Football League Division Three (South)
Thursday, April 8, 1948

Newport County Swindon Town
B.Shergold (??'), L.Emmanuel (??')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  7,421    


1
LOVEMAN
2
SUTHERLAND
3
OLDHAM
4
MCBLAIN
5
WILCOX
6
EMMANUEL
7
WILLIAMS
8
CARR
9
ROFFI
10
ALLEN
11
SHERGOLD
1
BOULTON
2
YOUNG
3
EMERY
4
PAINTER
5
ITHELL
6
WILLIAMS
7
MAGUIRE
8
PATERSON
9
OWEN
10
JONES
11
BAIN

Lineups
1
Bobby LOVEMAN
                 
Frank BOULTON
1
2
Jimmy SUTHERLAND
                 
Albert YOUNG
2
3
George OLDHAM
                 
Don EMERY
3
4
Andrew MCBLAIN
                 
Edward PAINTER
4
5
Ray WILCOX
                 
Jimmy ITHELL
5
6
Len EMMANUEL
               
Gordon WILLIAMS
6
7
Harold WILLIAMS  
                 
Ted MAGUIRE
7

8
Eddie CARR
                 
George PATERSON
8

9
George ROFFI
                 
Maurice OWEN
9
10
Bryn ALLEN  
                 
Morris JONES
10
11
Billy SHERGOLD
               
Jimmy BAIN
11













Results on Thursday, April 8, 1948: League Table

 
  Newport County 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Northampton Town 1 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  

Table as at Thursday, April 8, 1948:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 35 23 7 5 67 29 2.31 53 
2 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 36 20 9 7 62 27 2.30 49 
3 Ipswich Town 35 20 3 12 56 47 1.19 43 
4 Swansea Town 37 16 10 11 67 50 1.34 42 
5 Walsall 36 16 9 11 56 37 1.51 41 
6 Port Vale 38 16 8 14 62 52 1.19 40 
7 Newport County 38 14 12 12 58 65 0.89 40 
8 Southend United 38 15 10 13 47 53 0.89 40 
9 Notts County 35 16 7 12 56 50 1.12 39 
10 Exeter City 36 14 10 12 48 47 1.02 38 
11 Bristol City 37 16 5 16 68 57 1.19 37 
12 Northampton Town 36 13 10 13 48 55 0.87 36 
13 Reading 36 13 8 15 50 54 0.93 34 
14 Torquay United 35 10 13 12 56 47 1.19 33 
15 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 45 45 1.00 33 
16 Swindon Town 36 9 15 12 36 36 1.00 33 
17 Watford 37 11 8 18 42 69 0.61 30 
18 Aldershot 36 8 13 15 39 59 0.66 29 
19 Leyton Orient 38 10 9 19 44 71 0.62 29 
20 Brighton and Hove Albion 35 10 9 16 36 61 0.59 29 
21 Bristol Rovers 37 9 8 20 61 73 0.84 26 
22 Norwich City 36 9 8 19 49 69 0.71 26 

Key: Promotion Re-election