Saturday 1948-04-10

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

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Scotland	0	2	England		Hampden Park, Glasgow	135,376
		Lineups		Finney, Mortensen

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	0	Stoke City	Villa Park	29,763
Smith	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Liverpool	Ewood Park	25,915
Graham	Lineups		Stubbins, Balmer
Blackpool	1	0	Middlesbrough	Bloomfield Road	16,330
McKnight	Lineups
Chelsea	1	0	Sheffield United	Stamford Bridge	43,949
Dyke	Lineups
Derby County	0	3	Charlton Athletic	Baseball Ground	18,009
	Lineups		Fenton, Vaughan, Revell (p)
Everton	2	0	Manchester United	Goodison Park	44,098
Dodds, Stevenson	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Portsmouth	Blundell Park	10,400
Briggs	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Arsenal	Leeds Road	38,110
Bateman	Lineups		Roper
Manchester City	0	2	Bolton Wanderers	Maine Road	36,409
	Lineups		Lofthouse 2
Sunderland	2	0	Burnley	Roker Park	47,003
Shackleton, Robinson J	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	2	Preston North End	Molineux	29,550
Pye 2, Dunn, Hancocks	Lineups		Hannah, Wilson
Footnotes
Arsenal champions

				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	38	14	3	2	47	13	8	8	3	25	17	2.4	55	D	W	D	L	W	1948-04-17	Derby County	H
2	0	Manchester United	39	9	7	3	41	26	8	7	5	31	20	1.565	48	L	D	W	W	W	1948-04-17	Chelsea	H
3	0	Burnley	38	10	5	3	28	9	7	7	6	23	31	1.275	46	L	W	L	L	D	1948-04-17	Aston Villa	H
4	0	Preston North End	38	12	4	3	40	28	6	3	10	20	31	1.017	43	L	D	L	L	L	1948-04-17	Everton	H
5	0	Derby County	36	9	6	3	33	20	6	6	6	34	31	1.314	42	L	D	L	L	W	1948-04-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
6	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	11	4	5	44	29	5	5	8	32	36	1.169	41	W	L	W	D	L	1948-04-14	Derby County	A
7	2	Aston Villa	38	11	5	3	37	19	5	4	10	20	33	1.096	41	W	D	L	W	W	1948-04-14	Blackburn Rovers	H
8	2	Blackpool	38	12	4	4	36	14	3	6	9	13	24	1.289	40	W	L	D	L	L	1948-04-12	Sunderland	A
9	-3	Manchester City	38	13	2	4	37	19	2	8	9	13	22	1.22	40	L	D	W	W	W	1948-04-17	Liverpool	A
10	-3	Sheffield United	39	12	4	3	42	22	3	6	11	21	42	0.984	40	L	D	W	D	L	1948-04-17	Huddersfield Town	H
11	0	Portsmouth	36	11	3	3	34	13	5	2	12	21	31	1.25	37	L	W	W	L	W	1948-04-14	Middlesbrough	H
12	1	Liverpool	38	7	7	4	32	21	7	2	11	25	36	1	37	W	D	W	W	W	1948-04-17	Manchester City	H
13	1	Everton	36	10	2	7	28	21	6	3	8	19	32	0.887	37	W	W	W	L	L	1948-04-14	Chelsea	H
14	-2	Middlesbrough	38	8	6	5	35	23	6	2	11	33	37	1.133	36	L	W	D	L	L	1948-04-14	Portsmouth	A
15	1	Chelsea	38	11	6	3	38	25	2	3	13	11	35	0.817	35	W	L	L	W	D	1948-04-14	Everton	A
16	-1	Stoke City	39	8	5	6	26	20	5	4	11	12	32	0.731	35	L	W	W	W	L	1948-04-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
17	1	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	1	7	27	22	5	3	12	17	32	0.815	34	W	D	W	L	W	1948-04-17	Grimsby Town	H
18	-1	Huddersfield Town	38	7	5	7	24	21	4	6	9	24	34	0.873	33	D	W	D	L	W	1948-04-17	Sheffield United	A
19	0	Charlton Athletic	38	6	4	9	30	29	7	2	10	19	36	0.754	32	W	L	L	D	D	1948-04-17	Blackpool	H
20	0	Sunderland	38	9	4	6	29	18	2	5	12	21	46	0.781	31	W	D	L	W	L	1948-04-12	Blackpool	H
21	0	Blackburn Rovers	38	7	5	8	31	30	3	4	11	15	34	0.719	29	L	L	D	D	L	1948-04-14	Aston Villa	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	39	5	5	10	19	32	3	1	15	25	66	0.449	22	W	L	L	L	W	1948-04-17	Bolton Wanderers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	1	2	Birmingham City	Park Avenue	16,782
Henry	Lineups		Mitchell (p), Stewart
Bury	2	2	Luton Town	Gigg Lane	15,648
Crosbie 2	Lineups		Brennan, Ottewell
Cardiff City	1	1	Newcastle United	Ninian Park	49,209	Largest home gate 1947-48
Lever (p)	Lineups		Stobbart
Chesterfield	2	3	Leicester City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	14,362
Capel 2	Lineups		Hines 2, McKennan
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Barnsley	Belle Vue	24,011
Thompson	Lineups		Baxter, Glover
Millwall	1	1	Leeds United	The Den, New Cross	21,426
Fisher J (p)	Lineups		Chisholm
Nottingham Forest	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	City Ground	20,023
Edwards, Scott, Morley	Lineups		Taylor
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Coventry City	Hillsborough	38,695
Quigley	Lineups		Murphy
Southampton	2	3	Plymouth Argyle	The Dell	20,544
Wayman 2	Lineups		Edds 3
Tottenham Hotspur	0	2	Fulham	White Hart Lane	32,490
	Lineups		McGibbon, Shepherd
West Ham United	0	1	Brentford	Upton Park	21,471
	Lineups		Gibbons

				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	38	11	6	2	32	13	10	6	3	21	11	2.208	54	W	W	D	W	D	1948-04-17	Cardiff City	H
2	0	Newcastle United	38	15	1	2	40	11	6	6	8	25	27	1.711	49	D	W	D	D	W	1948-04-14	Fulham	H
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	38	13	4	2	38	20	7	4	8	24	27	1.319	48	D	W	W	W	W	1948-04-12	Brentford	H
4	0	Cardiff City	39	12	6	2	36	13	5	5	9	23	37	1.18	45	D	L	L	D	L	1948-04-17	Birmingham City	A
5	0	Southampton	37	13	3	3	50	22	4	6	8	15	30	1.25	43	L	L	D	D	W	1948-04-14	Chesterfield	A
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	38	10	5	4	35	20	5	6	8	19	18	1.421	41	L	L	W	W	D	1948-04-12	Nottingham Forest	H
7	0	West Ham United	39	9	7	4	27	18	5	6	8	22	32	0.98	41	L	L	D	W	D	1948-04-17	Leicester City	A
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	39	10	3	6	30	28	6	5	9	21	29	0.895	40	L	L	D	L	D	1948-04-17	Bradford	H
9	1	Leicester City	38	10	3	5	35	26	5	6	9	22	28	1.056	39	W	W	W	W	D	1948-04-17	West Ham United	H
10	2	Barnsley	38	10	4	5	28	18	5	5	9	28	37	1.018	39	W	L	W	D	L	1948-04-14	Luton Town	A
11	3	Fulham	36	5	8	5	22	16	9	1	8	23	24	1.125	37	W	L	D	D	W	1948-04-14	Newcastle United	A
12	-3	Chesterfield	38	7	4	8	31	25	8	3	8	22	23	1.104	37	L	W	W	L	W	1948-04-14	Southampton	H
13	-2	Bradford	39	10	3	7	42	28	5	4	10	21	34	1.016	37	L	L	W	D	W	1948-04-17	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	-1	Coventry City	38	9	4	6	29	15	3	8	8	22	30	1.133	36	D	W	D	L	D	1948-04-17	Tottenham Hotspur	H
15	2	Plymouth Argyle	39	8	7	4	23	18	1	10	9	12	35	0.66	35	W	D	D	W	D	1948-04-17	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	2	Brentford	38	8	6	5	25	25	3	7	9	11	32	0.632	35	W	L	D	W	W	1948-04-12	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	-2	Bury	39	6	8	6	27	26	3	8	8	29	31	0.982	34	D	D	L	L	D	1948-04-17	Brentford	A
18	-2	Luton Town	38	6	8	4	27	21	5	4	11	23	34	0.909	34	D	W	D	D	L	1948-04-14	Barnsley	H
19	0	Leeds United	39	10	5	4	36	19	2	3	15	17	50	0.768	32	D	L	D	L	L	1948-04-17	Chesterfield	H
20	0	Nottingham Forest	38	10	4	6	31	22	1	5	12	16	33	0.855	31	W	L	D	D	L	1948-04-12	Tottenham Hotspur	A
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	39	7	8	5	23	18	2	2	15	15	42	0.633	28	L	L	W	L	D	1948-04-17	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	0	Millwall	39	6	7	7	21	26	2	4	13	17	44	0.543	27	D	L	L	L	D	1948-04-17	Fulham	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Carlisle United	2	3	Southport	Brunton Park	9,801
Connor, Iceton	Lineups		Powell, Owens, Wyles
Chester	1	0	Accrington Stanley	Sealand Road	5,811
Best	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	0	Lincoln City	Gresty Road	7,463
Ferris, Clarke, Finan	Lineups
Darlington	3	1	Wrexham	Feethams Ground	6,488
Milner, Clarke, Varty	Lineups		Tunnicliffe
Gateshead	3	0	Halifax Town	Redheugh Park	4,826
Small 2, Callender T (p)	Lineups
Hartlepools United	4	1	Rochdale	Victoria Park	7,907
Donaldson 2, Richardson 2	Lineups		Moorhouse
Mansfield Town	1	1	Hull City	Field Mill	11,098
Oscroft	Lineups		Buchan
Oldham Athletic	3	0	Bradford City	Boundary Park	14,213
Brook, Haddington 2	Lineups
Rotherham United	6	1	New Brighton	Millmoor	13,669
Guest 2, Mills, McMahon, Thompson, Selkirk	Lineups		Selkirk OG
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Barrow	Prenton Park	6,376
Cox	Lineups
York City	3	2	Stockport County	Bootham Crescent	7,511
Brenen, Storey, Rudd	Lineups		Stock, Dainty

				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	39	12	3	4	39	18	11	5	4	32	22	1.775	54	L	D	W	L	W	1948-04-17	Carlisle United	H
2	0	Rotherham United	38	14	4	1	54	15	8	5	6	36	30	2	53	W	L	W	W	W	1948-04-12	Mansfield Town	H
3	0	Gateshead	40	10	5	5	45	27	8	6	6	26	27	1.315	47	W	W	W	L	L	1948-04-17	Rochdale	A
4	2	Mansfield Town	38	11	3	6	36	23	6	7	5	19	19	1.31	44	D	L	L	W	L	1948-04-12	Rotherham United	A
5	-1	Wrexham	39	12	3	4	40	23	6	5	9	21	30	1.151	44	L	L	W	W	D	1948-04-17	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	-1	Accrington Stanley	39	12	1	6	34	22	7	5	8	26	31	1.132	44	L	D	W	D	W	1948-04-17	Crewe Alexandra	H
7	0	Carlisle United	40	10	4	7	50	35	8	3	8	37	36	1.225	43	L	W	L	W	W	1948-04-17	Lincoln City	A
8	0	Barrow	38	8	4	6	21	14	7	8	5	25	21	1.314	42	L	L	D	L	W	1948-04-13	Rochdale	H
9	0	Hull City	38	9	5	4	31	18	6	6	8	20	24	1.214	41	D	D	W	D	L	1948-04-17	Chester	H
10	1	Crewe Alexandra	37	10	4	5	34	21	6	3	9	17	33	0.944	39	W	D	L	W	W	1948-04-14	Stockport County	H
11	1	York City	39	8	6	6	38	25	4	7	8	24	31	1.107	37	W	D	L	L	W	1948-04-17	Bradford City	A
12	-2	Bradford City	38	9	4	6	34	22	5	5	9	25	36	1.017	37	L	W	W	D	D	1948-04-17	York City	H
13	0	Oldham Athletic	39	6	10	4	24	21	6	3	10	29	36	0.93	37	W	W	L	W	D	1948-04-17	Barrow	A
14	0	Darlington	39	7	7	6	30	31	6	4	9	22	36	0.776	37	W	D	L	D	W	1948-04-17	Halifax Town	A
15	2	Southport	38	9	4	6	31	25	3	7	9	23	34	0.915	35	W	W	D	D	D	1948-04-17	Rotherham United	H
16	2	Tranmere Rovers	39	10	1	9	30	27	6	2	11	23	37	0.828	35	W	L	L	L	L	1948-04-17	Wrexham	A
17	-2	Rochdale	38	11	3	5	29	21	2	6	11	15	49	0.629	35	L	D	W	L	L	1948-04-13	Barrow	A
18	-2	Stockport County	37	7	6	5	35	24	4	5	10	17	33	0.912	33	L	W	W	W	W	1948-04-14	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	0	Chester	38	10	5	4	40	22	2	3	14	17	37	0.966	32	W	L	L	D	L	1948-04-17	Hull City	A
20	0	Hartlepools United	37	8	6	5	28	23	3	2	13	15	42	0.662	30	W	D	W	L	L	1948-04-17	New Brighton	A
21	0	Halifax Town	39	4	9	6	23	21	2	3	15	17	49	0.571	24	L	D	L	D	L	1948-04-17	Darlington	H
22	0	New Brighton	39	4	6	9	17	25	3	3	14	17	50	0.453	23	L	L	L	L	W	1948-04-17	Hartlepools United	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Recreation Ground	8,456
	Lineups		McDonald 2, Mackenzie
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Newport County	Goldstone Ground	14,247
Willis, Moore 2	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Notts County	Eastville	12,451
Watkins, Pitt	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	1	Ipswich Town	Selhurst Park	18,151
Lewis J, Kurz	Lineups		Day
Northampton Town	0	1	Swansea Town	County Ground	8,506
	Lineups		Powell
Norwich City	1	0	Southend United	Carrow Road	22,734
Hold	Lineups
Port Vale	0	1	Walsall	Recreation Ground	12,282
	Lineups		Lishman
Queens Park Rangers	1	2	Leyton Orient	Loftus Road	27,480
Stewart	Lineups		Neary 2
Swindon Town	1	1	Reading	County Ground	15,876
Owen	Lineups		Green
Torquay United	2	3	Bristol City	Plainmoor	6,697
Whitfield (p), Griffiths	Lineups		Stone, Townsend, Williams S
Watford	3	1	Exeter City	Vicarage Road	10,867
Davies T, Cheney, Osborne	Lineups		Regan

				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	36	15	2	2	43	17	8	5	4	25	14	2.194	53	L	D	W	W	W	1948-04-14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	37	12	5	1	39	9	9	4	6	26	18	2.407	51	W	D	W	W	D	1948-04-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	1	Swansea Town	38	14	5	0	48	13	3	5	11	20	37	1.36	44	W	W	D	L	W	1948-04-17	Bristol Rovers	H
4	1	Walsall	37	11	5	3	35	12	6	4	8	22	25	1.541	43	W	L	W	L	D	1948-04-15	Torquay United	H
5	-2	Ipswich Town	36	14	1	3	35	12	6	2	10	22	37	1.163	43	L	W	W	W	D	1948-04-15	Notts County	A
6	0	Port Vale	39	14	3	3	47	17	2	5	12	15	36	1.17	40	L	D	L	L	W	1948-04-17	Leyton Orient	A
7	1	Southend United	39	11	6	2	30	14	4	4	12	17	40	0.87	40	L	L	W	L	L	1948-04-17	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
8	-1	Newport County	39	9	7	3	35	24	5	5	10	23	44	0.853	40	L	W	D	D	W	1948-04-17	Watford	H
9	2	Bristol City	38	10	3	5	42	21	7	2	11	29	38	1.203	39	W	L	D	L	L	1948-04-17	Crystal Palace	H
10	-1	Notts County	36	11	3	3	36	21	5	4	10	20	31	1.077	39	L	W	W	W	L	1948-04-15	Ipswich Town	H
11	-1	Exeter City	37	10	6	2	31	13	4	4	11	18	37	0.98	38	L	D	W	L	L	1948-04-14	Swindon Town	A
12	0	Northampton Town	37	9	5	5	28	20	4	5	9	20	36	0.857	36	L	D	L	D	W	1948-04-17	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
13	2	Crystal Palace	38	11	4	4	30	13	1	7	11	17	33	1.022	35	W	W	D	W	W	1948-04-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	-1	Reading	37	9	3	6	35	28	4	6	9	16	27	0.927	35	D	W	D	L	D	1948-04-17	Torquay United	H
15	1	Swindon Town	37	5	10	3	18	14	4	6	9	19	23	1	34	D	L	D	L	L	1948-04-14	Exeter City	H
16	-2	Torquay United	36	6	6	7	36	25	4	7	6	22	25	1.16	33	L	L	L	L	L	1948-04-15	Walsall	A
17	0	Watford	38	6	5	9	29	35	6	3	9	16	35	0.643	32	W	L	W	W	W	1948-04-17	Newport County	A
18	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	8	4	7	24	25	3	5	9	15	36	0.639	31	W	W	L	W	D	1948-04-12	Crystal Palace	A
19	0	Leyton Orient	39	7	4	8	27	31	4	5	11	19	41	0.639	31	W	L	L	D	D	1948-04-17	Port Vale	H
20	-2	Aldershot	37	4	9	6	20	25	4	4	10	19	37	0.629	29	L	D	L	L	W	1948-04-17	Ipswich Town	A
21	0	Bristol Rovers	38	6	3	10	36	32	4	5	10	27	41	0.863	28	W	L	W	L	L	1948-04-17	Swansea Town	A
22	0	Norwich City	37	7	3	8	27	29	3	5	11	23	40	0.725	28	W	D	D	L	W	1948-04-17	Notts County	A