Saturday 1947-12-06

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 1 Replay						Venue	Gate
D 3S	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	0	Trowbridge Town	WL	Goldstone Ground	12,000
	Hacking, Sim, Chapman 2, James (p)	Lineups
D 3S	Bristol City	9	2	Dartford	SL	Ashton Gate	19,785
	Townsend 3, Williams 3, Clark 3	Lineups		Gibbons 2
D 3S	Northampton Town	2	0	Exeter City	D 3S	County Ground	9,500
	Briscoe, Jenkins	Lineups
D 3S	Reading	3	0	Bromley	AtL	Elm Park	15,257
	Dix, Fisher, MacPhee	Lineups
D 3N	Southport	2	3	Hull City	D 3N	Haig Avenue	10,332
	Wyles 2	Lineups		McGorrighan, Reagan, Richardson
D 3S	Torquay United	3	0	Watford	D 3S	Plainmoor	8,000
	Conley, Shaw, Hill	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Manchester City	Highbury	41,274
Rooke (p)	Lineups		Black
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnden Park	28,438
Lofthouse 2, Moir	Lineups		Mullen, Smyth
Burnley	1	0	Chelsea	Turf Moor	30,865
Potts	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	3	Grimsby Town	The Valley	14,667
Vaughan, Hobbis	Lineups		Wardle 2, Cairns
Liverpool	3	3	Aston Villa	Anfield Road	37,732
Spicer, Stubbins, Balmer	Lineups		Ford, Martin, Brown
Manchester United	1	1	Blackpool	Maine Road	64,852
Pearson	Lineups		Mortensen
Middlesbrough	2	2	Sunderland	Ayresome Park	45,145	Largest home gate 1947-48
McCormack, Spuhler	Lineups		Turnbull, Burbanks
Portsmouth	3	0	Everton	Fratton Park	25,525
Reid, Barlow, Harris	Lineups
Preston North End	7	4	Derby County	Deepdale	28,924
McIntosh 2, McLaren 2, Shankly 2 (1p), Beattie	Lineups		Morrison 3, Howe (p)
Sheffield United	4	1	Blackburn Rovers	Bramall Lane	23,578
Collindridge, Thompson, Jackson, Whitelum	Lineups		Venters
Stoke City	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Victoria Ground	24,548
McAlinden	Lineups		Whittingham

				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	19	8	3	0	23	5	4	3	1	9	5	3.2	30	D	L	W	W	W	1947-12-13	Grimsby Town	A
2	0	Burnley	19	5	3	2	13	5	4	5	0	14	8	2.077	26	W	D	W	W	D	1947-12-13	Huddersfield Town	A
3	2	Preston North End	20	7	2	1	21	13	4	1	5	13	18	1.097	25	W	L	L	L	W	1947-12-13	Blackpool	A
4	0	Blackpool	20	7	2	1	19	6	3	2	5	7	13	1.368	24	D	W	L	W	L	1947-12-13	Preston North End	H
5	1	Middlesbrough	19	6	2	2	20	10	4	1	4	24	17	1.63	23	D	W	W	W	W	1947-12-13	Aston Villa	A
6	-3	Derby County	20	5	4	1	15	9	3	3	4	18	17	1.269	23	L	W	W	D	W	1947-12-13	Stoke City	H
7	0	Aston Villa	20	6	2	1	19	7	3	3	5	14	20	1.222	23	D	D	W	W	W	1947-12-13	Middlesbrough	H
8	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	5	1	3	23	15	3	4	3	20	19	1.265	21	L	L	W	W	D	1947-12-13	Liverpool	H
9	0	Manchester City	20	7	1	2	21	9	0	5	5	7	12	1.333	20	D	W	L	W	L	1947-12-13	Sheffield United	H
10	1	Manchester United	19	3	4	2	21	15	2	5	3	17	12	1.407	19	D	W	D	D	D	1947-12-13	Blackburn Rovers	A
11	1	Portsmouth	19	6	2	2	23	7	2	1	6	7	16	1.304	19	W	L	W	L	L	1947-12-13	Chelsea	A
12	-2	Everton	20	4	2	4	11	12	3	3	4	10	16	0.75	19	L	W	D	L	D	1947-12-13	Bolton Wanderers	H
13	0	Huddersfield Town	20	5	2	3	16	10	1	4	5	12	19	0.966	18	D	W	L	W	D	1947-12-13	Burnley	H
14	0	Sunderland	20	5	2	2	18	9	1	4	6	12	25	0.882	18	D	W	L	W	L	1947-12-13	Charlton Athletic	H
15	0	Liverpool	20	4	5	0	19	11	2	1	8	9	21	0.875	18	D	L	W	L	W	1947-12-13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
16	2	Sheffield United	20	5	3	2	22	14	2	1	7	7	22	0.806	18	W	L	W	L	L	1947-12-13	Manchester City	A
17	-1	Chelsea	19	6	3	1	19	12	1	0	8	6	21	0.758	17	L	L	L	W	L	1947-12-13	Portsmouth	H
18	-1	Charlton Athletic	19	5	1	5	23	19	3	0	5	7	22	0.732	17	L	L	L	L	L	1947-12-13	Sunderland	A
19	2	Bolton Wanderers	19	5	0	4	16	15	1	2	7	6	17	0.688	14	W	W	W	L	W	1947-12-13	Everton	A
20	0	Stoke City	20	3	3	4	10	12	2	1	7	7	20	0.531	14	D	W	L	L	D	1947-12-13	Derby County	A
21	-2	Blackburn Rovers	19	2	2	5	15	17	3	1	6	10	17	0.735	13	L	L	L	L	W	1947-12-13	Manchester United	H
22	0	Grimsby Town	20	3	1	6	9	18	2	0	8	14	39	0.404	11	W	L	L	L	L	1947-12-13	Arsenal	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	2	Bradford	Oakwell	17,327
Bennett, Robledo G	Lineups		Downie, Ainsley
Birmingham City	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	St Andrew's	31,217
Westlake OG	Lineups
Brentford	2	2	Southampton	Griffin Park	18,735
Dawson, Nelson	Lineups		Day, Wayman
Coventry City	0	1	Millwall	Highfield Road	20,721
	Lineups		Kelly J
Fulham	0	0	Chesterfield	Craven Cottage	9,818
	Lineups
Leeds United	2	1	West Ham United	Elland Road	21,866
Short, Martin	Lineups		Wright
Leicester City	2	1	Bury	Filbert Street	21,757
Dewis, Adam	Lineups		Constantine
Luton Town	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Kenilworth Road	15,556
Brennan, Driver	Lineups		Calverley
Newcastle United	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	57,950
Milburn	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Home Park	20,641
Rawlings	Lineups		Johnston
West Bromwich Albion	2	3	Cardiff City	The Hawthorns	38,914
Walsh, McKennan	Lineups		Blair 2, Gibson

				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	Birmingham City	20	7	3	1	19	9	5	1	3	9	6	1.867	28	W	L	W	W	W	1947-12-13	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	2	Newcastle United	20	8	1	2	25	9	4	2	3	15	11	2	27	W	L	W	W	L	1947-12-13	Millwall	A
3	-2	West Bromwich Albion	20	8	1	2	22	15	4	2	3	10	9	1.333	27	L	L	W	L	W	1947-12-13	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	20	7	2	0	25	8	3	3	5	11	9	2.118	25	L	W	W	W	W	1947-12-13	Birmingham City	H
5	2	Cardiff City	20	6	3	1	16	5	3	3	4	14	19	1.25	24	W	W	L	D	L	1947-12-13	Barnsley	H
6	-1	West Ham United	20	5	5	0	14	5	2	4	4	11	15	1.25	23	L	D	D	D	D	1947-12-13	Fulham	H
7	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	20	7	2	1	20	11	3	1	6	10	18	1.034	23	L	W	L	W	D	1947-12-13	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	0	Southampton	20	7	2	1	23	9	2	2	6	9	23	1	22	D	W	L	W	L	1947-12-13	Leicester City	H
9	1	Leicester City	20	5	2	3	16	16	3	3	4	11	10	1.038	21	W	D	L	W	L	1947-12-13	Southampton	A
10	-1	Bradford	20	7	1	2	25	10	2	1	7	10	23	1.061	20	D	W	L	L	L	1947-12-13	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	0	Barnsley	20	6	1	3	17	10	2	3	5	16	25	0.943	20	D	D	W	L	W	1947-12-13	Cardiff City	A
12	1	Leeds United	20	7	2	1	22	8	1	1	8	9	22	1.033	19	W	L	W	L	D	1947-12-13	Bury	A
13	-1	Coventry City	20	6	1	3	19	7	1	3	6	10	18	1.16	18	L	L	W	D	W	1947-12-13	Chesterfield	A
14	0	Chesterfield	19	2	1	5	9	10	5	3	3	14	13	1	18	D	W	W	W	L	1947-12-13	Coventry City	H
15	0	Fulham	20	4	2	4	15	9	4	0	6	11	18	0.963	18	D	W	L	L	W	1947-12-13	West Ham United	A
16	0	Luton Town	20	5	4	0	13	6	1	2	8	11	22	0.857	18	W	L	D	D	W	1947-12-13	Nottingham Forest	A
17	0	Bury	20	3	3	4	15	15	1	4	5	10	15	0.833	15	L	D	D	D	L	1947-12-13	Leeds United	H
18	0	Nottingham Forest	20	5	1	4	14	11	1	2	7	10	19	0.8	15	D	D	L	L	W	1947-12-13	Luton Town	H
19	1	Plymouth Argyle	20	3	5	2	8	9	0	4	6	4	22	0.387	15	D	L	W	D	D	1947-12-13	Bradford	A
20	2	Millwall	19	3	2	4	13	14	1	4	5	10	17	0.742	14	W	L	L	L	L	1947-12-13	Newcastle United	H
21	-2	Doncaster Rovers	20	4	3	3	13	11	1	1	8	6	21	0.594	14	L	W	L	W	L	1947-12-13	Brentford	H
22	-1	Brentford	20	4	4	3	16	18	0	2	7	4	24	0.476	14	D	D	D	L	W	1947-12-13	Doncaster Rovers	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	2	Carlisle United	Peel Park	4,867
Morgan	Lineups		Broadis 2
Barrow	1	0	York City	Holker Street	6,146
Kendall	Lineups
Bradford City	0	1	Mansfield Town	Valley Parade	9,322
	Lineups		Banks
Halifax Town	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	The Shay	5,628
Collins (p), Lewis	Lineups		Bridges, Leeming
Lincoln City	3	1	Rotherham United	Sincil Bank	13,320
Hutchinson, Storey, Bean	Lineups		Shaw
New Brighton	1	2	Gateshead	Tower Athletic Grounds	4,025
Ainsworth A	Lineups		Johnson, Ingham
Rochdale	2	1	Darlington	Spotland	7,475
Davison OG, Johnston	Lineups		Chadwick
Stockport County	4	1	Chester	Edgeley Park	9,630
Barkas 2, Glaister 2	Lineups		Monks OG
Wrexham	1	2	Oldham Athletic	Racecourse Ground	10,262
Beynon	Lineups		Haddington, Brierley

				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	Lincoln City	18	6	2	3	20	11	4	3	0	10	4	2	25	W	D	D	D	W	1947-12-20	Hull City	A
2	-1	Rotherham United	20	7	2	1	28	8	3	3	4	20	19	1.778	25	L	W	W	L	W	1947-12-20	Gateshead	A
3	3	Barrow	19	4	1	5	10	10	5	4	0	16	9	1.368	23	W	W	D	L	W	1947-12-20	Southport	H
4	-1	Accrington Stanley	19	8	0	2	21	10	3	1	5	10	13	1.348	23	L	W	L	W	L	1947-12-13	Carlisle United	A
5	-1	Hull City	18	4	3	2	15	10	4	3	2	11	7	1.529	22	D	D	W	L	L	1947-12-20	Lincoln City	H
6	2	Carlisle United	18	5	2	1	23	11	4	2	4	20	22	1.303	22	W	W	W	L	W	1947-12-13	Accrington Stanley	H
7	-2	Wrexham	19	7	1	2	23	11	2	3	4	7	14	1.2	22	L	L	D	W	L	1947-12-20	Halifax Town	H
8	-1	Crewe Alexandra	18	6	2	1	17	10	3	1	5	10	19	0.931	21	D	W	W	W	L	1947-12-20	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	0	Tranmere Rovers	18	6	0	3	16	12	3	2	4	13	14	1.115	20	D	L	W	L	W	1947-12-20	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	1	Mansfield Town	18	4	1	4	14	13	2	6	1	8	7	1.1	19	W	D	W	D	W	1947-12-20	York City	A
11	2	Gateshead	18	1	3	3	8	11	5	4	2	10	9	0.9	19	W	D	D	W	D	1947-12-13	Southport	A
12	4	Rochdale	18	6	2	2	17	13	0	4	4	5	16	0.759	18	W	L	L	W	L	1947-12-25	Bradford City	A
13	-3	Chester	19	5	4	0	18	8	1	1	8	9	20	0.964	17	L	L	D	L	W	1947-12-20	Oldham Athletic	A
14	-2	Bradford City	19	5	2	3	16	10	2	1	6	12	20	0.933	17	L	L	L	W	D	1947-12-20	New Brighton	H
15	2	Stockport County	19	4	4	2	18	12	1	3	5	6	16	0.857	17	W	W	D	W	D	1947-12-25	New Brighton	H
16	-2	York City	18	5	2	2	20	8	1	2	6	8	17	1.12	16	L	L	D	L	L	1947-12-20	Mansfield Town	H
17	-2	Darlington	18	1	3	3	7	13	5	1	5	15	18	0.71	16	L	W	D	L	D	1947-12-20	Carlisle United	H
18	1	Oldham Athletic	18	1	4	4	5	12	4	1	4	16	11	0.913	15	W	W	D	L	W	1947-12-20	Chester	H
19	-1	Southport	18	5	1	4	16	16	1	1	6	8	18	0.706	14	L	L	W	L	W	1947-12-13	Gateshead	H
20	0	Halifax Town	19	3	3	4	14	11	1	2	6	7	21	0.656	13	D	D	D	W	L	1947-12-20	Wrexham	A
21	0	Hartlepools United	17	1	4	2	5	8	2	1	7	9	23	0.452	11	W	D	L	L	L	1947-12-25	Gateshead	A
22	0	New Brighton	18	0	4	5	8	14	2	1	6	12	22	0.556	9	L	L	L	L	L	1947-12-20	Bradford City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	0	Bristol Rovers	Dean Court	12,340
McDonald, Milligan 2	Lineups
Leyton Orient	0	3	Swindon Town	Brisbane Road	6,298
	Lineups		Jones 2, Dryden
Newport County	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Somerton Park	13,230
	Lineups
Swansea Town	3	2	Norwich City	Vetch Field	17,343
Rawcliffe 3	Lineups		Dutton, Eyre
Walsall	1	1	Crystal Palace	Fellows Park	10,669
McGowan	Lineups		Somerfield

				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	21	10	0	1	23	8	4	3	3	18	11	2.158	31	D	W	W	L	W	1947-12-26	Watford	A
2	1	Swansea Town	21	8	2	0	27	6	2	4	5	14	18	1.708	26	W	W	W	W	D	1947-12-20	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
3	-1	Walsall	19	7	2	2	25	9	4	1	3	13	10	2	25	D	L	L	W	W	1947-12-25	Aldershot	H
4	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	19	7	3	0	25	5	3	2	4	8	12	1.941	25	W	D	L	W	W	1947-12-20	Swansea Town	A
5	-1	Bristol City	18	7	0	2	30	7	4	1	4	16	12	2.421	23	L	D	W	L	L	1947-12-20	Southend United	A
6	0	Ipswich Town	18	7	1	1	18	2	3	1	5	14	20	1.455	22	W	L	L	L	W	1947-12-25	Newport County	A
7	0	Exeter City	19	6	3	0	14	4	2	3	5	8	18	1	22	W	W	W	D	D	1947-12-26	Bristol City	H
8	0	Port Vale	18	6	3	0	25	9	2	1	6	8	17	1.269	20	W	W	L	W	L	1947-12-20	Bristol Rovers	A
9	0	Torquay United	18	4	4	1	18	9	2	4	3	10	14	1.217	20	W	W	L	D	D	1947-12-26	Bristol Rovers	A
10	0	Newport County	19	4	5	1	18	11	2	3	4	8	14	1.04	20	D	D	W	D	D	1947-12-20	Reading	H
11	0	Southend United	19	6	3	0	14	7	1	2	7	7	30	0.568	19	D	W	W	D	W	1947-12-20	Bristol City	H
12	4	Swindon Town	19	1	6	2	7	8	4	2	4	13	11	1.053	18	W	W	D	W	L	1947-12-26	Norwich City	H
13	-1	Reading	18	5	2	3	16	15	1	3	4	4	7	0.909	17	L	L	W	W	W	1947-12-20	Newport County	A
14	-1	Aldershot	18	1	5	2	8	12	4	2	4	16	15	0.889	17	D	L	W	D	D	1947-12-25	Walsall	A
15	-1	Northampton Town	18	4	2	2	11	7	2	3	5	11	21	0.786	17	L	L	L	D	D	1947-12-25	Crystal Palace	A
16	1	Crystal Palace	19	5	2	1	11	5	0	5	6	5	16	0.762	17	D	L	W	L	D	1947-12-20	Leyton Orient	H
17	-2	Bristol Rovers	20	2	3	5	16	17	2	5	3	17	17	0.971	16	L	L	L	D	D	1947-12-20	Port Vale	H
18	0	Notts County	18	4	3	2	13	10	1	2	6	8	19	0.724	15	W	W	L	D	D	1947-12-26	Swansea Town	H
19	0	Watford	18	3	2	4	17	16	3	1	5	7	19	0.686	15	L	W	L	L	W	1947-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
20	0	Leyton Orient	19	3	2	6	12	21	0	2	6	5	23	0.386	10	L	L	L	W	L	1947-12-20	Crystal Palace	A
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	2	1	7	6	19	1	3	5	8	18	0.378	10	D	L	L	L	L	1947-12-25	Port Vale	A
22	0	Norwich City	19	3	1	5	11	17	0	2	8	6	23	0.425	9	L	D	L	L	W	1947-12-26	Swindon Town	A