Saturday 1948-09-18

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	3	3	Huddersfield Town	Villa Park	42,843
Edwards, Brown, Smith L	Lineups		Doherty 2, Smith
Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Blackpool	Burnden Park	46,779
Moir, Hernon	Lineups		Mortensen 2 (1p)
Burnley	2	2	Birmingham City	Turf Moor	34,081
Chew, Potts	Lineups		Trigg, Bodle
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Newcastle United	The Valley	56,711
	Lineups
Everton	1	1	Liverpool	Goodison Park	78,599	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1948-49
Dodds (p)	Lineups		Fagan
Manchester City	1	1	Portsmouth	Maine Road	51,490
McMorran	Lineups		Reid
Preston North End	3	2	Chelsea	Deepdale	32,164
McLaren, McIntosh, Beattie	Lineups		Walker 2 (2p)
Sheffield United	2	2	Manchester United	Bramall Lane	36,755
Collindridge, Jones	Lineups		Buckle, Pearson
Stoke City	3	0	Middlesbrough	Victoria Ground	28,931
Steele, Bowyer 2	Lineups
Sunderland	1	1	Arsenal	Roker Park	64,436	Largest home gate 1948-49
Davis	Lineups		Jones
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	Derby County	Molineux	51,637
Hancocks, Mullen	Lineups		Harrison, Steel

				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	Portsmouth	9	4	0	0	9	1	2	3	0	10	4	3.8	15	D	D	W	W	W	1948-09-25	Sheffield United	H
2	0	Derby County	9	3	1	0	11	5	1	4	0	7	6	1.636	13	D	W	D	D	D	1948-09-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	0	Birmingham City	9	3	1	0	6	1	1	3	1	10	6	2.286	12	D	W	W	L	W	1948-09-25	Stoke City	H
4	0	Sunderland	9	2	3	0	10	6	2	1	1	8	8	1.286	12	D	W	D	W	D	1948-09-25	Huddersfield Town	A
5	0	Newcastle United	9	1	2	1	8	10	3	2	0	13	7	1.235	12	D	W	D	W	W	1948-09-25	Manchester City	H
6	0	Charlton Athletic	9	3	2	0	10	5	0	3	1	5	7	1.25	11	D	D	L	D	W	1948-09-25	Middlesbrough	A
7	0	Arsenal	9	2	1	1	7	3	1	3	1	4	4	1.571	10	D	W	W	D	D	1948-09-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
8	0	Manchester United	9	2	0	2	10	7	2	2	1	8	5	1.5	10	D	W	D	L	W	1948-09-25	Aston Villa	H
9	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	1	3	1	7	7	2	1	1	11	6	1.385	10	D	L	W	W	D	1948-09-25	Arsenal	A
10	0	Bolton Wanderers	9	1	1	2	6	9	3	1	1	9	6	1	10	D	W	W	L	D	1948-09-25	Derby County	A
11	4	Stoke City	9	3	1	1	7	3	0	2	2	3	7	1	9	W	W	D	L	L	1948-09-25	Birmingham City	A
12	0	Manchester City	9	2	3	0	5	3	1	0	3	6	9	0.917	9	D	L	D	W	L	1948-09-25	Newcastle United	A
13	-2	Chelsea	9	2	2	1	13	7	0	2	2	5	7	1.286	8	L	D	W	D	D	1948-09-25	Burnley	H
14	-1	Liverpool	9	1	1	2	7	5	1	3	1	5	5	1.2	8	D	L	L	D	D	1948-09-25	Blackpool	A
15	1	Burnley	9	2	2	1	4	5	1	0	3	5	8	0.692	8	D	W	L	W	L	1948-09-25	Chelsea	A
16	2	Preston North End	9	2	1	2	12	11	1	0	3	7	7	1.056	7	W	L	L	L	W	1948-09-25	Everton	A
17	0	Blackpool	9	1	1	2	3	7	1	2	2	11	13	0.7	7	D	L	L	D	D	1948-09-25	Liverpool	H
18	-4	Middlesbrough	9	2	2	0	7	3	0	1	4	1	11	0.571	7	L	D	W	L	L	1948-09-25	Charlton Athletic	H
19	0	Sheffield United	9	1	2	2	9	12	0	2	2	4	7	0.684	6	D	L	D	L	D	1948-09-25	Portsmouth	A
20	0	Huddersfield Town	9	0	3	1	2	4	1	1	3	8	15	0.526	6	D	L	D	W	L	1948-09-25	Sunderland	H
21	0	Aston Villa	9	1	2	2	10	13	0	0	4	2	9	0.545	4	D	L	L	L	D	1948-09-25	Manchester United	A
22	0	Everton	9	1	2	2	6	15	0	0	4	0	12	0.222	4	D	L	L	W	L	1948-09-25	Preston North End	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	2	Luton Town	Oakwell	20,922
Kelly J	Lineups		Small, Arnison
Brentford	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Griffin Park	28,212
	Lineups
Coventry City	3	4	Sheffield Wednesday	Highfield Road	23,790
Roberts, Murphy 2	Lineups		Jordan 2, Woodhead, Froggatt
Fulham	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Craven Cottage	27,198
Ayres	Lineups		Westcott
Grimsby Town	4	1	Queens Park Rangers	Blundell Park	15,141
McGowan, Pearson, Cairns, Forrest	Lineups		Pattison
Leeds United	3	1	Lincoln City	Elland Road	33,963
Wakefield, Milburn (p), Cochrane	Lineups		Bett
Leicester City	2	2	Chesterfield	Filbert Street	27,326
Revie (p), Hines	Lineups		Hudson, Capel
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Cardiff City	City Ground	20,417
	Lineups
Southampton	2	2	Bradford	The Dell	26,559
Wayman 2	Lineups		Ainsley 2
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Bury	White Hart Lane	60,442
Duquemin, Bennett, Jones	Lineups		Massart
West Ham United	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	Upton Park	22,256
Yeomanson, Chapman, Wright	Lineups

				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	Bury	9	4	1	0	11	4	2	1	1	7	7	1.636	14	L	W	W	W	W	1948-09-25	Brentford	H
2	0	Southampton	9	4	1	0	13	2	1	1	2	4	5	2.429	12	D	W	D	L	W	1948-09-25	Sheffield Wednesday	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	9	4	1	0	16	5	0	3	1	2	4	2	12	W	D	D	D	W	1948-09-25	West Ham United	A
4	4	Leeds United	9	3	2	0	9	2	1	1	2	8	12	1.214	11	W	D	L	D	W	1948-09-25	Chesterfield	A
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	9	1	2	1	9	5	2	2	1	4	1	2.167	10	D	W	D	W	L	1948-09-25	Leicester City	H
6	0	Bradford	9	3	1	0	11	3	1	1	3	5	10	1.231	10	D	D	L	L	W	1948-09-25	Barnsley	H
7	0	Cardiff City	9	3	1	0	11	4	0	3	2	1	7	1.091	10	D	W	W	D	D	1948-09-25	Fulham	H
8	6	Sheffield Wednesday	9	2	1	1	7	3	1	2	2	11	12	1.2	9	W	L	W	L	D	1948-09-25	Southampton	H
9	-4	Barnsley	9	1	3	1	7	4	1	2	1	7	8	1.167	9	L	W	D	W	D	1948-09-25	Bradford	A
10	5	Luton Town	8	2	2	0	6	1	1	1	2	6	10	1.091	9	W	D	W	L	W	1948-09-20	Blackburn Rovers	A
11	-1	Leicester City	9	1	3	1	12	9	2	0	2	5	8	1	9	D	W	L	D	D	1948-09-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
12	-1	Fulham	9	2	2	0	7	2	1	1	3	5	11	0.923	9	D	L	L	W	L	1948-09-25	Cardiff City	A
13	-1	Brentford	9	1	2	2	6	8	1	3	0	1	0	0.875	9	D	L	W	D	W	1948-09-25	Bury	A
14	-5	Queens Park Rangers	9	2	2	0	7	3	1	1	3	4	12	0.733	9	L	L	D	D	L	1948-09-25	Nottingham Forest	H
15	1	Grimsby Town	9	1	1	3	11	11	2	1	1	5	3	1.143	8	W	D	L	W	L	1948-09-25	Luton Town	A
16	3	West Ham United	9	2	3	0	10	6	0	1	3	0	6	0.833	8	W	D	L	L	W	1948-09-25	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	-4	Coventry City	9	3	0	2	9	6	0	2	2	5	12	0.778	8	L	D	W	W	L	1948-09-25	Lincoln City	A
18	0	Blackburn Rovers	8	2	0	1	9	7	1	1	3	3	9	0.75	7	D	W	L	W	L	1948-09-20	Luton Town	H
19	-2	Plymouth Argyle	9	2	0	2	7	5	0	2	3	2	8	0.692	6	L	D	W	W	L	1948-09-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	1	Chesterfield	9	0	2	2	0	4	0	4	1	7	11	0.467	6	D	D	L	L	L	1948-09-25	Leeds United	H
21	1	Nottingham Forest	9	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	3	3	11	0.308	6	D	L	L	L	W	1948-09-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
22	-2	Lincoln City	9	1	2	1	3	4	0	1	4	5	15	0.421	5	L	L	W	L	L	1948-09-25	Coventry City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	0	0	Accrington Stanley	Holker Street	8,578
	Lineups
Bradford City	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	Valley Parade	8,875
	Lineups		Reeve
Carlisle United	2	1	Stockport County	Brunton Park	12,701
Broadis 2	Lineups		Swinscoe
Darlington	0	1	Southport	Feethams Ground	11,454
	Lineups		Powell
Gateshead	1	1	York City	Redheugh Park	6,502
Passmore	Lineups		Patrick A
Halifax Town	2	4	Hull City	The Shay	18,563	Largest home gate 1948-49
Crossley, Hogg	Lineups		Greenhalgh, Harrison, Burbanks, Moore
Hartlepools United	4	1	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	9,279
Nevins, Richardson 3	Lineups		Meaney
Mansfield Town	3	2	Oldham Athletic	Field Mill	11,997
Banks, Oscroft 2	Lineups		Brook, Jessop
Rochdale	3	1	Chester	Spotland	11,965
Arthur, Dryburgh, Moss	Lineups		Best
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	New Brighton	Prenton Park	16,336	Largest home gate 1948-49
	Lineups		Roberts S
Wrexham	0	4	Rotherham United	Racecourse Ground	17,680
	Lineups		Ardron 2, Guest 2

				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	9	3	1	0	12	3	5	0	0	16	5	3.5	17	W	W	D	W	W	1948-09-25	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Hull City	7	4	0	0	16	1	3	0	0	8	4	4.8	14	W	W	W	W	W	1948-09-25	Bradford City	H
3	0	Darlington	9	2	0	3	6	6	4	0	0	10	5	1.455	12	L	W	W	L	L	1948-09-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
4	4	Rochdale	9	3	0	1	10	5	2	1	2	6	10	1.067	11	W	D	W	W	W	1948-09-25	Southport	A
5	-1	Crewe Alexandra	9	3	1	0	7	4	1	2	2	8	13	0.882	11	L	D	W	W	L	1948-09-23	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	4	Doncaster Rovers	9	2	1	0	5	0	2	1	3	5	7	1.429	10	W	W	L	W	L	1948-09-23	Crewe Alexandra	H
7	-1	York City	9	2	0	2	10	6	2	2	1	7	7	1.308	10	D	W	W	L	D	1948-09-25	Hartlepools United	H
8	-3	Wrexham	9	3	1	1	7	7	1	1	2	3	6	0.769	10	L	W	L	D	W	1948-09-25	Accrington Stanley	A
9	3	Hartlepools United	9	3	0	2	13	8	1	1	2	4	6	1.214	9	W	L	W	L	W	1948-09-25	York City	A
10	1	Gateshead	9	2	2	1	9	7	1	1	2	5	7	1	9	D	L	L	W	D	1948-09-25	Stockport County	A
11	-4	Stockport County	9	1	3	0	3	2	1	2	2	7	8	1	9	L	W	D	W	D	1948-09-25	Gateshead	H
12	2	Carlisle United	9	3	2	0	13	7	0	1	3	2	11	0.833	9	W	D	L	L	W	1948-09-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
13	2	Mansfield Town	9	3	1	1	9	7	0	2	2	3	8	0.8	9	W	D	D	W	L	1948-09-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
14	-5	Tranmere Rovers	9	2	1	2	6	5	2	0	2	5	10	0.733	9	L	W	W	W	D	1948-09-25	Mansfield Town	H
15	2	Southport	9	0	2	2	3	6	2	2	1	6	4	0.9	8	W	D	L	L	D	1948-09-25	Rochdale	H
16	2	New Brighton	9	1	1	2	4	5	2	1	2	5	6	0.818	8	W	L	L	L	W	1948-09-25	Chester	A
17	-4	Halifax Town	9	2	2	2	8	9	0	1	2	2	4	0.769	7	L	D	W	L	D	1948-09-25	Rotherham United	A
18	-2	Chester	9	2	1	1	8	4	0	1	4	4	10	0.857	6	L	L	L	W	L	1948-09-25	New Brighton	H
19	0	Barrow	9	0	4	1	2	3	0	2	2	2	4	0.571	6	D	L	D	D	L	1948-09-25	Oldham Athletic	A
20	0	Bradford City	9	1	1	3	4	7	0	2	2	1	3	0.5	5	L	L	D	L	D	1948-09-25	Hull City	A
21	0	Accrington Stanley	8	0	2	1	4	5	0	2	3	3	9	0.5	4	D	D	L	D	L	1948-09-25	Wrexham	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	8	0	0	4	1	8	0	1	3	3	13	0.19	1	L	L	L	L	L	1948-09-25	Barrow	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	4	Aldershot	Goldstone Ground	18,281
	Lineups		Hobbs, Rawcliffe 2 (1p), McNichol
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Bristol City	Eastville	30,003
Lambden, Petherbridge, Watling	Lineups		Clark
Crystal Palace	1	1	Ipswich Town	Selhurst Park	18,982
Chase	Lineups		McGinn
Exeter City	3	1	Swindon Town	St James Park	11,596
Regan, Smith 2	Lineups		Owen
Newport County	1	2	Torquay United	Somerton Park	10,664
Parker	Lineups		Hill, Shaw
Northampton Town	2	2	Port Vale	County Ground	9,964
Briscoe, Hayward OG	Lineups		Allen, Aveyard
Norwich City	0	0	Leyton Orient	Carrow Road	24,355
	Lineups
Reading	1	4	Notts County	Elm Park	23,651	Largest home gate 1948-49
MacPhee	Lineups		Houghton, Evans 2, Johnston
Southend United	2	1	Millwall	Greyhound Stadium	20,000	Largest home gate 1948-49
Grant 2	Lineups		Constantine
Swansea Town	3	1	Walsall	Vetch Field	22,597
Lucas, Richards, McCrory	Lineups		McGowan
Watford	0	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vicarage Road	12,895
	Lineups		Lunn

				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	1	Swansea Town	9	5	0	0	13	2	0	3	1	4	6	2.125	13	W	L	D	W	W	1948-09-25	Torquay United	A
2	-1	Port Vale	9	3	0	1	8	2	2	2	1	7	5	2.143	12	D	W	L	W	L	1948-09-25	Norwich City	H
3	0	Ipswich Town	9	4	0	0	16	6	1	2	2	10	14	1.3	12	D	W	W	L	L	1948-09-25	Watford	H
4	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	9	3	1	0	6	1	2	1	2	5	9	1.1	12	W	D	W	W	L	1948-09-22	Exeter City	H
5	1	Exeter City	9	3	2	0	15	6	1	1	2	3	4	1.8	11	W	W	L	D	L	1948-09-22	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
6	3	Torquay United	9	3	1	1	9	6	1	2	1	5	8	1	11	W	W	L	D	W	1948-09-25	Swansea Town	H
7	3	Notts County	9	3	1	0	16	4	1	1	3	12	13	1.647	10	W	L	D	W	D	1948-09-23	Swindon Town	H
8	3	Southend United	9	2	2	1	5	4	1	2	1	5	4	1.25	10	W	D	W	L	D	1948-09-25	Aldershot	A
9	3	Bristol Rovers	9	4	0	1	12	7	1	0	3	3	6	1.154	10	W	W	W	L	W	1948-09-20	Millwall	H
10	-6	Swindon Town	9	2	1	1	8	7	2	1	2	5	7	0.929	10	L	L	D	L	W	1948-09-23	Notts County	A
11	-4	Millwall	9	2	2	0	11	4	0	3	2	4	10	1.071	9	L	W	W	D	L	1948-09-20	Bristol Rovers	A
12	-4	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	2	2	1	3	5	1	1	2	7	9	0.714	9	L	L	L	W	W	1948-09-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
13	5	Aldershot	9	1	1	2	8	5	2	1	2	9	9	1.214	8	W	L	W	D	W	1948-09-25	Southend United	H
14	1	Norwich City	9	3	1	1	9	4	0	1	3	4	9	1	8	D	W	D	L	W	1948-09-25	Port Vale	A
15	1	Northampton Town	9	1	2	1	5	5	2	0	3	6	10	0.733	8	D	D	W	W	L	1948-09-25	Millwall	A
16	-3	Walsall	9	2	2	0	7	4	1	0	4	3	11	0.667	8	L	D	W	L	L	1948-09-25	Reading	H
17	-3	Reading	9	3	0	2	15	10	0	1	3	4	11	0.905	7	L	D	L	W	W	1948-09-25	Walsall	A
18	1	Leyton Orient	9	1	1	2	5	9	0	4	1	4	6	0.6	7	D	W	L	L	D	1948-09-25	Exeter City	H
19	-2	Bristol City	9	2	2	0	5	1	0	1	4	2	12	0.538	7	L	L	W	D	L	1948-09-25	Swindon Town	A
20	0	Crystal Palace	9	2	3	0	7	4	0	0	4	1	11	0.533	7	D	L	L	W	W	1948-09-25	Notts County	A
21	0	Watford	9	1	2	2	7	6	0	1	3	3	9	0.667	5	L	L	L	D	L	1948-09-25	Ipswich Town	A
22	0	Newport County	9	0	3	2	7	9	0	1	3	5	14	0.522	4	L	D	L	L	D	1948-09-25	Bristol Rovers	A