| Nextseason: | 1948–49 |
The 1947–48 season was the 49th completed season of The Football League.
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] 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 (goals scored divided by goals conceded), 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.[2]
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.
| Competition: | First Division |
| Season: | 1947–48 |
| Winners: | Arsenal 6th English title |
| Relegated: | Blackburn Rovers Grimsby Town |
| League Topscorer: | Ronnie Rooke (33 goals)[3] |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1343 |
| Prevseason: | 1946–47 |
| Nextseason: | 1948–49 |
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.
| Competition: | Second Division |
| Season: | 1947–48 |
| Winners: | Birmingham City |
| Promoted: | Birmingham City Newcastle United |
| Relegated: | Doncaster Rovers Millwall |
| League Topscorer: | Eddie Quigley (23 goals) |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1247 |
| Prevseason: | 1946–47 |
| Nextseason: | 1948–49 |
| Competition: | Football League Third Division North |
| Season: | 1947–48 |
| Winners: | Lincoln City (2nd title) |
| League Topscorer: | Jimmy Hutchinson (Lincoln City), 32 |
| Continentalcup2: | Failed re-election |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | none |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1369 |
| Nextseason: | 1948–49 |
| Competition: | Football League Third Division South |
| Season: | 1947–48 |
| Winners: | Queens Park Rangers (1st title) |
| League Topscorer: | Len Townsend (Bristol City), 31 |
| Continentalcup2: | Failed re-election |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | none |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1327 |
| Nextseason: | 1948–49 |