Saturday 1947-12-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	2	Liverpool	Highbury	56,650
Lewis	Lineups		Stubbins, Liddell
Bolton Wanderers	2	3	Sheffield United	Burnden Park	29,262
Barrass 2	Lineups		Nightingale, Collindridge, Thompson
Chelsea	2	3	Grimsby Town	Stamford Bridge	34,068
Campbell 2	Lineups		Wardle, Briggs, Whitfield
Derby County	5	0	Blackburn Rovers	Baseball Ground	25,366
Carter 2, Harrison 2, Morrison	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Manchester City	Leeds Road	32,634
Whittingham	Lineups		Black
Middlesbrough	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Ayresome Park	38,454
Spuhler	Lineups		Robinson, O'Linn
Portsmouth	1	3	Manchester United	Fratton Park	27,674
Reid	Lineups		Morris 2, Delaney
Stoke City	1	1	Blackpool	Victoria Ground	47,725	Largest home gate 1947-48
Kiernan	Lineups		McIntosh
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1	Aston Villa	Molineux	54,667
Hancocks 2, Mullen, Westcott	Lineups		Smith

				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	23	8	3	1	24	7	6	4	1	17	7	2.929	35	L	W	D	W	D	1948-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
2	0	Burnley	23	7	3	2	17	7	5	5	1	17	11	1.889	32	L	W	W	W	W	1948-01-01	Manchester United	A
3	0	Preston North End	24	8	3	1	27	18	5	1	6	14	19	1.108	30	W	L	D	W	W	1948-01-03	Middlesbrough	A
4	0	Derby County	24	6	5	1	21	10	4	3	5	23	22	1.375	28	W	W	L	D	L	1948-01-03	Chelsea	H
5	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	7	1	4	29	18	4	4	3	22	20	1.342	27	W	W	W	L	L	1948-01-01	Middlesbrough	A
6	4	Manchester United	23	5	4	2	26	18	3	6	3	21	14	1.469	26	W	W	W	D	D	1948-01-01	Burnley	H
7	-1	Blackpool	24	7	2	3	20	9	3	4	5	10	16	1.2	26	D	L	D	L	D	1948-01-03	Everton	H
8	-1	Aston Villa	24	6	4	2	23	12	3	3	6	15	24	1.056	25	L	L	D	D	D	1948-01-03	Manchester City	A
9	-1	Everton	24	7	2	4	20	13	3	3	5	10	18	0.968	25	W	L	W	W	L	1948-01-03	Blackpool	A
10	-1	Middlesbrough	23	6	2	3	21	12	4	2	6	26	21	1.424	24	L	L	L	D	D	1948-01-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	0	Manchester City	24	8	2	2	26	13	0	6	6	8	14	1.259	24	D	D	L	W	D	1948-01-03	Aston Villa	H
12	0	Charlton Athletic	23	6	1	5	24	19	5	1	5	11	24	0.814	24	W	W	D	W	L	1948-01-01	Liverpool	A
13	1	Liverpool	24	4	5	1	20	14	4	2	8	16	26	0.9	23	W	L	D	W	D	1948-01-01	Charlton Athletic	H
14	2	Sheffield United	24	6	4	2	25	16	3	1	8	13	28	0.864	23	W	W	D	L	W	1948-01-01	Portsmouth	H
15	-2	Huddersfield Town	24	6	3	4	19	13	1	5	5	13	20	0.97	22	D	D	W	L	D	1948-01-03	Portsmouth	A
16	-1	Sunderland	24	6	3	3	21	11	1	4	7	12	28	0.846	21	L	W	D	L	D	1948-01-03	Grimsby Town	A
17	0	Chelsea	23	7	4	2	24	17	1	1	8	6	21	0.789	21	L	D	D	W	L	1948-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	1	Stoke City	24	4	4	4	13	13	3	2	7	10	22	0.657	20	D	W	W	D	D	1948-01-03	Liverpool	A
19	-1	Portsmouth	23	6	2	3	24	10	2	1	9	11	23	1.061	19	L	L	L	L	W	1948-01-01	Sheffield United	A
20	2	Grimsby Town	24	3	2	7	9	22	3	1	8	19	43	0.431	15	W	D	D	L	W	1948-01-03	Sunderland	H
21	-1	Blackburn Rovers	23	2	3	6	19	22	3	1	8	11	26	0.625	14	L	L	L	D	L	1948-01-01	Chelsea	H
22	-1	Bolton Wanderers	23	5	0	5	18	18	1	2	10	7	23	0.61	14	L	L	L	L	W	1948-01-01	Arsenal	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	0	Millwall	St Andrew's	46,000
Goodwin	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Saltergate Recreation Ground	19,495
Capel, Hall, Hudson	Lineups		Burgess
Leicester City	1	2	Brentford	Filbert Street	32,440
Harrison W	Lineups		Dawson, Girling
Luton Town	6	1	Leeds United	Kenilworth Road	16,964
O'Brien, Ottewell, Duggan, Brennan 2, Soo (p)	Lineups		Cochrane
Nottingham Forest	4	2	Doncaster Rovers	City Ground	22,198
Scott, Wilkins, Lee, Johnston	Lineups		Todd, Kirkaldie
Plymouth Argyle	3	2	Fulham	Home Park	24,462
Edds, Tadman 2	Lineups		Stevens, Oakes OG
Southampton	1	2	Bradford	The Dell	24,893
Greenwood OG	Lineups		Henry, Donaldson
West Ham United	1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	Upton Park	28,480
Stephens	Lineups		Quigley 2, Woodhead, Froggatt

				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	24	8	3	1	20	9	7	2	3	12	7	2	35	W	D	W	W	W	1948-01-03	Plymouth Argyle	H
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	23	8	1	3	22	16	5	3	3	13	11	1.296	30	L	D	W	L	L	1948-01-01	Newcastle United	A
3	0	Newcastle United	23	8	1	2	25	9	5	2	5	17	16	1.68	29	W	L	L	W	L	1948-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	8	3	1	30	11	3	3	6	12	12	1.826	28	L	W	D	L	L	1948-01-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	1	Cardiff City	23	7	4	1	19	7	3	4	4	16	21	1.25	28	D	D	W	W	W	1948-01-01	Bury	A
6	-1	Southampton	24	9	2	2	33	13	3	2	6	12	24	1.216	28	L	W	W	W	D	1948-01-03	Leeds United	A
7	1	Sheffield Wednesday	24	8	2	2	26	16	4	2	6	14	19	1.143	28	W	W	D	L	L	1948-01-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	-1	West Ham United	24	6	6	1	18	9	2	4	5	14	20	1.103	26	L	L	D	W	L	1948-01-03	Nottingham Forest	A
9	2	Bradford	24	8	1	3	29	13	3	2	7	12	24	1.108	25	W	L	D	W	D	1948-01-03	Chesterfield	H
10	-1	Coventry City	24	7	1	3	22	9	3	3	7	17	24	1.182	24	W	W	W	L	L	1948-01-03	Brentford	H
11	1	Luton Town	24	6	4	1	21	10	3	2	8	15	23	1.091	24	W	W	L	W	W	1948-01-03	Newcastle United	A
12	-2	Leicester City	24	6	2	4	19	18	3	4	5	14	15	1	24	L	D	W	L	W	1948-01-03	Fulham	A
13	0	Chesterfield	23	4	2	5	18	16	5	3	4	14	16	1	23	W	L	D	W	D	1948-01-01	Millwall	H
14	0	Fulham	24	4	3	4	16	10	5	0	8	15	24	0.912	21	L	D	W	L	D	1948-01-03	Leicester City	H
15	1	Barnsley	24	6	1	5	17	12	2	3	7	18	29	0.854	20	L	L	L	L	D	1948-01-03	West Bromwich Albion	A
16	-1	Leeds United	24	7	2	2	22	10	1	2	10	11	31	0.805	20	L	L	L	D	W	1948-01-03	Southampton	H
17	2	Plymouth Argyle	24	5	5	2	14	11	0	5	7	5	26	0.514	20	W	D	W	L	D	1948-01-03	Birmingham City	A
18	-1	Bury	23	4	4	4	17	16	1	5	5	12	17	0.879	19	D	W	D	L	D	1948-01-01	Cardiff City	H
19	-1	Millwall	23	4	4	4	15	15	1	4	6	10	18	0.758	18	L	D	D	W	W	1948-01-01	Chesterfield	A
20	1	Brentford	24	4	5	4	18	22	1	3	7	6	25	0.511	18	W	D	L	D	D	1948-01-03	Coventry City	A
21	1	Nottingham Forest	24	6	1	5	19	15	1	2	9	10	22	0.784	17	W	L	L	L	D	1948-01-03	West Ham United	H
22	-2	Doncaster Rovers	24	5	4	3	15	11	1	1	10	9	31	0.571	17	L	W	L	D	L	1948-01-03	Bury	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	1	Lincoln City	Peel Park	9,293	Largest home gate 1947-48
Mercer (p), Butler T	Lineups		Bean (p)
Carlisle United	4	3	Tranmere Rovers	Brunton Park	12,084
Lindsay 2, Iceton, Dougal	Lineups		Connor, Atkinson, Bridges
Chester	2	3	York City	Sealand Road	8,754
Westwood, Astbury	Lineups		Patrick A 3
Hartlepools United	3	2	Gateshead	Victoria Park	6,608
Scott 2, Harden	Lineups		Hawkins, Callender T (p)
Mansfield Town	1	0	Wrexham	Field Mill	13,128
Banks	Lineups
New Brighton	1	0	Stockport County	Tower Athletic Grounds	5,884
Paterson	Lineups
Rochdale	2	0	Bradford City	Spotland	6,145
Johnston, O'Donnell	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	0	Darlington	Millmoor	10,811
	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	3	Accrington Stanley	22	9	0	2	23	11	5	1	5	16	17	1.393	29	W	W	W	L	W	1948-01-01	Rochdale	H
2	1	Rotherham United	23	7	3	1	28	8	3	5	4	22	21	1.724	28	D	D	D	L	W	1948-01-01	York City	H
3	-2	Barrow	22	6	1	5	14	11	5	5	0	17	10	1.476	28	W	D	W	W	W	1948-01-03	New Brighton	A
4	-2	Lincoln City	21	6	2	4	22	14	5	3	1	12	6	1.7	27	L	L	W	W	D	1948-01-01	New Brighton	A
5	0	Hull City	21	5	3	3	16	11	5	3	2	13	8	1.526	26	W	W	L	D	D	1948-01-03	Accrington Stanley	A
6	1	Carlisle United	22	6	2	2	29	17	5	2	5	26	26	1.279	26	W	W	L	L	W	1948-01-01	Mansfield Town	H
7	-1	Wrexham	22	9	1	2	31	15	2	3	5	7	15	1.267	26	L	W	W	L	L	1948-01-03	Rochdale	A
8	3	Mansfield Town	21	5	1	4	15	13	3	6	2	11	10	1.13	23	W	L	W	W	D	1948-01-01	Carlisle United	A
9	-1	Crewe Alexandra	21	6	3	1	19	12	3	2	6	10	21	0.879	23	D	D	L	D	W	1948-01-03	Darlington	H
10	-1	Gateshead	22	2	4	3	16	12	5	4	4	13	14	1.115	22	L	W	D	L	W	1948-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	-1	Tranmere Rovers	21	7	0	4	18	15	3	2	5	16	18	1.03	22	L	L	W	D	L	1948-01-01	Gateshead	A
12	3	York City	21	6	2	3	23	10	2	2	6	11	19	1.172	20	W	W	L	L	L	1948-01-01	Rotherham United	A
13	-1	Bradford City	22	6	3	3	21	11	2	1	7	12	22	1	20	L	W	D	L	L	1948-01-03	Southport	A
14	0	Darlington	21	2	4	3	12	17	5	2	5	15	18	0.771	20	D	D	W	L	W	1948-01-01	Southport	H
15	1	Rochdale	20	7	2	2	19	13	0	4	5	5	20	0.727	20	W	L	W	L	L	1948-01-01	Accrington Stanley	A
16	-3	Oldham Athletic	21	2	5	4	8	13	4	2	4	18	13	1	19	D	D	W	W	W	1948-01-01	Hartlepools United	A
17	0	Chester	22	5	4	1	20	11	1	1	10	10	25	0.833	17	L	L	L	L	L	1948-01-03	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	0	Stockport County	21	4	4	3	19	14	1	3	6	6	17	0.806	17	L	L	W	W	D	1948-01-03	Lincoln City	A
19	0	Southport	22	6	1	5	19	19	1	1	8	8	21	0.675	16	L	L	L	W	L	1948-01-01	Darlington	A
20	0	Halifax Town	22	3	4	4	15	12	1	2	8	11	29	0.634	14	L	D	L	D	D	1948-01-03	York City	H
21	0	New Brighton	21	1	4	5	9	14	3	2	6	15	24	0.632	14	W	W	D	L	L	1948-01-01	Lincoln City	H
22	0	Hartlepools United	19	2	4	2	8	10	2	1	8	9	30	0.425	13	W	L	W	D	L	1948-01-01	Oldham Athletic	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	3	1	Walsall	Recreation Ground	6,346
White 2, McNichol	Lineups		Devlin
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	1	Southend United	Dean Court	15,985
	Lineups		Dudley
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Port Vale	Goldstone Ground	7,329
James, Booth	Lineups		Cheadle, Martin
Bristol City	1	1	Exeter City	Ashton Gate	11,148
Thomas	Lineups		Dymond
Ipswich Town	3	0	Newport County	Portman Road	11,880
Perrett, Day 2	Lineups
Leyton Orient	2	2	Reading	Brisbane Road	5,651
Neary, Baynham	Lineups		MacPhee, Edelston
Northampton Town	3	1	Crystal Palace	County Ground	9,631
Briscoe, King, Morrall	Lineups		Mycock
Norwich City	2	2	Swindon Town	Carrow Road	19,118
Baynham OG, Eary	Lineups		Owen 2
Queens Park Rangers	5	1	Watford	Loftus Road	19,373
Pattison, Boxshall 2, Hatton, McEwan	Lineups		Usher
Swansea Town	1	1	Notts County	Vetch Field	23,573	Largest home gate 1947-48
Rawcliffe	Lineups		Marsh
Torquay United	1	2	Bristol Rovers	Plainmoor	7,148
Hill	Lineups		Petherbridge, Lambden

				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	23	11	0	1	28	9	5	3	3	19	11	2.35	35	W	W	D	W	W	1948-01-03	Bristol Rovers	H
2	0	Swansea Town	24	9	3	0	31	9	2	4	6	15	23	1.438	29	D	L	W	W	W	1948-01-03	Ipswich Town	A
3	0	Walsall	21	8	2	2	28	9	4	1	4	14	13	1.909	27	L	W	D	L	L	1948-01-03	Newport County	H
4	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	7	3	1	25	6	4	2	5	12	15	1.762	27	L	W	L	W	D	1948-01-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
5	1	Exeter City	21	7	3	0	17	5	2	4	5	9	19	1.083	25	D	W	W	W	W	1948-01-03	Leyton Orient	A
6	1	Bristol City	21	7	1	2	31	8	4	1	6	17	19	1.778	24	D	L	L	L	D	1948-01-03	Notts County	H
7	2	Ipswich Town	20	8	1	1	21	2	3	1	6	15	23	1.44	24	W	L	W	L	L	1948-01-03	Swansea Town	H
8	-3	Newport County	22	6	5	1	23	12	2	3	5	8	17	1.069	24	L	W	W	D	D	1948-01-03	Walsall	A
9	-1	Port Vale	21	7	3	0	30	9	2	2	7	11	21	1.367	23	D	W	L	W	W	1948-01-03	Northampton Town	H
10	2	Southend United	22	7	3	1	18	9	2	2	7	8	30	0.667	23	W	L	W	D	W	1948-01-03	Reading	A
11	-1	Torquay United	20	4	4	2	19	11	3	4	3	12	14	1.24	22	L	W	W	W	L	1948-01-03	Crystal Palace	H
12	1	Swindon Town	21	2	6	2	10	10	4	3	4	15	13	1.087	21	D	W	W	W	D	1948-01-03	Aldershot	H
13	-2	Crystal Palace	22	7	2	1	14	5	0	5	7	6	19	0.833	21	L	W	W	D	L	1948-01-03	Torquay United	A
14	0	Reading	21	6	2	3	22	17	1	4	5	6	11	1	20	D	W	L	L	L	1948-01-03	Southend United	H
15	0	Bristol Rovers	23	3	3	6	18	20	3	5	3	19	18	0.974	20	W	L	W	L	L	1948-01-03	Queens Park Rangers	A
16	1	Aldershot	20	2	5	2	11	13	4	2	5	16	18	0.871	19	W	L	D	L	W	1948-01-03	Swindon Town	A
17	1	Northampton Town	20	5	2	2	14	8	2	3	6	11	22	0.833	19	W	L	L	L	L	1948-01-03	Port Vale	A
18	-2	Notts County	20	5	3	2	18	11	1	3	6	9	20	0.871	18	D	W	W	W	L	1948-01-03	Bristol City	A
19	0	Watford	20	3	2	5	17	17	3	1	6	8	24	0.61	15	L	L	L	W	L	1948-01-03	Norwich City	H
20	0	Leyton Orient	22	3	3	6	14	23	0	2	8	7	31	0.389	11	D	L	L	L	L	1948-01-03	Exeter City	H
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	2	2	7	8	21	1	3	6	8	23	0.364	11	D	L	D	L	L	1948-01-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
22	0	Norwich City	21	3	2	5	13	19	0	2	9	8	26	0.467	10	D	L	L	D	L	1948-01-03	Watford	A