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SEASON: 1946-47
Prev Season: 1945-46
Next Season: 1947-48

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	13 times		3 times	4 times
Conceded	13 times	11 times	6 times	2 times	4 times
Won By	9 times	4 times	1 time	2 times	2 times
Lost By	6 times	4 times	3 times	4 times	1 time

DIVISION TWO								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result
1	Manchester City	42	26	10	6	78	35	17	3	1	49	14	9	7	5	29	21	2.229	62	Promoted as Champions
2	Burnley	42	22	14	6	65	29	11	8	2	30	14	11	6	4	35	15	2.241	58	Promoted
3	Birmingham City	42	25	5	12	74	33	17	2	2	51	11	8	3	10	23	22	2.242	55
4	Chesterfield	42	18	14	10	58	44	12	6	3	37	17	6	8	7	21	27	1.318	50
5	Newcastle United	42	19	10	13	95	62	11	4	6	60	32	8	6	7	35	30	1.532	48
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	14	11	65	53	11	8	2	35	21	6	6	9	30	32	1.226	48
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	8	14	88	75	12	4	5	53	37	8	4	9	35	38	1.173	48
8	Coventry City	42	16	13	13	66	59	12	8	1	40	17	4	5	12	26	42	1.119	45
9	Leicester City	42	18	7	17	69	64	11	4	6	42	25	7	3	11	27	39	1.078	43
10	Barnsley	42	17	8	17	84	86	13	2	6	48	29	4	6	11	36	57	.977	42
11	Nottingham Forest	42	15	10	17	69	74	13	5	3	47	20	2	5	14	22	54	.932	40
12	West Ham United	42	16	8	18	70	76	12	4	5	46	31	4	4	13	24	45	.921	40
13	Luton Town	42	16	7	19	71	73	13	4	4	50	29	3	3	15	21	44	.973	39
14	Southampton	42	15	9	18	69	76	11	5	5	45	24	4	4	13	24	52	.908	39
15	Fulham	42	15	9	18	63	74	12	4	5	40	25	3	5	13	23	49	.851	39
16	Bradford Park Avenue	42	14	11	17	65	77	7	6	8	29	28	7	5	9	36	49	.844	39
17	Bury	42	12	12	18	80	78	11	6	4	62	34	1	6	14	18	44	1.026	36
18	Millwall	42	14	8	20	56	79	7	7	7	30	30	7	1	13	26	49	.709	36
19	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	5	23	79	96	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	16	34	62	.823	33
20	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	8	22	67	88	10	5	6	39	28	2	3	16	28	60	.761	32
21	Swansea Town	42	11	7	24	55	83	9	1	11	36	40	2	6	13	19	43	.663	29	Relegated
22	Newport County	42	10	3	29	61	133	9	1	11	41	52	1	2	18	20	81	.459	23	Relegated

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground	Notes
1	Sat Aug 31, 1946	Barnsley	A	2-3	Loss	17,317	15	Oakwell
2	Thu Sep 05, 1946	Newcastle United	H	0-2	Loss	32,758	17
3	Sat Sep 07, 1946	Newport County	H	6-1	Win	24,417	12
4	Mon Sep 09, 1946	Swansea Town	A	2-3	Loss	22,813	14	Vetch Field
5	Sat Sep 14, 1946	Southampton	A	2-5	Loss	18,451	19	The Dell
6	Sat Sep 21, 1946	Luton Town	H	4-2	Win	24,237	17
7	Sat Sep 28, 1946	Coventry City	H	1-0	Win	27,943	15
8	Sat Oct 05, 1946	Birmingham City	A	0-4	Loss	35,093	18	St. Andrews
9	Sat Oct 12, 1946	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-1	Draw	25,449	17
10	Sat Oct 19, 1946	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-2	Loss	21,569	17	Home Park
11	Sat Oct 26, 1946	Leicester City	H	2-0	Win	30,077	17
12	Sat Nov 02, 1946	Chesterfield	A	1-1	Draw	18,756	17	Saltergate
13	Sat Nov 09, 1946	Millwall	H	1-2	Loss	21,176	18
14	Sat Nov 16, 1946	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-0	Win	16,034	16	Horton Park Avenue
15	Sat Nov 23, 1946	Manchester City	H	0-1	Loss	32,194	17	Meadow Lane	Played at Meadow Lane
16	Sat Nov 30, 1946	West Ham United	A	2-2	Draw	14,652	17	Upton Park
17	Sat Dec 07, 1946	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-2	Draw	18,374	16
	Sat Dec 14, 1946	Fulham	A	1-0	Aba	-	16	Craven Cottage	Abandoned due to fog
18	Sat Dec 21, 1946	Bury	H	2-0	Win	15,788	16
19	Wed Dec 25, 1946	Burnley	A	0-3	Loss	21,036	16	Turf Moor
20	Thu Dec 26, 1946	Burnley	H	1-0	Win	31,484	15
21	Sat Dec 28, 1946	Barnsley	H	2-1	Win	27,239	15
22	Wed Jan 01, 1947	Newcastle United	A	0-3	Loss	56,827	15	St. James Park (Newcastle)
23	Sat Jan 04, 1947	Newport County	A	5-2	Win	13,150	13	Somerton Park
24	Sat Jan 18, 1947	Southampton	H	6-0	Win	24,591	10
25	Wed Jan 29, 1947	Luton Town	A	2-3	Loss	4,209	12	Kenilworth Road
26	Sat Feb 01, 1947	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	16,440	12	Highfield Road
27	Sat Mar 01, 1947	Leicester City	A	1-1	Draw	26,156	14	Filbert Street
28	Sat Mar 15, 1947	Millwall	A	0-4	Loss	22,108	15	The Old Den
29	Sat Mar 29, 1947	Manchester City	A	1-2	Loss	24,763	17	Maine Road
30	Fri Apr 04, 1947	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-2	Loss	29,176	18	White Hart Lane
31	Sat Apr 05, 1947	West Ham United	H	4-3	Win	22,888	17
32	Mon Apr 07, 1947	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	Draw	30,656	17
33	Sat Apr 12, 1947	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	Loss	30,096	17	Hillsborough
34	Sat Apr 19, 1947	Fulham	H	2-1	Win	20,300	17
35	Sat Apr 26, 1947	Bury	A	0-5	Loss	7,916	18	Gigg Lane
36	Sat May 03, 1947	Swansea Town	H	1-1	Draw	17,114	17
37	Sat May 10, 1947	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	16,049	16
38	Sat May 17, 1947	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-5	Loss	12,566	17	The Hawthorns
39	Mon May 26, 1947	Fulham	A	1-1	Draw	9,160	17	Craven Cottage
40	Tue May 27, 1947	Chesterfield	H	1-0	Win	14,888	17
41	Sat May 31, 1947	Plymouth Argyle	H	5-1	Win	12,001	15
42	Sat Jun 14, 1947	Bradford Park Avenue	H	4-0	Win	8,429	11

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Sat Jan 11, 1947	Lincoln City	3			A	1-0	Win	-	Sincil Bank
Sat Jan 25, 1947	Manchester United	4			A	2-0	Win	58,641	Old Trafford
Sat Feb 08, 1947	Middlesbrough	5			H	2-2	Draw	34,000
Wed Feb 12, 1947	Middlesbrough	5	Y	1	A	2-6	Loss	26,907	Ayresome Park

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Griff Roberts	11	2	4	5
GK		Harold Orgill	7	1	3	3
GK		Harry Walker	4	3	1
GK		Laurie Platts	2	2
GK		Reg Savage	22	9	3	9
D		Edward Blagg	38	14	10	13
D		Frank Shufflebottom	2	1		1
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	13	6	2	5
D		Harry Brigham	33	11	9	12	2
M		Frank Knight	30	12	8	9	1
M		Frank O'Donnell	11	3		8	5
M		Jack Hutchinson	9	3	4	2
M		Robert Davies	6	2		4
M		Robert McCall	37	13	7	16
M		William Baxter	7	2		5
F		Colin Lyman	28	12	6	9	10
F		Colin Rawson	2	2			1
F		Eddie Barks	38	13	10	14	6
F		Freddie Scott	44	17	11	15	4
F		George Mee	9	1	2	6	1
F		George Pritty	31	11	8	11	1
F		Jack Edwards	27	10	8	9	10
F		Noel Simpson	17	6	5	6	1
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton	4	2	1	1	2
F		Sailor Brown	46	16	11	18	15
F		Thomas North	1		1
F		Tom Hinchcliffe	1			1
F		Tom Johnson	34	13	6	14	15
F		William Morley	1		1
		Alfred Gunn	2			2

SEASON: 1946-47

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1946-47