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First Team Results & Match Reports

Season 1948-49 Division 3 (South)

Final League Position 7th

Date	Opponent	V	F-A	WDL	Competition	Att.	Scorers	Manager
19480821Sat 21/8	Bristol Rovers	A	6-1	W		16,314	Rumbold, Dempsey², Jennings², Parker	Duncan
19480825Wed 25/8	TORQUAY UNITED	H	5-1	W		15,472	Jennings², Parker², Little	Duncan
19480828Sat 28/8	NEWPORT COUNTY	H	5-1	W		17,900	Rumbold, Brown, Jennings, Parker, Little	Duncan
19480901Wed 1/9	Torquay United	A	1-1	D		11,400	Jennings	Duncan
19480904Sat 4/9	Swansea City	A	0-2	L		30,000		Duncan
19480909Thu 9/9	Notts County	A	2-9	L		32,820	Jennings, Dempsey	Duncan
19480911Sat 11/9	READING	H	3-2	W		14,294	Jennings, Parker, Little	Duncan
19480915Wed 15/9	NOTTS COUNTY	H	3-2	W		21,262	Jennings, Parker²	Duncan
19480918Sat 18/9	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	D		18,000	McGinn	Duncan
19480925Sat 25/9	WATFORD	H	1-2	L		15,060	Harris^og	Duncan
19481002Sat 2/10	AFC Bournemouth	A	2-4	L		19,564	Jennings, Stirling^og	Duncan
19481009Sat 9/10	Northampton Town	A	1-1	D		9,550	Parker	Duncan
19481016Sat 16/10	NORWICH CITY	H	1-2	L		24,569	Dempsey	Duncan
19481023Sat 23/10	Port Vale	A	2-1	W		14,000	Brown, Parker	Duncan
19481030Sat 30/10	MILLWALL	H	1-0	W		14,009	Parker	Duncan
19481106Sat 6/11	Swindon Town	A	0-4	L		14,000		Duncan
19481113Sat 13/11	LEYTON ORIENT	H	2-2	D		12,434	Rumbold, Dempsey	Duncan
19481120Sat 20/11	Exeter City	A	3-1	W		9,167	Jennings², Parker	Duncan
19481127*Sat 27/11	ALDERSHOT	H	1-0	W	FA Cup 1st Round	12,690	Dempsey	Duncan
19481204Sat 4/12	ALDERSHOT	H	0-3	L	FA Cup 1st Round	13,220		Duncan
19481211Sat 11/12	WATFORD	H	2-2	D	Friendly	3,153	Unknown²	Duncan
19481218Sat 18/12	BRISTOL ROVERS	H	0-1	L		8,751		Duncan
19481225Sat 25/12	Walsall	A	1-2	L		12,956	Parker	Duncan
19481227Mon 27/12	WALSALL	H	3-2	W		10,432	McGinn, Parker²	Duncan
19490101Sat 1/1	Newport County	A	0-3	L		10,000		Duncan
19490108Sat 8/1	Millwall	A	0-3	L	Friendly	11,600		Duncan
19490115Sat 15/1	SWANSEA CITY	H	2-0	W		12,700	Rumbold, Brown	Duncan
19490122Sat 22/1	Reading	A	1-2	L		14,571	Jennings	Duncan
19490129Sat 29/1	BRISTOL CITY	H	2-0	W		11,190	Jennings, Parker	Duncan
19490205Sat 5/2	CRYSTAL PALACE	H	3-2	W		10,226	Jennings, Parker²	Duncan
19490212Sat 12/2	BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION	H	2-2	D		10,695	Brown, Parker	Duncan
19490219Sat 19/2	Watford	A	2-1	W		12,000	Rumbold, Parker	Duncan
19490226Sat 26/2	AFC BOURNEMOUTH	H	1-0	W		13,289	Brown	Duncan
19490305Sat 5/3	NORTHAMPTON TOWN	H	4-2	W		10,443	Jennings², Parker, Parker	Duncan
19490312Sat 12/3	Norwich City	A	0-2	L		35,126		Duncan
19490319Sat 19/3	PORT VALE	H	4-1	W		10,722	Brown³, Jennings	Duncan
19490326Sat 26/3	Millwall	A	0-0	D		23,175		Duncan
19490402Sat 2/4	SWINDON TOWN	H	4-2	W		12,908	Rumbold, Baird, Jennings, Parker	Duncan
19490406Wed 6/4	Aldershot	A	0-2	L		6,000		Duncan
19490409Sat 9/4	Leyton Orient	A	1-1	D		9,000	Little	Duncan
19490415Fri 15/4	Southend United	A	1-1	D		17,000	Jennings	Duncan
19490416Sat 16/4	EXETER CITY	H	2-2	D		13,552	Jennings²	Duncan
19490418Mon 18/4	SOUTHEND UNITED	H	1-3	L		13,336	Jennings	Duncan
19490423Sat 23/4	Bristol City	A	0-2	L		9,692		Duncan
19490430Sat 30/4	ALDERSHOT	H	4-1	W		7,841	Perrett, Brown, Parker, Parker	Duncan
19490507Sat 7/5	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-6	L		11,066	Brown	Duncan
19490511Wed 11/5	WEST HAM UNITED	H	2-0	W	Ipswich Hospital Cup	10,369	Jennings, Parker	Duncan
19490514Sat 14/5	Norwich City	A	0-1	L	Norfolk Jubilee Cup	9,300		Duncan

Results notes

(1) Matches marked * not included in official records

General notes

The following practive game was also staged:

Sat 14-08-1948 Pre Season Trial (at Portman Road)

Season Summary

Comp	P	W	D	L	F	A
League	42	18	9	15	78	77
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	0	3
Friendly	2	0	1	1	2	5
Ipswich Hospital Cup	1	1	0	0	2	0
Norfolk Jubilee Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1
TOTALS	47	19	10	18	82	86

Excludes abandoned games (if any), Matches decided on penalties (if any) count as a drawn game.

Attendance Summary

	Home Average	Home Total	Away Average	Away Total
League	13,385	281,085	15,971	335,401
Cup/Play-offs	12,955	25,910	-	-

Final League Table

Final League Table Division 3 (South)

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SWANSEA CITY             42  20  1  0  60  11   7  7  7  27  23   62
 2. Reading                  42  17  1  3  48  18   8  4  9  29  32   55
 3. Bournemouth              42  15  2  4  42  17   7  6  8  27  31   52
 4. Swindon Town             42  11  9  1  38  20   7  6  8  26  36   51
 5. Bristol Rovers           42  13  5  3  42  23   6  5 10  19  28   48
 6. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  11  5  5  32  26   4 13  4  23  29   48
 7. Ipswich Town             42  14  3  4  53  30   4  6 11  25  47   45
 8. Millwall                 42  12  7  2  42  23   5  4 12  21  41   45
 9. Torquay United           42  12  5  4  45  26   5  6 10  20  44   45
10. Norwich City             42  11  6  4  32  10   5  6 10  35  39   44
11. Notts County             42  15  3  3  68  19   4  2 15  34  49   43
12. Exeter City              42  12  5  4  45  26   3  5 13  18  50   40
13. Port Vale                42  11  3  7  32  21   3  8 10  19  33   39
14. Walsall                  42   9  5  7  34  28   6  3 12  22  36   38
15. Newport County           42   8  6  7  41  35   6  3 12  27  57   37
16. Bristol City             42   8  9  4  28  24   3  5 13  16  38   36
17. Watford                  42   6  9  6  24  21   4  6 11  17  33   35
18. Southend United          42   5 10  6  18  18   4  6 11  23  28   34
19. Leyton Orient            42   9  6  6  36  29   2  6 13  22  51   34
20. Northampton              42   9  6  6  33  20   3  3 15  18  42   33
21. Aldershot                42   6  5 10  26  29   5  6 10  22  30   33
22. Crystal Palace           42   7  8  6  27  27   1  3 17  11  49   27

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