Saturday 1949-12-24

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	5	0	Sunderland	Highbury	43,249
Lewis, Forbes, Goring, Logie, McPherson	Lineups
Birmingham City	1	0	Stoke City	St Andrew's	30,000
Higgins	Lineups
Blackpool	2	1	Portsmouth	Bloomfield Road	25,953
McCall 2	Lineups		Harris
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Burnley	Burnden Park	34,461
	Lineups		Chew
Derby County	2	2	Chelsea	Baseball Ground	28,899
McLaren 2	Lineups		Billington 2
Fulham	3	0	Aston Villa	Craven Cottage	30,663
Rowley, McDonald 2	Lineups
Liverpool	3	1	Everton	Anfield Road	50,485
Baron 2, Fagan	Lineups		Farrell
Manchester City	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Maine Road	32,208
Black, Clarke	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Ayresome Park	33,424
McKennan 2 (1p), Walker	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St James' Park	56,051
Taylor, OG	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Manchester United	The Hawthorns	46,973
Walsh	Lineups		Bogan, Rowley

				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	Liverpool	22	6	5	0	25	12	5	4	2	15	11	1.739	31	W	L	L	D	D	1949-12-26	Chelsea	A
2	1	Manchester United	22	6	3	2	24	11	4	5	2	14	9	1.9	28	W	L	L	D	D	1949-12-26	Arsenal	H
3	1	Blackpool	21	6	5	1	20	10	4	3	2	11	7	1.824	28	W	W	W	D	D	1949-12-26	Burnley	A
4	1	Arsenal	23	6	1	4	27	16	5	5	2	20	15	1.516	28	W	D	L	D	D	1949-12-26	Manchester United	A
5	1	Burnley	23	6	3	2	16	9	5	3	4	10	13	1.182	28	W	D	L	W	W	1949-12-26	Blackpool	H
6	-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	4	6	0	20	10	5	3	4	16	19	1.241	27	L	D	D	D	D	1949-12-26	Aston Villa	H
7	0	Portsmouth	22	4	6	1	20	10	5	1	5	20	14	1.667	25	L	W	W	D	D	1949-12-26	Charlton Athletic	A
8	1	Derby County	21	5	1	4	24	16	5	3	3	12	11	1.333	24	D	W	W	W	D	1949-12-26	Birmingham City	A
9	-1	Sunderland	22	7	3	0	21	11	2	3	7	18	28	1	24	L	W	W	D	D	1949-12-26	Stoke City	H
10	1	Chelsea	22	4	2	5	18	17	4	5	2	20	16	1.152	23	D	W	D	D	L	1949-12-26	Liverpool	H
11	2	Newcastle United	21	7	2	2	30	17	1	4	5	13	19	1.194	22	W	L	D	D	W	1949-12-26	Middlesbrough	H
12	-2	West Bromwich Albion	22	6	2	3	22	8	2	4	5	12	22	1.133	22	L	W	D	W	L	1949-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
13	1	Fulham	22	6	2	3	17	8	2	4	5	11	18	1.077	22	W	D	W	L	D	1949-12-26	Everton	A
14	-2	Aston Villa	22	4	6	1	13	11	2	3	6	15	19	0.933	21	L	W	D	D	D	1949-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
15	0	Middlesbrough	22	6	2	4	18	13	2	2	6	10	16	0.966	20	W	L	W	L	W	1949-12-26	Newcastle United	A
16	0	Stoke City	23	4	3	4	13	16	1	5	6	13	24	0.65	18	L	W	L	W	L	1949-12-26	Sunderland	A
17	0	Charlton Athletic	23	3	3	5	18	21	4	0	8	14	19	0.8	17	L	L	L	L	D	1949-12-26	Portsmouth	H
18	3	Manchester City	22	5	4	2	16	11	0	3	8	5	28	0.538	17	W	L	D	L	W	1949-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
19	-1	Huddersfield Town	23	4	4	4	16	16	1	3	7	10	35	0.51	17	L	L	W	D	L	1949-12-26	Manchester City	H
20	-1	Bolton Wanderers	22	3	4	4	17	13	0	6	5	6	16	0.793	16	L	L	D	D	D	1949-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	-1	Everton	22	4	3	4	12	10	1	3	7	9	33	0.488	16	L	W	L	L	W	1949-12-26	Fulham	H
22	0	Birmingham City	22	3	4	5	9	14	0	2	8	6	24	0.395	12	W	L	D	W	L	1949-12-26	Derby County	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	West Ham United	Oakwell	17,377
Bonnar	Lineups		Parsons
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Ewood Park	33,078
Westcott	Lineups		Scarth, Medley
Brentford	2	0	Bury	Griffin Park	17,401
Dare 2	Lineups
Coventry City	1	1	Grimsby Town	Highfield Road	24,058
Murphy	Lineups		Briggs
Hull City	4	0	Leicester City	Boothferry Park	35,207
Moore 2, Harrison 2	Lineups
Leeds United	3	1	Preston North End	Elland Road	41,303
Browning, Dudley, Quigley OG	Lineups		Quigley
Luton Town	1	3	Sheffield United	Kenilworth Road	15,594
Stobbart	Lineups		Smith F 2, Thompson
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Chesterfield	Home Park	20,844
Tadman, Squires	Lineups		Costello
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Bradford	Hillsborough	37,851
Woodhead	Lineups		Henry
Southampton	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	The Dell	21,382
Wayman	Lineups		Neary 2
Swansea Town	5	1	Cardiff City	Vetch Field	27,264
Lucas 2, McCrory, O'Driscoll 2	Lineups		Stitfall R

				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	Tottenham Hotspur	22	10	1	1	36	8	8	2	0	20	8	3.5	39	W	D	W	W	W	1949-12-26	Chesterfield	H
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	21	7	4	0	26	12	4	3	3	14	14	1.538	29	D	D	W	W	D	1949-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	0	Hull City	22	8	2	1	28	17	5	1	5	17	22	1.154	29	W	D	L	L	W	1949-12-26	Brentford	A
4	1	Sheffield United	23	2	8	1	15	13	6	2	4	19	20	1.03	26	W	D	W	D	W	1949-12-26	Preston North End	A
5	-1	Southampton	21	5	3	2	20	11	3	5	3	12	15	1.231	24	L	D	D	W	D	1949-12-26	Luton Town	A
6	0	Bury	22	7	4	1	28	11	2	1	7	13	20	1.323	23	L	D	W	W	D	1949-12-26	Bradford	A
7	0	Preston North End	23	5	4	2	15	11	3	3	6	16	18	1.069	23	L	W	L	L	D	1949-12-26	Sheffield United	H
8	1	West Ham United	22	4	3	4	15	17	4	4	3	15	12	1.034	23	D	D	L	W	W	1949-12-26	Swansea Town	H
9	-1	Chesterfield	23	7	1	3	14	7	2	4	6	9	20	0.852	23	L	W	L	L	D	1949-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	3	Leeds United	23	3	6	2	15	12	4	2	6	10	15	0.926	22	W	D	L	D	W	1949-12-26	Barnsley	A
11	4	Swansea Town	22	6	2	2	20	8	2	3	7	11	23	1	21	W	L	L	L	D	1949-12-26	West Ham United	A
12	0	Barnsley	22	7	2	3	26	19	0	5	5	8	18	0.919	21	D	L	D	L	L	1949-12-26	Leeds United	H
13	3	Brentford	23	4	3	5	8	11	3	4	4	12	16	0.741	21	W	D	W	D	L	1949-12-26	Hull City	H
14	-3	Blackburn Rovers	23	6	1	5	17	11	3	1	7	16	25	0.917	20	L	L	D	W	L	1949-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	-5	Cardiff City	21	7	1	3	14	9	1	3	6	9	19	0.821	20	L	W	W	W	W	1949-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	-2	Luton Town	22	4	5	2	15	13	1	5	5	6	14	0.778	20	L	D	W	D	D	1949-12-26	Southampton	H
17	0	Grimsby Town	22	6	2	3	27	18	1	3	7	12	23	0.951	19	D	D	L	L	L	1949-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	1	Bradford	22	4	3	4	20	20	2	3	6	12	24	0.727	18	D	W	D	L	L	1949-12-26	Bury	H
19	1	Coventry City	21	3	3	4	13	13	2	4	5	17	22	0.857	17	D	D	D	W	W	1949-12-26	Leicester City	A
20	-2	Leicester City	23	2	6	3	19	18	2	3	7	13	23	0.78	17	L	D	D	D	D	1949-12-26	Coventry City	H
21	0	Queens Park Rangers	23	3	3	5	10	13	2	4	6	12	18	0.71	17	W	D	D	L	L	1949-12-26	Grimsby Town	A
22	0	Plymouth Argyle	22	4	2	5	14	16	1	4	6	15	26	0.69	16	W	L	D	D	L	1949-12-26	Cardiff City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Holker Street	3,007
Collins J 2, Collins D	Lineups		Haddington
Bradford City	2	1	Gateshead	Valley Parade	16,003
Price B 2	Lineups		Wilbert
Carlisle United	1	1	Mansfield Town	Brunton Park	12,495
Lindsay	Lineups		McCarter
Chester	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Sealand Road	6,763
Foulkes 2, Pearson	Lineups		Bennett
Crewe Alexandra	3	3	York City	Gresty Road	8,348
Mitcheson, Allen OG, Stuart OG	Lineups		Patrick A 2, Walker
Halifax Town	1	3	Darlington	The Shay	6,170
Murphy	Lineups		Maddison, Ward 2
Lincoln City	2	0	Wrexham	Sincil Bank	11,206
Robinson 2	Lineups
New Brighton	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Tower Athletic Grounds	9,245	Largest home gate 1949-50
	Lineups
Rochdale	4	0	Hartlepools United	Spotland	7,439
Dryburgh 2, Connor, Livesey	Lineups
Rotherham United	6	0	Accrington Stanley	Millmoor	9,448
Bower 3, Grainger, Shaw, Rudd	Lineups
Southport	1	0	Stockport County	Haig Avenue	9,100
Ball	Lineups

				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	Doncaster Rovers	20	4	5	0	11	4	7	2	2	18	11	1.933	29	L	D	W	W	D	1949-12-26	New Brighton	A
2	0	Rochdale	21	8	0	3	18	7	5	2	3	16	9	2.125	28	W	W	W	W	L	1949-12-26	Southport	H
3	0	Stockport County	22	9	1	2	22	11	3	1	6	14	16	1.333	26	L	W	D	W	L	1949-12-26	Halifax Town	H
4	0	Mansfield Town	21	6	1	2	23	9	3	6	3	18	16	1.64	25	D	L	L	W	D	1949-12-26	Oldham Athletic	H
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	20	6	3	1	25	14	3	4	3	12	15	1.276	25	D	D	D	L	L	1949-12-26	Lincoln City	H
6	0	Tranmere Rovers	19	8	2	0	16	7	3	1	5	9	13	1.25	25	D	D	L	W	L	1949-12-26	Rotherham United	A
7	0	Southport	21	6	4	2	19	13	4	1	4	12	13	1.192	25	W	W	W	L	W	1949-12-26	Rochdale	A
8	0	Lincoln City	20	7	1	1	14	5	3	2	6	11	17	1.136	23	W	W	D	L	D	1949-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	0	Rotherham United	22	6	2	3	28	17	3	3	5	18	24	1.122	23	W	W	L	W	W	1949-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	2	Darlington	21	7	4	1	26	16	2	0	7	6	15	1.032	22	W	W	D	W	L	1949-12-26	Gateshead	H
11	0	Carlisle United	20	6	1	2	15	8	2	4	5	16	17	1.24	21	D	D	W	L	L	1949-12-26	York City	A
12	-2	Oldham Athletic	21	2	3	5	11	17	5	4	2	16	13	0.9	21	L	L	D	W	W	1949-12-26	Mansfield Town	A
13	1	New Brighton	21	5	3	3	13	14	2	2	6	10	18	0.719	19	D	L	D	W	D	1949-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
14	-1	Gateshead	20	3	4	3	20	15	4	0	6	18	20	1.086	18	L	L	D	D	L	1949-12-26	Darlington	A
15	2	Bradford City	21	6	1	5	18	19	0	5	4	12	18	0.811	18	W	D	W	L	D	1949-12-26	Chester	A
16	-1	Hartlepools United	20	5	2	4	20	19	2	1	6	8	22	0.683	17	L	D	W	L	L	1949-12-26	Barrow	A
17	2	Barrow	20	4	3	3	14	11	2	1	7	8	14	0.88	16	W	L	L	W	W	1949-12-26	Hartlepools United	H
18	-2	Wrexham	21	4	2	3	10	5	2	2	8	11	19	0.875	16	L	L	D	L	W	1949-12-26	Accrington Stanley	A
19	1	Chester	22	5	0	6	21	22	2	2	7	13	24	0.739	16	W	L	L	W	L	1949-12-26	Bradford City	H
20	-2	Halifax Town	21	5	2	4	18	15	1	2	7	13	32	0.66	16	L	D	D	L	W	1949-12-26	Stockport County	A
21	0	York City	21	3	3	4	13	14	1	3	7	12	21	0.714	14	D	W	D	D	L	1949-12-26	Carlisle United	H
22	0	Accrington Stanley	21	4	2	3	17	14	1	1	10	5	25	0.564	13	L	D	L	L	W	1949-12-26	Wrexham	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	1	2	Norwich City	Ashton Gate	21,036
Rodgers	Lineups		Eyre, Kinsey
Exeter City	3	1	Watford	St James Park	7,565
Greenwood, Smart, Fallon	Lineups		Cumner
Ipswich Town	4	4	Crystal Palace	Portman Road	9,520
Jennings, O'Brien, Myles 2	Lineups		Watson, Rooke 2, Howells
Leyton Orient	2	1	Reading	Brisbane Road	9,099
Sutherland 2	Lineups		Blackman
Millwall	3	0	Aldershot	The Den, New Cross	15,452
Simmonds, Hodgetts, Constantine	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	14,958
McCulloch A, Murphy	Lineups		Tennant
Notts County	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Meadow Lane	32,079
Broome, Evans F	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Recreation Ground	13,092
Pinchbeck	Lineups		Cross
Swindon Town	1	2	Torquay United	County Ground	13,751
Jones (p)	Lineups		Head, Conley
Walsall	1	3	Nottingham Forest	Fellows Park	10,910
Devlin	Lineups		Ardron 2, Johnson

				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	Notts County	20	8	2	0	30	6	6	2	2	18	12	2.667	32	W	L	W	D	W	1949-12-26	Ipswich Town	H
2	0	Northampton Town	21	7	2	2	22	11	5	2	3	19	16	1.519	28	W	W	W	L	W	1949-12-26	Port Vale	A
3	0	Norwich City	21	8	1	2	30	9	4	2	4	12	18	1.556	27	W	W	W	W	D	1949-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
4	1	Torquay United	21	8	3	0	20	9	4	0	6	14	22	1.097	27	W	W	D	D	L	1949-12-26	Bristol City	A
5	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	6	3	2	21	9	4	3	4	12	20	1.138	26	D	W	L	W	L	1949-12-26	Reading	H
6	1	Nottingham Forest	21	7	0	4	20	7	4	3	3	13	11	1.833	25	W	L	L	W	W	1949-12-26	Norwich City	A
7	-1	Reading	22	8	0	2	26	11	2	4	6	17	24	1.229	24	L	W	L	D	W	1949-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
8	0	Southend United	18	9	1	0	25	5	0	4	4	4	12	1.706	23	W	L	W	D	W	1949-12-26	Exeter City	A
9	0	Watford	21	5	2	2	11	7	3	5	4	10	11	1.167	23	L	W	L	D	D	1949-12-26	Crystal Palace	A
10	0	Port Vale	20	6	4	0	16	4	2	2	6	6	10	1.571	22	D	L	L	D	W	1949-12-26	Northampton Town	H
11	0	Walsall	20	6	3	2	23	11	1	2	6	11	14	1.36	19	L	L	W	W	W	1949-12-26	Millwall	H
12	0	Bristol City	21	7	2	2	21	9	1	1	8	9	25	0.882	19	L	L	W	D	L	1949-12-26	Torquay United	H
13	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	3	4	3	16	17	4	1	6	14	24	0.732	19	L	W	W	D	W	1949-12-26	Swindon Town	H
14	0	Crystal Palace	20	5	2	2	16	13	1	3	7	10	21	0.765	17	D	W	L	L	L	1949-12-26	Watford	H
15	4	Leyton Orient	20	5	3	1	14	8	0	3	8	13	34	0.643	16	W	L	L	D	W	1949-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
16	0	Newport County	20	6	2	2	22	16	0	2	8	11	36	0.635	16	L	W	D	L	W	1949-12-26	Aldershot	H
17	-2	Bristol Rovers	20	5	2	3	13	12	2	0	8	5	18	0.6	16	L	W	L	L	W	1949-12-26	Leyton Orient	A
18	-1	Swindon Town	20	5	4	2	25	11	0	1	8	6	20	1	15	L	L	W	D	L	1949-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	1	Millwall	21	7	0	5	25	17	0	1	8	5	19	0.833	15	W	L	W	W	L	1949-12-26	Walsall	A
20	-2	Aldershot	20	5	1	4	11	9	1	2	7	7	19	0.643	15	L	W	W	L	L	1949-12-26	Newport County	A
21	0	Ipswich Town	20	2	4	3	18	19	1	3	7	10	23	0.667	13	D	L	D	L	L	1949-12-26	Notts County	A
22	0	Exeter City	20	3	2	4	17	18	2	1	8	12	33	0.569	13	W	L	L	L	L	1949-12-26	Southend United	H