The City Ground

SEASON: 1945-46

Prev Season: 1944-45
This Season: 1945-46
Next Season: 1946-47

DIVISION:: World War II
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Watford (White Hart Lane) 0-1)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Eddie Barks, Tanner Allen (1 goal)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	2 times
Conceded	3 times
Won By
Lost By	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 0
Lowest League Attendance:: 0
Average League Attendance:: 0
Highest Cup Attendance:: 15,394
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 15,394

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

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GAMES

WWII Main League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 25, 1945	Chelsea	A	4-0	Win	21,299	Mee (?, ?), Johnson (?), Long (?)
2	Sat Sep 01, 1945	Chelsea	H	0-1	Loss	23,444
3	Sat Sep 08, 1945	Millwall	H	2-2	Draw	16,138	Betts (?, ?)
4	Wed Sep 12, 1945	Fulham	H	1-1	Draw	15,000	Johnson (?)
5	Sat Sep 15, 1945	Millwall	A	1-2	Loss	20,000	Mee (?)
6	Mon Sep 17, 1945	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-0	Win	11,937	Mee (?), Blenkinsop (?)
7	Sat Sep 22, 1945	Southampton	A	2-5	Loss	17,000	North (?, ?)
8	Sat Sep 29, 1945	Southampton	H	4-0	Win	15,000	North (?), Johnson (?, ?), Barks (?)
9	Sat Oct 06, 1945	Derby County	H	1-1	Draw	30,000	North (?)
10	Sat Oct 13, 1945	Derby County	A	2-3	Loss	22,000	Johnson (?, ?)
11	Sat Oct 20, 1945	Leicester City	A	0-0	Draw	-
12	Sat Oct 27, 1945	Leicester City	H	1-1	Draw	19,892	Barks (?)
13	Sat Nov 03, 1945	Coventry City	H	0-0	Draw	14,655
14	Sat Nov 10, 1945	Coventry City	A	4-1	Win	10,420	Barks (?, ?), Johnson (?), Ledger (?)
15	Sat Nov 17, 1945	Luton Town	A	4-1	Win	-	Johnson (?, ?), North (?), Barks (?)
16	Sat Nov 24, 1945	Luton Town	H	0-2	Loss	15,322
17	Sat Dec 01, 1945	Aston Villa	A	1-3	Loss	30,000	North (?)
18	Sat Dec 08, 1945	Aston Villa	H	1-3	Loss	25,000	Barks (?)
19	Sat Dec 15, 1945	Arsenal	A	2-2	Draw	17,500	North (?), Mee (?)
20	Sat Dec 22, 1945	Arsenal	H	3-2	Win	20,202	Johnson (?, ?), Allen (?)
21	Tue Dec 25, 1945	Charlton Athletic	H	0-2	Loss	-
22	Wed Dec 26, 1945	Charlton Athletic	A	0-2	Loss	-
23	Sun Dec 30, 1945	Fulham	A	3-3	Draw	18,457	Johnson (?, ?, ?)
24	Sat Jan 12, 1946	Portsmouth	A	2-2	Draw	18,000	Johnson (?), Simpson (?)
25	Sat Jan 19, 1946	Portsmouth	H	3-0	Win	11,713	Johnson (?, ?), O'Donnell (?)
26	Sat Jan 26, 1946	Swansea Town	H	2-2	Draw	12,641	North (?), O'Donnell (?)
27	Sat Feb 02, 1946	Swansea Town	A	2-2	Draw	-	Simpson (?), Johnson (?)
28	Sat Feb 16, 1946	Newport County	A	4-2	Win	12,000	North (?, ?), Mee (?), O'Donnell (?)
29	Sat Feb 23, 1946	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-4	Loss	20,349
30	Sat Mar 02, 1946	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	Draw	25,000
31	Sat Mar 09, 1946	West Ham United	H	1-1	Draw	20,000	Johnson (?)
32	Sat Mar 16, 1946	West Ham United	A	3-1	Win	18,000	Mee (?, ?), Johnson (?)
33	Sat Mar 23, 1946	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-1	Loss	19,755
34	Sat Mar 30, 1946	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	Loss	21,559
35	Sat Apr 06, 1946	Birmingham City	H	1-0	Win	24,289	Barks (?)
36	Sat Apr 13, 1946	Birmingham City	A	1-2	Loss	25,000	Johnson (?)
37	Fri Apr 19, 1946	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-3	Loss	24,000	Johnson (?), Pimbley (?)
38	Sat Apr 20, 1946	Brentford	H	2-0	Win	19,704	O'Donnell (?), Mee (?)
39	Mon Apr 22, 1946	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-2	Loss	18,464
40	Tue Apr 23, 1946	Newport County	H	7-2	Win	7,341	Johnson (?, ?, ?), O'Donnell (?, ?, ?), Brown (?)
41	Sat Apr 27, 1946	Brentford	A	1-5	Loss	-	Johnson (?)
42	Sat May 04, 1946	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-3	Loss	18,000	Mee (?), Jones (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 05, 1946	Watford	3			H	1-1	Draw	15,394	Allen (?)
Wed Jan 09, 1946	Watford	3			A	1-1	Aba	7,008	Barks (?)
Wed Jan 16, 1946	Watford	3	Y	1	N	0-1	Loss	6,500

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Aug 15, 1945	Notts County	England	H	3-2	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Thu Aug 16, 1945	Derby County	England	H	1-4	Loss	-	? (?)
Wed Oct 24, 1945	British Army Of The Rhine	Britain	N	1-4	Loss	5,000	North (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (11)				Out (27)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	A Williams	Bought			A Williams	Sold
	Danny Canning	Bought			Alick Grant	Sold
	Doug Woodman	Bought			D Pimbley	Sold
	Fred White	Bought			Doug Woodman	Sold
	J Hall	Bought			F Payne	Sold
	Johnny Hancocks	Bought			Frank Johnson	Sold
	Ken Ledger	Bought			Fred White	Sold
	Reg Savage	Bought			Gordon Brown	Sold
	T Simms	Bought			H Egan	Sold
	Tom Weston	Bought			Ian McPherson	Sold
Jan 19, 1946	Frank O'Donnell	Bought			J Crofts	Sold
					J Hall	Sold
					Jack Surtees	Retired
					James Cronkshaw	Sold
					John Maund	Sold
					Johnny Hancocks	Sold
					Ken Ledger	Sold
					Les Jones	Sold
					Ralph Dulson	Sold
					Ray Paul	Sold
					Reg Trim	Sold
					T Simms	Sold
					Thomas Clark	Sold
					Thomas Peacock	Sold
					Tom Blenkinsop	Sold
					Tom Weston	Sold
				Jun 07, 1946	Victor Walker	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Alick Grant
GK		Danny Canning
GK		F Payne
GK		Fred White
GK		J Hall
GK		Laurie Platts
GK		Reg Savage	3		1	1
D		Doug Woodman
D		Edward Blagg	3		1	1
D		Frank Shufflebottom
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	2		1
D		J Crofts
D		Reg Trim
M		Bob McCall	2		1	1
M		Frank O'Donnell
M		Gordon Brown
M		James Cronkshaw
M		John Maund
M		Johnny Hancocks
M		Ken Ledger
M		Raich Carter
M		Ray Paul
M		Robert Davies
M		T Simms
M		Tanner Allen	3		1	1	1
M		Thomas Clark
M		Tom Blenkinsop
M		Victor Walker	2			1
M		William Baxter	3		1	1
F		A Williams
F		Colin Rawson	1			1
F		D Pimbley
F		Eddie Barks	3		1	1	1
F		Eric Betts
F		Frank Johnson
F		Frederick Martin
F		George Mee	3		1	1
F		George Pritty
F		H Egan
F		Ian McPherson
F		Jack Surtees
F		Les Jones
F		Noel Simpson	3		1	1
F		Ralph Dulson
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton
F		Thomas Peacock
F		Tom Hinchcliffe
F		Tom Johnson	3		1	1
F		Tom North	2		1
F		Tom Weston
F		William Morley
		B Long
		Charles Morgan

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
1	Eddie Barks	3
1	Tanner Allen	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season