Saturday 1948-10-02

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	4	3	Sheffield United	Villa Park	49,629
Ford 2, Edwards 2	Lineups		Thompson, Collindridge 2
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Arsenal	Burnden Park	45,228
Howe	Lineups
Burnley	1	0	Everton	Turf Moor	31,341
Wilson	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Birmingham City	The Valley	56,294
Duffy	Lineups		Garrett
Liverpool	0	0	Derby County	Anfield Road	53,760
	Lineups
Manchester City	1	0	Middlesbrough	Maine Road	45,146
Oakes	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	0	Newcastle United	Fratton Park	45,827	Largest home gate 1948-49
Phillips	Lineups
Preston North End	1	3	Blackpool	Deepdale	38,280
McIntosh	Lineups		Mortensen 2, Matthews
Stoke City	4	3	Chelsea	Victoria Ground	31,004
Steele 2, Baker, Bowyer	Lineups		Walker, Bentley 2
Sunderland	2	1	Manchester United	Roker Park	54,419
Davis, Reynolds	Lineups		Rowley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	1	Huddersfield Town	Molineux	36,153
Pye 3, Forbes 2, Hancocks 2	Lineups		Nightingale

				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	11	6	0	0	13	1	2	3	0	10	4	4.6	19	W	W	D	D	W	1948-10-09	Aston Villa	A
2	0	Derby County	11	4	1	0	12	5	1	5	0	7	6	1.727	16	D	W	D	W	D	1948-10-09	Preston North End	H
3	0	Birmingham City	11	4	1	0	8	2	1	4	1	11	7	2.111	15	D	W	D	W	W	1948-10-09	Bolton Wanderers	A
4	0	Charlton Athletic	11	3	3	0	11	6	1	3	1	9	9	1.333	14	D	W	D	D	L	1948-10-09	Manchester United	A
5	3	Sunderland	11	3	3	0	12	7	2	1	2	8	10	1.176	14	W	L	D	W	D	1948-10-09	Newcastle United	H
6	-1	Newcastle United	11	1	3	1	8	10	3	2	1	13	8	1.167	13	L	D	D	W	D	1948-10-09	Sunderland	A
7	-1	Arsenal	11	3	1	1	10	4	1	3	2	4	5	1.556	12	L	W	D	W	W	1948-10-09	Burnley	H
8	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	2	3	1	14	8	2	1	2	12	9	1.529	12	W	L	D	L	W	1948-10-09	Middlesbrough	H
9	-2	Manchester United	11	3	0	2	13	8	2	2	2	9	7	1.467	12	L	W	D	W	D	1948-10-09	Charlton Athletic	H
10	1	Bolton Wanderers	11	2	1	2	7	9	3	1	2	9	7	1	12	W	L	D	W	W	1948-10-09	Birmingham City	H
11	1	Manchester City	11	3	3	0	6	3	1	1	3	6	9	1	12	W	D	D	L	D	1948-10-09	Sheffield United	A
12	1	Stoke City	11	4	1	1	11	6	0	2	3	4	9	1	11	W	L	W	W	D	1948-10-09	Huddersfield Town	A
13	1	Blackpool	11	2	1	2	4	7	2	2	2	14	14	0.857	11	W	W	D	L	L	1948-10-09	Everton	H
14	-5	Chelsea	11	3	2	1	14	7	0	2	3	8	11	1.222	10	L	W	L	D	W	1948-10-09	Liverpool	A
15	1	Burnley	11	3	2	1	5	5	1	0	4	5	9	0.714	10	W	L	D	W	L	1948-10-09	Arsenal	A
16	-1	Liverpool	11	1	2	2	7	5	1	3	2	5	6	1.091	9	D	L	D	L	L	1948-10-09	Chelsea	H
17	0	Huddersfield Town	11	1	3	1	4	4	1	1	4	9	22	0.5	8	L	W	D	L	D	1948-10-09	Stoke City	H
18	0	Preston North End	11	2	1	3	13	14	1	0	4	8	11	0.84	7	L	L	W	L	L	1948-10-09	Derby County	A
19	0	Middlesbrough	11	2	2	1	9	7	0	1	5	1	12	0.526	7	L	L	L	D	W	1948-10-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
20	0	Sheffield United	11	1	2	2	9	12	0	2	4	7	14	0.615	6	L	L	D	L	D	1948-10-09	Manchester City	H
21	1	Aston Villa	11	2	2	2	14	16	0	0	5	3	12	0.607	6	W	L	D	L	L	1948-10-09	Portsmouth	H
22	-1	Everton	11	2	2	2	10	16	0	0	5	0	13	0.345	6	L	W	D	L	L	1948-10-09	Blackpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	0	Southampton	Oakwell	23,236
Baxter, Webber OG, Robledo G	Lineups
Brentford	0	0	West Ham United	Griffin Park	31,369	Largest home gate 1948-49
	Lineups
Coventry City	0	2	Chesterfield	Highfield Road	17,699
	Lineups		Hudson, Thompson
Fulham	5	0	Queens Park Rangers	Craven Cottage	38,667
Thomas R 2, Stevens 3	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	3	Bradford	Blundell Park	15,931
	Lineups		Downie 2, Deplidge
Leeds United	1	3	West Bromwich Albion	Elland Road	33,706
Marsh	Lineups		Williams 2, Walsh
Leicester City	3	2	Bury	Filbert Street	27,852
Adam, Lee, Hart OG	Lineups		Whitworth, Kilshaw
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Luton Town	City Ground	22,645
Linaker, Lee	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Cardiff City	Home Park	27,371
	Lineups		Hollyman
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Lincoln City	Hillsborough	42,558
Froggatt, Quigley	Lineups		Grummett, Hutchinson
Tottenham Hotspur	4	0	Blackburn Rovers	White Hart Lane	53,721
Baily, Bennett 2, Jones	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	1	West Bromwich Albion	11	2	2	1	11	6	3	2	1	7	2	2.25	14	W	W	D	W	D	1948-10-09	Fulham	A
2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	11	5	1	0	20	5	0	3	2	2	5	2.2	14	W	L	W	D	D	1948-10-09	Cardiff City	A
3	-2	Bury	11	4	1	1	12	6	2	1	2	9	10	1.313	14	L	L	L	W	W	1948-10-09	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	1	Cardiff City	11	4	1	0	13	5	1	3	2	2	7	1.25	14	W	W	D	W	W	1948-10-09	Tottenham Hotspur	H
5	2	Barnsley	11	2	3	1	10	4	2	2	1	9	8	1.583	13	W	W	L	W	D	1948-10-09	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	-3	Southampton	11	4	1	0	13	2	1	1	4	4	10	1.417	12	L	L	D	W	D	1948-10-09	Coventry City	H
7	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	11	3	2	1	11	5	1	2	2	11	12	1.294	12	D	W	W	L	W	1948-10-09	Barnsley	A
8	4	Bradford	11	3	1	1	11	5	2	1	3	8	10	1.267	12	W	L	D	D	L	1948-10-09	Leeds United	H
9	1	Brentford	11	1	3	2	6	8	2	3	0	3	1	1	12	D	W	D	L	W	1948-10-09	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	7	Fulham	11	3	2	0	12	2	1	1	4	6	13	1.2	11	W	L	D	L	L	1948-10-09	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	5	Leicester City	11	2	3	1	15	11	2	0	3	6	10	1	11	W	L	D	W	L	1948-10-09	Luton Town	A
12	-4	Leeds United	11	3	2	1	10	5	1	1	3	9	15	0.95	11	L	L	W	D	L	1948-10-09	Bradford	A
13	0	West Ham United	11	3	3	0	11	6	0	2	3	0	6	0.917	11	D	W	W	D	L	1948-10-09	Blackburn Rovers	A
14	-5	Blackburn Rovers	11	4	0	1	15	9	1	1	4	3	13	0.818	11	L	W	W	D	W	1948-10-09	West Ham United	H
15	-4	Queens Park Rangers	11	3	2	0	9	4	1	1	4	4	17	0.619	11	L	W	L	L	D	1948-10-09	Brentford	H
16	-2	Luton Town	11	2	3	0	7	2	1	1	4	7	16	0.778	10	L	D	L	W	D	1948-10-09	Leicester City	H
17	2	Chesterfield	11	1	2	2	3	5	1	4	1	9	11	0.75	10	W	W	D	D	L	1948-10-09	Nottingham Forest	A
18	-3	Grimsby Town	11	1	1	4	11	14	2	2	1	6	4	0.944	9	L	D	W	D	L	1948-10-09	Lincoln City	H
19	-1	Coventry City	11	3	0	3	9	8	0	2	3	5	13	0.667	8	L	L	L	D	W	1948-10-09	Southampton	A
20	0	Lincoln City	11	2	2	1	4	4	0	2	4	7	17	0.524	8	D	W	L	L	W	1948-10-09	Grimsby Town	A
21	1	Nottingham Forest	11	2	2	2	3	2	1	0	4	4	13	0.467	8	W	L	D	L	L	1948-10-09	Chesterfield	H
22	-1	Plymouth Argyle	11	2	0	3	7	6	0	2	4	3	10	0.625	6	L	L	L	D	W	1948-10-09	Bury	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Holker Street	7,774
	Lineups
Bradford City	1	2	Rotherham United	Valley Parade	18,034
Hardcastle	Lineups		Ardron, Grainger
Darlington	3	1	York City	Feethams Ground	11,595
Varty, Bower, Milner	Lineups		Rudd
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Hull City	Belle Vue	37,099	Largest home gate 1948-49
	Lineups
Gateshead	3	0	Carlisle United	Redheugh Park	11,674
Callender J 2, Small	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	0	Accrington Stanley	The Shay	10,976
Lavery	Lineups
Hartlepools United	0	0	Stockport County	Victoria Park	9,298
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	0	Chester	Field Mill	12,508
McCarter	Lineups
New Brighton	0	1	Southport	Tower Athletic Grounds	8,497
	Lineups		Wyles
Rochdale	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Spotland	10,836
Wood, Dryburgh, Reid	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Racecourse Ground	10,418
Rowell	Lineups		Brook

				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	11	4	1	0	16	3	6	0	0	18	6	3.778	21	W	W	W	W	D	1948-10-09	Darlington	A
2	0	Hull City	10	5	0	0	18	1	4	1	0	10	5	4.667	19	D	W	W	W	W	1948-10-09	Hartlepools United	A
3	1	Doncaster Rovers	13	4	2	1	10	2	2	1	3	5	7	1.667	15	D	W	W	L	W	1948-10-09	Gateshead	A
4	-1	Crewe Alexandra	12	4	1	0	10	5	2	2	3	9	16	0.905	15	L	W	W	L	D	1948-10-09	Barrow	H
5	1	Darlington	11	3	0	3	9	7	4	0	1	11	8	1.333	14	W	L	L	W	W	1948-10-09	Rotherham United	H
6	3	Rochdale	11	4	0	1	13	5	2	1	3	7	13	1.111	13	W	L	W	D	W	1948-10-09	Accrington Stanley	H
7	0	Wrexham	11	3	2	1	8	8	2	1	2	4	6	0.857	13	D	W	L	W	L	1948-10-09	York City	A
8	-3	York City	11	3	0	2	14	6	2	2	2	8	10	1.375	12	L	W	D	W	W	1948-10-09	Wrexham	H
9	2	Southport	11	1	2	2	6	7	3	2	1	7	4	1.182	12	W	W	W	D	L	1948-10-09	Mansfield Town	H
10	-2	Stockport County	12	2	3	0	6	3	1	3	3	8	11	1	12	D	L	W	L	W	1948-10-09	Halifax Town	H
11	-1	Tranmere Rovers	11	3	1	2	7	5	2	1	2	5	10	0.8	12	D	W	L	W	W	1948-10-09	Chester	A
12	1	Gateshead	11	3	2	1	12	7	1	1	3	6	10	1.059	11	W	L	D	L	L	1948-10-09	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	2	Mansfield Town	11	4	1	1	10	7	0	2	3	3	9	0.813	11	W	L	W	D	D	1948-10-09	Southport	A
14	-2	Hartlepools United	11	3	1	2	13	8	1	1	3	4	10	0.944	10	D	L	W	L	W	1948-10-09	Hull City	H
15	-1	Carlisle United	11	3	2	0	13	7	0	1	5	2	16	0.652	9	L	L	W	D	L	1948-10-09	Bradford City	H
16	2	Halifax Town	11	3	2	2	9	9	0	1	3	2	8	0.647	9	W	L	L	D	W	1948-10-09	Stockport County	A
17	-1	Chester	11	3	1	1	10	4	0	1	5	4	11	0.933	8	L	W	L	L	L	1948-10-09	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	-1	New Brighton	11	1	1	3	4	6	2	1	3	5	8	0.643	8	L	L	W	L	L	1948-10-09	Oldham Athletic	H
19	0	Barrow	11	0	5	1	2	3	0	2	3	3	6	0.556	7	D	L	D	L	D	1948-10-09	Crewe Alexandra	A
20	0	Bradford City	11	1	1	4	5	9	0	2	3	1	5	0.429	5	L	L	L	L	D	1948-10-09	Carlisle United	A
21	0	Accrington Stanley	11	0	2	3	5	8	0	2	4	3	10	0.444	4	L	L	L	D	D	1948-10-09	Rochdale	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	10	1	0	4	3	9	0	2	3	4	14	0.304	4	D	W	L	L	L	1948-10-09	New Brighton	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	2	Ipswich Town	Dean Court	19,378
Rampling, McGibbon 2, Bennett	Lineups		Jennings, Stirling OG
Bristol City	3	0	Leyton Orient	Ashton Gate	13,414
Boxshall, Morgan C, Deverall OG	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	3	Walsall	Selhurst Park	16,300
Kurz	Lineups		Devlin 2, Chapman
Exeter City	2	1	Port Vale	St James Park	10,672
Bartholomew 2 (1p)	Lineups		Martin
Newport County	4	1	Swindon Town	Somerton Park	11,657
Lewis 2, Williams B, Newall	Lineups		Lunn
Northampton Town	2	0	Aldershot	County Ground	7,924
Briscoe, Smith D	Lineups
Norwich City	1	2	Millwall	Carrow Road	24,296
Hold	Lineups		Constantine, Hurrell
Reading	4	0	Torquay United	Elm Park	12,953
MacPhee 2, Fisher, Edelston	Lineups
Southend United	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Greyhound Stadium	11,106
	Lineups
Swansea Town	5	0	Bristol Rovers	Vetch Field	29,375	Largest home gate 1948-49
Scrine 3, Paul, Payne	Lineups
Watford	1	1	Notts County	Vicarage Road	22,612	Largest home gate 1948-49
Thomas	Lineups		Evans

				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	Swansea Town	12	7	0	0	22	2	1	3	1	8	6	3.75	19	W	W	W	W	L	1948-10-09	Port Vale	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	13	6	1	1	12	4	2	1	2	5	9	1.308	18	W	W	L	W	W	1948-10-09	Southend United	A
3	0	Bristol Rovers	12	6	0	1	17	8	1	0	4	3	11	1.053	14	L	W	W	W	W	1948-10-09	Swindon Town	A
4	4	Millwall	13	3	2	0	14	6	1	4	3	7	14	1.05	14	W	D	W	L	L	1948-10-09	Reading	H
5	-1	Swindon Town	13	3	1	1	10	8	3	1	4	8	16	0.75	14	L	L	W	W	L	1948-10-09	Bristol Rovers	H
6	-1	Port Vale	11	3	1	1	8	2	2	2	2	8	7	1.778	13	L	D	D	W	L	1948-10-09	Swansea Town	H
7	-1	Notts County	12	4	1	1	22	7	1	2	3	13	14	1.667	13	D	W	L	W	L	1948-10-09	Norwich City	A
8	1	Exeter City	12	4	2	0	17	7	1	1	4	5	10	1.294	13	W	L	L	W	W	1948-10-09	Walsall	H
9	-2	Ipswich Town	11	4	0	1	17	8	1	2	3	12	18	1.115	12	L	L	D	W	W	1948-10-09	Northampton Town	A
10	4	Walsall	11	3	2	0	9	4	2	0	4	6	12	0.938	12	W	W	L	D	W	1948-10-09	Exeter City	A
11	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	2	2	1	3	5	2	2	2	8	9	0.786	12	D	W	L	L	L	1948-10-09	Watford	H
12	1	Southend United	11	2	3	1	5	4	1	2	2	5	5	1.111	11	D	L	W	D	W	1948-10-09	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
13	-2	Torquay United	11	3	1	2	9	10	1	2	2	5	12	0.636	11	L	L	W	W	L	1948-10-09	Bristol City	A
14	-2	Aldershot	12	2	1	2	9	5	2	1	4	9	12	1.059	10	L	L	W	W	L	1948-10-09	Crystal Palace	H
15	3	Northampton Town	11	2	2	1	7	5	2	0	4	8	13	0.833	10	W	L	D	D	W	1948-10-09	Ipswich Town	H
16	3	Reading	11	4	0	2	19	10	0	1	4	4	13	1	9	W	L	L	D	L	1948-10-09	Millwall	A
17	-2	Norwich City	11	3	1	2	10	6	0	2	3	4	9	0.933	9	L	D	D	W	D	1948-10-09	Notts County	H
18	-1	Watford	12	1	4	2	9	8	1	1	3	5	10	0.778	9	D	D	W	L	L	1948-10-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	1	Bristol City	11	3	2	0	8	1	0	1	5	3	14	0.733	9	W	L	L	L	W	1948-10-09	Torquay United	H
20	-4	Leyton Orient	11	2	1	2	10	11	0	4	2	4	9	0.7	9	L	W	D	W	L	1948-10-09	Newport County	H
21	0	Crystal Palace	11	2	3	1	8	7	0	0	5	2	16	0.435	7	L	L	D	L	L	1948-10-09	Aldershot	A
22	0	Newport County	11	1	3	2	11	10	0	1	4	6	17	0.63	6	W	L	L	D	L	1948-10-09	Leyton Orient	A