Season 1947-1948

Cup Results

Football Association Challenge Cup

First Round


Saturday November 29th, 1947
Aldershot Aldershot 2-1 Bromsgrove Rovers Bromsgrove Rovers
Barrow Barrow 3-2 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 2-0 Guildford City Guildford City
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 3-2 Leytonstone Leytonstone
Bromley Bromley 3-3 Reading Reading
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town 5-0 Street Street
Chester Chester 3-1 Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland
Colchester United Colchester United 2-1 Banbury Spencer Banbury Spencer
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 4-1 South Shields South Shields
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Dartford Dartford 0-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Exeter City Exeter City 1-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Gateshead AFC Gateshead 1-3 Bradford City Bradford
Gillingham Gillingham 1-0 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient
Great Yarmouth Town Great Yarmouth Town 1-4 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Hartlepools United Hartlepools United 1-0 Darlington Darlington
Hull City Hull City 1-1 Southport Southport
Lincoln City Lincoln City 0-2 Workington Workington
New Brighton New Brighton 4-0 Marine Marine
Newport County Newport County 3-2 Southend United Southend United
Norwich City Norwich City 3-0 Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil
Notts County Notts County 9-1 Horsham Horsham
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 6-0 Lancaster City Lancaster City
Runcorn Runcorn 4-2 Scunthorpe and Lindsey United Scunthorpe & Lindsey
Stockport County Stockport County 3-1 Accrington Stanley Accrington
Stockton Stockton 2-1 Grantham Grantham
Swindon Town Swindon 4-2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge
Trowbridge Town Trowbridge Town 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Vauxhall Motors (Luton) Vauxhall Motors (Luton) 1-2 Walsall Walsall
Watford Watford 1-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Wimbledon Wimbledon 0-1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Wrexham Wrexham 5-0 Halifax Town Halifax Town
York City York City 0-1 Rochdale Rochdale
REPLAY
Saturday December 6th, 1947
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 5-0 Trowbridge Town Trowbridge Town
Bristol City Bristol City 9-2 Dartford Dartford
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Reading Reading 3-0 Bromley Bromley
Southport Southport 2-3 Hull City Hull City
Torquay United Torquay United 3-0 Watford Watford

Second Round


Saturday December 13th, 1947
Aldershot Aldershot 0-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-0 Bradford City Bradford
Bristol City Bristol City 0-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 4-0 New Brighton New Brighton
Colchester United Colchester United 1-0 Wrexham Wrexham
Hartlepools United Hartlepools United 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Hull City Hull City 4-2 Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Norwich City Norwich City 2-2 Walsall Walsall
Notts County Notts County 1-1 Stockton Stockton
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 0-1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Reading Reading 3-0 Newport County Newport County
Rochdale Rochdale 1-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Runcorn Runcorn 0-1 Barrow Barrow
Stockport County Stockport County 1-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Chester Chester
Workington Workington 1-2 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra
REPLAY
Saturday December 20th, 1947
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-1 Hartlepools United Hartlepools United
Gillingham Gillingham 3-0 Rochdale Rochdale
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-2 Stockport County Stockport County
Stockton Stockton 1-4 Notts County Notts County
Swindon Town Swindon 2-0 Aldershot Aldershot
Torquay United Torquay United 2-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Walsall Walsall 3-2 Norwich City Norwich City
SECOND REPLAY
Monday December 22nd, 1947
Stockport County Stockport County 3-2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town

Third Round


Saturday January 10th, 1948
Arsenal Arsenal 0-1 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)
Aston Villa Aston Villa 4-6 Manchester United Man Utd
Birmingham City Birmingham 0-2 Notts County Notts County
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 0-0 West Ham United West Ham United
Blackpool Blackpool 4-0 Leeds United Leeds United
Bolton Wanderers Bolton 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 3-0 Swansea Town Swansea Town
Burnley Burnley 0-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Cardiff City Cardiff City 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 2-1 Newcastle United Newcastle United
Chelsea Chelsea 5-0 Barrow Barrow
Colchester United Colchester United 1-0 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town
Coventry City Coventry City 2-1 Walsall Walsall
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Sheffield United Sheffield United
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0-1 Chester Chester
Derby County Derby County 2-0 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Fulham Fulham 2-0 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1-4 Everton Everton
Hull City Hull City 1-3 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Leicester City Leicester City 1-0 Bury Bury
Liverpool Liverpool 4-1 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest
Manchester City Man City 2-1 Barnsley Barnsley
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 2-4 Stoke City Stoke City
Millwall Millwall 1-2 Preston North End Preston North End
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-4 Luton Town Luton Town
Portsmouth Portsmouth 4-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Rotherham United Rotherham United 0-3 Brentford Brentford
Southampton Southampton 1-0 Sunderland Sunderland
Stockport County Stockport County 3-0 Torquay United Torquay United
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Reading Reading
REPLAY
Saturday January 17th, 1948
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-1 Gillingham Gillingham
West Ham United West Ham United 2-4 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn

Fourth Round


Saturday January 24th, 1948
Blackpool Blackpool 4-0 Chester Chester
Brentford Brentford 1-2 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 3-0 Stockport County Stockport County
Colchester United Colchester United 3-2 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Derby County Derby County
Fulham Fulham 5-2 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Leicester City Leicester City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Luton Town Luton Town 3-2 Coventry City Coventry City
Manchester City Man City 2-0 Chelsea Chelsea
Manchester United Man Utd 3-0 Liverpool Liverpool
Portsmouth Portsmouth 1-3 Preston North End Preston North End
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-0 Stoke City Stoke City
Southampton Southampton 3-2 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
Swindon Town Swindon 1-0 Notts County Notts County
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 3-1 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 1-1 Everton Everton
REPLAY
Saturday January 31st, 1948
Everton Everton 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves

Fifth Round


Saturday February 7th, 1948
Blackpool Blackpool 5-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Fulham Fulham 1-1 Everton Everton
Manchester City Man City 0-1 Preston North End Preston North End
Manchester United Man Utd 2-0 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 1-2 Derby County Derby County
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-1 Luton Town Luton Town
Southampton Southampton 3-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 5-2 Leicester City Leicester City
REPLAY
Saturday February 14th, 1948
Everton Everton 0-1 Fulham Fulham

Sixth Round


Saturday February 28th, 1948
Fulham Fulham 0-2 Blackpool Blackpool
Manchester United Man Utd 4-1 Preston North End Preston North End
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-1 Derby County Derby County
Southampton Southampton 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham
REPLAY
Saturday March 6th, 1948
Derby County Derby County 5-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.

Semi Final


Saturday March 13th, 1948
Blackpool Blackpool 3-1
(AET)		 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham
Manchester United Man Utd 3-1 Derby County Derby County

Final


Saturday April 24th, 1948
Manchester United Man Utd 4-2 Blackpool Blackpool