1949–50 Football League
The 1949–50 season was the 51st 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
Portsmouth retained the First Division title, finishing level on points with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Sunderland finished a single point behind the leading pair, with Manchester United and Newcastle United completing the top five. Sixth placed Arsenal, the 1948 champions, finished four points off the top of the table but beat Liverpool to win their first postwar FA Cup.Manchester City and Birmingham City went down to the Second Division.
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Attendances
Source:Division One
| No. | Club | Average |
| 1 | Arsenal FC | 49,001 |
| 2 | Sunderland AFC | 47,785 |
| 3 | Newcastle United FC | 46,468 |
| 4 | Liverpool FC | 45,783 |
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 45,466 |
| 6 | Everton FC | 43,932 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 43,282 |
| 8 | Aston Villa FC | 42,677 |
| 9 | Chelsea FC | 42,238 |
| 10 | Manchester City FC | 39,381 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion FC | 38,910 |
| 12 | Portsmouth FC | 37,004 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough FC | 35,407 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic FC | 34,567 |
| 15 | Birmingham City FC | 34,511 |
| 16 | Fulham FC | 33,030 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers FC | 29,789 |
| 18 | Burnley FC | 27,631 |
| 19 | Stoke City FC | 27,215 |
| 20 | Blackpool FC | 26,336 |
| 21 | Derby County FC | 26,283 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town AFC | 23,542 |
Division Two
| No. | Club | Average |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 54,111 |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday FC | 40,692 |
| 3 | Hull City AFC | 37,319 |
| 4 | Sheffield United FC | 30,764 |
| 5 | Leicester City FC | 30,266 |
| 6 | Leeds United FC | 30,203 |
| 7 | Cardiff City FC | 28,680 |
| 8 | Preston North End FC | 28,164 |
| 9 | Southampton FC | 23,894 |
| 10 | Coventry City FC | 22,822 |
| 11 | Brentford FC | 22,613 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers FC | 22,351 |
| 13 | West Ham United FC | 22,233 |
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle FC | 21,693 |
| 15 | Swansea City AFC | 21,571 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers FC | 19,281 |
| 17 | Barnsley FC | 18,286 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town FC | 18,056 |
| 19 | Bury FC | 16,821 |
| 20 | Luton Town FC | 16,036 |
| 21 | Bradford Park Avenue AFC | 15,885 |
| 22 | Chesterfield FC | 14,047 |