Saturday 1948-12-18

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 2 Replay						Venue	Gate
D 3N	New Brighton	1	0	Bradford City	D 3N	Tower Athletic Grounds	7,000
	Lyon	Lineups
D 3N	Oldham Athletic	3	1	Walthamstow Avenue	IsL	Boundary Park	26,048
	Haddington 2, Gemmell	Lineups		Butterworth
D 3S	Reading	1	2	Hull City	D 3N	Elm Park	21,920
	MacPhee	Lineups		Moore 2
D 3N	York City	0	2	Southport	D 3N	Bootham Crescent	12,837
		Lineups		Marriott, Wyles

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Highbury	36,825
Rooke 3	Lineups
Birmingham City	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St Andrew's	39,657
	Lineups		Pye
Blackpool	0	3	Sheffield United	Bloomfield Road	17,086
	Lineups		Thompson, Jones, Collindridge
Bolton Wanderers	4	1	Sunderland	Burnden Park	24,309
Moir, Lofthouse 2, Bradley	Lineups		Turnbull
Charlton Athletic	4	1	Stoke City	The Valley	32,663
Vaughan, Hurst, O'Linn 2	Lineups		Bowyer
Derby County	1	3	Manchester United	Baseball Ground	31,498
Mozley	Lineups		Burke 2, Pearson
Liverpool	1	1	Aston Villa	Anfield Road	28,000
Done	Lineups		Lowe
Manchester City	2	2	Burnley	Maine Road	26,849
Smith, OG	Lineups		Harrison, Attwell
Middlesbrough	1	1	Chelsea	Ayresome Park	23,464
Spuhler	Lineups		Walker
Newcastle United	1	0	Everton	St James' Park	43,515
Taylor	Lineups
Portsmouth	3	1	Preston North End	Fratton Park	26,545
Harris, Phillips, Barlow	Lineups		Brown E

				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	1	Newcastle United	22	6	3	2	21	17	6	4	1	24	12	1.552	31	W	W	D	L	W	1948-12-25	Birmingham City	A
2	1	Portsmouth	22	9	3	0	26	6	2	5	3	12	12	2.111	30	W	D	D	W	L	1948-12-25	Chelsea	A
3	-2	Derby County	22	9	1	1	24	10	3	5	3	12	15	1.44	30	L	L	W	L	W	1948-12-25	Arsenal	A
4	0	Manchester United	22	5	3	2	21	11	5	4	3	26	15	1.808	27	W	D	D	W	W	1948-12-25	Liverpool	H
5	1	Arsenal	22	7	2	2	24	7	3	4	4	11	14	1.667	26	W	L	D	L	L	1948-12-25	Derby County	H
6	-1	Stoke City	22	9	1	1	26	12	1	4	6	13	21	1.182	25	L	W	L	W	L	1948-12-25	Burnley	A
7	0	Charlton Athletic	22	7	4	1	26	15	1	5	4	15	22	1.108	25	W	W	L	D	D	1948-12-25	Preston North End	H
8	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	6	3	2	23	11	3	3	5	20	22	1.303	24	W	L	W	D	W	1948-12-25	Aston Villa	H
9	2	Bolton Wanderers	22	6	2	3	24	20	4	2	5	13	17	1	24	W	L	W	L	W	1948-12-25	Sheffield United	A
10	-2	Manchester City	22	6	5	1	22	15	2	3	5	11	19	0.971	24	D	W	D	W	D	1948-12-25	Everton	A
11	-1	Sunderland	22	5	6	0	20	9	2	2	7	10	25	0.882	22	L	D	W	L	D	1948-12-25	Middlesbrough	H
12	2	Liverpool	22	3	6	2	18	10	3	3	5	12	15	1.2	21	D	L	D	L	D	1948-12-25	Manchester United	A
13	-1	Birmingham City	22	5	2	4	10	7	2	5	4	14	13	1.2	21	L	D	W	L	L	1948-12-25	Newcastle United	H
14	1	Burnley	22	7	2	2	16	8	1	3	7	11	22	0.9	21	D	W	D	W	L	1948-12-25	Stoke City	H
15	-2	Blackpool	22	5	2	4	12	15	2	5	4	18	21	0.833	21	L	L	W	D	D	1948-12-25	Huddersfield Town	H
16	0	Chelsea	22	5	4	2	24	14	1	4	6	16	23	1.081	20	D	W	L	W	L	1948-12-25	Portsmouth	H
17	0	Middlesbrough	22	5	3	3	23	13	1	2	8	4	19	0.844	17	D	W	L	L	D	1948-12-25	Sunderland	A
18	1	Sheffield United	22	4	3	3	17	19	2	2	8	16	24	0.767	17	W	L	W	W	W	1948-12-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	-1	Everton	22	6	2	3	16	18	1	0	10	1	25	0.395	16	L	W	L	W	W	1948-12-25	Manchester City	H
20	0	Preston North End	22	3	3	5	19	25	2	1	8	16	23	0.729	14	L	W	L	D	D	1948-12-25	Charlton Athletic	A
21	1	Aston Villa	22	4	3	4	22	25	1	1	9	9	29	0.574	14	D	L	L	L	L	1948-12-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	-1	Huddersfield Town	22	1	5	4	8	13	3	1	8	16	34	0.511	14	L	L	D	W	D	1948-12-25	Blackpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Southampton	Ewood Park	24,720
Westcott	Lineups		Bates 2
Cardiff City	6	1	Bradford	Ninian Park	28,002
Edwards, Allen, Stevenson 2, Lever (p), Hollyman	Lineups		Downie
Chesterfield	4	0	Bury	Saltergate Recreation Ground	12,682
Marron 2, Smith, Halton	Lineups
Coventry City	2	1	Brentford	Highfield Road	21,284
Dearson, Roberts	Lineups		Manley
Fulham	3	1	Grimsby Town	Craven Cottage	19,996
McDonald, Thomas R, Beasley	Lineups		Lloyd
Leeds United	3	1	Leicester City	Elland Road	22,600
Heaton 2, Chisholm	Lineups		Edwards
Lincoln City	4	3	West Ham United	Sincil Bank	15,609
Bean, Dodds 3	Lineups		Woodgate 2, Parsons
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Barnsley	Home Park	21,267
Tadman 2, Edds	Lineups		Baxter
Queens Park Rangers	0	3	Luton Town	Loftus Road	16,557
	Lineups		Arnison 2, Brennan
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Hillsborough	40,251
Jordan 2, Woodhead	Lineups		Baily
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Nottingham Forest	The Hawthorns	32,583
Haines, Elliott	Lineups		Lee

				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	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	2	1	27	10	5	3	3	12	9	2.053	31	W	W	L	W	L	1948-12-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	1	Southampton	22	9	1	0	30	5	3	4	5	10	16	1.905	29	W	W	W	L	W	1948-12-25	Nottingham Forest	A
3	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	21	9	1	0	33	7	1	6	4	8	14	1.952	27	L	W	D	D	W	1948-12-25	Leicester City	A
4	1	Fulham	21	7	3	1	21	7	3	2	5	10	16	1.348	25	W	L	D	W	D	1948-12-25	Bradford	A
5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8	2	2	26	10	2	3	5	17	23	1.303	25	W	W	L	W	D	1948-12-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	-2	Bury	21	7	3	1	22	11	3	1	6	12	20	1.097	24	L	D	W	W	L	1948-12-25	Coventry City	H
7	3	Cardiff City	21	6	2	2	25	13	2	5	4	6	14	1.148	23	W	D	W	W	D	1948-12-25	Brentford	A
8	4	Luton Town	22	5	5	0	13	5	3	2	7	16	26	0.935	23	W	L	W	D	W	1948-12-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
9	-1	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	2	2	27	12	2	2	6	5	19	1.032	22	L	W	W	W	L	1948-12-25	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	-3	Bradford	22	5	2	2	21	11	4	2	7	23	32	1.023	22	L	L	W	W	W	1948-12-25	Fulham	H
11	2	Chesterfield	22	4	3	4	14	12	3	5	3	16	18	1	22	W	W	L	L	L	1948-12-25	Lincoln City	A
12	-3	Brentford	21	3	4	3	10	9	4	3	4	9	11	0.95	21	L	L	L	W	W	1948-12-25	Cardiff City	H
13	-2	West Ham United	21	5	4	1	16	9	2	3	6	10	19	0.929	21	L	W	L	W	D	1948-12-25	Leeds United	H
14	2	Plymouth Argyle	22	7	1	3	19	12	1	4	6	7	19	0.839	21	W	L	W	D	W	1948-12-25	Luton Town	A
15	2	Leeds United	21	5	4	2	22	13	1	4	5	13	21	1.029	20	W	L	L	L	D	1948-12-25	West Ham United	A
16	-2	Queens Park Rangers	22	6	2	3	15	13	2	2	7	7	23	0.611	20	L	W	L	L	W	1948-12-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
17	-2	Barnsley	22	4	4	3	20	10	2	3	6	16	27	0.973	19	L	L	W	L	L	1948-12-25	Grimsby Town	A
18	0	Leicester City	22	3	7	1	25	19	2	1	8	8	24	0.767	18	L	D	L	D	L	1948-12-25	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	2	Coventry City	22	6	1	5	19	13	1	2	7	11	25	0.789	17	W	W	W	L	L	1948-12-25	Bury	A
20	-1	Nottingham Forest	21	3	3	5	8	7	3	1	6	13	22	0.724	16	L	D	W	L	L	1948-12-25	Southampton	H
21	-1	Grimsby Town	21	3	3	5	21	21	2	2	6	13	24	0.756	15	L	L	L	D	L	1948-12-25	Barnsley	H
22	0	Lincoln City	22	3	4	5	18	24	0	3	7	11	30	0.537	13	W	L	L	D	L	1948-12-25	Chesterfield	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	3	2	Darlington	Peel Park	3,744
Keeley 2, Parker	Lineups		Milner 2
Chester	2	1	Carlisle United	Sealand Road	4,628
Burgess 2 (1p)	Lineups		Butcher OG
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Mansfield Town	Belle Vue	10,541
Reeve	Lineups		Oscroft (p)
Halifax Town	2	0	Wrexham	The Shay	4,647
Howsam, Gilmour	Lineups
Rochdale	0	1	Hartlepools United	Spotland	5,803
	Lineups		Sloan
Rotherham United	1	0	Gateshead	Millmoor	12,716
Ardron	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	20	8	1	0	28	6	9	0	2	31	16	2.682	35	W	W	L	W	W	1948-12-25	Hull City	A
2	0	Hull City	18	7	0	1	27	4	6	4	0	15	6	4.2	30	D	D	W	W	W	1948-12-25	Rotherham United	H
3	0	Doncaster Rovers	21	5	5	1	12	3	6	1	3	16	8	2.545	28	D	W	D	W	W	1948-12-25	Accrington Stanley	H
4	0	Darlington	20	6	0	5	19	18	6	0	3	19	15	1.152	24	L	W	L	L	W	1948-12-25	Carlisle United	H
5	0	York City	18	7	0	2	31	9	2	3	4	9	17	1.538	21	W	L	W	D	W	1948-12-25	New Brighton	A
6	0	Stockport County	20	5	4	1	16	8	1	4	5	10	20	0.929	20	D	W	L	W	L	1948-12-25	Rochdale	H
7	0	Carlisle United	20	7	2	1	25	20	1	2	7	8	23	0.767	20	L	L	W	L	W	1948-12-25	Darlington	A
8	0	Crewe Alexandra	19	6	2	1	14	6	2	2	6	13	30	0.75	20	D	L	W	L	W	1948-12-25	Chester	H
9	0	Gateshead	20	4	4	3	20	16	2	3	4	12	14	1.067	19	L	D	D	D	W	1948-12-25	Hartlepools United	H
10	3	Mansfield Town	20	6	2	1	20	9	0	5	6	8	18	1.037	19	D	L	D	D	L	1948-12-27	Wrexham	H
11	-1	Rochdale	19	6	2	2	21	10	2	1	6	9	19	1.034	19	L	W	L	D	L	1948-12-25	Stockport County	A
12	2	Hartlepools United	21	4	3	4	18	15	3	2	5	7	15	0.833	19	W	W	L	D	L	1948-12-25	Gateshead	A
13	-2	Tranmere Rovers	19	5	2	2	10	6	2	3	5	13	24	0.767	19	L	D	W	L	D	1948-12-25	Halifax Town	A
14	-2	Barrow	18	2	6	1	9	3	3	2	4	9	12	1.2	18	W	W	L	D	W	1948-12-25	Southport	A
15	1	Chester	20	7	2	2	22	9	0	2	7	6	15	1.167	18	W	W	W	D	L	1948-12-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
16	2	Halifax Town	19	6	2	3	18	14	1	1	6	6	16	0.8	17	W	L	W	L	W	1948-12-25	Tranmere Rovers	H
17	-2	Wrexham	20	4	3	2	13	15	2	2	7	10	22	0.622	17	L	L	L	W	D	1948-12-27	Mansfield Town	A
18	-1	Oldham Athletic	18	4	0	4	13	14	3	2	5	8	21	0.6	16	W	L	W	L	W	1948-12-25	Bradford City	H
19	2	Accrington Stanley	21	4	2	4	19	15	0	3	8	6	22	0.676	13	W	L	D	L	W	1948-12-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
20	-1	Southport	18	1	3	5	8	14	3	2	4	9	13	0.63	13	L	L	L	L	L	1948-12-25	Barrow	H
21	-1	New Brighton	19	3	1	6	7	9	2	2	5	8	18	0.556	13	W	W	D	L	L	1948-12-25	York City	H
22	0	Bradford City	18	1	3	5	7	13	0	3	6	4	13	0.423	8	L	D	D	L	L	1948-12-25	Oldham Athletic	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	2	Newport County	Dean Court	13,188
McGibbon	Lineups		Roffi, Comley
Bristol City	2	1	Southend United	Ashton Gate	13,685
Boxshall, Townsend	Lineups		Tippett
Ipswich Town	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Portman Road	8,751
	Lineups		Morgan
Leyton Orient	1	2	Aldershot	Brisbane Road	9,605
Neary	Lineups		Rawcliffe, McNichol
Northampton Town	4	0	Exeter City	County Ground	7,876
English, Fowler, Garrett 2	Lineups
Notts County	5	0	Torquay United	Meadow Lane	23,007
Hold, Sewell 2, Johnston, Lawton	Lineups
Port Vale	1	0	Millwall	Recreation Ground	7,738
Pointon	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	15,823
	Lineups
Walsall	4	1	Norwich City	Fellows Park	9,728
Chapman 2, Low OG, Devlin	Lineups		Ashman
Watford	4	2	Swansea Town	Vicarage Road	11,469
Cumner, Drury, Thomas 2	Lineups		Scrine 2

				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	20	10	0	0	31	2	3	4	3	14	12	3.214	30	L	W	W	D	W	1948-12-25	Reading	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	9	1	2	23	8	3	3	4	9	17	1.28	28	L	L	D	W	L	1948-12-25	Torquay United	H
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	6	3	1	14	10	3	5	2	10	9	1.263	26	D	W	W	D	W	1948-12-25	Exeter City	A
4	0	Swindon Town	22	7	3	1	23	12	3	2	6	10	23	0.943	25	D	W	W	L	W	1948-12-25	Millwall	A
5	1	Bristol Rovers	21	7	1	2	20	11	4	1	6	11	18	1.069	24	W	L	L	D	W	1948-12-25	Watford	H
6	-1	Millwall	22	6	3	1	26	13	2	4	6	13	23	1.083	23	L	W	W	W	L	1948-12-25	Swindon Town	H
7	3	Notts County	21	8	1	1	40	8	1	2	8	19	29	1.595	21	W	L	L	W	L	1948-12-25	Northampton Town	A
8	-1	Norwich City	20	7	2	2	21	7	1	2	6	11	20	1.185	20	L	W	D	L	W	1948-12-25	Southend United	H
9	-1	Reading	18	7	0	2	25	12	2	2	5	9	18	1.133	20	L	W	W	W	W	1948-12-25	Swansea Town	H
10	-1	Ipswich Town	19	5	1	3	21	13	3	3	4	18	25	1.026	20	L	W	D	L	W	1948-12-25	Walsall	A
11	2	Bristol City	19	7	2	1	17	6	1	2	6	6	17	1	20	W	W	D	W	L	1948-12-25	Aldershot	A
12	3	Walsall	19	4	3	2	18	12	4	0	6	11	16	1.036	19	W	L	L	W	D	1948-12-25	Ipswich Town	H
13	-2	Leyton Orient	20	5	2	4	24	20	1	5	3	10	15	0.971	19	L	D	W	D	W	1948-12-25	Port Vale	A
14	-2	Torquay United	20	4	2	3	14	16	3	3	5	12	24	0.65	19	L	D	L	D	W	1948-12-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
15	1	Port Vale	19	5	1	4	12	8	2	3	4	11	13	1.095	18	W	W	L	L	L	1948-12-25	Leyton Orient	H
16	-2	Exeter City	20	6	2	2	23	14	1	2	7	6	30	0.659	18	L	L	D	W	L	1948-12-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	1	Watford	20	3	6	2	16	12	1	3	5	7	14	0.885	17	W	D	D	L	W	1948-12-25	Bristol Rovers	A
18	1	Northampton Town	20	4	5	2	16	10	2	0	7	10	20	0.867	17	W	D	D	L	L	1948-12-25	Notts County	H
19	-2	Southend United	19	2	5	3	5	6	2	3	4	11	11	0.941	16	L	L	L	D	W	1948-12-25	Norwich City	A
20	0	Aldershot	20	3	1	5	14	13	3	2	6	13	19	0.844	15	W	L	D	L	L	1948-12-25	Bristol City	H
21	1	Newport County	20	3	4	2	21	17	1	1	9	16	36	0.698	13	W	L	L	W	L	1948-12-25	Crystal Palace	H
22	-1	Crystal Palace	19	2	5	2	10	11	1	1	8	4	25	0.389	12	D	W	D	L	D	1948-12-25	Newport County	A