The 1949–50 season was the 51st 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.
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.Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
First Division
Portsmouth retained the First Division title, finishing level on points with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Sunderland finished a single point behind the leading pair, with Manchester United and Newcastle United completing the top five. Sixth placed Arsenal, the 1948 champions, finished four points off the top of the table but beat Liverpool to win their first postwar FA Cup.
Manchester City and Birmingham City went down to the Second Division.
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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 Source:
Division One No. Club Average 1 Arsenal FC 49,001 2 Sunderland AFC 47,785 3 Newcastle United FC 46,468 4 Liverpool FC 45,783 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 45,466 6 Everton FC 43,932 7 Manchester United 43,282 8 Aston Villa FC 42,677 9 Chelsea FC 42,238 10 Manchester City FC 39,381 11 West Bromwich Albion FC 38,910 12 Portsmouth FC 37,004 13 Middlesbrough FC 35,407 14 Charlton Athletic FC 34,567 15 Birmingham City FC 34,511 16 Fulham FC 33,030 17 Bolton Wanderers FC 29,789 18 Burnley FC 27,631 19 Stoke City FC 27,215 20 Blackpool FC 26,336 21 Derby County FC 26,283 22 Huddersfield Town AFC 23,542
Division Two
No. Club Average 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC 54,111 2 Sheffield Wednesday FC 40,692 3 Hull City AFC 37,319 4 Sheffield United FC 30,764 5 Leicester City FC 30,266 6 Leeds United FC 30,203 7 Cardiff City FC 28,680 8 Preston North End FC 28,164 9 Southampton FC 23,894 10 Coventry City FC 22,822 11 Brentford FC 22,613 12 Blackburn Rovers FC 22,351 13 West Ham United FC 22,233 14 Plymouth Argyle FC 21,693 15 Swansea City AFC 21,571 16 Queens Park Rangers FC 19,281 17 Barnsley FC 18,286 18 Grimsby Town FC 18,056 19 Bury FC 16,821 20 Luton Town FC 16,036 21 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 15,885 22 Chesterfield FC 14,047
Division Three
No. Club Average 1 Notts County FC 35,176 2 Norwich City FC 23,264 3 Nottingham Forest FC 22,148 4 Bristol City FC 21,449 5 Millwall FC 20,753 6 Doncaster Rovers FC 18,252 7 Crystal Palace FC 16,874 8 Bristol Rovers FC 16,105 9 Reading FC 15,427 10 Oldham Athletic FC 15,185 11 AFC Bournemouth 14,559 12 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 14,120 13 Swindon Town FC 14,075 14 Ipswich Town FC 13,320 15 Bradford City AFC 13,158 16 Port Vale FC 12,983 17 Northampton Town FC 12,791 18 Leyton Orient FC 12,585 19 Lincoln City FC 12,418 20 Watford FC 12,161 21 Mansfield Town FC 12,128 22 Southend United FC 12,089 23 Stockport County FC 12,013 24 Carlisle United FC 11,809 25 Newport County AFC 11,535 26 Rotherham United FC 10,160 27 Exeter City FC 10,117 28 Walsall FC 10,099 29 Gateshead AFC 9,201 30 Crewe Alexandra FC 9,065 31 Tranmere Rovers 9,026 32 Torquay United FC 8,779 33 Rochdale AFC 8,372 34 Wrexham AFC 8,339 35 Southport FC 7,829 36 York City FC 7,776 37 Hartlepool United FC 7,705 38 Darlington FC 7,312 39 Aldershot Town FC 7,098 40 Halifax Town AFC 6,941 41 Chester City FC 6,695 42 Barrow AFC 5,946 43 Accrington Stanley FC 5,891 44 New Brighton AFC 5,458
See also 1949-50 in English football 1949 in association football 1950 in association football
References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.