Football League Second Division 1949/50

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Football League Second Division 1949/50
Football League logo until 1988
master Tottenham Hotspur
Climbers Tottenham Hotspur,
Sheffield Wednesday
Relegated Plymouth Argyle ,
Bradford Park Avenue
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,231  (ø 2.66 per game)
Top scorer Tommy Briggs ( Grimsby Town )
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The Football League Second Division 1949/50 was the 47th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 20, 1949 and ended on May 6, 1950.

Second division champion was Tottenham Hotspur and also rose to second-placed Sheffield Wednesday in the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1950/51, the two first division clubs Manchester City and Birmingham City ranked in the table below . Plymouth Argyle and Bradford Park Avenue had to relegate from the Second Division , with Bradford Park Avenue henceforth having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Plymouth Argyle in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs in the following season 1950/51 Third Division North champion Doncaster Rovers and from the Third Division South the winner Notts County took the vacant positions.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Tottenham Hotspur  42  27  7th  8th 081:350 2.31 61:23
 2. Sheffield Wednesday  42  18th  16  8th 067:480 1.40 52:32
 3. Sheffield United (A)  42  19th  14th  9 068:490 1.39 52:32
 4th Southampton FC  42  19th  14th  9 064:480 1.33 52:32
 5. Leeds United  42  17th  13  12 054:450 1.20 47:37
 6th Preston North End (A)  42  18th  9  15th 060:490 1.22 45:39
 7th Hull City (N)  42  17th  11  14th 064:720 0.89 45:39
 8th. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea Town (N)  42  17th  9  16 053:490 1.08 43:41
 9. Brentford FC  42  15th  13  14th 044:490 0.90 43:41
10. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  42  16  10  16 041:440 0.93 42:42
11. Grimsby Town  42  16  8th  18th 074:730 1.01 40:44
12. Coventry City  42  13  13  16 055:550 1.00 39:45
13. Barnsley FC  42  13  13  16 064:670 0.96 39:45
14th Chesterfield FC  42  15th  9  18th 043:470 0.91 39:45
15th Leicester City  42  12  15th  15th 055:650 0.85 39:45
16. Blackburn Rovers  42  14th  10  18th 055:600 0.92 38:46
17th Luton Town  42  10  18th  14th 041:510 0.80 38:46
18th Bury FC  42  14th  9  19th 060:650 0.92 37:47
19th West Ham United  42  12  12  18th 053:610 0.87 36:48
20th Queens Park Rangers  42  11  12  19th 040:570 0.70 34:50
21st Plymouth Argyle  42  8th  16  18th 044:650 0.68 32:52
22nd Bradford Park Avenue  42  10  11  21st 051:770 0.66 31:53
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1950/51
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1950/51
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1948/49
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1948/49

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1949/50 BAR BLA BPA BRE BUY CAR CHF COV GRI HUL LEE LEI LUT PLY PNE QPR SHU SHW SOH SWA DEAD WHU
    Barnsley FC 1: 1 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 2 4: 3 7: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 4: 1 0: 1 3: 1 2: 2 3: 4 2: 1 5: 2 2-0 1: 1
    Blackburn Rovers 4-0 0: 1 4: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 3-0 4: 2 0: 1 3-0 0-0 1-0 2: 3 0-0 0: 2 0-0 0-0 2-0 1: 2 2-0
    Bradford Park Avenue 1: 3 2: 2 0: 2 1: 2 3: 3 2-0 2: 2 4: 1 5: 1 1: 2 2: 2 1-0 3: 2 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 3 0-0 0: 2 1: 3 2: 1
    Brentford FC 3-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 3: 1 0-0 0: 1 1-0 0-0 1-0 0: 2 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 4 0: 2
    Bury FC 2-0 3-0 1-0 1: 2 2: 2 2-0 0-0 3: 1 0-0 2-0 3-0 5: 2 5: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 5 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 3: 1
    Cardiff City 3-0 2: 1 1: 2 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 2: 4 0-0 1-0 3: 2 4-0 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 0: 1
    Chesterfield FC 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 3: 1 1-0 0: 1 2-0 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 4: 1 1: 1 1-0
    Coventry City 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 4 1: 2 1-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 2: 4 3-0 1: 2 1: 2 0: 1 5: 1
    Grimsby Town 2: 2 1: 2 4-0 4: 1 4: 2 0-0 5: 2 3: 2 1-0 2-0 2: 1 6: 1 2: 2 1: 3 1: 1 4-0 4: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 3 2-0
    Hull City 2-0 3: 1 3: 3 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 4-0 1: 1 4: 2 4: 2 1: 1 0: 4 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 1-0 2: 2
    Leeds United 1-0 2: 1 0-0 1-0 4: 1 2-0 0-0 3: 3 1-0 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 3-0 2: 2
    Leicester City 2: 2 3: 3 4: 1 1: 1 0: 2 1-0 0: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 3: 2 0-0 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 2: 2 2: 2 0-0 1: 2 2: 1
    Luton Town 3: 1 5: 2 3: 1 1-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 2-0 0-0 0: 3 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 3 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2
    Plymouth Argyle 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 2-0 2-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 4: 2 1: 3 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 1-0 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 0: 2 0: 3
    Preston North End 1: 1 3: 1 3-0 2-0 3: 1 3-0 0-0 1: 1 2-0 4: 2 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 3: 2 4: 1 0: 1 0: 3 2: 1 1: 3 2: 1
    Queens Park Rangers 0: 5 2: 3 0: 1 3: 3 1-0 0: 1 3: 2 2-0 1: 2 1: 4 1: 1 2-0 3-0 0: 2 0-0 1: 3 0-0 1-0 0-0 0: 2 0: 1
    Sheffield United 1: 1 4-0 2: 1 1: 1 4: 4 2-0 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 5-0 0: 1 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0-0
    Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 2-0 1: 1 3: 3 1-0 1: 1 4: 2 1: 1 4-0 6: 2 5: 2 3: 1 1: 1 2: 4 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 3-0 0-0 2: 1
    Southampton FC 0-0 3: 1 3: 1 2: 3 4: 1 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 5-0 2: 1 5: 3 2: 1 3: 3 1-0 1: 2 1-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 3: 2
    Swansea Town 4-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 1: 2 5: 1 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 0-0 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 2 4-0 1-0 1-0
    Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 2: 3 5-0 1: 1 3: 1 2-0 1-0 3: 1 1: 2 0-0 2-0 0: 2 0-0 4: 1 3: 2 3-0 7-0 1-0 4-0 3: 1 4: 1
    West Ham United 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 2: 2 4-0 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1 4: 3 2: 1 3: 1 2: 2 0-0 2: 2 0: 3 1-0 0-0 2: 2 1: 2 3-0 0: 1

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Tommy Briggs Grimsby Town 35
    2 EnglandEngland Charlie Wayman Southampton FC 24
    3 EnglandEngland Bill Robinson West Ham United 23
    4th EnglandEngland Jack Lee Leicester City 22nd
    5 EnglandEngland Les medley Tottenham Hotspur 18th

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    References and footnotes

    1. ^ Season 1949/50. 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 36 goals differently.