Monday 1949-12-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	2	Derby County	St Andrew's	45,477
Capel, Stewart	Lineups		Stamps, McLaren
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	West Bromwich Albion	Burnden Park	38,764
Moir 2, Bradley	Lineups
Burnley	0	0	Blackpool	Turf Moor	49,815	Largest home gate 1949-50
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Portsmouth	The Valley	37,539
Vaughan	Lineups		Froggatt, Phillips
Chelsea	1	1	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge	55,920
Harris (p)	Lineups		Fagan
Everton	1	1	Fulham	Goodison Park	54,726
Farrell	Lineups		Stevens
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Manchester City	Leeds Road	29,989
Burke	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Arsenal	Old Trafford	53,928
Pearson 2	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	1	Middlesbrough	St James' Park	61,184	Largest home gate 1949-50
	Lineups		McCrae
Sunderland	3	0	Stoke City	Roker Park	50,246
Case 2, Shackleton	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	3	Aston Villa	Molineux	51,986
Smyth, Swinbourne	Lineups		Powell, Edwards, Ford

				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	23	6	5	0	25	12	5	5	2	16	12	1.708	32	D	W	L	L	D	1949-12-27	Chelsea	H
2	0	Manchester United	23	7	3	2	26	11	4	5	2	14	9	2	30	W	W	L	L	D	1949-12-27	Arsenal	A
3	0	Blackpool	22	6	5	1	20	10	4	4	2	11	7	1.824	29	D	W	W	W	D	1949-12-27	Burnley	H
4	1	Burnley	24	6	4	2	16	9	5	3	4	10	13	1.182	29	D	W	D	L	W	1949-12-27	Blackpool	A
5	-1	Arsenal	24	6	1	4	27	16	5	5	3	20	17	1.424	28	L	W	D	L	D	1949-12-27	Manchester United	H
6	1	Portsmouth	23	4	6	1	20	10	6	1	5	22	15	1.68	27	W	L	W	W	D	1949-12-27	Charlton Athletic	H
7	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	4	6	1	22	13	5	3	4	16	19	1.188	27	L	L	D	D	D	1949-12-27	Aston Villa	A
8	1	Sunderland	23	8	3	0	24	11	2	3	7	18	28	1.077	26	W	L	W	W	D	1949-12-27	Stoke City	A
9	-1	Derby County	22	5	1	4	24	16	5	4	3	14	13	1.31	25	D	D	W	W	W	1949-12-27	Birmingham City	H
10	0	Chelsea	23	4	3	5	19	18	4	5	2	20	16	1.147	24	D	D	W	D	D	1949-12-27	Liverpool	A
11	2	Fulham	23	6	2	3	17	8	2	5	5	12	19	1.074	23	D	W	D	W	L	1949-12-27	Everton	H
12	2	Aston Villa	23	4	6	1	13	11	3	3	6	18	21	0.969	23	W	L	W	D	D	1949-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
13	-2	Newcastle United	22	7	2	3	30	18	1	4	5	13	19	1.162	22	L	W	L	D	D	1949-12-27	Middlesbrough	A
14	-2	West Bromwich Albion	23	6	2	3	22	8	2	4	6	12	25	1.03	22	L	L	W	D	W	1949-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
15	0	Middlesbrough	23	6	2	4	18	13	3	2	6	11	16	1	22	W	W	L	W	L	1949-12-27	Newcastle United	H
16	3	Huddersfield Town	24	5	4	4	17	16	1	3	7	10	35	0.529	19	W	L	L	W	D	1949-12-27	Manchester City	A
17	3	Bolton Wanderers	23	4	4	4	20	13	0	6	5	6	16	0.897	18	W	L	L	D	D	1949-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
18	-2	Stoke City	24	4	3	4	13	16	1	5	7	13	27	0.605	18	L	L	W	L	W	1949-12-27	Sunderland	H
19	-2	Charlton Athletic	24	3	3	6	19	23	4	0	8	14	19	0.786	17	L	L	L	L	L	1949-12-27	Portsmouth	A
20	-2	Manchester City	23	5	4	2	16	11	0	3	9	5	29	0.525	17	L	W	L	D	L	1949-12-27	Huddersfield Town	H
21	0	Everton	23	4	4	4	13	11	1	3	7	9	33	0.5	17	D	L	W	L	L	1949-12-27	Fulham	A
22	0	Birmingham City	23	3	5	5	11	16	0	2	8	6	24	0.425	13	D	W	L	D	W	1949-12-27	Derby County	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	1	Leeds United	Oakwell	27,017	Largest home gate 1949-50
Lindsay (p)	Lineups		Milburn
Bradford	1	2	Bury	Park Avenue	23,341
McIlvenny	Lineups		Massart, Bodle
Brentford	3	1	Hull City	Griffin Park	33,791	Largest home gate 1949-50
Dare, Sperrin, Goodwin	Lineups		Carter
Grimsby Town	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Blundell Park	22,053
Briggs	Lineups		Hudson
Leicester City	1	0	Coventry City	Filbert Street	37,903	Largest home gate 1949-50
Adam (p)	Lineups
Luton Town	1	1	Southampton	Kenilworth Road	18,765
Cooke (p)	Lineups		Wayman
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Cardiff City	Home Park	28,585
	Lineups
Preston North End	4	1	Sheffield United	Deepdale	39,878	Largest home gate 1949-50
Brown E 2, Quigley, Finney (p)	Lineups		Hagan
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Hillsborough	52,939
Tomlinson, Froggatt	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Chesterfield	White Hart Lane	61,879
Ramsey (p)	Lineups
West Ham United	3	0	Swansea Town	Upton Park	24,398
Parsons, Watson OG, Wade	Lineups

				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	23	11	1	1	37	8	8	2	0	20	8	3.563	41	W	W	D	W	W	1949-12-27	Chesterfield	A
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8	4	0	28	12	4	3	3	14	14	1.615	31	W	D	D	W	W	1949-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	0	Hull City	23	8	2	1	28	17	5	1	6	18	25	1.095	29	L	W	D	L	L	1949-12-27	Brentford	H
4	0	Sheffield United	24	2	8	1	15	13	6	2	5	20	24	0.946	26	L	W	D	W	D	1949-12-27	Preston North End	H
5	1	Bury	23	7	4	1	28	11	3	1	7	15	21	1.344	25	W	L	D	W	W	1949-12-27	Bradford	H
6	-1	Southampton	22	5	3	2	20	11	3	6	3	13	16	1.222	25	D	L	D	D	W	1949-12-27	Luton Town	H
7	0	Preston North End	24	6	4	2	19	12	3	3	6	16	18	1.167	25	W	L	W	L	L	1949-12-27	Sheffield United	A
8	0	West Ham United	23	5	3	4	18	17	4	4	3	15	12	1.138	25	W	D	D	L	W	1949-12-27	Swansea Town	A
9	1	Leeds United	24	3	6	2	15	12	4	3	6	11	16	0.929	23	D	W	D	L	D	1949-12-27	Barnsley	H
10	3	Brentford	24	5	3	5	11	12	3	4	4	12	16	0.821	23	W	W	D	W	D	1949-12-27	Hull City	A
11	-2	Chesterfield	24	7	1	3	14	7	2	4	7	9	21	0.821	23	L	L	W	L	L	1949-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	0	Barnsley	23	7	3	3	27	20	0	5	5	8	18	0.921	22	D	D	L	D	L	1949-12-27	Leeds United	A
13	-2	Swansea Town	23	6	2	2	20	8	2	3	8	11	26	0.912	21	L	W	L	L	L	1949-12-27	West Ham United	H
14	1	Cardiff City	22	7	1	3	14	9	1	4	6	9	19	0.821	21	D	L	W	W	W	1949-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	1	Luton Town	23	4	6	2	16	14	1	5	5	6	14	0.786	21	D	L	D	W	D	1949-12-27	Southampton	A
16	1	Grimsby Town	23	6	3	3	28	19	1	3	7	12	23	0.952	20	D	D	D	L	L	1949-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
17	-3	Blackburn Rovers	24	6	1	5	17	11	3	1	8	16	27	0.868	20	L	L	L	D	W	1949-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	H
18	2	Leicester City	24	3	6	3	20	18	2	3	7	13	23	0.805	19	W	L	D	D	D	1949-12-27	Coventry City	A
19	2	Queens Park Rangers	24	3	3	5	10	13	2	5	6	13	19	0.719	18	D	W	D	D	L	1949-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
20	-2	Bradford	23	4	3	5	21	22	2	3	6	12	24	0.717	18	L	D	W	D	L	1949-12-27	Bury	A
21	-2	Coventry City	22	3	3	4	13	13	2	4	6	17	23	0.833	17	L	D	D	D	W	1949-12-27	Leicester City	H
22	0	Plymouth Argyle	23	4	3	5	14	16	1	4	6	15	26	0.69	17	D	W	L	D	D	1949-12-27	Cardiff City	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	0	Wrexham	Peel Park	4,493
Travis, Keeley	Lineups
Barrow	0	0	Hartlepools United	Holker Street	8,476	Largest home gate 1949-50
	Lineups
Chester	4	1	Bradford City	Sealand Road	8,717
Foulkes, Astbury 2, Pearson	Lineups		Geddes
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Lincoln City	Gresty Road	11,648
Mullard, Phillips, Meaney	Lineups		Troops 2
Darlington	2	3	Gateshead	Feethams Ground	10,021	Largest home gate 1949-50
Parsley 2 (1p)	Lineups		Callender J 2, Robinson
Mansfield Town	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Field Mill	14,823
Reeve 2, McCarter	Lineups		Gemmell
New Brighton	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Tower Athletic Grounds	7,698
Shepherd, Yates	Lineups		Doherty 2
Rochdale	2	0	Southport	Spotland	13,406
Livesey, Connor	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Millmoor	14,476
Edwards	Lineups		Williamson
Stockport County	2	0	Halifax Town	Edgeley Park	15,223
Cocker, Herd	Lineups
York City	1	1	Carlisle United	Bootham Crescent	11,648
Walker	Lineups		Stokoe

				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	Rochdale	22	9	0	3	20	7	5	2	3	16	9	2.25	30	W	W	W	W	W	1949-12-27	Southport	A
2	-1	Doncaster Rovers	21	4	5	0	11	4	7	3	2	20	13	1.824	30	D	L	D	W	W	1949-12-27	New Brighton	H
3	0	Stockport County	23	10	1	2	24	11	3	1	6	14	16	1.407	28	W	L	W	D	W	1949-12-27	Halifax Town	A
4	0	Mansfield Town	22	7	1	2	26	10	3	6	3	18	16	1.692	27	W	D	L	L	W	1949-12-27	Oldham Athletic	A
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	21	7	3	1	28	16	3	4	3	12	15	1.29	27	W	D	D	D	L	1949-12-27	Lincoln City	A
6	0	Tranmere Rovers	20	8	2	0	16	7	3	2	5	10	14	1.238	26	D	D	D	L	W	1949-12-27	Rotherham United	H
7	0	Southport	22	6	4	2	19	13	4	1	5	12	15	1.107	25	L	W	W	W	L	1949-12-27	Rochdale	H
8	1	Rotherham United	23	6	3	3	29	18	3	3	5	18	24	1.119	24	D	W	W	L	W	1949-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	-1	Lincoln City	21	7	1	1	14	5	3	2	7	13	20	1.08	23	L	W	W	D	L	1949-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	1	Carlisle United	21	6	1	2	15	8	2	5	5	17	18	1.231	22	D	D	D	W	L	1949-12-27	York City	H
11	-1	Darlington	22	7	4	2	28	19	2	0	7	6	15	1	22	L	W	W	D	W	1949-12-27	Gateshead	A
12	0	Oldham Athletic	22	2	3	5	11	17	5	4	3	17	16	0.848	21	L	L	L	D	W	1949-12-27	Mansfield Town	H
13	1	Gateshead	21	3	4	3	20	15	5	0	6	21	22	1.108	20	W	L	L	D	D	1949-12-27	Darlington	H
14	-1	New Brighton	22	5	4	3	15	16	2	2	6	10	18	0.735	20	D	D	L	D	W	1949-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	4	Chester	23	6	0	6	25	23	2	2	7	13	24	0.809	18	W	W	L	L	W	1949-12-27	Bradford City	A
16	-1	Bradford City	22	6	1	5	18	19	0	5	5	13	22	0.756	18	L	W	D	W	L	1949-12-27	Chester	H
17	-1	Hartlepools United	21	5	2	4	20	19	2	2	6	8	22	0.683	18	D	L	D	W	L	1949-12-27	Barrow	H
18	-1	Barrow	21	4	4	3	14	11	2	1	7	8	14	0.88	17	D	W	L	L	W	1949-12-27	Hartlepools United	A
19	-1	Wrexham	22	4	2	3	10	5	2	2	9	11	21	0.808	16	L	L	L	D	L	1949-12-27	Accrington Stanley	H
20	0	Halifax Town	22	5	2	4	18	15	1	2	8	13	34	0.633	16	L	L	D	D	L	1949-12-27	Stockport County	H
21	0	York City	22	3	4	4	14	15	1	3	7	12	21	0.722	15	D	D	W	D	D	1949-12-27	Carlisle United	A
22	0	Accrington Stanley	22	5	2	3	19	14	1	1	10	5	25	0.615	15	W	L	D	L	L	1949-12-27	Wrexham	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	Reading	Dean Court	17,639
Stirling, Lewis	Lineups		Fisher
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	1	Swindon Town	Goldstone Ground	14,306
	Lineups		Dawson
Bristol City	0	0	Torquay United	Ashton Gate	24,162
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	0	Watford	Selhurst Park	15,056
Rooke, Blackshaw	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Southend United	St James Park	14,105
Smart	Lineups		Davies
Leyton Orient	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Brisbane Road	11,761
Banner (p)	Lineups
Newport County	6	0	Aldershot	Somerton Park	13,860
Harper 2, Griffiths 2, Comley, Parker	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Carrow Road	35,864	Largest home gate 1949-50
Kinsey	Lineups		Ardron
Notts County	2	0	Ipswich Town	Meadow Lane	40,192
Sewell, Johnston	Lineups
Port Vale	3	1	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground	17,212
Pinchbeck 2, Martin	Lineups		McCulloch A
Walsall	0	1	Millwall	Fellows Park	10,409
	Lineups		Constantine

				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	21	9	2	0	32	6	6	2	2	18	12	2.778	34	W	W	L	W	D	1949-12-27	Ipswich Town	A
2	1	Norwich City	22	8	2	2	31	10	4	2	4	12	18	1.536	28	D	W	W	W	W	1949-12-27	Nottingham Forest	A
3	-1	Northampton Town	22	7	2	2	22	11	5	2	4	20	19	1.4	28	L	W	W	W	L	1949-12-27	Port Vale	H
4	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	23	7	3	2	23	10	4	3	4	12	20	1.167	28	W	D	W	L	W	1949-12-27	Reading	A
5	-1	Torquay United	22	8	3	0	20	9	4	1	6	14	22	1.097	28	D	W	W	D	D	1949-12-27	Bristol City	H
6	0	Nottingham Forest	22	7	0	4	20	7	4	4	3	14	12	1.789	26	D	W	L	L	W	1949-12-27	Norwich City	H
7	1	Southend United	19	9	1	0	25	5	0	5	4	5	13	1.667	24	D	W	L	W	D	1949-12-27	Exeter City	H
8	2	Port Vale	21	7	4	0	19	5	2	2	6	6	10	1.667	24	W	D	L	L	D	1949-12-27	Northampton Town	A
9	-2	Reading	23	8	0	2	26	11	2	4	7	18	26	1.189	24	L	L	W	L	D	1949-12-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
10	-1	Watford	22	5	2	2	11	7	3	5	5	10	13	1.05	23	L	L	W	L	D	1949-12-27	Crystal Palace	H
11	1	Bristol City	22	7	3	2	21	9	1	1	8	9	25	0.882	20	D	L	L	W	D	1949-12-27	Torquay United	A
12	-1	Walsall	21	6	3	3	23	12	1	2	6	11	14	1.308	19	L	L	L	W	W	1949-12-27	Millwall	A
13	1	Crystal Palace	21	6	2	2	18	13	1	3	7	10	21	0.824	19	W	D	W	L	L	1949-12-27	Watford	A
14	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	3	4	4	16	18	4	1	6	14	24	0.714	19	L	L	W	W	D	1949-12-27	Swindon Town	A
15	1	Newport County	21	7	2	2	28	16	0	2	8	11	36	0.75	18	W	L	W	D	L	1949-12-27	Aldershot	A
16	-1	Leyton Orient	21	6	3	1	15	8	0	3	8	13	34	0.667	18	W	W	L	L	D	1949-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
17	1	Swindon Town	21	5	4	2	25	11	1	1	8	7	20	1.032	17	W	L	L	W	D	1949-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	1	Millwall	22	7	0	5	25	17	1	1	8	6	19	0.861	17	W	W	L	W	W	1949-12-27	Walsall	H
19	-2	Bristol Rovers	21	5	2	3	13	12	2	0	9	5	19	0.581	16	L	L	W	L	L	1949-12-27	Leyton Orient	H
20	0	Aldershot	21	5	1	4	11	9	1	2	8	7	25	0.529	15	L	L	W	W	L	1949-12-27	Newport County	H
21	1	Exeter City	21	3	3	4	18	19	2	1	8	12	33	0.577	14	D	W	L	L	L	1949-12-27	Southend United	A
22	-1	Ipswich Town	21	2	4	3	18	19	1	3	8	10	25	0.636	13	L	D	L	D	L	1949-12-27	Notts County	H