Football League Second Division 1949/50
Football League Second Division 1949/50 | |
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 ) |
← Football League Second Division 1948/49 | |
^ Football League First Division 1949/50 |
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 | 81:35 | 2.31 | 61:23 |
2. | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 18th | 16 | 8th | 67:48 | 1.40 | 52:32 |
3. | Sheffield United (A) | 42 | 19th | 14th | 9 | 68:49 | 1.39 | 52:32 |
4th | Southampton FC | 42 | 19th | 14th | 9 | 64:48 | 1.33 | 52:32 |
5. | Leeds United | 42 | 17th | 13 | 12 | 54:45 | 1.20 | 47:37 |
6th | Preston North End (A) | 42 | 18th | 9 | 15th | 60:49 | 1.22 | 45:39 |
7th | Hull City (N) | 42 | 17th | 11 | 14th | 64:72 | 0.89 | 45:39 |
8th. | Swansea Town (N) | 42 | 17th | 9 | 16 | 53:49 | 1.08 | 43:41 |
9. | Brentford FC | 42 | 15th | 13 | 14th | 44:49 | 0.90 | 43:41 |
10. | Cardiff City | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 41:44 | 0.93 | 42:42 |
11. | Grimsby Town | 42 | 16 | 8th | 18th | 74:73 | 1.01 | 40:44 |
12. | Coventry City | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 55:55 | 1.00 | 39:45 |
13. | Barnsley FC | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 64:67 | 0.96 | 39:45 |
14th | Chesterfield FC | 42 | 15th | 9 | 18th | 43:47 | 0.91 | 39:45 |
15th | Leicester City | 42 | 12 | 15th | 15th | 55:65 | 0.85 | 39:45 |
16. | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 14th | 10 | 18th | 55:60 | 0.92 | 38:46 |
17th | Luton Town | 42 | 10 | 18th | 14th | 41:51 | 0.80 | 38:46 |
18th | Bury FC | 42 | 14th | 9 | 19th | 60:65 | 0.92 | 37:47 |
19th | West Ham United | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18th | 53:61 | 0.87 | 36:48 |
20th | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19th | 40:57 | 0.70 | 34:50 |
21st | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 8th | 16 | 18th | 44:65 | 0.68 | 32:52 |
22nd | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21st | 51:77 | 0.66 | 31:53 |
(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 | Tommy Briggs | Grimsby Town | 35 |
2 | Charlie Wayman | Southampton FC | 24 |
3 | Bill Robinson | West Ham United | 23 |
4th | Jack Lee | Leicester City | 22nd |
5 | Les medley | Tottenham Hotspur | 18th |
Web links
- England 1949-50 (RSSSF)
References and footnotes
- ^ Season 1949/50. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Information according to Peter Dunk (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987-88 . Queen Anne Press, London 1987, ISBN 0-356-14353-8 , pp. 421 .
- ↑ The English National Football Archive names 36 goals differently.