Saturday 1947-12-20

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 2 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 3S	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Hartlepools United	D 3N	Goldstone Ground	15,000
	Willard, Sim	Lineups		Harden
SL	Gillingham	3	0	Rochdale	D 3N	Priestfield Stadium	17,078
	Forester, Briggs, Wilson	Lineups
ML	Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Stockport County	D 3N	Gay Meadow	13,489	aet
	Sheen, Argue	Lineups		Shaw, Glaister
NEL	Stockton	1	4	Notts County	D 3S	Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough	34,261
	Pears	Lineups		Cumner, Lawton 3
D 3S	Swindon Town	2	0	Aldershot	D 3S	County Ground	19,700
	Jones 2, Bell OG, Lucas	Lineups
D 3S	Torquay United	2	0	Northampton Town	D 3S	Plainmoor	8,257
	Hill, Mercer	Lineups
D 3S	Walsall	3	2	Norwich City	D 3S	Fellows Park	13,464
	Crutchley, Wilshaw, Lishman	Lineups		Hold, Dutton

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	2	Grimsby Town	Villa Park	31,577
Brown, Dorsett (p)	Lineups		Wardle, Briggs
Burnley	3	2	Portsmouth	Turf Moor	30,131
Billingham 3	Lineups		Barlow, Froggatt
Chelsea	2	2	Blackpool	Stamford Bridge	48,421
Harris, Walker	Lineups		Farro(p), Mortensen
Everton	4	1	Blackburn Rovers	Goodison Park	32,655
Fielding 2, Farrell, Grant	Lineups		Oakes
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Derby County	Leeds Road	27,752
Doherty 2	Lineups		Morrison
Manchester United	2	1	Middlesbrough	Maine Road	47,879
Pearson 2	Lineups		Fenton
Preston North End	3	3	Liverpool	Deepdale	30,452
McIntosh 2, McLaren	Lineups		Jones, Liddell, Stubbins
Sheffield United	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Bramall Lane	27,940
Whitelum	Lineups		Duffy
Stoke City	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Victoria Ground	23,469
Steele, Sellars	Lineups
Sunderland	1	1	Arsenal	Roker Park	58,397
Davis	Lineups		Jones B
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Manchester City	Molineux	32,545
Westcott	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	21	8	3	0	23	5	5	4	1	14	6	3.364	33	D	W	D	L	W	1947-12-25	Liverpool	A
2	0	Burnley	21	6	3	2	16	7	5	5	0	15	8	2.067	30	W	W	W	D	W	1947-12-25	Preston North End	H
3	0	Preston North End	22	7	3	1	24	16	5	1	5	14	18	1.118	28	D	W	W	L	L	1947-12-25	Burnley	A
4	1	Blackpool	22	7	2	2	19	7	3	3	5	9	15	1.273	25	D	L	D	W	L	1947-12-25	Stoke City	H
5	2	Aston Villa	22	6	4	1	22	10	3	3	5	14	20	1.2	25	D	D	D	D	W	1947-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
6	-2	Middlesbrough	21	6	2	2	20	10	4	2	5	26	20	1.533	24	L	D	D	W	W	1947-12-25	Charlton Athletic	A
7	-1	Derby County	22	5	5	1	16	10	3	3	5	19	19	1.207	24	L	D	L	W	W	1947-12-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
8	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	6	1	4	25	17	3	4	3	20	19	1.25	23	W	L	L	L	W	1947-12-26	Aston Villa	A
9	1	Everton	22	6	2	4	17	13	3	3	4	10	16	0.931	23	W	W	L	W	D	1947-12-25	Sunderland	A
10	1	Manchester United	21	4	4	2	23	16	2	6	3	18	13	1.414	22	W	D	D	W	D	1947-12-25	Portsmouth	H
11	-3	Manchester City	22	8	1	2	25	12	0	5	6	7	13	1.28	22	L	W	D	W	L	1947-12-26	Huddersfield Town	H
12	0	Liverpool	22	4	5	0	19	11	3	2	8	14	25	0.917	21	D	W	D	L	W	1947-12-25	Arsenal	H
13	3	Huddersfield Town	22	6	2	4	18	12	1	4	5	12	19	0.968	20	W	L	D	W	L	1947-12-26	Manchester City	A
14	0	Chelsea	21	7	4	1	22	14	1	0	8	6	21	0.8	20	D	W	L	L	L	1947-12-25	Grimsby Town	A
15	0	Charlton Athletic	21	5	1	5	23	19	4	1	5	9	23	0.762	20	D	W	L	L	L	1947-12-25	Middlesbrough	H
16	-3	Portsmouth	21	6	2	2	23	7	2	1	8	9	20	1.185	19	L	L	W	L	W	1947-12-25	Manchester United	A
17	0	Sunderland	22	5	3	3	19	11	1	4	6	12	25	0.861	19	D	L	D	W	L	1947-12-25	Everton	H
18	0	Sheffield United	22	5	4	2	23	15	2	1	8	10	26	0.805	19	D	L	W	L	W	1947-12-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	0	Stoke City	22	4	3	4	12	12	2	2	7	8	21	0.606	17	W	D	D	W	L	1947-12-25	Blackpool	A
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	21	2	3	5	16	18	3	1	7	11	21	0.692	14	L	D	L	L	L	1947-12-25	Derby County	H
21	0	Bolton Wanderers	21	5	0	4	16	15	1	2	9	6	21	0.611	14	L	L	W	W	W	1947-12-25	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	22	3	1	7	9	22	2	1	8	16	41	0.397	12	D	L	W	L	L	1947-12-25	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	1	Birmingham City	Oakwell	18,880
	Lineups		Bodle
Brentford	0	2	Fulham	Griffin Park	20,717
	Lineups		McGibbon, Taylor
Bury	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Gigg Lane	12,005
Carter	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	2	Cardiff City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	18,959
Roberts, Capel	Lineups		Stitfall, Blair
Leicester City	2	0	Leeds United	Filbert Street	22,252
Griffiths, Lee	Lineups
Luton Town	2	3	Coventry City	Kenilworth Road	15,687
Brennan, Billington	Lineups		Lowrie 2, Cooke OG
Millwall	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	The Den, New Cross	18,661
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	3	0	Newcastle United	Home Park	26,603
Squires, Thomas, Dews	Lineups
Southampton	6	1	Doncaster Rovers	The Dell	17,925
Wayman 2, Ramsey, Day, Curtis, Wrigglesworth	Lineups		Gillespie
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	White Hart Lane	40,219
Cox	Lineups		Walsh
West Ham United	0	0	Bradford	Upton Park	24,412
	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	Birmingham City	22	7	3	1	19	9	7	1	3	12	7	1.938	32	W	W	W	L	W	1947-12-25	Millwall	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	1	2	22	15	5	3	3	13	11	1.346	30	D	W	L	L	W	1947-12-26	Newcastle United	H
3	0	Newcastle United	22	8	1	2	25	9	4	2	5	16	16	1.64	27	L	L	W	L	W	1947-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	0	Cardiff City	22	7	3	1	17	5	3	4	4	16	21	1.269	27	D	W	W	W	L	1947-12-26	Bury	H
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	22	7	3	1	27	11	3	3	5	11	9	1.9	26	D	L	L	W	W	1947-12-25	Chesterfield	H
6	0	West Ham United	22	6	6	0	17	5	2	4	4	11	15	1.4	26	D	W	L	D	D	1947-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
7	0	Southampton	22	9	2	1	32	11	2	2	6	9	23	1.206	26	W	W	D	W	L	1947-12-26	Bradford	A
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	22	7	2	2	21	13	3	2	6	10	18	1	24	D	L	L	W	L	1947-12-26	West Ham United	H
9	0	Bradford	22	8	1	2	28	10	2	2	7	10	23	1.152	23	D	W	D	W	L	1947-12-26	Southampton	H
10	0	Leicester City	22	6	2	3	18	16	3	3	5	12	13	1.034	23	W	L	W	D	L	1947-12-25	Brentford	A
11	0	Chesterfield	21	3	2	5	15	15	5	3	3	14	13	1.036	21	D	W	D	W	W	1947-12-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	3	Coventry City	22	6	1	3	19	7	2	3	7	16	24	1.129	20	W	L	L	L	W	1947-12-25	Barnsley	H
13	-1	Leeds United	22	7	2	1	22	8	1	2	9	10	25	0.97	20	L	D	W	L	W	1947-12-26	Luton Town	H
14	2	Fulham	22	4	2	4	15	9	5	0	7	13	21	0.933	20	W	L	D	W	L	1947-12-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	-2	Barnsley	22	6	1	4	17	11	2	3	6	16	26	0.892	20	L	L	D	D	W	1947-12-25	Coventry City	A
16	-2	Luton Town	22	5	4	1	15	9	2	2	8	13	23	0.875	20	L	W	W	L	D	1947-12-26	Leeds United	A
17	0	Bury	22	4	4	4	17	16	1	4	5	10	15	0.871	18	W	D	L	D	D	1947-12-26	Cardiff City	A
18	0	Millwall	21	4	3	4	15	15	1	4	5	10	17	0.781	17	D	W	W	L	L	1947-12-25	Birmingham City	H
19	3	Plymouth Argyle	22	4	5	2	11	9	0	4	7	4	25	0.441	17	W	L	D	L	W	1947-12-25	Fulham	A
20	-1	Nottingham Forest	22	5	1	5	15	13	1	2	8	10	20	0.758	15	L	L	D	D	L	1947-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	-1	Doncaster Rovers	22	4	4	3	13	11	1	1	9	7	27	0.526	15	L	D	L	W	L	1947-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
22	-1	Brentford	22	4	4	4	16	20	0	3	7	4	24	0.455	15	L	D	D	D	D	1947-12-25	Leicester City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	2	0	Southport	Holker Street	6,777
Kendall, Rogers	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	New Brighton	Valley Parade	7,481
Poole	Lineups		Paterson
Darlington	4	3	Carlisle United	Feethams Ground	7,138
Clarke, Bower 2, Sinclair	Lineups		Lindsay 2, Dougal
Gateshead	1	1	Rotherham United	Redheugh Park	5,200
Weddle	Lineups		Ardron
Hull City	0	1	Lincoln City	Boothferry Park	20,923
	Lineups		Storey
Oldham Athletic	3	1	Chester	Boundary Park	11,807
Haddington 2, Brierley	Lineups		Williamson OG
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Prenton Park	6,492
Atkinson, Curran	Lineups
Wrexham	6	3	Halifax Town	Racecourse Ground	7,910
Yates 3, Tunnicliffe 2 (1p), Leyfield	Lineups		Burns 2, France (p)
York City	1	2	Mansfield Town	Bootham Crescent	5,863
Winters	Lineups		Butt, Banks

				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	Lincoln City	19	6	2	3	20	11	5	3	0	11	4	2.067	27	W	W	D	D	D	1947-12-25	Accrington Stanley	H
2	0	Rotherham United	21	7	2	1	28	8	3	4	4	21	20	1.75	26	D	L	W	W	L	1947-12-25	Darlington	A
3	1	Barrow	20	5	1	5	12	10	5	4	0	16	9	1.474	25	W	W	W	D	L	1947-12-25	Halifax Town	A
4	-1	Accrington Stanley	20	8	0	2	21	10	4	1	5	13	15	1.36	25	W	L	W	L	W	1947-12-25	Lincoln City	A
5	2	Wrexham	20	8	1	2	29	14	2	3	4	7	14	1.286	24	W	L	L	D	W	1947-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
6	-1	Hull City	19	4	3	3	15	11	4	3	2	11	7	1.444	22	L	D	D	W	L	1947-12-25	Southport	A
7	-1	Carlisle United	20	5	2	2	25	14	4	2	5	23	26	1.2	22	L	L	W	W	W	1947-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	1	Tranmere Rovers	19	7	0	3	18	12	3	2	4	13	14	1.192	22	W	D	L	W	L	1947-12-26	Carlisle United	H
9	1	Mansfield Town	19	4	1	4	14	13	3	6	1	10	8	1.143	21	W	W	D	W	D	1947-12-26	Wrexham	A
10	-2	Crewe Alexandra	19	6	2	1	17	10	3	1	6	10	21	0.871	21	L	D	W	W	W	1947-12-25	Oldham Athletic	H
11	0	Gateshead	20	1	4	3	9	12	5	4	3	11	11	0.87	20	D	L	W	D	D	1947-12-25	Hartlepools United	H
12	2	Bradford City	20	5	3	3	17	11	2	1	6	12	20	0.935	18	D	L	L	L	W	1947-12-25	Rochdale	H
13	5	Darlington	19	2	3	3	11	16	5	1	5	15	18	0.765	18	W	L	W	D	L	1947-12-25	Rotherham United	H
14	-2	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
15	4	Oldham Athletic	19	2	4	4	8	13	4	1	4	16	11	1	17	W	W	W	D	L	1947-12-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
16	-3	Chester	20	5	4	0	18	8	1	1	9	10	23	0.903	17	L	L	L	D	L	1947-12-26	York City	A
17	-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
18	-2	York City	19	5	2	3	21	10	1	2	6	8	17	1.074	16	L	L	L	D	L	1947-12-26	Chester	H
19	-2	Southport	20	6	1	4	18	17	1	1	7	8	20	0.703	16	L	W	L	L	W	1947-12-25	Hull City	H
20	0	Halifax Town	20	3	3	4	14	11	1	2	7	10	27	0.632	13	L	D	D	D	W	1947-12-25	Barrow	H
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	19	0	4	5	8	14	2	2	6	13	23	0.568	10	D	L	L	L	L	1947-12-25	Stockport County	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Port Vale	Eastville	11,651
Leamon, McCarey OG	Lineups		Martin
Crystal Palace	2	0	Leyton Orient	Selhurst Park	9,994
Lewis G, Clough	Lineups
Newport County	2	0	Reading	Somerton Park	10,161
Carr, Emmanuel	Lineups
Southend United	4	0	Bristol City	Greyhound Stadium	7,717
Bennett 2, Pritchard, Thompson	Lineups
Swansea Town	3	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vetch Field	18,546
Rawcliffe 2, Comley	Lineups		Gallacher, McDonald

				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	0	Swansea Town	22	9	2	0	30	8	2	4	5	14	18	1.692	28	W	W	W	W	W	1947-12-26	Notts County	A
3	0	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	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	20	7	3	0	25	5	3	2	5	10	15	1.75	25	L	W	D	L	W	1947-12-26	Southend United	A
5	0	Bristol City	19	7	0	2	30	7	4	1	5	16	16	2	23	L	L	D	W	L	1947-12-26	Exeter City	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	3	Newport County	20	5	5	1	20	11	2	3	4	8	14	1.12	22	W	D	D	W	D	1947-12-25	Ipswich Town	H
8	-1	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
9	2	Southend United	20	7	3	0	18	7	1	2	7	7	30	0.676	21	W	D	W	W	D	1947-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
10	-1	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
11	-3	Port Vale	19	6	3	0	25	9	2	1	7	9	19	1.214	20	L	W	W	L	W	1947-12-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	4	Crystal Palace	20	6	2	1	13	5	0	5	6	5	16	0.857	19	W	D	L	W	L	1947-12-25	Northampton Town	H
13	-1	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
14	3	Bristol Rovers	21	3	3	5	18	18	2	5	3	17	17	1	18	W	L	L	L	D	1947-12-26	Torquay United	H
15	-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
16	-3	Reading	19	5	2	3	16	15	1	3	5	4	9	0.833	17	L	L	L	W	W	1947-12-26	Leyton Orient	H
17	-2	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
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	1	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
21	-1	Leyton Orient	20	3	2	6	12	21	0	2	7	5	25	0.37	10	L	L	L	L	W	1947-12-26	Reading	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