Saturday 1948-04-24

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

FA Cup Last Matches

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Final						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Manchester United	4	2	Blackpool	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	99,000
	Rowley 2, Pearson, Anderson	Lineups		Shimwell (p), Mortensen

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	1	Liverpool	Villa Park	23,313
Ford 2	Lineups		Stubbins
Blackburn Rovers	4	0	Sheffield United	Ewood Park	14,087
Graham 3, McClelland	Lineups
Chelsea	0	2	Burnley	Stamford Bridge	33,390
	Lineups		Billingham, Attwell
Derby County	2	1	Preston North End	Baseball Ground	19,496
Broome, Harrison	Lineups		Finney
Everton	0	2	Portsmouth	Goodison Park	18,089
	Lineups		Harris, Juliussen
Grimsby Town	1	3	Charlton Athletic	Blundell Park	8,655
Briggs	Lineups		Vaughan, Hurst, Fenton
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Stoke City	Leeds Road	16,115
	Lineups
Manchester City	0	0	Arsenal	Maine Road	23,391
	Lineups
Sunderland	3	0	Middlesbrough	Roker Park	51,581
Wright, Davis, Robinson J	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Molineux	25,751
Dunn	Lineups
Footnotes
Blackburn Rovers 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	41	14	3	3	48	15	8	10	3	25	17	2.281	57	D	D	L	D	W	1948-05-01	Grimsby Town	H
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	41	11	5	4	29	11	8	7	6	25	31	1.286	50	W	L	W	L	W	1948-05-01	Huddersfield Town	H
4	1	Derby County	40	10	6	4	36	23	8	6	6	39	32	1.364	48	W	W	W	L	L	1948-04-28	Portsmouth	H
5	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	12	4	5	45	29	7	5	8	37	39	1.206	47	W	W	W	W	L	1948-05-01	Liverpool	A
6	-2	Preston North End	41	13	4	3	43	28	7	3	11	24	33	1.098	47	L	W	W	L	D	1948-05-01	Blackpool	H
7	0	Aston Villa	41	13	5	3	42	22	5	4	11	20	34	1.107	45	W	L	W	W	D	1948-05-01	Middlesbrough	A
8	0	Portsmouth	40	12	5	3	42	16	6	2	12	23	31	1.383	43	W	D	D	W	L	1948-04-28	Derby County	A
9	0	Manchester City	41	13	3	5	37	22	2	9	9	14	23	1.133	42	D	L	D	L	D	1948-05-01	Sheffield United	A
10	0	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	0	Liverpool	41	8	8	4	37	22	7	2	12	26	38	1.05	40	L	W	D	W	D	1948-05-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	0	Sheffield United	41	12	4	4	42	23	3	6	12	21	46	0.913	40	L	L	L	D	W	1948-05-01	Manchester City	H
13	3	Charlton Athletic	41	7	4	9	32	29	9	2	10	24	37	0.848	38	W	W	W	W	L	1948-05-01	Sunderland	H
14	-1	Middlesbrough	41	8	7	5	36	24	6	2	13	34	46	1	37	L	D	L	L	W	1948-05-01	Aston Villa	H
15	-1	Everton	40	10	2	9	30	26	6	3	10	19	39	0.754	37	L	L	L	L	W	1948-04-28	Huddersfield Town	A
16	-1	Chelsea	41	11	6	4	38	27	3	3	14	14	42	0.754	37	L	L	W	W	L	1948-05-01	Portsmouth	A
17	1	Huddersfield Town	40	7	6	7	24	21	5	6	9	25	34	0.891	36	D	W	D	W	D	1948-04-28	Everton	H
18	2	Sunderland	41	11	4	6	33	18	2	6	12	23	48	0.848	36	W	D	W	W	D	1948-05-01	Charlton Athletic	A
19	-2	Bolton Wanderers	41	11	1	8	29	25	5	3	13	17	33	0.793	36	L	L	W	W	D	1948-05-01	Everton	H
20	-1	Stoke City	41	8	5	7	28	23	5	5	11	12	32	0.727	36	D	L	L	W	W	1948-05-01	Derby County	H
21	0	Blackburn Rovers	41	8	5	8	35	30	3	5	12	18	38	0.779	32	W	D	L	L	L	1948-05-01	Manchester United	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	41	5	5	11	20	35	3	1	16	25	68	0.437	22	L	L	W	L	L	1948-05-01	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	3	2	Barnsley	Park Avenue	10,440
Layton, Ainsley, Downie	Lineups		Robledo G, Steele
Bury	0	2	Leicester City	Gigg Lane	7,727
	Lineups		Smith S, Hines
Cardiff City	0	5	West Bromwich Albion	Ninian Park	26,179
	Lineups		Taylor 2, Haines 2 (1p), Rowley
Chesterfield	1	0	Fulham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,031
Southall	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	2	Luton Town	Belle Vue	7,263
	Lineups		Brennan 2
Millwall	6	2	Coventry City	The Den, New Cross	12,585
Anderson 2, Johnson 2, Reeves, Evans	Lineups		Roberts, Lockhart
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	City Ground	16,138
Scott	Lineups		Edds
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Birmingham City	Hillsborough	25,990
	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Brentford	The Dell	18,512
Grant 2	Lineups		Gibbons
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Newcastle United	White Hart Lane	44,164
Jones	Lineups		Sibley
West Ham United	2	1	Leeds United	Upton Park	13,549
Woodgate, Parsons	Lineups		Chisholm
Footnotes
Birmingham City champions
Newcastle United promoted

				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	41	12	6	2	34	13	10	8	3	21	11	2.292	58	D	D	W	W	W	1948-05-01	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	0	Newcastle United	41	17	1	2	45	13	6	7	8	26	28	1.732	54	D	W	W	D	W	1948-05-01	Millwall	H
3	0	Southampton	41	15	3	3	53	23	6	6	8	18	30	1.34	51	W	W	W	W	L	1948-04-28	Leicester City	A
4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	41	13	6	2	39	21	7	4	9	26	31	1.25	50	D	L	D	D	W	1948-05-01	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	1	West Ham United	41	10	7	4	29	19	6	6	8	25	33	1.038	45	W	W	L	L	D	1948-05-01	Fulham	A
6	-1	Cardiff City	41	12	6	3	36	18	5	5	10	23	39	1.035	45	L	L	D	L	L	1948-05-01	Barnsley	A
7	1	West Bromwich Albion	41	11	3	6	36	28	7	5	9	26	29	1.088	44	W	W	L	L	D	1948-05-01	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	41	10	6	5	36	24	5	7	8	20	19	1.302	43	D	D	L	L	L	1948-05-01	Birmingham City	A
9	0	Leicester City	41	10	4	6	36	29	6	6	9	24	28	1.053	42	W	D	L	W	W	1948-04-28	Southampton	H
10	0	Barnsley	41	10	5	5	30	20	5	5	11	31	42	0.984	40	L	D	L	W	L	1948-05-01	Cardiff City	H
11	0	Fulham	40	6	8	5	23	16	9	1	11	23	27	1.07	39	L	L	W	L	W	1948-04-28	Coventry City	H
12	2	Chesterfield	41	8	4	9	32	26	8	3	9	22	26	1.038	39	W	L	L	L	W	1948-05-01	Coventry City	A
13	2	Bradford	41	11	3	7	45	30	5	4	11	21	40	0.943	39	W	L	L	L	W	1948-05-01	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	2	Luton Town	41	7	8	5	29	24	6	4	11	25	34	0.931	38	W	L	W	D	W	1948-05-01	Nottingham Forest	H
15	-3	Brentford	41	9	6	5	29	26	3	8	10	13	35	0.689	38	L	W	D	W	L	1948-05-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	-3	Coventry City	40	9	5	6	30	16	3	8	9	24	36	1.038	37	L	D	D	W	D	1948-04-28	Fulham	A
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	41	8	8	4	25	20	1	11	9	13	36	0.679	37	D	D	W	D	D	1948-05-01	Bradford	H
18	1	Nottingham Forest	41	10	5	6	32	23	2	6	12	21	35	0.914	35	D	D	W	W	L	1948-05-01	Luton Town	A
19	-1	Bury	41	6	8	7	27	28	3	8	9	30	35	0.905	34	L	L	D	D	L	1948-05-01	Leeds United	A
20	0	Leeds United	41	11	5	4	39	19	2	3	16	18	52	0.803	34	L	W	D	L	D	1948-05-01	Bury	H
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	41	7	8	6	23	20	2	3	15	17	44	0.625	29	L	D	L	L	W	1948-05-01	Brentford	A
22	0	Millwall	41	7	7	7	27	28	2	4	14	17	45	0.603	29	W	L	D	L	L	1948-05-01	Newcastle United	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Chester	2	2	Stockport County	Sealand Road	3,881
Davies, Westwood	Lineups		Dainty 2
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Hull City	Gresty Road	6,182
Clarke, Ward, Ferris	Lineups		Conway
Darlington	0	0	Rochdale	Feethams Ground	4,614
	Lineups
Gateshead	3	1	New Brighton	Redheugh Park	2,923
Weddle, Smirk, Callender J	Lineups		Rainford
Hartlepools United	2	0	Southport	Victoria Park	5,941
Nevins 2	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Bradford City	Field Mill	6,799
Cooling	Lineups		Flanagan
Oldham Athletic	1	4	Wrexham	Boundary Park	10,221
Haddington	Lineups		Yates 2, Tunnicliffe, Sharp
Rotherham United	0	2	Lincoln City	Millmoor	20,177
	Lineups		Windle, McCormick
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Halifax Town	Prenton Park	3,184
	Lineups		Massey
York City	0	0	Barrow	Bootham Crescent	5,855
	Lineups

				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	41	13	3	4	42	18	12	5	4	34	22	1.9	58	W	W	L	D	W	1948-05-01	Hartlepools United	H
2	-1	Rotherham United	41	15	4	2	56	18	9	5	6	38	31	1.918	57	L	W	W	W	L	1948-05-01	Accrington Stanley	A
3	0	Gateshead	42	11	5	5	48	28	8	6	7	27	29	1.316	49	W	L	W	W	W	End of Season
4	0	Wrexham	41	13	3	4	46	23	7	5	9	25	31	1.315	48	W	W	L	L	W	1948-05-01	York City	H
5	0	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	0	Hull City	41	11	5	4	35	20	6	6	9	21	27	1.191	45	L	W	W	D	D	1948-05-01	Carlisle United	H
7	0	Mansfield Town	41	11	4	6	37	24	6	7	7	20	26	1.14	45	D	L	L	D	L	1948-05-01	Barrow	A
8	1	Barrow	41	8	4	8	23	19	7	9	5	25	21	1.2	43	D	L	L	L	L	1948-05-01	Mansfield Town	H
9	-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
10	0	Crewe Alexandra	41	12	4	5	41	24	6	3	11	19	37	0.984	43	W	L	L	W	W	1948-05-01	Stockport County	A
11	0	York City	41	8	7	6	38	25	5	7	8	27	32	1.14	40	D	W	W	D	L	1948-05-01	Wrexham	A
12	1	Rochdale	41	12	3	5	31	22	3	7	11	16	49	0.662	40	D	W	W	L	D	1948-05-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
13	-1	Oldham Athletic	41	6	10	5	25	25	7	3	10	33	38	0.921	39	L	W	W	W	L	1948-05-01	Halifax Town	A
14	0	Darlington	41	7	8	6	30	31	6	5	9	23	37	0.779	39	D	D	W	D	L	1948-05-01	New Brighton	A
15	0	Bradford City	41	9	4	7	35	25	5	6	10	27	39	0.969	38	D	L	L	L	W	1948-05-01	Chester	H
16	0	Southport	41	10	4	7	34	27	3	7	10	23	36	0.905	37	L	W	L	W	W	1948-04-26	Stockport County	A
17	0	Stockport County	40	8	6	5	40	24	4	6	11	21	39	0.968	36	D	W	L	L	W	1948-04-26	Southport	H
18	1	Chester	41	11	6	4	44	25	2	3	15	18	39	0.969	35	D	W	L	W	L	1948-05-01	Bradford City	A
19	-1	Tranmere Rovers	41	10	1	10	30	28	6	2	12	23	43	0.746	35	L	L	W	L	L	1948-05-01	Rochdale	A
20	0	Hartlepools United	40	9	6	5	30	23	4	2	14	17	45	0.691	34	W	L	W	W	D	1948-04-28	Accrington Stanley	H
21	0	Halifax Town	41	4	10	6	24	22	3	3	15	18	49	0.592	27	W	D	L	D	L	1948-05-01	Oldham Athletic	H
22	0	New Brighton	41	4	6	10	18	27	3	3	15	18	53	0.45	23	L	L	L	L	L	1948-05-01	Darlington	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Bristol City	Recreation Ground	4,892
Sherwood	Lineups		Clark
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	3	Notts County	Goldstone Ground	19,572	Largest home gate 1947-48
James	Lineups		Lawton 2, Cumner
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Eastville	15,206
Watkins	Lineups		Lunn 2
Crystal Palace	2	1	Reading	Selhurst Park	11,735
Mycock, Kurz	Lineups		Edelston
Northampton Town	4	2	Ipswich Town	County Ground	4,410
Heaselgrave, King 3	Lineups		Day, Parker T
Norwich City	1	2	Swansea Town	Carrow Road	25,435
Hollis	Lineups		Morris, Powell
Port Vale	1	1	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	5,602
Smith J	Lineups		Regan
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Newport County	Loftus Road	20,905
Powell I	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Leyton Orient	County Ground	10,075
	Lineups		Neary
Torquay United	3	2	Walsall	Plainmoor	5,605
Hill, Mercer, Conley	Lineups		Lishman 2
Watford	2	2	Southend United	Vicarage Road	9,964
Davies T, Thomas	Lineups		Montgomery (p), Bennett

				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	40	16	2	2	44	17	10	5	5	30	20	2	59	W	L	W	W	L	1948-04-26	Swansea Town	H
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	40	13	5	2	41	10	10	4	6	28	19	2.379	55	W	W	L	W	D	1948-04-29	Northampton Town	A
3	0	Walsall	41	13	5	3	37	12	7	4	9	30	28	1.675	49	L	W	W	W	W	1948-04-28	Swindon Town	A
4	0	Ipswich Town	40	16	1	3	42	14	7	2	11	25	41	1.218	49	L	W	W	W	L	1948-04-28	Bristol Rovers	A
5	0	Swansea Town	40	14	5	1	48	14	4	5	11	22	38	1.346	46	W	L	W	W	D	1948-04-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	2	Notts County	40	12	3	5	41	24	6	4	10	23	32	1.143	43	W	W	L	L	L	1948-04-28	Norwich City	A
7	-1	Bristol City	40	11	3	5	44	21	7	3	11	30	39	1.233	42	D	W	W	L	D	1948-04-26	Aldershot	H
8	-1	Port Vale	41	14	4	3	48	18	2	6	12	15	36	1.167	42	D	D	L	D	L	1948-05-01	Newport County	A
9	0	Southend United	41	11	7	2	32	16	4	5	12	19	42	0.879	42	D	D	L	L	W	1948-05-01	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	0	Newport County	41	9	7	4	38	28	5	5	11	23	45	0.836	40	L	L	L	W	D	1948-05-01	Port Vale	H
11	2	Crystal Palace	42	12	5	4	32	14	1	8	12	17	35	1	39	W	D	L	D	W	End of Season
12	0	Exeter City	41	10	6	4	32	21	4	5	12	21	41	0.855	39	D	L	L	L	L	1948-05-01	Swindon Town	H
13	-2	Reading	40	10	4	6	37	28	4	6	10	17	29	0.947	38	L	D	W	D	W	1948-04-28	Torquay United	A
14	1	Northampton Town	40	10	5	5	32	22	4	5	11	22	43	0.831	38	W	L	L	L	D	1948-04-29	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
15	-1	Swindon Town	40	6	10	4	21	17	4	6	10	19	24	0.976	36	L	L	W	D	L	1948-04-28	Walsall	H
16	1	Torquay United	40	7	6	7	39	27	4	7	9	22	29	1.089	35	W	L	L	L	L	1948-04-28	Reading	H
17	-1	Watford	40	6	6	9	31	37	7	3	9	20	38	0.68	35	D	W	W	L	W	1948-04-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	2	Leyton Orient	41	7	5	8	27	31	5	5	11	20	41	0.653	34	W	D	W	L	L	1948-05-01	Torquay United	H
19	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	8	4	8	25	28	3	7	10	17	42	0.6	33	L	L	D	D	W	1948-04-28	Watford	H
20	-1	Norwich City	40	8	3	9	33	33	4	5	11	25	41	0.784	32	L	W	W	W	D	1948-04-28	Notts County	H
21	0	Aldershot	40	5	10	6	22	26	4	4	11	19	39	0.631	32	D	W	L	L	D	1948-04-26	Bristol City	A
22	0	Bristol Rovers	40	6	3	11	37	34	5	5	10	28	41	0.867	30	L	W	W	L	W	1948-04-28	Ipswich Town	H