Football League Division Three (South)
Saturday, August 21, 1948

Brighton and Hove Albion Swindon Town
G.Lewis (35')
 HT: 1-0 M.Owen (57')
Attendance:  21,593   Referee:  G. Clark


1
BALDWIN
2
GUTTRIDGE
3
WILLEMSE
4
JAMES
5
BOOTH
6
WHENT
7
SMALL
8
LANCELOTTE
9
LEWIS
10
MCNICHOL
11
DAVIES
1
BOULTON
2
WHITE
3
YOUNG
4
COWIE
5
ITHELL
6
KAYE
7
LUNN
8
DAWSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
WILLIAMS

Lineups
1
Harry BALDWIN
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Ron GUTTRIDGE
                 
Alex WHITE
2
3
Stan WILLEMSE
                 
Albert YOUNG
3
4
Tony JAMES
                 
Andy COWIE
4
5
Sam BOOTH
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Jackie WHENT
                 
Harry KAYE
6
7
Sam SMALL
                 
Harry LUNN
7

8
Eric LANCELOTTE
                 
Tom DAWSON
8

9
George LEWIS
             
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Johnny MCNICHOL
                 
Morris JONES
10
11
Ken DAVIES
                 
Gordon WILLIAMS
11















Results on Saturday, August 21, 1948: League Table
 
  Aldershot 1 - 1 Leyton Orient  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Bristol Rovers 1 - 6 Ipswich Town  
  Exeter City 5 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Millwall 1 - 1 Port Vale  
  Newport County 1 - 2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  
  Norwich City 1 - 2 Walsall  
  Reading 5 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Southend United 1 - 0 Bristol City  
  Swansea Town 2 - 0 Watford  
  Torquay United 3 - 1 Notts County  

Table as at Saturday, August 21, 1948:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Swansea Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 ∞ 2 
2 Southend United 1 1 0 0 1 0 ∞ 2 
3 Ipswich Town 1 1 0 0 6 1 6.00 2 
4 Exeter City 1 1 0 0 5 1 5.00 2 
5 Reading 1 1 0 0 5 1 5.00 2 
6 Torquay United 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.00 2 
7 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
8 Walsall 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 2 
9 Aldershot 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
10 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
11 Leyton Orient 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
12 Millwall 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
13 Port Vale 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
14 Swindon Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1 
15 Newport County 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 
16 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.50 0 
17 Notts County 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.33 0 
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 1 5 0.20 0 
19 Northampton Town 1 0 0 1 1 5 0.20 0 
20 Bristol Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 6 0.17 0 
21 Bristol City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0 
22 Watford 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 0 

Key: Promotion Re-election