# Engels voetbalkampioenschap 1947/48

1947/48 was het 50e seizoen in de Engelse voetbalcompetitie. Arsenal werd landskampioen.

## Prijzen

| Competitie | Winnaar | Runner-up |
| First Division | Arsenal | Manchester United |
| Second Division | Birmingham City | Newcastle United |
| Third Division North | Lincoln City | Rotherham United |
| Third Division South | Queens Park Rangers | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |
| FA Cup | Manchester United | Blackpool |

## First Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Arsenal | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 81 | 32 | 2.531 | 59 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 81 | 48 | 1.688 | 52 |
| 3 | Burnley | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 56 | 43 | 1.302 | 52 |
| 4 | Derby County | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 77 | 57 | 1.351 | 50 |
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 83 | 70 | 1.186 | 47 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 57 | 1.140 | 47 |
| 7 | Preston North End | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 67 | 68 | 0.985 | 47 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 68 | 50 | 1.360 | 45 |
| 9 | Blackpool | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 57 | 41 | 1.390 | 44 |
| 10 | Manchester City | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 47 | 1.106 | 42 |
| 11 | Liverpool | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 65 | 61 | 1.066 | 42 |
| 12 | Sheffield United | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 65 | 70 | 0.929 | 42 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 57 | 66 | 0.864 | 40 |
| 14 | Everton | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 66 | 0.788 | 40 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 55 | 0.745 | 38 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 71 | 73 | 0.973 | 37 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 46 | 58 | 0.793 | 37 |
| 18 | Chelsea | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 71 | 0.746 | 37 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 60 | 0.850 | 36 |
| 20 | Sunderland | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 67 | 0.836 | 36 |
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 54 | 72 | 0.750 | 32 |
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 45 | 111 | 0.405 | 22 |

### Uitslagen

| Thuis (beneden) / Uit (rechts) | ARS | AST | BLB | BLP | BOL | BUR | CHA | CHE | DER | EVE | GRI | HUD | LIV | MNC | MNU | MID | POR | PRE | SHE | STO | SUN | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 6 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 8 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 7 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 5 - 2 |
| Aston Villa | 4 - 1 | | 3 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 2 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 4 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 7 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 3 | 1 - 0 |
| Blackpool | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 5 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 2 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 5 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 2 |
| Burnley | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 2 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | | 3 - 1 | 1 - 5 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 5 - 1 |
| Chelsea | 0 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 0 | | 1 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 4 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 4 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 |
| Derby County | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 5 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 5 - 1 | | 1 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 1 - 2 |
| Everton | 0 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 3 | | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 |
| Grimsby Town | 0 - 4 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 3 - 0 | | 3 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 5 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 4 |
| Huddersfield Town | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 5 - 1 | | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 |
| Liverpool | 1 - 3 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 0 | | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 |
| Manchester City | 0 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | | 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 4 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 4 - 3 |
| Manchester United | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 5 - 0 | 6 - 2 | 5 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 4 | 4 - 4 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | | 2 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 2 |
| Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 4 |
| Portsmouth | 0 - 0 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 6 - 1 | | 1 - 0 | 6 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 |
| Preston North End | 0 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 7 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 7 - 4 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | | 3 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 3 |
| Sheffield United | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | | 3 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 2 |
| Stoke City | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | | 3 - 1 | 2 - 3 |
| Sunderland | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 5 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | | 2 - 1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 4 | 8 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 6 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | |

## Second Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Birmingham City | 42 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 55 | 24 | 2.292 | 59 |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 72 | 41 | 1.756 | 56 |
| 3 | Southampton | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 71 | 53 | 1.340 | 52 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 66 | 53 | 1.245 | 51 |
| 5 | Cardiff City | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 61 | 58 | 1.052 | 47 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 55 | 53 | 1.038 | 46 |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 63 | 58 | 1.086 | 45 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 56 | 43 | 1.302 | 44 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 57 | 1.053 | 43 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 59 | 52 | 1.135 | 41 |
| 11 | Fulham | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 46 | 1.022 | 40 |
| 12 | Barnsley | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 62 | 64 | 0.969 | 40 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 56 | 59 | 0.949 | 40 |
| 14 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 68 | 72 | 0.944 | 40 |
| 15 | Brentford | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 61 | 0.721 | 40 |
| 16 | Chesterfield | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 55 | 0.982 | 39 |
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 40 | 58 | 0.690 | 38 |
| 18 | Leeds United | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 62 | 72 | 0.861 | 36 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 54 | 60 | 0.900 | 35 |
| 20 | Bury | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 58 | 68 | 0.853 | 34 |
| 21 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 40 | 66 | 0.606 | 29 |
| 22 | Millwall | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 74 | 0.595 | 29 |

## Third Division North

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 81 | 40 | 2.025 | 60 |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 95 | 49 | 1.939 | 59 |
| 3 | Wrexham | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 74 | 54 | 1.370 | 50 |
| 4 | Gateshead | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 75 | 57 | 1.316 | 49 |
| 5 | Hull City | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 59 | 48 | 1.229 | 47 |
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 62 | 59 | 1.051 | 46 |
| 7 | Barrow | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 40 | 1.225 | 45 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 57 | 51 | 1.118 | 45 |
| 9 | Carlisle United | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 88 | 77 | 1.143 | 43 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 61 | 63 | 0.968 | 43 |
| 11 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 64 | 0.984 | 41 |
| 12 | Rochdale | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 72 | 0.667 | 41 |
| 13 | York City | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 65 | 60 | 1.083 | 40 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 65 | 66 | 0.985 | 40 |
| 15 | Southport | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 60 | 63 | 0.952 | 39 |
| 16 | Darlington | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 54 | 70 | 0.771 | 39 |
| 17 | Stockport County | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 63 | 67 | 0.940 | 38 |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 54 | 72 | 0.750 | 36 |
| 19 | Hartlepool United | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 | 36 |
| 20 | Chester City | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 64 | 67 | 0.955 | 35 |
| 21 | Halifax Town | 42 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 76 | 0.566 | 27 |
| 22 | New Brighton | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 81 | 0.469 | 25 |

## Third Division South

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 74 | 37 | 2.000 | 61 |
| 2 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 76 | 35 | 2.171 | 57 |
| 3 | Walsall | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 70 | 40 | 1.750 | 51 |
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 67 | 61 | 1.098 | 49 |
| 5 | Swansea City | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 70 | 52 | 1.346 | 48 |
| 6 | Notts County | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 68 | 59 | 1.153 | 46 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 77 | 65 | 1.185 | 43 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 54 | 1.167 | 43 |
| 9 | Southend United | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 58 | 0.879 | 43 |
| 10 | Reading | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 58 | 0.966 | 41 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 55 | 63 | 0.873 | 41 |
| 12 | Newport County | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 61 | 73 | 0.836 | 41 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 49 | 1.000 | 39 |
| 14 | Northampton Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 72 | 0.806 | 39 |
| 15 | Watford | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 57 | 79 | 0.722 | 38 |
| 16 | Swindon Town | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 0.891 | 36 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 | 36 |
| 18 | Torquay United | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 63 | 62 | 1.016 | 35 |
| 19 | Aldershot | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 45 | 67 | 0.672 | 35 |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 71 | 75 | 0.947 | 34 |
| 21 | Norwich City | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 61 | 76 | 0.803 | 34 |
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 73 | 0.589 | 34 |
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