Saturday 1948-04-17

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	2	Derby County	Highbury	49,677
Roper	Lineups		Stamps, Steel
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Grimsby Town	Burnden Park	23,378
Lofthouse, Bradley	Lineups
Burnley	1	0	Aston Villa	Turf Moor	25,671
Harrison	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Blackpool	The Valley	49,312
McCrae, Vaughan	Lineups
Liverpool	1	1	Manchester City	Anfield Road	39,348
Fagan	Lineups		Black
Manchester United	5	0	Chelsea	Maine Road	44,366
Pearson 2, Delaney, Mitten, Rowley	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Ayresome Park	22,033
Fenton	Lineups		Murphy
Portsmouth	2	2	Sunderland	Fratton Park	29,807
Reid, Harris	Lineups		Wright, Davis
Preston North End	3	0	Everton	Deepdale	25,035
Hannah, Jones OG, Walton (p)	Lineups
Sheffield United	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Bramall Lane	32,596
	Lineups		Doherty
Stoke City	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Victoria Ground	24,512
Baker 2	Lineups		Dunn, Mullen, Pye

				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	39	14	3	3	48	15	8	8	3	25	17	2.281	55	L	D	W	D	L	1948-04-21	Portsmouth	A
2	0	Manchester United	40	10	7	3	46	26	8	7	5	31	20	1.674	50	W	L	D	W	W	1948-04-28	Blackpool	A
3	0	Burnley	39	11	5	3	29	9	7	7	6	23	31	1.3	48	W	L	W	L	L	1948-04-20	Charlton Athletic	H
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	11	4	5	44	29	7	5	8	37	39	1.191	45	W	W	W	L	W	1948-04-24	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	1	Preston North End	39	13	4	3	43	28	6	3	10	20	31	1.068	45	W	L	D	L	L	1948-04-21	Manchester City	A
6	1	Derby County	38	9	6	4	34	22	7	6	6	36	32	1.296	44	W	L	L	D	L	1948-04-21	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	-2	Aston Villa	40	12	5	3	40	21	5	4	11	20	34	1.091	43	L	W	W	D	L	1948-04-24	Liverpool	H
8	1	Manchester City	39	13	2	4	37	19	2	9	9	14	23	1.214	41	D	L	D	W	W	1948-04-21	Preston North End	H
9	2	Portsmouth	38	12	4	3	42	16	5	2	12	21	31	1.34	40	D	W	L	W	W	1948-04-21	Arsenal	H
10	-2	Blackpool	40	12	4	4	36	14	3	6	11	13	27	1.195	40	L	L	W	L	D	1948-04-28	Manchester United	H
11	-1	Sheffield United	40	12	4	4	42	23	3	6	11	21	42	0.969	40	L	L	D	W	D	1948-04-24	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	0	Liverpool	39	7	8	4	33	22	7	2	11	25	36	1	38	D	W	D	W	W	1948-04-21	Everton	H
13	2	Middlesbrough	40	8	7	5	36	24	6	2	12	34	43	1.045	37	D	L	L	W	D	1948-04-24	Sunderland	A
14	-1	Everton	38	10	2	8	30	24	6	3	9	19	35	0.831	37	L	L	W	W	W	1948-04-21	Liverpool	A
15	-1	Chelsea	40	11	6	3	38	25	3	3	14	14	42	0.776	37	L	W	W	L	L	1948-04-24	Burnley	H
16	1	Bolton Wanderers	39	11	1	7	29	22	5	3	12	17	32	0.852	36	W	W	D	W	L	1948-04-21	Derby County	H
17	1	Huddersfield Town	39	7	5	7	24	21	5	6	9	25	34	0.891	35	W	D	W	D	L	1948-04-24	Stoke City	H
18	-2	Stoke City	40	8	5	7	28	23	5	4	11	12	32	0.727	35	L	L	W	W	W	1948-04-24	Huddersfield Town	A
19	0	Sunderland	40	10	4	6	30	18	2	6	12	23	48	0.803	34	D	W	W	D	L	1948-04-24	Middlesbrough	H
20	0	Charlton Athletic	39	7	4	9	32	29	7	2	10	19	36	0.785	34	W	W	L	L	D	1948-04-20	Burnley	A
21	0	Blackburn Rovers	40	7	5	8	31	30	3	5	12	18	38	0.721	30	D	L	L	L	D	1948-04-24	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Grimsby Town	40	5	5	10	19	32	3	1	16	25	68	0.44	22	L	W	L	L	L	1948-04-24	Charlton Athletic	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	2	Nottingham Forest	Oakwell	18,958
Steele 2	Lineups		Morley, Gager
Birmingham City	2	0	Cardiff City	St Andrew's	52,276	Largest home gate 1947-48
Trigg, Bodle	Lineups
Brentford	4	1	Bury	Griffin Park	20,419
Blakeman, Gibbons, Buchanan, Dawson	Lineups		Massart
Coventry City	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Highfield Road	18,230
McIntosh	Lineups		Barratt OG
Fulham	1	0	Millwall	Craven Cottage	13,834
Thomas R	Lineups
Leeds United	3	0	Chesterfield	Elland Road	28,794
Hindle, Chisholm, Wakefield	Lineups
Leicester City	1	3	West Ham United	Filbert Street	24,856
McKennan (p)	Lineups		Woodgate, Hall, Wade
Luton Town	0	2	Southampton	Kenilworth Road	17,202
	Lineups		Ramsey, Scott
Newcastle United	4	2	Sheffield Wednesday	St James' Park	66,483	Largest home & D 2 gate 1947-48
Harvey, Houghton 2, Stobbart	Lineups		Witcomb (p), Marriott
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Home Park	21,528	Doncaster Rovers relegated
Edds 2	Lineups		Bennett 2
West Bromwich Albion	6	0	Bradford	The Hawthorns	13,349
Haines 3, Taylor 2, Finch	Lineups
Footnotes
Birmingham City promoted
Millwall relegated

				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	39	12	6	2	34	13	10	6	3	21	11	2.292	56	W	W	W	D	W	1948-04-19	Leicester City	A
2	0	Newcastle United	40	17	1	2	45	13	6	6	8	25	27	1.75	53	W	W	D	W	D	1948-04-24	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	40	13	5	2	39	21	7	4	9	26	31	1.25	49	L	D	D	W	W	1948-04-24	Birmingham City	H
4	0	Southampton	39	13	3	3	50	22	6	6	8	18	30	1.308	47	W	W	L	L	D	1948-04-21	Fulham	H
5	0	Cardiff City	40	12	6	2	36	13	5	5	10	23	39	1.135	45	L	D	L	L	D	1948-04-24	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	1	West Ham United	40	9	7	4	27	18	6	6	8	25	33	1.02	43	W	L	L	D	W	1948-04-24	Leeds United	H
7	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	40	10	5	5	35	23	5	7	8	20	19	1.31	42	D	L	L	L	W	1948-04-24	Newcastle United	H
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	40	11	3	6	36	28	6	5	9	21	29	1	42	W	L	L	D	L	1948-04-24	Cardiff City	A
9	1	Barnsley	40	10	5	5	30	20	5	5	10	29	39	1	40	D	L	W	L	W	1948-04-24	Bradford	A
10	1	Fulham	38	6	8	5	23	16	9	1	9	23	25	1.122	39	W	L	W	L	D	1948-04-21	Southampton	A
11	-2	Leicester City	39	10	3	6	36	29	5	6	9	22	28	1.018	39	L	W	W	W	W	1948-04-19	Birmingham City	H
12	4	Brentford	40	9	6	5	29	26	3	8	9	12	33	0.695	38	W	D	W	L	D	1948-04-24	Southampton	A
13	1	Coventry City	39	9	5	6	30	16	3	8	8	22	30	1.13	37	D	D	W	D	L	1948-04-24	Millwall	A
14	-2	Chesterfield	40	7	4	9	31	26	8	3	9	22	26	1.019	37	L	L	L	W	W	1948-04-24	Fulham	H
15	-2	Bradford	40	10	3	7	42	28	5	4	11	21	40	0.926	37	L	L	L	W	D	1948-04-24	Barnsley	H
16	-1	Luton Town	40	7	8	5	29	24	5	4	11	23	34	0.897	36	L	W	D	W	D	1948-04-24	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	40	8	8	4	25	20	1	10	9	12	35	0.673	36	D	W	D	D	W	1948-04-24	Nottingham Forest	A
18	0	Bury	40	6	8	6	27	26	3	8	9	30	35	0.934	34	L	D	D	L	L	1948-04-24	Leicester City	H
19	0	Nottingham Forest	40	10	4	6	31	22	2	6	12	21	35	0.912	34	D	W	W	L	D	1948-04-24	Plymouth Argyle	H
20	0	Leeds United	40	11	5	4	39	19	2	3	15	17	50	0.812	34	W	D	L	D	L	1948-04-24	West Ham United	A
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	40	7	8	5	23	18	2	3	15	17	44	0.645	29	D	L	L	W	L	1948-04-24	Luton Town	H
22	0	Millwall	40	6	7	7	21	26	2	4	14	17	45	0.535	27	L	D	L	L	L	1948-04-24	Coventry City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Peel Park	4,795
Webster, Rothwell	Lineups		Meaney J
Barrow	2	4	Oldham Athletic	Holker Street	4,502
Rogers, Forbes	Lineups		Blackshaw, Gemmell, Brook 2
Bradford City	1	3	York City	Valley Parade	6,341
Flanagan	Lineups		Storey 2, Patrick A
Halifax Town	1	1	Darlington	The Shay	7,414
Priestley	Lineups		Bower
Hull City	2	1	Chester	Boothferry Park	24,138
Moore 2	Lineups		Turner
Lincoln City	3	0	Carlisle United	Sincil Bank	15,337
Hutchinson 3	Lineups
New Brighton	1	2	Hartlepools United	Tower Athletic Grounds	2,810
Brindle	Lineups		Richardson, Hooper (p)
Rochdale	2	1	Gateshead	Spotland	7,031
Livesey, Reid	Lineups		Callender J
Southport	1	2	Rotherham United	Haig Avenue	12,829	Largest home gate 1947-48
Iddon	Lineups		Ardron, Thompson
Stockport County	5	0	Mansfield Town	Edgeley Park	11,039
Dainty 2, Swinscoe 2, Glaister	Lineups
Wrexham	6	0	Tranmere Rovers	Racecourse Ground	6,094
Grainger 3, Yates 2, Boothway	Lineups
Footnotes
Halifax Town to apply for re-election

				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	Rotherham United	40	15	4	1	56	16	9	5	6	38	31	2	57	W	W	W	L	W	1948-04-24	Lincoln City	H
2	0	Lincoln City	40	13	3	4	42	18	11	5	4	32	22	1.85	56	W	L	D	W	L	1948-04-24	Rotherham United	A
3	0	Gateshead	41	10	5	5	45	27	8	6	7	27	29	1.286	47	L	W	W	W	L	1948-04-24	New Brighton	H
4	1	Wrexham	40	13	3	4	46	23	6	5	9	21	30	1.264	46	W	L	L	W	W	1948-04-24	Oldham Athletic	A
5	1	Accrington Stanley	40	13	1	6	36	23	7	5	8	26	31	1.148	46	W	L	D	W	D	1948-04-28	Hartlepools United	A
6	-2	Mansfield Town	40	11	3	6	36	23	6	7	7	20	26	1.143	44	L	L	D	L	L	1948-04-24	Bradford City	H
7	2	Hull City	39	10	5	4	33	19	6	6	8	20	24	1.233	43	W	D	D	W	D	1948-04-22	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	-1	Carlisle United	41	10	4	7	50	35	8	3	9	37	39	1.176	43	L	L	W	L	W	1948-05-01	Hull City	A
9	-1	Barrow	40	8	4	8	23	19	7	8	5	25	21	1.2	42	L	L	L	L	D	1948-04-24	York City	A
10	0	Crewe Alexandra	39	11	4	5	38	23	6	3	10	18	35	0.966	41	L	W	W	D	L	1948-04-22	Hull City	A
11	0	York City	40	8	6	6	38	25	5	7	8	27	32	1.14	39	W	W	D	L	L	1948-04-24	Barrow	H
12	1	Oldham Athletic	40	6	10	4	24	21	7	3	10	33	38	0.966	39	W	W	W	L	W	1948-04-24	Wrexham	H
13	2	Rochdale	40	12	3	5	31	22	3	6	11	16	49	0.662	39	W	W	L	D	W	1948-04-24	Darlington	A
14	0	Darlington	40	7	7	6	30	31	6	5	9	23	37	0.779	38	D	W	D	L	D	1948-04-24	Rochdale	H
15	-3	Bradford City	39	9	4	7	35	25	5	5	9	25	36	0.984	37	L	L	W	W	D	1948-04-21	Chester	A
16	2	Stockport County	39	8	6	5	40	24	4	5	11	19	37	0.967	35	W	L	L	W	W	1948-04-24	Chester	A
17	-1	Southport	39	9	4	7	32	27	3	7	9	23	34	0.902	35	L	W	W	D	D	1948-04-19	Hartlepools United	H
18	-1	Tranmere Rovers	40	10	1	9	30	27	6	2	12	23	43	0.757	35	L	W	L	L	L	1948-04-24	Halifax Town	H
19	0	Chester	39	10	5	4	40	22	2	3	15	18	39	0.951	32	L	W	L	L	D	1948-04-21	Bradford City	H
20	0	Hartlepools United	38	8	6	5	28	23	4	2	13	17	43	0.682	32	W	W	D	W	L	1948-04-19	Southport	A
21	0	Halifax Town	40	4	10	6	24	22	2	3	15	17	49	0.577	25	D	L	D	L	D	1948-04-24	Tranmere Rovers	A
22	0	New Brighton	40	4	6	10	18	27	3	3	14	17	50	0.455	23	L	L	L	L	L	1948-04-24	Gateshead	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	0	Northampton Town	Dean Court	14,818
McDoanld (p), Barclay	Lineups
Bristol City	2	0	Crystal Palace	Ashton Gate	12,560
Townsend, Williams C	Lineups
Exeter City	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	St James Park	11,617
Bartholomew (p)	Lineups		Hartburn 2
Ipswich Town	2	0	Aldershot	Portman Road	12,065
Perrett, Little	Lineups
Leyton Orient	0	0	Port Vale	Brisbane Road	12,430
	Lineups
Newport County	3	4	Watford	Somerton Park	8,878
Williams, Roffi, Shergold	Lineups		Osborne 2, Cheney, Woodroffe
Notts County	1	2	Norwich City	Meadow Lane	19,183
Sewell	Lineups		Southwell OG, Ashman
Reading	2	0	Torquay United	Elm Park	10,308
Dix 2	Lineups
Southend United	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Greyhound Stadium	6,428
Pritchard, Tippett	Lineups		Willis 2
Swansea Town	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Vetch Field	15,320
	Lineups		Warren
Walsall	1	0	Swindon Town	Fellows Park	10,094
Wilshaw	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	38	15	2	2	43	17	10	5	4	28	15	2.219	57	W	W	L	D	W	1948-04-21	Norwich City	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	39	13	5	2	41	10	9	4	6	26	18	2.393	53	W	L	W	D	W	1948-04-24	Bristol Rovers	A
3	0	Walsall	39	13	5	3	37	12	6	4	8	22	25	1.595	47	W	W	W	L	W	1948-04-21	Exeter City	A
4	0	Ipswich Town	38	15	1	3	37	12	7	2	10	23	37	1.224	47	W	W	L	W	W	1948-04-21	Northampton Town	H
5	0	Swansea Town	39	14	5	1	48	14	3	5	11	20	37	1.333	44	L	W	W	D	L	1948-04-24	Norwich City	A
6	3	Bristol City	39	11	3	5	44	21	7	2	11	29	38	1.237	41	W	W	L	D	L	1948-04-24	Aldershot	A
7	-1	Port Vale	40	14	3	3	47	17	2	6	12	15	36	1.17	41	D	L	D	L	L	1948-04-24	Exeter City	H
8	-1	Southend United	40	11	7	2	32	16	4	4	12	17	40	0.875	41	D	L	L	W	L	1948-04-24	Watford	A
9	-1	Newport County	40	9	7	4	38	28	5	5	10	23	44	0.847	40	L	L	W	D	D	1948-04-24	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	0	Notts County	38	11	3	5	37	24	5	4	10	20	31	1.036	39	L	L	L	W	W	1948-04-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
11	0	Exeter City	39	10	6	3	32	15	4	4	12	20	40	0.945	38	L	L	L	D	W	1948-04-21	Walsall	H
12	3	Reading	38	10	3	6	37	28	4	6	9	16	27	0.964	37	W	D	W	D	L	1948-04-21	Crystal Palace	H
13	-1	Swindon Town	39	6	10	3	21	16	4	6	10	19	24	1	36	L	W	D	L	D	1948-04-24	Leyton Orient	H
14	-1	Crystal Palace	40	11	5	4	30	13	1	7	12	17	35	0.979	36	L	D	W	W	D	1948-04-21	Reading	A
15	-1	Northampton Town	38	9	5	5	28	20	4	5	10	20	38	0.828	36	L	L	D	L	D	1948-04-21	Ipswich Town	A
16	1	Watford	39	6	5	9	29	35	7	3	9	20	38	0.671	34	W	W	L	W	W	1948-04-24	Southend United	H
17	-1	Torquay United	38	6	6	7	36	25	4	7	8	22	28	1.094	33	L	L	L	L	L	1948-04-21	Aldershot	A
18	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	8	4	7	24	25	3	7	9	17	38	0.651	33	D	D	W	W	L	1948-04-22	Notts County	A
19	0	Leyton Orient	40	7	5	8	27	31	4	5	11	19	41	0.639	32	D	W	L	L	D	1948-04-24	Swindon Town	A
20	1	Bristol Rovers	39	6	3	10	36	32	5	5	10	28	41	0.877	30	W	W	L	W	L	1948-04-24	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
21	1	Norwich City	38	7	3	8	27	29	4	5	11	25	41	0.743	30	W	W	D	D	L	1948-04-21	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	-2	Aldershot	38	4	9	6	20	25	4	4	11	19	39	0.609	29	L	L	D	L	L	1948-04-21	Torquay United	H