Tuesday 1949-12-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Manchester United	Highbury	65,133
	Lineups
Aston Villa	1	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Villa Park	69,492	Largest home gate 1949-50
Dixon	Lineups		Swinbourne 2, Pye, Smyth
Blackpool	2	0	Burnley	Bloomfield Road	31,074
Mortensen, McIntosh	Lineups
Derby County	4	1	Birmingham City	Baseball Ground	36,459
Stamps 3, Mozley	Lineups		Brennan
Fulham	0	0	Everton	Craven Cottage	36,020
	Lineups
Liverpool	2	2	Chelsea	Anfield Road	58,757	Largest home gate 1949-50
Fagan 2	Lineups		Billington, Bentley
Manchester City	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Maine Road	50,195
Clarke	Lineups		Glazzard, Hassall
Middlesbrough	1	0	Newcastle United	Ayresome Park	53,802	Record ground attendance. Largest home gate 1949-50
McKennan	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Fratton Park	43,325
Harris	Lineups
Stoke City	2	1	Sunderland	Victoria Ground	41,685	Largest home gate 1949-50
Bowyer, Mountford F (p)	Lineups		Watson
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	41,746
Walsh, Barlow	Lineups		Bradley

				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	24	6	6	0	27	14	5	5	2	16	12	1.654	33	D	D	W	L	L	1949-12-31	Arsenal	H
2	0	Manchester United	24	7	3	2	26	11	4	6	2	14	9	2	31	D	W	W	L	L	1949-12-31	Manchester City	A
3	0	Blackpool	23	7	5	1	22	10	4	4	2	11	7	1.941	31	W	D	W	W	W	1949-12-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	2	Portsmouth	24	5	6	1	21	10	6	1	5	22	15	1.72	29	W	W	L	W	W	1949-12-31	Middlesbrough	H
5	0	Arsenal	25	6	2	4	27	16	5	5	3	20	17	1.424	29	D	L	W	D	L	1949-12-31	Liverpool	A
6	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	4	6	1	22	13	6	3	4	20	20	1.273	29	W	L	L	D	D	1949-12-31	Blackpool	H
7	-3	Burnley	25	6	4	2	16	9	5	3	5	10	15	1.083	29	L	D	W	D	L	1949-12-31	Birmingham City	H
8	1	Derby County	23	6	1	4	28	17	5	4	3	14	13	1.4	27	W	D	D	W	W	1949-12-31	Stoke City	A
9	-1	Sunderland	24	8	3	0	24	11	2	3	8	19	30	1.049	26	L	W	L	W	W	1949-12-31	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	0	Chelsea	24	4	3	5	19	18	4	6	2	22	18	1.139	25	D	D	D	W	D	1949-12-31	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	0	Fulham	24	6	3	3	17	8	2	5	5	12	19	1.074	24	D	D	W	D	W	1949-12-31	Charlton Athletic	A
12	2	West Bromwich Albion	24	7	2	3	24	9	2	4	6	12	25	1.059	24	W	L	L	W	D	1949-12-31	Chelsea	A
13	2	Middlesbrough	24	7	2	4	19	13	3	2	6	11	16	1.034	24	W	W	W	L	W	1949-12-31	Portsmouth	A
14	-2	Aston Villa	24	4	6	2	14	15	3	3	6	18	21	0.889	23	L	W	L	W	D	1949-12-31	Newcastle United	H
15	-2	Newcastle United	23	7	2	3	30	18	1	4	6	13	20	1.132	22	L	L	W	L	D	1949-12-31	Aston Villa	A
16	0	Huddersfield Town	25	5	4	4	17	16	2	3	7	12	36	0.558	21	W	W	L	L	W	1949-12-31	Everton	H
17	1	Stoke City	25	5	3	4	15	17	1	5	7	13	27	0.636	20	W	L	L	W	L	1949-12-31	Derby County	H
18	-1	Bolton Wanderers	24	4	4	4	20	13	0	6	6	7	18	0.871	18	L	W	L	L	D	1949-12-31	Sunderland	A
19	2	Everton	24	4	4	4	13	11	1	4	7	9	33	0.5	18	D	D	L	W	L	1949-12-31	Huddersfield Town	A
20	-1	Charlton Athletic	25	3	3	6	19	23	4	0	9	14	20	0.767	17	L	L	L	L	L	1949-12-31	Fulham	H
21	-1	Manchester City	24	5	4	3	17	13	0	3	9	5	29	0.524	17	L	L	W	L	D	1949-12-31	Manchester United	H
22	0	Birmingham City	24	3	5	5	11	16	0	2	9	7	28	0.409	13	L	D	W	L	D	1949-12-31	Burnley	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Ewood Park	30,636
	Lineups
Bury	1	0	Bradford	Gigg Lane	22,700
Bodle	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Ninian Park	32,499
Evans	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Saltergate Recreation Ground	26,341	Largest home gate 1949-50
Halton (p)	Lineups		Scarth
Coventry City	1	2	Leicester City	Highfield Road	36,981	Largest home gate 1949-50
Mason G	Lineups		Adam, Paterson
Hull City	2	0	Brentford	Boothferry Park	48,447
Jensen, Shepherd	Lineups
Leeds United	1	0	Barnsley	Elland Road	47,817
Williams	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	2	Grimsby Town	Loftus Road	22,994
Mills	Lineups		Shearer, Briggs
Sheffield United	1	0	Preston North End	Bramall Lane	50,586
Smith F	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Luton Town	The Dell	26,928
Day, Bates	Lineups		Kiernan
Swansea Town	1	0	West Ham United	Vetch Field	25,721
McCrory	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	24	11	1	1	37	8	8	3	0	21	9	3.412	42	D	W	W	D	W	1949-12-31	Cardiff City	H
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	8	4	0	28	12	4	4	3	14	14	1.615	32	D	W	D	D	W	1949-12-31	Chesterfield	A
3	0	Hull City	24	9	2	1	30	17	5	1	6	18	25	1.143	31	W	L	W	D	L	1949-12-31	Bradford	A
4	0	Sheffield United	25	3	8	1	16	13	6	2	5	20	24	0.973	28	W	L	W	D	W	1949-12-31	Barnsley	H
5	0	Bury	24	8	4	1	29	11	3	1	7	15	21	1.375	27	W	W	L	D	W	1949-12-31	Blackburn Rovers	H
6	0	Southampton	23	6	3	2	22	12	3	6	3	13	16	1.25	27	W	D	L	D	D	1949-12-31	Preston North End	A
7	0	Preston North End	25	6	4	2	19	12	3	3	7	16	19	1.129	25	L	W	L	W	L	1949-12-31	Southampton	H
8	0	West Ham United	24	5	3	4	18	17	4	4	4	15	13	1.1	25	L	W	D	D	L	1949-12-31	Plymouth Argyle	H
9	0	Leeds United	25	4	6	2	16	12	4	3	6	11	16	0.964	25	W	D	W	D	L	1949-12-31	Swansea Town	A
10	1	Chesterfield	25	7	2	3	15	8	2	4	7	9	21	0.828	24	D	L	L	W	L	1949-12-31	Sheffield Wednesday	H
11	2	Swansea Town	24	7	2	2	21	8	2	3	8	11	26	0.941	23	W	L	W	L	L	1949-12-31	Leeds United	H
12	2	Cardiff City	23	8	1	3	15	9	1	4	6	9	19	0.857	23	W	D	L	W	W	1949-12-31	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	-3	Brentford	25	5	3	5	11	12	3	4	5	12	18	0.767	23	L	W	W	D	W	1949-12-31	Leicester City	A
14	2	Grimsby Town	24	6	3	3	28	19	2	3	7	14	24	0.977	22	W	D	D	D	L	1949-12-31	Luton Town	H
15	-3	Barnsley	24	7	3	3	27	20	0	5	6	8	19	0.897	22	L	D	D	L	D	1949-12-31	Sheffield United	A
16	1	Blackburn Rovers	25	6	2	5	17	11	3	1	8	16	27	0.868	21	D	L	L	L	D	1949-12-31	Bury	A
17	1	Leicester City	25	3	6	3	20	18	3	3	7	15	24	0.833	21	W	W	L	D	D	1949-12-31	Brentford	H
18	-3	Luton Town	24	4	6	2	16	14	1	5	6	7	16	0.767	21	L	D	L	D	W	1949-12-31	Grimsby Town	A
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	25	3	3	6	11	15	2	5	6	13	19	0.706	18	L	D	W	D	D	1949-12-31	Coventry City	H
20	0	Bradford	24	4	3	5	21	22	2	3	7	12	25	0.702	18	L	L	D	W	D	1949-12-31	Hull City	H
21	0	Coventry City	23	3	3	5	14	15	2	4	6	17	23	0.816	17	L	L	D	D	D	1949-12-31	Queens Park Rangers	A
22	0	Plymouth Argyle	24	4	3	5	14	16	1	4	7	15	27	0.674	17	L	D	W	L	D	1949-12-31	West Ham United	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	1	0	Chester	Valley Parade	21,246
Kendall	Lineups
Carlisle United	4	3	York City	Brunton Park	14,298
Dick 3, Billingham	Lineups		Walker 2, Patrick A
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	New Brighton	Belle Vue	23,381
	Lineups
Gateshead	3	3	Darlington	Redheugh Park	9,381
Wilbert, Ingham, Callender T (p)	Lineups		Quinn 2, Parsley
Halifax Town	3	1	Stockport County	The Shay	8,851
Hindle 2, Dale	Lineups		Cocker
Hartlepools United	2	3	Barrow	Victoria Park	6,910
Sloan, Willetts (p)	Lineups		Leach 2, Collins D
Lincoln City	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Sincil Bank	15,198
Dodds 2	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Mansfield Town	Boundary Park	22,512
Gemmell	Lineups
Southport	3	2	Rochdale	Haig Avenue	14,766	Largest home gate 1949-50
Meadows, Wyles, Powell	Lineups		Brown, Dryburgh
Tranmere Rovers	0	2	Rotherham United	Prenton Park	15,670	Largest home gate 1949-50
	Lineups		Guest, Noble
Wrexham	1	1	Accrington Stanley	Racecourse Ground	9,350
Wood	Lineups		Dolan

				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	Doncaster Rovers	22	4	6	0	11	4	7	3	2	20	13	1.824	31	D	D	L	D	W	1949-12-31	Southport	H
2	-1	Rochdale	23	9	0	3	20	7	5	2	4	18	12	2	30	L	W	W	W	W	1949-12-31	Darlington	A
3	0	Stockport County	24	10	1	2	24	11	3	1	7	15	19	1.3	28	L	W	L	W	D	1949-12-31	Carlisle United	H
4	0	Mansfield Town	23	7	1	2	26	10	3	6	4	18	17	1.63	27	L	W	D	L	L	1949-12-31	Rotherham United	H
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	22	7	3	1	28	16	3	4	4	12	17	1.212	27	L	W	D	D	D	1949-12-31	Oldham Athletic	A
6	1	Southport	23	7	4	2	22	15	4	1	5	12	15	1.133	27	W	L	W	W	W	1949-12-31	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	1	Rotherham United	24	6	3	3	29	18	4	3	5	20	24	1.167	26	W	D	W	W	L	1949-12-31	Mansfield Town	A
8	-2	Tranmere Rovers	21	8	2	1	16	9	3	2	5	10	14	1.13	26	L	D	D	D	L	1949-12-31	York City	A
9	0	Lincoln City	22	8	1	1	16	5	3	2	7	13	20	1.16	25	W	L	W	W	D	1949-12-31	Accrington Stanley	A
10	0	Carlisle United	22	7	1	2	19	11	2	5	5	17	18	1.241	24	W	D	D	D	W	1949-12-31	Stockport County	A
11	0	Darlington	23	7	4	2	28	19	2	1	7	9	18	1	23	D	L	W	W	D	1949-12-31	Rochdale	H
12	0	Oldham Athletic	23	3	3	5	12	17	5	4	3	17	16	0.879	23	W	L	L	L	D	1949-12-31	Crewe Alexandra	H
13	0	Gateshead	22	3	5	3	23	18	5	0	6	21	22	1.1	21	D	W	L	L	D	1949-12-31	Chester	H
14	0	New Brighton	23	5	4	3	15	16	2	3	6	10	18	0.735	21	D	D	D	L	D	1949-12-31	Halifax Town	H
15	1	Bradford City	23	7	1	5	19	19	0	5	5	13	22	0.78	20	W	L	W	D	W	1949-12-31	Hartlepools United	A
16	2	Barrow	22	4	4	3	14	11	3	1	7	11	16	0.926	19	W	D	W	L	L	1949-12-31	Wrexham	A
17	-2	Chester	24	6	0	6	25	23	2	2	8	13	25	0.792	18	L	W	W	L	L	1949-12-31	Gateshead	A
18	-1	Hartlepools United	22	5	2	5	22	22	2	2	6	8	22	0.682	18	L	D	L	D	W	1949-12-31	Bradford City	H
19	1	Halifax Town	23	6	2	4	21	16	1	2	8	13	34	0.68	18	W	L	L	D	D	1949-12-31	New Brighton	A
20	-1	Wrexham	23	4	3	3	11	6	2	2	9	11	21	0.815	17	D	L	L	L	D	1949-12-31	Barrow	H
21	1	Accrington Stanley	23	5	2	3	19	14	1	2	10	6	26	0.625	16	D	W	L	D	L	1949-12-31	Lincoln City	H
22	-1	York City	23	3	4	4	14	15	1	3	8	15	25	0.725	15	L	D	D	W	D	1949-12-31	Tranmere Rovers	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	4	1	Newport County	Recreation Ground	7,318
Hobbs 2, McNichol 2	Lineups		Griffiths
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Leyton Orient	Eastville	19,786
Roost 2, Hodges	Lineups
Ipswich Town	0	4	Notts County	Portman Road	22,983
	Lineups		Sewell, Lawton 2, Johnston
Millwall	1	1	Walsall	The Den, New Cross	27,012
Constantine	Lineups		Chapman
Northampton Town	1	1	Port Vale	County Ground	19,263	Largest home gate 1949-50
English	Lineups		Martin
Nottingham Forest	0	1	Norwich City	City Ground	31,844
	Lineups		Ryder
Reading	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Elm Park	22,248
Amor 2	Lineups		Cross
Southend United	1	0	Exeter City	Greyhound Stadium	20,000	Largest home gate 1949-50
Morris	Lineups
Swindon Town	4	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	18,872
Simner 2, Dawson, Lunn	Lineups		McNichol, Reed
Torquay United	3	3	Bristol City	Plainmoor	12,258
Shaw, Conley, Lewis	Lineups		Boxshall, Eisentrager, Rodgers
Watford	0	0	Crystal Palace	Vicarage Road	16,985
	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	Notts County	22	9	2	0	32	6	7	2	2	22	12	3	36	W	W	W	L	W	1949-12-31	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
2	0	Norwich City	23	8	2	2	31	10	5	2	4	13	18	1.571	30	W	D	W	W	W	1949-12-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	0	Northampton Town	23	7	3	2	23	12	5	2	4	20	19	1.387	29	D	L	W	W	W	1949-12-31	Walsall	H
4	1	Torquay United	23	8	4	0	23	12	4	1	6	14	22	1.088	29	D	D	W	W	D	1949-12-31	Leyton Orient	H
5	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	24	7	3	2	23	10	4	3	5	13	22	1.125	28	L	W	D	W	L	1949-12-31	Notts County	H
6	1	Southend United	20	10	1	0	26	5	0	5	4	5	13	1.722	26	W	D	W	L	W	1949-12-31	Bristol Rovers	A
7	-1	Nottingham Forest	23	7	0	5	20	8	4	4	3	14	12	1.7	26	L	D	W	L	L	1949-12-31	Millwall	H
8	1	Reading	24	9	0	2	28	12	2	4	7	18	26	1.211	26	W	L	L	W	L	1949-12-31	Exeter City	H
9	-1	Port Vale	22	7	4	0	19	5	2	3	6	7	11	1.625	25	D	W	D	L	L	1949-12-31	Crystal Palace	A
10	0	Watford	23	5	3	2	11	7	3	5	5	10	13	1.05	24	D	L	L	W	L	1949-12-31	Ipswich Town	H
11	0	Bristol City	23	7	3	2	21	9	1	2	8	12	28	0.892	21	D	D	L	L	W	1949-12-31	Newport County	A
12	0	Walsall	22	6	3	3	23	12	1	3	6	12	15	1.296	20	D	L	L	L	W	1949-12-31	Northampton Town	A
13	0	Crystal Palace	22	6	2	2	18	13	1	4	7	10	21	0.824	20	D	W	D	W	L	1949-12-31	Port Vale	H
14	3	Swindon Town	22	6	4	2	29	13	1	1	8	7	20	1.091	19	W	W	L	L	W	1949-12-31	Aldershot	A
15	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	3	4	4	16	18	4	1	7	16	28	0.696	19	L	L	L	W	W	1949-12-31	Norwich City	A
16	2	Millwall	23	7	1	5	26	18	1	1	8	6	19	0.865	18	D	W	W	L	W	1949-12-31	Nottingham Forest	A
17	-2	Newport County	22	7	2	2	28	16	0	2	9	12	40	0.714	18	L	W	L	W	D	1949-12-31	Bristol City	H
18	1	Bristol Rovers	22	6	2	3	16	12	2	0	9	5	19	0.677	18	W	L	L	W	L	1949-12-31	Southend United	H
19	-3	Leyton Orient	22	6	3	1	15	8	0	3	9	13	37	0.622	18	L	W	W	L	L	1949-12-31	Torquay United	A
20	0	Aldershot	22	6	1	4	15	10	1	2	8	7	25	0.629	17	W	L	L	W	W	1949-12-31	Swindon Town	H
21	0	Exeter City	22	3	3	4	18	19	2	1	9	12	34	0.566	14	L	D	W	L	L	1949-12-31	Reading	A
22	0	Ipswich Town	22	2	4	4	18	23	1	3	8	10	25	0.583	13	L	L	D	L	D	1949-12-31	Watford	A