Saturday 1948-03-20

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	2	Chelsea	Highbury	56,596
	Lineups		Campbell, Bentley
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Burnden Park	34,520
Woodward	Lineups
Burnley	4	1	Grimsby Town	Turf Moor	19,522
Harrison, Haigh, Hornby, OG	Lineups		Pearson
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Huddersfield Town	The Valley	29,837
	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Blackpool	Anfield Road	48,725
Stubbins 2 (1p)	Lineups
Manchester United	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	51,849
Delaney, Mitten, Morris	Lineups		Dunn, Smyth
Middlesbrough	1	1	Derby County	Ayresome Park	24,815
Fenton (p)	Lineups		Stamps (p)
Portsmouth	1	0	Manchester City	Fratton Park	29,459
Scoular	Lineups
Preston North End	3	0	Aston Villa	Deepdale	28,001
McLaren, Hannah, McClure	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	1	Everton	Bramall Lane	30,284
Jones, Sloan	Lineups		Farrell
Stoke City	3	1	Sunderland	Victoria Ground	26,757
Steele, Kiernan, Peppitt	Lineups		Davis

				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	33	12	3	2	38	13	8	6	2	23	12	2.44	49	L	W	W	L	W	1948-03-26	Middlesbrough	H
2	0	Preston North End	32	12	3	1	36	21	6	3	7	18	24	1.2	42	W	W	W	W	D	1948-03-26	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Burnley	32	9	5	2	24	8	6	6	4	21	25	1.364	41	W	L	D	D	L	1948-03-26	Stoke City	H
4	0	Manchester United	32	8	6	2	39	23	5	7	4	27	18	1.61	39	W	D	W	W	D	1948-03-22	Aston Villa	A
5	0	Derby County	29	8	5	1	31	12	6	4	5	30	26	1.605	37	D	W	W	W	W	1948-03-26	Blackpool	A
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	9	3	5	37	25	5	5	6	31	32	1.193	36	L	D	L	W	L	1948-03-26	Sunderland	A
7	1	Sheffield United	34	11	4	3	40	21	3	4	9	17	33	1.056	36	W	D	W	D	D	1948-03-26	Liverpool	A
8	-1	Blackpool	31	10	2	3	29	10	3	6	7	12	21	1.323	34	L	D	L	W	W	1948-03-26	Derby County	H
9	1	Middlesbrough	33	7	5	5	30	21	6	2	8	33	27	1.313	33	D	L	D	L	W	1948-03-26	Arsenal	A
10	-1	Aston Villa	31	8	4	2	30	14	5	3	9	19	31	1.089	33	L	L	W	W	W	1948-03-22	Manchester United	H
11	0	Manchester City	32	11	2	3	34	17	1	6	9	9	19	1.194	32	L	W	L	W	L	1948-03-26	Chelsea	A
12	1	Portsmouth	31	9	3	3	31	13	4	2	10	18	27	1.225	31	W	L	D	D	W	1948-03-26	Preston North End	H
13	-1	Everton	31	8	2	6	23	19	5	3	7	18	29	0.854	31	L	L	W	W	W	1948-03-26	Grimsby Town	A
14	0	Chelsea	33	9	5	3	33	23	2	3	11	11	32	0.8	30	W	W	D	W	L	1948-03-26	Manchester City	H
15	2	Stoke City	34	6	5	6	21	20	4	4	9	11	27	0.681	29	W	D	W	L	L	1948-03-26	Burnley	A
16	3	Liverpool	33	6	6	4	28	21	4	2	11	17	35	0.804	28	W	W	L	L	L	1948-03-26	Sheffield United	H
17	-1	Charlton Athletic	33	6	3	8	29	27	6	1	9	15	34	0.721	28	D	L	L	L	L	1948-03-26	Aston Villa	H
18	0	Huddersfield Town	33	7	3	6	22	17	2	6	9	20	33	0.84	27	D	W	L	L	L	1948-03-26	Blackburn Rovers	A
19	-4	Blackburn Rovers	33	7	4	6	29	26	3	3	10	14	31	0.754	27	L	W	D	W	L	1948-03-26	Huddersfield Town	H
20	1	Bolton Wanderers	33	9	1	6	26	21	3	2	12	12	31	0.731	27	W	W	W	L	W	1948-03-26	Manchester United	A
21	-1	Sunderland	34	7	4	6	25	17	2	4	11	20	44	0.738	26	L	L	L	D	W	1948-03-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	0	Grimsby Town	34	3	5	9	15	30	3	1	13	23	59	0.427	18	L	D	D	L	L	1948-03-26	Everton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	West Ham United	Oakwell	18,905
Whyte	Lineups		Parsons
Birmingham City	0	0	Southampton	St Andrew's	42,000
	Lineups
Brentford	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Griffin Park	31,297
Buchanan, Monk	Lineups
Coventry City	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Highfield Road	16,536
McIntosh	Lineups		Lee
Fulham	0	0	Bradford	Craven Cottage	16,896
	Lineups
Leeds United	4	0	Cardiff City	Elland Road	34,276
Chisholm 2, Powell, Short	Lineups
Leicester City	2	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Filbert Street	26,963
Dewis, Hernon (p)	Lineups		Quigley 2, Jordan
Luton Town	1	2	Millwall	Kenilworth Road	14,128
Daniel	Lineups		Mansfield, Woodward
Newcastle United	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	St James' Park	48,724
Lowrie, Thompson	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Chesterfield	Home Park	21,039
Astall	Lineups		Hudson 2
West Bromwich Albion	3	3	Bury	The Hawthorns	28,638
Walsh, Hodgetts, Rowley	Lineups		Constantine, Massart, Bellis

				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	33	9	6	2	26	12	9	4	3	18	9	2.095	46	D	D	L	W	D	1948-03-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
2	0	Cardiff City	34	12	4	1	35	9	5	5	7	21	32	1.366	43	L	W	W	D	W	1948-03-26	West Ham United	H
3	0	Newcastle United	33	13	1	2	37	11	6	3	8	23	25	1.667	42	W	L	W	W	D	1948-03-26	Barnsley	H
4	0	Southampton	32	12	2	2	45	17	4	5	7	13	27	1.318	39	D	W	W	D	W	1948-03-26	Nottingham Forest	H
5	0	West Bromwich Albion	34	10	2	5	28	24	6	4	7	19	21	1.044	38	D	W	W	D	L	1948-03-27	Southampton	A
6	1	Sheffield Wednesday	32	10	3	2	31	18	5	4	8	20	27	1.133	37	W	D	D	D	W	1948-03-26	Chesterfield	A
7	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	32	9	4	2	32	15	4	5	8	16	17	1.5	35	L	L	D	D	D	1948-03-26	Millwall	A
8	0	West Ham United	33	8	6	3	22	14	4	5	7	19	26	1.025	35	D	L	W	L	W	1948-03-26	Cardiff City	A
9	0	Barnsley	33	9	3	5	25	16	4	5	7	25	31	1.064	34	D	W	D	W	D	1948-03-26	Newcastle United	A
10	0	Bury	35	6	7	5	25	20	3	7	7	26	26	1.109	32	D	D	L	D	W	1948-03-26	Bradford	H
11	0	Bradford	34	9	2	6	34	21	4	4	9	17	32	0.962	32	D	W	L	D	D	1948-03-26	Bury	A
12	0	Coventry City	33	8	3	6	28	15	3	6	7	19	26	1.146	31	D	D	L	D	D	1948-03-27	Bradford	A
13	0	Fulham	31	5	7	4	21	13	7	0	8	18	24	1.054	31	D	W	D	D	D	1948-03-26	Luton Town	A
14	1	Chesterfield	32	5	4	6	21	20	7	3	7	19	22	0.952	31	W	D	L	L	L	1948-03-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	2	Leeds United	34	10	4	3	34	15	2	2	13	15	43	0.845	30	W	L	D	L	W	1948-03-26	Brentford	A
16	-2	Luton Town	32	6	7	3	27	18	4	2	10	19	29	0.979	29	L	D	D	D	W	1948-03-26	Fulham	H
17	-1	Leicester City	32	7	3	5	25	23	4	4	9	18	25	0.896	29	L	L	W	L	W	1948-03-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
18	0	Plymouth Argyle	34	7	6	4	22	18	0	8	9	8	32	0.6	28	L	L	D	D	D	1948-03-27	West Ham United	A
19	1	Brentford	33	7	6	4	22	22	1	6	9	8	31	0.566	28	W	L	D	D	D	1948-03-26	Leeds United	H
20	-1	Nottingham Forest	33	9	2	6	27	20	1	5	10	14	29	0.837	27	D	L	D	W	L	1948-03-26	Southampton	A
21	1	Millwall	34	6	5	6	20	24	2	4	11	15	38	0.565	25	W	W	L	D	L	1948-03-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	-1	Doncaster Rovers	33	7	6	4	21	15	1	2	13	10	36	0.608	24	L	D	D	W	D	1948-03-26	Leicester City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	3	Oldham Athletic	Peel Park	5,213
Mercer, Wright T	Lineups		Tomlinson, Blackshaw, Brook
Barrow	1	2	Hartlepools United	Holker Street	7,484
Kendall	Lineups		Nevins 2
Bradford City	2	2	Gateshead	Valley Parade	9,152
McGill, Rosenthal	Lineups		Small, Weddle
Halifax Town	2	1	Carlisle United	The Shay	9,802
Lewis, Priestley	Lineups		Dougal
Hull City	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Boothferry Park	13,558
Conway 2, Murphy	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	0	York City	Sincil Bank	11,703
	Lineups
New Brighton	0	1	Chester	Tower Athletic Grounds	4,806
	Lineups		Best
Rochdale	1	2	Crewe Alexandra	Spotland	7,092
Gallacher	Lineups		Clarke, Waddington
Southport	1	1	Mansfield Town	Haig Avenue	7,032
Wyles	Lineups		Croft
Stockport County	1	3	Darlington	Edgeley Park	12,247
Dainty	Lineups		Clarke 3
Wrexham	1	3	Rotherham United	Racecourse Ground	12,822
Grainger	Lineups		Ardron 2, Guest

				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	33	10	3	4	32	16	10	4	2	27	15	1.903	47	D	D	W	W	W	1948-03-26	Gateshead	H
2	0	Rotherham United	33	11	4	1	43	14	7	5	5	35	29	1.814	45	W	D	W	W	W	1948-03-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
3	0	Gateshead	35	8	5	4	39	23	7	6	5	23	24	1.319	41	D	D	W	W	L	1948-03-26	Lincoln City	A
4	2	Mansfield Town	32	10	2	4	32	17	5	7	4	17	17	1.441	39	D	W	W	W	W	1948-03-26	Chester	A
5	-1	Wrexham	34	11	3	3	37	19	5	4	8	17	26	1.2	39	L	W	D	L	W	1948-03-26	Barrow	A
6	-1	Barrow	32	8	2	6	20	13	6	8	2	21	15	1.464	38	L	D	W	W	D	1948-03-26	Wrexham	H
7	1	Carlisle United	35	8	4	6	39	31	7	3	7	33	33	1.125	37	L	L	L	L	W	1948-03-26	Oldham Athletic	H
8	-1	Accrington Stanley	33	11	0	6	33	22	6	3	7	23	28	1.12	37	L	W	W	L	D	1948-03-26	Southport	A
9	0	Hull City	33	8	4	4	27	17	6	4	7	19	22	1.179	36	W	L	L	L	L	1948-03-26	New Brighton	A
10	0	Tranmere Rovers	34	9	1	7	27	23	6	2	9	22	31	0.907	33	L	L	L	D	W	1948-03-26	Rotherham United	A
11	1	York City	34	7	6	4	34	20	3	6	8	20	29	1.102	32	D	D	L	D	D	1948-03-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
12	2	Crewe Alexandra	31	8	3	4	26	18	5	3	8	16	31	0.857	32	W	L	D	L	W	1948-03-26	York City	H
13	-2	Rochdale	32	10	2	4	26	18	2	6	8	14	36	0.741	32	L	L	L	D	D	1948-03-26	Stockport County	H
14	-1	Bradford City	33	7	4	6	28	20	5	3	8	24	32	1	31	D	W	L	W	L	1948-03-27	Darlington	A
15	0	Darlington	34	5	6	6	25	29	6	3	8	22	33	0.758	31	W	W	L	L	L	1948-03-26	Hartlepools United	H
16	0	Oldham Athletic	33	3	9	4	17	19	6	3	8	28	29	0.938	30	W	D	L	W	W	1948-03-26	Carlisle United	A
17	0	Chester	33	9	4	3	38	20	2	3	12	14	31	1.02	29	W	W	W	D	W	1948-03-26	Mansfield Town	H
18	0	Southport	33	8	3	6	28	24	2	5	9	20	32	0.857	28	D	D	W	D	D	1948-03-26	Accrington Stanley	H
19	1	Hartlepools United	32	6	6	4	21	20	3	1	12	15	41	0.59	25	W	L	L	W	D	1948-03-26	Darlington	A
20	-1	Stockport County	31	5	6	5	28	24	1	5	9	8	26	0.72	23	L	D	W	L	D	1948-03-26	Rochdale	A
21	1	Halifax Town	34	4	7	6	23	21	2	3	12	16	41	0.629	22	W	W	D	L	D	1948-03-27	Rotherham United	A
22	-1	New Brighton	34	3	6	8	15	22	3	3	11	16	37	0.525	21	L	L	W	L	D	1948-03-26	Hull City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Swindon Town	Dean Court	17,267
McDonald	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Ashton Gate	21,184
Townsend 2	Lineups		Hatton
Exeter City	4	0	Bristol Rovers	St James Park	8,000
Hutchings, Bamford OG, Evans, Bartholomew (p)	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	1	Port Vale	Portman Road	11,100
Parker S, Jennings	Lineups		Pointon
Leyton Orient	2	1	Norwich City	Brisbane Road	18,220
Naylor, Chapman	Lineups		Church
Newport County	1	2	Northampton Town	Somerton Park	8,567
Allen	Lineups		Briscoe, Coley
Notts County	1	0	Crystal Palace	Meadow Lane	30,558
Lyman	Lineups
Reading	2	0	Watford	Elm Park	11,502
Amor, Price	Lineups
Southend United	4	0	Aldershot	Greyhound Stadium	9,837
Thompson, Edwards, Grant, Tippett	Lineups
Swansea Town	1	1	Torquay United	Vetch Field	17,619
Burns	Lineups		Hill
Walsall	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fellows Park	11,765
	Lineups

				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	30	13	2	1	38	14	6	4	4	21	13	2.185	44	L	W	W	D	D	1948-03-26	Port Vale	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	32	11	4	1	37	8	7	3	6	21	17	2.32	43	W	L	W	D	D	1948-03-26	Exeter City	A
3	0	Walsall	32	10	5	2	33	11	5	3	7	21	23	1.588	38	D	L	W	L	L	1948-03-26	Bristol City	A
4	2	Southend United	33	10	6	1	28	12	4	4	8	16	34	0.957	38	W	D	W	D	D	1948-03-26	Notts County	A
5	0	Swansea Town	33	12	5	0	43	12	2	4	10	18	32	1.386	37	D	L	W	W	L	1948-03-26	Newport County	H
6	-2	Port Vale	33	13	3	1	46	14	2	4	10	14	32	1.304	37	L	W	L	L	D	1948-03-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	0	Ipswich Town	31	12	1	3	32	11	5	1	9	19	34	1.133	36	W	L	L	W	W	1948-03-26	Leyton Orient	A
8	1	Bristol City	32	10	1	5	40	19	6	2	8	26	29	1.375	35	W	D	L	W	L	1948-03-26	Walsall	H
9	2	Exeter City	31	9	4	2	29	12	4	4	8	16	29	1.098	34	W	L	W	W	L	1948-03-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
10	-2	Newport County	33	8	5	3	31	22	4	5	8	20	36	0.879	34	L	W	W	L	L	1948-03-26	Swansea Town	A
11	-1	Torquay United	31	6	6	4	33	19	4	7	4	20	21	1.325	33	D	D	L	W	L	1948-03-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	1	Notts County	30	9	3	3	31	18	3	4	8	15	26	1.045	31	W	D	W	W	W	1948-03-26	Southend United	H
13	1	Northampton Town	31	8	3	4	24	17	4	4	8	17	32	0.837	31	W	D	W	L	W	1948-03-26	Reading	A
14	-2	Swindon Town	31	4	9	2	14	12	4	5	7	17	18	1.033	30	L	D	W	L	D	1948-03-26	Watford	H
15	0	Reading	32	8	2	6	32	27	4	4	8	14	23	0.92	30	W	L	L	W	W	1948-03-26	Northampton Town	H
16	1	Leyton Orient	34	7	3	7	26	28	3	4	10	17	39	0.642	27	W	W	W	D	D	1948-03-26	Ipswich Town	H
17	-1	Crystal Palace	32	7	4	4	18	12	1	6	10	16	30	0.81	26	L	L	D	L	L	1948-03-26	Norwich City	A
18	0	Bristol Rovers	33	4	3	9	25	28	4	5	8	27	38	0.788	24	L	L	L	L	W	1948-03-26	Aldershot	A
19	0	Aldershot	31	2	8	5	15	20	4	4	8	17	28	0.667	24	L	L	L	D	D	1948-03-26	Bristol Rovers	H
20	0	Watford	32	3	5	8	22	31	5	3	8	14	32	0.571	24	L	D	W	L	W	1948-03-26	Swindon Town	A
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	5	3	7	18	24	2	5	8	13	34	0.534	22	D	W	W	D	L	1948-03-26	Torquay United	H
22	0	Norwich City	31	4	3	8	20	28	3	3	10	20	35	0.635	20	L	W	W	L	L	1948-03-26	Crystal Palace	H