Saturday 1948-08-21

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	1	Liverpool	Villa Park	36,157
Ford 2	Lineups		Balmer
Burnley	1	0	Manchester City	Turf Moor	33,621
Billingham	Lineups
Chelsea	1	0	Middlesbrough	Stamford Bridge	60,981
Bentley	Lineups
Everton	3	3	Newcastle United	Goodison Park	57,279
Dodds 2, Powell	Lineups		Walker, Lowrie 2
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Arsenal	Leeds Road	30,620
Whittingham	Lineups		Rooke
Manchester United	1	2	Derby County	Maine Road	52,922
Pearson	Lineups		Harrison, Broome
Preston North End	2	2	Portsmouth	Deepdale	37,062
Finney (p), Dougall	Lineups		Reid, Barlow
Sheffield United	3	2	Blackpool	Bramall Lane	45,943	Largest home gate 1948-49
Whitelum, Jones, Hagan	Lineups		Munro, McCall
Stoke City	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Victoria Ground	26,858
Kiernan, Mountford F	Lineups		Hurst, Vaughan
Sunderland	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Roker Park	47,854
Davis 2	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	Birmingham City	Molineux	54,361
Pye, Smyth	Lineups		Bodle, Trigg

				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	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
2	0	Derby County	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Huddersfield Town	H
3	0	Sunderland	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	0	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Liverpool	A
5	0	Burnley	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Charlton Athletic	A
6	0	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Newcastle United	A
7	0	Everton	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Portsmouth	A
8	0	Newcastle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Chelsea	H
9	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Middlesbrough	H
10	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Burnley	H
11	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Everton	H
12	0	Preston North End	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Manchester City	A
13	0	Stoke City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Arsenal	A
14	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Sunderland	H
15	0	Arsenal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Stoke City	H
16	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Derby County	A
17	0	Blackpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Manchester United	H
18	0	Liverpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Sheffield United	H
19	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Blackpool	A
20	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Aston Villa	H
21	0	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Preston North End	H
22	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Birmingham City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Oakwell	15,593
	Lineups
Bradford	3	0	Cardiff City	Park Avenue	15,048
Ainsley, Downie 2	Lineups
Brentford	2	2	Coventry City	Griffin Park	26,090
Nelson, Monk	Lineups		Warner, Roberts
Bury	2	2	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane	13,832
Halton 2 (1p)	Lineups		Brown 2
Grimsby Town	2	3	Fulham	Blundell Park	19,271
Clifton, Cairns	Lineups		Jinks, Ayres, Thomas R
Leicester City	6	2	Leeds United	Filbert Street	34,937
Revie 2, Lee 2, McKennan 2	Lineups		Chisholm, Short
Luton Town	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Kenilworth Road	23,764
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	City Ground	32,281	Largest home gate 1948-49
	Lineups		Walsh
Southampton	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	The Dell	26,018
Wayman 2, Scott	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	Sheffield Wednesday	White Hart Lane	51,265
Baily, Duquemin, Jones	Lineups		Cockroft, Jordan
West Ham United	2	2	Lincoln City	Upton Park	31,079
Wright, McGowan	Lineups		Parr, Windle

				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	Leicester City	1	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	0	Bradford	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	0	Southampton	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	0	Fulham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Barnsley	H
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Coventry City	A
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Chesterfield	H
7	0	Brentford	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Leeds United	A
8	0	Bury	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Lincoln City	A
9	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
10	0	Coventry City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Bury	H
12	0	West Ham United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	0	Barnsley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Fulham	A
14	0	Luton Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Cardiff City	A
15	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Southampton	H
16	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-26	Leicester City	H
17	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-24	Nottingham Forest	H
18	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	West Ham United	H
19	0	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Brentford	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Bradford	H
21	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Luton Town	H
22	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-24	Grimsby Town	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	0	0	Bradford City	Holker Street	5,953
	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	1	Chester	Brunton Park	11,941
Lindsay, Dougal	Lineups		Seed OG
Darlington	3	0	Accrington Stanley	Feethams Ground	9,624
Quinn 2, Varty	Lineups
Gateshead	3	0	New Brighton	Redheugh Park	6,100
Ingham, Passmore 2	Lineups
Hartlepools United	6	1	Rochdale	Victoria Park	10,383
Price, Hawkins 2, Richardson 2, Watson OG	Lineups		Brown
Mansfield Town	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Field Mill	16,749	Largest home gate 1948-49
Oscroft 2	Lineups		Bennett, Calverley
Oldham Athletic	1	3	Rotherham United	Boundary Park	15,144
Woodcock	Lineups		Guest 2, Shaw
Stockport County	0	0	Southport	Edgeley Park	11,877
	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Hull City	Prenton Park	10,107
Atkinson	Lineups		Moore, Harrison
Wrexham	2	1	Halifax Town	Racecourse Ground	11,257
Boothway, Tunnicliffe	Lineups		Howsam
York City	1	3	Crewe Alexandra	Bootham Crescent	10,123
Patrick A	Lineups		Ferris, McCormack, Inskip

				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	Hartlepools United	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Darlington	A
2	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Wrexham	H
3	0	Darlington	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Hartlepools United	H
4	0	Gateshead	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-24	Rochdale	A
5	0	Rotherham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Accrington Stanley	A
6	0	Carlisle United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	New Brighton	A
7	0	Hull City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-26	Oldham Athletic	H
8	0	Wrexham	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Bradford City	A
11	0	Barrow	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Halifax Town	A
12	0	Bradford City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Mansfield Town	H
13	0	Southport	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	York City	H
14	0	Stockport County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Chester	A
15	0	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Stockport County	H
16	0	Halifax Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Barrow	H
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
18	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-26	Hull City	A
19	0	York City	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Southport	A
20	0	Rochdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0.167	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-24	Gateshead	H
21	0	Accrington Stanley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Rotherham United	H
22	0	New Brighton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Carlisle United	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Leyton Orient	Recreation Ground	9,380
White	Lineups		Neary
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Swindon Town	Goldstone Ground	21,593
Lewis	Lineups		Owen
Bristol Rovers	1	6	Ipswich Town	Eastville	16,314
Lambden	Lineups		Rumbold, Dempsey 2, Jennings 2, Parker T
Exeter City	5	1	Northampton Town	St James Park	9,586
Johnston, Regan 3, Smart	Lineups		Fowler
Millwall	1	1	Port Vale	The Den, New Cross	31,990
Constantine	Lineups		Aveyard
Newport County	1	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Somerton Park	11,015
Parker	Lineups		Blair, Percival
Norwich City	1	2	Walsall	Carrow Road	27,269
Armes	Lineups		Tobin OG, Condie
Reading	5	1	Crystal Palace	Elm Park	17,712
MacPhee 4, Fisher	Lineups		Kurz
Southend United	1	0	Bristol City	Greyhound Stadium	14,000
Grant	Lineups
Swansea Town	2	0	Watford	Vetch Field	12,107
Richards, McCrory	Lineups
Torquay United	3	1	Notts County	Plainmoor	10,627
Conley, Cameron, Ebdon	Lineups		Sewell

				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	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	6	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Torquay United	H
2	0	Exeter City	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Southend United	H
3	0	Reading	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Port Vale	A
4	0	Torquay United	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Ipswich Town	A
5	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Bristol Rovers	H
6	0	Swansea Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Crystal Palace	A
7	0	Walsall	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-26	Notts County	A
8	0	Southend United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Exeter City	A
9	0	Aldershot	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Swindon Town	A
10	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Bristol City	A
11	0	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-26	Millwall	H
12	0	Millwall	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-26	Leyton Orient	A
13	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-23	Reading	H
14	0	Swindon Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Aldershot	H
15	0	Newport County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Watford	A
16	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Northampton Town	H
17	0	Notts County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-26	Walsall	H
18	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Swansea Town	H
19	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Norwich City	A
20	0	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.167	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
21	0	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Watford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1948-08-25	Newport County	H