Football League Third Division 1949/50

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The Football League Third Division 1949/50 was the 23rd season of the third highest English football league . The division, divided into the north and south, had the Doncaster Rovers and Notts County their two champions and at the same time promoted to the Football League Second Division . For the two promoted teams in the third division season 1950/51, the two second division clubs Plymouth Argyle and Bradford Park Avenue ranked in the table below . Nobody had to relegate from both third division seasons, because both the lower-placed northern clubs Halifax Town and York City as well as Newport County and Millwall FC in the south received enough votes in the re-election process of the league association to participate again in the 1950/51 season Third Division to participate. Due to the expansion from 22 to 24 clubs in both seasons, they took on two newcomers with Scunthorpe & Lindsey United and Shrewsbury Town as well as Colchester United and Gillingham FC .

Football League Third Division North

Football League Third Division 1949/50
Football League logo until 1988
master Doncaster Rovers
Climbers Doncaster Rovers
Relegated none
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,315  (ø 2.85 per game)
Top scorer Peter Doherty (Doncaster Rovers) / Reg Phillips ( Crewe Alexandra )
← Football League Third Division 1948/49
^ Football League Second Division 1949/50

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Doncaster Rovers  42  19th  17th  6th 066:380 1.74 55:29
 2. AFC Gateshead  42  23  7th  12 087:540 1.61 53:31
 3. Rochdale AFC  42  21st  9  12 068:410 1.66 51:33
 4th Lincoln City  42  21st  9  12 060:390 1.54 51:33
 5. Tranmere Rovers  42  19th  11  12 051:480 1.06 49:35
 6th Rotherham United  42  19th  10  13 080:590 1.36 48:36
 7th Crewe Alexandra  42  17th  14th  11 068:550 1.24 48:36
 8th. Mansfield Town  42  18th  12  12 066:540 1.22 48:36
 9. Carlisle United  42  16  15th  11 068:510 1.33 47:37
10. Stockport County  42  19th  7th  16 055:520 1.06 45:39
11. Oldham Athletic  42  16  11  15th 058:630 0.92 43:41
12. Chester FC  42  17th  6th  19th 070:790 0.89 40:44
13. Accrington Stanley  42  16  7th  19th 057:620 0.92 39:45
14th AFC New Brighton  42  14th  10  18th 045:630 0.71 38:46
15th AFC Barrow  42  14th  9  19th 047:530 0.89 37:47
16. Southport FC  42  12  13  17th 051:710 0.72 37:47
17th Darlington FC  42  11  13  18th 056:690 0.81 35:49
18th Hartlepools United  42  14th  5  23 052:790 0.66 33:51
19th Bradford City  42  12  8th  22nd 061:760 0.80 32:52
20th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC  42  10  12  20th 039:540 0.72 32:52
21st Halifax Town  42  12  8th  22nd 058:850 0.68 32:52
22nd York city  42  9  13  20th 052:700 0.74 31:53
  • Third division northern champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1950/51
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1948/49

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    ACC BAR BRC CRL CHE CRE DAR DON GAT HAL HPL LIN MFT NBR OLD ROC RED SOP STC TRA WRE YOR
    Accrington Stanley 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 4-0 1: 1 3-0 2: 2 0: 1 1-0 1: 2 2-0 2: 2 3-0 3: 4 1-0 1: 4 4-0 4: 2 2-0 2-0 0-0
    AFC Barrow 2: 1 1-0 1: 3 3: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 4-0 0-0 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 2: 1 3: 2
    Bradford City 5: 2 3: 2 3: 2 1-0 0: 2 4: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 3 1: 3 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 6-0 0: 1 2: 4 1-0 0: 2
    Carlisle United 2: 1 2-0 3-0 5: 1 2: 2 0: 1 0-0 4: 2 0: 2 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 3-0 2-0 3: 1 3: 3 2-0 0-0 1-0 4: 3
    Chester FC 1-0 1-0 4: 1 2: 3 0: 1 4: 4 3: 1 0: 3 5: 1 3-0 3: 1 6: 3 2-0 1: 1 0: 2 4: 2 4: 1 0: 4 0-0 2: 1 2: 3
    Crewe Alexandra 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 1: 2 2-0 0: 2 3: 1 6: 3 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 4: 1 1: 2 1-0 2-0 1: 1 3: 3
    Darlington FC 0: 2 1: 1 4: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 3 5: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 2 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1 0: 2 3: 1 1: 1
    Doncaster Rovers 4: 1 1-0 1: 1 0-0 2-0 0: 2 2: 1 1: 1 4-0 0-0 1: 4 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 0-0 1-0 5: 1 3-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1
    AFC Gateshead 5-0 3: 1 4: 2 2: 1 4-0 1: 1 3: 3 1: 1 7: 1 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 3 2: 2 3: 2 1-0 5: 1 0: 1 1: 1
    Halifax Town 1: 4 1-0 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1: 3 2: 2 5: 2 1: 2 0: 1 0: 3 3-0 1: 1 3: 2 4: 3 0-0 3: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 2
    Hartlepools United 0-0 2: 3 3-0 1: 5 5: 1 1: 6 2-0 1: 1 3: 5 3: 3 2: 1 1: 3 2-0 0: 2 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 1-0 2-0 3: 1 2-0
    Lincoln City FC 1-0 4-0 2: 2 2: 1 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 6-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 2-0 1-0
    Mansfield Town 2-0 1: 1 0: 2 4: 1 0: 2 3-0 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 1-0 7: 1 2: 1 2: 2 3: 1 1: 1 0: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 1-0 1-0
    AFC New Brighton 3-0 2-0 1-0 3: 2 3: 3 0: 2 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 2 0-0 0: 4 0: 3 1-0 1: 3 0-0 3: 1 3: 1
    Oldham Athletic 0: 1 1: 3 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 2-0 1: 4 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 0: 2 1-0 3-0 0-0 2: 2 2: 5 3: 3 2: 1 2: 3 2-0
    Rochdale AFC 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 3 1-0 4-0 2-0 7: 1 4-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 3: 1
    Rotherham United 6-0 1: 2 5: 2 1: 1 3: 2 0-0 1: 1 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 5: 1 1: 3 2: 2 3-0 0: 1 4: 3 4-0 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1
    Southport FC 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 3: 3 0: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 3: 2 3: 2 4-0 1-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 1
    Stockport County 1-0 1: 3 1-0 2-0 3-0 4: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 1: 3 1: 1 0: 2 3: 2 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1
    Tranmere Rovers 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 3: 1 2: 4 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 4: 2 1-0 0: 2 2-0 2-0 2: 1 1-0
    Wrexham AFC 1: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2: 3 1-0 4-0 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 3-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 0-0 2-0
    York city 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 1: 1 0: 3 1: 5 3: 1 0: 2 1: 2 3: 3 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 0: 3 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 5-0

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Peter Doherty Doncaster Rovers 26th
    1 Wales 1807Wales Reg Phillips Crewe Alexandra 26th
    3 EnglandEngland Cam Burgess Chester City 24
    4th ScotlandScotland Jock Dodds Lincoln City 21st
    5 EnglandEngland Don Travis Accrington Stanley 20th

    Football League Third Division South

    Football League Third Division 1949/50
    Football League logo until 1988
    master Notts County
    Climbers Notts County
    Relegated none
    Teams 22nd
    Games 462
    Gates 1,336  (ø 2.89 per game)
    Top scorer Tommy Lawton ( Notts County )
    ← Football League Third Division 1948/49
    ^ Football League Second Division 1949/50

    Closing table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
     1. Notts County  42  25th  8th  9 095:500 1.90 58:26
     2. Northampton Town  42  20th  11  11 072:500 1.44 51:33
     3. Southend United  42  19th  13  10 066:480 1.38 51:33
     4th Nottingham Forest (A)  42  20th  9  13 067:390 1.72 49:35
     5. Torquay United  42  19th  10  13 066:630 1.05 48:36
     6th Watford FC  42  16  13  13 045:350 1.29 45:39
     7th Crystal Palace  42  15th  14th  13 055:540 1.02 44:40
     8th. Brighton & Hove Albion  42  16  12  14th 057:690 0.83 44:40
     9. Bristol Rovers  42  19th  5  18th 051:510 1.00 43:41
    10. Reading FC  42  17th  8th  17th 070:640 1.09 42:42
    11. Norwich City  42  16  10  16 065:630 1.03 42:42
    12. Bournemouth & Bescombe Athletic  42  16  10  16 057:560 1.02 42:42
    13. Port Vale  42  15th  11  16 047:420 1.12 41:43
    14th Swindon Town  42  15th  11  16 059:620 0.95 41:43
    15th Bristol City  42  15th  10  17th 060:610 0.98 40:44
    16. Exeter City  42  14th  11  17th 063:750 0.84 39:45
    17th Ipswich Town  42  12  11  19th 057:860 0.66 35:49
    18th Leyton Orient  42  12  11  19th 053:850 0.62 35:49
    19th Millwall FC  42  9  16  17th 061:620 0.98 34:50
    20th FC Aldershot  42  13  8th  21st 048:600 0.80 34:50
    21st WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport County  42  13  8th  21st 067:980 0.68 34:50
    22nd Walsall FC  42  14th  4th  24 055:630 0.87 32:52
  • Third division south champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1950/51
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1948/49

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    ALD BOU BHA BRC BRR CRY EXE IPS LEY Mil NPC NHT NOR NOF NOC PVA REA SEU SWI GOAL WHALE WAT
    FC Aldershot 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 3: 1 0-0 1: 2 5-0 2-0 2: 1 4: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 1 2-0 1-0 2-0 1: 1 0-0 3: 5 1-0 0: 1
    Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 2: 1 2: 2 3: 1 0: 2 2-0 2-0 4-0 4: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 3-0 2: 2 2: 1 3-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0-0
    Brighton & Hove Albion 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0-0 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 5-0 1: 1 1: 3 2: 2 2: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1
    Bristol City 2-0 3: 2 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 1-0 4: 2 0-0 2: 1 6-0 3: 1 1: 2 0: 2 4-0 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 0-0 2: 1 0: 1
    Bristol Rovers 2: 1 0-0 3-0 2: 3 0-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 3: 1 3-0 0-0 5: 1 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 2
    Crystal Palace 2: 1 1-0 6-0 1: 1 1-0 5: 3 2-0 1: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 4 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1: 3 2-0 2-0
    Exeter City 1-0 1: 2 2: 3 0-0 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3: 3 1: 3 3: 1 0-0 2: 2 3: 1 3: 4 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 1
    Ipswich Town 1-0 1: 2 2: 2 0-0 3: 1 4: 4 1-0 4: 4 0: 3 1-0 2: 2 3-0 1: 2 0: 4 2: 1 2-0 1: 3 3: 1 3: 1 1: 5 1: 1
    Leyton Orient 2: 7 2: 1 0: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 2 4: 1 4-0 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 1: 4 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 3 2: 1 2: 2 0-0
    Millwall FC 3-0 1-0 5: 1 3: 1 0: 1 2: 3 3: 1 3: 1 3: 1 1: 2 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 3 3-0 3: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 3 1: 1 1: 3
    Newport County 6-0 5-0 0: 1 6: 4 2: 3 2: 2 1: 2 1-0 3: 2 4: 3 1: 4 3: 2 4: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 3: 3
    Northampton Town 1: 1 2: 3 2: 1 4: 2 2-0 2: 2 3: 3 1: 2 3-0 1-0 4: 3 3: 1 0-0 5: 1 1: 1 2-0 2-0 0: 1 3-0 2-0 0-0
    Norwich City 4-0 0: 1 1: 2 3-0 4-0 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 4-0 0: 2 4-0 2: 1 1: 1 4: 3 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 4-0 3: 3 3: 2 2: 1
    Nottingham Forest 3-0 3-0 0: 1 3-0 2-0 2-0 5-0 2-0 2: 1 3: 1 3-0 0: 1 0: 1 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 0: 1
    Notts County 3: 1 2-0 4: 2 4: 1 2-0 0: 1 3: 3 2-0 7: 1 2-0 7-0 2-0 5-0 2-0 3: 1 4-0 2-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 1-0
    Port Vale 0: 1 1: 1 3-0 0: 2 1-0 2-0 1-0 2: 2 2-0 4-0 1-0 3: 1 2: 2 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 2-0 2-0 2-0
    Reading FC 1: 3 2: 1 3-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 3: 2 3: 1 5: 1 2-0 4: 1 3: 1 4: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 5-0 4: 3 2-0 1: 1 1-0
    Southend United 3-0 1-0 3: 2 2-0 3: 1 0-0 1-0 2: 2 2-0 3-0 6-0 1: 2 1-0 2: 3 2-0 1-0 3: 2 2-0 2-0 2: 2 1: 1
    Swindon Town 2: 1 3: 1 4: 2 1: 1 1-0 4: 2 7: 1 0: 3 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 6: 1 1: 1 0: 5 1: 1 0-0 2-0 2: 2 1: 2 4: 3 0: 1
    Torquay United 4-0 3: 1 0-0 3: 3 1-0 1-0 1: 4 2: 2 4: 1 1-0 5: 3 1-0 1: 1 2-0 0-0 0-0 4: 2 2: 4 1-0 2: 1 2: 1
    Walsall FC 0-0 1: 1 4: 2 1: 1 3: 1 3: 1 3-0 1: 3 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 1: 3 1: 1 1: 3 3: 3 1-0 2-0 1: 1 0-0 7: 1 1: 1
    Watford FC 1-0 4: 1 0-0 2-0 0: 2 0-0 1: 2 6-0 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 0-0 0-0 1-0 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 1-0 3-0

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Tommy Lawton Notts County 31
    2 EnglandEngland Wally Ardron Nottingham Forest 25th
    3 EnglandEngland Albert Wakefield Southend United 23
    4th EnglandEngland Ronnie Blackman Reading FC 22nd
    4th ScotlandScotland Johnny Devlin Walsall FC 22nd

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ a b Information according to Peter Dunk (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987-88 . Queen Anne Press, London 1987, ISBN 0-356-14353-8 , pp. 421 .
    2. ↑ The English National Football Archive names 27 goals differently.
    3. ↑ The English National Football Archive names 25 goals differently.
    4. ↑ The English National Football Archive names 22 goals differently.