Football League Second Division 1947/48

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Football League Second Division 1947/48
Football League logo until 1988
master Birmingham City
Climbers Birmingham City, Newcastle United
Relegated Doncaster Rovers , Millwall FC
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,247  (ø 2.7 per game)
Top scorer Eddie Quigley
( Sheffield Wednesday )
← Football League Second Division 1946/47
^ Football League First Division 1947/48

The Football League Second Division 1947/48 was the 45th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 23, 1947 and ended on May 1, 1948.

Second division champion was Birmingham City and also the second-placed Newcastle United rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted players in the following second division season 1948/49, the two first division clubs Blackburn Rovers and Grimsby Town ranked in the table below took the places. The Doncaster Rovers and FC Millwall had to relegate from the Second Division , with Doncaster now having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Millwall in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs took the free positions in the following season 1948/49 Third Division North champions Lincoln City FC and from the Third Division South of the winner Queens Park Rangers .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Birmingham City  42  22nd  15th  5 055:240 2.29 59:25
 2. Newcastle United  42  24  8th  10 072:410 1.76 56:28
 3. Southampton FC  42  21st  10  11 071:530 1.34 52:32
 4th Sheffield Wednesday  42  20th  11  11 066:530 1.25 51:33
 5. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City (N)  42  18th  11  13 061:580 1.05 47:37
 6th West Ham United  42  16  14th  12 055:530 1.04 46:38
 7th West Bromwich Albion  42  18th  9  15th 063:580 1.09 45:39
 8th. Tottenham Hotspur  42  15th  14th  13 056:430 1.30 44:40
 9. Leicester City  42  16  11  15th 060:570 1.05 43:41
10. Coventry City  42  14th  13  15th 059:520 1.13 41:43
11. Fulham FC  42  15th  10  17th 047:460 1.02 40:44
12. Barnsley FC  42  15th  10  17th 062:640 0.97 40:44
13. Luton Town  42  14th  12  16 056:590 0.95 40:44
14th Bradford Park Avenue  42  16  8th  18th 068:720 0.94 40:44
15th Brentford FC (A)  42  13  14th  15th 044:610 0.72 40:44
16. Chesterfield FC  42  16  7th  19th 054:550 0.98 39:45
17th Plymouth Argyle  42  9  20th  13 040:580 0.69 38:46
18th Leeds United (A)  42  14th  8th  20th 062:720 0.86 36:48
19th Nottingham Forest  42  12  11  19th 054:600 0.90 35:49
20th Bury FC  42  9  16  17th 058:680 0.85 34:50
21st Doncaster Rovers (N)  42  9  11  22nd 040:660 0.61 29:55
22nd Millwall FC  42  9  11  22nd 044:740 0.59 29:55
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1948/49
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1948/49
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1946/47
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1946/47

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1947/48 BAR BIR BPA BRE BUY CAR CHF COV DON FUL LEE LEI LUT Mil NEW NOF PLY SHW SOH DEAD WBA WHU
    Barnsley FC 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 City 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Eddie Quigley Sheffield Wednesday 23
    2 EnglandEngland Albert Wakefield Leeds United 22nd
    2 IrelandIreland Davy Walsh West Bromwich Albion 22nd
    4th EnglandEngland Jackie Milburn Newcastle United 21st
    5 ScotlandScotland Johnny Downie Bradford Park Avenue 19th

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ^ Season 1947/48. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 6, 2018 .
    2. ↑ Information according to Peter Dunk (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–1988 . Queen Anne Press, London 1987, ISBN 0-356-14353-8 , pp. 421 .
    3. ↑ The English National Football Archive names 22 goals differently.
    4. ↑ The English National Football Archive names 20 goals differently.