1949–50 Football League

The 1949–50 season was the 51st completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1949–50
Champions	Portsmouth
← 1948–49 1950–51 →

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

First Division

Season	1949–50
Champions	Portsmouth 2nd English title
Relegated	Manchester City Birmingham City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,247 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dickie Davis (25 goals)
← 1948–49 1950–51 →

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Portsmouth (C)	42	22	9	11	74	38	1.947	53
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	13	9	76	49	1.551	53
3	Sunderland	42	21	10	11	83	62	1.339	52
4	Manchester United	42	18	14	10	69	44	1.568	50
5	Newcastle United	42	19	12	11	77	55	1.400	50
6	Arsenal	42	19	11	12	79	55	1.436	49
7	Blackpool	42	17	15	10	46	35	1.314	49
8	Liverpool	42	17	14	11	64	54	1.185	48
9	Middlesbrough	42	20	7	15	59	48	1.229	47
10	Burnley	42	16	13	13	40	40	1.000	45
11	Derby County	42	17	10	15	69	61	1.131	44
12	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	61	61	1.000	42
13	Chelsea	42	12	16	14	58	65	0.892	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	12	16	47	53	0.887	40
15	Huddersfield Town	42	14	9	19	52	73	0.712	37
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	14	18	45	59	0.763	34
17	Fulham	42	10	14	18	41	54	0.759	34
18	Everton	42	10	14	18	42	66	0.636	34
19	Stoke City	42	11	12	19	45	75	0.600	34
20	Charlton Athletic	42	13	6	23	53	65	0.815	32
21	Manchester City (R)	42	8	13	21	36	68	0.529	29	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Birmingham City (R)	42	7	14	21	31	67	0.463	28

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLP	BOL	BUR	CHA	CHE	DER	EVE	FUL	HUD	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	POR	STK	SUN	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		1–3	4–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	2–3	1–0	5–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	6–0	5–0	4–1	1–1
Aston Villa	1–1		1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–4	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–4
Birmingham City	2–1	2–2		0–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1
Blackpool	2–1	1–0	1–1		2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	3–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–2	0–1	3–0	1–2
Bolton Wanderers	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0		0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	2–4
Burnley	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1		1–0	1–2	0–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1
Charlton Athletic	1–1	1–4	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	0–3	6–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–3
Chelsea	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3		1–2	3–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–4	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–0
Derby County	1–2	3–2	4–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–2		2–0	2–1	4–2	2–2	7–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–3	3–2	3–1	1–2
Everton	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2		1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–2
Fulham	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0		4–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–3	0–1	1–2
Huddersfield Town	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–2		3–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–0
Liverpool	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–3		4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–2	2–1	0–2
Manchester City	0–2	3–3	4–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–2		1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1
Manchester United	2–0	7–0	0–2	1–2	3–0	3–2	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	6–0	0–0	2–1		2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–0
Middlesbrough	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	4–1	0–0	2–3		1–0	1–5	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0
Newcastle United	0–3	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	5–1	4–2	2–1	0–1		1–3	4–1	2–2	5–1	2–0
Portsmouth	2–1	5–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	3–1	7–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		0–0	2–2	0–1	1–1
Stoke City	2–5	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–3	2–3	1–3	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1		2–1	1–3	2–1
Sunderland	4–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	6–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–0		2–1	3–1
West Bromwich Albion	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–2		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	2–3	6–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	7–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Fulham

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Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1949–1950

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

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1949–1950 teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1949–50
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur
Promoted	Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield Wednesday
Relegated	Plymouth Argyle Bradford Park Avenue
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,231 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tommy Briggs (35 goals)
← 1948–49 1950–51 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tottenham Hotspur (C, P)	42	27	7	8	81	35	2.314	61	Promotion to the First Division
2	Sheffield Wednesday (P)	42	18	16	8	67	48	1.396	52
3	Sheffield United	42	19	14	9	68	49	1.388	52
4	Southampton	42	19	14	9	64	48	1.333	52
5	Leeds United	42	17	13	12	54	45	1.200	47
6	Preston North End	42	18	9	15	60	49	1.224	45
7	Hull City	42	17	11	14	64	72	0.889	45
8	Swansea Town	42	17	9	16	53	49	1.082	43
9	Brentford	42	15	13	14	44	49	0.898	43
10	Cardiff City	42	16	10	16	41	44	0.932	42
11	Grimsby Town	42	16	8	18	74	73	1.014	40
12	Coventry City	42	13	13	16	55	55	1.000	39
13	Barnsley	42	13	13	16	64	67	0.955	39
14	Chesterfield	42	15	9	18	43	47	0.915	39
15	Leicester City	42	12	15	15	55	65	0.846	39
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	10	18	55	60	0.917	38
17	Luton Town	42	10	18	14	41	51	0.804	38
18	Bury	42	14	9	19	60	65	0.923	37
19	West Ham United	42	12	12	18	53	61	0.869	36
20	Queens Park Rangers	42	11	12	19	40	57	0.702	34
21	Plymouth Argyle (R)	42	8	16	18	44	65	0.677	32	Relegation to the Third Division South
22	Bradford Park Avenue (R)	42	10	11	21	51	77	0.662	31	Relegation to the Third Division North

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLB	BPA	BRE	BRY	CAR	CHF	COV	GRI	HUL	LEE	LEI	LUT	PLY	PNE	QPR	SHU	SHW	SOU	SWA	TOT	WHU
Barnsley		1–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	4–3	7–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	4–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–4	2–1	5–2	2–0	1–1
Blackburn Rovers	4–0		0–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	4–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0
Bradford Park Avenue	1–3	2–2		0–2	1–2	3–3	2–0	2–2	4–1	5–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–3	2–1
Brentford	3–0	2–0	2–0		2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–4	0–2
Bury	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–2		2–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	5–2	5–1	1–1	0–0	1–5	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1
Cardiff City	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–0		2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–4	0–0	1–0	3–2	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1
Chesterfield	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1		0–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–0
Coventry City	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0		1–1	2–0	0–4	1–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–4	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	5–1
Grimsby Town	2–2	1–2	4–0	4–1	4–2	0–0	5–2	3–2		1–0	2–0	2–1	6–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	4–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–0
Hull City	2–0	3–1	3–3	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2		1–0	4–0	1–1	4–2	4–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2
Leeds United	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	3–3	1–0	3–0		1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–2
Leicester City	2–2	3–3	4–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1		3–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–1
Luton Town	3–1	5–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–0		1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2
Plymouth Argyle	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–0		1–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–3
Preston North End	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0		3–2	4–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–3	2–1
Queens Park Rangers	0–5	2–3	0–1	3–3	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–4	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–2	0–0		1–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–1
Sheffield United	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	4–4	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	5–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1		2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0
Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	4–0	6–2	5–2	3–1	1–1	2–4	0–1	1–0	2–1		2–2	3–0	0–0	2–1
Southampton	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–3	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	5–0	2–1	5–3	2–1	3–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0		1–2	1–1	3–2
Swansea Town	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	5–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	4–0		1–0	1–0
Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	2–3	5–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	4–1	3–2	3–0	7–0	1–0	4–0	3–1		4–1
West Ham United	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Queens Park Rangers

Tottenham

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1949–1950

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

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Locations of the Football League Second Division 1949–1950 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1949–50
Champions	Doncaster Rovers (3rd title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,315 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Reg Philips (Crewe Alexandra), Peter Doherty (Doncaster Rovers), 26
← 1948–49 1950–51 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	9	3	30	15	10	8	3	36	23	1.737	55	Division Champions, promoted
2	Gateshead	42	13	5	3	51	23	10	2	9	36	31	1.611	53
3	Rochdale	42	15	3	3	42	13	6	6	9	26	28	1.659	51
4	Lincoln City	42	14	5	2	35	9	7	4	10	25	30	1.538	51
5	Tranmere Rovers	42	15	3	3	35	21	4	8	9	16	27	1.063	49
6	Rotherham United	42	10	6	5	46	28	9	4	8	34	31	1.356	48
7	Crewe Alexandra	42	10	6	5	38	27	7	8	6	30	28	1.236	48
8	Mansfield Town	42	12	4	5	37	20	6	8	7	29	34	1.222	48
9	Carlisle United	42	12	6	3	39	20	4	9	8	29	31	1.333	47
10	Stockport County	42	14	2	5	33	21	5	5	11	22	31	1.058	45
11	Oldham Athletic	42	10	4	7	32	31	6	7	8	26	32	0.921	43
12	Chester	42	12	3	6	47	33	5	3	13	23	46	0.886	40
13	Accrington Stanley	42	12	5	4	41	21	4	2	15	16	41	0.919	39
14	New Brighton	42	10	5	6	27	25	4	5	12	18	38	0.714	38
15	Barrow	42	9	6	6	27	20	5	3	13	20	33	0.887	37
16	Southport	42	7	10	4	29	26	5	3	13	22	45	0.718	37
17	Darlington	42	9	8	4	35	27	2	5	14	21	42	0.812	35
18	Hartlepools United	42	10	3	8	37	35	4	2	15	15	44	0.658	33
19	Bradford City	42	11	1	9	38	32	1	7	13	23	44	0.803	32
20	Wrexham	42	8	7	6	24	17	2	5	14	15	37	0.722	32
21	Halifax Town	42	9	5	7	35	31	3	3	15	23	54	0.682	32	Re-elected
22	York City	42	6	7	8	29	33	3	6	12	23	37	0.743	31

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	BRA	CRL	CHE	CRE	DAR	DON	GAT	HAL	HAR	LIN	MAN	NWB	OLD	ROC	ROT	SOU	STP	TRA	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		1–0	3–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	3–0	3–4	1–0	1–4	4–0	4–2	2–0	2–0	0–0
Barrow	2–1		1–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	3–2
Bradford City	5–2	3–2		3–2	1–0	0–2	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	6–0	0–1	2–4	1–0	0–2
Carlisle United	2–1	2–0	3–0		5–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	4–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	4–3
Chester	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–3		0–1	4–4	3–1	0–3	5–1	3–0	3–1	6–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	4–2	4–1	0–4	0–0	2–1	2–3
Crewe Alexandra	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2		2–0	0–2	3–1	6–3	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–3
Darlington	0–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–1	1–1		2–1	2–3	5–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1
Doncaster Rovers	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–1		1–1	4–0	0–0	1–4	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	5–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
Gateshead	5–0	3–1	4–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	3–3	1–1		7–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–2	1–0	5–1	0–1	1–1
Halifax Town	1–4	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	5–2		1–2	0–1	0–3	3–0	1–1	3–2	4–3	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–2
Hartlepools	0–0	2–3	3–0	1–5	5–1	1–6	2–0	1–1	3–5	3–3		2–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Lincoln City	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	6–0		1–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0
Mansfield Town	2–0	1–1	0–2	4–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	7–1	2–1		2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
New Brighton	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–3	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2		0–0	0–4	0–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	3–1	3–1
Oldham Athletic	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–4	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–0		0–0	2–2	2–5	3–3	2–1	2–3	2–0
Rochdale	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	4–0	2–0	7–1	4–0	1–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–1
Rotherham United	6–0	1–2	5–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	5–1	1–3	2–2	3–0	0–1	4–3		4–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1
Southport	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–3	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–2	4–0		1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1
Stockport County	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–2		2–1	2–1	3–1
Tranmere	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–4	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–0		2–1	1–0
Wrexham	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0		2–0
York City	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–5	3–1	0–2	1–2	3–3	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	5–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

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Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1949–1950

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1949–50
Champions	Notts County (2nd title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,336 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tommy Lawton (Notts County), 31
← 1948–49 1950–51 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Notts County	42	17	3	1	60	12	8	5	8	35	38	1.900	58	Division Champions, promoted
2	Northampton Town	42	12	6	3	43	21	8	5	8	29	29	1.440	51
3	Southend United	42	15	4	2	43	15	4	9	8	23	33	1.375	51
4	Nottingham Forest	42	13	0	8	37	15	7	9	5	30	24	1.718	49
5	Torquay United	42	13	6	2	40	23	6	4	11	26	40	1.048	48
6	Watford	42	10	6	5	26	13	6	7	8	19	22	1.286	45
7	Crystal Palace	42	12	5	4	35	21	3	9	9	20	33	1.019	44
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	9	8	4	32	24	7	4	10	25	45	0.826	44
9	Bristol Rovers	42	12	5	4	34	18	7	0	14	17	33	1.000	43
10	Reading	42	15	2	4	48	21	2	6	13	22	43	1.094	42
11	Norwich City	42	11	5	5	44	21	5	5	11	21	42	1.032	42
12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	11	6	4	38	19	5	4	12	19	37	1.018	42
13	Port Vale	42	12	6	3	33	13	3	5	13	14	29	1.119	41
14	Swindon Town	42	9	7	5	41	30	6	4	11	18	32	0.952	41
15	Bristol City	42	12	4	5	38	19	3	6	12	22	42	0.984	40
16	Exeter City	42	9	8	4	37	27	5	3	13	26	48	0.840	39
17	Ipswich Town	42	9	6	6	36	36	3	5	13	21	50	0.663	35
18	Leyton Orient	42	10	6	5	33	30	2	5	14	20	55	0.624	35
19	Walsall	42	8	8	5	37	25	1	8	12	24	37	0.984	34
20	Aldershot	42	10	5	6	30	16	3	3	15	18	44	0.800	34
21	Newport County	42	11	5	5	50	34	2	3	16	17	64	0.684	34	Re-elected
22	Millwall	42	11	1	9	39	29	3	3	15	16	34	0.873	32

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	B&HA	BRI	BRR	CRY	EXE	IPS	LEY	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	NOT	NTC	PTV	REA	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Aldershot		0–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	5–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–5	1–0	0–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2–1		2–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	1–1		2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	5–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1
Bristol City	2–0	3–2	1–2		1–2	2–0	1–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	6–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1
Bristol Rovers	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–3		0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	5–1	0–3	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2
Crystal Palace	2–1	1–0	6–0	1–1	1–0		5–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0
Exeter City	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–0	2–0	2–1		1–1	1–1	2–1	3–3	1–3	3–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–4	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1
Ipswich Town	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–1	4–4	1–0		4–4	0–3	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–2	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–5	1–1
Leyton Orient	2–7	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	4–0		1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–4	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–0
Millwall	3–0	1–0	5–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	3–1	3–1	3–1		1–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–3
Newport County	6–0	5–0	0–1	6–4	2–3	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–2	4–3		1–4	3–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–3
Northampton Town	1–1	2–3	2–1	4–2	2–0	2–2	3–3	1–2	3–0	1–0	4–3		3–1	0–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–0
Norwich City	4–0	0–1	1–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	0–2	4–0	2–1		1–1	4–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–3	3–2	2–1
Nottingham Forest	3–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	0–1		1–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1
Notts County	3–1	2–0	4–2	4–1	2–0	0–1	3–3	2–0	7–1	2–0	7–0	2–0	5–0	2–0		3–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
Port Vale	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1		1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–0
Reading	1–3	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	5–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–1		5–0	4–3	2–0	1–1	1–0
Southend	3–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	6–0	1–2	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–0	3–2		2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1
Swindon Town	2–1	3–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	4–2	7–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	6–1	1–1	0–5	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2		1–2	4–3	0–1
Torquay United	4–0	3–1	0–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–4	2–2	4–1	1–0	5–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	2–4	1–0		2–1	2–1
Walsall	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	3–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	7–1		1–1
Watford	1–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	6–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Leyton Orient

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1949–1950

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

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1949–1950

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.