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Football League
1946-92

Football League Championship 1946-92
Deciding Matches

 

These are the games that decided the winners of each season's Football League Championship. Teams in BOLD CAPITALS were the winners, and teams in red missed out after having a mathematical chance of winning the championship before the game(s).
1919-39

Season

Date Deciding Match(es) Venue and Attendance
1946-47

Saturday, 14 June 1947

Sheffield United 2 Stoke City 1
Pickering, Rickett ~ Ormston
LIVERPOOL Champions
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
26,890

Games remaining: 0, final winning margin: 1 point.

1947-48

Saturday, 10 April 1948

Huddersfield Town 1 ARSENAL 1
Bateman ~ Roper
Derby lost 3-0 at home to Charlton.
Manchester United lost 2-0 at Everton.
Burnley lost 2-0 at Sunderland.
Leeds Road, Huddersfield
38,110

Games remaining: 4, final winning margin: 7 points.

1948-49

Saturday, 23 April 1949

Bolton Wanderers 1 PORTSMOUTH 2
Roberts ~ Harris, Clarke
Derby beat Birmingham 1-0 at home.
Newcastle drew 1-1 at Liverpool.

Manchester United
drew 2-2 at home to Preston.
Burnden Park, Bolton
31,063

Games remaining: 3, final winning margin: 5 points.

1949-50

Saturday, 6 May 1950

PORTSMOUTH 5 Aston Villa 1
Thompson (2), Reid (3) ~ Dorsett (pen)
Blackpool lost 3-0 at Newcastle
.
Sunderland
beat Chelsea 4-1 at home.
Wolves beat Birmingham 6-1 at home.
Fratton Park, Portsmouth
4
1,638

Games remaining: 0, final winning margin: goal average.

1923-24

Saturday, 3 May 1924

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 3 Nottingham Forest 0
Cook (2), Brown
Cardiff drew 0-0 at Birmingham.
Leeds Road, Huddersfield
19,000

Games remaining: 0, final winning margin: goal average.

1924-25

Saturday, 2 May 1925

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1 Liverpool 1
Cawthorne ~
T.Wilson OG
West Brom drew 0-0 at home to Bolton.
Leeds Road, Huddersfield
16,000

Games remaining: 0, final winning margin: 2 points.

1925-26

Monday, 12 April 1926

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 3 Bolton Wanderers 0
Smith, Jackson, Stephenson
Leeds Road, Huddersfield
20,829

Games remaining: 2, final winning margin: 5 points.

1926-27

Saturday, 30 April 1927

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2 The Wednesday 1
Gallacher (2) ~ Strange
Huddersfield lost 4-0 at Bolton.
St James' Park, Newcastle
28,421

Games remaining: 1, final winning margin: 5 points.

1927-28

Wednesday, 2 May 1928

Aston Villa 3 Huddersfield Town 0
Walker, Dorrell, Waring
EVERTON
Champions
Villa Park, Birmingham
30,173

Games remaining: 1, final winning margin: 2 points.

1928-29

Saturday, 27 April 1929

THE WEDNESDAY 1 Burnley 1
Allen ~ Storer
Leicester drew 1-1 at Huddersfield.

Aston Villa
lost 3-0 at Manchester City.
Hillsborough, Sheffield
33,314

Games remaining: 1, final winning margin: 6 points.

1929-30

Tuesday, 22 April 1930

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 6 Derby County 3
Allen (3), Millership, Rimmer, Hooper ~ Robson, Barclay, Bedford
Manchester City lost 3-2 at Leeds.
Hillsborough, Sheffield
41,218

Games remaining: 4, final winning margin: 10 points.

1930-31

Saturday, 18 April 1931

ARSENAL 3 Liverpool 1
Jack, Bastin, Lambert ~ Roberts OG
Aston Villa won 2-0 at Leeds.
Arsenal Stadium, London
39,143

Games remaining: 2, final winning margin: 7 points.

1931-32

Saturday, 30 April 1932

EVERTON 1 Bolton Wanderers 0
Dean
Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 5-0 at home.
Goodison Park, Liverpool
28,546

Games remaining: 2, final winning margin: 2 points.

1932-33

Saturday, 22 April 1933

Chelsea 1 ARSENAL 3
Gallacher ~ Jack, Bastin (2)
Aston Villa drew 0-0 at home to Leeds.
Stamford Bridge, London
72,260

Games remaining: 2, final winning margin: 4 points.

1933-34

Saturday, 28 April 1934

Chelsea 2 ARSENAL 2
Horton, Mills ~ James, Bastin
Huddersfield beat Blackburn 5-3 at home.
Stamford Bridge, London
65,344

Games remaining: 1, final winning margin: 3 points.

1934-35

Monday, 22 April 1935
(Easter)

Middlesbrough 0 ARSENAL 1
Drake
Sunderland earlier drew 1-1 at Preston.
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
29,171

Games remaining: 2, final winning margin: 4 points.

1935-36

Monday, 13 April 1936
(Easter)

Birmingham 2 SUNDERLAND 7
Loughran, Clarke ~ Gurney (4), Carter, Hornby, Connor
Derby
drew 1-1 at home to Chelsea.
St Andrew's, Birmingham
21,693

Games remaining: 3, final winning margin: 8 points.

1936-37

Saturday, 24 April 1937

MANCHESTER CITY 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1
Brook (2), Tilson, Doherty ~ Rimmer
Arsenal lost 2-0 at Chelsea.
Charlton beat Bolton 1-0 at home.
Maine Road, Manchester
50,985

Games remaining: 1, final winning margin: 3 points.

1937-38

Saturday, 7 May 1938

ARSENAL 5 Bolton Wanderers 0
Kirchen, Carr (2), Bastin (2)
Wolves lost 1-0 at Sunderland.
Arsenal Stadium, London
40,500
Games remaining: 0, final winning margin: 1 point.
1938-39

Saturday, 22 April 1939

Bolton Wanderers 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
EVERTON lost 2-1 at Charlton.

Burnden Park, Bolton
23,976

Games remaining: 2, final winning margin: 4 points.
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