Saturday 1948-10-16

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	1	Liverpool	St Andrew's	43,000
	Lineups		Done
Burnley	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Turf Moor	28,976
Billingham	Lineups		Metcalfe 2
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Sheffield United	The Valley	36,426
Hurst, Revell	Lineups		Collindridge
Chelsea	3	3	Blackpool	Stamford Bridge	77,696	Largest home gate 1948-49
Bowie 2, McInnes	Lineups		Mortensen, McCall 2
Everton	0	1	Derby County	Goodison Park	53,087
	Lineups		Stamps
Manchester City	4	1	Aston Villa	Maine Road	41,240
Smith 3, Oakes	Lineups		Smith L
Middlesbrough	5	0	Bolton Wanderers	Ayresome Park	28,628
Fenton 3, Spuhler, Reagan	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St James' Park	60,958
Milburn 2, OG	Lineups		Smyth
Portsmouth	3	0	Sunderland	Fratton Park	35,205
Harris, Reid, Froggatt	Lineups
Preston North End	1	1	Arsenal	Deepdale	31,476
McIntosh	Lineups		Rooke
Stoke City	2	1	Manchester United	Victoria Ground	45,830	Largest home gate 1948-49
Steele, Mountford G	Lineups		Morris

				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	13	7	0	0	16	1	2	4	0	11	5	4.5	22	W	D	W	W	D	1948-10-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	0	Derby County	13	5	1	0	13	5	2	5	0	8	6	1.909	20	W	W	D	W	D	1948-10-23	Chelsea	H
3	1	Charlton Athletic	13	4	3	0	13	7	1	4	1	10	10	1.353	17	W	D	D	W	D	1948-10-23	Aston Villa	A
4	-1	Birmingham City	13	4	1	1	8	3	1	5	1	11	7	1.9	16	L	D	D	W	D	1948-10-23	Blackpool	A
5	2	Manchester City	13	4	3	0	10	4	2	1	3	8	9	1.385	16	W	W	W	D	D	1948-10-23	Sunderland	A
6	2	Newcastle United	13	2	3	1	11	11	3	3	1	14	9	1.25	16	W	D	L	D	D	1948-10-23	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	-1	Arsenal	13	4	1	1	13	5	1	4	2	5	6	1.636	15	D	W	L	W	D	1948-10-23	Everton	H
8	2	Stoke City	13	5	1	1	13	7	1	2	3	7	10	1.176	15	W	W	W	L	W	1948-10-23	Sheffield United	A
9	-4	Sunderland	13	3	4	0	13	8	2	1	3	8	13	1	15	L	D	W	L	D	1948-10-23	Manchester City	H
10	1	Blackpool	13	3	1	2	7	7	2	3	2	17	17	1	14	D	W	W	W	D	1948-10-23	Birmingham City	H
11	-2	Manchester United	13	3	1	2	14	9	2	2	3	10	9	1.333	13	L	D	L	W	D	1948-10-23	Burnley	H
12	0	Bolton Wanderers	13	2	2	2	7	9	3	1	3	9	12	0.762	13	L	D	W	L	D	1948-10-23	Newcastle United	H
13	1	Chelsea	13	3	3	1	17	10	0	3	3	9	12	1.182	12	D	D	L	W	L	1948-10-23	Derby County	A
14	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	2	3	2	14	11	2	1	3	13	12	1.174	12	L	L	W	L	D	1948-10-23	Portsmouth	H
15	0	Liverpool	13	1	3	2	8	6	2	3	2	6	6	1.167	12	W	D	D	L	D	1948-10-23	Middlesbrough	H
16	1	Middlesbrough	13	3	2	1	14	7	1	1	5	4	12	0.947	11	W	W	L	L	L	1948-10-23	Liverpool	A
17	-1	Burnley	13	3	2	2	6	7	1	0	5	6	12	0.632	10	L	L	W	L	D	1948-10-23	Manchester United	A
18	0	Huddersfield Town	13	1	3	2	5	7	2	1	4	11	23	0.533	10	W	L	L	W	D	1948-10-23	Preston North End	H
19	0	Preston North End	13	2	2	3	14	15	1	0	5	8	12	0.815	8	D	L	L	L	W	1948-10-23	Huddersfield Town	A
20	0	Aston Villa	13	2	3	2	15	17	0	0	6	4	16	0.576	7	L	D	W	L	D	1948-10-23	Charlton Athletic	H
21	0	Sheffield United	13	1	2	3	9	14	0	2	5	8	16	0.567	6	L	L	L	L	D	1948-10-23	Stoke City	H
22	0	Everton	13	2	2	3	10	17	0	0	6	0	16	0.303	6	L	L	L	W	D	1948-10-23	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	2	0	Luton Town	Griffin Park	23,211
Gibbons, Buchanan	Lineups
Bury	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	Gigg Lane	28,456	Largest home gate 1948-49
Bellis 2, Massart	Lineups		Wheeler
Chesterfield	0	1	Fulham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	16,488
	Lineups		Thomas R
Coventry City	4	0	Barnsley	Highfield Road	15,709
Simpson D, Roberts, Murphy 2	Lineups
Leeds United	1	1	Southampton	Elland Road	34,959
Cochrane	Lineups		Grant
Leicester City	2	2	Bradford	Filbert Street	27,154
Adam, Lee	Lineups		Glover, Crowther
Lincoln City	1	3	Nottingham Forest	Sincil Bank	19,980
Dodds	Lineups		Lee, Ottewell, Edwards
Sheffield Wednesday	4	1	Grimsby Town	Hillsborough	34,095
Quigley 2, Froggatt, Woodhead	Lineups		Briggs
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	White Hart Lane	69,718	Largest home & D 2 gate 1948-49
Baily	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	The Hawthorns	32,849
Williams, Haines, Walsh	Lineups
West Ham United	3	1	Cardiff City	Upton Park	29,433
Parsons, Wright, Chapman	Lineups		Lever (p)

				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	13	3	2	1	14	6	4	2	1	9	3	2.556	18	W	W	W	W	D	1948-10-23	Blackburn Rovers	A
2	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	13	6	1	0	21	5	1	3	2	3	5	2.4	18	W	W	W	L	W	1948-10-23	Luton Town	A
3	2	Bury	13	5	1	1	15	7	2	1	3	9	11	1.333	16	W	L	L	L	L	1948-10-30	Queens Park Rangers	H
4	0	Southampton	13	5	1	0	18	4	1	2	4	5	11	1.533	15	D	W	L	L	D	1948-10-23	Leicester City	H
5	-2	Barnsley	13	3	3	1	14	4	2	2	2	9	12	1.438	15	L	W	W	W	L	1948-10-23	Leeds United	H
6	1	Bradford	13	3	2	1	12	6	2	2	3	10	12	1.222	14	D	D	W	L	D	1948-10-23	Brentford	H
7	2	Sheffield Wednesday	13	4	2	1	15	6	1	2	3	11	16	1.182	14	W	L	D	W	W	1948-10-23	Nottingham Forest	A
8	4	West Ham United	13	4	3	0	14	7	0	3	3	0	6	1.077	14	W	D	D	W	W	1948-10-23	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	-3	Cardiff City	13	4	1	1	13	6	1	3	3	3	10	1	14	L	L	W	W	D	1948-10-30	West Bromwich Albion	A
10	4	Brentford	13	2	3	2	8	8	2	3	1	3	3	1	14	W	L	D	W	D	1948-10-23	Bradford	A
11	5	Fulham	13	3	2	1	13	4	2	1	4	7	13	1.176	13	W	L	W	L	D	1948-10-23	Lincoln City	H
12	-2	Leicester City	13	2	4	1	17	13	2	1	3	7	11	1	13	D	D	W	L	D	1948-10-23	Southampton	A
13	-2	Leeds United	13	3	3	1	11	6	1	2	3	10	16	0.955	13	D	D	L	L	W	1948-10-23	Barnsley	A
14	-6	Queens Park Rangers	13	4	2	0	11	4	1	1	5	4	18	0.682	13	L	W	L	W	L	1948-10-23	West Ham United	H
15	0	Chesterfield	13	1	2	3	3	6	2	4	1	10	11	0.765	12	L	W	W	W	D	1948-10-23	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	-3	Blackburn Rovers	13	4	1	1	15	9	1	1	5	4	16	0.76	12	L	D	L	W	W	1948-10-23	West Bromwich Albion	H
17	0	Luton Town	13	2	4	0	8	3	1	1	5	7	18	0.714	11	L	D	L	D	L	1948-10-23	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	0	Grimsby Town	13	1	2	4	13	16	2	2	2	7	8	0.833	10	L	D	L	D	W	1948-10-23	Coventry City	H
19	2	Coventry City	13	4	0	3	13	8	0	2	4	7	18	0.769	10	W	L	L	L	L	1948-10-23	Grimsby Town	A
20	2	Nottingham Forest	13	2	2	3	3	3	2	0	4	7	14	0.588	10	W	L	W	L	D	1948-10-23	Sheffield Wednesday	H
21	-2	Lincoln City	13	2	2	2	5	7	0	3	4	9	19	0.538	9	L	D	D	W	L	1948-10-23	Fulham	A
22	-2	Plymouth Argyle	13	3	0	3	8	6	0	2	5	3	13	0.579	8	L	W	L	L	L	1948-10-23	Chesterfield	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	5	1	New Brighton	Peel Park	5,800
Parker 2, Keeley, Butler 2	Lineups		Roberts S
Barrow	5	0	York City	Holker Street	9,336
Burnett 2, Miller, Regan, Rogers	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Gateshead	Valley Parade	11,335
Hawksworth	Lineups		Hinsley OG
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Hartlepools United	Belle Vue	14,766
	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	4	Carlisle United	The Shay	11,544
Mycock (p), Crossley, Maguire	Lineups		Broadis 2, Lindsay, Turner
Hull City	0	1	Darlington	Boothferry Park	43,801
	Lineups		Bower
Mansfield Town	5	1	Crewe Alexandra	Field Mill	12,556
Mercer 2, Edwards, Devey, Oscroft	Lineups		Ward
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Chester	Boundary Park	15,440
Tomlinson, Hayes	Lineups		Foulds
Rotherham United	3	1	Rochdale	Millmoor	16,750
Grainger, Guest, Shaw	Lineups		Birch (p)
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Southport	Prenton Park	10,425
Williamson	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	Stockport County	Racecourse Ground	9,129
	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	Rotherham United	13	5	1	0	19	4	6	0	1	18	8	3.083	23	W	L	W	W	W	1948-10-23	New Brighton	A
2	-1	Hull City	12	5	0	1	18	2	5	1	0	12	5	4.286	21	L	W	D	W	W	1948-10-23	Rochdale	A
3	0	Doncaster Rovers	15	4	3	1	10	2	3	1	3	8	7	2	18	D	W	D	W	W	1948-10-23	Darlington	A
4	0	Darlington	13	4	0	3	11	7	5	0	1	12	8	1.533	18	W	W	W	L	L	1948-10-23	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	0	Rochdale	13	5	0	1	17	6	2	1	4	8	16	1.136	15	L	W	W	L	W	1948-10-23	Hull City	H
6	2	Stockport County	14	3	3	0	9	4	1	4	3	8	11	1.133	15	D	W	D	L	W	1948-10-23	Barrow	H
7	3	Tranmere Rovers	13	4	1	2	8	5	2	2	2	7	12	0.882	15	W	D	D	W	L	1948-10-23	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	-2	Crewe Alexandra	14	4	1	1	10	6	2	2	4	10	21	0.741	15	L	L	L	W	W	1948-10-23	Tranmere Rovers	H
9	-2	York City	13	4	0	2	19	7	2	2	3	8	15	1.227	14	L	W	L	W	D	1948-10-23	Mansfield Town	H
10	2	Mansfield Town	13	5	1	1	15	8	0	3	3	4	10	1.056	14	W	D	W	L	W	1948-10-23	York City	A
11	0	Wrexham	13	3	3	1	8	8	2	1	3	5	11	0.684	14	D	L	D	W	L	1948-10-23	Carlisle United	A
12	-3	Southport	13	1	3	2	7	8	3	2	2	7	5	1.077	13	L	D	W	W	W	1948-10-23	Oldham Athletic	H
13	1	Carlisle United	13	4	2	0	16	9	1	1	5	6	19	0.786	13	W	W	L	L	W	1948-10-23	Wrexham	H
14	-1	Gateshead	13	3	2	2	12	10	1	2	3	7	11	0.905	12	D	L	W	L	D	1948-10-23	Halifax Town	H
15	2	Barrow	13	1	5	1	7	3	1	2	3	4	6	1.222	11	W	W	D	L	D	1948-10-23	Stockport County	A
16	-1	Hartlepools United	13	3	1	3	13	10	1	2	3	4	10	0.85	11	D	L	D	L	W	1948-10-23	Bradford City	H
17	-1	Chester	13	3	2	1	12	6	0	1	6	5	13	0.895	9	L	D	L	W	L	1948-10-23	Accrington Stanley	H
18	0	Halifax Town	13	3	2	3	12	13	0	1	4	3	11	0.625	9	L	L	W	L	L	1948-10-23	Gateshead	A
19	0	New Brighton	13	1	1	4	4	7	2	1	4	6	13	0.5	8	L	L	L	L	W	1948-10-23	Rotherham United	H
20	0	Oldham Athletic	12	2	0	4	5	10	1	2	3	5	14	0.417	8	W	W	D	W	L	1948-10-23	Southport	A
21	1	Accrington Stanley	13	1	2	3	10	9	0	2	5	4	14	0.609	6	W	L	L	L	L	1948-10-23	Chester	A
22	-1	Bradford City	13	1	2	4	6	10	0	2	4	3	8	0.5	6	D	L	L	L	L	1948-10-23	Hartlepools United	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	2	Northampton Town	Dean Court	16,803
McGibbon 2, Rampling, Blair 2	Lineups		Smith D 2
Bristol Rovers	2	3	Leyton Orient	Eastville	14,459
Lambden 2	Lineups		Connelly, Naylor 2
Crystal Palace	0	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park	15,170
	Lineups		Tennant 2
Ipswich Town	1	2	Norwich City	Portman Road	24,569	Largest home gate 1948-49
Dempsey	Lineups		Ashman 2
Newport County	2	2	Port Vale	Somerton Park	10,037
Williams B, Parker	Lineups		Aveyard 2
Notts County	9	0	Exeter City	Meadow Lane	36,615	Largest home gate 1948-49
Hold, Sewell 4, Lawton 4	Lineups
Reading	2	0	Aldershot	Elm Park	16,848
Edelston, Dix	Lineups
Swansea Town	2	0	Millwall	Vetch Field	25,155
Paul, Richards	Lineups
Torquay United	3	1	Swindon Town	Plainmoor	7,727
Cowie OG, Collins 2	Lineups		Owen
Walsall	0	1	Bristol City	Fellows Park	13,979
	Lineups		Clark
Watford	0	0	Southend United	Vicarage Road	13,254
	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	0	Swansea Town	14	8	0	0	24	2	2	3	1	10	6	4.25	23	W	W	W	W	W	1948-10-23	Norwich City	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	15	7	1	1	17	6	2	2	2	5	9	1.467	21	W	D	W	W	L	1948-10-23	Leyton Orient	A
3	4	Notts County	14	5	1	1	31	7	1	2	4	13	17	1.833	15	W	L	D	W	L	1948-10-23	Millwall	A
4	0	Bristol Rovers	14	6	0	2	19	11	1	1	4	4	12	1	15	L	D	L	W	W	1948-10-23	Southend United	A
5	0	Millwall	15	3	3	0	15	7	1	4	4	7	16	0.957	15	L	D	W	D	W	1948-10-23	Notts County	H
6	4	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	2	3	1	3	5	3	2	2	10	9	0.929	15	W	D	D	W	L	1948-10-23	Torquay United	H
7	-4	Exeter City	14	5	2	0	19	8	1	1	5	5	19	0.889	15	L	W	W	L	L	1948-10-23	Reading	H
8	3	Torquay United	13	4	1	2	12	11	2	2	2	7	12	0.826	15	W	W	L	L	W	1948-10-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	-3	Swindon Town	15	3	2	1	11	9	3	1	5	9	19	0.714	15	L	D	L	L	W	1948-10-23	Watford	H
10	-2	Port Vale	13	3	1	2	8	4	2	3	2	10	9	1.385	14	D	L	L	D	D	1948-10-23	Ipswich Town	H
11	4	Norwich City	13	4	1	2	13	6	1	2	3	6	10	1.188	13	W	W	L	D	D	1948-10-23	Swansea Town	H
12	1	Southend United	13	2	4	1	5	4	1	3	2	5	5	1.111	13	D	D	D	L	W	1948-10-23	Bristol Rovers	H
13	-4	Ipswich Town	13	4	0	2	18	10	1	3	3	13	19	1.069	13	L	D	L	L	D	1948-10-23	Port Vale	A
14	2	Leyton Orient	13	3	1	2	15	13	1	4	2	7	11	0.917	13	W	W	L	W	D	1948-10-23	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
15	-3	Aldershot	14	3	1	2	12	5	2	1	5	9	14	1.105	12	L	W	L	L	W	1948-10-23	Walsall	H
16	2	Reading	13	5	0	2	21	10	0	2	4	5	14	1.083	12	W	D	W	L	L	1948-10-23	Exeter City	A
17	-3	Walsall	13	3	2	1	9	5	2	0	5	7	14	0.842	12	L	L	W	W	L	1948-10-23	Aldershot	A
18	1	Watford	14	1	5	2	9	8	1	2	3	5	10	0.778	11	D	D	D	D	W	1948-10-23	Swindon Town	A
19	-2	Northampton Town	13	2	3	1	8	6	2	0	5	10	18	0.75	11	L	D	W	L	D	1948-10-23	Newport County	H
20	0	Bristol City	13	3	2	1	8	3	1	1	5	4	14	0.706	11	W	L	W	L	L	1948-10-23	Crystal Palace	H
21	1	Newport County	13	1	4	2	13	12	0	1	5	8	22	0.618	7	D	L	W	L	L	1948-10-23	Northampton Town	A
22	-1	Crystal Palace	13	2	3	2	8	9	0	0	6	2	19	0.357	7	L	L	L	L	D	1948-10-23	Bristol City	A