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SEASON: 1948-49

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DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Liverpool (A) 0-4)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: George Lee (10 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	15 times	10 times	4 times		1 time
Conceded	14 times	13 times		5 times
Won By	8 times	3 times	2 times		1 time
Lost By	17 times	2 times		3 times

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 32,281 (League - West Bromwich Albion)
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,988 (League - Barnsley)
Average League Attendance:: 24,175
Highest Cup Attendance:: 35,000 (FA Cup - Liverpool)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 35,000 (FA Cup - Liverpool)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 12
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION TWO								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Fulham	42	24	9	9	77	37	16	4	1	52	14	8	5	8	25	23	2.081	57	Promoted as Champions	0-2	0-4
2	West Bromwich Albion	42	24	8	10	69	39	16	3	2	47	16	8	5	8	22	23	1.769	56	Promoted	0-1	1-2
3	Southampton	42	23	9	10	69	36	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	9	21	26	1.917	55		2-1	1-2
4	Cardiff City	42	19	13	10	62	47	14	4	3	45	21	5	9	7	17	26	1.319	51		0-0	0-1
5	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	16	9	72	44	14	4	3	50	18	3	12	6	22	26	1.636	50		2-2	1-2
6	Chesterfield	42	15	17	10	51	45	9	7	5	24	18	6	10	5	27	27	1.133	47		0-1	1-2
7	West Ham United	42	18	10	14	56	58	13	5	3	38	23	5	5	11	18	35	.966	46		3-0	5-0
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	13	14	63	56	12	6	3	36	17	3	7	11	27	39	1.125	43		1-2	1-2
9	Barnsley	42	14	12	16	62	61	10	7	4	40	18	4	5	12	22	43	1.016	40		0-1	0-4
10	Luton Town	42	14	12	16	55	57	11	6	4	32	16	3	6	12	23	41	.965	40		2-0	3-4
11	Grimsby Town	42	15	10	17	72	76	10	5	6	44	28	5	5	11	28	48	.947	40		0-0	2-1
12	Bury	42	17	6	19	67	76	12	5	4	41	23	5	1	15	26	53	.882	40		1-0	1-1
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	14	11	17	44	62	11	4	6	31	26	3	7	11	13	36	.710	39		0-0	1-2
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	8	19	53	63	12	5	4	41	23	3	3	15	12	40	.841	38		1-0	1-2
15	Leeds United	42	12	13	17	55	63	11	6	4	36	21	1	7	13	19	42	.873	37		0-0	0-1
16	Coventry City	42	15	7	20	55	64	12	3	6	35	20	3	4	14	20	44	.859	37		3-0	2-1
17	Bradford Park Avenue	42	13	11	18	65	78	8	8	5	37	26	5	3	13	28	52	.833	37		2-0	2-1
18	Brentford	42	11	14	17	42	53	7	10	4	28	21	4	4	13	14	32	.792	36		1-2	1-2
19	Leicester City	42	10	16	16	62	79	6	10	5	41	38	4	6	11	21	41	.785	36		2-1	2-4
20	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	12	18	49	64	11	4	6	33	25	1	8	12	16	39	.766	36		1-0	0-1
21	Nottingham Forest	42	14	7	21	50	54	9	6	6	22	14	5	1	15	28	40	.926	35	Relegated
22	Lincoln City	42	8	12	22	53	91	6	7	8	31	35	2	5	14	22	56	.582	28	Relegated	1-1	3-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground
1	Sat Aug 21, 1948	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	Loss	32,281	20
2	Tue Aug 24, 1948	Grimsby Town	A	2-1	Win	18,298	9	Blundell Park
3	Sat Aug 28, 1948	Fulham	A	0-4	Loss	27,822	21	Craven Cottage
4	Wed Sep 01, 1948	Grimsby Town	H	0-0	Draw	21,897	20
5	Sat Sep 04, 1948	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-0	Win	19,456	12
6	Wed Sep 08, 1948	Barnsley	A	0-4	Loss	14,667	17	Oakwell
7	Sat Sep 11, 1948	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	21,886	21	Ewood Park
8	Wed Sep 15, 1948	Barnsley	H	0-1	Loss	12,988	22
9	Sat Sep 18, 1948	Cardiff City	H	0-0	Draw	20,417	21
10	Sat Sep 25, 1948	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	Loss	19,361	22	Loftus Road
11	Sat Oct 02, 1948	Luton Town	H	2-0	Win	22,695	21
12	Sat Oct 09, 1948	Chesterfield	H	0-1	Loss	29,166	22
13	Sat Oct 16, 1948	Lincoln City	A	3-1	Win	19,980	20	Sincil Bank
14	Sat Oct 23, 1948	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-2	Loss	29,901	20
15	Sat Oct 30, 1948	Coventry City	A	2-1	Win	20,357	19	Highfield Road
16	Sat Nov 06, 1948	Leeds United	H	0-0	Draw	24,237	20
17	Sat Nov 13, 1948	Leicester City	A	2-4	Loss	26,060	20	Filbert Street
18	Sat Nov 20, 1948	Brentford	H	1-2	Loss	19,278	20
19	Sat Dec 04, 1948	West Ham United	H	3-0	Win	23,218	20
20	Sat Dec 11, 1948	Bury	A	1-1	Draw	10,968	19	Gigg Lane
21	Sat Dec 18, 1948	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	Loss	32,583	20	The Hawthorns
22	Sat Dec 25, 1948	Southampton	H	2-1	Win	25,181	19
23	Mon Dec 27, 1948	Southampton	A	1-2	Loss	24,230	20	The Dell
24	Sat Jan 01, 1949	Fulham	H	0-2	Loss	19,791	21
25	Sat Jan 22, 1949	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	Win	25,624	21
26	Sat Jan 29, 1949	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	Loss	17,715	21	Home Park
27	Sat Feb 05, 1949	Cardiff City	A	0-1	Loss	31,522	21	Ninian Park
28	Sat Feb 12, 1949	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	Loss	37,599	21	White Hart Lane
29	Sat Feb 19, 1949	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	Draw	26,164	21
30	Sat Feb 26, 1949	Luton Town	A	3-4	Loss	17,777	21	Kenilworth Road
31	Sat Mar 05, 1949	Chesterfield	A	1-2	Loss	10,849	21	Saltergate
32	Sat Mar 12, 1949	Lincoln City	H	1-1	Draw	28,065	21
33	Sat Mar 19, 1949	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	27,694	21	Hillsborough
34	Sat Mar 26, 1949	Coventry City	H	3-0	Win	20,884	21
35	Sat Apr 02, 1949	Leeds United	A	0-1	Loss	23,932	22	Elland Road
36	Sat Apr 09, 1949	Leicester City	H	2-1	Win	30,774	21
37	Fri Apr 15, 1949	Bradford Park Avenue	H	2-0	Win	21,229	21
38	Sat Apr 16, 1949	Brentford	A	1-2	Loss	15,857	21	Griffin Park
39	Mon Apr 18, 1949	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-1	Win	12,032	20	Horton Park Avenue
40	Sat Apr 23, 1949	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	Draw	27,126	21
41	Sat Apr 30, 1949	West Ham United	A	5-0	Win	12,349	20	Upton Park
42	Sat May 07, 1949	Bury	H	1-0	Win	27,308	21

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 08, 1949	Liverpool	3			H	2-2	Draw	35,000
Sat Jan 15, 1949	Liverpool	3	Y	1	A	0-4	Loss	52,218	Anfield

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Harry Walker	43	14	8	21
GK		Laurie Platts	1			1
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	41	12	8	21
D		Horace Gager	43	14	8	21
D		James Clarke	3	1	1	1
M		Bill Hullett	15	3	3	9	2
M		Bill Whare	1		1
M		Bryn Elliott	13	3	3	7
M		Frank Knight	5	3	1	1
M		Jack Burkitt	30	10	6	14	1
M		Jack Hutchinson	20	6	3	11
M		Johnny Linaker	13	4	3	6	2
M		Robert McCall	36	12	6	18
F		Alan Ashman	3	1	1	1	1
F		Eddie Barks	2	1	1
F		Freddie Scott	27	8	4	15	3
F		Frederick Martin	3	1	1	1
F		George Lee	37	12	7	18	10
F		George Wilkins	15	2	2	11	3
F		Gordon Kaile	17	6	3	8	2
F		Jack Edwards	20	8	2	10	5
F		John Love	13	6	2	5	7
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton	15	6	2	7	6
F		Roland Wheatley	2	1		1
F		Sid Ottewell	32	8	6	18	3
F		Tom Johnson	23	8	5	10	5
F		William Morley	11	4	1	6

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
10	George Lee	37
7	John Love	13
6	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	15
5	Jack Edwards	20
5	Tom Johnson	23
3	Freddie Scott	27
3	George Wilkins	15
3	Sid Ottewell	32
2	Bill Hullett	15
2	Gordon Kaile	17
2	Johnny Linaker	13
1	Alan Ashman	3
1	Jack Burkitt	30

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1948-49

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bradford Park Avenue	Fri Apr 15, 1949	H	2-0	Mon Apr 18, 1949	A	2-1
Coventry City	Sat Oct 30, 1948	A	2-1	Sat Mar 26, 1949	H	3-0
West Ham United	Sat Dec 04, 1948	H	3-0	Sat Apr 30, 1949	A	5-0