Easter Saturday 1948-03-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	1	Portsmouth	Villa Park	36,786
Brown, Edwards	Lineups		Phillips
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Charlton Athletic	Ewood Park	26,750
	Lineups
Blackpool	3	0	Arsenal	Bloomfield Road	32,678	Largest home gate 1947-48
Mortensen 2, McCall	Lineups
Chelsea	2	0	Preston North End	Stamford Bridge	55,561
Walker, Billington	Lineups
Derby County	1	1	Sheffield United	Baseball Ground	26,751
Harrison	Lineups		Whitelum
Everton	0	1	Stoke City	Goodison Park	44,241
	Lineups		Mountford G
Grimsby Town	0	2	Liverpool	Blundell Park	15,781
	Lineups		Balmer, Spicer
Huddersfield Town	0	2	Manchester United	Leeds Road	38,266	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups		Burke, Pearson
Manchester City	2	0	Middlesbrough	Maine Road	42,297
McMorran, Black	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Burnley	Molineux	38,360
Dunn	Lineups		Morris

				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	35	13	3	2	45	13	8	6	3	23	15	2.429	51	L	W	L	W	W	1948-03-29	Middlesbrough	A
2	0	Burnley	34	10	5	2	28	8	6	7	4	22	26	1.471	44	D	W	W	L	D	1948-03-29	Stoke City	A
3	1	Manchester United	35	8	6	3	39	25	7	7	4	30	18	1.605	43	W	L	W	W	D	1948-03-29	Bolton Wanderers	A
4	-1	Preston North End	34	12	3	1	36	21	6	3	9	18	27	1.125	42	L	L	W	W	W	1948-03-29	Portsmouth	H
5	0	Derby County	31	8	6	1	32	13	6	5	5	32	28	1.561	39	D	D	D	W	W	1948-03-29	Blackpool	H
6	2	Blackpool	33	11	3	3	34	12	3	6	7	12	21	1.394	37	W	D	L	D	L	1948-03-29	Derby County	A
7	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	9	4	5	38	26	5	5	7	32	34	1.167	37	D	L	L	D	L	1948-03-29	Sunderland	H
8	-1	Sheffield United	36	11	4	3	40	21	3	5	10	18	38	0.983	37	D	L	W	D	W	1948-04-03	Blackpool	H
9	0	Aston Villa	34	9	4	3	32	16	5	4	9	20	32	1.083	36	W	D	L	L	L	1948-03-30	Charlton Athletic	H
10	1	Manchester City	34	12	2	3	36	17	1	7	9	11	21	1.237	35	W	D	L	W	L	1948-03-29	Chelsea	H
11	-1	Portsmouth	33	10	3	3	32	13	4	2	11	19	29	1.214	33	L	W	W	L	D	1948-03-29	Preston North End	A
12	0	Middlesbrough	35	7	5	5	30	21	6	2	10	33	36	1.105	33	L	L	D	L	D	1948-03-29	Arsenal	H
13	0	Chelsea	35	10	6	3	37	25	2	3	11	11	32	0.842	33	W	D	W	W	D	1948-03-29	Manchester City	A
14	1	Liverpool	35	7	6	4	32	21	5	2	11	19	35	0.911	32	W	W	W	W	L	1948-03-31	Derby County	A
15	-1	Everton	33	8	2	7	23	20	5	3	8	18	32	0.788	31	L	L	L	L	W	1948-03-29	Grimsby Town	H
16	3	Stoke City	36	6	5	6	21	20	5	4	10	12	31	0.647	31	W	L	W	D	W	1948-03-29	Burnley	H
17	1	Charlton Athletic	35	6	4	8	30	28	6	2	9	15	34	0.726	30	D	D	D	L	L	1948-03-30	Aston Villa	A
18	-2	Huddersfield Town	35	7	3	7	22	19	3	6	9	22	34	0.83	29	L	W	D	W	L	1948-03-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
19	-2	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
20	0	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	0	Blackburn Rovers	35	7	5	7	30	28	3	3	10	14	31	0.746	28	D	L	L	W	D	1948-03-29	Huddersfield Town	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	36	4	5	10	18	32	3	1	13	23	59	0.451	20	L	W	L	D	D	1948-03-29	Everton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	2	2	Coventry City	Park Avenue	16,700
Ainsley, Downie	Lineups		Roberts, Murphy
Cardiff City	0	0	Fulham	Ninian Park	33,786
	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	0	Luton Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,682
Capel, Hall	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Birmingham City	Belle Vue	25,370
	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Brentford	The Den, New Cross	27,519
	Lineups		Monk
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Newcastle United	City Ground	28,856
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Leeds United	Hillsborough	38,736
Quigley 2, Jordan	Lineups		Short
Southampton	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	The Dell	26,635
Scott	Lineups		Rowley
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Leicester City	White Hart Lane	33,108
	Lineups
West Ham United	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Upton Park	22,102
Stephens	Lineups		Edds

				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	34	9	6	2	26	12	9	5	3	18	9	2.095	47	D	D	D	L	W	1948-03-29	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	0	Newcastle United	35	14	1	2	38	11	6	4	8	23	25	1.694	45	D	W	W	L	W	1948-03-29	Barnsley	A
3	0	Cardiff City	36	12	5	2	35	12	5	5	7	21	32	1.273	44	D	L	L	W	W	1948-03-29	West Ham United	A
4	0	Southampton	34	13	3	2	48	19	4	5	7	13	27	1.326	42	D	W	D	W	W	1948-03-29	Nottingham Forest	A
5	0	Sheffield Wednesday	34	11	3	2	34	19	6	4	8	22	27	1.217	41	W	W	W	D	D	1948-03-29	Chesterfield	H
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	35	10	2	5	28	24	6	5	7	20	22	1.043	39	D	D	W	W	D	1948-03-29	Birmingham City	A
7	0	West Ham United	35	8	7	3	23	15	5	5	7	22	26	1.098	38	D	W	D	L	W	1948-03-29	Cardiff City	H
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	34	9	5	2	32	15	4	6	8	16	17	1.5	37	D	D	L	L	D	1948-03-29	Millwall	H
9	1	Bradford	36	9	3	6	36	23	5	4	9	21	32	1.036	35	D	W	D	W	L	1948-03-29	Bury	H
10	1	Fulham	33	5	7	4	21	13	8	1	8	21	24	1.135	34	D	W	D	W	D	1948-03-29	Luton Town	H
11	-2	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
12	2	Chesterfield	34	6	4	7	23	22	7	3	7	19	22	0.955	33	W	L	W	D	L	1948-03-29	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	0	Coventry City	34	8	3	6	28	15	3	7	7	21	28	1.14	32	D	D	D	L	D	1948-03-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	-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
15	2	Brentford	35	8	6	4	25	22	2	6	9	9	31	0.642	32	W	W	W	L	D	1948-03-29	Leeds United	A
16	-1	Leicester City	34	7	3	5	25	23	4	6	9	19	26	0.898	31	D	D	L	L	W	1948-03-29	Doncaster Rovers	H
17	-1	Leeds United	36	10	4	3	34	15	2	2	15	16	49	0.781	30	L	L	W	L	D	1948-03-29	Brentford	H
18	0	Luton Town	34	6	7	4	27	21	4	2	11	19	31	0.885	29	L	L	L	D	D	1948-03-29	Fulham	A
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	7	6	4	22	18	0	9	9	9	33	0.608	29	D	L	L	D	D	1948-03-29	Coventry City	H
20	0	Nottingham Forest	35	9	3	6	27	20	1	5	11	15	31	0.824	28	D	L	D	L	D	1948-03-29	Southampton	H
21	1	Doncaster Rovers	35	7	8	4	22	16	1	2	13	10	36	0.615	26	D	D	L	D	D	1948-03-29	Leicester City	A
22	-1	Millwall	36	6	6	7	20	25	2	4	11	15	38	0.556	26	L	D	W	W	L	1948-03-29	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	5	0	Rochdale	Brunton Park	10,912
Connor 3, Iceton, Skivington OG	Lineups
Chester	0	0	Southport	Sealand Road	7,366
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	4	0	New Brighton	Gresty Road	4,737
Clarke, Ferris 3	Lineups
Darlington	1	1	Bradford City	Feethams Ground	7,790
Clarke	Lineups		Flanagan
Gateshead	0	2	Barrow	Redheugh Park	7,619
	Lineups		Miller, Mullen
Hartlepools United	0	2	Wrexham	Victoria Park	9,389
	Lineups		Sharp, Tunnicliffe
Mansfield Town	0	2	Lincoln City	Field Mill	18,863	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups		Hutchinson, Parr
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Hull City	Boundary Park	16,061
	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	0	Halifax Town	Millmoor	15,792
Grainger, Mills, Thompson	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	3	Stockport County	Prenton Park	8,525
Atkinson 2	Lineups		Swinscoe, Herd, Barkas
York City	1	2	Accrington Stanley	Bootham Crescent	10,156
Pyle	Lineups		Mercer, Smith D

				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	35	11	3	4	35	16	11	4	2	29	15	2.065	51	W	W	D	D	W	1948-03-29	Gateshead	A
2	0	Rotherham United	35	13	4	1	48	14	7	5	5	35	29	1.93	49	W	W	W	D	W	1948-03-29	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	2	Wrexham	36	11	3	3	37	19	6	5	8	20	27	1.239	42	W	D	L	W	D	1948-03-29	Barrow	H
4	2	Barrow	34	8	3	6	21	14	7	8	2	23	15	1.517	41	W	D	L	D	W	1948-03-29	Wrexham	A
5	-2	Mansfield Town	34	10	2	5	32	19	6	7	4	19	18	1.378	41	L	W	D	W	W	1948-03-29	Chester	H
6	1	Carlisle United	37	10	4	6	48	32	7	3	7	33	33	1.246	41	W	W	L	L	L	1948-03-29	Oldham Athletic	A
7	-3	Gateshead	37	8	5	5	39	25	7	6	6	23	27	1.192	41	L	L	D	D	W	1948-03-29	Lincoln City	H
8	0	Accrington Stanley	35	11	0	6	33	22	7	4	7	26	30	1.135	40	W	D	L	W	W	1948-03-29	Southport	H
9	0	Hull City	35	8	4	4	27	17	6	5	8	19	23	1.15	37	D	L	W	L	L	1948-03-29	New Brighton	H
10	0	York City	36	7	6	5	35	22	4	6	8	23	30	1.115	34	L	W	D	D	L	1948-03-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
11	2	Crewe Alexandra	33	9	3	5	31	21	5	3	8	16	31	0.904	34	W	L	W	L	D	1948-03-29	York City	A
12	0	Darlington	36	6	7	6	27	30	6	3	8	22	33	0.778	34	D	W	W	W	L	1948-03-29	Hartlepools United	A
13	-2	Tranmere Rovers	36	9	1	8	29	26	6	2	10	22	33	0.864	33	L	L	L	L	L	1948-03-29	Rotherham United	H
14	1	Bradford City	34	7	4	6	28	20	5	4	8	25	33	1	32	D	D	W	L	W	1948-03-29	Halifax Town	A
15	-1	Rochdale	34	10	2	5	27	20	2	6	9	14	41	0.672	32	L	L	L	L	L	1948-03-29	Stockport County	A
16	0	Oldham Athletic	35	3	10	4	17	19	6	3	9	29	33	0.885	31	D	L	W	D	L	1948-03-29	Carlisle United	H
17	0	Chester	35	9	5	4	39	22	2	3	12	14	31	1	30	D	L	W	W	W	1948-03-29	Mansfield Town	A
18	0	Southport	35	8	4	6	29	25	2	6	9	20	32	0.86	30	D	D	D	D	W	1948-03-29	Accrington Stanley	A
19	0	Stockport County	33	5	6	5	28	24	3	5	9	13	29	0.774	27	W	W	L	D	W	1948-03-29	Rochdale	H
20	0	Hartlepools United	34	6	6	5	21	22	3	1	13	15	42	0.563	25	L	L	W	L	L	1948-03-29	Darlington	H
21	0	New Brighton	36	4	6	8	16	22	3	3	12	16	41	0.508	23	L	W	L	L	W	1948-03-29	Hull City	A
22	0	Halifax Town	35	4	7	6	23	21	2	3	13	16	44	0.6	22	L	W	W	D	L	1948-03-29	Bradford City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	0	Notts County	Recreation Ground	12,750	Largest home gate 1947-48
Rogers (p)	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Leyton Orient	Goldstone Ground	19,026
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	3	Newport County	Eastville	13,607
Pitt 2 (2p)	Lineups		Allen 2, Emmanuel
Crystal Palace	4	0	Swansea Town	Selhurst Park	16,036
Kurz 3, Clough	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	0	Southend United	County Ground	9,104
Coley 2	Lineups
Norwich City	3	0	Exeter City	Carrow Road	24,755
Hold, Driver, Morgan G	Lineups
Port Vale	1	0	Bristol City	Recreation Ground	12,541
Pointon	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Reading	Loftus Road	23,998
Boxshall, Hatton	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Ipswich Town	County Ground	14,440
	Lineups		Day
Torquay United	0	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Plainmoor	9,818
	Lineups		McDonald (p)
Watford	2	0	Walsall	Vicarage Road	12,824
Nolan, Osborne	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	32	14	2	1	40	14	7	4	4	23	13	2.333	48	W	W	L	W	W	1948-03-29	Port Vale	H
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	34	11	4	1	37	8	8	4	6	23	18	2.308	46	W	D	W	L	W	1948-03-29	Exeter City	H
3	0	Walsall	34	10	5	2	33	11	5	4	8	21	25	1.5	39	L	D	D	L	W	1948-03-29	Bristol City	H
4	0	Swansea Town	35	13	5	0	46	12	2	4	11	18	36	1.333	39	L	W	D	L	W	1948-03-29	Newport County	A
5	1	Port Vale	35	14	3	2	47	16	2	4	10	14	32	1.271	39	W	L	L	W	L	1948-03-29	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	1	Ipswich Town	33	12	1	3	32	11	6	2	9	21	35	1.152	39	W	D	W	L	L	1948-03-29	Leyton Orient	H
7	-2	Southend United	35	10	6	1	28	12	4	4	10	17	38	0.9	38	L	L	W	D	W	1948-03-29	Notts County	H
8	0	Bristol City	34	10	2	5	40	19	6	2	9	26	30	1.347	36	L	D	W	D	L	1948-03-29	Walsall	A
9	1	Newport County	35	8	5	3	31	22	5	5	9	23	41	0.857	36	W	L	L	W	W	1948-03-29	Swansea Town	H
10	-1	Exeter City	33	9	5	2	30	13	4	4	9	16	32	1.022	35	L	D	W	L	W	1948-03-29	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	3	Northampton Town	33	9	3	4	26	17	4	5	8	18	33	0.88	34	W	D	W	D	W	1948-03-29	Reading	H
12	-1	Torquay United	33	6	6	5	33	20	4	7	5	21	23	1.256	33	L	L	D	D	L	1948-03-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
13	-1	Notts County	32	10	3	3	33	19	3	4	9	15	27	1.043	33	L	W	W	D	W	1948-03-29	Southend United	A
14	-1	Swindon Town	33	5	9	3	17	13	4	5	7	17	18	1.097	32	L	W	L	D	W	1948-03-29	Watford	A
15	0	Reading	34	8	3	6	33	28	4	4	9	14	25	0.887	31	L	D	W	L	L	1948-03-29	Northampton Town	A
16	0	Leyton Orient	36	7	4	7	27	29	3	5	10	17	39	0.647	29	D	D	W	W	W	1948-03-29	Ipswich Town	A
17	0	Crystal Palace	34	8	4	4	22	12	1	6	11	17	33	0.867	28	W	L	L	L	D	1948-03-29	Norwich City	H
18	0	Aldershot	33	4	8	5	18	20	4	4	8	17	28	0.729	28	W	W	L	L	L	1948-03-29	Bristol Rovers	A
19	2	Watford	34	4	5	8	24	31	5	3	9	14	35	0.576	26	W	L	L	D	W	1948-03-29	Swindon Town	H
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	6	4	7	20	25	2	5	8	13	34	0.559	25	D	W	D	W	W	1948-03-29	Torquay United	A
21	-2	Bristol Rovers	35	4	3	10	27	31	4	5	9	27	40	0.761	24	L	L	L	L	L	1948-03-29	Aldershot	H
22	0	Norwich City	33	6	3	8	26	29	3	3	10	20	35	0.719	24	W	W	L	W	W	1948-03-29	Crystal Palace	A