1949–50 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers

1949–50 season
Manager	Stan Cullis
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	5th Round
FA Charity Shield	Shared
Top goalscorer	League: Jesse Pye (18) All: Jesse Pye (18)
Highest home attendance	56,661 (vs West Brom, 15 October 1949)
Lowest home attendance	30,768 (vs Bolton, 10 December 1949)
Average home league attendance	45,346 (league only)
← 1948–49 1950–51 →

The 1949–50 season was the 51st season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the top tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division. The team finished as runners-up for a third time, losing out on a first league title to Portsmouth by virtue of goal average.

Results

Final League Table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Portsmouth	42	22	9	11	74	38	1.947	53
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	13	9	76	49	1.551	53
3	Sunderland	42	21	10	11	83	62	1.339	52

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

First Division

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20/8/49	Fulham (A)	Craven Cottage	W 2-1	43,854	Hancocks, Mullen
24/8/49	Charlton Athletic (A)	The Valley	W 3-2	Forbes, Pye, Wright	45,078
27/8/49	Newcastle United (H)	Molineux	W 2-1	Forbes, Pye	50,992
29/8/49	Charlton Athletic (H)	Molineux	W 2-1	Smyth, Wright	43,267
3/9/49	Blackpool (A)	Bloomfield Road	W 2-1	Mullen, Smyth	31,940
10/9/49	Middlesbrough (H)	Molineux	W 3-1	Dunn, Hancocks, Smyth	50,424
14/9/49	Birmingham City (A)	St Andrews	D 1-1	0.G	46,433
17/9/49	Everton (A)	Goodison Park	W 2-1	Mullen, Pye	59,593
24/9/49	Huddersfield Town (H)	Molineux	W 7-1	Pye 3, Forbes 2, Mullen, Smyth	45,559
1/10/49	Portsmouth (A)	Fratton Park	D 1-1	Pye	50,248
8/10/49	Derby County	The Baseball Ground	W 2-1	Hancocks, Mullen	37,652
15/10/49	West Bromwich Albion (H)	Molineux	D 1-1	Pye	56,661
22/10/49	Manchester United (A)	Old Trafford	L 0-3
51,427
29/10/49	Chelsea (H)	Molineux	D 2-2	Smyth 2	42,005
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FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 January 1950	R3	Plymouth Argyle	Home Park	1–1
11 January 1950	R3 Replay	Plymouth Argyle	Molineux Stadium	3–0
28 January 1950	R4	Sheffield United	Molineux Stadium	0–0
1 February 1950	R4 Replay	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	4–3
11 February 1950	R5	Blackpool	Molineux Stadium	0–0
15 February 1950	R5 Replay	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	0–1

Players Used

Pos.	Nationality	Player	Football League	FA Cup	Total
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2	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
3	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
4	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
5	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
6	[[|]]	[[| ]] (Captain)			0
7	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
8	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
9	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
10	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
11	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
12	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
13	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
14	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
15	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
16	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
17	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
18	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
19	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
20	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
21	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
22	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
23	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0

Top scorer

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Most appearances

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First Division Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
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