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1947-48

First Division

Finished 6th of 22 · P42 W19 D9 L14 · 65 scored, 57 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
23 Aug 1947	A	Grimsby Town	0–3	L
27 Aug 1947	A	Sunderland	0–0	D
30 Aug 1947	H	Manchester City	1–1	D
1 Sept 1947	H	Sunderland	2–0	W
6 Sept 1947	A	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	D
8 Sept 1947	H	Everton	3–0	W
13 Sept 1947	H	Blackpool	0–1	L
17 Sept 1947	A	Everton	0–3	L
20 Sept 1947	A	Derby County	3–1	W
27 Sept 1947	H	Huddersfield Town	2–1	W
4 Oct 1947	A	Chelsea	2–4	L
11 Oct 1947	A	Arsenal	0–1	L
18 Oct 1947	H	Sheffield United	2–0	W
25 Oct 1947	A	Manchester United	0–2	L
1 Nov 1947	H	Preston North End	4–1	W
8 Nov 1947	A	Portsmouth	4–2	W
15 Nov 1947	H	Bolton Wanderers	3–1	W
22 Nov 1947	A	Stoke City	2–1	W
29 Nov 1947	H	Burnley	2–2	D
6 Dec 1947	A	Liverpool	3–3	D
13 Dec 1947	H	Middlesbrough	1–1	D
20 Dec 1947	H	Grimsby Town	2–2	D
26 Dec 1947	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	L
27 Dec 1947	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–4	L
3 Jan 1948	A	Manchester City	2–0	W
31 Jan 1948	A	Blackpool	0–1	L
14 Feb 1948	A	Huddersfield Town	1–0	W
21 Feb 1948	H	Chelsea	3–0	W
28 Feb 1948	H	Arsenal	4–2	W
6 Mar 1948	A	Sheffield United	1–3	L
20 Mar 1948	A	Preston North End	0–3	L
22 Mar 1948	H	Manchester United	0–1	L
26 Mar 1948	A	Charlton Athletic	1–1	D
27 Mar 1948	H	Portsmouth	2–1	W
30 Mar 1948	H	Charlton Athletic	2–1	W
3 Apr 1948	A	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	L
7 Apr 1948	H	Derby County	2–2	D
10 Apr 1948	H	Stoke City	1–0	W
14 Apr 1948	H	Blackburn Rovers	3–2	W
17 Apr 1948	A	Burnley	0–1	L
24 Apr 1948	H	Liverpool	2–1	W
1 May 1948	A	Middlesbrough	3–1	W

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	23	13	6	81	32	+49	59
2	Manchester United	42	19	14	9	81	48	+33	52
3	Burnley	42	20	12	10	56	43	+13	52
4	Derby County	42	19	12	11	77	57	+20	50
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	9	14	83	70	+13	47
6	Aston Villa	42	19	9	14	65	57	+8	47
7	Preston North End	42	20	7	15	67	68	-1	47
8	Portsmouth	42	19	7	16	68	50	+18	45
9	Blackpool	42	17	10	15	57	41	+16	44
10	Manchester City	42	15	12	15	52	47	+5	42
11	Liverpool	42	16	10	16	65	61	+4	42
12	Sheffield United	42	16	10	16	65	70	-5	42
13	Charlton Athletic	42	17	6	19	57	66	-9	40
14	Everton	42	17	6	19	52	66	-14	40
15	Stoke City	42	14	10	18	41	55	-14	38
16	Middlesbrough	42	14	9	19	71	73	-2	37
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	5	21	46	58	-12	37
18	Chelsea	42	14	9	19	53	71	-18	37
19	Huddersfield Town	42	12	12	18	51	60	-9	36
20	Sunderland	42	13	10	19	56	67	-11	36
21	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	10	21	54	72	-18	32
22	Grimsby Town	42	8	6	28	45	111	-66	22

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.