1947-48 in English football

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The 1947-48 season was the 68th season of competitive football in England.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Events 3 Honours 4 League table 4.1 First Division 4.2 Second Division 4.3 Third Division North 4.4 Third Division South

[edit] Overview

[edit] Events

[edit] Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Arsenal	Manchester United
Second Division	Birmingham City	Newcastle United
Third Division North	Lincoln City	Rotherham United
Third Division South	Queens Park Rangers	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
FA Cup	Manchester United	Blackpool

[edit] League table

[edit] First Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Arsenal	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	42	11	10	21	54	72	0.750	32
22	Grimsby Town	42	8	6	28	45	111	0.405	22

[edit] Second Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Birmingham City	42	22	15	5	55	24	2.292	59
2	Newcastle United	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	42	9	11	22	40	66	0.606	29
22	Millwall	42	9	11	22	44	74	0.595	29

[edit] Third Division North

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Lincoln City	42	26	8	8	81	40	2.025	60
2	Rotherham United	42	25	9	8	95	49	1.939	59
3	Wrexham	42	21	8	13	74	54	1.370	50
4	Gateshead	42	19	11	12	75	57	1.316	49
5	Hull City	42	18	11	13	59	48	1.229	47
6	Accrington Stanley	42	20	6	16	62	59	1.051	46
7	Barrow	42	16	13	13	49	40	1.225	45
8	Mansfield Town	42	17	11	14	57	51	1.118	45
9	Carlisle United	42	18	7	17	88	77	1.143	43
10	Crewe Alexandra	42	18	7	17	61	63	0.968	43
11	Oldham Athletic	42	14	13	15	63	64	0.984	41
12	Rochdale	42	15	11	16	48	72	0.667	41
13	York City	42	13	14	15	65	60	1.083	40
14	Bradford City	42	15	10	17	65	66	0.985	40
15	Southport	42	14	11	17	60	63	0.952	39
16	Darlington	42	13	13	16	54	70	0.771	39
17	Stockport County	42	13	12	17	63	67	0.940	38
18	Tranmere Rovers	42	16	4	22	54	72	0.750	36
19	Hartlepool United	42	14	8	20	51	73	0.699	36
20	Chester City	42	13	9	20	64	67	0.955	35
21	Halifax Town	42	7	13	22	43	76	0.566	27
22	New Brighton	42	8	9	25	38	81	0.469	25

[edit] Third Division South

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Queens Park Rangers	42	26	9	7	74	37	2.000	61
2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	24	9	9	76	35	2.171	57
3	Walsall	42	21	9	12	70	40	1.750	51
4	Ipswich Town	42	23	3	16	67	61	1.098	49
5	Swansea City	42	18	12	12	70	52	1.346	48
6	Notts County	42	19	8	15	68	59	1.153	46
7	Bristol City	42	18	7	17	77	65	1.185	43
8	Port Vale	42	16	11	15	63	54	1.167	43
9	Southend United	42	15	13	14	51	58	0.879	43
10	Reading	42	15	11	16	56	58	0.966	41
11	Exeter City	42	15	11	16	55	63	0.873	41
12	Newport County	42	14	13	15	61	73	0.836	41
13	Crystal Palace	42	13	13	16	49	49	1.000	39
14	Northampton Town	42	14	11	17	58	72	0.806	39
15	Watford	42	14	10	18	57	79	0.722	38
16	Swindon Town	42	10	16	16	41	46	0.891	36
17	Leyton Orient	42	13	10	19	51	73	0.699	36
18	Torquay United	42	11	13	18	63	62	1.016	35
19	Aldershot	42	10	15	17	45	67	0.672	35
20	Bristol Rovers	42	13	8	21	71	75	0.947	34
21	Norwich City	42	13	8	21	61	76	0.803	34
22	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	11	12	19	43	73	0.589	34

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

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