The 1947–48 season was the 49th completed season of The Football League.
Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.
First Division
Arsenal, the most successful English club side of the 1930s, picked up their first postwar silverware, finishing top of the First Division by seven points. Their nearest rivals were Manchester United, who lifted the FA Cup with a dramatic 4–2 win over Blackpool at Wembley to end their 37-year wait for a major trophy. Burnley finished level on points with Matt Busby's team. Derby County, the 1946 FA Cup-winners, finished fourth in the league. Defending champions Liverpool finished 11th.
Grimsby Town were relegated in bottom place, 14 points adrift of safety, and were joined in the Second Division by Blackburn Rovers.
Results
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Second Division
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Third Division North
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Third Division South
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Attendances
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Division One
No. Club Average 1 Arsenal FC 54,982 2 Manchester United 54,890 3 Chelsea FC 47,592 4 Liverpool FC 44,299 5 Everton FC 44,205 6 Sunderland AFC 42,888 7 Manchester City FC 42,725 8 Aston Villa FC 41,431 9 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 39,636 10 Charlton Athletic FC 36,253 11 Sheffield United FC 35,094 12 Middlesbrough FC 33,901 13 Burnley FC 33,621 14 Stoke City FC 31,590 15 Portsmouth FC 31,226 16 Preston North End FC 30,400 17 Bolton Wanderers FC 29,408 18 Blackburn Rovers FC 27,883 19 Derby County FC 27,044 20 Huddersfield Town AFC 25,548 21 Blackpool FC 25,195 22 Grimsby Town FC 16,031
Division Two
No. Club Average 1 Newcastle United FC 56,283 2 Birmingham City FC 38,365 3 Cardiff City FC 37,871 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 37,679 5 Sheffield Wednesday FC 35,858 6 West Bromwich Albion FC 30,860 7 Leeds United FC 28,493 8 Leicester City FC 27,110 9 West Ham United FC 24,875 10 Nottingham Forest FC 24,247 11 Brentford FC 23,341 12 Plymouth Argyle FC 23,081 13 Doncaster Rovers FC 22,317 14 Coventry City FC 22,288 15 Millwall FC 21,823 16 Fulham FC 21,437 17 Barnsley FC 21,262 18 Southampton FC 20,789 19 Luton Town FC 17,948 20 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 17,687 21 Bury FC 16,037 22 Chesterfield FC 15,372
Division Three
No. Club Average 1 Notts County FC 25,380 2 Hull City AFC 24,019 3 Queens Park Rangers FC 22,273 4 Norwich City FC 21,444 5 Bristol City FC 20,951 6 Swansea City AFC 17,858 7 AFC Bournemouth 16,854 8 Swindon Town FC 15,829 9 Walsall FC 15,711 10 Bristol Rovers FC 15,036 11 Crystal Palace FC 14,937 12 Rotherham United FC 14,330 13 Reading FC 13,610 14 Port Vale FC 13,569 15 Leyton Orient FC 13,345 16 Ipswich Town FC 13,234 17 Lincoln City FC 13,187 18 Carlisle United FC 13,128 19 Oldham Athletic FC 12,950 20 Mansfield Town FC 11,545 21 Watford FC 11,506 22 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 11,486 23 Wrexham AFC 11,303 24 Newport County AFC 11,240 25 Stockport County FC 11,024 26 Southend United FC 10,129 27 Bradford City AFC 10,104 28 Exeter City FC 9,900 29 York City FC 9,006 30 Tranmere Rovers 8,862 31 Northampton Town FC 8,571 32 Rochdale AFC 8,124 33 Southport FC 8,034 34 Chester City FC 7,870 35 Barrow AFC 7,814 36 Crewe Alexandra FC 7,540 37 Halifax Town AFC 7,508 38 Hartlepool United FC 7,485 39 Torquay United FC 7,186 40 Darlington FC 6,877 41 Aldershot Town FC 6,729 42 Gateshead AFC 6,341 43 Accrington Stanley FC 6,230 44 New Brighton AFC 5,229
See also 1947-48 in English football 1947 in association football 1948 in association football
References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.