The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
[2] Portsmouth, the 1939 FA Cup winners, won their second major trophy by finishing as champions of the First Division, five points ahead of their nearest challengers Manchester United and Derby County.
Portsmouth clinched the title on 23 April 1949 with three matches left to play.
Sheffield United and Preston North End finished the season in the bottom two places, a single point behind Huddersfield Town and Middlesbrough.
A mere five points separated the bottom 10 teams in the final table.