Saturday 1949-01-01

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	5	Blackpool	Villa Park	28,722
Edwards, Goffin	Lineups		Munro, Mortensen, Kelly, Rickett, Matthews
Burnley	2	1	Portsmouth	Turf Moor	31,045
McLaren, Chew	Lineups		Bray OG
Chelsea	2	0	Birmingham City	Stamford Bridge	28,850
Harris (p), Campbell	Lineups
Everton	3	1	Middlesbrough	Goodison Park	39,445
Eglington 2, Stevenson	Lineups		Spuhler
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Leeds Road	20,937
Smith	Lineups		Fenton, Vaughan
Manchester United	2	0	Arsenal	Maine Road	61,288
Burke, Mitten	Lineups
Preston North End	2	1	Newcastle United	Deepdale	39,428	Largest home gate 1948-49
Langton 2	Lineups		Taylor
Sheffield United	3	1	Derby County	Bramall Lane	41,273
Warhurst, Jones, Hagan	Lineups		Leuty
Stoke City	2	3	Manchester City	Victoria Ground	27,616
Steele, Bowyer	Lineups		Smith 2, Clarke
Sunderland	0	2	Liverpool	Roker Park	43,109
	Lineups		Hall OG, Liddell (p)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Molineux	27,110
Mullen 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	0	Portsmouth	25	10	3	0	31	8	3	5	4	15	15	2	34	L	W	W	W	D	1949-01-15	Stoke City	H
2	0	Newcastle United	25	7	3	2	22	17	6	4	3	25	16	1.424	33	L	W	L	W	W	1949-01-15	Burnley	H
3	0	Derby County	25	10	1	1	26	11	3	6	4	16	21	1.313	33	L	W	D	L	L	1949-01-22	Sunderland	A
4	0	Manchester United	25	6	4	2	23	11	6	4	3	28	15	1.962	32	W	W	D	W	D	1949-01-22	Manchester City	H
5	1	Charlton Athletic	25	7	5	1	26	15	3	5	4	20	25	1.15	30	W	W	D	W	W	1949-01-15	Manchester City	A
6	-1	Stoke City	25	10	1	2	30	16	2	4	6	16	22	1.211	29	L	W	W	L	W	1949-01-15	Portsmouth	A
7	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	8	3	2	29	11	3	3	6	21	27	1.316	28	W	L	W	W	L	1949-01-22	Blackpool	H
8	2	Manchester City	25	6	6	1	22	15	3	4	5	14	21	1	28	W	D	D	D	W	1949-01-15	Charlton Athletic	H
9	-2	Arsenal	25	7	3	2	27	10	3	4	6	12	18	1.393	27	L	L	D	W	L	1949-01-15	Sheffield United	H
10	-2	Bolton Wanderers	25	7	2	3	30	21	4	3	6	14	20	1.073	27	L	W	D	W	L	1949-01-22	Liverpool	H
11	0	Sunderland	25	6	6	1	21	11	2	3	7	10	25	0.861	25	L	D	W	L	D	1949-01-15	Blackpool	A
12	1	Liverpool	25	3	6	3	18	12	4	4	5	14	15	1.185	24	W	L	D	D	L	1949-01-22	Bolton Wanderers	A
13	1	Blackpool	25	5	3	4	12	15	3	5	5	23	24	0.897	24	W	L	D	L	L	1949-01-15	Sunderland	H
14	-2	Birmingham City	25	6	2	4	12	7	2	5	6	14	16	1.13	23	L	L	W	L	D	1949-01-22	Preston North End	A
15	0	Burnley	25	8	2	3	19	12	1	3	8	12	24	0.861	23	W	L	L	D	W	1949-01-15	Newcastle United	A
16	0	Chelsea	25	6	4	3	27	16	1	4	7	18	28	1.023	22	W	L	L	D	W	1949-01-22	Everton	A
17	1	Sheffield United	25	5	4	3	21	21	2	2	9	17	30	0.745	20	W	L	D	W	L	1949-01-15	Arsenal	A
18	1	Everton	25	7	3	3	19	19	1	1	10	1	25	0.455	20	W	D	D	L	W	1949-01-22	Chelsea	H
19	-2	Middlesbrough	25	5	4	3	23	13	1	2	10	5	23	0.778	18	L	D	L	D	W	1949-01-15	Preston North End	H
20	2	Preston North End	25	4	3	6	23	29	2	2	8	16	23	0.75	17	W	L	D	L	W	1949-01-15	Middlesbrough	A
21	-1	Huddersfield Town	25	2	5	5	10	15	3	2	8	16	34	0.531	17	L	W	D	L	L	1949-01-22	Sheffield United	A
22	-1	Aston Villa	25	5	3	5	29	31	1	1	10	9	33	0.594	16	L	W	L	D	L	1949-01-22	Arsenal	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Oakwell	18,708
Richardson	Lineups		Westcott
Bradford	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Park Avenue	15,178
	Lineups
Brentford	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Griffin Park	16,753
Buchanan, Monk	Lineups		Woodhead
Bury	4	0	West Bromwich Albion	Gigg Lane	16,861
Whitworth, Massart 2, Worthington	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Blundell Park	12,175
Briggs, Cairns	Lineups		Strauss 2
Leicester City	3	1	Coventry City	Filbert Street	33,230
Revie, Lee, Barrett OG	Lineups		Dearson
Luton Town	0	0	Leeds United	Kenilworth Road	15,310
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Fulham	City Ground	19,791
	Lineups		Rowley, McDonald
Southampton	2	0	Cardiff City	The Dell	20,937
Wayman, Scott	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Lincoln City	White Hart Lane	33,218
Jones	Lineups		Dodds 2
West Ham United	1	2	Chesterfield	Upton Park	16,946
Woodgate	Lineups		Thompson, Capel

				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	Southampton	25	11	1	0	34	6	3	4	6	11	18	1.875	33	W	W	L	W	W	1949-01-22	Luton Town	H
2	-1	West Bromwich Albion	25	9	2	1	28	10	5	3	5	13	15	1.64	33	L	L	W	W	W	1949-01-15	West Ham United	H
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	9	2	1	35	10	2	6	4	10	15	1.8	30	L	D	W	L	W	1949-01-15	Chesterfield	A
4	0	Fulham	24	8	3	1	23	7	4	3	5	13	17	1.5	30	W	W	D	W	L	1949-01-15	Bury	H
5	0	Sheffield Wednesday	25	9	2	2	28	11	2	3	7	18	26	1.243	27	L	W	L	W	W	1949-01-22	Leeds United	A
6	2	Chesterfield	25	5	3	4	17	13	4	6	3	20	21	1.088	27	W	W	D	W	W	1949-01-15	Tottenham Hotspur	H
7	0	Luton Town	25	6	6	0	16	6	3	3	7	17	27	1	27	D	D	W	W	L	1949-01-15	Bradford	H
8	-2	Cardiff City	24	7	2	2	27	13	2	6	5	7	17	1.133	26	L	W	D	W	D	1949-01-15	Barnsley	H
9	2	Bury	24	8	3	2	26	13	3	1	7	13	22	1.114	26	W	L	L	L	D	1949-01-15	Fulham	A
10	0	Blackburn Rovers	24	8	2	2	29	12	2	3	7	8	24	1.028	25	D	L	W	L	W	1949-01-15	Grimsby Town	H
11	-2	West Ham United	24	6	4	2	20	13	3	3	6	13	20	1	25	L	W	W	L	W	1949-01-15	West Bromwich Albion	A
12	0	Bradford	25	5	4	2	22	12	4	2	8	23	34	0.978	24	D	L	D	L	L	1949-01-15	Luton Town	A
13	0	Brentford	24	4	5	3	13	11	4	3	5	9	13	0.917	24	W	L	D	L	L	1949-01-15	Lincoln City	A
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	25	7	2	3	20	13	1	5	7	10	24	0.811	23	D	D	L	W	L	1949-01-22	Fulham	A
15	0	Queens Park Rangers	25	7	2	3	19	15	2	3	8	7	25	0.65	23	D	W	L	L	W	1949-01-22	Barnsley	A
16	0	Barnsley	25	5	5	3	23	12	2	3	7	16	30	0.929	22	D	W	L	L	L	1949-01-15	Cardiff City	A
17	1	Leeds United	24	5	4	3	23	16	1	5	6	15	24	0.95	21	D	L	L	W	L	1949-01-15	Coventry City	A
18	-1	Coventry City	25	7	1	5	21	14	2	2	8	14	28	0.833	21	L	W	W	W	W	1949-01-15	Leeds United	H
19	0	Leicester City	25	4	7	2	29	22	2	2	8	9	25	0.809	21	W	D	L	L	D	1949-01-22	Lincoln City	H
20	1	Grimsby Town	24	4	4	5	26	23	2	2	7	14	26	0.816	18	D	L	W	L	L	1949-01-15	Blackburn Rovers	A
21	-1	Nottingham Forest	24	4	3	6	10	10	3	1	7	14	24	0.706	18	L	L	W	L	D	1949-01-22	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Lincoln City	25	3	5	5	20	26	1	3	8	14	34	0.567	16	W	L	D	W	L	1949-01-15	Brentford	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Holker Street	8,237
Burnett, Mycock, Rogers	Lineups		Tindill
Carlisle United	4	2	Southport	Brunton Park	9,496
Yates 2, Walshaw, Bragg OG	Lineups		Marriott, Owens
Darlington	6	1	Rochdale	Feethams Ground	9,887
Bower 2, Ward 2, Quinn 2	Lineups		Middlebrough
Gateshead	2	1	Chester	Redheugh Park	8,720
Wilbert, Atkinson	Lineups		Burgess
Hartlepools United	3	1	New Brighton	Victoria Park	7,891
Hughes (p), Sloan 2	Lineups		Taylor
Mansfield Town	1	1	Hull City	Field Mill	11,735
Devey	Lineups		Buchan
Oldham Athletic	4	3	Accrington Stanley	Boundary Park	13,205
Tomlinson, Gemmell, Haddington 2	Lineups		Keeley 2, Butler
Stockport County	4	0	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	9,779
Swinscoe 2, Dainty 2	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Rotherham United	Prenton Park	9,502
Bainbridge, Eastham	Lineups		Grainger
Wrexham	5	0	Bradford City	Racecourse Ground	4,291
Beynon 2, Berkenshaw OG, Grainger, Boothway	Lineups
York City	2	2	Halifax Town	Bootham Crescent	9,175
Patrick M, Rudd	Lineups		Birch, Howsam

				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	23	8	2	0	28	6	9	0	4	34	21	2.296	36	L	D	L	W	W	1949-01-15	Mansfield Town	H
2	0	Hull City	21	8	0	1	30	6	6	6	0	16	7	3.538	34	D	D	W	D	D	1949-01-15	Barrow	H
3	0	Doncaster Rovers	24	5	6	1	12	3	6	1	5	17	13	1.813	29	L	L	D	D	W	1949-01-08	York City	A
4	0	Darlington	23	7	1	5	27	21	7	0	3	21	15	1.333	29	W	W	D	L	W	1949-01-15	New Brighton	A
5	1	Gateshead	23	6	4	3	24	18	3	3	4	15	15	1.182	25	W	W	W	L	D	1949-01-15	Southport	A
6	-1	York City	21	8	1	2	35	12	2	3	5	10	20	1.406	24	D	W	L	W	L	1949-01-08	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	2	Tranmere Rovers	22	6	3	2	14	9	3	3	5	14	24	0.848	24	W	D	W	L	D	1949-01-15	Accrington Stanley	A
8	2	Barrow	21	4	6	1	14	5	3	3	4	9	12	1.353	23	W	W	D	W	W	1949-01-08	Bradford City	A
9	2	Stockport County	23	6	5	1	22	10	1	4	6	10	22	1	23	W	L	D	D	W	1949-01-15	York City	A
10	2	Carlisle United	23	8	2	2	29	24	1	3	7	10	25	0.796	23	W	L	D	L	L	1949-01-15	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	-4	Crewe Alexandra	22	7	2	1	15	6	2	3	7	14	35	0.707	23	L	D	W	D	L	1949-01-15	Carlisle United	H
12	-4	Rochdale	22	7	2	2	23	10	2	2	7	12	27	0.946	22	L	W	D	L	W	1949-01-15	Oldham Athletic	H
13	2	Hartlepools United	24	5	3	5	22	19	3	2	6	8	17	0.833	21	W	L	L	W	W	1949-01-08	Accrington Stanley	H
14	2	Wrexham	22	5	3	2	18	15	3	2	7	12	23	0.789	21	W	W	L	L	L	1949-01-08	Chester	H
15	-1	Mansfield Town	22	6	3	2	22	12	0	5	6	8	18	1	20	D	L	D	L	D	1949-01-15	Rotherham United	A
16	-3	Chester	23	7	3	2	23	10	0	2	9	7	18	1.071	19	L	D	L	W	W	1949-01-08	Wrexham	A
17	0	Halifax Town	22	6	2	4	18	15	1	3	6	10	20	0.8	19	D	D	L	W	L	1949-01-15	Bradford City	A
18	1	Oldham Athletic	21	5	0	5	18	19	3	2	6	9	23	0.643	18	W	L	L	W	L	1949-01-15	Rochdale	A
19	-1	Accrington Stanley	24	5	2	4	21	15	0	4	9	9	26	0.732	16	L	W	D	W	L	1949-01-08	Hartlepools United	A
20	0	New Brighton	22	4	1	6	10	10	2	2	7	10	23	0.606	15	L	L	W	W	W	1949-01-15	Darlington	H
21	0	Southport	21	1	4	5	8	14	3	2	6	12	19	0.606	14	L	L	D	L	L	1949-01-15	Gateshead	H
22	0	Bradford City	21	2	3	5	9	14	1	3	7	6	19	0.455	12	L	W	W	L	D	1949-01-08	Barrow	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	1	Port Vale	Recreation Ground	4,510
	Lineups		Pointon
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Leyton Orient	Goldstone Ground	11,992
Tennant, Lewis, Lancelotte	Lineups		Naylor
Bristol Rovers	3	2	Notts County	Eastville	12,617
Warren 2, Morgan	Lineups		Johnston, Sewell
Millwall	1	0	Crystal Palace	The Den, New Cross	19,484
Morgan	Lineups
Newport County	3	0	Ipswich Town	Somerton Park	9,465
Carr 2, Comley	Lineups
Northampton Town	3	1	Bristol City	County Ground	6,901
Fowler, Garrett, King	Lineups		Townsend
Norwich City	3	0	Exeter City	Carrow Road	18,915
Eyre, Robinson, Dutton	Lineups
Reading	3	1	Watford	Elm Park	8,441
Glidden, Green, MacPhee	Lineups		Thomas
Southend United	3	4	Swindon Town	Greyhound Stadium	6,763
Morris, Tippett, Dudley	Lineups		Owen 2, Jones, Bain
Swansea Town	2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vetch Field	19,412
McCrory, Scrine	Lineups
Torquay United	5	1	Walsall	Plainmoor	4,594
Conley 3, Collins 2	Lineups		Chapman

				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	23	12	0	0	35	3	4	4	3	16	12	3.4	36	W	W	W	L	W	1949-01-15	Ipswich Town	A
2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	8	3	1	19	11	3	6	2	11	10	1.429	31	W	W	D	D	W	1949-01-15	Port Vale	A
3	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	25	10	1	2	28	8	3	4	5	10	20	1.357	31	L	D	W	L	L	1949-01-15	Reading	H
4	0	Bristol Rovers	24	9	1	2	26	14	4	2	6	11	18	1.156	29	W	D	W	W	L	1949-01-15	Walsall	A
5	0	Swindon Town	25	8	3	1	25	12	4	2	7	15	29	0.976	29	W	W	L	D	W	1949-01-15	Northampton Town	H
6	1	Millwall	25	8	3	1	30	14	2	4	7	13	25	1.103	27	W	L	W	L	W	1949-01-15	Aldershot	H
7	-1	Notts County	24	9	1	1	42	8	2	2	9	23	33	1.585	25	L	W	W	W	L	1949-01-15	Newport County	H
8	0	Norwich City	23	9	2	2	27	7	1	3	6	13	22	1.379	25	W	D	W	L	W	1949-01-15	Bristol City	A
9	4	Port Vale	22	6	1	4	15	8	3	3	5	12	15	1.174	22	W	L	W	W	W	1949-01-08	Watford	H
10	4	Reading	21	8	0	3	28	15	2	2	6	10	20	1.086	22	W	L	L	L	W	1949-01-08	Crystal Palace	A
11	-2	Ipswich Town	22	6	1	3	24	15	3	3	6	19	30	0.956	22	L	W	L	L	W	1949-01-15	Swansea Town	H
12	-2	Bristol City	22	7	3	1	18	7	1	3	7	7	20	0.926	22	L	D	D	W	W	1949-01-15	Norwich City	H
13	2	Torquay United	23	5	3	3	20	18	3	3	6	12	29	0.681	22	W	D	L	L	D	1949-01-15	Exeter City	A
14	-3	Walsall	22	5	3	2	20	13	4	0	8	14	24	0.919	21	L	L	W	W	L	1949-01-15	Bristol Rovers	H
15	-3	Leyton Orient	23	6	2	4	26	20	1	5	5	11	21	0.902	21	L	W	L	L	D	1949-01-15	Southend United	H
16	4	Newport County	23	5	4	2	29	17	2	1	9	17	36	0.868	19	W	W	W	W	L	1949-01-15	Notts County	A
17	4	Northampton Town	23	5	5	3	20	13	2	0	8	10	22	0.857	19	W	L	L	W	D	1949-01-15	Swindon Town	A
18	-2	Exeter City	23	6	3	2	24	15	1	2	9	6	35	0.6	19	L	L	D	L	L	1949-01-15	Torquay United	H
19	-2	Watford	23	3	7	2	16	12	1	3	7	9	20	0.781	18	L	D	L	W	D	1949-01-08	Port Vale	A
20	-2	Aldershot	23	3	2	6	14	14	3	3	6	14	20	0.824	17	L	D	D	W	L	1949-01-15	Millwall	A
21	-2	Southend United	22	2	6	4	10	12	2	3	5	11	14	0.808	17	L	D	L	L	L	1949-01-15	Leyton Orient	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	22	2	5	3	10	12	1	1	10	4	31	0.326	12	L	L	L	D	W	1949-01-08	Reading	H