Easter Monday 1948-03-29

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Manchester United	Burnden Park	46,322	Largest home gate 1947-48
	Lineups		Anderson
Derby County	1	0	Blackpool	Baseball Ground	34,896
Carter	Lineups
Everton	3	1	Grimsby Town	Goodison Park	37,926
Grant, Higgins, Jones	Lineups		Blenkinsopp
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds Road	19,928
Bateman	Lineups		Pryde
Manchester City	1	0	Chelsea	Maine Road	31,643
Black	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	1	Arsenal	Ayresome Park	38,249
Spuhler	Lineups		Rooke
Preston North End	1	2	Portsmouth	Deepdale	31,688
McLaren	Lineups		Froggatt, Barlow
Stoke City	3	0	Burnley	Victoria Ground	33,014
Peppitt 3	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Sunderland	Molineux	33,840
Smyth, Wright	Lineups		Shackleton

				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	36	13	3	2	45	13	8	7	3	24	16	2.379	52	D	L	W	L	W	1948-04-03	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	1	Manchester United	36	8	6	3	39	25	8	7	4	31	18	1.628	45	W	W	L	W	W	1948-04-03	Derby County	H
3	-1	Burnley	35	10	5	2	28	8	6	7	5	22	29	1.351	44	L	D	W	W	L	1948-04-03	Everton	H
4	0	Preston North End	35	12	3	2	37	23	6	3	9	18	27	1.1	42	L	L	L	W	W	1948-04-03	Huddersfield Town	H
5	0	Derby County	32	9	6	1	33	13	6	5	5	32	28	1.585	41	W	D	D	D	W	1948-03-31	Liverpool	H
6	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	10	4	5	40	27	5	5	7	32	34	1.18	39	W	D	L	L	D	1948-04-03	Portsmouth	A
7	-1	Blackpool	34	11	3	3	34	12	3	6	8	12	22	1.353	37	L	W	D	L	D	1948-04-03	Sheffield United	A
8	2	Manchester City	35	13	2	3	37	17	1	7	9	11	21	1.263	37	W	W	D	L	W	1948-04-03	Charlton Athletic	A
9	-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
10	-1	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
11	0	Portsmouth	34	10	3	3	32	13	5	2	11	21	30	1.233	35	W	L	W	W	L	1948-04-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	0	Middlesbrough	36	7	6	5	31	22	6	2	10	33	36	1.103	34	D	L	L	D	L	1948-04-03	Grimsby Town	H
13	2	Everton	34	9	2	7	26	21	5	3	8	18	32	0.83	33	W	L	L	L	L	1948-04-03	Burnley	A
14	-1	Chelsea	36	10	6	3	37	25	2	3	12	11	33	0.828	33	L	W	D	W	W	1948-04-03	Stoke City	A
15	1	Stoke City	37	7	5	6	24	20	5	4	10	12	31	0.706	33	W	W	L	W	D	1948-04-03	Chelsea	H
16	-2	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
17	1	Huddersfield Town	36	7	4	7	23	20	3	6	9	22	34	0.833	30	D	L	W	D	W	1948-04-03	Preston North End	A
18	-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
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	35	9	1	7	26	22	4	2	12	14	31	0.755	29	L	W	W	W	W	1948-04-03	Aston Villa	H
20	1	Blackburn Rovers	36	7	5	7	30	28	3	4	10	15	32	0.75	29	D	D	L	L	W	1948-04-03	Arsenal	A
21	-1	Sunderland	36	8	4	6	27	18	2	4	12	21	46	0.75	28	L	W	L	L	L	1948-04-03	Liverpool	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	37	4	5	10	18	32	3	1	14	24	62	0.447	20	L	L	W	L	D	1948-04-03	Middlesbrough	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Newcastle United	Oakwell	30,702
Griffiths	Lineups		McCall
Birmingham City	4	0	West Bromwich Albion	St Andrew's	43,168
Stewart 2, Bodle, Trigg	Lineups
Bradford	5	3	Bury	Park Avenue	13,638
Downie 2, Ainsley 2, Henry	Lineups		Halton, Daniel, Bellis
Fulham	1	1	Luton Town	Craven Cottage	20,151
McGibbon	Lineups		Daniel
Leeds United	1	1	Brentford	Elland Road	26,775
Bannister (p)	Lineups		Dawson
Leicester City	3	2	Doncaster Rovers	Filbert Street	30,107
Hines 2, McKennan	Lineups		Lowes, Bennett
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Southampton	City Ground	24,738
Wilkins	Lineups		Ellerington
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Coventry City	Home Park	25,624
Edds	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Chesterfield	Hillsborough	40,650
Froggatt	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	Millwall	White Hart Lane	31,339
Jordan (p), Duquemin, Jones	Lineups		Simmonds, Hurrell
West Ham United	4	2	Cardiff City	Upton Park	31,667
Wright 2, Stephens, Parsons	Lineups		Hullett, Wardle

				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	35	10	6	2	30	12	9	5	3	18	9	2.286	49	W	D	D	D	L	1948-03-30	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	0	Newcastle United	36	14	1	2	38	11	6	5	8	24	26	1.676	46	D	D	W	W	L	1948-04-03	Bradford	H
3	0	Cardiff City	37	12	5	2	35	12	5	5	8	23	36	1.208	44	L	D	L	L	W	1948-04-03	Coventry City	A
4	0	Southampton	35	13	3	2	48	19	4	6	7	14	28	1.319	43	D	D	W	D	W	1948-04-03	Barnsley	A
5	0	Sheffield Wednesday	35	12	3	2	35	19	6	4	8	22	27	1.239	43	W	W	W	W	D	1948-04-03	Fulham	A
6	1	West Ham United	36	9	7	3	27	17	5	5	7	22	26	1.14	40	W	D	W	D	L	1948-04-03	Luton Town	A
7	1	Tottenham Hotspur	35	10	5	2	35	17	4	6	8	16	17	1.5	39	W	D	D	L	L	1948-04-03	Leeds United	A
8	-2	West Bromwich Albion	36	10	2	5	28	24	6	5	8	20	26	0.96	39	L	D	D	W	W	1948-03-30	Birmingham City	H
9	0	Bradford	37	10	3	6	41	26	5	4	9	21	32	1.069	37	W	D	W	D	W	1948-04-03	Newcastle United	A
10	0	Fulham	34	5	8	4	22	14	8	1	8	21	24	1.132	35	D	D	W	D	W	1948-04-03	Sheffield Wednesday	H
11	0	Barnsley	35	9	4	5	26	17	4	5	8	25	32	1.041	35	D	L	D	W	D	1948-04-03	Southampton	H
12	0	Chesterfield	35	6	4	7	23	22	7	3	8	19	23	0.933	33	L	W	L	W	D	1948-04-03	Brentford	A
13	3	Leicester City	35	8	3	5	28	25	4	6	9	19	26	0.922	33	W	D	D	L	L	1948-04-03	Millwall	H
14	1	Brentford	36	8	6	4	25	22	2	7	9	10	32	0.648	33	D	W	W	W	L	1948-04-03	Chesterfield	H
15	-2	Coventry City	35	8	3	6	28	15	3	7	8	21	29	1.114	32	L	D	D	D	L	1948-03-30	Plymouth Argyle	H
16	-2	Bury	37	6	7	6	25	24	3	7	8	29	31	0.982	32	L	L	D	D	L	1948-04-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
17	0	Leeds United	37	10	5	3	35	16	2	2	15	16	49	0.785	31	D	L	L	W	L	1948-04-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	1	Plymouth Argyle	36	8	6	4	23	18	0	9	9	9	33	0.627	31	W	D	L	L	D	1948-03-30	Coventry City	A
19	-1	Luton Town	35	6	7	4	27	21	4	3	11	20	32	0.887	30	D	L	L	L	D	1948-04-03	West Ham United	H
20	0	Nottingham Forest	36	9	4	6	28	21	1	5	11	15	31	0.827	29	D	D	L	D	L	1948-04-03	Birmingham City	A
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	7	8	4	22	16	1	2	14	12	39	0.618	26	L	D	D	L	D	1948-04-03	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	0	Millwall	37	6	6	7	20	25	2	4	12	17	41	0.561	26	L	L	D	W	W	1948-04-03	Leicester City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	0	0	Southport	Peel Park	4,622
	Lineups
Gateshead	3	2	Lincoln City	Redheugh Park	9,673
Wilbert, Smirk, Callender T (p)	Lineups		Lester, Hutchinson
Halifax Town	0	0	Bradford City	The Shay	10,241
	Lineups
Hartlepools United	3	0	Darlington	Victoria Park	8,713
Hooper (p), Isaac, Richardson	Lineups
Hull City	3	0	New Brighton	Boothferry Park	21,860
Buchan, Mellor, Hassall	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	1	Chester	Field Mill	12,770
Edwards, Banks	Lineups		Burden
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Carlisle United	Boundary Park	11,136
Blackshaw, Haddington	Lineups		Burke (p)
Stockport County	4	0	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	11,002
Barkas 2, Glaister, Swinscoe	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Rotherham United	Prenton Park	10,927
	Lineups		Selkirk
Wrexham	3	1	Barrow	Racecourse Ground	12,930
Tunnicliffe 2 (1p), Boothway	Lineups		Leach
York City	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Bootham Crescent	9,712
	Lineups		Harrigan

				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	1	Rotherham United	36	13	4	1	48	14	8	5	5	36	29	1.953	51	W	W	W	W	D	1948-04-03	Rochdale	A
2	-1	Lincoln City	36	11	3	4	35	16	11	4	3	31	18	1.941	51	L	W	W	D	D	1948-04-03	Chester	H
3	0	Wrexham	37	12	3	3	40	20	6	5	8	20	27	1.277	44	W	W	D	L	W	1948-04-03	Gateshead	H
4	1	Mansfield Town	35	11	2	5	34	20	6	7	4	19	18	1.395	43	W	L	W	D	W	1948-04-03	Accrington Stanley	A
5	2	Gateshead	38	9	5	5	42	27	7	6	6	23	27	1.204	43	W	L	L	D	D	1948-04-03	Wrexham	A
6	-2	Barrow	35	8	3	6	21	14	7	8	3	24	18	1.406	41	L	W	D	L	D	1948-04-03	Darlington	H
7	-1	Carlisle United	38	10	4	6	48	32	7	3	8	34	35	1.224	41	L	W	W	L	L	1948-04-03	New Brighton	A
8	0	Accrington Stanley	36	11	1	6	33	22	7	4	7	26	30	1.135	41	D	W	D	L	W	1948-04-03	Mansfield Town	H
9	0	Hull City	36	9	4	4	30	17	6	5	8	19	23	1.225	39	W	D	L	W	L	1948-04-03	York City	H
10	1	Crewe Alexandra	34	9	3	5	31	21	6	3	8	17	31	0.923	36	W	W	L	W	L	1948-04-03	Southport	A
11	-1	York City	37	7	6	6	35	23	4	6	8	23	30	1.094	34	L	L	W	D	D	1948-04-03	Hull City	A
12	0	Darlington	37	6	7	6	27	30	6	3	9	22	36	0.742	34	L	D	W	W	W	1948-04-03	Barrow	A
13	1	Bradford City	35	7	4	6	28	20	5	5	8	25	33	1	33	D	D	D	W	L	1948-03-30	Halifax Town	H
14	2	Oldham Athletic	36	4	10	4	19	20	6	3	9	29	33	0.906	33	W	D	L	W	D	1948-04-03	Stockport County	A
15	-2	Tranmere Rovers	37	9	1	9	29	27	6	2	10	22	33	0.85	33	L	L	L	L	L	1948-04-03	Bradford City	A
16	-1	Rochdale	35	10	2	5	27	20	2	6	10	14	45	0.631	32	L	L	L	L	L	1948-04-03	Rotherham United	H
17	1	Southport	36	8	4	6	29	25	2	7	9	20	32	0.86	31	D	D	D	D	D	1948-04-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	-1	Chester	36	9	5	4	39	22	2	3	13	15	33	0.982	30	L	D	L	W	W	1948-04-03	Lincoln City	A
19	0	Stockport County	34	6	6	5	32	24	3	5	9	13	29	0.849	29	W	W	W	L	D	1948-04-03	Oldham Athletic	H
20	0	Hartlepools United	35	7	6	5	24	22	3	1	13	15	42	0.609	27	W	L	L	W	L	1948-04-03	Halifax Town	A
21	1	Halifax Town	36	4	8	6	23	21	2	3	13	16	44	0.6	23	D	L	W	W	D	1948-03-30	Bradford City	A
22	-1	New Brighton	37	4	6	8	16	22	3	3	13	16	44	0.485	23	L	L	W	L	L	1948-04-03	Carlisle United	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	Exeter City	Dean Court	23,099
Milligan, Mackenzie	Lineups		Regan
Bristol Rovers	7	1	Aldershot	Eastville	10,996
Lambden 4, Pitt 2, Watkins	Lineups		McNichol
Crystal Palace	2	0	Norwich City	Selhurst Park	20,724
Kurz 2	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	0	Leyton Orient	Portman Road	16,239
Bell	Lineups
Newport County	1	1	Swansea Town	Somerton Park	15,134
Lewis	Lineups		Lucas
Northampton Town	1	1	Reading	County Ground	8,855
Briscoe	Lineups		Barney
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Port Vale	Loftus Road	24,053
Addinall, Smith A	Lineups		Pointon
Southend United	1	2	Notts County	Greyhound Stadium	17,613	Largest home gate 1947-48
Goodyear	Lineups		Cumner, Sheard OG
Torquay United	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Plainmoor	5,295
Harrower	Lineups		Willis, Calland OG
Walsall	2	0	Bristol City	Fellows Park	12,743
Devlin (p), Kelly	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Swindon Town	Vicarage Road	13,925
Young OG	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	33	15	2	1	42	15	7	4	4	23	13	2.321	50	W	W	W	L	W	1948-04-03	Walsall	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	35	12	4	1	39	9	8	4	6	23	18	2.296	48	W	W	D	W	L	1948-04-03	Crystal Palace	H
3	0	Walsall	35	11	5	2	35	11	5	4	8	21	25	1.556	41	W	L	D	D	L	1948-04-03	Queens Park Rangers	H
4	2	Ipswich Town	34	13	1	3	33	11	6	2	9	21	35	1.174	41	W	W	D	W	L	1948-04-03	Torquay United	H
5	-1	Swansea Town	36	13	5	0	46	12	2	5	11	19	37	1.327	40	D	L	W	D	L	1948-04-03	Aldershot	H
6	-1	Port Vale	36	14	3	2	47	16	2	4	11	15	34	1.24	39	L	W	L	L	W	1948-04-03	Reading	A
7	0	Southend United	36	10	6	2	29	14	4	4	10	17	38	0.885	38	L	L	L	W	D	1948-04-03	Bristol Rovers	H
8	1	Newport County	36	8	6	3	32	23	5	5	9	23	41	0.859	37	D	W	L	L	W	1948-04-03	Norwich City	H
9	-1	Bristol City	35	10	2	5	40	19	6	2	10	26	32	1.294	36	L	L	D	W	D	1948-04-03	Swindon Town	H
10	3	Notts County	33	10	3	3	33	19	4	4	9	17	28	1.064	35	W	L	W	W	D	1948-04-03	Northampton Town	H
11	-1	Exeter City	34	9	5	2	30	13	4	4	10	17	34	1	35	L	L	D	W	L	1948-04-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	-1	Northampton Town	34	9	4	4	27	18	4	5	8	18	33	0.882	35	D	W	D	W	D	1948-04-03	Notts County	A
13	-1	Torquay United	34	6	6	6	34	22	4	7	5	21	23	1.222	33	L	L	L	D	D	1948-04-03	Ipswich Town	A
14	0	Swindon Town	34	5	9	3	17	13	4	5	8	17	19	1.063	32	L	L	W	L	D	1948-04-03	Bristol City	A
15	0	Reading	35	8	3	6	33	28	4	5	9	15	26	0.889	32	D	L	D	W	L	1948-04-03	Port Vale	H
16	1	Crystal Palace	35	9	4	4	24	12	1	6	11	17	33	0.911	30	W	W	L	L	L	1948-04-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
17	-1	Leyton Orient	37	7	4	7	27	29	3	5	11	17	40	0.638	29	L	D	D	W	W	1948-04-03	Watford	H
18	0	Aldershot	34	4	8	5	18	20	4	4	9	18	35	0.655	28	L	W	W	L	L	1948-04-03	Swansea Town	A
19	0	Watford	35	5	5	8	25	31	5	3	9	14	35	0.591	28	W	W	L	L	D	1948-04-03	Leyton Orient	A
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	33	6	4	7	20	25	3	5	8	15	35	0.583	27	W	D	W	D	W	1948-04-03	Exeter City	A
21	0	Bristol Rovers	36	5	3	10	34	32	4	5	9	27	40	0.847	26	W	L	L	L	L	1948-04-03	Southend United	A
22	0	Norwich City	34	6	3	8	26	29	3	3	11	20	37	0.697	24	L	W	W	L	W	1948-04-03	Newport County	A