Good Friday 1949-04-15

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	1	Arsenal	Bloomfield Road	28,818
Mortensen	Lineups		Lewis
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Manchester United	Burnden Park	47,157	Largest home gate 1948-49
	Lineups		Carey
Burnley	3	1	Derby County	Turf Moor	30,966
Harrison, Potts, Hays	Lineups		Morris
Liverpool	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Anfield Road	47,319
	Lineups		Glazzard
Manchester City	1	0	Chelsea	Maine Road	36,554
Smith	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	0	Middlesbrough	St James' Park	64,381
Milburn	Lineups
Portsmouth	3	1	Birmingham City	Fratton Park	38,456
Reid 2, Clarke	Lineups		Dorman
Preston North End	2	1	Stoke City	Deepdale	32,548
Finney, Anders	Lineups		Bowyer
Sunderland	0	0	Aston Villa	Roker Park	51,374
	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	36	16	3	0	45	12	6	5	6	26	20	2.219	52	W	L	W	W	W	1949-04-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
2	0	Newcastle United	37	12	4	3	34	27	8	5	5	32	23	1.32	49	W	W	L	W	W	1949-04-16	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	2	Manchester City	37	10	7	2	27	17	5	5	8	17	27	1	42	W	W	W	L	D	1949-04-16	Sunderland	H
4	-1	Charlton Athletic	37	10	5	4	37	24	5	6	7	24	32	1.089	41	L	D	W	W	W	1949-04-16	Aston Villa	H
5	3	Manchester United	33	7	6	2	27	12	8	4	6	34	22	1.794	40	W	D	L	L	W	1949-04-16	Burnley	A
6	0	Arsenal	36	10	5	2	43	14	4	7	8	20	26	1.575	40	D	D	D	L	D	1949-04-16	Everton	A
7	-3	Derby County	35	13	1	2	36	19	3	7	9	18	32	1.059	40	L	L	L	W	L	1949-04-16	Chelsea	A
8	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	3	3	38	16	4	6	7	30	36	1.308	39	W	W	D	D	W	1949-04-16	Portsmouth	A
9	0	Stoke City	36	12	3	3	38	21	2	5	11	20	37	1	36	L	L	D	L	W	1949-04-16	Sheffield United	H
10	0	Burnley	37	10	6	3	27	15	2	6	10	15	28	0.977	36	W	D	D	W	D	1949-04-16	Manchester United	H
11	0	Blackpool	37	8	6	5	22	23	3	7	8	27	36	0.831	35	D	W	L	L	D	1949-04-16	Birmingham City	A
12	4	Sunderland	36	7	9	3	25	18	3	5	9	17	36	0.778	34	D	D	D	D	W	1949-04-16	Manchester City	A
13	-1	Liverpool	36	5	9	5	24	15	5	4	8	21	22	1.216	33	L	L	D	L	W	1949-04-16	Middlesbrough	A
14	-1	Chelsea	36	10	5	3	42	22	1	6	11	22	38	1.067	33	L	D	W	D	W	1949-04-16	Derby County	H
15	-1	Birmingham City	37	8	6	4	15	8	2	7	10	16	26	0.912	33	L	D	D	L	W	1949-04-16	Blackpool	H
16	-1	Bolton Wanderers	36	9	3	6	40	29	4	4	10	14	31	0.9	33	L	D	L	L	L	1949-04-16	Newcastle United	A
17	0	Aston Villa	36	9	4	5	36	33	4	3	11	15	38	0.718	33	D	W	D	D	W	1949-04-16	Charlton Athletic	A
18	0	Everton	36	10	3	4	29	24	1	5	13	7	36	0.6	30	D	L	D	L	L	1949-04-16	Arsenal	H
19	2	Huddersfield Town	36	4	6	7	13	19	6	3	10	21	41	0.567	29	W	D	W	L	L	1949-04-16	Preston North End	A
20	-1	Sheffield United	35	8	6	4	31	24	2	2	13	21	41	0.8	28	D	L	W	L	W	1949-04-16	Stoke City	A
21	1	Preston North End	36	7	5	7	33	35	2	4	11	21	33	0.794	27	W	L	W	L	D	1949-04-16	Huddersfield Town	H
22	-2	Middlesbrough	35	8	5	4	30	18	1	4	13	7	31	0.755	27	L	D	W	W	L	1949-04-16	Liverpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Cardiff City	Ewood Park	23,468
Crossan, Westcott	Lineups		Edwards
Chesterfield	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Saltergate Recreation Ground	23,493	Largest home gate 1948-49
Capel	Lineups		Froggatt
Fulham	4	1	Luton Town	Craven Cottage	35,622
Rowley 2, Stevens, Thomas R	Lineups		Owen
Grimsby Town	0	1	Southampton	Blundell Park	25,931	Largest home gate 1948-49
	Lineups		Ellerington
Lincoln City	0	1	Barnsley	Sincil Bank	15,551
	Lineups		Smith
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Bradford	City Ground	21,229
Leverton (p), Love	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Loftus Road	22,552
Stewart, Pointon	Lineups		Squires
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Brentford	White Hart Lane	39,050
Bennett, Medley	Lineups
West Ham United	4	1	Leicester City	Upton Park	32,896
Robinson 3, Woodgate	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	Southampton	38	16	2	1	47	9	7	5	7	21	24	2.061	53	W	L	L	W	W	1949-04-16	Bury	A
2	1	Fulham	37	14	4	1	48	13	6	4	8	18	21	1.941	48	W	W	D	L	D	1949-04-16	Leicester City	A
3	-1	West Bromwich Albion	35	13	3	2	37	15	7	4	6	18	20	1.571	47	W	W	D	D	W	1949-04-16	Bradford	H
4	0	Cardiff City	37	12	3	3	40	20	5	7	7	16	25	1.244	44	L	W	W	W	D	1949-04-16	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	37	13	3	3	44	15	2	10	6	14	23	1.526	43	W	L	L	D	W	1949-04-16	Grimsby Town	H
6	0	West Ham United	36	12	4	2	35	17	5	4	9	17	29	1.13	42	W	W	W	W	W	1949-04-16	Barnsley	H
7	0	Chesterfield	37	7	7	5	22	18	5	8	5	25	26	1.068	39	D	D	L	W	D	1949-04-16	Luton Town	H
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	37	12	3	3	35	16	2	6	11	23	37	1.094	37	D	L	L	W	D	1949-04-16	Cardiff City	H
9	2	Barnsley	37	8	7	3	35	15	4	5	10	22	39	1.056	36	W	W	W	D	L	1949-04-16	West Ham United	A
10	-1	Bradford	37	8	6	3	34	19	5	3	12	27	45	0.953	35	L	W	W	L	D	1949-04-16	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	-1	Luton Town	36	9	6	3	23	13	3	5	10	22	38	0.882	35	L	L	L	L	L	1949-04-16	Chesterfield	A
12	4	Queens Park Rangers	37	10	4	5	28	23	3	5	10	11	32	0.709	35	W	D	D	W	L	1949-04-16	Lincoln City	A
13	-1	Coventry City	36	11	2	5	33	18	3	4	11	20	38	0.946	34	W	W	L	W	D	1949-04-16	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	-1	Grimsby Town	36	7	5	6	38	27	5	4	9	25	38	0.969	33	L	W	D	W	L	1949-04-16	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	-1	Leeds United	37	10	5	4	35	21	1	6	11	18	37	0.914	33	L	L	W	L	W	1949-04-16	Plymouth Argyle	H
16	1	Blackburn Rovers	37	11	4	4	39	22	2	3	13	10	36	0.845	33	W	W	L	L	L	1949-04-16	Coventry City	A
17	-2	Bury	35	9	4	3	30	18	5	1	13	24	49	0.806	33	L	L	W	L	L	1949-04-16	Southampton	H
18	1	Plymouth Argyle	36	10	3	5	29	18	1	6	11	13	35	0.792	31	L	L	L	D	D	1949-04-16	Leeds United	A
19	-1	Brentford	36	6	8	4	23	17	4	3	11	11	27	0.773	31	L	L	D	D	L	1949-04-16	Nottingham Forest	H
20	0	Leicester City	35	5	9	3	37	30	3	4	11	17	38	0.794	29	L	W	L	L	D	1949-04-16	Fulham	H
21	0	Nottingham Forest	37	8	5	6	19	12	3	1	14	20	37	0.796	28	W	W	L	W	L	1949-04-16	Brentford	A
22	0	Lincoln City	38	6	6	8	31	35	1	5	12	19	48	0.602	25	L	L	W	D	L	1949-04-16	Queens Park Rangers	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	1	0	Mansfield Town	Holker Street	5,795
Mycock	Lineups
Chester	2	0	Southport	Sealand Road	7,237
Forsyth, Burgess	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	New Brighton	Gresty Road	6,256
Basford, Jones	Lineups		Carter
Darlington	1	1	Stockport County	Feethams Ground	10,037
Davison	Lineups		Davison OG
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Rotherham United	Belle Vue	32,322
	Lineups
Hartlepools United	1	0	Carlisle United	Victoria Park	8,874
Nevins	Lineups
Hull City	2	0	Gateshead	Boothferry Park	43,795
Harrison, Jensen	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Halifax Town	Boundary Park	23,607
Gemmell, Haddington	Lineups		Crossley, Hodgkinson
Tranmere Rovers	0	2	Wrexham	Prenton Park	13,450
	Lineups		Bell OG, Sharp
York City	1	1	Rochdale	Bootham Crescent	12,438
Storey	Lineups		Livesey

				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	Hull City	35	15	1	2	54	12	8	8	1	21	11	3.261	55	W	D	L	W	W	1949-04-16	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	-1	Rotherham United	37	14	3	1	42	15	11	2	6	40	26	2	55	D	W	W	W	D	1949-04-16	York City	H
3	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	9	8	2	24	10	9	1	7	25	21	1.581	45	D	W	W	W	D	1949-04-16	Southport	H
4	0	Darlington	37	9	3	7	39	33	10	2	6	39	33	1.182	43	D	W	W	L	D	1949-04-16	Barrow	A
5	1	Stockport County	36	11	5	2	37	14	3	6	9	15	31	1.156	39	D	L	D	W	L	1949-04-16	Accrington Stanley	A
6	1	York City	37	11	3	5	48	23	4	6	8	24	41	1.125	39	D	D	W	L	W	1949-04-16	Rotherham United	A
7	1	Oldham Athletic	36	10	3	5	42	26	6	4	8	22	32	1.103	39	D	D	W	L	W	1949-04-16	Carlisle United	H
8	2	Wrexham	37	11	4	3	32	21	5	3	11	21	35	0.946	39	W	L	W	L	W	1949-04-16	Rochdale	H
9	-4	Gateshead	36	9	5	4	36	22	5	5	8	23	26	1.229	38	L	D	D	L	W	1949-04-16	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	-1	Rochdale	36	11	3	4	30	15	4	5	9	18	33	1	38	D	W	W	L	L	1949-04-16	Wrexham	A
11	1	Barrow	36	9	7	3	24	11	4	4	9	12	23	1.059	37	W	L	W	W	L	1949-04-16	Darlington	H
12	-1	Tranmere Rovers	36	7	7	4	19	16	5	5	8	22	33	0.837	36	L	D	D	L	L	1949-04-16	Gateshead	H
13	2	Hartlepools United	38	9	5	6	31	25	4	4	10	10	27	0.788	35	W	W	L	D	D	1949-04-16	Mansfield Town	A
14	2	Crewe Alexandra	36	12	2	4	29	17	2	5	11	18	48	0.723	35	W	L	L	L	L	1949-04-16	Hull City	A
15	-2	Carlisle United	37	11	5	2	41	30	2	3	14	13	43	0.74	34	L	D	L	W	L	1949-04-16	Oldham Athletic	A
16	-2	Mansfield Town	37	10	6	2	34	15	0	7	12	10	31	0.957	33	L	D	L	W	L	1949-04-16	Hartlepools United	H
17	0	Chester	37	9	7	3	32	17	1	5	12	17	31	1.021	32	W	L	L	D	L	1949-04-16	Bradford City	A
18	0	Accrington Stanley	36	9	3	5	30	20	1	5	13	13	35	0.782	28	D	W	L	W	W	1949-04-16	Stockport County	H
19	0	Halifax Town	36	7	4	7	23	23	2	6	10	15	33	0.679	28	D	L	L	D	D	1949-04-16	New Brighton	H
20	0	New Brighton	36	7	3	7	16	15	3	4	12	18	37	0.654	27	L	W	L	D	D	1949-04-16	Halifax Town	A
21	0	Bradford City	35	6	5	7	23	25	2	3	12	15	36	0.623	24	L	W	W	D	L	1949-04-16	Chester	H
22	0	Southport	35	2	5	9	14	24	3	4	12	18	34	0.552	19	L	D	L	W	L	1949-04-16	Doncaster Rovers	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	4	1	Norwich City	Recreation Ground	7,483
Sinclair, Evans 2, Hassell	Lineups		Morgan G
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	Notts County	Dean Court	24,141	Largest home gate 1948-49
Blakeman, McGibbon (p)	Lineups		Hold
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Northampton Town	Goldstone Ground	18,271
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Reading	Eastville	21,056
Roost 2, Petherbridge, Warren	Lineups		Glidden
Leyton Orient	1	1	Swindon Town	Brisbane Road	12,304
Neary	Lineups		Cowie
Millwall	2	1	Exeter City	The Den, New Cross	27,131
Constantine, Hurrell	Lineups		Hutchings
Newport County	2	5	Swansea Town	Somerton Park	21,167	Largest home gate 1948-49
Parker, Carr	Lineups		Lucas, McCrory 2, Richards, Scrine
Port Vale	4	2	Bristol City	Recreation Ground	13,571
Allen 2, Martin, Hulligan	Lineups		Guy, Townsend (p)
Southend United	1	1	Ipswich Town	Greyhound Stadium	17,000
Grant	Lineups		Jennings
Watford	2	0	Walsall	Vicarage Road	9,360
Drury, Thomas	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	36	17	1	0	54	9	6	6	6	25	22	2.548	53	W	W	D	D	W	1949-04-16	Aldershot	H
2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	37	14	2	3	39	15	5	5	8	21	27	1.429	45	W	D	D	W	W	1949-04-16	Norwich City	H
3	-1	Reading	36	14	0	3	39	16	7	3	9	28	32	1.396	45	L	W	D	W	W	1949-04-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
4	1	Bristol Rovers	37	12	4	3	36	20	6	4	8	17	24	1.205	44	W	L	L	W	D	1949-04-16	Port Vale	H
5	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	10	5	4	26	23	4	11	3	20	21	1.045	44	D	W	D	L	D	1949-04-16	Reading	A
6	0	Swindon Town	37	9	8	1	33	19	6	5	8	25	36	1.055	43	D	D	D	L	W	1949-04-16	Walsall	A
7	0	Ipswich Town	37	13	2	3	46	24	4	6	9	24	39	1.111	42	D	D	L	W	D	1949-04-16	Exeter City	H
8	2	Millwall	37	12	5	2	39	20	4	4	10	19	35	1.055	41	W	W	L	D	W	1949-04-16	Newport County	A
9	-1	Notts County	37	14	2	2	63	14	4	2	13	32	43	1.667	40	L	L	W	W	L	1949-04-16	Bristol City	H
10	-1	Norwich City	37	11	4	3	32	9	4	5	10	31	36	1.4	39	L	L	D	D	L	1949-04-16	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	0	Torquay United	36	9	5	4	33	25	4	5	9	18	41	0.773	36	W	W	D	D	W	1949-04-16	Leyton Orient	H
12	1	Port Vale	37	10	2	7	29	20	3	7	8	16	26	0.978	35	W	W	D	D	L	1949-04-16	Bristol Rovers	A
13	-1	Walsall	36	8	5	3	30	20	6	2	12	21	35	0.927	35	L	L	L	D	W	1949-04-16	Swindon Town	H
14	0	Exeter City	36	10	5	2	37	20	2	4	13	14	48	0.75	33	L	W	W	D	L	1949-04-16	Ipswich Town	A
15	0	Newport County	35	8	6	4	40	29	4	2	11	21	52	0.753	32	L	W	L	D	D	1949-04-16	Millwall	H
16	0	Bristol City	36	7	6	4	24	22	3	5	11	15	34	0.696	31	L	D	W	D	L	1949-04-16	Notts County	A
17	0	Leyton Orient	36	9	5	5	35	27	1	5	11	16	39	0.773	30	D	D	L	W	L	1949-04-16	Torquay United	A
18	1	Aldershot	36	6	4	9	25	27	4	5	8	18	24	0.843	29	W	L	W	W	L	1949-04-16	Swansea Town	A
19	-1	Northampton Town	37	8	5	6	29	17	2	3	13	17	37	0.852	28	D	L	L	L	L	1949-04-16	Watford	A
20	1	Watford	37	5	9	5	22	19	2	5	11	13	31	0.7	28	W	D	L	L	L	1949-04-16	Northampton Town	H
21	-1	Southend United	36	4	9	6	15	16	2	6	9	15	23	0.769	27	D	L	W	D	D	1949-04-16	Crystal Palace	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	36	5	8	5	23	24	1	2	15	9	44	0.471	22	L	D	L	W	D	1949-04-16	Southend United	H