Monday 1950-12-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	3	Stoke City	Highbury	36,852
	Lineups		Brown, Johnston, Bowyer
Blackpool	3	0	Liverpool	Bloomfield Road	31,867
Mortensen 2, Mudie	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	2	Aston Villa	The Valley	17,192
Kiernan 2	Lineups		Thompson, Smith L
Derby County	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Baseball Ground	32,301
Stamps	Lineups		Murphy
Everton	1	0	Burnley	Goodison Park	40,864
McIntosh	Lineups
Fulham	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	Craven Cottage	21,712
	Lineups		Lofthouse
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds Road	24,952
Hunter	Lineups		Swinbourne, Walker
Middlesbrough	2	1	Newcastle United	Ayresome Park	41,318
Spuhler, Walker	Lineups		Stokoe
Portsmouth	1	3	Chelsea	Fratton Park	23,645
Phillips	Lineups		Bowie, Bentley, Smith
Sunderland	2	1	Manchester United	Roker Park	41,215
Wright T 2	Lineups		Aston
West Bromwich Albion	1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	The Hawthorns	27,610
Ryan	Lineups		Jordan, McJarrow, Froggatt

				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	Middlesbrough	24	9	3	1	39	15	5	4	2	19	16	1.871	35	W	D	W	W	D	1950-12-30	Burnley	H
2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	23	7	2	1	30	12	6	4	3	23	17	1.828	32	D	W	W	D	D	1950-12-26	Derby County	H
3	-1	Arsenal	24	8	3	2	36	16	5	2	4	13	12	1.75	31	L	L	L	D	L	1950-12-26	Stoke City	A
4	0	Newcastle United	24	7	3	1	28	13	5	4	4	15	21	1.265	31	L	L	W	D	W	1951-01-13	Chelsea	A
5	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	7	2	3	28	14	5	3	3	20	15	1.655	29	W	D	W	D	W	1950-12-26	Huddersfield Town	H
6	2	Bolton Wanderers	23	6	1	4	18	11	6	2	4	24	26	1.135	27	W	W	W	L	W	1950-12-26	Fulham	H
7	-1	Burnley	23	6	5	1	19	7	3	3	5	10	15	1.318	26	L	W	W	W	L	1950-12-26	Everton	H
8	1	Blackpool	24	7	3	2	25	11	3	3	6	21	25	1.278	26	W	W	L	D	W	1950-12-26	Liverpool	A
9	-2	Manchester United	24	5	4	2	13	7	5	2	6	17	17	1.25	26	L	L	D	W	L	1950-12-26	Sunderland	H
10	0	Derby County	23	7	3	2	35	19	3	2	6	12	21	1.175	25	D	D	W	W	L	1950-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
11	0	Stoke City	24	6	3	3	16	9	1	7	4	12	22	0.903	24	W	D	L	W	D	1950-12-26	Arsenal	H
12	0	Liverpool	23	5	3	3	17	16	2	4	6	14	21	0.838	21	L	L	L	W	W	1950-12-26	Blackpool	H
13	0	Portsmouth	23	5	4	3	23	19	2	3	6	13	25	0.818	21	L	W	L	L	W	1950-12-26	Chelsea	A
14	0	Fulham	24	5	3	4	21	21	2	4	6	9	20	0.732	21	L	D	D	L	W	1950-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	24	4	2	6	19	16	3	4	5	14	18	0.971	20	L	D	W	W	L	1950-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	1	Sunderland	23	5	5	2	19	13	1	2	8	14	32	0.733	19	W	W	L	L	D	1950-12-26	Manchester United	A
17	2	Everton	24	5	2	6	20	27	2	2	7	14	26	0.642	18	W	W	W	L	D	1950-12-26	Burnley	A
18	-2	Huddersfield Town	24	5	2	5	24	24	2	2	8	11	35	0.593	18	L	L	L	L	L	1950-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	2	Chelsea	22	5	2	4	16	10	2	1	8	12	21	0.903	17	W	D	W	L	L	1950-12-26	Portsmouth	H
20	-2	Aston Villa	24	4	4	4	21	17	0	5	7	16	27	0.841	17	D	D	L	L	D	1950-12-26	Charlton Athletic	H
21	-1	Charlton Athletic	23	4	3	4	21	22	2	2	8	16	37	0.627	17	D	L	L	L	W	1950-12-26	Aston Villa	A
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	3	4	4	17	16	2	1	9	16	36	0.635	15	W	L	D	L	L	1950-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	4	Bury	Ewood Park	32,741
Todd, Graham	Lineups		Bodle 2, Massart, Holt OG
Cardiff City	2	1	Coventry City	Ninian Park	32,778
Edwards 2	Lineups		Barratt
Chesterfield	0	0	Notts County	Saltergate Recreation Ground	20,848	Largest home gate 1950-51
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	3	2	Barnsley	Belle Vue	28,995
Lawlor, Harrison, Calverley	Lineups		McCormack (p), McMorran
Grimsby Town	0	2	Leicester City	Blundell Park	17,565
	Lineups		Rowley, Hines
Manchester City	3	1	Birmingham City	Maine Road	40,173
Paul 2, Westcott	Lineups		Trigg
Queens Park Rangers	1	4	Preston North End	Loftus Road	16,881
Waugh	Lineups		Wayman 4
Sheffield United	3	1	Hull City	Bramall Lane	34,043
Smith FE, Hagan, Jones	Lineups		Ackerman
Swansea Town	0	2	Luton Town	Vetch Field	16,862
	Lineups		Shanks, Havenga
West Ham United	3	1	Leeds United	Upton Park	19,519
Woodgate 3	Lineups		Harrison

				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	2	Manchester City	22	8	2	2	30	14	4	4	2	22	21	1.486	30	W	L	W	D	L	1950-12-26	Birmingham City	A
2	-1	Southampton	23	7	3	1	17	11	5	2	5	18	23	1.029	29	W	W	W	D	W	1950-12-26	Brentford	A
3	-1	Coventry City	24	9	1	1	30	11	3	3	7	18	18	1.655	28	L	D	L	W	L	1950-12-26	Cardiff City	H
4	3	Preston North End	24	8	3	1	33	14	4	1	7	15	18	1.5	28	W	D	W	W	D	1950-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	3	Cardiff City	23	8	4	0	23	11	1	6	4	8	12	1.348	28	W	W	W	W	D	1950-12-26	Coventry City	A
6	-2	Birmingham City	24	7	3	1	22	8	4	2	7	17	24	1.219	27	L	D	W	W	L	1950-12-26	Manchester City	H
7	-2	Blackburn Rovers	24	7	2	3	21	16	4	3	5	16	21	1	27	L	D	L	L	D	1951-01-01	Bury	A
8	-2	Barnsley	24	5	3	3	29	13	5	3	5	22	19	1.594	26	L	D	L	W	D	1950-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
9	0	West Ham United	23	7	3	2	26	16	4	1	6	13	22	1.026	26	W	D	W	L	W	1950-12-26	Leeds United	A
10	1	Doncaster Rovers	23	4	4	2	19	14	4	5	4	15	21	0.971	25	W	D	D	L	D	1950-12-26	Barnsley	A
11	1	Sheffield United	23	6	2	4	25	16	3	4	4	18	19	1.229	24	W	L	W	L	W	1950-12-26	Hull City	A
12	-2	Hull City	23	6	2	4	25	18	2	5	4	15	18	1.111	23	L	L	L	D	D	1950-12-26	Sheffield United	H
13	1	Leicester City	23	4	3	5	24	21	4	3	4	13	13	1.088	22	W	L	W	L	D	1950-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
14	-1	Leeds United	23	6	3	2	16	8	2	3	7	18	26	1	22	L	W	D	L	W	1950-12-26	West Ham United	H
15	0	Notts County	23	2	4	5	17	20	5	3	4	14	11	1	21	D	L	W	D	L	1950-12-26	Chesterfield	H
16	0	Queens Park Rangers	23	7	2	3	27	15	1	2	8	11	36	0.745	20	L	W	L	W	L	1950-12-26	Preston North End	A
17	0	Chesterfield	24	3	7	3	17	15	2	3	6	9	22	0.703	20	D	D	W	L	D	1950-12-26	Notts County	A
18	2	Bury	22	6	1	4	19	13	1	3	7	10	25	0.763	18	W	L	W	D	L	1950-12-30	Coventry City	A
19	-1	Swansea Town	23	7	1	5	19	15	1	1	8	12	32	0.66	18	L	W	L	L	W	1950-12-26	Luton Town	A
20	-1	Brentford	23	5	2	4	13	17	2	2	8	15	32	0.571	18	L	W	L	W	D	1950-12-26	Southampton	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	23	4	5	3	28	24	0	2	9	10	33	0.667	15	L	D	L	W	L	1950-12-26	Leicester City	A
22	0	Luton Town	23	3	4	4	13	10	1	3	8	11	27	0.649	15	W	D	L	L	D	1950-12-26	Swansea Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford	0	4	Rotherham United	Park Avenue	23,195
	Lineups		Guest, Shaw, White, Williams D
Carlisle United	3	1	Accrington Stanley	Brunton Park	13,943
Lindsay 2, McCue	Lineups		Keeley
Chester	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Sealand Road	5,544
Foulkes, Tilston 2	Lineups		Jackson
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Halifax Town	Gresty Road	5,853
	Lineups
Gateshead	0	1	Hartlepools United	Redheugh Park	8,595
	Lineups		Wildon
Lincoln City	4	2	Rochdale	Sincil Bank	9,873
Finch 3, Garvie	Lineups		Arthur, Middlebrough
New Brighton	1	0	Stockport County	Tower Athletic Grounds	4,153
Carter	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Mansfield Town	Boundary Park	12,227
Gemmell 2	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	0	Wrexham	Old Showground	8,933
Cumner, Tunney OG	Lineups
York City	2	0	Southport	Bootham Crescent	7,873
Linaker, Brown	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	1	Rotherham United	21	5	1	3	17	8	9	2	1	28	11	2.368	31	W	D	W	W	W	1950-12-26	Bradford	H
2	-1	Gateshead	23	12	0	2	42	10	1	4	4	7	12	2.227	30	L	W	W	L	W	1950-12-26	Hartlepools United	A
3	1	Carlisle United	22	9	1	0	24	6	3	5	4	21	20	1.731	30	W	D	W	W	D	1950-12-26	Accrington Stanley	A
4	-1	Tranmere Rovers	21	4	4	1	21	12	7	3	2	20	17	1.414	29	D	L	W	W	W	1950-12-26	Barrow	H
5	0	Stockport County	23	7	1	3	22	16	5	3	4	15	11	1.37	28	L	D	W	W	L	1950-12-26	New Brighton	H
6	2	Lincoln City	21	8	1	3	28	16	2	5	2	8	10	1.385	26	W	W	W	D	D	1950-12-30	Mansfield Town	H
7	0	Mansfield Town	21	7	2	0	22	8	3	4	5	11	18	1.269	26	L	D	W	W	W	1950-12-26	Oldham Athletic	H
8	-2	Bradford	22	7	0	4	21	14	5	2	4	24	22	1.25	26	L	W	W	W	L	1950-12-26	Rotherham United	A
9	1	Crewe Alexandra	22	5	4	3	18	11	4	2	4	11	15	1.115	24	D	L	W	L	D	1950-12-26	Halifax Town	A
10	-1	Bradford City	21	5	3	3	26	16	4	2	4	15	15	1.323	23	W	L	W	L	W	1950-12-26	Darlington	H
11	0	Rochdale	21	4	2	4	18	12	4	3	4	20	21	1.152	21	L	D	W	L	D	1951-01-13	Hartlepools United	A
12	0	Chester	22	5	3	3	17	12	3	2	6	11	17	0.966	21	W	D	L	L	L	1950-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	1	New Brighton	22	5	4	4	14	17	3	1	5	8	18	0.629	21	W	W	W	W	L	1950-12-26	Stockport County	A
14	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	22	4	6	1	10	3	2	2	7	15	23	0.962	20	W	D	L	W	L	1950-12-26	Wrexham	A
15	-2	Darlington	21	5	3	3	17	15	2	2	6	12	18	0.879	19	D	W	L	W	L	1950-12-26	Bradford City	A
16	-1	Barrow	23	6	2	4	18	17	2	1	8	6	31	0.5	19	W	L	L	L	W	1950-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
17	3	York City	21	4	2	3	17	10	3	2	7	11	26	0.778	18	W	L	W	L	L	1950-12-26	Southport	A
18	4	Hartlepools United	22	5	4	3	28	18	1	1	8	5	19	0.892	17	W	L	L	W	W	1950-12-26	Gateshead	H
19	-2	Wrexham	21	5	5	0	16	9	0	2	9	8	27	0.667	17	L	D	L	D	W	1950-12-26	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
20	-2	Shrewsbury Town	23	5	1	6	13	16	2	2	7	11	27	0.558	17	L	L	W	L	W	1950-12-26	Chester	H
21	-2	Southport	22	5	1	4	14	10	2	1	9	14	27	0.757	16	L	W	L	L	L	1950-12-26	York City	H
22	-1	Accrington Stanley	22	5	1	3	16	12	1	3	9	8	34	0.522	16	L	L	L	D	L	1950-12-26	Carlisle United	H
23	0	Oldham Athletic	21	4	2	5	23	21	1	2	7	10	18	0.846	14	W	L	L	L	D	1950-12-26	Mansfield Town	A
24	0	Halifax Town	22	3	5	4	17	16	0	2	8	6	22	0.605	13	D	L	L	D	L	1950-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	4	2	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	6,633
Gormley 2 (1p), Woodward 2	Lineups		Smith, Singleton
Bristol City	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Ashton Gate	21,158
Boyd	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	0	Northampton Town	Selhurst Park	11,001
	Lineups
Gillingham	0	3	Reading	Priestfield Stadium	9,539
	Lineups		Blackman 2, Henley
Ipswich Town	2	1	Millwall	Portman Road	12,891
Roberts, McCrory	Lineups		Constantine
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Colchester United	City Ground	20,111
	Lineups
Port Vale	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Victoria Ground	13,250	*
	Lineups
Southend United	6	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Greyhound Stadium	8,885
Wakefield 2, Stubbs 2, Sibley, Tippett	Lineups		Stroud
Swindon Town	2	1	Torquay United	County Ground	7,039
Owen, Thomas	Lineups		Lewis D
Walsall	0	0	Newport County	Fellows Park	8,009
	Lineups
Watford	2	0	Leyton Orient	Vicarage Road	7,983
Hartburn, Laing	Lineups
Notes
Played at Victoria Ground because of on going problems with drainage at Vale Park

				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	Nottingham Forest	21	8	3	0	38	8	6	2	2	20	9	3.412	33	D	L	D	W	W	1950-12-26	Colchester United	A
2	0	Norwich City	20	9	3	0	20	2	4	3	1	14	12	2.429	32	W	W	W	W	W	1950-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	0	Bristol Rovers	21	8	2	0	21	5	3	5	3	10	10	2.067	29	D	D	W	W	W	1950-12-26	Port Vale	H
4	0	Millwall	22	6	4	0	23	10	5	1	6	17	19	1.379	27	L	L	L	L	W	1950-12-26	Ipswich Town	H
5	1	Bristol City	22	10	0	1	21	6	2	2	7	11	19	1.28	26	W	W	W	L	L	1950-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	1	Ipswich Town	22	6	3	1	20	11	5	1	6	12	15	1.231	26	W	L	L	W	W	1950-12-26	Millwall	A
7	3	Reading	22	6	2	2	19	6	4	3	5	16	19	1.4	25	W	W	W	D	L	1950-12-26	Gillingham	H
8	-3	Plymouth Argyle	21	7	1	2	24	8	4	1	6	16	15	1.739	24	L	W	L	W	W	1950-12-26	Bristol City	H
9	0	Northampton Town	23	5	5	2	23	16	2	5	4	8	8	1.292	24	D	D	W	D	W	1950-12-26	Crystal Palace	H
10	1	Southend United	22	8	0	3	31	13	3	2	6	14	22	1.286	24	W	L	W	L	L	1950-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	-3	Exeter City	21	5	1	4	14	13	6	1	4	17	16	1.069	24	L	D	D	L	L	1950-12-26	Aldershot	H
12	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	8	1	1	23	6	2	1	9	9	28	0.941	22	L	W	L	W	L	1950-12-26	Southend United	H
13	0	Port Vale	21	8	1	2	17	11	0	4	6	8	17	0.893	21	D	D	W	W	D	1950-12-26	Bristol Rovers	A
14	0	Aldershot	22	4	5	2	18	13	4	0	7	11	31	0.659	21	W	W	L	W	W	1950-12-26	Exeter City	A
15	0	Newport County	22	6	2	5	28	20	2	1	6	7	14	1.029	19	D	W	L	W	L	1950-12-26	Walsall	H
16	0	Colchester United	22	5	2	4	24	14	1	5	5	10	21	0.971	19	D	D	W	D	W	1950-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
17	1	Swindon Town	22	9	1	2	21	9	0	0	10	4	21	0.833	19	W	L	L	W	W	1950-12-26	Torquay United	A
18	-1	Torquay United	23	7	1	4	27	21	0	3	8	9	23	0.818	18	L	L	W	L	W	1950-12-26	Swindon Town	H
19	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	4	3	4	17	20	1	4	5	9	25	0.578	17	L	L	W	L	L	1950-12-26	Norwich City	H
20	0	Walsall	22	4	2	4	12	9	2	2	8	6	20	0.621	16	D	W	L	L	W	1950-12-26	Newport County	A
21	0	Leyton Orient	22	5	1	2	12	8	1	2	11	12	37	0.533	15	L	L	D	L	L	1950-12-26	Watford	H
22	2	Watford	22	4	3	5	16	13	0	3	7	15	28	0.756	14	W	D	L	W	L	1950-12-26	Leyton Orient	A
23	0	Crystal Palace	22	5	1	6	12	18	1	1	8	8	27	0.444	14	D	W	L	W	L	1950-12-26	Northampton Town	A
24	-2	Gillingham	22	3	5	3	16	16	1	0	10	13	41	0.509	13	L	L	L	W	L	1950-12-26	Reading	A