Monday 1948-12-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	5	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Villa Park	63,572
Howarth, Ford 4	Lineups		Dunn
Bolton Wanderers	6	1	Sheffield United	Burnden Park	42,630
Moir 4, Lofthouse 2	Lineups		Jones
Derby County	2	1	Arsenal	Baseball Ground	33,378
Steel, Broome	Lineups		Lewis
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Blackpool	Leeds Road	41,322	Largest home gate 1948-49
Boot	Lineups
Liverpool	0	2	Manchester United	Anfield Road	53,325
	Lineups		Burke, Pearson
Manchester City	0	0	Everton	Maine Road	40,471
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	0	Sunderland	Ayresome Park	43,455
	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	0	Birmingham City	St James' Park	49,457
Milburn	Lineups
Portsmouth	5	2	Chelsea	Fratton Park	43,624
Harris 2, Barlow (p), Clarke, Winter OG	Lineups		Bentley 2
Preston North End	2	3	Charlton Athletic	Deepdale	34,708
Morrison 2	Lineups		Vaughan 2, Revell
Stoke City	2	1	Burnley	Victoria Ground	39,583
Steele 2	Lineups		Chew

				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	24	10	3	0	31	8	3	5	3	14	13	2.143	34	W	W	W	D	D	1949-01-01	Burnley	A
2	0	Newcastle United	24	7	3	2	22	17	6	4	2	24	14	1.484	33	W	L	W	W	D	1949-01-01	Preston North End	A
3	0	Derby County	24	10	1	1	26	11	3	6	3	15	18	1.414	33	W	D	L	L	W	1949-01-01	Sheffield United	A
4	0	Manchester United	24	5	4	2	21	11	6	4	3	28	15	1.885	30	W	D	W	D	D	1949-01-01	Arsenal	H
5	1	Stoke City	24	10	1	1	28	13	2	4	6	16	22	1.257	29	W	W	L	W	L	1949-01-01	Manchester City	H
6	2	Charlton Athletic	24	7	5	1	26	15	2	5	4	18	24	1.128	28	W	D	W	W	L	1949-01-01	Huddersfield Town	A
7	-2	Arsenal	24	7	3	2	27	10	3	4	5	12	16	1.5	27	L	D	W	L	D	1949-01-01	Manchester United	A
8	1	Bolton Wanderers	24	7	2	3	30	21	4	3	5	14	18	1.128	27	W	D	W	L	W	1949-01-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	7	3	2	27	11	3	3	6	21	27	1.263	26	L	W	W	L	W	1949-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	0	Manchester City	24	6	6	1	22	15	2	4	5	11	19	0.971	26	D	D	D	W	D	1949-01-01	Stoke City	A
11	0	Sunderland	24	6	6	0	21	9	2	3	7	10	25	0.912	25	D	W	L	D	W	1949-01-01	Liverpool	H
12	0	Birmingham City	24	6	2	4	12	7	2	5	5	14	14	1.238	23	L	W	L	D	W	1949-01-01	Chelsea	A
13	0	Liverpool	24	3	6	3	18	12	3	4	5	12	15	1.111	22	L	D	D	L	D	1949-01-01	Sunderland	A
14	0	Blackpool	24	5	3	4	12	15	2	5	5	18	22	0.811	22	L	D	L	L	W	1949-01-01	Aston Villa	A
15	0	Burnley	24	7	2	3	17	11	1	3	8	12	24	0.829	21	L	L	D	W	D	1949-01-01	Portsmouth	H
16	0	Chelsea	24	5	4	3	25	16	1	4	7	18	28	0.977	20	L	L	D	W	L	1949-01-01	Birmingham City	H
17	1	Middlesbrough	24	5	4	3	23	13	1	2	9	4	20	0.818	18	D	L	D	W	L	1949-01-01	Everton	A
18	-1	Sheffield United	24	4	4	3	18	20	2	2	9	17	30	0.7	18	L	D	W	L	W	1949-01-01	Derby County	H
19	0	Everton	24	6	3	3	16	18	1	1	10	1	25	0.395	18	D	D	L	W	L	1949-01-01	Middlesbrough	H
20	1	Huddersfield Town	24	2	5	4	9	13	3	2	8	16	34	0.532	17	W	D	L	L	D	1949-01-01	Charlton Athletic	H
21	1	Aston Villa	24	5	3	4	27	26	1	1	10	9	33	0.61	16	W	L	D	L	L	1949-01-01	Blackpool	H
22	-2	Preston North End	24	3	3	6	21	28	2	2	8	16	23	0.725	15	L	D	L	W	L	1949-01-01	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	1	Grimsby Town	Oakwell	19,848
Robledo G, Richardson	Lineups		Clifton
Cardiff City	2	0	Brentford	Ninian Park	49,236
Allen, Stevenson	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	1	Lincoln City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	20,473
Thompson 2, Smith	Lineups		Lester
Coventry City	2	1	Bury	Highfield Road	32,323
Murphy, Lockhart	Lineups		Bellis
Fulham	2	0	Bradford	Craven Cottage	22,242
McDonald 2	Lineups
Leeds United	1	3	West Ham United	Elland Road	32,577
Chisholm	Lineups		Wright 2, Dick
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Luton Town	Home Park	32,241
Boyd	Lineups		Wilson
Queens Park Rangers	4	2	Blackburn Rovers	Loftus Road	17,091
Parkinson 2, Hatton, Hartburn	Lineups		Gray (p), Westcott
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Hillsborough	59,857	Largest home gate 1948-49
Tomlinson, Quigley	Lineups		Westlake OG
Southampton	2	1	Nottingham Forest	The Dell	24,330
Wayman, Curtis	Lineups		Lee
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Leicester City	White Hart Lane	49,411
Rundle	Lineups		Griffiths

				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	24	9	2	1	28	10	5	3	4	13	11	1.952	33	L	W	W	W	L	1949-01-01	Bury	A
2	1	Southampton	24	10	1	0	32	6	3	4	6	11	18	1.792	31	W	L	W	W	W	1949-01-01	Cardiff City	H
3	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	23	9	2	0	34	8	2	6	4	10	15	1.913	30	D	W	L	W	D	1949-01-01	Lincoln City	H
4	0	Fulham	23	8	3	1	23	7	3	3	5	11	17	1.417	28	W	D	W	L	D	1949-01-01	Nottingham Forest	A
5	0	Sheffield Wednesday	24	9	2	2	28	11	2	3	6	17	24	1.286	27	W	L	W	W	L	1949-01-01	Brentford	A
6	1	Cardiff City	23	7	2	2	27	13	2	6	4	7	15	1.214	26	W	D	W	D	W	1949-01-01	Southampton	A
7	-1	Luton Town	24	6	5	0	16	6	3	3	7	17	27	1	26	D	W	W	L	W	1949-01-01	Leeds United	H
8	3	Chesterfield	24	5	3	4	17	13	3	6	3	18	20	1.061	25	W	D	W	W	L	1949-01-01	West Ham United	A
9	3	West Ham United	23	6	4	1	19	11	3	3	6	13	20	1.032	25	W	W	L	W	L	1949-01-01	Chesterfield	H
10	-2	Blackburn Rovers	23	8	2	2	29	12	2	2	7	7	23	1.029	24	L	W	L	W	W	1949-01-01	Barnsley	A
11	-2	Bury	23	7	3	2	22	13	3	1	7	13	22	1	24	L	L	L	D	W	1949-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	-2	Bradford	24	5	3	2	22	12	4	2	8	23	34	0.978	23	L	D	L	L	W	1949-01-01	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	0	Brentford	23	3	5	3	11	10	4	3	5	9	13	0.87	22	L	D	L	L	L	1949-01-01	Sheffield Wednesday	H
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	24	7	2	3	20	13	1	4	7	8	22	0.8	22	D	L	W	L	W	1949-01-01	Grimsby Town	A
15	1	Queens Park Rangers	24	7	2	3	19	15	2	2	8	7	25	0.65	22	W	L	L	W	L	1949-01-01	Bradford	A
16	1	Barnsley	24	5	4	3	22	11	2	3	7	16	30	0.927	21	W	L	L	L	W	1949-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	1	Coventry City	24	7	1	5	21	14	2	2	7	13	25	0.872	21	W	W	W	W	W	1949-01-01	Leicester City	A
18	-3	Leeds United	23	5	4	3	23	16	1	4	6	15	24	0.95	20	L	L	W	L	L	1949-01-01	Luton Town	A
19	1	Leicester City	24	3	7	2	26	21	2	2	8	9	25	0.761	19	D	L	L	D	L	1949-01-01	Coventry City	H
20	-1	Nottingham Forest	23	4	3	5	10	8	3	1	7	14	24	0.75	18	L	W	L	D	W	1949-01-01	Fulham	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	23	4	3	5	24	21	2	2	7	14	26	0.809	17	L	W	L	L	L	1949-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	0	Lincoln City	24	3	5	5	20	26	0	3	8	12	33	0.542	14	L	D	W	L	L	1949-01-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Peel Park	9,105
Goodfellow OG, Travis	Lineups
Barrow	2	1	Southport	Holker Street	9,703
Miller, Burnett	Lineups		Ball
Bradford City	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Valley Parade	13,957
Ward, Shearer	Lineups		Haddington (p)
Carlisle United	0	2	Darlington	Brunton Park	13,587
	Lineups		Bower 2
Chester	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Sealand Road	7,380
Lee	Lineups		Inskip
Hartlepools United	1	3	Gateshead	Victoria Park	9,035
Burnett	Lineups		Callender T (p), Wilbert 2
Mansfield Town	1	2	Wrexham	Field Mill	12,400
Oscroft	Lineups		Beynon, Tunnicliffe
Rochdale	2	0	Stockport County	Spotland	10,510
Dryburgh, Birch (p)	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	0	Hull City	Millmoor	22,159	Largest home gate 1948-49
	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Halifax Town	Prenton Park	6,854
Dougal OG, Bainbridge	Lineups		Mycock (p), Maguire
York City	2	1	New Brighton	Bootham Crescent	10,870
Patrick A 2	Lineups		Carter

				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	22	8	2	0	28	6	9	0	3	33	19	2.44	36	D	L	W	W	L	1949-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	Hull City	20	8	0	1	30	6	6	5	0	15	6	3.75	33	D	W	D	D	W	1949-01-01	Mansfield Town	A
3	0	Doncaster Rovers	23	5	6	1	12	3	6	1	4	16	10	2.154	29	L	D	D	W	D	1949-01-01	Barrow	A
4	0	Darlington	22	6	1	5	21	20	7	0	3	21	15	1.2	27	W	D	L	W	L	1949-01-01	Rochdale	H
5	1	York City	20	8	0	2	33	10	2	3	5	10	20	1.433	23	W	L	W	L	W	1949-01-01	Halifax Town	H
6	1	Gateshead	22	5	4	3	22	17	3	3	4	15	15	1.156	23	W	W	L	D	D	1949-01-01	Chester	H
7	-2	Crewe Alexandra	21	7	2	1	15	6	2	3	6	14	31	0.784	23	D	W	D	L	W	1949-01-01	Stockport County	A
8	3	Rochdale	21	7	2	2	23	10	2	2	6	11	21	1.097	22	W	D	L	W	L	1949-01-01	Darlington	A
9	0	Tranmere Rovers	21	5	3	2	12	8	3	3	5	14	24	0.813	22	D	W	L	D	W	1949-01-01	Rotherham United	H
10	2	Barrow	20	3	6	1	11	4	3	3	4	9	12	1.25	21	W	D	W	W	L	1949-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
11	-3	Stockport County	22	5	5	1	18	10	1	4	6	10	22	0.875	21	L	D	D	W	L	1949-01-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	-2	Carlisle United	22	7	2	2	25	22	1	3	7	10	25	0.745	21	L	D	L	L	W	1949-01-01	Southport	H
13	2	Chester	22	7	3	2	23	10	0	2	8	6	16	1.115	19	D	L	W	W	W	1949-01-01	Gateshead	A
14	-1	Mansfield Town	21	6	2	2	21	11	0	5	6	8	18	1	19	L	D	L	D	D	1949-01-01	Hull City	H
15	-1	Hartlepools United	23	4	3	5	19	18	3	2	6	8	17	0.771	19	L	L	W	W	L	1949-01-01	New Brighton	H
16	1	Wrexham	21	4	3	2	13	15	3	2	7	12	23	0.658	19	W	L	L	L	W	1949-01-01	Bradford City	H
17	-1	Halifax Town	21	6	2	4	18	15	1	2	6	8	18	0.788	18	D	L	W	L	W	1949-01-01	York City	A
18	2	Accrington Stanley	23	5	2	4	21	15	0	4	8	6	22	0.73	16	W	D	W	L	D	1949-01-01	Oldham Athletic	A
19	-1	Oldham Athletic	20	4	0	5	14	16	3	2	6	9	23	0.59	16	L	L	W	L	W	1949-01-01	Accrington Stanley	H
20	-1	New Brighton	21	4	1	6	10	10	2	2	6	9	20	0.633	15	L	W	W	W	D	1949-01-01	Hartlepools United	A
21	0	Southport	20	1	4	5	8	14	3	2	5	10	15	0.621	14	L	D	L	L	L	1949-01-01	Carlisle United	A
22	0	Bradford City	20	2	3	5	9	14	1	3	6	6	14	0.536	12	W	W	L	D	D	1949-01-01	Wrexham	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Exeter City	Goldstone Ground	19,483
Lewis, Lancelotte	Lineups
Bristol City	1	1	Aldershot	Ashton Gate	19,541
Townsend	Lineups		Rawcliffe
Crystal Palace	0	1	Newport County	Selhurst Park	10,951
	Lineups		Parker
Ipswich Town	3	2	Walsall	Portman Road	10,432
McGinn, Parker S 2	Lineups		Chapman 2
Leyton Orient	2	0	Port Vale	Brisbane Road	8,953
Neary 2	Lineups
Notts County	2	0	Northampton Town	Meadow Lane	31,171
Hold, Sewell	Lineups
Southend United	2	2	Norwich City	Greyhound Stadium	14,000
Grant, Tippett	Lineups		Morgan G G, Eyre
Swansea Town	2	1	Reading	Vetch Field	27,508
Payne, McCrory	Lineups		Cryle
Swindon Town	2	0	Millwall	County Ground	20,008
Jones 2	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Plainmoor	10,174
Collins	Lineups		McGibbon
Watford	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Vicarage Road	11,949
	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	22	11	0	0	33	3	4	4	3	16	12	3.267	34	W	W	L	W	W	1949-01-01	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	24	10	1	2	28	8	3	4	4	10	18	1.462	31	D	W	L	L	D	1949-01-01	Swansea Town	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	7	3	1	16	10	3	6	2	11	10	1.35	29	W	D	D	W	W	1949-01-01	Leyton Orient	H
4	0	Bristol Rovers	23	8	1	2	23	12	4	2	6	11	18	1.133	27	D	W	W	L	L	1949-01-01	Notts County	H
5	1	Swindon Town	24	8	3	1	25	12	3	2	7	11	26	0.947	27	W	L	D	W	W	1949-01-01	Southend United	A
6	1	Notts County	23	9	1	1	42	8	2	2	8	21	30	1.658	25	W	W	W	L	L	1949-01-01	Bristol Rovers	A
7	-2	Millwall	24	7	3	1	29	14	2	4	7	13	25	1.077	25	L	W	L	W	W	1949-01-01	Crystal Palace	H
8	0	Norwich City	22	8	2	2	24	7	1	3	6	13	22	1.276	23	D	W	L	W	D	1949-01-01	Exeter City	H
9	4	Ipswich Town	21	6	1	3	24	15	3	3	5	19	27	1.024	22	W	L	L	W	D	1949-01-01	Newport County	A
10	0	Bristol City	21	7	3	1	18	7	1	3	6	6	17	1	22	D	D	W	W	D	1949-01-01	Northampton Town	A
11	-2	Walsall	21	5	3	2	20	13	4	0	7	13	19	1.031	21	L	W	W	L	L	1949-01-01	Torquay United	A
12	2	Leyton Orient	22	6	2	4	26	20	1	5	4	10	18	0.947	21	W	L	L	D	W	1949-01-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
13	-2	Port Vale	21	6	1	4	15	8	2	3	5	11	15	1.13	20	L	W	W	W	L	1949-01-01	Aldershot	A
14	-2	Reading	20	7	0	3	25	14	2	2	6	10	20	1.029	20	L	L	L	W	W	1949-01-01	Watford	H
15	1	Torquay United	22	4	3	3	15	17	3	3	6	12	29	0.587	20	D	L	L	D	L	1949-01-01	Walsall	H
16	-1	Exeter City	22	6	3	2	24	15	1	2	8	6	32	0.638	19	L	D	L	L	D	1949-01-01	Norwich City	A
17	1	Watford	22	3	7	2	16	12	1	3	6	8	17	0.828	18	D	L	W	D	D	1949-01-01	Reading	A
18	1	Aldershot	22	3	2	5	14	13	3	3	6	14	20	0.848	17	D	D	W	L	D	1949-01-01	Port Vale	H
19	1	Southend United	21	2	6	3	7	8	2	3	5	11	14	0.818	17	D	L	L	L	L	1949-01-01	Swindon Town	H
20	1	Newport County	22	4	4	2	26	17	2	1	9	17	36	0.811	17	W	W	W	L	L	1949-01-01	Ipswich Town	H
21	-4	Northampton Town	22	4	5	3	17	12	2	0	8	10	22	0.794	17	L	L	W	D	D	1949-01-01	Bristol City	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	21	2	5	3	10	12	1	1	9	4	30	0.333	12	L	L	D	W	D	1949-01-01	Millwall	A