1947–48 Football League

The 1947–48 season was the 49th completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1947–48
Champions	Arsenal
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

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 website 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.

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

Season	1947–48
Champions	Arsenal 6th English title
Relegated	Blackburn Rovers Grimsby Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,343 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronnie Rooke (33 goals)
← 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	42	23	13	6	81	32	2.531	59
2	Manchester United	42	19	14	9	81	48	1.688	52
3	Burnley	42	20	12	10	56	43	1.302	52
4	Derby County	42	19	12	11	77	57	1.351	50
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	9	14	83	70	1.186	47
6	Aston Villa	42	19	9	14	65	57	1.140	47
7	Preston North End	42	20	7	15	67	68	0.985	47
8	Portsmouth	42	19	7	16	68	50	1.360	45
9	Blackpool	42	17	10	15	57	41	1.390	44
10	Manchester City	42	15	12	15	52	47	1.106	42
11	Liverpool	42	16	10	16	65	61	1.066	42
12	Sheffield United	42	16	10	16	65	70	0.929	42
13	Charlton Athletic	42	17	6	19	57	66	0.864	40
14	Everton	42	17	6	19	52	66	0.788	40
15	Stoke City	42	14	10	18	41	55	0.745	38
16	Middlesbrough	42	14	9	19	71	73	0.973	37
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	5	21	46	58	0.793	37
18	Chelsea	42	14	9	19	53	71	0.746	37
19	Huddersfield Town	42	12	12	18	51	60	0.850	36
20	Sunderland	42	13	10	19	56	67	0.836	36
21	Blackburn Rovers (R)	42	11	10	21	54	72	0.750	32	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Grimsby Town (R)	42	8	6	28	45	111	0.405	22

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

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Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1947–1948

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

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1947–1948 teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1947–48
Champions	Birmingham City
Promoted	Birmingham City Newcastle United
Relegated	Doncaster Rovers Millwall
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,247 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eddie Quigley (23 goals)
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Birmingham City (C, P)	42	22	15	5	55	24	2.292	59	Promotion to the First Division
2	Newcastle United (P)	42	24	8	10	72	41	1.756	56
3	Southampton	42	21	10	11	71	53	1.340	52
4	Sheffield Wednesday	42	20	11	11	66	53	1.245	51
5	Cardiff City	42	18	11	13	61	58	1.052	47
6	West Ham United	42	16	14	12	55	53	1.038	46
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	9	15	63	58	1.086	45
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	14	13	56	43	1.302	44
9	Leicester City	42	16	11	15	60	57	1.053	43
10	Coventry City	42	14	13	15	59	52	1.135	41
11	Fulham	42	15	10	17	47	46	1.022	40
12	Barnsley	42	15	10	17	62	64	0.969	40
13	Luton Town	42	14	12	16	56	59	0.949	40
14	Bradford Park Avenue	42	16	8	18	68	72	0.944	40
15	Brentford	42	13	14	15	44	61	0.721	40
16	Chesterfield	42	16	7	19	54	55	0.982	39
17	Plymouth Argyle	42	9	20	13	40	58	0.690	38
18	Leeds United	42	14	8	20	62	72	0.861	36
19	Nottingham Forest	42	12	11	19	54	60	0.900	35
20	Bury	42	9	16	17	58	68	0.853	34
21	Doncaster Rovers (R)	42	9	11	22	40	66	0.606	29	Relegation to the Third Division North
22	Millwall (R)	42	9	11	22	44	74	0.595	29	Relegation to the Third Division South

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Fulham

Millwall

Tottenham

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1947–1948

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

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Locations of the Football League Second Division 1947–1948 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1947–48
Champions	Lincoln City (2nd title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,369 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Hutchinson (Lincoln City), 32
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Lincoln City	42	14	3	4	47	18	12	5	4	34	22	2.025	60	Division Champions, promoted
2	Rotherham United	42	15	4	2	56	18	10	5	6	39	31	1.939	59
3	Wrexham	42	14	3	4	49	23	7	5	9	25	31	1.370	50
4	Gateshead	42	11	5	5	48	28	8	6	7	27	29	1.316	49
5	Hull City	42	12	5	4	38	21	6	6	9	21	27	1.229	47
6	Accrington Stanley	42	13	1	7	36	24	7	5	9	26	35	1.051	46
7	Barrow	42	9	4	8	24	19	7	9	5	25	21	1.225	45
8	Mansfield Town	42	11	4	6	37	24	6	7	8	20	27	1.118	45
9	Carlisle United	42	10	4	7	50	35	8	3	10	38	42	1.143	43
10	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	4	5	41	24	6	3	12	20	39	0.968	43
11	Oldham Athletic	42	6	10	5	25	25	8	3	10	38	39	0.984	41
12	Rochdale	42	12	4	5	32	23	3	7	11	16	49	0.667	41
13	York City	42	8	7	6	38	25	5	7	9	27	35	1.083	40
14	Bradford City	42	10	4	7	38	27	5	6	10	27	39	0.985	40
15	Southport	42	10	4	7	34	27	4	7	10	26	36	0.952	39
16	Darlington	42	7	8	6	30	31	6	5	10	24	39	0.771	39
17	Stockport County	42	9	6	6	42	28	4	6	11	21	39	0.940	38
18	Tranmere Rovers	42	10	1	10	30	28	6	3	12	24	44	0.750	36
19	Hartlepools United	42	10	6	5	34	23	4	2	15	17	50	0.699	36
20	Chester	42	11	6	4	44	25	2	3	16	20	42	0.955	35
21	Halifax Town	42	4	10	7	25	27	3	3	15	18	49	0.566	27	Re-elected
22	New Brighton	42	5	6	10	20	28	3	3	15	18	53	0.469	25

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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

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Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1947–1948

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1947–48
Champions	Queens Park Rangers (1st title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,327 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Len Townsend (Bristol City), 31
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	3	2	44	17	10	6	5	30	20	2.000	61	Division Champions, promoted
2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	13	5	3	42	13	11	4	6	34	22	2.171	57
3	Walsall	42	13	5	3	37	12	8	4	9	33	28	1.750	51
4	Ipswich Town	42	16	1	4	42	18	7	2	12	25	43	1.098	49
5	Swansea Town	42	14	6	1	48	14	4	6	11	22	38	1.346	48
6	Notts County	42	12	4	5	44	27	7	4	10	24	32	1.153	46
7	Bristol City	42	11	4	6	47	26	7	3	11	30	39	1.185	43
8	Port Vale	42	14	4	3	48	18	2	7	12	15	36	1.167	43
9	Southend United	42	11	8	2	32	16	4	5	12	19	42	0.879	43
10	Reading	42	10	5	6	37	28	5	6	10	19	30	0.966	41
11	Exeter City	42	11	6	4	34	22	4	5	12	21	41	0.873	41
12	Newport County	42	9	8	4	38	28	5	5	11	23	45	0.836	41
13	Crystal Palace	42	12	5	4	32	14	1	8	12	17	35	1.000	39
14	Northampton Town	42	10	5	6	35	28	4	6	11	23	44	0.806	39
15	Watford	42	6	6	9	31	37	8	4	9	26	42	0.722	38
16	Swindon Town	42	6	10	5	21	20	4	6	11	20	26	0.891	36
17	Leyton Orient	42	8	5	8	31	32	5	5	11	20	41	0.699	36
18	Torquay United	42	7	6	8	40	29	4	7	10	23	33	1.016	35
19	Aldershot	42	5	10	6	22	26	5	5	11	23	41	0.672	35
20	Bristol Rovers	42	7	3	11	39	34	6	5	10	32	41	0.947	34
21	Norwich City	42	8	3	10	33	34	5	5	11	28	42	0.803	34	Re-elected
22	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	4	9	26	31	3	8	10	17	42	0.589	34

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	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	2–0
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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Leyton Orient

Crystal Palace

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1947–1948

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

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1947–1948

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.