Season 1948-49

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

FA Cup Final 1949						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Leicester City	D 2	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	98,920
	Pye 2, Smyth			Griffiths

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1949						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	Leicester City	3	1	Portsmouth	D 1	Highbury, London	62,000
	Revie 2, Chisholm			Harris
D 1	Manchester United	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	62,250	aet
	Mitten			Smyth
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1949 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Manchester United	D 1	Goodison Park, Liverpool	72,631
	Smyth

Final Table for Season 1948-49

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	7	Portsmouth	42	18	3	0	52	12	7	5	9	32	30	2.000	58	SF
2	0	Manchester United	42	11	7	3	40	20	10	4	7	37	24	1.750	53	SF
3	1	Derby County	42	17	2	2	48	22	5	7	9	26	33	1.345	53	Rd 6
4	D 2	Newcastle United	42	12	5	4	35	29	8	7	6	35	27	1.250	52	Rd 3
5	-4	Arsenal	42	13	5	3	51	18	5	8	8	23	26	1.682	49	Rd 4
6	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	5	3	48	19	4	7	10	31	47	1.197	46	Win
7	3	Manchester City	42	10	8	3	28	21	5	7	9	19	30	0.922	45	Rd 3
8	12	Sunderland	42	8	10	3	27	19	5	7	9	22	39	0.845	43	Rd 4
9	4	Charlton Athletic	42	10	5	6	38	31	5	7	9	25	36	0.940	42	Rd 3
10	-4	Aston Villa	42	10	6	5	40	36	6	4	11	20	40	0.789	42	Rd 4
11	4	Stoke City	42	14	3	4	43	24	2	6	13	23	44	0.971	41	Rd 5
12	-1	Liverpool	42	5	10	6	25	18	8	4	9	28	25	1.233	40	Rd 5
13	5	Chelsea	42	10	6	5	43	27	2	8	11	26	41	1.015	38	Rd 5
14	3	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	4	7	43	32	4	6	11	16	36	0.868	38	Rd 3
15	-12	Burnley	42	10	6	5	27	19	2	8	11	16	31	0.860	38	Rd 5
16	-7	Blackpool	42	8	8	5	24	25	3	8	10	30	42	0.806	38	Rd 4
17	D 2	Birmingham City	42	9	7	5	19	10	2	8	11	17	28	0.947	37	Rd 3
18	-4	Everton	42	12	5	4	33	25	1	6	14	8	38	0.651	37	Rd 4
19	-3	Middlesbrough	42	10	6	5	37	23	1	6	14	9	34	0.807	34	Rd 3
20	-1	Huddersfield Town	42	6	7	8	19	24	6	3	12	21	45	0.580	34	Rd 4
21	-14	Preston North End	42	8	6	7	36	36	3	5	13	26	39	0.827	33	Rd 4
22	-10	Sheffield United	42	8	9	4	32	25	3	2	16	25	53	0.731	33	Rd 4

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	10	Fulham	42	16	4	1	52	14	8	5	8	25	23	2.081	57	Rd 3
2	5	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	3	2	47	16	8	5	8	22	23	1.769	56	Rd 6
3	0	Southampton	42	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	9	21	26	1.917	55	Rd 3
4	1	Cardiff City	42	14	4	3	45	21	5	9	7	17	26	1.319	51	Rd 5
5	3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	4	3	50	18	3	12	6	22	26	1.636	50	Rd 3
6	10	Chesterfield	42	9	7	5	24	18	6	10	5	27	27	1.133	47	Rd 3
7	-1	West Ham United	42	13	5	3	38	23	5	5	11	18	35	0.966	46	Rd 3
8	-4	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	6	3	36	17	3	7	11	27	39	1.125	43	Rd 4
9	3	Barnsley	42	10	7	4	40	18	4	5	12	22	43	1.016	40	Rd 3
10	3	Luton Town	42	11	6	4	32	16	3	6	12	23	41	0.965	40	Rd 5
11	D 1	Grimsby Town	42	10	5	6	44	28	5	5	11	28	48	0.947	40	Rd 4
12	8	Bury	42	12	5	4	41	23	5	1	15	26	53	0.882	40	Rd 3
13	D 3S	Queens Park Rangers	42	11	4	6	31	26	3	7	11	13	36	0.710	39	Rd 3
14	D 1	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	5	4	41	23	3	3	15	12	40	0.841	38	Rd 3
15	3	Leeds United	42	11	6	4	36	21	1	7	13	19	42	0.873	37	Rd 3
16	-6	Coventry City	42	12	3	6	35	20	3	4	14	20	44	0.859	37	Rd 3
17	-3	Bradford	42	8	8	5	37	26	5	3	13	28	52	0.833	37	Rd 4
18	-3	Brentford	42	7	10	4	28	21	4	4	13	14	32	0.792	36	Rd 6
19	-10	Leicester City	42	6	10	5	41	38	4	6	11	21	41	0.785	36	Final
20	-3	Plymouth Argyle	42	11	4	6	33	25	1	8	12	16	39	0.766	36	Rd 3
21	-2	Nottingham Forest	42	9	6	6	22	14	5	1	15	28	40	0.926	35	Rd 3
22	D 3N	Lincoln City	42	6	7	8	31	35	2	5	14	22	56	0.582	28	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	4	Hull City	42	17	1	3	65	14	10	10	1	28	14	3.321	65	Rd 6
2	0	Rotherham United	42	16	4	1	47	17	12	2	7	43	29	1.957	62	Rd 4
3	D 2	Doncaster Rovers	42	10	8	3	26	12	10	2	9	27	28	1.325	50	Rd 1
4	12	Darlington	42	10	3	8	42	36	10	3	8	41	38	1.122	46	Rd 3
5	-1	Gateshead	42	10	6	5	41	28	6	7	8	28	30	1.190	45	Rd 4
6	5	Oldham Athletic	42	12	4	5	49	28	6	5	10	26	39	1.119	45	Rd 3
7	5	Rochdale	42	14	3	4	37	16	4	6	11	18	37	1.038	45	Rd 1
8	9	Stockport County	42	13	5	3	44	16	3	6	12	17	40	1.089	43	Rd 3
9	-6	Wrexham	42	12	6	3	35	22	5	3	13	21	40	0.903	43	Rd 1
10	-2	Mansfield Town	42	13	6	2	39	15	1	8	12	13	33	1.083	42	Rd 3
11	7	Tranmere Rovers	42	8	9	4	23	19	5	6	10	23	38	0.807	41	Rd 1
12	-2	Crewe Alexandra	42	13	4	4	31	18	3	5	13	21	56	0.703	41	Rd 3
13	-6	Barrow	42	10	8	3	27	13	4	4	13	14	35	0.854	40	Rd 2
14	-1	York City	42	11	3	7	49	28	4	6	11	25	46	1.000	39	Rd 2
15	-6	Carlisle United	42	12	7	2	46	32	2	4	15	14	45	0.779	39	Rd 1
16	3	Hartlepools United	42	10	5	6	34	25	4	5	12	11	33	0.776	38	Rd 1
17	5	New Brighton	42	10	4	7	25	19	4	4	13	21	39	0.793	36	Rd 3
18	2	Chester	42	10	7	4	36	19	1	6	14	21	37	1.018	35	Rd 2
19	2	Halifax Town	42	8	4	9	26	27	4	7	10	19	35	0.726	35	Rd 1
20	-14	Accrington Stanley	42	11	4	6	39	23	1	6	14	16	41	0.859	34	Rd 1
21	-6	Southport	42	6	5	10	24	29	5	4	12	21	35	0.703	31	Rd 3
22	-8	Bradford City	42	7	6	8	29	31	3	3	15	19	46	0.623	29	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	4	Swansea Town	42	20	1	0	60	11	7	7	7	27	23	2.559	62	Rd 2
2	8	Reading	42	17	1	3	48	18	8	4	9	29	32	1.540	55	Rd 2
3	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	15	2	4	42	17	7	6	8	27	31	1.438	52	Rd 3
4	12	Swindon Town	42	11	9	1	38	20	7	6	8	26	36	1.143	51	Rd 3
5	15	Bristol Rovers	42	13	5	3	42	23	6	5	10	19	28	1.196	48	Rd 1
6	16	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	11	5	5	32	26	4	13	4	23	29	1.000	48	Rd 1
7	-3	Ipswich Town	42	14	3	4	53	30	4	6	11	25	47	1.013	45	Rd 1
8	D 2	Millwall	42	12	7	2	42	23	5	4	12	21	41	0.984	45	Rd 2
9	9	Torquay United	42	12	5	4	45	26	5	6	10	20	44	0.929	45	Rd 4
10	11	Norwich City	42	11	6	4	32	10	5	6	10	35	39	1.367	44	Rd 2
11	-5	Notts County	42	15	3	3	68	19	4	2	15	34	49	1.500	43	Rd 4
12	-1	Exeter City	42	12	5	4	45	26	3	5	13	18	50	0.829	40	Rd 3
13	-5	Port Vale	42	11	3	7	32	21	3	8	10	19	33	0.944	39	Rd 1
14	-11	Walsall	42	9	5	7	34	28	6	3	12	22	36	0.875	38	Rd 4
15	-3	Newport County	42	8	6	7	41	35	6	3	12	27	57	0.739	37	Rd 5
16	-9	Bristol City	42	8	9	4	28	24	3	5	13	16	38	0.710	36	Rd 3
17	-2	Watford	42	6	9	6	24	21	4	6	11	17	33	0.759	35	Rd 1
18	-9	Southend United	42	5	10	6	18	18	4	6	11	23	28	0.891	34	Rd 1
19	-2	Leyton Orient	42	9	6	6	36	29	2	6	13	22	51	0.725	34	Rd 2
20	-6	Northampton Town	42	9	6	6	33	20	3	3	15	18	42	0.823	33	Rd 2
21	-2	Aldershot	42	6	5	10	26	29	5	6	10	22	30	0.814	33	Rd 3
22	-9	Crystal Palace	42	7	8	6	27	27	1	3	17	11	49	0.500	27	Rd 1

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
1949 Election to the Third Division North of the Football League
D 3N	Bradford City	10,447	Rd 2	45	Re-elected
D 3N	Southport	7,637	Rd 3	45	Re-elected
ML	Shrewsbury Town		Q4	5	Failed
ML	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United		Rd 2	4	Failed
Lan	Nelson		Q4	0	Failed
NEL	North Shields		Q4	0	Failed
CCL	South Liverpool		Q4	0	Failed
Lan	Wigan Athletic		Q4	0	Failed
1949 Election to the Third Division South of the Football League
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
D 3S	Aldershot	7,351	Rd 3	41	Re-elected
D 3S	Crystal Palace	14,874	Rd 1	40	Re-elected
SL	Gillingham		Q4	5	Failed
SL	Worcester City		Q1	5	Failed
SL	Merthyr Tydfil		Q4	3	Failed
SL	Yeovil Town		Rd 5	2	Failed
ML	Peterborough United		Rd 1	0	Failed