Leading
goalscorer:
Ronnie Rooke
(Arsenal)
33 goals
The
highest-ever Football League attendance was recorded on Saturday 17th
January 1948 when 83,260 saw Manchester United play Arsenal. The match -
played at Maine Road - ended 1-1.
Matt Busby won his first honour
as Manchester United manager when he led them to an FA Cup final triumph
over Blackpool in 1948. Uniquely, every one of United's FA Cup victims
during that run came from the top division.
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