	L	L	W	D	1947-10-18	Torquay United	A
18	-4	Swindon Town	12	1	4	1	4	4	1	2	3	6	8	0.833	10	L	W	W	L	L	1947-10-18	Notts County	H
19	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	2	1	4	6	12	1	2	3	6	14	0.462	9	L	D	L	D	L	1947-10-18	Bristol City	H
20	1	Notts County	12	3	2	1	9	6	0	0	6	4	16	0.591	8	W	L	D	L	L	1947-10-18	Swindon Town	A
21	-1	Leyton Orient	12	2	2	3	7	10	0	1	4	3	17	0.37	7	L	W	L	W	L	1947-10-18	Northampton Town	A
22	0	Norwich City	12	1	1	4	5	14	0	1	5	2	15	0.241	4	L	L	L	L	D	1947-10-18	Reading	H