1948–49 Football League

The Football League

Season	1948–49
Champions	Portsmouth
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

The 1948–49 season was the 50th completed season of The Football League.

Final league tables

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	1948–49
Champions	Portsmouth 1st English title
Relegated	Preston North End Sheffield United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,303 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Willie Moir (25 goals)
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

Portsmouth, the 1939 FA Cup winners, won their second major trophy by finishing as champions of the First Division, five points ahead of their nearest challengers Manchester United and Derby County. Portsmouth clinched the title on 23 April 1949 with three matches left to play.

The relegation battle was tighter than those of the previous two seasons. Sheffield United and Preston North End finished the season in the bottom two places, a single point behind Huddersfield Town and Middlesbrough. A mere five points separated the bottom 10 teams in the final table.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Portsmouth (C)	42	25	8	9	84	42	2.000	58
2	Manchester United	42	21	11	10	77	44	1.750	53
3	Derby County	42	22	9	11	74	55	1.345	53
4	Newcastle United	42	20	12	10	70	56	1.250	52
5	Arsenal	42	18	13	11	74	44	1.682	49
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	17	12	13	79	66	1.197	46
7	Manchester City	42	15	15	12	47	51	0.922	45
8	Sunderland	42	13	17	12	49	58	0.845	43
9	Charlton Athletic	42	15	12	15	63	67	0.940	42
10	Aston Villa	42	16	10	16	60	76	0.789	42
11	Stoke City	42	16	9	17	66	68	0.971	41
12	Liverpool	42	13	14	15	53	43	1.233	40
13	Chelsea	42	12	14	16	69	68	1.015	38
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	10	18	59	68	0.868	38
15	Burnley	42	12	14	16	43	50	0.860	38
16	Blackpool	42	11	16	15	54	67	0.806	38
17	Birmingham City	42	11	15	16	36	38	0.947	37
18	Everton	42	13	11	18	41	63	0.651	37
19	Middlesbrough	42	11	12	19	46	57	0.807	34
20	Huddersfield Town	42	12	10	20	40	69	0.580	34
21	Preston North End (R)	42	11	11	20	62	75	0.827	33	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Sheffield United (R)	42	11	11	20	57	78	0.731	33

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

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLP	BOL	BUR	CHA	CHE	DER	EVE	HUD	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	POR	PNE	SHU	STK	SUN	WOL
Arsenal		3–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	3–3	5–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–0	5–3	3–0	5–0	3–1
Aston Villa	1–0		0–3	2–5	2–4	3–1	4–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	4–3	2–1	1–1	5–1
Birmingham City	1–1	0–1		1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1
Blackpool	1–1	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	0–3	2–1	3–3	1–3
Bolton Wanderers	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–2		0–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	5–1	0–1	4–1	1–5	1–2	5–3	6–1	2–1	4–1	0–5
Burnley	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–0		0–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–0
Charlton Athletic	4–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–4	3–1		1–1	1–5	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	4–0	2–3
Chelsea	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–3	2–2	1–0	2–2		0–3	6–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	5–3	1–0	2–2	0–1	4–1
Derby County	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	2–1		3–2	4–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–4	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–2	3–2
Everton	0–0	1–3	0–5	5–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1		2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–3	0–5	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Huddersfield Town	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	3–4	1–1	1–1		0–4	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–3	2–0	4–0
Liverpool	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1		0–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	3–3	4–0	4–0	0–0
Manchester City	0–3	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–4		0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–3
Manchester United	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–4	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	0–0	0–0		1–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	3–2	3–0	1–2	2–0
Middlesbrough	0–1	6–0	1–1	1–0	5–0	4–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–4		3–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	4–4
Newcastle United	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–4	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0		0–5	2–5	3–2	2–2	2–1	3–1
Portsmouth	4–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	5–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–0		3–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	5–0
Preston North End	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–3	2–3	3–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–3	1–6	6–1	2–1	2–2		4–1	2–1	1–3	1–1
Sheffield United	1–1	0–1	4–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–2		2–2	2–5	1–1
Stoke City	1–0	4–2	2–1	3–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	4–3	4–2	1–0	1–3	3–0	2–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1		0–0	2–1
Sunderland	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	2–0	1–1		3–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	4–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	7–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–3	3–0	3–0	2–1	6–0	3–1	0–1

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 1948–1949

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Charlton

Chelsea

Derby County

Everton

Huddersfield

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Stoke

Sunderland

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1948–1949 teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1948–49
Champions	Fulham
Promoted	Fulham West Bromwich Albion
Relegated	Nottingham Forest Lincoln City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,303 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Charlie Wayman (32 goals)
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fulham (C, P)	42	24	9	9	77	37	2.081	57	Promotion to the First Division
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	42	24	8	10	69	39	1.769	56
3	Southampton	42	23	9	10	69	36	1.917	55
4	Cardiff City	42	19	13	10	62	47	1.319	51
5	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	16	9	72	44	1.636	50
6	Chesterfield	42	15	17	10	51	45	1.133	47
7	West Ham United	42	18	10	14	56	58	0.966	46
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	13	14	63	56	1.125	43
9	Barnsley	42	14	12	16	62	61	1.016	40
10	Luton Town	42	14	12	16	55	57	0.965	40
11	Grimsby Town	42	15	10	17	72	76	0.947	40
12	Bury	42	17	6	19	67	76	0.882	40
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	14	11	17	44	62	0.710	39
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	8	19	53	63	0.841	38
15	Leeds United	42	12	13	17	55	63	0.873	37
16	Coventry City	42	15	7	20	55	64	0.859	37
17	Bradford Park Avenue	42	13	11	18	65	78	0.833	37
18	Brentford	42	11	14	17	42	53	0.792	36
19	Leicester City	42	10	16	16	62	79	0.785	36
20	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	12	18	49	64	0.766	36
21	Nottingham Forest (R)	42	14	7	21	50	54	0.926	35	Relegation to the Third Division South
22	Lincoln City (R)	42	8	12	22	53	91	0.582	28	Relegation to the Third Division North

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

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLB	BPA	BRE	BRY	CAR	CHF	COV	FUL	GRI	LEE	LEI	LIN	LUT	NOT	PLY	QPR	SHW	SOU	TOT	WBA	WHU
Barnsley		1–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	0–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	4–1	2–0	2–3
Blackburn Rovers	5–3		2–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	7–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Bradford Park Avenue	0–2	2–0		3–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–3	0–3	4–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–3
Brentford	0–0	0–1	1–0		8–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0
Bury	4–2	3–1	2–1	1–2		0–3	2–2	0–2	2–0	5–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–0
Cardiff City	0–3	1–0	6–1	2–0	2–1		3–4	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	4–0
Chesterfield	3–2	0–0	2–3	0–1	4–0	0–2		0–0	0–1	0–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Coventry City	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–2		1–0	4–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–4	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0
Fulham	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	7–2	4–0	2–1	1–0		3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	4–0	6–1	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Grimsby Town	3–0	1–2	0–3	3–0	2–3	2–2	3–3	4–1	2–3		5–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–0
Leeds United	4–1	1–0	4–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	6–3		3–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–3
Leicester City	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	3–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–3	1–1	6–2		5–3	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–3	1–2	0–3	1–1
Lincoln City	0–1	3–0	3–6	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–3	0–0	2–0		4–4	1–3	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–3	4–3
Luton Town	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	6–0		4–3	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1
Nottingham Forest	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–0
Plymouth Argyle	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–3	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		3–1	3–2	1–2	0–5	1–2	2–0
Queens Park Rangers	2–2	4–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	2–1		1–3	1–3	0–0	0–2	2–1
Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0		2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0
Southampton	3–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	6–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0		3–1	1–1	0–1
Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	4–0	5–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	5–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	0–1		2–0	1–1
West Bromwich Albion	2–0	2–1	7–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	5–2	1–0	2–1	5–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2		2–1
West Ham United	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–2	4–1	2–2	0–1	0–5	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0

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

Brentford

Fulham

Queens Park Rangers

Tottenham

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1948–1949

Barnsley

Blackburn Rovers

Bradford Park Avenue

Brentford

Bury

Cardiff City

Chesterfield

Coventry

Fulham

Grimsby Town

Leeds United

Leicester City

Lincoln City

Luton Town

Nottingham Forest

Plymouth Argyle

QPR

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League Second Division 1948–1949 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1948–49
Champions	Hull City (2nd title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,301 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wally Ardron (Rotherham United), 29
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Hull City	42	17	1	3	65	14	10	10	1	28	14	3.321	65	Division Champions, promoted
2	Rotherham United	42	16	4	1	47	17	12	2	7	43	29	1.957	62
3	Doncaster Rovers	42	10	8	3	26	12	10	2	9	27	28	1.325	50
4	Darlington	42	10	3	8	42	36	10	3	8	41	38	1.122	46
5	Gateshead	42	10	6	5	41	28	6	7	8	28	30	1.190	45
6	Oldham Athletic	42	12	4	5	49	28	6	5	10	26	39	1.119	45
7	Rochdale	42	14	3	4	37	16	4	6	11	18	37	1.038	45
8	Stockport County	42	13	5	3	44	16	3	6	12	17	40	1.089	43
9	Wrexham	42	12	6	3	35	22	5	3	13	21	40	0.903	43
10	Mansfield Town	42	13	6	2	39	15	1	8	12	13	33	1.083	42
11	Tranmere Rovers	42	8	9	4	23	19	5	6	10	23	38	0.807	41
12	Crewe Alexandra	42	13	4	4	31	18	3	5	13	21	56	0.703	41
13	Barrow	42	10	8	3	27	13	4	4	13	14	35	0.854	40
14	York City	42	11	3	7	49	28	4	6	11	25	46	1.000	39
15	Carlisle United	42	12	7	2	46	32	2	4	15	14	45	0.779	39
16	Hartlepools United	42	10	5	6	34	25	4	5	12	11	33	0.776	38
17	New Brighton	42	10	4	7	25	19	4	4	13	21	39	0.793	36
18	Chester	42	10	7	4	36	19	1	6	14	21	37	1.018	35
19	Halifax Town	42	8	4	9	26	27	4	7	10	19	35	0.726	35
20	Accrington Stanley	42	11	4	6	39	23	1	6	14	16	41	0.859	34
21	Southport	42	6	5	10	24	29	5	4	12	21	35	0.703	31	Re-elected
22	Bradford City	42	7	6	8	29	31	3	3	15	19	46	0.623	29

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	BRA	CRL	CHE	CRE	DAR	DON	GAT	HAL	HAR	HUL	MAN	NWB	OLD	ROC	ROT	SOU	STP	TRA	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		1–1	6–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	0–0	2–3	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–1
Barrow	0–0		0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	5–0
Bradford City	2–2	0–2		1–2	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	4–2	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–2
Carlisle United	4–1	2–0	3–2		2–1	6–2	0–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–8	4–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	3–3
Chester	3–0	4–1	3–0	2–1		1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–1
Crewe Alexandra	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0		3–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–3	1–0	3–3	2–0	1–0	2–0
Darlington	3–0	2–3	1–5	2–2	3–3	4–1		1–5	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	6–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	3–1
Doncaster Rovers	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1		2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	4–2	1–0
Gateshead	1–1	3–0	6–2	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–3	0–3		1–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	2–2	0–1	3–3	2–0	1–1
Halifax Town	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–4	1–2	0–0	0–3	1–0	2–2		2–0	2–4	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–2
Hartlepool	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	0–0		0–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	6–1	1–4	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	2–3
Hull City	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	5–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	6–0	2–0		4–0	4–1	6–0	1–1	3–2	5–1	6–1	2–0	3–0	2–3
Mansfield Town	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1		2–0	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–2	3–0
New Brighton	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		0–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–1
Oldham Athletic	4–3	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–2	7–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	5–1	1–1	4–0	4–2		0–1	1–3	2–1	5–2	0–2	1–1	4–0
Rochdale	4–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–4	0–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2		2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0
Rotherham United	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	6–1	4–3	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1		1–0	2–1	7–0	1–3	2–1
Southport	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–3	2–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–3		1–0	2–3	3–0	0–2
Stockport County	2–1	1–2	5–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	5–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–0		4–1	1–0	1–1
Tranmere	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0		0–2	0–0
Wrexham	1–0	1–0	5–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	4–3	2–0	1–4	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–0	0–0		3–3
York City	1–1	2–0	0–2	6–0	2–0	1–3	2–5	2–3	0–1	2–2	4–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	6–1	1–3	4–0	1–0	5–1

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

Doncaster

Gateshead

Halifax T.

Hartlepool

Hull

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 1948–1949

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1948–49
Champions	Swansea Town (2nd title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,347 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Doug McGibbon (Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic), 30
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Swansea Town	42	20	1	0	60	11	7	7	7	27	23	2.559	62	Division Champions, promoted
2	Reading	42	17	1	3	48	18	8	4	9	29	32	1.540	55
3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	15	2	4	42	17	7	6	8	27	31	1.438	52
4	Swindon Town	42	11	9	1	38	20	7	6	8	26	36	1.143	51
5	Bristol Rovers	42	13	5	3	42	23	6	5	10	19	28	1.196	48
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	11	5	5	32	26	4	13	4	23	29	1.000	48
7	Ipswich Town	42	14	3	4	53	30	4	6	11	25	47	1.013	45
8	Millwall	42	12	7	2	42	23	5	4	12	21	41	0.984	45
9	Torquay United	42	12	5	4	45	26	5	6	10	20	44	0.929	45
10	Norwich City	42	11	6	4	32	10	5	6	10	35	39	1.367	44
11	Notts County	42	15	3	3	68	19	4	2	15	34	49	1.500	43
12	Exeter City	42	12	5	4	45	26	3	5	13	18	50	0.829	40
13	Port Vale	42	11	3	7	32	21	3	8	10	19	33	0.944	39
14	Walsall	42	9	5	7	34	28	6	3	12	22	36	0.875	38
15	Newport County	42	8	6	7	41	35	6	3	12	27	57	0.739	37
16	Bristol City	42	8	9	4	28	24	3	5	13	16	38	0.710	36
17	Watford	42	6	9	6	24	21	4	6	11	17	33	0.759	35
18	Southend United	42	5	10	6	18	18	4	6	11	23	28	0.891	34
19	Leyton Orient	42	9	6	6	36	29	2	6	13	22	51	0.725	34
20	Northampton Town	42	9	6	6	33	20	3	3	15	18	42	0.823	33
21	Aldershot	42	6	5	10	26	29	5	6	10	22	30	0.814	33	Re-elected
22	Crystal Palace	42	7	8	6	27	27	1	3	17	11	49	0.500	27

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	B&HA	BRI	BRR	CRY	EXE	IPS	LEY	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	NTC	PTV	REA	STD	SWA	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Aldershot		0–0	1–1	0–0	1–5	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	5–0	1–2	3–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	0–6	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–0
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1–0		0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	5–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	3–0	5–0	2–0	2–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–4	1–6		0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	6–1	3–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0
Bristol City	1–1	2–1	1–1		1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–6	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	2–2	1–1
Bristol Rovers	0–2	4–0	0–0	3–1		1–0	3–1	1–6	2–3	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	4–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–1
Crystal Palace	2–1	2–1	0–2	4–0	1–0		1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	3–1
Exeter City	3–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1		1–3	3–1	3–0	1–2	5–1	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1
Ipswich Town	4–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–2	2–2		2–2	1–0	5–1	4–2	1–2	3–2	4–1	3–2	1–3	2–0	4–2	5–1	3–2	1–2
Leyton Orient	1–2	1–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	5–2	1–1		2–2	5–2	0–3	0–3	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0
Millwall	1–1	4–0	6–2	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0		3–1	3–2	1–3	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–2
Newport County	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	5–0	0–2	3–0	3–2	1–2		2–0	4–3	3–3	2–2	1–1	4–2	2–5	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–1
Northampton Town	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	3–2	4–0	1–1	4–1	4–0	2–1		1–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1
Norwich City	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–1		3–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1
Notts County	2–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	4–1	5–1	9–0	9–2	2–1	1–3	11–1	2–0	2–1		2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	5–0	2–0	4–0
Port Vale	3–0	0–2	3–4	4–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0		3–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	3–1
Reading	2–0	4–2	6–1	2–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–2		2–1	0–2	0–0	4–0	1–0	3–1
Southend	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	3–2	0–0	0–0		0–0	3–4	1–1	2–0	0–1
Swansea Town	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	5–0	3–0	6–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–2		4–0	6–1	3–1	2–0
Swindon Town	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	5–2	2–2	3–3	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–0		1–1	2–1	1–0
Torquay United	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	7–1	2–1	4–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	4–2	0–3	0–4	3–1		5–1	3–1
Walsall	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	4–3	2–1	2–3	5–6	3–1	2–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–1		0–1
Watford	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	4–2	0–3	1–1	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

Millwall

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1948–1949

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Leyton Orient

Crystal Palace

Exeter City

Ipswich Town

Millwall

Newport County

Northampton Town

Norwich City

Notts County

Port Vale

Southend

Reading

Torquay

Swansea Town

Swindon

Walsall

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1948–1949

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance
1	Newcastle United	21	53,839
2	Arsenal FC	21	51,478
3	Manchester United	21	48,808
4	Aston Villa	21	47,320
5	Chelsea FC	21	46,362
6	Sunderland AFC	21	45,220
7	Everton FC	21	45,138
8	Liverpool FC	21	44,031
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	43,690
10	Charlton Athletic	21	40,216
11	Manchester City	21	38,699
12	Birmingham City	21	38,453
13	Portsmouth FC	21	37,082
14	Sheffield United	21	34,387
15	Middlesbrough FC	21	34,292
16	Bolton Wanderers	21	34,113
17	Preston North End	21	33,226
18	Burnley FC	21	30,290
19	Stoke City	21	29,943
20	Derby County	21	29,798
21	Blackpool FC	21	24,882
22	Huddersfield Town	21	22,151

See also

• 1948-49 in English football
• 1948 in association football
• 1949 in association football

References

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.