Good Friday 1948-03-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	7	0	Middlesbrough	Highbury	57,557
Rooke 3, Compton D 2, Roper, Robinson OG	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Ewood Park	28,795
Crossan	Lineups		Bateman, Glazzard
Blackpool	2	2	Derby County	Bloomfield Road	30,445
Mortensen 2	Lineups		Stamps, Harrison
Burnley	4	0	Stoke City	Turf Moor	28,989
Chew 2, Harrison 2	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Aston Villa	The Valley	39,072
Revell	Lineups		Brown
Chelsea	2	2	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge	64,396
Bentley, Billington	Lineups		Linacre, Black
Grimsby Town	3	0	Everton	Blundell Park	18,279
Blenkinsopp, Pearson 2	Lineups
Liverpool	4	0	Sheffield United	Anfield Road	54,797
Fagan 2, Liddell, Stubbins	Lineups
Manchester United	0	2	Bolton Wanderers	Maine Road	72,840
	Lineups		Woodward, Barrass
Portsmouth	1	0	Preston North End	Fratton Park	34,913
Reid	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Roker Park	59,840
Duns, Davis	Lineups		Wright

				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	34	13	3	2	45	13	8	6	2	23	12	2.72	51	W	L	W	W	L	1948-03-27	Blackpool	A
2	2	Burnley	33	10	5	2	28	8	6	6	4	21	25	1.485	43	W	W	L	D	D	1948-03-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	-1	Preston North End	33	12	3	1	36	21	6	3	8	18	25	1.174	42	L	W	W	W	W	1948-03-27	Chelsea	A
4	-1	Manchester United	34	8	6	3	39	25	6	7	4	28	18	1.558	41	L	W	W	D	W	1948-03-27	Huddersfield Town	A
5	0	Derby County	30	8	5	1	31	12	6	5	5	32	28	1.575	38	D	D	W	W	W	1948-03-27	Sheffield United	H
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	9	3	5	37	25	5	5	7	32	34	1.169	36	L	L	D	L	W	1948-03-27	Burnley	H
7	0	Sheffield United	35	11	4	3	40	21	3	4	10	17	37	0.983	36	L	W	D	W	D	1948-03-27	Derby County	A
8	0	Blackpool	32	10	3	3	31	12	3	6	7	12	21	1.303	35	D	L	D	L	W	1948-03-27	Arsenal	H
9	1	Aston Villa	33	8	4	3	30	15	5	4	9	20	32	1.064	34	D	L	L	L	W	1948-03-27	Portsmouth	H
10	2	Portsmouth	32	10	3	3	32	13	4	2	10	18	27	1.25	33	W	W	L	D	D	1948-03-27	Aston Villa	A
11	0	Manchester City	33	11	2	3	34	17	1	7	9	11	21	1.184	33	D	L	W	L	W	1948-03-27	Middlesbrough	H
12	-3	Middlesbrough	34	7	5	5	30	21	6	2	9	33	34	1.145	33	L	D	L	D	L	1948-03-27	Manchester City	A
13	1	Chelsea	34	9	6	3	35	25	2	3	11	11	32	0.807	31	D	W	W	D	W	1948-03-27	Preston North End	H
14	-1	Everton	32	8	2	6	23	19	5	3	8	18	32	0.804	31	L	L	L	W	W	1948-03-27	Stoke City	H
15	1	Liverpool	34	7	6	4	32	21	4	2	11	17	35	0.875	30	W	W	W	L	L	1948-03-27	Grimsby Town	A
16	2	Huddersfield Town	34	7	3	6	22	17	3	6	9	22	34	0.863	29	W	D	W	L	L	1948-03-27	Manchester United	H
17	3	Bolton Wanderers	34	9	1	6	26	21	4	2	12	14	31	0.769	29	W	W	W	W	L	1948-03-29	Manchester United	H
18	-1	Charlton Athletic	34	6	4	8	30	28	6	1	9	15	34	0.726	29	D	D	L	L	L	1948-03-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
19	-4	Stoke City	35	6	5	6	21	20	4	4	10	11	31	0.627	29	L	W	D	W	L	1948-03-27	Everton	A
20	1	Sunderland	35	8	4	6	27	18	2	4	11	20	44	0.758	28	W	L	L	L	D	1948-03-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	-2	Blackburn Rovers	34	7	4	7	30	28	3	3	10	14	31	0.746	27	L	L	W	D	W	1948-03-27	Charlton Athletic	H
22	0	Grimsby Town	35	4	5	9	18	30	3	1	13	23	59	0.461	20	W	L	D	D	L	1948-03-27	Liverpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	3	0	Leeds United	Griffin Park	30,538
Girling, Gibbons 2	Lineups
Bury	0	4	Bradford	Gigg Lane	20,260
	Lineups		Griffiths G OG, Henry 2, Ainsley
Cardiff City	0	3	West Ham United	Ninian Park	41,700
	Lineups		Stephens 3
Chesterfield	0	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Saltergate Recreation Ground	25,524	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups		Froggatt, Quigley
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Leicester City	Belle Vue	24,044
Todd	Lineups		McKennan
Luton Town	0	3	Fulham	Kenilworth Road	18,033
	Lineups		McGibbon, Bewley, Ayres
Millwall	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	The Den, New Cross	42,288	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	0	Barnsley	St James' Park	64,757
McCall	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Nottingham Forest	The Dell	22,788
Scott, Wayman	Lineups		Lee

				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	1	Newcastle United	34	14	1	2	38	11	6	3	8	23	25	1.694	44	W	W	L	W	W	1948-03-27	Nottingham Forest	A
3	-1	Cardiff City	35	12	4	2	35	12	5	5	7	21	32	1.273	43	L	L	W	W	D	1948-03-27	Fulham	H
4	0	Southampton	33	13	2	2	47	18	4	5	7	13	27	1.333	41	W	D	W	W	D	1948-03-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	33	10	3	2	31	18	6	4	8	22	27	1.178	39	W	W	D	D	D	1948-03-27	Leeds United	H
6	-1	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
7	1	West Ham United	34	8	6	3	22	14	5	5	7	22	26	1.1	37	W	D	L	W	L	1948-03-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	33	9	4	2	32	15	4	6	8	16	17	1.5	36	D	L	L	D	D	1948-03-27	Leicester City	H
9	0	Barnsley	34	9	3	5	25	16	4	5	8	25	32	1.042	34	L	D	W	D	W	1948-03-29	Newcastle United	H
10	1	Bradford	35	9	2	6	34	21	5	4	9	21	32	1.038	34	W	D	W	L	D	1948-03-27	Coventry City	H
11	2	Fulham	32	5	7	4	21	13	8	0	8	21	24	1.135	33	W	D	W	D	D	1948-03-27	Cardiff City	A
12	-2	Bury	36	6	7	6	25	24	3	7	7	26	26	1.02	32	L	D	D	L	D	1948-03-29	Bradford	A
13	-1	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
14	0	Chesterfield	33	5	4	7	21	22	7	3	7	19	22	0.909	31	L	W	D	L	L	1948-03-27	Luton Town	H
15	2	Leicester City	33	7	3	5	25	23	4	5	9	19	26	0.898	30	D	L	L	W	L	1948-03-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
16	-1	Leeds United	35	10	4	3	34	15	2	2	14	15	46	0.803	30	L	W	L	D	L	1948-03-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	2	Brentford	34	8	6	4	25	22	1	6	9	8	31	0.623	30	W	W	L	D	D	1948-03-27	Millwall	A
18	-2	Luton Town	33	6	7	4	27	21	4	2	10	19	29	0.92	29	L	L	D	D	D	1948-03-27	Chesterfield	A
19	-1	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
20	0	Nottingham Forest	34	9	2	6	27	20	1	5	11	15	31	0.824	27	L	D	L	D	W	1948-03-27	Newcastle United	H
21	0	Millwall	35	6	6	6	20	24	2	4	11	15	38	0.565	26	D	W	W	L	D	1948-03-27	Brentford	H
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	34	7	7	4	22	16	1	2	13	10	36	0.615	25	D	L	D	D	W	1948-03-27	Birmingham City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	1	1	Wrexham	Holker Street	11,706	Largest home gate 1947-48
Kendall	Lineups		Boothway
Carlisle United	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Brunton Park	14,026
Dougal 3, Broadis	Lineups		Haddington
Chester	1	2	Mansfield Town	Sealand Road	11,209
Best	Lineups		Banks, Oscroft
Crewe Alexandra	1	3	York City	Gresty Road	8,038
Taylor	Lineups		Patrick A 2, Patrick M
Darlington	1	0	Hartlepools United	Feethams Ground	10,294
Franklin	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	0	Gateshead	Sincil Bank	17,657
Windle 3	Lineups
New Brighton	1	0	Hull City	Tower Athletic Grounds	7,591
Pendergast	Lineups
Rochdale	1	2	Stockport County	Spotland	7,183
Lawrence	Lineups		Glaister, Swinscoe
Rotherham United	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Millmoor	15,420
Ardron, Guest	Lineups
Southport	1	1	Accrington Stanley	Haig Avenue	11,401
Wyles	Lineups		Butler T

				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	34	11	3	4	35	16	10	4	2	27	15	2	49	W	D	D	W	W	1948-03-27	Mansfield Town	A
2	0	Rotherham United	34	12	4	1	45	14	7	5	5	35	29	1.86	47	W	W	D	W	W	1948-03-27	Halifax Town	H
3	1	Mansfield Town	33	10	2	4	32	17	6	7	4	19	18	1.457	41	W	D	W	W	W	1948-03-27	Lincoln City	H
4	-1	Gateshead	36	8	5	4	39	23	7	6	6	23	27	1.24	41	L	D	D	W	W	1948-03-27	Barrow	H
5	0	Wrexham	35	11	3	3	37	19	5	5	8	18	27	1.196	40	D	L	W	D	L	1948-03-27	Hartlepools United	A
6	0	Barrow	33	8	3	6	21	14	6	8	2	21	15	1.448	39	D	L	D	W	W	1948-03-27	Gateshead	A
7	0	Carlisle United	36	9	4	6	43	32	7	3	7	33	33	1.169	39	W	L	L	L	L	1948-03-27	Rochdale	H
8	0	Accrington Stanley	34	11	0	6	33	22	6	4	7	24	29	1.118	38	D	L	W	W	L	1948-03-27	York City	A
9	0	Hull City	34	8	4	4	27	17	6	4	8	19	23	1.15	36	L	W	L	L	L	1948-03-27	Oldham Athletic	A
10	1	York City	35	7	6	4	34	20	4	6	8	23	30	1.14	34	W	D	D	L	D	1948-03-27	Accrington Stanley	H
11	-1	Tranmere Rovers	35	9	1	7	27	23	6	2	10	22	33	0.875	33	L	L	L	L	D	1948-03-27	Stockport County	H
12	3	Darlington	35	6	6	6	26	29	6	3	8	22	33	0.774	33	W	W	W	L	L	1948-03-27	Bradford City	H
13	-1	Crewe Alexandra	32	8	3	5	27	21	5	3	8	16	31	0.827	32	L	W	L	D	L	1948-03-27	New Brighton	H
14	-1	Rochdale	33	10	2	5	27	20	2	6	8	14	36	0.732	32	L	L	L	L	D	1948-03-27	Carlisle United	A
15	-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
16	0	Oldham Athletic	34	3	9	4	17	19	6	3	9	29	33	0.885	30	L	W	D	L	W	1948-03-27	Hull City	H
17	0	Chester	34	9	4	4	39	22	2	3	12	14	31	1	29	L	W	W	W	D	1948-03-27	Southport	H
18	0	Southport	34	8	4	6	29	25	2	5	9	20	32	0.86	29	D	D	D	W	D	1948-03-27	Chester	A
19	1	Stockport County	32	5	6	5	28	24	2	5	9	10	27	0.745	25	W	L	D	W	L	1948-03-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	-1	Hartlepools United	33	6	6	4	21	20	3	1	13	15	42	0.581	25	L	W	L	L	W	1948-03-27	Wrexham	H
21	1	New Brighton	35	4	6	8	16	22	3	3	11	16	37	0.542	23	W	L	L	W	L	1948-03-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
22	-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

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Recreation Ground	6,980
Sherwood, White	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Torquay United	Goldstone Ground	18,425
James, willis	Lineups		Jones
Bristol City	0	0	Walsall	Ashton Gate	24,520
	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	St James Park	15,861
Wilson OG	Lineups		Milligan
Leyton Orient	1	1	Ipswich Town	Brisbane Road	24,864	Record ground attendance. Largest home gate 1947-48
Neary	Lineups		Parker S
Norwich City	3	1	Crystal Palace	Carrow Road	24,802
Hold, Robinson, Eyre	Lineups		Mycock
Notts County	2	1	Southend United	Meadow Lane	35,689
Lawton 2	Lineups		Thompson
Port Vale	0	2	Queens Park Rangers	Recreation Ground	17,889
	Lineups		Boxshall 2
Reading	1	1	Northampton Town	Elm Park	16,774
Fisher	Lineups		King
Swansea Town	3	0	Newport County	Vetch Field	21,861
Scrine, Lucas, McCrory	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	0	Watford	County Ground	15,000
Jones, Bain, Owen	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	31	13	2	1	38	14	7	4	4	23	13	2.259	46	W	L	W	W	D	1948-03-27	Reading	H
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	33	11	4	1	37	8	7	4	6	22	18	2.269	44	D	W	L	W	D	1948-03-27	Torquay United	A
3	0	Walsall	33	10	5	2	33	11	5	4	7	21	23	1.588	39	D	D	L	W	L	1948-03-27	Watford	A
4	1	Swansea Town	34	13	5	0	46	12	2	4	10	18	32	1.455	39	W	D	L	W	W	1948-03-27	Crystal Palace	A
5	-1	Southend United	34	10	6	1	28	12	4	4	9	17	36	0.938	38	L	W	D	W	D	1948-03-27	Northampton Town	A
6	0	Port Vale	34	13	3	2	46	16	2	4	10	14	32	1.25	37	L	L	W	L	L	1948-03-27	Bristol City	H
7	0	Ipswich Town	32	12	1	3	32	11	5	2	9	20	35	1.13	37	D	W	L	L	W	1948-03-27	Swindon Town	A
8	0	Bristol City	33	10	2	5	40	19	6	2	8	26	29	1.375	36	D	W	D	L	W	1948-03-27	Port Vale	A
9	0	Exeter City	32	9	5	2	30	13	4	4	8	16	29	1.095	35	D	W	L	W	W	1948-03-27	Norwich City	A
10	0	Newport County	34	8	5	3	31	22	4	5	9	20	39	0.836	34	L	L	W	W	L	1948-03-27	Bristol Rovers	A
11	0	Torquay United	32	6	6	4	33	19	4	7	5	21	23	1.286	33	L	D	D	L	W	1948-03-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
12	0	Notts County	31	10	3	3	33	19	3	4	8	15	26	1.067	33	W	W	D	W	W	1948-03-27	Aldershot	A
13	1	Swindon Town	32	5	9	2	17	12	4	5	7	17	18	1.133	32	W	L	D	W	L	1948-03-27	Ipswich Town	H
14	-1	Northampton Town	32	8	3	4	24	17	4	5	8	18	33	0.84	32	D	W	D	W	L	1948-03-27	Southend United	H
15	0	Reading	33	8	3	6	33	28	4	4	8	14	23	0.922	31	D	W	L	L	W	1948-03-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
16	0	Leyton Orient	35	7	4	7	27	29	3	4	10	17	39	0.647	28	D	W	W	W	D	1948-03-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	0	Crystal Palace	33	7	4	4	18	12	1	6	11	17	33	0.778	26	L	L	L	D	L	1948-03-27	Swansea Town	H
18	1	Aldershot	32	3	8	5	17	20	4	4	8	17	28	0.708	26	W	L	L	L	D	1948-03-27	Notts County	H
19	-1	Bristol Rovers	34	4	3	9	25	28	4	5	9	27	40	0.765	24	L	L	L	L	L	1948-03-27	Newport County	H
20	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	31	6	3	7	20	25	2	5	8	13	34	0.559	24	W	D	W	W	D	1948-03-27	Leyton Orient	H
21	-1	Watford	33	3	5	8	22	31	5	3	9	14	35	0.545	24	L	L	D	W	L	1948-03-27	Walsall	H
22	0	Norwich City	32	5	3	8	23	29	3	3	10	20	35	0.672	22	W	L	W	W	L	1948-03-27	Exeter City	H