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1949–50 Football League

51st season of the Football League

51st season of the Football League

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competitionThe Football League
season[1949–50](1949-50-in-english-football)
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prevseason[1948–49](1948-49-football-league)
nextseason[1950–51](1950-51-football-league)

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.

First Division

2nd English title Birmingham City (25 goals) 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.

Results

Maps

Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham

Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Burnley Charlton Chelsea Derby County Everton Fulham Huddersfield Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle Portsmouth Stoke Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Sheffield Wednesday Bradford Park Avenue (35 goals)

Results

Maps

Brentford Queens Park Rangers Tottenham West Ham

Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Bury Cardiff City Chesterfield Coventry Grimsby Town Hull Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Plymouth Argyle Preston North End QPR Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swansea Town Tottenham West Ham

Third Division North

Third Division North Peter Doherty (Doncaster Rovers), 26

Results

Maps

Accrington Stanley Barrow Bradford C. Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Gateshead Halifax T. Hartlepool Lincoln City Mansfield Town New Brighton Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Southport Stockport Tranmere Wrexham York City

Third Division South

Third Division South

|win_B&HA=16|draw_B&HA=12|loss_B&HA=14|gf_B&HA=57|ga_B&HA=69 |win_B&BA=16|draw_B&BA=10|loss_B&BA=16|gf_B&BA=57|ga_B&BA=56

Results

|match_ALD_B&BA=0–1 |match_ALD_B&HA=0–1

|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_ALD=2–1 |match_B&BA_B&HA=2–2 |match_B&BA_BRI=3–1 |match_B&BA_BRR=0–2 |match_B&BA_CRY=2–0 |match_B&BA_EXE=2–0 |match_B&BA_IPS=4–0 |match_B&BA_LEY=4–1 |match_B&BA_MIL=1–0 |match_B&BA_NPC=1–1 |match_B&BA_NOR=1–2 |match_B&BA_NWC=2–0 |match_B&BA_NOT=1–2 |match_B&BA_NTC=3–0 |match_B&BA_PTV=2–2 |match_B&BA_REA=2–1 |match_B&BA_STD=3–0 |match_B&BA_SWI=1–1 |match_B&BA_TOR=1–2 |match_B&BA_WAL=1–1 |match_B&BA_WAT=0–0

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_ALD=1–1 |match_B&HA_B&BA=1–1 |match_B&HA_BRI=2–1 |match_B&HA_BRR=1–2 |match_B&HA_CRY=0–0 |match_B&HA_EXE=0–0 |match_B&HA_IPS=2–1 |match_B&HA_LEY=2–2 |match_B&HA_MIL=1–0 |match_B&HA_NPC=5–0 |match_B&HA_NOR=1–1 |match_B&HA_NWC=1–3 |match_B&HA_NOT=2–2 |match_B&HA_NTC=2–3 |match_B&HA_PTV=2–1 |match_B&HA_REA=2–1 |match_B&HA_STD=2–1 |match_B&HA_SWI=0–1 |match_B&HA_TOR=2–1 |match_B&HA_WAL=1–1 |match_B&HA_WAT=2–1

|match_BRI_B&BA=3–2 |match_BRI_B&HA=1–2

|match_BRR_B&BA=0–0 |match_BRR_B&HA=3–0

|match_CRY_B&BA=1–0 |match_CRY_B&HA=6–0

|match_EXE_B&BA=1–2 |match_EXE_B&HA=2–3

|match_IPS_B&BA=1–2 |match_IPS_B&HA=2–2

|match_LEY_B&BA=2–1 |match_LEY_B&HA=0–1

|match_MIL_B&BA=1–0 |match_MIL_B&HA=5–1

|match_NPC_B&BA=5–0 |match_NPC_B&HA=0–1

|match_NOR_B&BA=2–3 |match_NOR_B&HA=2–1

|match_NWC_B&BA=0–1 |match_NWC_B&HA=1–2

|match_NOT_B&BA=3–0 |match_NOT_B&HA=0–1

|match_NTC_B&BA=2–0 |match_NTC_B&HA=4–2

|match_PTV_B&BA=1–1 |match_PTV_B&HA=3–0

|match_REA_B&BA=2–1 |match_REA_B&HA=3–0

|match_STD_B&BA=1–0 |match_STD_B&HA=3–2

|match_SWI_B&BA=3–1 |match_SWI_B&HA=4–2

|match_TOR_B&BA=3–1 |match_TOR_B&HA=0–0

|match_WAL_B&BA=1–1 |match_WAL_B&HA=4–2

|match_WAT_B&BA=4–1 |match_WAT_B&HA=0–0

Maps

Leyton Orient Crystal Palace Millwall Watford

Aldershot Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Bristol City Bristol Rovers Leyton Orient Crystal Palace Exeter City Ipswich Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Notts County Nottingham Forest Port Vale Southend Reading Torquay Swindon Walsall Watford

Attendances

Source:

Division One

No.ClubAverage
1Arsenal FC49,001
2Sunderland AFC47,785
3Newcastle United FC46,468
4Liverpool FC45,783
5Wolverhampton Wanderers FC45,466
6Everton FC43,932
7Manchester United43,282
8Aston Villa FC42,677
9Chelsea FC42,238
10Manchester City FC39,381
11West Bromwich Albion FC38,910
12Portsmouth FC37,004
13Middlesbrough FC35,407
14Charlton Athletic FC34,567
15Birmingham City FC34,511
16Fulham FC33,030
17Bolton Wanderers FC29,789
18Burnley FC27,631
19Stoke City FC27,215
20Blackpool FC26,336
21Derby County FC26,283
22Huddersfield Town AFC23,542

Division Two

No.ClubAverage
1Tottenham Hotspur FC54,111
2Sheffield Wednesday FC40,692
3Hull City AFC37,319
4Sheffield United FC30,764
5Leicester City FC30,266
6Leeds United FC30,203
7Cardiff City FC28,680
8Preston North End FC28,164
9Southampton FC23,894
10Coventry City FC22,822
11Brentford FC22,613
12Blackburn Rovers FC22,351
13West Ham United FC22,233
14Plymouth Argyle FC21,693
15Swansea City AFC21,571
16Queens Park Rangers FC19,281
17Barnsley FC18,286
18Grimsby Town FC18,056
19Bury FC16,821
20Luton Town FC16,036
21Bradford Park Avenue AFC15,885
22Chesterfield FC14,047

Division Three

No.ClubAverage
1Notts County FC35,176
2Norwich City FC23,264
3Nottingham Forest FC22,148
4Bristol City FC21,449
5Millwall FC20,753
6Doncaster Rovers FC18,252
7Crystal Palace FC16,874
8Bristol Rovers FC16,105
9Reading FC15,427
10Oldham Athletic FC15,185
11AFC Bournemouth14,559
12Brighton & Hove Albion FC14,120
13Swindon Town FC14,075
14Ipswich Town FC13,320
15Bradford City AFC13,158
16Port Vale FC12,983
17Northampton Town FC12,791
18Leyton Orient FC12,585
19Lincoln City FC12,418
20Watford FC12,161
21Mansfield Town FC12,128
22Southend United FC12,089
23Stockport County FC12,013
24Carlisle United FC11,809
25Newport County AFC11,535
26Rotherham United FC10,160
27Exeter City FC10,117
28Walsall FC10,099
29Gateshead AFC9,201
30Crewe Alexandra FC9,065
31Tranmere Rovers9,026
32Torquay United FC8,779
33Rochdale AFC8,372
34Wrexham AFC8,339
35Southport FC7,829
36York City FC7,776
37Hartlepool United FC7,705
38Darlington FC7,312
39Aldershot Town FC7,098
40Halifax Town AFC6,941
41Chester City FC6,695
42Barrow AFC5,946
43Accrington Stanley FC5,891
44New Brighton AFC5,458

References

  • Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

References

  1. "England 1949-50". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. "English League Leading Goalscorers".
  4. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1951.htm
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