Saturday 1949-04-23

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	2	Chelsea	Highbury	54,604
Compton D	Lineups		Goulden, Billington
Aston Villa	2	1	Stoke City	Villa Park	34,820
Edwards, Dixon	Lineups		Ormston
Blackpool	1	1	Middlesbrough	Bloomfield Road	23,128
Mortensen	Lineups		Donaldson
Bolton Wanderers	1	2	Portsmouth	Burnden Park	31,063
Roberts	Lineups		Harris, Clarke
Derby County	1	0	Birmingham City	Baseball Ground	25,548
Stamps	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Everton	Leeds Road	19,051
McKenna	Lineups		Powell
Liverpool	1	1	Newcastle United	Anfield Road	43,488
Baron	Lineups		Mitchell
Manchester United	2	2	Preston North End	Maine Road	46,086
Downie 2	Lineups		Finney, Brown E
Sheffield United	0	0	Burnley	Bramall Lane	33,508
	Lineups
Sunderland	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Roker Park	39,755
Wright T	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Manchester City	Molineux	51,789
Wilshaw	Lineups		Black
Footnotes
Portsmouth champions

				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	39	17	3	0	50	12	7	5	7	28	24	2.167	56	W	L	W	W	L	1949-04-30	Huddersfield Town	H
2	0	Newcastle United	40	12	5	3	35	28	8	6	6	35	27	1.273	51	D	L	D	W	W	1949-04-30	Manchester United	H
3	1	Derby County	38	15	1	2	39	19	4	7	9	21	32	1.176	46	W	W	W	L	L	1949-04-27	Aston Villa	H
4	-1	Manchester United	37	8	7	3	33	16	9	4	6	36	22	1.816	45	D	L	W	W	W	1949-04-27	Everton	A
5	0	Manchester City	40	10	8	2	28	18	5	7	8	19	29	1	45	D	D	D	W	W	1949-04-27	Arsenal	H
6	0	Arsenal	39	11	5	3	46	16	4	8	8	20	26	1.571	43	L	W	D	D	D	1949-04-27	Manchester City	A
7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	12	4	3	45	17	4	7	8	31	42	1.288	43	D	W	D	L	W	1949-05-02	Preston North End	H
8	0	Charlton Athletic	40	10	5	5	37	26	5	7	8	25	34	1.033	42	L	D	L	L	D	1949-04-30	Derby County	H
9	1	Sunderland	40	8	9	3	26	18	4	7	9	21	39	0.825	40	W	W	D	D	D	1949-04-30	Chelsea	A
10	1	Liverpool	39	5	10	5	25	16	7	4	8	26	22	1.342	38	D	W	W	L	L	1949-04-30	Burnley	A
11	-2	Stoke City	39	13	3	4	40	22	2	5	12	21	39	1	38	L	W	L	L	L	1949-04-27	Middlesbrough	A
12	3	Aston Villa	39	10	5	5	39	35	5	3	11	17	38	0.767	38	W	D	W	D	W	1949-04-27	Derby County	A
13	0	Burnley	40	10	6	4	27	17	2	7	11	15	30	0.894	37	D	L	L	W	D	1949-04-30	Liverpool	H
14	0	Blackpool	40	8	7	5	23	24	3	8	9	28	39	0.81	37	D	L	D	D	W	1949-04-30	Stoke City	A
15	1	Chelsea	39	10	6	4	43	26	2	6	11	24	39	1.031	36	W	D	L	L	D	1949-04-30	Sunderland	H
16	-4	Birmingham City	40	9	7	4	19	9	2	7	11	16	27	0.972	36	L	W	D	L	D	1949-04-30	Aston Villa	H
17	0	Bolton Wanderers	39	9	3	7	41	31	4	5	11	15	35	0.848	34	L	L	D	L	D	1949-04-30	Preston North End	A
18	0	Everton	39	10	5	4	30	25	1	6	13	8	37	0.613	33	D	D	D	D	L	1949-04-27	Manchester United	H
19	0	Sheffield United	39	8	8	4	32	25	3	2	14	22	47	0.75	32	D	L	D	W	D	1949-04-30	Middlesbrough	A
20	0	Preston North End	39	8	5	7	35	35	2	5	12	23	37	0.806	30	D	L	W	W	L	1949-04-30	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	0	Middlesbrough	38	9	5	5	33	21	1	5	13	8	32	0.774	30	D	W	L	L	D	1949-04-27	Stoke City	H
22	0	Huddersfield Town	39	4	7	8	14	24	6	3	11	21	43	0.522	30	D	L	L	W	D	1949-04-30	Portsmouth	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	2	Bury	Oakwell	15,408
Wright 2, Baxter	Lineups		Massart 2
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Leeds United	Ewood Park	18,873
	Lineups
Bradford	1	1	Chesterfield	Park Avenue	10,581
Deplidge	Lineups		Johnson
Cardiff City	3	0	Coventry City	Ninian Park	26,441
Edwards, Stevenson 2	Lineups
Fulham	2	1	Brentford	Craven Cottage	39,149
Rowley, Thomas R	Lineups		Dare
Grimsby Town	3	0	West Ham United	Blundell Park	15,803
Briggs 2, Shearer	Lineups
Luton Town	6	0	Lincoln City	Kenilworth Road	12,643
Burtenshaw C, Mulvaney 2, Brennan 2, Taylor	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	City Ground	27,126
Lee, Leverton	Lineups		Nicholson, Duquemin
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Leicester City	Home Park	26,009
Strauss	Lineups		Chisholm
Queens Park Rangers	1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Loftus Road	18,456
Heath	Lineups		Jordan, Woodhead, Froggatt
Southampton	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	The Dell	30,586	Largest home gate 1948-49
Day	Lineups		Smith

				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	41	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	8	21	25	1.971	55	D	D	L	W	L	1949-04-30	Chesterfield	A
2	0	Fulham	40	15	4	1	50	14	8	4	8	24	22	2.056	54	W	W	W	W	W	1949-04-30	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	39	15	3	2	45	16	7	5	7	19	22	1.684	52	D	L	W	W	W	1949-04-30	Barnsley	H
4	0	Cardiff City	40	14	3	3	44	20	5	8	7	17	26	1.326	49	W	W	D	L	W	1949-04-30	Leeds United	A
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	40	14	3	3	49	17	2	12	6	17	26	1.535	47	D	D	W	W	L	1949-04-30	Fulham	H
6	0	West Ham United	39	13	4	2	37	17	5	5	10	18	33	1.1	45	L	D	W	W	W	1949-04-25	Brentford	H
7	0	Chesterfield	40	8	7	5	23	18	5	10	5	26	27	1.089	43	D	D	W	D	D	1949-04-30	Southampton	H
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	40	12	5	3	36	17	3	6	11	26	38	1.127	41	W	D	D	D	L	1949-04-30	Luton Town	H
9	0	Barnsley	40	10	7	3	40	17	4	5	11	22	41	1.069	40	W	W	L	W	W	1949-04-30	West Bromwich Albion	A
10	5	Luton Town	39	10	6	4	30	16	3	5	11	22	39	0.945	37	W	L	L	L	L	1949-04-30	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	-1	Bury	38	11	4	3	34	19	5	1	14	26	52	0.845	37	L	W	W	L	L	1949-04-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	5	Grimsby Town	39	8	5	6	41	27	5	5	10	27	43	0.971	36	W	D	L	L	W	1949-04-30	Bury	A
13	0	Leeds United	40	11	5	4	36	21	1	7	12	19	40	0.902	36	D	L	W	L	L	1949-04-30	Cardiff City	H
14	-3	Coventry City	40	12	2	6	34	19	3	4	13	20	42	0.885	36	L	W	L	L	W	1949-04-30	Queens Park Rangers	H
15	-1	Bradford	40	8	7	4	36	22	5	3	13	28	52	0.865	36	D	L	L	L	W	1949-05-04	Lincoln City	H
16	0	Blackburn Rovers	41	11	5	4	39	22	3	3	15	12	40	0.823	36	D	L	L	W	W	1949-05-07	Brentford	H
17	-5	Queens Park Rangers	40	10	4	6	29	26	3	6	11	12	35	0.672	36	L	L	D	W	D	1949-04-30	Coventry City	A
18	1	Plymouth Argyle	39	11	4	5	33	20	1	6	12	13	36	0.821	34	D	W	L	L	L	1949-04-27	Bury	A
19	-1	Brentford	39	7	9	4	26	19	4	3	12	12	29	0.792	34	L	D	W	L	L	1949-04-25	West Ham United	A
20	0	Leicester City	39	6	10	4	41	35	3	5	11	18	39	0.797	33	D	W	D	L	L	1949-05-04	Bury	A
21	0	Nottingham Forest	40	8	6	6	21	14	4	1	15	23	40	0.815	31	D	W	L	W	W	1949-04-30	West Ham United	A
22	0	Lincoln City	41	6	7	8	31	35	1	5	14	19	56	0.549	26	L	L	D	L	L	1949-05-04	Bradford	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	4	1	Accrington Stanley	Brunton Park	6,613
Barkas 3, Lindsay	Lineups		Travis
Chester	0	1	Halifax Town	Sealand Road	3,858
	Lineups		Dougal
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Gresty Road	5,581
	Lineups
Darlington	1	2	Mansfield Town	Feethams Ground	7,490
Varty	Lineups		Brown OG, Barks
Gateshead	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Redheugh Park	5,308
Ingham, Winters	Lineups		Gemmell 2
Hartlepools United	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Victoria Park	6,527
Wildon 2, Burnett	Lineups
New Brighton	2	0	Wrexham	Tower Athletic Grounds	6,300
Taylor, McClure	Lineups
Rochdale	3	0	Barrow	Spotland	7,757
Livesey, Lawrence, Connor	Lineups
Southport	2	1	Bradford City	Haig Avenue	7,104
Hitchen 2	Lineups		Brown
Stockport County	0	1	Rotherham United	Edgeley Park	14,278
	Lineups		Wragg
York City	1	3	Hull City	Bootham Crescent	21,010	Largest home gate 1948-49
Patrick A	Lineups		Carter, Moore, Jensen

				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	Hull City	38	16	1	2	59	12	10	8	1	26	12	3.542	61	W	W	W	W	D	1949-04-26	Oldham Athletic	A
2	0	Rotherham United	40	16	3	1	46	16	12	2	6	41	26	2.071	61	W	W	W	D	W	1949-04-30	Carlisle United	H
3	0	Doncaster Rovers	39	9	8	3	25	12	9	2	8	25	23	1.429	46	D	L	L	D	W	1949-04-30	York City	H
4	0	Darlington	40	9	3	8	40	35	10	3	7	40	36	1.127	44	L	L	D	D	W	1949-04-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
5	2	Oldham Athletic	39	11	3	5	43	26	6	5	9	25	37	1.079	42	D	L	W	D	D	1949-04-26	Hull City	H
6	2	Rochdale	39	13	3	4	35	15	4	5	10	18	35	1.06	42	W	W	L	D	W	1949-04-27	Accrington Stanley	A
7	-2	Wrexham	40	12	5	3	34	21	5	3	12	21	37	0.948	42	L	D	W	W	L	1949-05-04	Mansfield Town	H
8	-2	Stockport County	39	12	5	3	39	15	3	6	10	16	33	1.146	41	L	W	L	D	L	1949-04-30	Hull City	A
9	0	Gateshead	39	9	6	5	38	26	5	6	8	24	27	1.17	40	D	L	D	L	D	1949-04-30	Accrington Stanley	A
10	3	Mansfield Town	40	12	6	2	37	15	1	7	12	12	32	1.043	39	W	W	W	L	D	1949-04-30	Rochdale	H
11	-1	York City	40	11	3	6	49	26	4	6	10	25	45	1.042	39	L	L	L	D	D	1949-04-30	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	-1	Barrow	39	9	8	3	25	12	4	4	11	12	28	0.925	38	L	L	D	W	L	1949-04-27	New Brighton	A
13	1	Hartlepools United	41	10	5	6	34	25	4	5	11	10	28	0.83	38	W	D	L	W	W	1949-04-30	Oldham Athletic	A
14	-2	Tranmere Rovers	39	7	8	4	20	17	5	6	9	22	36	0.792	38	L	D	D	L	D	1949-04-28	Darlington	H
15	0	Carlisle United	40	12	6	2	45	31	2	3	15	13	44	0.773	37	W	D	L	L	D	1949-04-30	Rotherham United	A
16	0	Crewe Alexandra	39	12	3	4	29	17	2	5	13	19	55	0.667	36	D	L	L	W	L	1949-04-27	Bradford City	H
17	0	Accrington Stanley	40	11	3	5	38	21	1	6	14	16	41	0.871	33	L	D	W	W	D	1949-04-27	Rochdale	H
18	1	New Brighton	39	9	3	7	20	16	4	4	12	20	37	0.755	33	W	W	W	L	W	1949-04-27	Barrow	H
19	-1	Chester	40	9	7	4	32	18	1	5	14	20	36	0.963	32	L	L	L	W	L	1949-05-02	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	0	Halifax Town	39	8	4	8	26	26	3	6	10	16	33	0.712	32	W	W	L	D	L	1949-04-26	Southport	A
21	0	Bradford City	39	7	6	7	28	29	2	3	14	16	44	0.603	27	L	D	L	W	L	1949-04-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
22	0	Southport	38	4	5	9	18	26	4	4	12	20	35	0.623	25	W	W	W	L	D	1949-04-26	Halifax Town	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	2	Newport County	Recreation Ground	7,288
Evans	Lineups		Williams B 2
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	2	Swansea Town	Goldstone Ground	19,974
	Lineups		Scrine, McCrory
Bristol City	2	0	Ipswich Town	Ashton Gate	9,692
Boxshall 2	Lineups
Exeter City	2	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	St James Park	9,088
Smith, Clark (p)	Lineups		Stephens 2, McGibbon (p)
Leyton Orient	1	1	Walsall	Brisbane Road	9,412
Naylor	Lineups		Chapman
Millwall	1	1	Bristol Rovers	The Den, New Cross	20,648
Short	Lineups		Watkins
Northampton Town	3	2	Crystal Palace	County Ground	7,717
Briscoe 2, English	Lineups		Kurz, McCormick
Norwich City	0	1	Watford	Carrow Road	16,509
	Lineups		Davies T
Port Vale	3	1	Torquay United	Recreation Ground	11,914
King 2, McGarry	Lineups		Shaw
Southend United	0	0	Reading	Greyhound Stadium	9,279
	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	0	Notts County	County Ground	17,716
Owen, Jones, Hudson	Lineups
Footnotes
Swansea Town to apply for re-election
Crystal Palace to apply for re-election

				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	39	19	1	0	58	11	7	6	6	27	22	2.576	59	W	W	W	W	W	1949-04-27	Bristol City	A
2	0	Reading	39	16	0	3	46	17	7	4	9	28	32	1.51	50	D	W	W	L	W	1949-04-27	Southend United	H
3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	40	14	2	4	40	17	7	5	8	27	31	1.396	49	W	W	L	W	D	1949-04-30	Millwall	H
4	1	Swindon Town	40	10	9	1	37	20	7	5	8	26	36	1.125	48	W	D	W	D	D	1949-04-30	Reading	A
5	-1	Bristol Rovers	40	13	4	3	40	21	6	5	9	18	26	1.234	47	D	L	W	W	L	1949-04-30	Norwich City	H
6	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	10	5	5	26	25	4	12	4	22	28	0.906	45	L	D	L	D	W	1949-04-30	Notts County	A
7	1	Millwall	40	12	6	2	40	21	5	4	11	21	39	1.017	44	D	L	W	W	W	1949-04-30	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
8	-1	Ipswich Town	40	13	3	4	49	29	4	6	10	24	41	1.043	43	L	L	D	D	D	1949-04-30	Aldershot	H
9	0	Notts County	40	15	2	3	67	18	4	2	14	32	46	1.547	42	L	L	W	L	L	1949-04-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
10	0	Norwich City	40	11	5	4	32	10	5	5	10	33	37	1.383	42	L	D	W	L	L	1949-04-30	Bristol Rovers	A
11	0	Torquay United	40	11	5	4	42	26	5	5	10	20	44	0.886	42	L	W	W	W	W	1949-04-30	Northampton Town	H
12	0	Port Vale	40	11	2	7	32	21	3	8	9	18	31	0.962	38	W	D	L	W	W	1949-04-30	Watford	A
13	1	Walsall	39	8	5	5	30	22	6	3	12	22	36	0.897	36	D	L	L	L	L	1949-04-28	Leyton Orient	H
14	-1	Exeter City	39	11	5	3	42	23	2	5	13	16	50	0.795	36	L	W	D	L	W	1949-04-30	Newport County	A
15	0	Newport County	38	8	6	5	41	31	5	2	12	24	55	0.756	34	W	L	L	L	W	1949-04-28	Aldershot	H
16	0	Bristol City	39	8	7	4	27	23	3	5	12	16	36	0.729	34	W	D	L	L	D	1949-04-27	Swansea Town	H
17	0	Northampton Town	40	9	6	6	33	20	3	3	13	18	37	0.895	33	W	D	W	D	L	1949-04-30	Torquay United	A
18	2	Watford	40	5	9	6	22	20	4	5	11	15	31	0.725	32	W	W	L	W	D	1949-04-30	Port Vale	H
19	-1	Leyton Orient	39	9	6	5	36	28	1	6	12	18	47	0.72	32	D	D	L	D	D	1949-04-28	Walsall	A
20	-1	Aldershot	39	6	4	10	26	29	4	6	9	19	26	0.818	30	L	D	L	W	L	1949-04-28	Newport County	A
21	0	Southend United	39	4	10	6	15	16	3	6	10	19	26	0.81	30	D	W	L	D	L	1949-04-27	Reading	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	40	6	8	6	25	26	1	2	17	11	49	0.48	24	L	L	L	W	L	1949-04-30	Leyton Orient	H