Saturday 1948-12-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	3	Derby County	Highbury	40,665
Logie, Rooke, McPherson	Lineups		Harrison, Broome, Powell
Birmingham City	2	0	Newcastle United	St Andrew's	42,000
Trigg, Roberts	Lineups
Blackpool	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Bloomfield Road	29,244
	Lineups
Burnley	1	3	Stoke City	Turf Moor	39,262	Largest home gate 1948-49
Potts	Lineups		Bowyer 3
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Preston North End	The Valley	28,119
	Lineups
Chelsea	1	2	Portsmouth	Stamford Bridge	43,422
Jones	Lineups		Harris 2
Everton	0	0	Manchester City	Goodison Park	37,444
	Lineups
Manchester United	0	0	Liverpool	Maine Road	47,788
	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Bramall Lane	39,676
Jones	Lineups		Bradley
Sunderland	1	0	Middlesbrough	Roker Park	43,692
Turnbull	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	0	Aston Villa	Molineux	39,640
Pye 2, Smyth 2	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	1	Portsmouth	23	9	3	0	26	6	3	5	3	14	13	2.105	32	W	W	D	D	W	1948-12-27	Chelsea	H
2	-1	Newcastle United	23	6	3	2	21	17	6	4	2	24	14	1.452	31	L	W	W	D	L	1948-12-27	Birmingham City	H
3	0	Derby County	23	9	1	1	24	10	3	6	3	15	18	1.393	31	D	L	L	W	L	1948-12-27	Arsenal	H
4	0	Manchester United	23	5	4	2	21	11	5	4	3	26	15	1.808	28	D	W	D	D	W	1948-12-27	Liverpool	A
5	0	Arsenal	23	7	3	2	27	10	3	4	4	11	14	1.583	27	D	W	L	D	L	1948-12-27	Derby County	A
6	0	Stoke City	23	9	1	1	26	12	2	4	6	16	22	1.235	27	W	L	W	L	W	1948-12-27	Burnley	H
7	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	7	3	2	27	11	3	3	5	20	22	1.424	26	W	W	L	W	D	1948-12-27	Aston Villa	A
8	-1	Charlton Athletic	23	7	5	1	26	15	1	5	4	15	22	1.108	26	D	W	W	L	D	1948-12-27	Preston North End	A
9	0	Bolton Wanderers	23	6	2	3	24	20	4	3	5	14	18	1	25	D	W	L	W	L	1948-12-27	Sheffield United	H
10	0	Manchester City	23	6	5	1	22	15	2	4	5	11	19	0.971	25	D	D	W	D	W	1948-12-27	Everton	H
11	0	Sunderland	23	6	6	0	21	9	2	2	7	10	25	0.912	24	W	L	D	W	L	1948-12-27	Middlesbrough	A
12	1	Birmingham City	23	6	2	4	12	7	2	5	4	14	13	1.3	23	W	L	D	W	L	1948-12-27	Newcastle United	A
13	-1	Liverpool	23	3	6	2	18	10	3	4	5	12	15	1.2	22	D	D	L	D	L	1948-12-27	Manchester United	H
14	1	Blackpool	23	5	3	4	12	15	2	5	4	18	21	0.833	22	D	L	L	W	D	1948-12-27	Huddersfield Town	A
15	-1	Burnley	23	7	2	3	17	11	1	3	7	11	22	0.848	21	L	D	W	D	W	1948-12-27	Stoke City	A
16	0	Chelsea	23	5	4	3	25	16	1	4	6	16	23	1.051	20	L	D	W	L	W	1948-12-27	Portsmouth	A
17	1	Sheffield United	23	4	4	3	18	20	2	2	8	16	24	0.773	18	D	W	L	W	W	1948-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
18	-1	Middlesbrough	23	5	3	3	23	13	1	2	9	4	20	0.818	17	L	D	W	L	L	1948-12-27	Sunderland	H
19	0	Everton	23	6	3	3	16	18	1	0	10	1	25	0.395	17	D	L	W	L	W	1948-12-27	Manchester City	A
20	0	Preston North End	23	3	3	5	19	25	2	2	8	16	23	0.729	15	D	L	W	L	D	1948-12-27	Charlton Athletic	H
21	1	Huddersfield Town	23	1	5	4	8	13	3	2	8	16	34	0.511	15	D	L	L	D	W	1948-12-27	Blackpool	H
22	-1	Aston Villa	23	4	3	4	22	25	1	1	10	9	33	0.534	14	L	D	L	L	L	1948-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Ewood Park	31,526	Largest home gate 1948-49
Graham, Wharton	Lineups
Bradford	1	1	Fulham	Park Avenue	20,745
Deplidge	Lineups		Stevens
Brentford	1	1	Cardiff City	Griffin Park	22,813
Monk	Lineups		Allen
Bury	0	2	Coventry City	Gigg Lane	15,503
	Lineups		Roberts, Murphy
Grimsby Town	3	0	Barnsley	Blundell Park	18,369
Briggs, Cairns, Clifton	Lineups
Leicester City	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Filbert Street	30,949
Paterson	Lineups		Burgess, Bennett
Lincoln City	2	2	Chesterfield	Sincil Bank	18,418
Hutchinson, Windle	Lineups		Capel, Halton
Luton Town	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Kenilworth Road	17,109
Amsion 2, Kiernan	Lineups		Strauss
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Southampton	City Ground	25,151
Edwards, Hullett	Lineups		Curtis
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	The Hawthorns	34,881
Vernon	Lineups
West Ham United	3	2	Leeds United	Upton Park	20,660
Wright 2, Corbett	Lineups		Holley, Browning

				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	23	9	2	1	28	10	5	3	3	12	9	2.105	33	W	W	W	L	W	1948-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	1	0	33	7	2	6	4	10	15	1.955	29	W	L	W	D	D	1948-12-27	Leicester City	H
3	-1	Southampton	23	9	1	0	30	5	3	4	6	11	18	1.783	29	L	W	W	W	L	1948-12-27	Nottingham Forest	H
4	0	Fulham	22	7	3	1	21	7	3	3	5	11	17	1.333	26	D	W	L	D	W	1948-12-27	Bradford	H
5	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	8	2	2	26	10	2	3	6	17	24	1.265	25	L	W	W	L	W	1948-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	2	Luton Town	23	6	5	0	16	6	3	2	7	16	26	1	25	W	W	L	W	D	1948-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
7	0	Cardiff City	22	6	2	2	25	13	2	6	4	7	15	1.143	24	D	W	D	W	W	1948-12-27	Brentford	H
8	1	Blackburn Rovers	22	8	2	2	29	12	2	2	6	5	19	1.097	24	W	L	W	W	W	1948-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	-3	Bury	22	7	3	2	22	13	3	1	6	12	20	1.03	24	L	L	D	W	W	1948-12-27	Coventry City	A
10	0	Bradford	23	5	3	2	22	12	4	2	7	23	32	1.023	23	D	L	L	W	W	1948-12-27	Fulham	A
11	0	Chesterfield	23	4	3	4	14	12	3	6	3	18	20	1	23	D	W	W	L	L	1948-12-27	Lincoln City	H
12	1	West Ham United	22	6	4	1	19	11	2	3	6	10	19	0.967	23	W	L	W	L	W	1948-12-27	Leeds United	A
13	-1	Brentford	22	3	5	3	11	10	4	3	4	9	11	0.952	22	D	L	L	L	W	1948-12-27	Cardiff City	A
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	23	7	1	3	19	12	1	4	7	8	22	0.794	21	L	W	L	W	D	1948-12-27	Luton Town	H
15	0	Leeds United	22	5	4	2	22	13	1	4	6	15	24	1	20	L	W	L	L	L	1948-12-27	West Ham United	H
16	0	Queens Park Rangers	23	6	2	3	15	13	2	2	8	7	25	0.579	20	L	L	W	L	L	1948-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	0	Barnsley	23	4	4	3	20	10	2	3	7	16	30	0.9	19	L	L	L	W	L	1948-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
18	1	Coventry City	23	6	1	5	19	13	2	2	7	13	25	0.842	19	W	W	W	W	L	1948-12-27	Bury	H
19	1	Nottingham Forest	22	4	3	5	10	8	3	1	6	13	22	0.767	18	W	L	D	W	L	1948-12-27	Southampton	A
20	-2	Leicester City	23	3	7	2	26	21	2	1	8	8	24	0.756	18	L	L	D	L	D	1948-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
21	0	Grimsby Town	22	4	3	5	24	21	2	2	6	13	24	0.822	17	W	L	L	L	D	1948-12-27	Barnsley	A
22	0	Lincoln City	23	3	5	5	20	26	0	3	7	11	30	0.554	14	D	W	L	L	D	1948-12-27	Chesterfield	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Chester	Gresty Road	8,587
Meaney	Lineups
Darlington	2	2	Carlisle United	Feethams Ground	9,317
Clarke (p), Ward	Lineups		Yates, Burke (p)
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Accrington Stanley	Belle Vue	12,220
	Lineups
Gateshead	2	1	Hartlepools United	Redheugh Park	7,146
Ingham, Robinson	Lineups		Sherratt
Halifax Town	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	The Shay	11,493
	Lineups		Barrie
Hull City	3	2	Rotherham United	Boothferry Park	54,652	Largest home & D 3N gate 1948-49
Buchan 2, Bloxham	Lineups		Shaw, Lowder
New Brighton	3	1	York City	Tower Athletic Grounds	4,772
McClure 2, Roberts S	Lineups		Price
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Bradford City	Boundary Park	22,919
Jessop	Lineups		Woollett 2
Southport	0	0	Barrow	Haig Avenue	8,374
	Lineups
Stockport County	2	2	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	10,641
Herd, Barkas	Lineups		Moss, Dryburgh

				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	21	8	1	0	28	6	9	0	3	33	19	2.44	35	L	W	W	L	W	1948-12-27	Hull City	H
2	0	Hull City	19	8	0	1	30	6	6	4	0	15	6	3.75	32	W	D	D	W	W	1948-12-27	Rotherham United	A
3	0	Doncaster Rovers	22	5	6	1	12	3	6	1	3	16	8	2.545	29	D	D	W	D	W	1948-12-27	Accrington Stanley	A
4	0	Darlington	21	6	1	5	21	20	6	0	3	19	15	1.143	25	D	L	W	L	L	1948-12-27	Carlisle United	A
5	3	Crewe Alexandra	20	7	2	1	15	6	2	2	6	13	30	0.778	22	W	D	L	W	L	1948-12-27	Chester	A
6	-1	York City	19	7	0	2	31	9	2	3	5	10	20	1.414	21	L	W	L	W	D	1948-12-27	New Brighton	H
7	2	Gateshead	21	5	4	3	22	17	2	3	4	12	14	1.097	21	W	L	D	D	D	1948-12-27	Hartlepools United	A
8	-2	Stockport County	21	5	5	1	18	10	1	4	5	10	20	0.933	21	D	D	W	L	W	1948-12-27	Rochdale	A
9	4	Tranmere Rovers	20	5	2	2	10	6	3	3	5	14	24	0.8	21	W	L	D	W	L	1948-12-27	Halifax Town	H
10	-3	Carlisle United	21	7	2	1	25	20	1	3	7	10	25	0.778	21	D	L	L	W	L	1948-12-27	Darlington	H
11	0	Rochdale	20	6	2	2	21	10	2	2	6	11	21	1.032	20	D	L	W	L	D	1948-12-27	Stockport County	H
12	2	Barrow	19	2	6	1	9	3	3	3	4	9	12	1.2	19	D	W	W	L	D	1948-12-27	Southport	H
13	-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
14	-2	Hartlepools United	22	4	3	4	18	15	3	2	6	8	17	0.813	19	L	W	W	L	D	1948-12-27	Gateshead	H
15	0	Chester	21	7	2	2	22	9	0	2	8	6	16	1.12	18	L	W	W	W	D	1948-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	0	Halifax Town	20	6	2	4	18	15	1	1	6	6	16	0.774	17	L	W	L	W	L	1948-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
17	0	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	0	Oldham Athletic	19	4	0	5	14	16	3	2	5	8	21	0.595	16	L	W	L	W	L	1948-12-27	Bradford City	A
19	2	New Brighton	20	4	1	6	10	10	2	2	5	8	18	0.643	15	W	W	W	D	L	1948-12-27	York City	A
20	-1	Accrington Stanley	22	4	2	4	19	15	0	4	8	6	22	0.676	14	D	W	L	D	L	1948-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
21	-1	Southport	19	1	4	5	8	14	3	2	4	9	13	0.63	14	D	L	L	L	L	1948-12-27	Barrow	A
22	0	Bradford City	19	1	3	5	7	13	1	3	6	6	14	0.481	10	W	L	D	D	L	1948-12-27	Oldham Athletic	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	0	0	Bristol City	Recreation Ground	5,117
	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	0	Torquay United	Dean Court	12,463
McGibbon 4, Cheney	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Watford	Eastville	14,367
Petherbridge 2, Lambden	Lineups		Thomas
Exeter City	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	St James Park	8,037
Mackay	Lineups		McNichol
Millwall	3	1	Swindon Town	The Den, New Cross	20,546
Hurrell 2, Sutcliffe	Lineups		Owen
Newport County	5	0	Crystal Palace	Somerton Park	15,115
Carr 2, Comley 2, Harper	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	2	Notts County	County Ground	17,724	Largest home gate 1948-49
Garrett	Lineups		Johnston, Sewell
Norwich City	3	0	Southend United	Carrow Road	22,202
Ashman, Church, Kinsey	Lineups
Port Vale	3	0	Leyton Orient	Recreation Ground	9,480
Allen, Pointon, Hubbick	Lineups
Reading	0	2	Swansea Town	Elm Park	15,011
	Lineups		Lucas, Scrine
Walsall	2	1	Ipswich Town	Fellows Park	12,956
Mullard, Chapman	Lineups		Parker T

				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	21	10	0	0	31	2	4	4	3	16	12	3.357	32	W	L	W	W	D	1948-12-27	Reading	H
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	23	10	1	2	28	8	3	3	4	9	17	1.48	30	W	L	L	D	W	1948-12-27	Torquay United	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	6	3	1	14	10	3	6	2	11	10	1.25	27	D	D	W	W	D	1948-12-27	Exeter City	H
4	1	Bristol Rovers	22	8	1	2	23	12	4	1	6	11	18	1.133	26	W	W	L	L	D	1948-12-27	Watford	A
5	1	Millwall	23	7	3	1	29	14	2	4	6	13	23	1.135	25	W	L	W	W	W	1948-12-27	Swindon Town	A
6	-2	Swindon Town	23	7	3	1	23	12	3	2	7	11	26	0.895	25	L	D	W	W	L	1948-12-27	Millwall	H
7	0	Notts County	22	8	1	1	40	8	2	2	8	21	30	1.605	23	W	W	L	L	W	1948-12-27	Northampton Town	H
8	0	Norwich City	21	8	2	2	24	7	1	2	6	11	20	1.296	22	W	L	W	D	L	1948-12-27	Southend United	A
9	3	Walsall	20	5	3	2	20	13	4	0	6	11	16	1.069	21	W	W	L	L	W	1948-12-27	Ipswich Town	A
10	1	Bristol City	20	7	2	1	17	6	1	3	6	6	17	1	21	D	W	W	D	W	1948-12-27	Aldershot	H
11	4	Port Vale	20	6	1	4	15	8	2	3	4	11	13	1.238	20	W	W	W	L	L	1948-12-27	Leyton Orient	A
12	-3	Reading	19	7	0	3	25	14	2	2	5	9	18	1.063	20	L	L	W	W	W	1948-12-27	Swansea Town	A
13	-3	Ipswich Town	20	5	1	3	21	13	3	3	5	19	27	1	20	L	L	W	D	L	1948-12-27	Walsall	H
14	-1	Leyton Orient	21	5	2	4	24	20	1	5	4	10	18	0.895	19	L	L	D	W	D	1948-12-27	Port Vale	H
15	1	Exeter City	21	6	3	2	24	15	1	2	7	6	30	0.667	19	D	L	L	D	W	1948-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	-2	Torquay United	21	4	2	3	14	16	3	3	6	12	29	0.578	19	L	L	D	L	D	1948-12-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
17	1	Northampton Town	21	4	5	3	17	12	2	0	7	10	20	0.844	17	L	W	D	D	L	1948-12-27	Notts County	A
18	-1	Watford	21	3	6	2	16	12	1	3	6	8	17	0.828	17	L	W	D	D	L	1948-12-27	Bristol Rovers	H
19	1	Aldershot	21	3	2	5	14	13	3	2	6	13	19	0.844	16	D	W	L	D	L	1948-12-27	Bristol City	A
20	-1	Southend United	20	2	5	3	5	6	2	3	5	11	14	0.8	16	L	L	L	L	D	1948-12-27	Norwich City	H
21	0	Newport County	21	4	4	2	26	17	1	1	9	16	36	0.792	15	W	W	L	L	W	1948-12-27	Crystal Palace	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	20	2	5	2	10	11	1	1	9	4	30	0.341	12	L	D	W	D	L	1948-12-27	Newport County	H