1947-48 season London Combination League
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League table
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 33 | 41 |
| 3 | Southampton | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 52 | 28 | 41 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 82 | 33 | 39 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 36 |
| 6 | Leicester City | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 33 | 35 |
| 7 | Watford | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 54 | 30 |
| 8 | Brentford | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 60 | 29 |
| 9 | Coventry City | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 54 | 28 |
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 74 | 27 |
| 11 | Swansea Town | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 61 | 55 | 25 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 55 | 25 |
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscome | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 45 | 69 | 25 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 49 | 23 |
| 15 | Aldershot | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 43 | 77 | 19 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 39 | 91 | 11 |
Matches
The Full line-up is known in respect of 13 Football Combination games, 9 Combination Cup and three of the four London Challenge Cup games played.
Here are the known figures in respect of appearances and goalscorers, together with the overall figures.
| Name | Foot Com | Com Cup | Lon Chal. Cup | Overall Figures | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Sid Bathgate | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Bowie | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| Bob Campbell | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Alex Davidson | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 |
| Bill Dickson | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Len Dolding | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| Charlie Dyke | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Dickie Foss | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Galloway | 15 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 23 |
| Ray Goddard | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Len Goulden | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| James Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Hutton | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Benny Jones | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| Tommy Lawton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fred Lewis | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| James Macaulay | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Alex Machin | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| John McInnes | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| John McKim | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| Philip McKnight | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Harry Medhurst | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Fred Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robertson (WG or WH) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| William G. Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| William H Robertson | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Viv Rowland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Simner | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 17 |
| Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rickie Spence | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Ken Suttle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Albert Tennant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex White | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Reg Williams | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Jimmy Wilson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Opponents | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Unknown | 156 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 210 | 0 |