The City Ground

SEASON: 1946-47

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

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 5th Round (Middlesbrough (A) 2-6)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Sailor Brown (16 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1946-47

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Manchester City	42	26	10	6	78	35	17	3	1	49	14	9	7	5	29	21	2.22857	62	Promoted as Champions	0-1	1-2
2	Burnley	42	22	14	6	65	29	11	8	2	30	14	11	6	4	35	15	2.24138	58	Promoted	1-0	0-3
3	Birmingham City	42	25	5	12	74	33	17	2	2	51	11	8	3	10	23	22	2.24242	55		1-1	0-4
4	Chesterfield	42	18	14	10	58	44	12	6	3	37	17	6	8	7	21	27	1.31818	50		1-0	1-1
5	Newcastle United	42	19	10	13	95	62	11	4	6	60	32	8	6	7	35	30	1.53226	48		0-2	0-3
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	14	11	65	53	11	8	2	35	21	6	6	9	30	32	1.22642	48		1-1	0-2
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	8	14	88	75	12	4	5	53	37	8	4	9	35	38	1.17333	48		1-1	1-5
8	Coventry City	42	16	13	13	66	59	12	8	1	40	17	4	5	12	26	42	1.11864	45		1-0	1-1
9	Leicester City	42	18	7	17	69	64	11	4	6	42	25	7	3	11	27	39	1.07813	43		2-0	1-1
10	Barnsley	42	17	8	17	84	86	13	2	6	48	29	4	6	11	36	57	.97674	42		2-1	2-3
11	Nottingham Forest	42	15	10	17	69	74	13	5	3	47	20	2	5	14	22	54	.93243	40
12	West Ham United	42	16	8	18	70	76	12	4	5	46	31	4	4	13	24	45	.92105	40		4-3	2-2
13	Luton Town	42	16	7	19	71	73	13	4	4	50	29	3	3	15	21	44	.97260	39		4-2	2-3
14	Southampton	42	15	9	18	69	76	11	5	5	45	24	4	4	13	24	52	.90789	39		6-0	2-5
15	Fulham	42	15	9	18	63	74	12	4	5	40	25	3	5	13	23	49	.85135	39		2-1	1-1
16	Bradford Park Avenue	42	14	11	17	65	77	7	6	8	29	28	7	5	9	36	49	.84416	39		4-0	1-0
17	Bury	42	12	12	18	80	78	11	6	4	62	34	1	6	14	18	44	1.02564	36		2-0	0-5
18	Millwall	42	14	8	20	56	79	7	7	7	30	30	7	1	13	26	49	.70886	36		1-2	0-4
19	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	5	23	79	96	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	16	34	62	.82292	33		5-1	0-2
20	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	8	22	67	88	10	5	6	39	28	2	3	16	28	60	.76136	32		2-2	0-2
21	Swansea Town	42	11	7	24	55	83	9	1	11	36	40	2	6	13	19	43	.66265	29	Relegated	1-1	2-3
22	Newport County	42	10	3	29	61	133	9	1	11	41	52	1	2	18	20	81	.45865	23	Relegated	6-1	5-2

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 47
Competitive Goals:: 77
Goals per game:: 1.6
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 40 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 47.6%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

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

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Manchester City (1-2)
2		2	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Burnley (1-0)
3		3	3	-	2	1	2	5	2	West Bromwich Albion (1-1), Burnley (0-3), Birmingham City (1-1)
4		4	3	-	1	2	1	5	1	Manchester City (0-1), Newcastle United (0-3), Tottenham Hotspur (1-1)
5		5	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur (0-2)
6		6	2	2	-	-	5	2	4	Luton Town (4-2), Chesterfield (1-0)
7		7	1	-	-	1	1	5	0	West Bromwich Albion (1-5)
8		8	3	-	2	1	2	4	2	Newcastle United (0-2), Chesterfield (1-1), Leicester City (1-1)
9		9	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Barnsley (2-1)
10	7	10	3	1	1	1	7	3	3	Plymouth Argyle (0-2), Southampton (6-0), Coventry City (1-1)
11	4	11	2	2	-	-	2	0	4	Coventry City (1-0), Bradford Park Avenue (1-0)
12	19	12	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	Luton Town (2-3)
13	2	13	3	2	-	1	6	6	4	Southampton (2-5), Leicester City (2-0), Fulham (2-1)
14	42	14	3	1	1	1	5	5	3	Birmingham City (0-4), Fulham (1-1), Bradford Park Avenue (4-0)
15	23	15	2	1	-	1	4	8	2	West Ham United (4-3), Bury (0-5)
16	46	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	67	17	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Bury (2-0)
18	62	18	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	West Ham United (2-2)
19	15	19	1	1	-	-	5	1	2	Plymouth Argyle (5-1)
20		20	2	-	-	2	2	5	0	Swansea Town (2-3), Sheffield Wednesday (0-2)
21		21	4	-	2	2	4	9	2	Millwall (1-2), Sheffield Wednesday (2-2), Millwall (0-4), Swansea Town (1-1)
22		22	2	2	-	-	11	3	4	Newport County (6-1), Newport County (5-2)

Not included: Week 1 game against Barnsley (2-3) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 32,758 (Newcastle United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 8,429 (Bradford Park Avenue)
Average League Attendance:: 22,761
Highest Cup Attendance:: 34,000 (Middlesbrough)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 34,000 (Middlesbrough)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 3 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 31, 1946	Barnsley	A	2-3	17,317	13	O'Donnell (?), Brown (?)
2	Thu Sep 05, 1946	Newcastle United	H	0-2	32,758	18
3	Sat Sep 07, 1946	Newport County	H	6-1	24,417	12	Brown (?), O'Donnell (?, ?), Edwards (?), Johnston (?, ?)
4	Mon Sep 09, 1946	Swansea Town	A	2-3	22,813	15	Brown (?), O'Donnell (?)
5	Sat Sep 14, 1946	Southampton	A	2-5	18,451	19	Edwards (?), Johnston (?)
6	Sat Sep 21, 1946	Luton Town	H	4-2	24,237	17	Scott (?), Brown (?), O'Donnell (?), Johnston (?)
7	Sat Sep 28, 1946	Coventry City	H	1-0	27,943	16	Edwards (?)
8	Sat Oct 05, 1946	Birmingham City	A	0-4	35,093	18
9	Sat Oct 12, 1946	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-1	25,449	18	Brown (? pen)
10	Sat Oct 19, 1946	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-2	20,623	19
11	Sat Oct 26, 1946	Leicester City	H	2-0	30,077	17	Mee (?), Lyman (?)
12	Sat Nov 02, 1946	Chesterfield	A	1-1	18,756	17	Edwards (?)
13	Sat Nov 09, 1946	Millwall	H	1-2	21,176	18	Simpson (?)
14	Sat Nov 16, 1946	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-0	16,034	16	Johnston (?)
15	Sat Nov 23, 1946	Manchester City	H	0-1	32,194	17
16	Sat Nov 30, 1946	West Ham United	A	2-2	14,652	17	Barks (?), Lyman (?)
17	Sat Dec 07, 1946	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-2	18,374	16	Pritty (?), Brown (?)
	Sat Dec 14, 1946	Fulham	A	1-0	15,700		Barks (?)
18	Sat Dec 21, 1946	Bury	H	2-0	15,788	16	Brigham (?), Johnston (?)
19	Wed Dec 25, 1946	Burnley	A	0-3	21,036	16
20	Thu Dec 26, 1946	Burnley	H	1-0	31,484	17	Leverton (?)
21	Sat Dec 28, 1946	Barnsley	H	2-1	27,239	15	Lyman (?), Cunningham (? OG)
22	Wed Jan 01, 1947	Newcastle United	A	0-3	56,827	16
23	Sat Jan 04, 1947	Newport County	A	5-2	13,150	14	Lyman (?, ?, ?), Johnston (?), Smith (? OG)
24	Sat Jan 18, 1947	Southampton	H	6-0	24,591	10	Brigham (?), Barks (?), Edwards (?), Lyman (?, ?), Brown (?)
25	Wed Jan 29, 1947	Luton Town	A	2-3	4,209	12	Brown (?, ?)
26	Sat Feb 01, 1947	Coventry City	A	1-1	16,440	12	Scott (?)
27	Sat Mar 01, 1947	Leicester City	A	1-1	26,156	14	Barks (?)
28	Sat Mar 15, 1947	Millwall	A	0-4	22,108	16
29	Sat Mar 29, 1947	Manchester City	A	1-2	24,763	18	Brown (?)
30	Fri Apr 04, 1947	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-2	29,176	19
31	Sat Apr 05, 1947	West Ham United	H	4-3	22,888	17	Scott (?), Brown (?), Johnston (?, ?)
32	Mon Apr 07, 1947	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	30,656	17	Brown (?)
33	Sat Apr 12, 1947	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	30,096	17
34	Sat Apr 19, 1947	Fulham	H	2-1	20,300	17	Brown (?), Lyman (?)
35	Sat Apr 26, 1947	Bury	A	0-5	7,916	18
36	Sat May 03, 1947	Swansea Town	H	1-1	17,114	18	Brown (?)
37	Sat May 10, 1947	Birmingham City	H	1-1	16,049	17	Brown (?)
38	Sat May 17, 1947	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-5	12,566	18	Edwards (70')	Safe
39	Mon May 26, 1947	Fulham	A	1-1	9,160	17	Edwards (?)	Safe
40	Tue May 27, 1947	Chesterfield	H	1-0	14,888	17	Johnston (?)	Safe
41	Sat May 31, 1947	Plymouth Argyle	H	5-1	11,944	15	Knight (?), Brown (?), Edwards (?), Johnston (?, ?)	Safe
42	Sat Jun 14, 1947	Bradford Park Avenue	H	4-0	8,429	11	Johnston (?, ?, ?), Edwards (?)	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 11, 1947	Lincoln City	3		A	1-0	17,092	Rawson (?)
Sat Jan 25, 1947	Manchester United	4		A	2-0	58,641	Barks (?), Lyman (?)
Sat Feb 08, 1947	Middlesbrough	5		H	2-2	34,000	Scott (?), Mannion (? OG)
Wed Feb 12, 1947	Middlesbrough	5	1	A	2-6	26,907	Barks (?), Edwards (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Nov 06, 1946	Combined Services XI	England	A	2-2	-	Mee (?), Edwards (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 25, 1946	Lincoln City	England	A	3-0	7,000	North (?), Edwards (?), Johnston (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 31, 1946	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	2-3	17,317	O'Donnell (?), Brown (?)
Thu Sep 05, 1946	League Tier 2	Newcastle United			H	0-2	32,758
Sat Sep 07, 1946	League Tier 2	Newport County			H	6-1	24,417	Brown (?), O'Donnell (?, ?), Edwards (?), Johnston (?, ?)
Mon Sep 09, 1946	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			A	2-3	22,813	Brown (?), O'Donnell (?)
Sat Sep 14, 1946	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	2-5	18,451	Edwards (?), Johnston (?)
Sat Sep 21, 1946	League Tier 2	Luton Town			H	4-2	24,237	Scott (?), Brown (?), O'Donnell (?), Johnston (?)
Wed Sep 25, 1946	Testimonial	Lincoln City			A	3-0	7,000	North (?), Edwards (?), Johnston (?)
Sat Sep 28, 1946	League Tier 2	Coventry City			H	1-0	27,943	Edwards (?)
Sat Oct 05, 1946	League Tier 2	Birmingham City			A	0-4	35,093
Sat Oct 12, 1946	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			H	1-1	25,449	Brown (? pen)
Sat Oct 19, 1946	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			A	0-2	20,623
Sat Oct 26, 1946	League Tier 2	Leicester City			H	2-0	30,077	Mee (?), Lyman (?)
Sat Nov 02, 1946	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			A	1-1	18,756	Edwards (?)
Wed Nov 06, 1946	Friendly	Combined Services XI			A	2-2	-	Mee (?), Edwards (?)
Sat Nov 09, 1946	League Tier 2	Millwall			H	1-2	21,176	Simpson (?)
Sat Nov 16, 1946	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			A	1-0	16,034	Johnston (?)
Sat Nov 23, 1946	League Tier 2	Manchester City			H	0-1	32,194
Sat Nov 30, 1946	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	2-2	14,652	Barks (?), Lyman (?)
Sat Dec 07, 1946	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			H	2-2	18,374	Pritty (?), Brown (?)
Sat Dec 14, 1946	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	1-0	15,700	Barks (?)
Sat Dec 21, 1946	League Tier 2	Bury			H	2-0	15,788	Brigham (?), Johnston (?)
Wed Dec 25, 1946	League Tier 2	Burnley			A	0-3	21,036
Thu Dec 26, 1946	League Tier 2	Burnley			H	1-0	31,484	Leverton (?)
Sat Dec 28, 1946	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	2-1	27,239	Lyman (?), Cunningham (? OG)
Wed Jan 01, 1947	League Tier 2	Newcastle United			A	0-3	56,827
Sat Jan 04, 1947	League Tier 2	Newport County			A	5-2	13,150	Lyman (?, ?, ?), Johnston (?), Smith (? OG)
Sat Jan 11, 1947	FA Cup	Lincoln City	3		A	1-0	17,092	Rawson (?)
Sat Jan 18, 1947	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	6-0	24,591	Brigham (?), Barks (?), Edwards (?), Lyman (?, ?), Brown (?)
Sat Jan 25, 1947	FA Cup	Manchester United	4		A	2-0	58,641	Barks (?), Lyman (?)
Wed Jan 29, 1947	League Tier 2	Luton Town			A	2-3	4,209	Brown (?, ?)
Sat Feb 01, 1947	League Tier 2	Coventry City			A	1-1	16,440	Scott (?)
Sat Feb 08, 1947	FA Cup	Middlesbrough	5		H	2-2	34,000	Scott (?), Mannion (? OG)
Wed Feb 12, 1947	FA Cup	Middlesbrough	5	1	A	2-6	26,907	Barks (?), Edwards (?)
Sat Mar 01, 1947	League Tier 2	Leicester City			A	1-1	26,156	Barks (?)
Sat Mar 15, 1947	League Tier 2	Millwall			A	0-4	22,108
Sat Mar 29, 1947	League Tier 2	Manchester City			A	1-2	24,763	Brown (?)
Fri Apr 04, 1947	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			A	0-2	29,176
Sat Apr 05, 1947	League Tier 2	West Ham United			H	4-3	22,888	Scott (?), Brown (?), Johnston (?, ?)
Mon Apr 07, 1947	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			H	1-1	30,656	Brown (?)
Sat Apr 12, 1947	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			A	0-2	30,096
Sat Apr 19, 1947	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	2-1	20,300	Brown (?), Lyman (?)
Sat Apr 26, 1947	League Tier 2	Bury			A	0-5	7,916
Sat May 03, 1947	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			H	1-1	17,114	Brown (?)
Sat May 10, 1947	League Tier 2	Birmingham City			H	1-1	16,049	Brown (?)
Sat May 17, 1947	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			A	1-5	12,566	Edwards (70')	Safe
Mon May 26, 1947	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	1-1	9,160	Edwards (?)	Safe
Tue May 27, 1947	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			H	1-0	14,888	Johnston (?)	Safe
Sat May 31, 1947	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			H	5-1	11,944	Knight (?), Brown (?), Edwards (?), Johnston (?, ?)	Safe
Sat Jun 14, 1947	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			H	4-0	8,429	Johnston (?, ?, ?), Edwards (?)	Safe

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £15,250				Out (12) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Alfred Gunn	Bought			Alfred Gunn	Sold
	Griff Roberts	Bought		Jul 1947	Colin Lyman	Sold
	Harry Walker	Bought			Colin Rawson	Sold
May 01, 1946	Sailor Brown	Bought	£6,750		Frank O'Donnell	Sold
Sep 1946	Harold Orgill	Bought			Frank Shufflebottom	Sold
Sep 06, 1946	Freddie Scott	Bought	£4,500		George Mee	Sold
Nov 09, 1946	Harry Brigham	Bought	£4,000		Griff Roberts	Sold
					Robert Davies	Sold
					Tom Hinchliffe	Retired
					Tom North	Sold
					William Baxter	Sold
				Jun 1947	Harold Orgill	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Griff Roberts	Wales	25	11	2	4	5
GK		Harold Orgill	England	25	7	1	3	3
GK		Harry Walker	England	30	4	3	1
GK		Laurie Platts	England	24	2	2
GK		Reg Savage	England	34	22	9	3	9
Defenders
D		Frank Shufflebottom	England	28	2	1		1
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	England	20	13	6	2	5
D		Harry Brigham	England	31	33	11	9	12	2
D		Jack Hutchinson	England	25	9	3	4	2
Midfielders
M		Bill Morley	England	21	1		1
M		Bob McCall	England	30	37	13	7	16
M		Eddie Barks	England	24	38	13	10	14	6
M		Frank Knight	England	24	30	12	8	9	1
M		Frank O'Donnell	Scotland	34	11	3		8	5
M		George Pritty	England	31	31	11	8	11	1
M		Noel Simpson	England	23	17	6	5	6	1
M		Robert Davies	Wales	32	6	2		4
M		Ted Blagg	England	28	38	14	10	13
M		William Baxter	England	28	7	2		5
Forwards
F		Colin Lyman	England	32	28	12	6	9	10
F		Colin Rawson	England	19	2	2			1
F		Freddie Scott	England	29	44	17	11	15	4
F		George Mee	England	23	9	1	2	6	1
F		Jack Edwards	England	22	27	10	8	9	10
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton	England	20	4	2	1	1	1
F		Sailor Brown	England	30	46	16	11	18	16
F		Tom Hinchliffe	England	32	1			1
F		Tom Johnston	Scotland	27	34	13	6	14	15
F		Tom North	England	26	1		1

		Alfred Gunn	Germany	22	2			2

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 14

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
16 (1)	Sailor Brown	46
15	Tom Johnston	34
10	Colin Lyman	28
10	Jack Edwards	27
6	Eddie Barks	38
5	Frank O'Donnell	11
4	Freddie Scott	44
3	Own Goals	47
2	Harry Brigham	33
1	Colin Rawson	2
1	Frank Knight	30
1	George Mee	9
1	George Pritty	31
1	Noel Simpson	17
1	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	4

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bradford Park Avenue	Sat Nov 16, 1946	Away	1-0	Sat Jun 14, 1947	Home	4-0
Newport County	Sat Sep 07, 1946	Home	6-1	Sat Jan 04, 1947	Away	5-2

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Manchester City	Sat Nov 23, 1946	Home	0-1	Sat Mar 29, 1947	Away	1-2
Millwall	Sat Nov 09, 1946	Home	1-2	Sat Mar 15, 1947	Away	0-4
Newcastle United	Thu Sep 05, 1946	Home	0-2	Wed Jan 01, 1947	Away	0-3