1947–48 Football League

49th season of the Football League The Football League 1947–48 Arsenal 1946–47 1948–49 The 1947–48 season was the 49th completed season of The Football League. Final league tables The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1947-48.html England 1947–48 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated. Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election. First Division First Division 1947–48 Arsenal6th English title Blackburn RoversGrimsby Town Ronnie Rooke(33 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 462 1343 1946–47 1948–49 Arsenal, the most successful English club side of the 1930s, picked up their first postwar silverware, finishing top of the First Division by seven points. Their nearest rivals were Manchester United, who lifted the FA Cup with a dramatic 4–2 win over Blackpool at Wembley to end their 37-year wait for a major trophy. Burnley finished level on points with Matt Busby's team. Derby County, the 1946 FA Cup-winners, finished fourth in the league. Defending champions Liverpool finished 11th. Grimsby Town were relegated in bottom place, 14 points adrift of safety, and were joined in the Second Division by Blackburn Rovers. main WDL First Division World Football ARS, MUN, BUR, DER, WOL, AVL, PNE, POR, BLP, MCI, LIV, SHU, CHA, EVE, STK, MID, BOL, CHE, HUD, SUN, BLA, GRI 1st REL REL complete 23 13 6 81 32 19 9 14 65 57 11 10 21 54 72 17 10 15 57 41 16 5 21 46 58 20 12 10 56 43 17 6 19 57 66 14 9 19 53 71 19 12 11 77 57 17 6 19 52 66 8 6 28 45 111 12 12 18 51 60 16 10 16 65 61 15 12 15 52 47 19 14 9 81 48 14 9 19 71 73 19 7 16 68 50 20 7 15 67 68 16 10 16 65 70 14 10 18 41 55 13 10 19 56 67 19 9 14 83 70 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS AST BLB BLP BOL BUR CHA CHE DER EVE GRI HUD LIV MCI MUN MID POR PNE SHU STK SUN WOL Arsenal 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 6–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 8–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 7–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 3–0 3–1 5–2 Aston Villa 4–2 3–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–4 2–3 4–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–7 1–0 2–3 4–0 2–0 4–3 1–0 Blackpool 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 5–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–5 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 4–0 1–2 2–3 0–1 3–1 3–2 Burnley 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 4–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 Charlton Athletic 2–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–5 2–3 2–3 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–0 5–1 Chelsea 0–0 4–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–4 3–1 2–2 0–4 4–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 Derby County 1–0 1–3 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 5–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–2 Everton 0–2 3–0 4–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 Grimsby Town 0–4 3–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–3 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–5 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–4 Huddersfield Town 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 5–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 Liverpool 1–3 3–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–0 2–2 4–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 3–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 Manchester City 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–2 4–1 4–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 4–3 3–0 3–0 4–3 Manchester United 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 0–2 5–0 6–2 5–0 1–0 2–2 3–4 4–4 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 Middlesbrough 1–1 1–3 1–1 4–0 4–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–4 Portsmouth 0–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 6–1 1–0 6–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 Preston North End 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–7 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 7–4 3–0 2–1 0–2 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–3 Sheffield United 1–2 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 3–2 2–2 Stoke City 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 2–4 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–3 Sunderland 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 5–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 4–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–4 8–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–6 1–3 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1947–1948 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division 1947–1948 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Burnley Charlton Chelsea Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Huddersfield Liverpool Manchester City Manchester U. Middlesbrough Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers Second Division Second Division 1947–48 Birmingham City Birmingham CityNewcastle United Doncaster RoversMillwall Eddie Quigley(23 goals) 462 1247 1946–47 1948–49 main WDL Second Division BIR, NEW, SOU, SHW, CAR, WHU, WBA, TOT, LEI, COV, FUL, BAR, LUT, BPA, BRE, CHF, PLY, LEE, NFO, BRY, DON, MIL PRO PRO RELN RELS complete 15 10 17 62 64 22 15 5 55 24 16 8 18 68 72 13 14 15 44 61 9 16 17 58 68 18 11 13 61 58 16 7 19 54 55 14 13 15 59 52 9 11 22 40 66 15 10 17 47 46 14 8 20 62 72 16 11 15 60 57 14 12 16 56 59 9 11 22 44 74 24 8 10 72 41 12 11 19 54 60 9 20 13 40 58 20 11 11 66 53 21 10 11 71 53 15 14 13 56 43 18 9 15 63 58 16 14 12 55 53 C, P P R R Barnsley Birmingham City Bradford (Park Avenue) Brentford Bury Cardiff City Chesterfield Coventry City Doncaster Rovers Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the First Division red1 Relegation to the Third Division North red1 Relegation to the Third Division South Results main FBR grey BAR BIR BPA BRE BRY CAR CHF COV DON FUL LEE LEI LUT MIL NEW NOT PLY SHW SOU TOT WBA WHU Barnsley 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 Birmingham 2–3 4–3 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–1 Bradford Park Avenue 3–2 1–2 1–1 5–3 0–1 1–3 2–2 4–0 3–0 3–1 0–2 2–2 4–0 0–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 0–2 3–1 4–1 Brentford 3–3 1–2 2–1 4–1 0–0 0–3 1–4 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 Bury 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 3–5 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 Cardiff City 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 6–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 5–1 0–3 0–5 0–3 Chesterfield 1–1 0–3 0–1 4–0 1–2 2–2 4–3 0–3 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–2 6–0 Coventry City 3–2 0–1 5–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–2 1–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 Doncaster Rovers 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 Fulham 0–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 Leeds United 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 5–0 2–2 0–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 Leicester City 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 0–2 2–0 3–2 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–3 Luton Town 2–1 0–1 3–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–3 6–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 Millwall 3–3 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–7 0–1 0–2 6–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–4 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 Newcastle United 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 6–1 4–2 5–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 Nottingham Forest 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 4–0 4–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 5–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday 5–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 5–3 Southampton 4–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 6–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 5–1 4–2 2–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur 0–3 1–2 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–3 2–0 5–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 West Bromwich Albion 0–2 1–1 6–0 3–2 3–3 2–3 1–0 3–1 1–3 2–1 3–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 West Ham United 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1947–1948 Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Brentford Fulham Millwall Tottenham West Ham England none 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1947–1948 teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 51.486 -0.31 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.54 0.040 right Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Bury Cardiff City Chesterfield Coventry Doncaster Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham West Bromwich Albion West Ham Third Division North Football LeagueThird Division North 1947–48 Lincoln City (2nd title) Jimmy Hutchinson (Lincoln City), 32 Failed re-election none 462 1369 1946–47 1948–49 main WDL Third Division North 2 y 5 P LIN Lincoln City ROT Rotherham United WRE Wrexham GAT Gateshead HUL Hull City ACC Accrington Stanley BRW Barrow MAN Mansfield Town CRL Carlisle United CRE Crewe Alexandra OLD Oldham Athletic ROC Rochdale YOR York City BRA Bradford City SOU Southport DAR Darlington STP Stockport County TRA Tranmere Rovers HAR Hartlepools United CHE Chester HAL Halifax Town NWB New Brighton 26 8 8 81 40 25 9 8 95 49 21 8 13 74 54 19 11 12 75 57 18 11 13 59 48 20 6 16 62 59 16 13 13 49 40 17 11 14 57 51 18 7 17 88 77 18 7 17 61 63 14 13 15 63 64 15 11 16 48 72 13 14 15 65 60 15 10 17 65 66 14 11 17 60 63 13 13 16 54 70 13 12 17 63 67 16 4 22 54 72 14 8 20 51 73 13 9 20 64 67 7 13 22 43 76 8 9 25 38 81 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division C red2 Re-elected REE REE complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ACC BRW BRA CRL CHE CRE DAR GAT HAL HAR HUL LIN MAN NWB OLD ROC ROT SOU STP TRA WRE YOR Accrington Stanley 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–2 2–4 2–1 1–0 5–3 2–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 5–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 Barrow 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–4 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 Bradford City 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–4 0–1 1–1 0–2 4–0 0–1 4–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–3 Carlisle United 2–3 1–2 1–2 2–0 5–2 4–2 1–1 5–2 1–1 0–0 2–5 3–1 2–1 4–1 5–0 0–3 2–3 4–0 4–3 1–2 1–1 Chester 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 4–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 2–2 4–0 4–1 2–3 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–2 1–0 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 2–1 3–3 4–1 4–2 3–2 1–0 1–3 Darlington 3–1 2–2 1–1 4–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 3–1 0–6 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 Gateshead 4–2 0–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 7–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 3–5 5–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 Halifax Town 3–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–5 2–3 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 Hartlepool 4–0 0–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 Hull City 4–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–3 1–2 5–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 5–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 Lincoln City 2–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–2 0–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 5–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 Mansfield Town 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 New Brighton 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 Oldham Athletic 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 2–2 Rochdale 1–3 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 Rotherham United 1–0 0–0 4–1 7–2 2–1 5–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 6–1 4–1 4–1 0–2 4–1 2–0 6–0 3–2 Southport 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–4 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 4–0 2–2 1–2 0–4 1–4 1–0 2–1 Stockport County 1–1 2–3 3–3 2–3 4–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–2 3–0 4–0 2–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 4–2 Tranmere 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 2–3 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–4 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–2 2–3 2–3 4–2 Wrexham 1–1 3–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 6–3 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 5–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 6–0 3–0 York City 1–2 0–0 3–3 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 6–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–3 3–2 1–2 1–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1947–1948 England 53.75 -2.36 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 53.099 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 54.95 -1.6 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 53.43 -3.05 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Accrington Stanley Barrow Bradford C. Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Gateshead Halifax T. Hartlepool Hull Lincoln City Mansfield Town New Brighton Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Southport Stockport Tranmere Wrexham York City Third Division South Football LeagueThird Division South 1947–48 Queens Park Rangers (1st title) Len Townsend (Bristol City), 31 Failed re-election none 462 1327 1946–47 1948–49 main WDL Third Division South P 5 y 2 QPR Queens Park Rangers B&BA Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic WAL Walsall IPS Ipswich Town SWA Swansea Town NTC Notts County BRI Bristol City PTV Port Vale STD Southend United REA Reading EXE Exeter City NPC Newport County CRY Crystal Palace NOR Northampton Town WAT Watford SWI Swindon Town LEY Leyton Orient TOR Torquay United ALD Aldershot BRR Bristol Rovers NWC Norwich City B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion 26 9 7 74 37 24 9 9 76 35 21 9 12 70 40 23 3 16 67 61 18 12 12 70 52 19 8 15 68 59 18 7 17 77 65 16 11 15 63 54 15 13 14 51 58 15 11 16 56 58 15 11 16 55 63 14 13 15 61 73 13 13 16 49 49 14 11 17 58 72 14 10 18 57 79 10 16 16 41 46 13 10 19 51 73 11 13 18 63 62 10 15 17 45 67 13 8 21 71 75 13 8 21 61 76 11 12 19 43 73 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division C red2 Re-elected REE REE complete Results main FBR grey ALD B&BA B&HA BRI BRR CRY EXE IPS LEY NPC NOR NWC NTC PTV QPR REA STD SWA SWI TOR WAL WAT Aldershot 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 6–2 1–1 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–3 2–2 0–5 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–4 1–3 Bristol City 2–4 0–4 1–2 5–2 2–0 1–1 4–0 6–0 1–0 1–1 6–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 6–0 3–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 Bristol Rovers 7–1 1–2 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–3 1–2 2–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–2 2–3 3–0 Crystal Palace 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 Exeter City 4–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–4 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–6 3–1 Ipswich Town 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 0–4 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 5–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 Leyton Orient 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–4 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–2 5–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–3 4–1 0–1 0–2 Newport County 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–5 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–2 3–4 Northampton Town 2–1 3–6 4–0 0–4 1–3 3–1 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 Norwich City 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–5 3–1 3–0 1–5 3–0 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–2 5–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 Notts County 0–2 1–2 4–0 3–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 4–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 5–1 2–1 5–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 Port Vale 6–4 2–1 5–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 7–0 Queens Park Rangers 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 3–3 2–1 5–1 Reading 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–7 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 6–2 0–0 1–1 2–4 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–3 4–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 Southend 4–0 0–2 2–2 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 Swansea Town 2–1 3–2 0–0 6–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 5–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 Swindon Town 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 3–0 Torquay United 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 3–3 1–2 3–0 0–1 4–1 4–2 1–1 2–2 5–0 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 Walsall 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 6–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 Watford 1–2 0–3 2–3 1–1 3–2 0–5 3–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1947–1948 Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Leyton Orient Crystal Palace Queens Park Rangers Watford England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1947–1948 England 51.25 -0.75 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 51.42 -0.07 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right Aldershot Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Bristol City Bristol Rovers Leyton Orient Crystal Palace Exeter City Ipswich Town Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Notts County Port Vale QPR Southend Reading Torquay Swansea Town Swindon Walsall Watford Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1948.htm Historical attendances www.european-football-statistics.co.uk Division One No. Club Average 1 Arsenal FC 54,982 2 Manchester United 54,890 3 Chelsea FC 47,592 4 Liverpool FC 44,299 5 Everton FC 44,205 6 Sunderland AFC 42,888 7 Manchester City FC 42,725 8 Aston Villa FC 41,431 9 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 39,636 10 Charlton Athletic FC 36,253 11 Sheffield United FC 35,094 12 Middlesbrough FC 33,901 13 Burnley FC 33,621 14 Stoke City FC 31,590 15 Portsmouth FC 31,226 16 Preston North End FC 30,400 17 Bolton Wanderers FC 29,408 18 Blackburn Rovers FC 27,883 19 Derby County FC 27,044 20 Huddersfield Town AFC 25,548 21 Blackpool FC 25,195 22 Grimsby Town FC 16,031 Division Two No. Club Average 1 Newcastle United FC 56,283 2 Birmingham City FC 38,365 3 Cardiff City FC 37,871 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 37,679 5 Sheffield Wednesday FC 35,858 6 West Bromwich Albion FC 30,860 7 Leeds United FC 28,493 8 Leicester City FC 27,110 9 West Ham United FC 24,875 10 Nottingham Forest FC 24,247 11 Brentford FC 23,341 12 Plymouth Argyle FC 23,081 13 Doncaster Rovers FC 22,317 14 Coventry City FC 22,288 15 Millwall FC 21,823 16 Fulham FC 21,437 17 Barnsley FC 21,262 18 Southampton FC 20,789 19 Luton Town FC 17,948 20 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 17,687 21 Bury FC 16,037 22 Chesterfield FC 15,372 Division Three No. Club Average 1 Notts County FC 25,380 2 Hull City AFC 24,019 3 Queens Park Rangers FC 22,273 4 Norwich City FC 21,444 5 Bristol City FC 20,951 6 Swansea City AFC 17,858 7 AFC Bournemouth 16,854 8 Swindon Town FC 15,829 9 Walsall FC 15,711 10 Bristol Rovers FC 15,036 11 Crystal Palace FC 14,937 12 Rotherham United FC 14,330 13 Reading FC 13,610 14 Port Vale FC 13,569 15 Leyton Orient FC 13,345 16 Ipswich Town FC 13,234 17 Lincoln City FC 13,187 18 Carlisle United FC 13,128 19 Oldham Athletic FC 12,950 20 Mansfield Town FC 11,545 21 Watford FC 11,506 22 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 11,486 23 Wrexham AFC 11,303 24 Newport County AFC 11,240 25 Stockport County FC 11,024 26 Southend United FC 10,129 27 Bradford City AFC 10,104 28 Exeter City FC 9,900 29 York City FC 9,006 30 Tranmere Rovers 8,862 31 Northampton Town FC 8,571 32 Rochdale AFC 8,124 33 Southport FC 8,034 34 Chester City FC 7,870 35 Barrow AFC 7,814 36 Crewe Alexandra FC 7,540 37 Halifax Town AFC 7,508 38 Hartlepool United FC 7,485 39 Torquay United FC 7,186 40 Darlington FC 6,877 41 Aldershot Town FC 6,729 42 Gateshead AFC 6,341 43 Accrington Stanley FC 6,230 44 New Brighton AFC 5,229 See also 1947-48 in English football 1947 in association football 1948 in association football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1947-48 League