Season 1947-48

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1948						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Manchester United	4	2	Blackpool	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	99,000
	Rowley 2, Pearson, Anderson			Shimwell (p), Mortensen

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1948						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Blackpool	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	D 2	Villa Park, Birmingham	70,687	aet
	Mortensen 3			Duquemin
D 1	Manchester United	3	1	Derby County	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	60,000
	Pearson 3			Steel

Final Table for Season 1947-48

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	12	Arsenal	42	15	3	3	56	15	8	10	3	25	17	2.531	59	Rd 3
2	0	Manchester United	42	11	7	3	50	27	8	7	6	31	21	1.688	52	Win
3	D 2	Burnley	42	12	5	4	31	12	8	7	6	25	31	1.302	52	Rd 3
4	10	Derby County	42	11	6	4	38	24	8	6	7	39	33	1.351	50	SF
5	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	4	5	45	29	7	5	9	38	41	1.186	47	Rd 4
6	2	Aston Villa	42	13	5	3	42	22	6	4	11	23	35	1.140	47	Rd 3
7	0	Preston North End	42	13	4	4	43	35	7	3	11	24	33	0.985	47	Rd 6
8	4	Portsmouth	42	13	5	3	44	17	6	2	13	24	33	1.360	45	Rd 4
9	-4	Blackpool	42	13	4	4	37	14	4	6	11	20	27	1.390	44	Final
10	D 2	Manchester City	42	13	3	5	37	22	2	9	10	15	25	1.106	42	Rd 5
11	-10	Liverpool	42	9	8	4	39	23	7	2	12	26	38	1.066	42	Rd 4
12	-6	Sheffield United	42	13	4	4	44	24	3	6	12	21	46	0.929	42	Rd 3
13	6	Charlton Athletic	42	8	4	9	33	29	9	2	10	24	37	0.864	40	Rd 5
14	-4	Everton	42	10	2	9	30	26	7	4	10	22	40	0.788	40	Rd 5
15	-11	Stoke City	42	9	5	7	29	23	5	5	11	12	32	0.745	38	Rd 4
16	-5	Middlesbrough	42	8	7	6	37	27	6	2	13	34	46	0.973	37	Rd 5
17	1	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	2	8	29	25	5	3	13	17	33	0.793	37	Rd 3
18	-3	Chelsea	42	11	6	4	38	27	3	3	15	15	44	0.746	37	Rd 4
19	1	Huddersfield Town	42	7	6	8	25	24	5	6	10	26	36	0.850	36	Rd 3
20	-11	Sunderland	42	11	4	6	33	18	2	6	13	23	49	0.836	36	Rd 3
21	-4	Blackburn Rovers	42	8	5	8	35	30	3	5	13	19	42	0.750	32	Rd 4
22	-6	Grimsby Town	42	5	5	11	20	35	3	1	17	25	76	0.405	22	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	2	Birmingham City	42	12	7	2	34	13	10	8	3	21	11	2.292	59	Rd 3
2	3	Newcastle United	42	18	1	2	46	13	6	7	8	26	28	1.756	56	Rd 3
3	11	Southampton	42	15	3	3	53	23	6	7	8	18	30	1.340	52	Rd 6
4	16	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	6	2	39	21	7	5	9	27	32	1.245	51	Rd 4
5	D 3S	Cardiff City	42	12	6	3	36	18	6	5	10	25	40	1.052	47	Rd 3
6	6	West Ham United	42	10	7	4	29	19	6	7	8	26	34	1.038	46	Rd 3
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	4	6	37	29	7	5	9	26	29	1.086	45	Rd 4
8	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	10	6	5	36	24	5	8	8	20	19	1.302	44	SF
9	0	Leicester City	42	10	5	6	36	29	6	6	9	24	28	1.053	43	Rd 5
10	-2	Coventry City	42	10	5	6	33	16	4	8	9	26	36	1.135	41	Rd 4
11	4	Fulham	42	6	9	6	24	19	9	1	11	23	27	1.022	40	Rd 6
12	-2	Barnsley	42	10	5	6	31	22	5	5	11	31	42	0.969	40	Rd 3
13	0	Luton Town	42	8	8	5	31	25	6	4	11	25	34	0.949	40	Rd 5
14	2	Bradford	42	11	3	7	45	30	5	5	11	23	42	0.944	40	Rd 4
15	D 1	Brentford	42	10	6	5	31	26	3	8	10	13	35	0.721	40	Rd 4
16	-12	Chesterfield	42	8	4	9	32	26	8	3	10	22	29	0.982	39	Rd 3
17	2	Plymouth Argyle	42	8	9	4	27	22	1	11	9	13	36	0.690	38	Rd 3
18	D 1	Leeds United	42	12	5	4	44	20	2	3	16	18	52	0.861	36	Rd 3
19	-8	Nottingham Forest	42	10	5	6	32	23	2	6	13	22	37	0.900	35	Rd 3
20	-3	Bury	42	6	8	7	27	28	3	8	10	31	40	0.853	34	Rd 3
21	D 3N	Doncaster Rovers	42	7	8	6	23	20	2	3	16	17	46	0.606	29	Rd 3
22	-4	Millwall	42	7	7	7	27	28	2	4	15	17	46	0.595	29	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Third Division North
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	11	Lincoln City	42	14	3	4	47	18	12	5	4	34	22	2.025	60	Rd 1
2	0	Rotherham United	42	15	4	2	56	18	10	5	6	39	31	1.939	59	Rd 3
3	4	Wrexham	42	14	3	4	49	23	7	5	9	25	31	1.370	50	Rd 2
4	10	Gateshead	42	11	5	5	48	28	8	6	7	27	29	1.316	49	Rd 1
5	6	Hull City	42	12	5	4	38	21	6	6	9	21	27	1.229	47	Rd 3
6	14	Accrington Stanley	42	13	1	7	36	24	7	5	9	26	35	1.051	46	Rd 1
7	2	Barrow	42	9	4	8	24	19	7	9	5	25	21	1.225	45	Rd 3
8	D 3S	Mansfield Town	42	11	4	6	37	24	6	7	8	20	27	1.118	45	Rd 3
9	7	Carlisle United	42	10	4	7	50	35	8	3	10	38	42	1.143	43	Rd 1
10	-2	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	4	5	41	24	6	3	12	20	39	0.968	43	Rd 4
11	8	Oldham Athletic	42	6	10	5	25	25	8	3	10	38	39	0.984	41	Rd 2
12	-6	Rochdale	42	12	4	5	32	23	3	7	11	16	49	0.667	41	Rd 2
13	2	York City	42	8	7	6	38	25	5	7	9	27	35	1.083	40	Rd 1
14	-9	Bradford City	42	10	4	7	38	27	5	6	10	27	39	0.985	40	Rd 2
15	6	Southport	42	10	4	7	34	27	4	7	10	26	36	0.952	39	Rd 1
16	1	Darlington	42	7	8	6	30	31	6	5	10	24	39	0.771	39	Rd 1
17	-13	Stockport County	42	9	6	6	42	28	4	6	11	21	39	0.940	38	Rd 4
18	-8	Tranmere Rovers	42	10	1	10	30	28	6	3	12	24	44	0.750	36	Rd 2
19	-6	Hartlepools United	42	10	6	5	34	23	4	2	15	17	50	0.699	36	Rd 2
20	-17	Chester	42	11	6	4	44	25	2	3	16	20	42	0.955	35	Rd 4
21	1	Halifax Town	42	4	10	7	25	27	3	3	15	18	49	0.566	27	Rd 1
22	-4	New Brighton	42	5	6	10	20	28	3	3	15	18	53	0.469	25	Rd 2

				Home					Away
Third Division South
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	1	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	3	2	44	17	10	6	5	30	20	2.000	61	Rd 6
2	5	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	13	5	3	42	13	11	4	6	34	22	2.171	57	Rd 3
3	2	Walsall	42	13	5	3	37	12	8	4	9	33	28	1.750	51	Rd 3
4	2	Ipswich Town	42	16	1	4	42	18	7	2	12	25	43	1.098	49	Rd 1
5	D 2	Swansea Town	42	14	6	1	48	14	4	6	11	22	38	1.346	48	Rd 3
6	6	Notts County	42	12	4	5	44	27	7	4	10	24	32	1.153	46	Rd 4
7	-4	Bristol City	42	11	4	6	47	26	7	3	11	30	39	1.185	43	Rd 2
8	2	Port Vale	42	14	4	3	48	18	2	7	12	15	36	1.167	43	Rd 1
9	-1	Southend United	42	11	8	2	32	16	4	5	12	19	42	0.879	43	Rd 1
10	-1	Reading	42	10	5	6	37	28	5	6	10	19	30	0.966	41	Rd 3
11	4	Exeter City	42	11	6	4	34	22	4	5	12	21	41	0.873	41	Rd 1
12	D 2	Newport County	42	9	8	4	38	28	5	5	11	23	45	0.836	41	Rd 2
13	5	Crystal Palace	42	12	5	4	32	14	1	8	12	17	35	1.000	39	Rd 3
14	-1	Northampton Town	42	10	5	6	35	28	4	6	11	23	44	0.806	39	Rd 2
15	1	Watford	42	6	6	9	31	37	8	4	9	26	42	0.722	38	Rd 1
16	-12	Swindon Town	42	6	10	5	21	20	4	6	11	20	26	0.891	36	Rd 5
17	2	Leyton Orient	42	8	5	8	31	32	5	5	11	20	41	0.699	36	Rd 1
18	-7	Torquay United	42	7	6	8	40	29	4	7	10	23	33	1.016	35	Rd 3
19	1	Aldershot	42	5	10	6	22	26	5	5	11	23	41	0.672	35	Rd 2
20	-6	Bristol Rovers	42	7	3	11	39	34	6	5	10	32	41	0.947	34	Rd 4
21	0	Norwich City	42	8	3	10	33	34	5	5	11	28	42	0.803	34	Rd 2
22	-5	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	4	9	26	31	3	8	10	17	42	0.589	34	Rd 3

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
1948 Election to the Third Division North of the Football League
D 3N	Halifax Town	7,508	Rd 1	47	Re-elected
D 3N	New Brighton	5,229	Rd 2	38	Re-elected
ML	Shrewsbury Town		Rd 2	8	Failed
ML	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United		Rd 1	2	Failed
CCL	South Liverpool		Q4	1	Failed
Lan	Nelson		Q4	0	Failed
NEL	North Shields		Q4	0	Failed
CCL	Northwich Victoria		Q1	0	Failed
Lan	Wigan Athletic		Q4	0	Failed
NEL	Workington		Q4	0	Failed
1948 Election to the Third Division South of the Football League
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
D 3S	Norwich City	21,410	Rd 2	47	Re-elected
D 3S	Brighton & Hove Albion	11,486	Rd 3	47	Re-elected
SL	Colchester United		Rd 5	2	Failed
SL	Gillingham		Rd 3	1	Failed
SL	Worcester City		Q1	1	Failed
SL	Bath City		Q4	0	Failed
Wel	Bridgend		DNE	0	Failed
SL	Chelmsford City		Q4	0	Failed
SL	Lovell's Athletic		Q2	0	Failed
SL	Merthyr Tydfil		Rd 1	0	Failed
ML	Peterborough United		Q4	0	Failed
SL	Yeovil Town		Q4	0	Failed