Saturday 1948-01-03

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	2	Sheffield United	Highbury	48,993
Rooke 2, Lewis	Lineups		Nightingale, Whitelum
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ewood Park	26,203
McClelland	Lineups
Blackpool	5	0	Everton	Bloomfield Road	21,685
Dick 2, Mortensen 2, McIntosh	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Burnley	Burnden Park	43,442
Barrass	Lineups		Harrison
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Manchester United	The Valley	40,484
McCrae	Lineups		Morris, Pearson
Derby County	5	1	Chelsea	Baseball Ground	27,929
Stamps 2, Steel 2, Carter	Lineups		Goulden
Grimsby Town	1	2	Sunderland	Blundell Park	15,882
Whitfield	Lineups		Burbanks, Turnbull
Liverpool	0	0	Stoke City	Anfield Road	48,665
	Lineups
Manchester City	0	2	Aston Villa	Maine Road	52,689
	Lineups		Dorsett, Dixon
Middlesbrough	1	1	Preston North End	Ayresome Park	37,375
Walker	Lineups		Finney
Portsmouth	3	2	Huddersfield Town	Fratton Park	23,481
Clarke 2, Harris	Lineups		Doherty (p), Glazzard

				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	25	9	3	1	27	9	7	4	1	18	7	2.813	39	W	W	L	W	D	1948-01-17	Manchester United	A
2	0	Burnley	25	7	3	2	17	7	5	6	2	18	17	1.458	33	D	L	L	W	W	1948-01-17	Liverpool	H
3	0	Preston North End	25	8	3	1	27	18	5	2	6	15	20	1.105	31	D	W	L	D	W	1948-01-17	Charlton Athletic	H
4	1	Manchester United	25	6	4	2	31	18	4	6	3	23	15	1.636	30	W	W	W	W	W	1948-01-17	Arsenal	H
5	1	Derby County	25	7	5	1	26	11	4	3	5	23	22	1.485	30	W	W	W	L	D	1948-01-17	Everton	A
6	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	7	1	4	29	18	5	4	4	26	23	1.341	29	L	W	W	W	W	1948-01-17	Blackpool	H
7	0	Blackpool	25	8	2	3	25	9	3	4	5	10	16	1.4	28	W	D	L	D	L	1948-01-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	1	Aston Villa	25	6	4	2	23	12	4	3	6	17	24	1.111	27	W	L	L	D	D	1948-01-31	Blackpool	A
9	-1	Charlton Athletic	25	6	1	6	25	21	6	1	5	14	26	0.83	26	L	W	W	W	D	1948-01-17	Preston North End	A
10	1	Middlesbrough	25	6	3	4	24	17	4	2	6	26	21	1.316	25	D	L	L	L	L	1948-01-17	Stoke City	A
11	-1	Everton	25	7	2	4	20	13	3	3	6	10	23	0.833	25	L	W	L	W	W	1948-01-17	Derby County	H
12	0	Manchester City	25	8	2	3	26	15	0	6	6	8	14	1.172	24	L	D	D	L	W	1948-01-17	Sunderland	A
13	0	Liverpool	26	4	6	2	22	17	4	2	8	16	26	0.884	24	D	L	W	L	D	1948-01-17	Burnley	A
14	3	Portsmouth	25	7	2	3	27	12	3	1	9	13	24	1.111	23	W	W	L	L	L	1948-01-17	Bolton Wanderers	H
15	3	Sunderland	25	6	3	3	21	11	2	4	7	14	29	0.875	23	W	L	W	D	L	1948-01-17	Manchester City	H
16	-2	Sheffield United	26	6	4	3	26	18	3	1	9	15	31	0.837	23	L	L	W	W	D	1948-01-17	Grimsby Town	H
17	-2	Huddersfield Town	25	6	3	4	19	13	1	5	6	15	23	0.944	22	L	D	D	W	L	1948-01-17	Chelsea	A
18	-2	Chelsea	25	7	4	2	24	17	1	2	9	8	27	0.727	22	L	D	L	D	D	1948-01-17	Huddersfield Town	H
19	0	Stoke City	25	4	4	4	13	13	3	3	7	10	22	0.657	21	D	D	W	W	D	1948-01-17	Middlesbrough	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	25	3	4	6	21	23	3	1	8	11	26	0.653	17	W	D	L	L	L	1948-01-31	Sunderland	H
21	1	Bolton Wanderers	25	5	1	6	19	20	1	2	10	7	23	0.605	15	D	L	L	L	L	1948-01-17	Portsmouth	A
22	-1	Grimsby Town	25	3	2	8	10	24	3	1	8	19	43	0.433	15	L	W	D	D	L	1948-01-17	Sheffield United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	St Andrew's	35,480
Goodwin	Lineups		Tadman
Bradford	1	3	Chesterfield	Park Avenue	19,887
Henry	Lineups		Capel 2, Marron
Cardiff City	6	0	Millwall	Ninian Park	29,483
Rees 2, Blair, Gibson, Richards 2	Lineups
Coventry City	3	0	Brentford	Highfield Road	20,180
Lowrie 2, Dearson	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	3	Bury	Belle Vue	18,104
Todd	Lineups		Halton, Daniel, Woodcock
Fulham	3	1	Leicester City	Craven Cottage	17,673
Stevens 2, Freeman	Lineups		Lee
Leeds United	0	0	Southampton	Elland Road	23,194
	Lineups
Newcastle United	4	1	Luton Town	St James' Park	64,931
Milburn 3, Stobbart	Lineups		O'Brien
Nottingham Forest	2	1	West Ham United	City Ground	26,141
Johnston, Wilkins	Lineups		Woodgate
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Hillsborough	47,902
Quigley	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	2	Barnsley	The Hawthorns	25,045
	Lineups		Griffiths, Wright

				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	25	8	4	1	21	10	7	2	3	12	7	1.941	36	D	W	D	W	W	1948-01-17	Luton Town	A
2	0	Newcastle United	25	10	1	2	32	11	5	2	5	17	16	1.815	33	W	W	W	L	L	1948-01-17	Brentford	A
3	0	Cardiff City	25	8	4	1	25	7	4	4	4	18	22	1.483	32	W	W	D	D	W	1948-01-17	Tottenham Hotspur	A
4	3	Sheffield Wednesday	25	9	2	2	27	16	4	2	6	14	19	1.171	30	W	W	W	D	L	1948-01-17	Barnsley	A
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	25	8	1	4	22	18	5	3	4	14	14	1.125	30	L	L	L	D	W	1948-01-17	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	0	Southampton	25	9	2	2	33	13	3	3	6	12	24	1.216	29	D	L	W	W	W	1948-01-17	Bury	A
7	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	25	8	3	1	30	11	3	3	7	12	13	1.75	28	L	L	W	D	L	1948-01-17	Cardiff City	H
8	2	Chesterfield	25	5	2	5	20	16	6	3	4	17	17	1.121	27	W	W	W	L	D	1948-01-17	Nottingham Forest	H
9	2	Coventry City	25	8	1	3	25	9	3	3	7	17	24	1.273	26	W	W	W	W	L	1948-01-17	Leicester City	A
10	-2	West Ham United	25	6	6	1	18	9	2	4	6	15	22	1.065	26	L	L	L	D	W	1948-01-24	Doncaster Rovers	H
11	-2	Bradford	25	8	1	4	30	16	3	2	7	12	24	1.05	25	L	W	L	D	W	1948-01-17	Millwall	A
12	0	Luton Town	25	6	4	1	21	10	3	2	9	16	27	1	24	L	W	W	L	W	1948-01-17	Birmingham City	H
13	0	Leicester City	25	6	2	4	19	18	3	4	6	15	18	0.944	24	L	L	D	W	L	1948-01-17	Coventry City	H
14	0	Fulham	25	5	3	4	19	11	5	0	8	15	24	0.971	23	W	L	D	W	L	1948-01-17	Leeds United	A
15	0	Barnsley	25	6	1	5	17	12	3	3	7	20	29	0.902	22	W	L	L	L	L	1948-01-17	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	2	Bury	25	4	4	5	18	18	2	5	5	15	18	0.917	21	W	L	D	W	D	1948-01-17	Southampton	H
17	-1	Leeds United	25	7	3	2	22	10	1	2	10	11	31	0.805	21	D	L	L	L	D	1948-01-17	Fulham	H
18	-1	Plymouth Argyle	25	5	5	2	14	11	0	6	7	6	27	0.526	21	D	W	D	W	L	1948-01-17	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	2	Nottingham Forest	25	7	1	5	21	16	1	2	9	10	22	0.816	19	W	W	L	L	L	1948-01-17	Chesterfield	A
20	-1	Millwall	25	4	4	4	15	15	1	4	8	10	26	0.61	18	L	L	L	D	D	1948-01-17	Bradford	H
21	-1	Brentford	25	4	5	4	18	22	1	3	8	6	28	0.48	18	L	W	D	L	D	1948-01-17	Newcastle United	H
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	25	5	4	4	16	14	1	1	10	9	31	0.556	17	L	L	W	L	D	1948-01-24	West Ham United	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	4	Hull City	Peel Park	7,363
Smith D 2	Lineups		Murphy 2, Moore, Reagan
Carlisle United	1	1	Gateshead	Brunton Park	14,771
Lindsay	Lineups		Small
Chester	4	0	Tranmere Rovers	Sealand Road	8,721
Astbury, Brown, Burden 2	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	4	1	Darlington	Gresty Road	7,085
Harrigan 3, Meaney J	Lineups		Clarke
Halifax Town	0	1	York City	The Shay	7,696
	Lineups		Rudd
Lincoln City	3	0	Stockport County	Sincil Bank	12,777
Hutchinson 2, Marlow	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Field Mill	12,834
Banks	Lineups		Haddington
New Brighton	1	1	Barrow	Tower Athletic Grounds	4,858
Paterson	Lineups		Kendall
Rochdale	2	1	Wrexham	Spotland	9,687
Johnston, Moss	Lineups		Tunnicliffe
Rotherham United	3	2	Hartlepools United	Millmoor	13,765
Thompson 2, Ardron	Lineups		Hooper (p), Harden
Southport	1	2	Bradford City	Haig Avenue	7,366
Wyles	Lineups		Neilson, Batey OG

				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	Rotherham United	25	9	3	1	34	12	3	5	4	22	21	1.697	32	W	W	D	D	D	1948-01-17	Hull City	A
2	0	Lincoln City	23	7	2	4	25	14	6	3	1	13	6	1.9	31	W	W	L	L	W	1948-01-10	Carlisle United	A
3	1	Barrow	23	6	1	5	14	11	5	6	0	18	11	1.455	29	D	W	D	W	W	1948-01-24	Mansfield Town	A
4	1	Carlisle United	24	7	3	2	33	19	5	2	5	26	26	1.311	29	D	W	W	W	L	1948-01-10	Lincoln City	H
5	-2	Accrington Stanley	24	9	0	4	26	17	5	1	5	16	17	1.235	29	L	L	W	W	W	1948-01-17	Stockport County	A
6	0	Hull City	22	5	3	3	16	11	6	3	2	17	10	1.571	28	W	W	W	L	D	1948-01-17	Rotherham United	H
7	0	Wrexham	23	9	1	2	31	15	2	3	6	8	17	1.219	26	L	L	W	W	L	1948-01-10	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	0	Gateshead	24	3	4	3	19	12	5	5	4	14	15	1.222	25	D	W	L	W	D	1948-01-10	Rochdale	H
9	1	Crewe Alexandra	22	7	3	1	23	13	3	2	6	10	21	0.971	25	W	D	D	L	D	1948-01-17	Gateshead	A
10	-1	Mansfield Town	23	5	2	4	16	14	3	6	3	12	13	1.037	24	D	L	W	L	W	1948-01-17	Tranmere Rovers	A
11	1	Rochdale	22	8	2	2	21	14	1	4	5	7	21	0.8	24	W	W	W	L	W	1948-01-10	Gateshead	A
12	1	York City	23	6	2	3	23	10	3	2	7	14	22	1.156	22	W	L	W	W	L	1948-01-10	Bradford City	H
13	1	Bradford City	23	6	3	3	21	11	3	1	7	14	23	1.029	22	W	L	W	D	L	1948-01-10	York City	A
14	-3	Tranmere Rovers	23	7	0	4	18	15	3	2	7	16	25	0.85	22	L	L	L	L	W	1948-01-10	Wrexham	H
15	1	Oldham Athletic	23	2	5	4	8	13	4	3	5	20	17	0.933	20	D	L	D	D	W	1948-01-17	York City	H
16	-1	Darlington	23	2	4	4	13	20	5	2	6	16	22	0.69	20	L	L	D	D	W	1948-01-10	Halifax Town	H
17	1	Chester	23	6	4	1	24	11	1	1	10	10	25	0.944	19	W	L	L	L	L	1948-01-17	Darlington	A
18	-1	Southport	24	6	1	6	20	21	2	1	8	11	22	0.721	18	L	W	L	L	L	1948-01-24	Gateshead	A
19	0	Stockport County	22	4	4	3	19	14	1	3	7	6	20	0.735	17	L	L	L	W	W	1948-01-17	Accrington Stanley	H
20	2	New Brighton	23	1	5	6	10	16	3	2	6	15	24	0.625	15	D	L	W	W	D	1948-01-10	Hartlepools United	A
21	-1	Hartlepools United	21	3	4	2	11	11	2	1	9	11	33	0.5	15	L	W	W	L	W	1948-01-10	New Brighton	H
22	-1	Halifax Town	23	3	4	5	15	13	1	2	8	11	29	0.619	14	L	L	D	L	D	1948-01-10	Darlington	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dean Court	13,354
Tagg 2, Blair, Rowell	Lineups		Booth
Bristol City	1	0	Notts County	Ashton Gate	35,287	Largest home gate 1947-48
Townsend	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	2	Swansea Town	Portman Road	13,352
Rumbold, Little, Pole	Lineups		McCrory 2
Leyton Orient	2	4	Exeter City	Brisbane Road	9,089
Chapman, Neary (p)	Lineups		Sutherland 2, Mackay, Regan
Port Vale	1	0	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground	12,905
Bellis	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	5	2	Bristol Rovers	Loftus Road	22,518
McEwan, Hatton, Boxshall 2, Hartburn	Lineups		Morgan, Petherbridge
Reading	1	3	Southend United	Elm Park	12,149
Dix (p)	Lineups		Thompson 2, Bennett
Swindon Town	1	0	Aldershot	County Ground	13,893
Paterson	Lineups
Torquay United	3	3	Crystal Palace	Plainmoor	6,016
Mercer 2, Calland (p)	Lineups		Clough, Somerfield, Howells
Walsall	1	1	Newport County	Fellows Park	16,847
Wilshaw	Lineups		Carr
Watford	2	2	Norwich City	Vicarage Road	7,400
Davies T, Harper	Lineups		Eyre, Driver

				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	24	12	0	1	33	11	5	3	3	19	11	2.364	37	W	W	W	D	W	1948-01-31	Aldershot	H
2	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	23	8	3	1	29	7	4	2	5	12	15	1.864	29	W	L	W	L	W	1948-01-17	Ipswich Town	H
3	-1	Swansea Town	25	9	3	0	31	9	2	4	7	17	26	1.371	29	L	D	L	W	W	1948-01-17	Bristol City	H
4	-1	Walsall	22	8	3	2	29	10	4	1	4	14	13	1.87	28	D	L	W	D	L	1948-01-17	Southend United	A
5	0	Exeter City	22	7	3	0	17	5	3	4	5	13	21	1.154	27	W	D	W	W	W	1948-01-17	Torquay United	H
6	0	Bristol City	22	8	1	2	32	8	4	1	6	17	19	1.815	26	W	D	L	L	L	1948-01-17	Swansea Town	A
7	0	Ipswich Town	21	9	1	1	24	4	3	1	6	15	23	1.444	26	W	W	L	W	L	1948-01-10	Aldershot	A
8	1	Port Vale	22	8	3	0	31	9	2	2	7	11	21	1.4	25	W	D	W	L	W	1948-01-10	Leyton Orient	H
9	-1	Newport County	23	6	5	1	23	12	2	4	5	9	18	1.067	25	D	L	W	W	D	1948-01-10	Watford	A
10	0	Southend United	23	7	3	1	18	9	3	2	7	11	31	0.725	25	W	W	L	W	D	1948-01-17	Walsall	H
11	0	Torquay United	21	4	5	2	22	14	3	4	3	12	14	1.214	23	D	L	W	W	W	1948-01-17	Exeter City	A
12	0	Swindon Town	22	3	6	2	11	10	4	3	4	15	13	1.13	23	W	D	W	W	W	1948-01-17	Crystal Palace	A
13	0	Crystal Palace	23	7	2	1	14	5	0	6	7	9	22	0.852	22	D	L	W	W	D	1948-01-17	Swindon Town	H
14	0	Reading	22	6	2	4	23	20	1	4	5	6	11	0.935	20	L	D	W	L	L	1948-01-17	Notts County	A
15	0	Bristol Rovers	24	3	3	6	18	20	3	5	4	21	23	0.907	20	L	W	L	W	L	1948-01-17	Watford	H
16	0	Aldershot	21	2	5	2	11	13	4	2	6	16	19	0.844	19	L	W	L	D	L	1948-01-10	Ipswich Town	H
17	0	Northampton Town	21	5	2	2	14	8	2	3	7	11	23	0.806	19	L	W	L	L	L	1948-01-24	Bristol City	H
18	0	Notts County	21	5	3	2	18	11	1	3	7	9	21	0.844	18	L	D	W	W	W	1948-01-17	Reading	H
19	0	Watford	21	3	3	5	19	19	3	1	6	8	24	0.628	16	D	L	L	L	W	1948-01-10	Newport County	H
20	2	Norwich City	22	3	2	5	13	19	0	3	9	10	28	0.489	11	D	D	L	L	D	1948-01-17	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	-1	Leyton Orient	23	3	3	7	16	27	0	2	8	7	31	0.397	11	L	D	L	L	L	1948-01-10	Port Vale	A
22	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	2	2	7	8	21	1	3	7	9	27	0.354	11	L	D	L	D	L	1948-01-17	Norwich City	A