Saturday 1948-04-03

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Highbury	45,801
Logie, Rooke	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Aston Villa	Burnden Park	26,403
Burgess	Lineups
Burnley	0	1	Everton	Turf Moor	23,933
	Lineups		Dodds
Charlton Athletic	0	1	Manchester City	The Valley	34,792
	Lineups		McMorran
Liverpool	0	0	Sunderland	Anfield Road	49,687
	Lineups
Manchester United	1	0	Derby County	Maine Road	49,609
Pearson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	4	1	Grimsby Town	Ayresome Park	24,130
Walker, Fenton 3	Lineups		Clifton
Portsmouth	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fratton Park	29,177
Froggatt 2	Lineups
Preston North End	0	2	Huddersfield Town	Deepdale	27,648
	Lineups		Glazzard 2
Sheffield United	2	1	Blackpool	Bramall Lane	48,150
Collindridge, Thompson	Lineups		Rickett
Stoke City	2	0	Chelsea	Victoria Ground	28,040
Mountford G, Malkin	Lineups
Footnotes
Grimsby Town relegated

				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	37	14	3	2	47	13	8	7	3	24	16	2.448	54	W	D	L	W	L	1948-04-10	Huddersfield Town	A
2	0	Manchester United	37	9	6	3	40	25	8	7	4	31	18	1.651	47	W	W	W	L	W	1948-04-07	Manchester City	H
3	0	Burnley	36	10	5	3	28	9	6	7	5	22	29	1.316	44	L	L	D	W	W	1948-04-07	Blackpool	A
4	0	Preston North End	36	12	3	3	37	25	6	3	9	18	27	1.058	42	L	L	L	L	W	1948-04-07	Sheffield United	H
5	0	Derby County	34	9	6	2	33	17	6	5	6	32	29	1.413	41	L	L	W	D	D	1948-04-07	Aston Villa	A
6	3	Manchester City	36	13	2	3	37	17	2	7	9	12	21	1.289	39	W	W	W	D	L	1948-04-07	Manchester United	A
7	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	10	4	5	40	27	5	5	8	32	36	1.143	39	L	W	D	L	L	1948-04-10	Preston North End	H
8	2	Sheffield United	37	12	4	3	42	22	3	5	10	18	38	1	39	W	D	L	W	D	1948-04-07	Preston North End	A
9	-2	Aston Villa	36	10	4	3	34	17	5	4	10	20	33	1.08	38	L	W	W	D	L	1948-04-07	Derby County	H
10	-2	Blackpool	35	11	3	3	34	12	3	6	9	13	24	1.306	37	L	L	W	D	L	1948-04-05	Bolton Wanderers	H
11	0	Portsmouth	35	11	3	3	34	13	5	2	11	21	30	1.279	37	W	W	L	W	W	1948-04-10	Grimsby Town	A
12	0	Middlesbrough	37	8	6	5	35	23	6	2	10	33	36	1.153	36	W	D	L	L	D	1948-04-10	Blackpool	A
13	0	Liverpool	37	7	7	4	32	21	6	2	11	23	35	0.982	35	D	W	W	W	W	1948-04-10	Blackburn Rovers	A
14	0	Everton	35	9	2	7	26	21	6	3	8	19	32	0.849	35	W	W	L	L	L	1948-04-10	Manchester United	H
15	1	Stoke City	38	8	5	6	26	20	5	4	10	12	31	0.745	35	W	W	W	L	W	1948-04-10	Aston Villa	A
16	-1	Chelsea	37	10	6	3	37	25	2	3	13	11	35	0.8	33	L	L	W	D	W	1948-04-10	Sheffield United	H
17	0	Huddersfield Town	37	7	4	7	23	20	4	6	9	24	34	0.87	32	W	D	L	W	D	1948-04-10	Arsenal	H
18	1	Bolton Wanderers	36	10	1	7	27	22	4	2	12	14	31	0.774	31	W	L	W	W	W	1948-04-05	Blackpool	A
19	-1	Charlton Athletic	37	6	4	9	30	29	6	2	10	16	36	0.708	30	L	L	D	D	D	1948-04-10	Derby County	A
20	1	Sunderland	37	8	4	6	27	18	2	5	12	21	46	0.75	29	D	L	W	L	L	1948-04-10	Burnley	H
21	-1	Blackburn Rovers	37	7	5	7	30	28	3	4	11	15	34	0.726	29	L	D	D	L	L	1948-04-10	Liverpool	H
22	0	Grimsby Town	38	4	5	10	18	32	3	1	15	25	66	0.439	20	L	L	L	W	L	1948-04-10	Portsmouth	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Southampton	Oakwell	20,126
Griffiths, Harston	Lineups		Grant
Birmingham City	2	1	Nottingham Forest	St Andrew's	38,227
Stewart, Mitchell (p)	Lineups		Morley
Brentford	0	3	Chesterfield	Griffin Park	24,164
	Lineups		Machent 2, Capel
Coventry City	1	0	Cardiff City	Highfield Road	26,175
Roberts	Lineups
Fulham	0	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Craven Cottage	22,793
	Lineups		Froggatt, Woodhead
Leeds United	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Elland Road	24,891
Wakefield	Lineups		Rundle, Baily, Flint
Leicester City	3	0	Millwall	Filbert Street	27,170
Hines, Anderson, Hernon	Lineups
Luton Town	0	0	West Ham United	Kenilworth Road	15,059
	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	0	Bradford	St James' Park	50,367
Stobbart, Woodburn	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Bury	Home Park	22,351
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	3	Doncaster Rovers	The Hawthorns	22,076
Squires OG	Lineups		Tindill 2, Bennett

				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	37	11	6	2	32	13	9	6	3	19	10	2.217	52	W	D	W	D	D	1948-04-10	Bradford	A
2	0	Newcastle United	37	15	1	2	40	11	6	5	8	24	26	1.73	48	W	D	D	W	W	1948-04-10	Cardiff City	A
3	2	Sheffield Wednesday	36	12	3	2	35	19	7	4	8	24	27	1.283	45	W	W	W	W	W	1948-04-05	Doncaster Rovers	H
4	-1	Cardiff City	38	12	5	2	35	12	5	5	9	23	37	1.184	44	L	L	D	L	L	1948-04-10	Newcastle United	H
5	-1	Southampton	36	13	3	2	48	19	4	6	8	15	30	1.286	43	L	D	D	W	D	1948-04-10	Plymouth Argyle	H
6	2	Tottenham Hotspur	36	10	5	2	35	17	5	6	8	19	18	1.543	41	W	W	D	D	L	1948-04-05	Luton Town	H
7	-1	West Ham United	37	9	7	3	27	17	5	6	7	22	26	1.14	41	D	W	D	W	D	1948-04-07	Chesterfield	A
8	-1	West Bromwich Albion	38	10	3	6	30	28	6	5	8	20	26	0.926	40	L	D	L	D	D	1948-04-10	Nottingham Forest	A
9	2	Barnsley	36	10	4	5	28	18	4	5	8	25	32	1.06	37	W	D	L	D	W	1948-04-05	Leicester City	A
10	-1	Bradford	38	10	3	6	41	26	5	4	10	21	34	1.033	37	L	W	D	W	D	1948-04-10	Birmingham City	H
11	1	Coventry City	37	9	4	6	29	15	3	7	8	21	29	1.136	35	W	D	L	D	D	1948-04-10	Sheffield Wednesday	A
12	-2	Fulham	35	5	8	5	22	16	8	1	8	21	24	1.075	35	L	D	D	W	D	1948-04-10	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	0	Chesterfield	36	6	4	7	23	22	8	3	8	22	23	1	35	W	L	W	L	W	1948-04-07	West Ham United	H
14	0	Leicester City	36	9	3	5	31	25	4	6	9	19	26	0.98	35	W	W	D	D	L	1948-04-05	Barnsley	H
15	1	Bury	38	6	7	6	25	24	3	8	8	29	31	0.982	33	D	L	L	D	D	1948-04-10	Luton Town	H
16	1	Plymouth Argyle	38	8	7	4	23	18	0	10	9	9	33	0.627	33	D	D	W	D	L	1948-04-10	Southampton	A
17	-2	Brentford	37	8	6	5	25	25	2	7	9	10	32	0.614	33	L	D	W	W	W	1948-04-10	West Ham United	A
18	1	Luton Town	36	6	8	4	27	21	4	3	11	20	32	0.887	31	D	D	L	L	L	1948-04-05	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	-1	Leeds United	38	10	5	4	36	19	2	2	15	16	49	0.765	31	L	D	L	L	W	1948-04-10	Millwall	A
20	0	Nottingham Forest	37	9	4	6	28	21	1	5	12	16	33	0.815	29	L	D	D	L	D	1948-04-10	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	37	7	8	4	22	16	2	2	14	15	40	0.661	28	W	L	D	D	L	1948-04-05	Sheffield Wednesday	A
22	0	Millwall	38	6	6	7	20	25	2	4	13	17	44	0.536	26	L	L	L	D	W	1948-04-10	Leeds United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	0	Mansfield Town	Peel Park	5,110
Mercer	Lineups
Barrow	0	0	Darlington	Holker Street	7,650
	Lineups
Bradford City	4	1	Tranmere Rovers	Valley Parade	7,050
Shearer (p), Neilson 2, Woollett	Lineups		Alexander
Halifax Town	0	0	Hartlepools United	The Shay	5,920
	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	York City	Boothferry Park	32,466	Largest home & D 3N gate 1947-48
Durham	Lineups		Storey
Lincoln City	4	2	Chester	Sincil Bank	13,066
Windle, Hutchinson 2, Bean	Lineups		Hamilton, Westwood
New Brighton	1	3	Carlisle United	Tower Athletic Grounds	3,935
MacLellan	Lineups		Walshaw 2, Iceton
Rochdale	1	0	Rotherham United	Spotland	7,314
Arthur	Lineups
Southport	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Haig Avenue	7,514
Wyles 2	Lineups
Stockport County	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Edgeley Park	13,985
Herd, Swinscoe, Hayes OG	Lineups
Wrexham	0	3	Gateshead	Racecourse Ground	10,197
	Lineups		Wilbert, Smirk, Weddle

				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	Lincoln City	37	12	3	4	39	18	11	4	3	31	18	1.944	53	W	L	W	W	D	1948-04-06	Rochdale	A
2	-1	Rotherham United	37	13	4	1	48	14	8	5	6	36	30	1.909	51	L	W	W	W	W	1948-04-10	New Brighton	H
3	2	Gateshead	39	9	5	5	42	27	8	6	6	26	27	1.259	45	W	W	L	L	D	1948-04-10	Halifax Town	H
4	-1	Wrexham	38	12	3	4	40	23	6	5	8	20	27	1.2	44	L	W	W	D	L	1948-04-10	Darlington	A
5	-1	Mansfield Town	36	11	2	5	34	20	6	7	5	19	19	1.359	43	L	W	L	W	D	1948-04-05	Stockport County	H
6	1	Carlisle United	39	10	4	6	48	32	8	3	8	37	36	1.25	43	W	L	W	W	L	1948-04-10	Southport	H
7	1	Accrington Stanley	37	12	1	6	34	22	7	4	7	26	30	1.154	43	W	D	W	D	L	1948-04-07	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	-2	Barrow	36	8	4	6	21	14	7	8	3	24	18	1.406	42	D	L	W	D	L	1948-04-06	Oldham Athletic	A
9	0	Hull City	37	9	5	4	31	18	6	5	8	19	23	1.22	40	D	W	D	L	W	1948-04-10	Mansfield Town	A
10	1	Bradford City	37	9	4	6	34	22	5	5	8	25	33	1.073	37	W	W	D	D	D	1948-04-10	Oldham Athletic	A
11	-1	Crewe Alexandra	35	9	3	5	31	21	6	3	9	17	33	0.889	36	L	W	W	L	W	1948-04-07	Accrington Stanley	H
12	0	York City	38	7	6	6	35	23	4	7	8	24	31	1.093	35	D	L	L	W	D	1948-04-10	Stockport County	H
13	0	Darlington	38	6	7	6	27	30	6	4	9	22	36	0.742	35	D	L	D	W	W	1948-04-10	Wrexham	H
14	2	Rochdale	36	11	2	5	28	20	2	6	10	14	45	0.646	34	W	L	L	L	L	1948-04-06	Lincoln City	H
15	2	Southport	37	9	4	6	31	25	2	7	9	20	32	0.895	33	W	D	D	D	D	1948-04-10	Carlisle United	A
16	-2	Oldham Athletic	37	4	10	4	19	20	6	3	10	29	36	0.857	33	L	W	D	L	W	1948-04-06	Barrow	H
17	-2	Tranmere Rovers	38	9	1	9	29	27	6	2	11	23	37	0.813	33	L	L	L	L	L	1948-04-10	Barrow	H
18	1	Stockport County	35	7	6	5	35	24	3	5	9	13	29	0.906	31	W	W	W	W	L	1948-04-05	Mansfield Town	A
19	-1	Chester	37	9	5	4	39	22	2	3	14	17	37	0.949	30	L	L	D	L	W	1948-04-10	Accrington Stanley	H
20	0	Hartlepools United	36	7	6	5	24	22	3	2	13	15	42	0.609	28	D	W	L	L	W	1948-04-10	Rochdale	H
21	0	Halifax Town	38	4	9	6	23	21	2	3	14	17	46	0.597	24	D	L	D	L	W	1948-04-10	Gateshead	A
22	0	New Brighton	38	4	6	9	17	25	3	3	13	16	44	0.478	23	L	L	L	W	L	1948-04-10	Rotherham United	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	0	Crystal Palace	Dean Court	16,597
	Lineups
Bristol City	2	2	Swindon Town	Ashton Gate	16,381
Townsend (p), White	Lineups		Owen 2
Exeter City	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	St James Park	7,859
Evans	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	1	Torquay United	Portman Road	10,978
Baird, Jennings	Lineups		Thomas
Leyton Orient	0	2	Watford	Brisbane Road	13,483
	Lineups		Thomas 2
Newport County	1	1	Norwich City	Somerton Park	8,929
Williams	Lineups		Hold
Notts County	3	2	Northampton Town	Meadow Lane	30,903
Lawton 2, Lowery OG	Lineups		Fowler, Smith
Reading	2	0	Port Vale	Elm Park	12,293
Amor, Blackman	Lineups
Southend United	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Greyhound Stadium	8,410
Grant	Lineups
Swansea Town	2	1	Aldershot	Vetch Field	16,884
Comley, Dodds	Lineups		Sears
Walsall	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Fellows Park	17,872
	Lineups		Addinall

				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	34	15	2	1	42	15	8	4	4	24	13	2.357	52	W	W	W	W	L	1948-04-08	Northampton Town	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	36	12	5	1	39	9	8	4	6	23	18	2.296	49	D	W	W	D	W	1948-04-10	Aldershot	A
3	1	Ipswich Town	35	14	1	3	35	12	6	2	9	21	35	1.191	43	W	W	W	D	W	1948-04-10	Crystal Palace	A
4	1	Swansea Town	37	14	5	0	48	13	2	5	11	19	37	1.34	42	W	D	L	W	D	1948-04-10	Northampton Town	A
5	-2	Walsall	36	11	5	3	35	12	5	4	8	21	25	1.514	41	L	W	L	D	D	1948-04-10	Port Vale	A
6	1	Southend United	37	11	6	2	30	14	4	4	10	17	38	0.904	40	W	L	L	L	W	1948-04-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	-1	Port Vale	37	14	3	2	47	16	2	4	12	15	36	1.192	39	L	L	W	L	L	1948-04-07	Exeter City	A
8	0	Newport County	37	8	7	3	33	24	5	5	9	23	41	0.862	38	D	D	W	L	L	1948-04-08	Swindon Town	H
9	0	Bristol City	36	10	3	5	42	21	6	2	10	26	32	1.283	37	D	L	L	D	W	1948-04-05	Crystal Palace	A
10	0	Notts County	34	11	3	3	36	21	4	4	9	17	28	1.082	37	W	W	L	W	W	1948-04-07	Watford	A
11	0	Exeter City	35	10	5	2	31	13	4	4	10	17	34	1.021	37	W	L	L	D	W	1948-04-07	Port Vale	H
12	0	Northampton Town	35	9	4	4	27	18	4	5	9	20	36	0.87	35	L	D	W	D	W	1948-04-08	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	2	Reading	36	9	3	6	35	28	4	5	9	15	26	0.926	34	W	D	L	D	W	1948-04-10	Swindon Town	A
14	-1	Torquay United	35	6	6	6	34	22	4	7	6	22	25	1.191	33	L	L	L	L	D	1948-04-10	Bristol City	H
15	-1	Swindon Town	35	5	9	3	17	13	4	6	8	19	21	1.059	33	D	L	L	W	L	1948-04-08	Newport County	A
16	0	Crystal Palace	36	9	4	4	24	12	1	7	11	17	33	0.911	31	D	W	W	L	L	1948-04-05	Bristol City	H
17	2	Watford	36	5	5	8	25	31	6	3	9	16	35	0.621	30	W	W	W	L	L	1948-04-07	Notts County	H
18	-1	Leyton Orient	38	7	4	8	27	31	3	5	11	17	40	0.62	29	L	L	D	D	W	1948-04-10	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	-1	Aldershot	35	4	8	5	18	20	4	4	10	19	37	0.649	28	L	L	W	W	L	1948-04-07	Norwich City	H
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	6	4	7	20	25	3	5	9	15	36	0.574	27	L	W	D	W	D	1948-04-07	Southend United	H
21	0	Bristol Rovers	37	5	3	10	34	32	4	5	10	27	41	0.836	26	L	W	L	L	L	1948-04-10	Notts County	H
22	0	Norwich City	35	6	3	8	26	29	3	4	11	21	38	0.701	25	D	L	W	W	L	1948-04-07	Aldershot	A