Saturday 1948-09-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	56,869
Lewis 2, Compton D	Lineups		Smyth
Birmingham City	2	1	Stoke City	St Andrew's	49,800
Harris, Dougal	Lineups		Bowyer
Blackpool	1	0	Liverpool	Bloomfield Road	28,870
McCall	Lineups
Chelsea	1	0	Burnley	Stamford Bridge	53,193
Walker (p)	Lineups
Derby County	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	33,972
Broome	Lineups
Everton	4	1	Preston North End	Goodison Park	48,674
Dodds 3, Stevenson	Lineups		McLaren
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Sunderland	Leeds Road	23,035
Smith, Nightingale	Lineups
Manchester United	3	1	Aston Villa	Maine Road	53,820
Mitten 2, Pearson	Lineups		Edwards
Middlesbrough	2	4	Charlton Athletic	Ayresome Park	33,723
Spuhler, Fenton	Lineups		O'Linn 2, Revell (p), Duffy
Newcastle United	0	0	Manchester City	St James' Park	49,729
	Lineups
Portsmouth	3	0	Sheffield United	Fratton Park	36,240
Harris 2, Phillips	Lineups

				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	10	5	0	0	12	1	2	3	0	10	4	4.4	17	W	D	D	W	W	1948-10-02	Newcastle United	H
2	0	Derby County	10	4	1	0	12	5	1	4	0	7	6	1.727	15	W	D	W	D	D	1948-10-02	Liverpool	A
3	0	Birmingham City	10	4	1	0	8	2	1	3	1	10	6	2.25	14	W	D	W	W	L	1948-10-02	Charlton Athletic	A
4	2	Charlton Athletic	10	3	2	0	10	5	1	3	1	9	9	1.357	13	W	D	D	L	D	1948-10-02	Birmingham City	H
5	0	Newcastle United	10	1	3	1	8	10	3	2	0	13	7	1.235	13	D	D	W	D	W	1948-10-02	Portsmouth	A
6	1	Arsenal	10	3	1	1	10	4	1	3	1	4	4	1.75	12	W	D	W	W	D	1948-10-02	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	1	Manchester United	10	3	0	2	13	8	2	2	1	8	5	1.615	12	W	D	W	D	L	1948-10-02	Sunderland	A
8	-4	Sunderland	10	2	3	0	10	6	2	1	2	8	10	1.125	12	L	D	W	D	W	1948-10-02	Manchester United	H
9	4	Chelsea	10	3	2	1	14	7	0	2	2	5	7	1.357	10	W	L	D	W	D	1948-10-02	Stoke City	A
10	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	1	3	1	7	7	2	1	2	12	9	1.188	10	L	D	L	W	W	1948-10-02	Huddersfield Town	H
11	-1	Bolton Wanderers	10	1	1	2	6	9	3	1	2	9	7	0.938	10	L	D	W	W	L	1948-10-02	Arsenal	H
12	0	Manchester City	10	2	3	0	5	3	1	1	3	6	9	0.917	10	D	D	L	D	W	1948-10-02	Middlesbrough	H
13	-2	Stoke City	10	3	1	1	7	3	0	2	3	4	9	0.917	9	L	W	W	D	L	1948-10-02	Chelsea	H
14	3	Blackpool	10	2	1	2	4	7	1	2	2	11	13	0.75	9	W	D	L	L	D	1948-10-02	Preston North End	A
15	-1	Liverpool	10	1	1	2	7	5	1	3	2	5	6	1.091	8	L	D	L	L	D	1948-10-02	Derby County	H
16	-1	Burnley	10	2	2	1	4	5	1	0	4	5	9	0.643	8	L	D	W	L	W	1948-10-02	Everton	H
17	3	Huddersfield Town	10	1	3	1	4	4	1	1	3	8	15	0.632	8	W	D	L	D	W	1948-10-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	-2	Preston North End	10	2	1	2	12	11	1	0	4	8	11	0.909	7	L	W	L	L	L	1948-10-02	Blackpool	H
19	-1	Middlesbrough	10	2	2	1	9	7	0	1	4	1	11	0.556	7	L	L	D	W	L	1948-10-02	Manchester City	A
20	-1	Sheffield United	10	1	2	2	9	12	0	2	3	4	10	0.591	6	L	D	L	D	L	1948-10-02	Aston Villa	A
21	1	Everton	10	2	2	2	10	16	0	0	4	0	12	0.357	6	W	D	L	L	W	1948-10-02	Burnley	A
22	-1	Aston Villa	10	1	2	2	10	13	0	0	5	3	12	0.52	4	L	D	L	L	L	1948-10-02	Sheffield United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Ewood Park	20,719
Westcott 2	Lineups		Strauss
Bradford	0	2	Barnsley	Park Avenue	23,145
	Lineups		Griffiths, Baxter
Bury	1	2	Brentford	Gigg Lane	22,473
Massart	Lineups		Monk 2
Cardiff City	2	1	Fulham	Ninian Park	38,423
Hullett 2	Lineups		McDonald
Chesterfield	3	1	Leeds United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	15,150
Hudson 2, Capel	Lineups		Wakefield
Lincoln City	1	0	Coventry City	Sincil Bank	14,821
Bett	Lineups
Luton Town	1	1	Grimsby Town	Kenilworth Road	18,173
Arnison	Lineups		Clifton
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Loftus Road	19,361
Hartburn, Pattison	Lineups		Edwards
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Southampton	Hillsborough	38,347
Woodhead 2	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Leicester City	The Hawthorns	32,517
Williams, Walsh	Lineups		Revie
West Ham United	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	38,132	Largest home gate 1948-49
Hall	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	10	4	1	1	12	6	2	1	1	7	7	1.462	14	L	L	W	W	W	1948-10-02	Leicester City	A
2	3	West Bromwich Albion	10	2	2	1	11	6	2	2	1	4	1	2.143	12	W	D	W	D	W	1948-10-02	Leeds United	A
3	-1	Southampton	10	4	1	0	13	2	1	1	3	4	7	1.889	12	L	D	W	D	L	1948-10-02	Barnsley	A
4	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	10	4	1	0	16	5	0	3	2	2	5	1.8	12	L	W	D	D	D	1948-10-02	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	2	Cardiff City	10	4	1	0	13	5	0	3	2	1	7	1.167	12	W	D	W	W	D	1948-10-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	2	Sheffield Wednesday	10	3	1	1	9	3	1	2	2	11	12	1.333	11	W	W	L	W	L	1948-10-02	Lincoln City	H
7	2	Barnsley	10	1	3	1	7	4	2	2	1	9	8	1.333	11	W	L	W	D	W	1948-10-02	Southampton	H
8	-4	Leeds United	10	3	2	0	9	2	1	1	3	9	15	1.059	11	L	W	D	L	D	1948-10-02	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	2	Blackburn Rovers	10	4	0	1	15	9	1	1	3	3	9	1	11	W	W	D	W	L	1948-10-02	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	3	Brentford	10	1	2	2	6	8	2	3	0	3	1	1	11	W	D	L	W	D	1948-10-02	West Ham United	H
11	4	Queens Park Rangers	10	3	2	0	9	4	1	1	3	4	12	0.813	11	W	L	L	D	D	1948-10-02	Fulham	A
12	-6	Bradford	10	3	1	1	11	5	1	1	3	5	10	1.067	10	L	D	D	L	L	1948-10-02	Grimsby Town	A
13	4	West Ham United	10	3	3	0	11	6	0	1	3	0	6	0.917	10	W	W	D	L	L	1948-10-02	Brentford	A
14	0	Luton Town	10	2	3	0	7	2	1	1	3	7	14	0.875	10	D	L	W	D	W	1948-10-02	Nottingham Forest	A
15	1	Grimsby Town	10	1	1	3	11	11	2	2	1	6	4	1.133	9	D	W	D	L	W	1948-10-02	Bradford	H
16	-6	Leicester City	10	1	3	1	12	9	2	0	3	6	10	0.947	9	L	D	W	L	D	1948-10-02	Bury	H
17	-5	Fulham	10	2	2	0	7	2	1	1	4	6	13	0.867	9	L	D	L	L	W	1948-10-02	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	0	Coventry City	10	3	0	2	9	6	0	2	3	5	13	0.737	8	L	L	D	W	W	1948-10-02	Chesterfield	H
19	1	Chesterfield	10	1	2	2	3	5	0	4	1	7	11	0.625	8	W	D	D	L	L	1948-10-02	Coventry City	A
20	2	Lincoln City	10	2	2	1	4	4	0	1	4	5	15	0.474	7	W	L	L	W	L	1948-10-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
21	-2	Plymouth Argyle	10	2	0	2	7	5	0	2	4	3	10	0.667	6	L	L	D	W	W	1948-10-02	Cardiff City	H
22	-1	Nottingham Forest	10	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	4	4	13	0.333	6	L	D	L	L	L	1948-10-02	Luton Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	0	1	Wrexham	Peel Park	6,757
	Lineups		Yates
Chester	2	0	New Brighton	Sealand Road	8,546
Coffin 2	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Darlington	Gresty Road	8,760
Meaney, Ferris, Finan	Lineups		Quinn
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Carlisle United	Belle Vue	11,934
Calverley, Hodgson (p)	Lineups
Hull City	2	0	Bradford City	Boothferry Park	36,207
Carter, Burbanks	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Barrow	Boundary Park	11,881
Tomlinson, Haddington	Lineups		Moxham
Rotherham United	4	0	Halifax Town	Millmoor	16,023
Ardron 2, Guest 2	Lineups
Southport	3	1	Rochdale	Haig Avenue	9,643
Banks, Wyles 2	Lineups		Livesey
Stockport County	3	1	Gateshead	Edgeley Park	12,235
Glover, Barkas, Glaister	Lineups		Callender J
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Mansfield Town	Prenton Park	8,140
Lamb	Lineups
York City	4	0	Hartlepools United	Bootham Crescent	10,706
Patrick A 2, Patrick M, Allen	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	0	Rotherham United	10	4	1	0	16	3	5	0	0	16	5	4	19	W	W	W	D	W	1948-10-02	Bradford City	A
2	0	Hull City	8	5	0	0	18	1	3	0	0	8	4	5.2	16	W	W	W	W	W	1948-09-28	Accrington Stanley	A
3	0	Crewe Alexandra	11	4	1	0	10	5	2	2	2	9	13	1.056	15	W	W	L	D	W	1948-10-02	Rochdale	A
4	2	York City	10	3	0	2	14	6	2	2	1	7	7	1.615	12	W	D	W	W	L	1948-10-02	Darlington	A
5	2	Doncaster Rovers	11	3	1	1	7	1	2	1	3	5	7	1.5	12	W	L	W	W	L	1948-09-30	Stockport County	H
6	-2	Darlington	10	2	0	3	6	6	4	0	1	11	8	1.214	12	L	L	W	W	L	1948-10-02	York City	H
7	1	Wrexham	10	3	1	1	7	7	2	1	2	4	6	0.846	12	W	L	W	L	D	1948-10-02	Oldham Athletic	H
8	3	Stockport County	10	2	3	0	6	3	1	2	2	7	8	1.182	11	W	L	W	D	W	1948-09-30	Doncaster Rovers	A
9	-4	Rochdale	10	3	0	1	10	5	2	1	3	7	13	0.944	11	L	W	D	W	W	1948-10-02	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	4	Tranmere Rovers	10	3	1	2	7	5	2	0	2	5	10	0.8	11	W	L	W	W	W	1948-10-02	Barrow	A
11	4	Southport	10	1	2	2	6	7	2	2	1	6	4	1.091	10	W	W	D	L	L	1948-10-02	New Brighton	A
12	-3	Hartlepools United	10	3	0	2	13	8	1	1	3	4	10	0.944	9	L	W	L	W	L	1948-10-02	Stockport County	H
13	-3	Gateshead	10	2	2	1	9	7	1	1	3	6	10	0.882	9	L	D	L	L	W	1948-10-02	Carlisle United	H
14	-2	Carlisle United	10	3	2	0	13	7	0	1	4	2	13	0.75	9	L	W	D	L	L	1948-10-02	Gateshead	A
15	-2	Mansfield Town	10	3	1	1	9	7	0	2	3	3	9	0.75	9	L	W	D	D	W	1948-10-02	Chester	H
16	2	Chester	10	3	1	1	10	4	0	1	4	4	10	1	8	W	L	L	L	W	1948-10-02	Mansfield Town	A
17	-1	New Brighton	10	1	1	2	4	5	2	1	3	5	8	0.692	8	L	W	L	L	L	1948-10-02	Southport	H
18	-1	Halifax Town	10	2	2	2	8	9	0	1	3	2	8	0.588	7	L	L	D	W	L	1948-10-02	Accrington Stanley	H
19	0	Barrow	10	0	4	1	2	3	0	2	3	3	6	0.556	6	L	D	L	D	D	1948-10-02	Tranmere Rovers	H
20	0	Bradford City	10	1	1	3	4	7	0	2	3	1	5	0.417	5	L	L	L	D	L	1948-10-02	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Accrington Stanley	9	0	2	2	4	6	0	2	3	3	9	0.467	4	L	D	D	L	D	1948-09-28	Hull City	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	9	1	0	4	3	9	0	1	3	3	13	0.273	3	W	L	L	L	L	1948-10-02	Wrexham	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	0	Southend United	Recreation Ground	9,119
Rawcliffe (p)	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dean Court	17,777
	Lineups		Willis
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Newport County	Eastville	22,277
Hodges, Morgan, Watling	Lineups		Williams B
Ipswich Town	1	2	Watford	Portman Road	15,325
Harris OG	Lineups		Osborne, Baird OG
Leyton Orient	5	2	Exeter City	Brisbane Road	12,977
Neary 2, Dryden 2, Naylor	Lineups		Bartholomew, Mackay
Millwall	3	2	Northampton Town	The Den, New Cross	25,540
Constantine 2, Mansfield	Lineups		Hughes, Smith D
Notts County	5	1	Crystal Palace	Meadow Lane	24,061
Johnston, Marsh 2, Sewell 2	Lineups		Kurz
Port Vale	0	0	Norwich City	Recreation Ground	15,361
	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Bristol City	County Ground	22,932	Largest home gate 1948-49
Jones 2	Lineups		Clark
Torquay United	0	4	Swansea Town	Plainmoor	10,459
	Lineups		Payne, Richards 2, McCrory
Walsall	2	0	Reading	Fellows Park	13,368
Chapman, Devlin	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	1	Swansea Town	10	5	0	0	13	2	1	3	1	8	6	2.625	15	W	W	L	D	W	1948-09-30	Swindon Town	H
2	2	Bristol Rovers	11	6	0	1	17	8	1	0	3	3	6	1.429	14	W	W	W	W	W	1948-10-02	Swansea Town	A
3	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	11	4	1	1	7	2	2	1	2	5	9	1.091	14	L	W	W	D	W	1948-09-29	Aldershot	H
4	2	Swindon Town	11	3	1	1	10	8	3	1	2	7	8	1.063	14	W	W	L	L	D	1948-09-30	Swansea Town	A
5	-2	Port Vale	10	3	1	1	8	2	2	2	1	7	5	2.143	13	D	D	W	L	W	1948-10-02	Exeter City	A
6	3	Notts County	11	4	1	1	22	7	1	1	3	12	13	1.7	12	W	L	W	L	D	1948-10-02	Watford	A
7	-2	Ipswich Town	10	4	0	1	17	8	1	2	2	10	14	1.227	12	L	D	W	W	L	1948-10-02	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
8	-1	Exeter City	11	3	2	0	15	6	1	1	4	5	10	1.25	11	L	L	W	W	L	1948-10-02	Port Vale	H
9	2	Millwall	11	3	2	0	14	6	0	3	3	4	12	1	11	W	L	L	W	W	1948-09-29	Watford	A
10	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	2	2	1	3	5	2	1	2	8	9	0.786	11	W	L	L	L	W	1948-10-02	Southend United	A
11	-3	Torquay United	10	3	1	2	9	10	1	2	1	5	8	0.778	11	L	W	W	L	D	1948-10-02	Reading	A
12	1	Aldershot	10	2	1	2	9	5	2	1	2	9	9	1.286	10	W	W	L	W	D	1948-09-29	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
13	-3	Southend United	10	2	2	1	5	4	1	2	2	5	5	1.111	10	L	W	D	W	L	1948-10-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	2	Walsall	10	3	2	0	9	4	1	0	4	3	11	0.8	10	W	L	D	W	L	1948-10-02	Crystal Palace	A
15	-1	Norwich City	10	3	1	1	9	4	0	2	3	4	9	1	9	D	D	W	D	L	1948-10-02	Millwall	H
16	2	Leyton Orient	10	2	1	2	10	11	0	4	1	4	6	0.824	9	W	D	W	L	L	1948-10-02	Bristol City	A
17	-2	Northampton Town	10	1	2	1	5	5	2	0	4	8	13	0.722	8	L	D	D	W	W	1948-10-02	Aldershot	H
18	-1	Reading	10	3	0	2	15	10	0	1	4	4	13	0.826	7	L	L	D	L	W	1948-10-02	Torquay United	H
19	2	Watford	10	1	2	2	7	6	1	1	3	5	10	0.75	7	W	L	L	L	D	1948-09-29	Millwall	H
20	-1	Bristol City	10	2	2	0	5	1	0	1	5	3	14	0.533	7	L	L	L	W	D	1948-10-02	Leyton Orient	H
21	-1	Crystal Palace	10	2	3	0	7	4	0	0	5	2	16	0.45	7	L	D	L	L	W	1948-10-02	Walsall	H
22	0	Newport County	10	0	3	2	7	9	0	1	4	6	17	0.5	4	L	L	D	L	L	1948-10-02	Swindon Town	H