1947–48 Football League
The 1947–48 season was the 49th completed season of The Football League.
Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average, or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.
First Division
Arsenal, the most successful English club side of the 1930s, picked up their first postwar silverware, finishing top of the First Division by seven points. Their nearest rivals were Manchester United, who lifted the FA Cup with a dramatic 4–2 win over Blackpool at Wembley to end their 37-year wait for a major trophy. Burnley finished level on points with Matt Busby's team. Derby County, the 1946 FA Cup-winners, finished fourth in the league. Defending champions Liverpool finished 11th.Grimsby Town were relegated in bottom place, 14 points adrift of safety, and were joined in the Second Division by Blackburn Rovers.
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Attendances
Source:Division One
| No. | Club | Average |
| 1 | Arsenal FC | 54,982 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 54,890 |
| 3 | Chelsea FC | 47,592 |
| 4 | Liverpool FC | 44,299 |
| 5 | Everton FC | 44,205 |
| 6 | Sunderland AFC | 42,888 |
| 7 | Manchester City FC | 42,725 |
| 8 | Aston Villa FC | 41,431 |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 39,636 |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic FC | 36,253 |
| 11 | Sheffield United FC | 35,094 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough FC | 33,901 |
| 13 | Burnley FC | 33,621 |
| 14 | Stoke City FC | 31,590 |
| 15 | Portsmouth FC | 31,226 |
| 16 | Preston North End FC | 30,400 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers FC | 29,408 |
| 18 | Blackburn Rovers FC | 27,883 |
| 19 | Derby County FC | 27,044 |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town AFC | 25,548 |
| 21 | Blackpool FC | 25,195 |
| 22 | Grimsby Town FC | 16,031 |
Division Two
| No. | Club | Average |
| 1 | Newcastle United FC | 56,283 |
| 2 | Birmingham City FC | 38,365 |
| 3 | Cardiff City FC | 37,871 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 37,679 |
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday FC | 35,858 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion FC | 30,860 |
| 7 | Leeds United FC | 28,493 |
| 8 | Leicester City FC | 27,110 |
| 9 | West Ham United FC | 24,875 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest FC | 24,247 |
| 11 | Brentford FC | 23,341 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle FC | 23,081 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers FC | 22,317 |
| 14 | Coventry City FC | 22,288 |
| 15 | Millwall FC | 21,823 |
| 16 | Fulham FC | 21,437 |
| 17 | Barnsley FC | 21,262 |
| 18 | Southampton FC | 20,789 |
| 19 | Luton Town FC | 17,948 |
| 20 | Bradford Park Avenue AFC | 17,687 |
| 21 | Bury FC | 16,037 |
| 22 | Chesterfield FC | 15,372 |