Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, May 3, 1947

Swindon Town Norwich City
M.Owen (10')
HT: 1-0 O.Hold (80')
Attendance:  13,570   Referee:  H.C. Williams


1
BURTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
LLOYD
5
ITHELL
6
PAINTER
7
STEPHENS
8
LUCAS
9
OWEN
10
STEPHENS
11
WILLIAMS
1
DAVIS
2
MANSFIELD
3
MORGAN
4
ROBINSON
5
LOW
6
ARMES
7
RYDER
8
HOLD
9
CHURCH
10
EYRE
11
MORGAN

Lineups
1
Sam BURTON
                 
Derek DAVIS
1
2
Albert YOUNG
                 
Fred MANSFIELD
2
3
Don EMERY
                 
Dennis MORGAN
3
4
Billy LLOYD
                 
Bernard ROBINSON
4
5
Jimmy ITHELL
                 
view STFC profileNorman LOW
5
6
Edward PAINTER
                 
Ivan ARMES
6
7
Bill STEPHENS
                 
view STFC profileTerry RYDER
7

8
Billy LUCAS
               
Oscar HOLD
8

9
Maurice OWEN
               
John CHURCH
9
10
Alf STEPHENS
                 
Les EYRE
10
11
Gordon WILLIAMS
                 
George MORGAN
11















Results on Saturday, May 3, 1947: League Table

 
  Aldershot 2 - 0 Exeter City  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Bristol City 1 - 1 Notts County  
  Cardiff City 1 - 0 Watford  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 0 Southend United  
  Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Northampton Town 1 - 0 Port Vale  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Norwich City  
  Torquay United 3 - 0 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, May 3, 1947:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Cardiff City 38 26 6 6 86 28 3.07 58 
2 Queens Park Rangers 39 23 9 7 71 36 1.97 55 
3 Bristol City 39 19 9 11 90 54 1.67 47 
4 Swindon Town 40 17 11 12 80 72 1.11 45 
5 Ipswich Town 38 16 11 11 56 47 1.19 43 
6 Southend United 38 16 9 13 65 51 1.27 41 
7 Reading 39 15 10 14 80 72 1.11 40 
8 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 39 16 7 16 63 49 1.29 39 
9 Port Vale 38 15 9 14 59 58 1.02 39 
10 Exeter City 39 15 9 15 58 61 0.95 39 
11 Bristol Rovers 41 16 7 18 58 68 0.85 39 
12 Walsall 37 13 11 13 65 56 1.16 37 
13 Torquay United 38 13 11 14 49 59 0.83 37 
14 Crystal Palace 39 13 10 16 47 57 0.82 36 
15 Watford 39 16 4 19 57 70 0.81 36 
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 39 12 12 15 50 67 0.75 36 
17 Northampton Town 38 14 7 17 66 70 0.94 35 
18 Notts County 37 12 10 15 57 58 0.98 34 
19 Aldershot 38 10 10 18 44 71 0.62 30 
20 Leyton Orient 36 10 8 18 47 66 0.71 28 
21 Norwich City 41 10 8 23 64 98 0.65 28 
22 Mansfield Town 40 9 10 21 46 90 0.51 28 

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