Football League Second Division 1948/49

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Football League Second Division 1948/49
Football League logo until 1988
master Fulham FC
Climbers Fulham FC, West Bromwich Albion
Relegated Nottingham Forest , Lincoln City
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,303  (ø 2.82 per game)
Top scorer Charlie Wayman ( Southampton FC )
← Football League Second Division 1947/48
^ Football League First Division 1948/49

The Football League Second Division 1948/49 was the 46th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 21, 1948 and ended on May 7, 1949.

Second division champions were Fulham FC and the second-placed West Bromwich Albion also rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1949/50, the two first division clubs Preston North End and Sheffield United, ranked in the table below, took the places. Nottingham Forest and Lincoln City had to relegate from the Second Division , with Lincoln henceforth having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Nottingham Forest in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs in the following season 1949/50 Third Division North Champion Hull City and from the Third Division South the winner Swansea Town took the vacant positions.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Fulham FC  42  24  9  9 077:370 2.08 57:27
 2. West Bromwich Albion  42  24  8th  10 069:390 1.77 56:28
 3. Southampton FC  42  23  9  10 069:360 1.92 55:29
 4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  42  19th  13  10 062:470 1.32 51:33
 5. Tottenham Hotspur  42  17th  16  9 072:440 1.64 50:34
 6th Chesterfield FC  42  15th  17th  10 051:450 1.13 47:37
 7th West Ham United  42  18th  10  14th 056:580 0.97 46:38
 8th. Sheffield Wednesday  42  15th  13  14th 063:560 1.13 43:41
 9. Barnsley FC  42  14th  12  16 062:610 1.02 40:44
10. Luton Town  42  14th  12  16 055:570 0.96 40:44
11. Grimsby Town (A)  42  15th  10  17th 072:760 0.95 40:44
12. Bury FC  42  17th  6th  19th 067:760 0.88 40:44
13. Queens Park Rangers (N)  42  14th  11  17th 044:620 0.71 39:45
14th Blackburn Rovers (A)  42  15th  8th  19th 053:630 0.84 38:46
15th Leeds United  42  12  13  17th 055:630 0.87 37:47
16. Coventry City  42  15th  7th  20th 055:640 0.86 37:47
17th Bradford Park Avenue  42  13  11  18th 065:780 0.83 37:47
18th Brentford FC  42  11  14th  17th 042:530 0.79 36:48
19th Leicester City  42  10  16  16 062:790 0.78 36:48
20th Plymouth Argyle  42  12  12  18th 049:640 0.77 36:48
21st Nottingham Forest  42  14th  7th  21st 050:540 0.93 35:49
22nd Lincoln City (N)  42  8th  12  22nd 053:910 0.58 28:56
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1949/50
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1949/50
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1947/48
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1947/48

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1948/49 BAR BLA BPA BRE BUY CAR CHF COV FUL GRI LEE LEI LIN LUT NOF PLY QPR SHW SOH DEAD WBA WHU
    Barnsley FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Charlie Wayman Southampton FC 32
    2 EnglandEngland Tommy Briggs Grimsby Town 26th
    3 EnglandEngland Dave Massart Bury FC 25th
    4th EnglandEngland Bob Thomas Fulham FC 23
    4th IrelandIreland Davy Walsh West Bromwich Albion 23

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ^ Season 1948/49. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
    2. ↑ Information according to Peter Dunk (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987-88 . Queen Anne Press, London 1987, ISBN 0-356-14353-8 , pp. 421 .
    3. ↑ The English National Football Archive names 24 goals differently.