Saturday 1948-02-28

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 6						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	Fulham	0	2	Blackpool	D 1	Craven Cottage	32,000
		Lineups		Mortensen, McIntosh
D 1	Manchester United	4	1	Preston North End	D 1	Old Trafford	74,243
	Pearson 2, Rowley, Mitten	Lineups		McIntosh
D 3S	Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Derby County	D 1	Loftus Road	28,358	aet
	Hartburn	Lineups		Steel
D 2	Southampton	0	1	Tottenham Hotspur	D 2	The Dell	28,425
		Lineups		Bennett

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	4	2	Arsenal	Villa Park	66,045
Dixon, Smith, Ford 2	Lineups		Rooke, Moss OG
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Stoke City	Ewood Park	24,346
Campbell (p), Graham	Lineups
Chelsea	3	1	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge	39,078
Walker (p), Campbell, Bowie	Lineups		Baron
Everton	2	1	Middlesbrough	Goodison Park	46,364
Lello 2	Lineups		Spuhler
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Leeds Road	14,273
Bateman	Lineups		Moir, Barrass
Sunderland	1	1	Sheffield United	Roker Park	48,415
Shackleton	Lineups		Collindridge
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Molineux	28,716
Hancocks, Pye	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	30	11	3	1	33	9	7	6	2	21	12	2.571	45	L	W	D	W	D	1948-03-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
2	0	Burnley	29	8	4	2	20	7	6	6	3	20	21	1.429	38	D	L	W	W	D	1948-03-06	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	0	Derby County	28	8	5	1	31	12	6	3	5	29	25	1.622	36	W	W	W	W	W	1948-03-20	Middlesbrough	A
4	0	Preston North End	29	10	3	1	31	20	5	3	7	16	24	1.068	36	W	D	L	W	D	1948-03-06	Grimsby Town	H
5	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	2	5	36	24	5	5	4	27	24	1.313	35	W	L	D	W	D	1948-03-06	Arsenal	A
6	-1	Manchester United	29	6	6	2	33	20	5	6	4	26	17	1.595	34	W	D	L	D	W	1948-03-06	Sunderland	H
7	-1	Blackpool	29	10	2	3	29	10	3	5	6	11	18	1.429	33	L	W	W	D	W	1948-03-06	Portsmouth	A
8	1	Aston Villa	29	8	4	2	30	14	5	3	7	18	25	1.231	33	W	W	W	L	W	1948-03-06	Sheffield United	A
9	-1	Middlesbrough	30	7	3	5	29	20	6	2	7	32	25	1.356	31	L	W	W	L	W	1948-03-06	Chelsea	H
10	1	Sheffield United	31	9	4	3	35	19	3	3	9	16	32	1	31	D	D	W	W	W	1948-03-06	Aston Villa	H
11	-1	Manchester City	29	10	2	3	30	16	1	6	7	9	15	1.258	30	W	L	W	W	L	1948-03-06	Stoke City	A
12	1	Everton	28	8	2	5	23	17	4	3	6	14	25	0.881	29	W	W	L	L	W	1948-03-06	Charlton Athletic	A
13	-1	Portsmouth	28	8	2	3	29	12	4	2	9	18	26	1.237	28	D	W	W	W	W	1948-03-06	Blackpool	H
14	0	Charlton Athletic	30	6	2	7	27	24	6	1	8	15	31	0.764	27	L	L	D	L	L	1948-03-06	Everton	H
15	0	Sunderland	31	7	4	5	25	15	2	4	9	18	38	0.811	26	D	W	L	L	L	1948-03-06	Manchester United	A
16	3	Bolton Wanderers	32	8	1	6	25	21	3	2	12	12	31	0.712	25	W	W	L	W	W	1948-03-20	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	3	Chelsea	30	8	5	3	30	23	1	2	11	9	32	0.709	25	W	L	D	L	L	1948-03-06	Middlesbrough	A
18	-2	Huddersfield Town	30	6	3	6	20	16	2	5	8	20	29	0.889	24	L	L	L	L	W	1948-03-06	Liverpool	A
19	2	Blackburn Rovers	30	6	4	6	28	26	3	2	9	14	30	0.75	24	W	L	W	D	W	1948-03-06	Burnley	A
20	-3	Liverpool	31	4	6	4	22	21	4	2	11	17	35	0.696	24	L	L	L	L	L	1948-03-06	Huddersfield Town	H
21	-3	Stoke City	31	4	5	6	15	19	4	3	9	11	27	0.565	24	L	L	L	D	W	1948-03-06	Manchester City	H
22	0	Grimsby Town	30	3	3	9	14	29	3	1	11	21	53	0.427	16	L	L	D	L	L	1948-03-06	Preston North End	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	1	1	Brentford	Park Avenue	11,666
Henry	Lineups		Buchanan
Bury	0	0	Coventry City	Gigg Lane	15,475
	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	3	Birmingham City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	15,844
	Lineups		Stewart, Dougall, Bodle
Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Leeds United	Belle Vue	26,569
Todd 2, Bennett	Lineups
Luton Town	1	1	Cardiff City	Kenilworth Road	22,112
Daniel	Lineups		Hullett
Millwall	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	The Den, New Cross	23,125
Hurrell	Lineups		Walsh
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Leicester City	City Ground	32,073
Lee	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Hillsborough	27,281
Quigley	Lineups		Edds
West Ham United	0	2	Newcastle United	Upton Park	33,788	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups		Milburn, Thompson

				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	30	9	5	1	26	11	9	3	3	17	8	2.263	44	W	D	W	D	W	1948-03-06	West Ham United	H
2	0	Cardiff City	31	10	4	1	31	9	5	5	6	21	28	1.405	39	D	W	W	L	W	1948-03-06	Brentford	H
3	0	Newcastle United	30	11	1	2	34	11	6	3	7	21	21	1.719	38	W	D	W	L	L	1948-03-06	Bury	H
4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	29	9	4	1	32	12	4	4	7	15	14	1.808	34	D	D	W	W	L	1948-03-06	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	0	Southampton	29	11	2	2	41	15	3	4	7	12	27	1.262	34	D	W	W	L	D	1948-03-06	Coventry City	A
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	30	10	3	2	31	18	4	3	8	16	24	1.119	34	D	D	W	L	L	1948-03-06	Luton Town	A
7	1	West Bromwich Albion	31	9	1	5	24	21	5	4	7	17	21	0.976	33	D	L	L	L	W	1948-03-06	Chesterfield	H
8	-1	West Ham United	30	8	6	2	22	12	3	4	7	17	25	1.054	32	L	W	W	L	W	1948-03-06	Birmingham City	A
9	0	Bury	32	6	6	5	24	19	3	6	6	23	22	1.146	30	D	W	W	L	D	1948-03-06	Newcastle United	A
10	0	Coventry City	30	8	2	5	27	13	3	5	7	19	26	1.179	29	D	D	L	L	D	1948-03-06	Southampton	H
11	2	Bradford	31	8	2	6	31	20	4	3	8	17	30	0.96	29	D	D	L	L	L	1948-03-06	Leicester City	A
12	2	Luton Town	30	6	6	2	25	15	4	2	10	19	29	1	28	D	D	W	L	L	1948-03-06	Sheffield Wednesday	H
13	-1	Barnsley	29	8	2	5	23	15	3	4	7	21	30	0.978	28	D	W	D	W	W	1948-03-06	Millwall	H
14	-3	Chesterfield	29	5	3	6	20	19	6	3	6	17	20	0.949	28	L	L	L	D	W	1948-03-06	West Bromwich Albion	A
15	0	Fulham	28	5	5	4	21	13	6	0	8	16	24	1	27	D	D	W	W	L	1948-03-06	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	0	Leicester City	29	6	3	4	21	20	4	4	8	18	22	0.929	27	L	W	L	D	L	1948-03-06	Bradford	H
17	0	Leeds United	31	9	3	3	28	13	2	2	12	14	40	0.792	27	L	W	L	W	W	1948-03-06	Nottingham Forest	H
18	0	Plymouth Argyle	31	7	5	3	20	15	0	8	8	8	30	0.622	27	D	D	L	W	L	1948-03-06	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	0	Brentford	31	6	6	4	20	22	1	6	8	8	30	0.538	26	D	D	D	W	D	1948-03-06	Cardiff City	A
20	0	Nottingham Forest	30	9	2	5	27	18	1	3	10	11	26	0.864	25	W	L	D	W	D	1948-03-06	Leeds United	A
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	30	7	5	4	21	15	1	1	12	10	34	0.633	22	W	D	L	W	L	1948-03-06	Fulham	A
22	0	Millwall	31	5	5	6	18	24	1	4	10	13	36	0.517	21	D	L	L	W	L	1948-03-06	Barnsley	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	1	2	Bradford City	Brunton Park	13,971
Lindsay	Lineups		Shearer, McGill
Chester	4	1	Wrexham	Sealand Road	16,160	Largest home gate 1947-48
Best, Westwood, Williamson 2	Lineups		Yates
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Barrow	Gresty Road	5,827
Finan	Lineups		Collins, Leach
Darlington	1	3	Lincoln City	Feethams Ground	7,631
Clarke	Lineups		Hutchinson, Lester, Owen
Gateshead	4	2	Accrington Stanley	Redheugh Park	7,262
Wilbert 2, Skeen, Small	Lineups		Smith D, Wright T
Hartlepools United	3	1	Hull City	Victoria Park	8,333
Richardson, Sloan 2	Lineups		Murphy
Mansfield Town	3	1	Halifax Town	Field Mill	10,664
Banks 3	Lineups		Priestley
Oldham Athletic	3	0	New Brighton	Boundary Park	10,009
Tomlinson 2, Blackshaw	Lineups
Rotherham United	4	1	Stockport County	Millmoor	13,339
Ardron 2, Thompson, Selkirk	Lineups		Dainty
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Southport	Prenton Park	7,987
Lamb 2	Lineups		Wyles 2
York City	0	0	Rochdale	Bootham Crescent	7,311
	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	0	Lincoln City	30	9	2	4	30	16	10	3	2	27	15	1.839	43	W	W	L	W	W	1948-03-06	Tranmere Rovers	H
2	0	Rotherham United	30	11	3	1	43	14	5	5	5	31	28	1.762	40	W	W	W	W	L	1948-03-06	Bradford City	A
3	2	Gateshead	32	8	4	4	38	22	6	5	5	18	20	1.333	37	W	L	L	W	W	1948-03-06	Hull City	A
4	-1	Carlisle United	32	8	4	5	38	29	7	3	5	32	29	1.207	37	L	W	W	W	L	1948-03-06	Barrow	A
5	-1	Wrexham	31	11	2	2	35	15	4	4	8	15	25	1.25	36	L	W	W	W	L	1948-03-06	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	1	Barrow	29	7	2	5	17	11	6	7	2	21	15	1.462	35	W	D	D	W	L	1948-03-06	Carlisle United	H
7	-1	Hull City	29	7	4	3	22	14	6	4	5	18	16	1.333	34	L	L	D	L	W	1948-03-06	Gateshead	H
8	1	Mansfield Town	29	9	2	4	27	17	4	6	4	14	15	1.281	34	W	W	L	W	W	1948-03-06	Rochdale	A
9	-1	Accrington Stanley	30	10	0	5	28	19	5	3	7	22	28	1.064	33	L	D	L	L	W	1948-03-06	Darlington	H
10	0	Tranmere Rovers	31	9	1	6	27	22	6	2	7	22	26	1.021	33	D	W	W	W	W	1948-03-06	Lincoln City	A
11	0	Rochdale	29	10	2	2	24	14	2	6	7	13	34	0.771	32	D	D	W	W	L	1948-03-06	Mansfield Town	H
12	0	York City	31	7	5	4	31	17	3	5	7	19	27	1.136	30	D	D	W	D	L	1948-03-06	New Brighton	A
13	0	Crewe Alexandra	28	8	3	3	26	17	4	2	8	13	29	0.848	29	L	W	L	L	W	1948-03-06	Wrexham	A
14	1	Bradford City	30	7	3	5	26	17	4	3	8	22	32	0.98	28	W	L	D	W	L	1948-03-06	Rotherham United	H
15	1	Oldham Athletic	30	3	8	4	17	19	5	3	7	25	23	1	27	W	W	D	L	L	1948-03-06	Southport	A
16	-2	Darlington	31	4	6	6	23	29	5	3	7	19	29	0.724	27	L	L	D	D	L	1948-03-06	Accrington Stanley	A
17	0	Southport	30	7	2	6	23	23	2	4	9	17	29	0.769	24	D	D	D	D	W	1948-03-06	Oldham Athletic	H
18	0	Hartlepools United	29	6	6	3	21	18	2	1	11	13	38	0.607	23	W	D	L	W	L	1948-03-06	Stockport County	A
19	0	Chester	29	7	4	3	32	18	1	2	12	12	30	0.917	22	W	L	L	L	L	1948-03-06	Halifax Town	A
20	0	Stockport County	28	4	6	4	25	21	1	4	9	7	25	0.696	20	L	D	D	L	L	1948-03-06	Hartlepools United	H
21	0	New Brighton	31	2	6	7	13	20	3	3	10	16	32	0.558	19	L	D	L	L	W	1948-03-06	York City	H
22	0	Halifax Town	31	3	6	6	20	19	1	3	12	15	41	0.583	17	L	D	L	D	L	1948-03-06	Chester	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	0	0	Leyton Orient	Recreation Ground	7,047
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	3	Reading	Eastville	14,571
Petherbridge, Hodges	Lineups		MacPhee, Fisher, Bertschin
Crystal Palace	1	2	Exeter City	Selhurst Park	15,627
Kurz	Lineups		Evans, Mackay
Northampton Town	2	1	Walsall	County Ground	8,253
Hughes, King	Lineups		Devlin
Norwich City	2	3	Bristol City	Carrow Road	22,275
Hold, Morgan G	Lineups		Clark, Townsend, Tobin OG
Port Vale	1	2	Notts County	Recreation Ground	18,147	Largest home gate 1947-48
Allen	Lineups		Lawton, Sewell
Swindon Town	0	0	Southend United	County Ground	14,858
	Lineups
Torquay United	4	1	Newport County	Plainmoor	6,235
Conley, Lewis, Hill, Shaw	Lineups		Hayward
Watford	0	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vicarage Road	15,778
	Lineups		Milligan 2, Lunn

				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	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	30	10	4	1	36	8	7	3	5	20	15	2.435	41	W	D	D	W	W	1948-03-13	Port Vale	A
2	-1	Queens Park Rangers	27	12	2	1	36	14	5	4	3	19	11	2.2	40	D	D	D	W	W	1948-03-13	Ipswich Town	H
3	0	Walsall	29	9	4	2	31	11	5	3	6	21	22	1.576	35	L	L	D	D	W	1948-03-06	Bristol Rovers	H
4	0	Port Vale	30	12	3	1	44	13	2	4	8	13	28	1.39	35	L	D	W	L	W	1948-03-06	Swansea Town	A
5	0	Swansea Town	30	11	4	0	40	11	2	4	9	18	31	1.381	34	W	L	D	L	W	1948-03-06	Port Vale	H
6	0	Ipswich Town	28	11	1	2	29	7	5	1	8	19	32	1.231	34	W	W	W	L	L	1948-03-06	Watford	H
7	0	Southend United	30	8	6	1	23	12	4	3	8	16	34	0.848	33	D	D	W	W	L	1948-03-06	Torquay United	H
8	0	Bristol City	29	9	1	4	37	16	6	1	8	25	28	1.409	32	W	L	W	L	L	1948-03-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	1	Torquay United	28	6	5	4	31	17	4	6	3	19	19	1.389	31	W	L	D	W	D	1948-03-06	Southend United	A
10	1	Exeter City	28	7	4	2	21	12	4	4	7	15	26	0.947	30	W	L	L	L	D	1948-03-06	Aldershot	H
11	-2	Newport County	30	7	5	2	27	19	3	5	8	18	35	0.833	30	L	L	L	D	L	1948-03-06	Crystal Palace	H
12	1	Reading	29	7	2	5	28	23	4	4	7	14	21	0.955	28	W	W	L	L	W	1948-03-06	Norwich City	H
13	-1	Swindon Town	27	3	9	2	13	12	4	4	5	16	15	1.074	27	D	D	L	D	D	1948-03-06	Notts County	A
14	1	Notts County	27	7	3	3	28	17	3	3	8	13	24	1	26	W	W	W	L	L	1948-03-06	Swindon Town	H
15	2	Northampton Town	27	7	2	4	21	16	3	4	7	15	26	0.857	26	W	L	W	W	D	1948-03-06	Leyton Orient	A
16	-2	Crystal Palace	28	7	3	3	18	11	1	6	8	15	26	0.892	25	L	W	L	L	D	1948-03-06	Newport County	A
17	-1	Bristol Rovers	30	4	3	8	25	26	4	5	6	27	32	0.897	24	L	W	L	L	L	1948-03-06	Walsall	A
18	0	Aldershot	28	2	8	4	14	18	4	4	6	17	20	0.816	24	D	D	D	D	L	1948-03-06	Exeter City	A
19	0	Watford	29	3	4	8	21	30	4	3	7	11	29	0.542	21	L	W	L	D	D	1948-03-06	Ipswich Town	A
20	0	Leyton Orient	31	5	3	7	19	27	2	4	10	15	39	0.515	21	D	D	W	W	W	1948-03-06	Northampton Town	H
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	27	4	3	7	16	24	1	4	8	11	33	0.474	17	D	L	W	W	D	1948-03-06	Bristol City	A
22	0	Norwich City	28	3	3	8	19	28	2	3	9	15	31	0.576	16	L	L	W	W	L	1948-03-06	Reading	A