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1948-49

First Division

Finished 10th of 22 · P42 W16 D10 L16 · 60 scored, 76 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
21 Aug 1948	H	Liverpool	2–1	W
25 Aug 1948	A	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	L
28 Aug 1948	A	Blackpool	0–1	L
30 Aug 1948	H	Bolton Wanderers	2–4	L
4 Sept 1948	H	Derby County	1–1	D
8 Sept 1948	A	Newcastle United	1–2	L
11 Sept 1948	A	Arsenal	1–3	L
13 Sept 1948	H	Newcastle United	2–4	L
18 Sept 1948	H	Huddersfield Town	3–3	D
25 Sept 1948	A	Manchester United	1–3	L
2 Oct 1948	H	Sheffield United	4–3	W
9 Oct 1948	H	Portsmouth	1–1	D
16 Oct 1948	A	Manchester City	1–4	L
23 Oct 1948	H	Charlton Athletic	4–3	W
30 Oct 1948	A	Stoke City	2–4	L
6 Nov 1948	H	Burnley	3–1	W
13 Nov 1948	A	Preston North End	1–0	W
20 Nov 1948	H	Everton	0–1	L
27 Nov 1948	A	Chelsea	1–2	L
4 Dec 1948	H	Birmingham City	0–3	L
11 Dec 1948	A	Middlesbrough	0–6	L
18 Dec 1948	A	Liverpool	1–1	D
25 Dec 1948	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–4	L
27 Dec 1948	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1	W
1 Jan 1949	H	Blackpool	2–5	L
22 Jan 1949	H	Arsenal	1–0	W
12 Feb 1949	A	Huddersfield Town	1–0	W
19 Feb 1949	H	Manchester United	2–1	W
26 Feb 1949	A	Sheffield United	1–0	W
5 Mar 1949	A	Portsmouth	0–3	L
12 Mar 1949	H	Manchester City	1–0	W
19 Mar 1949	A	Everton	3–1	W
26 Mar 1949	H	Chelsea	1–1	D
2 Apr 1949	A	Burnley	1–1	D
9 Apr 1949	H	Preston North End	2–0	W
15 Apr 1949	A	Sunderland	0–0	D
16 Apr 1949	A	Charlton Athletic	2–0	W
19 Apr 1949	H	Sunderland	1–1	D
23 Apr 1949	H	Stoke City	2–1	W
27 Apr 1949	A	Derby County	2–2	D
30 Apr 1949	A	Birmingham City	1–0	W
7 May 1949	H	Middlesbrough	1–1	D

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	Portsmouth	42	25	8	9	84	42	+42	58
2	Manchester United	42	21	11	10	77	44	+33	53
3	Derby County	42	22	9	11	74	55	+19	53
4	Newcastle United	42	20	12	10	70	56	+14	52
5	Arsenal	42	18	13	11	74	44	+30	49
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	17	12	13	79	66	+13	46
7	Manchester City	42	15	15	12	47	51	-4	45
8	Sunderland	42	13	17	12	49	58	-9	43
9	Charlton Athletic	42	15	12	15	63	67	-4	42
10	Aston Villa	42	16	10	16	60	76	-16	42
11	Stoke City	42	16	9	17	66	68	-2	41
12	Liverpool	42	13	14	15	53	43	+10	40
13	Chelsea	42	12	14	16	69	68	+1	38
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	10	18	59	68	-9	38
15	Burnley	42	12	14	16	43	50	-7	38
16	Blackpool	42	11	16	15	54	67	-13	38
17	Birmingham City	42	11	15	16	36	38	-2	37
18	Everton	42	13	11	18	41	63	-22	37
19	Middlesbrough	42	11	12	19	46	57	-11	34
20	Huddersfield Town	42	12	10	20	40	69	-29	34
21	Preston North End	42	11	11	20	62	75	-13	33
22	Sheffield United	42	11	11	20	57	78	-21	33

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.