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:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Sailor Brown, Tom Johnson (15 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

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

		Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
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	1	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	5	12	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	Luton Town (2-3)
13	1	13	4	2	-	1	7	6	4	Southampton (2-5), Leicester City (2-0), Fulham (1-0), Fulham (2-1)
14	7	14	3	1	1	1	5	5	3	Birmingham City (0-4), Fulham (1-1), Bradford Park Avenue (4-0)
15	6	15	2	1	-	1	4	8	2	West Ham United (4-3), Bury (0-5)
16	12	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	15	17	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Bury (2-0)
18	12	18	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	West Ham United (2-2)
19	7	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)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 32,758
Lowest League Attendance:: 8,429
Average League Attendance:: 22,764
Highest Cup Attendance:: 34,000
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 34,000

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1946-47)

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2)								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	2.229	62		0-1	1-2
2	Burnley	42	22	14	6	65	29	11	8	2	30	14	11	6	4	35	15	2.241	58		1-0	0-3
3	Birmingham City	42	25	5	12	74	33	17	2	2	51	11	8	3	10	23	22	2.242	55		1-1	0-4
4	Chesterfield	42	18	14	10	58	44	12	6	3	37	17	6	8	7	21	27	1.318	50		1-0	1-1
5	Newcastle United	42	19	10	13	95	62	11	4	6	60	32	8	6	7	35	30	1.532	48		0-2	0-3
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	14	11	65	53	11	8	2	35	21	6	6	9	30	32	1.226	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	1.173	48		1-1	1-5
8	Coventry City	42	16	13	13	66	59	12	8	1	40	17	4	5	12	26	42	1.119	45		1-0	1-1
9	Leicester City	42	18	7	17	69	64	11	4	6	42	25	7	3	11	27	39	1.078	43		2-0	1-1
10	Barnsley	42	17	8	17	84	86	13	2	6	48	29	4	6	11	36	57	.977	42		2-1	2-3
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		4-3	2-2
13	Luton Town	42	16	7	19	71	73	13	4	4	50	29	3	3	15	21	44	.973	39		4-2	2-3
14	Southampton	42	15	9	18	69	76	11	5	5	45	24	4	4	13	24	52	.908	39		6-0	2-5
15	Fulham	42	15	9	18	63	74	12	4	5	40	25	3	5	13	23	49	.851	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	.844	39		4-0	1-0
17	Bury	42	12	12	18	80	78	11	6	4	62	34	1	6	14	18	44	1.026	36		2-0	0-5
18	Millwall	42	14	8	20	56	79	7	7	7	30	30	7	1	13	26	49	.709	36		1-2	0-4
19	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	5	23	79	96	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	16	34	62	.823	33		5-1	0-2
20	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	8	22	67	88	10	5	6	39	28	2	3	16	28	60	.761	32		2-2	0-2
21	Swansea Town	42	11	7	24	55	83	9	1	11	36	40	2	6	13	19	43	.663	29		1-1	2-3
22	Newport County	42	10	3	29	61	133	9	1	11	41	52	1	2	18	20	81	.459	23		6-1	5-2

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 31, 1946	Barnsley	A	2-3	Loss	17,317	13	O'Donnell (?), Brown (?)
2	Thu Sep 05, 1946	Newcastle United	H	0-2	Loss	32,758	18
3	Sat Sep 07, 1946	Newport County	H	6-1	Win	24,417	12	Brown (?), O'Donnell (?, ?), Edwards (?), Johnson (?, ?)
4	Mon Sep 09, 1946	Swansea Town	A	2-3	Loss	22,813	15	Brown (?), O'Donnell (?)
5	Sat Sep 14, 1946	Southampton	A	2-5	Loss	18,451	19	Edwards (?), Johnson (?)
6	Sat Sep 21, 1946	Luton Town	H	4-2	Win	24,237	17	Scott (?), Brown (?), O'Donnell (?), Johnson (?)
7	Sat Sep 28, 1946	Coventry City	H	1-0	Win	27,943	16	Edwards (?)
8	Sat Oct 05, 1946	Birmingham City	A	0-4	Loss	35,093	18
9	Sat Oct 12, 1946	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-1	Draw	25,449	18	Leverton (?)
10	Sat Oct 19, 1946	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-2	Loss	21,569	19
11	Sat Oct 26, 1946	Leicester City	H	2-0	Win	30,077	17	Mee (?), Lyman (?)
12	Sat Nov 02, 1946	Chesterfield	A	1-1	Draw	18,756	17	Edwards (?)
13	Sat Nov 09, 1946	Millwall	H	1-2	Loss	21,176	18	Simpson (?)
14	Sat Nov 16, 1946	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-0	Win	16,034	16	Johnson (?)
15	Sat Nov 23, 1946	Manchester City	H	0-1	Loss	32,194	17
16	Sat Nov 30, 1946	West Ham United	A	2-2	Draw	14,652	17	Barks (?), Lyman (?)
17	Sat Dec 07, 1946	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-2	Draw	18,374	16	Pritty (?), Brown (?)
	Sat Dec 14, 1946	Fulham	A	1-0	Aba	-	16	Barks (?)
18	Sat Dec 21, 1946	Bury	H	2-0	Win	15,788	16	Brigham (?), Johnson (?)
19	Wed Dec 25, 1946	Burnley	A	0-3	Loss	21,036	16
20	Thu Dec 26, 1946	Burnley	H	1-0	Win	31,484	17	Leverton (?)
21	Sat Dec 28, 1946	Barnsley	H	2-1	Win	27,239	15	Lyman (?), Cunningham (? OG)
22	Wed Jan 01, 1947	Newcastle United	A	0-3	Loss	56,827	16
23	Sat Jan 04, 1947	Newport County	A	5-2	Win	13,150	14	Lyman (?, ?, ?), Johnson (?), Smith (? OG)
24	Sat Jan 18, 1947	Southampton	H	6-0	Win	24,591	10	Brigham (?), Barks (?), Edwards (?), Lyman (?, ?), Brown (?)
25	Wed Jan 29, 1947	Luton Town	A	2-3	Loss	4,209	12	Brown (?, ?)
26	Sat Feb 01, 1947	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	16,440	12	Scott (?)
27	Sat Mar 01, 1947	Leicester City	A	1-1	Draw	26,156	14	Barks (?)
28	Sat Mar 15, 1947	Millwall	A	0-4	Loss	22,108	16
29	Sat Mar 29, 1947	Manchester City	A	1-2	Loss	24,763	18	Brown (?)
30	Fri Apr 04, 1947	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-2	Loss	29,176	19
31	Sat Apr 05, 1947	West Ham United	H	4-3	Win	22,888	17	Scott (?), Brown (?), Johnson (?, ?)
32	Mon Apr 07, 1947	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	Draw	30,656	17	Brown (?)
33	Sat Apr 12, 1947	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	Loss	30,096	17
34	Sat Apr 19, 1947	Fulham	H	2-1	Win	20,300	17	Brown (?), Lyman (?)
35	Sat Apr 26, 1947	Bury	A	0-5	Loss	7,916	18
36	Sat May 03, 1947	Swansea Town	H	1-1	Draw	17,114	18	Brown (?)
37	Sat May 10, 1947	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	16,049	17	Brown (?)
38	Sat May 17, 1947	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-5	Loss	12,566	18	Edwards (?)
39	Mon May 26, 1947	Fulham	A	1-1	Draw	9,160	17	Edwards (?)
40	Tue May 27, 1947	Chesterfield	H	1-0	Win	14,888	17	Johnson (?)
41	Sat May 31, 1947	Plymouth Argyle	H	5-1	Win	12,001	15	Knight (?), Brown (?), Edwards (?), Johnson (?, ?)
42	Sat Jun 14, 1947	Bradford Park Avenue	H	4-0	Win	8,429	11	Johnson (?, ?, ?), Edwards (?)

FA Cup

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

Friendly

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

Testimonial

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

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (13)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Alfred Gunn	Bought			Alfred Gunn	Sold
	Freddie Scott	Bought			Colin Lyman	Sold
	Griff Roberts	Bought			Colin Rawson	Sold
	Harold Orgill	Bought			Frank O'Donnell	Sold
	Harry Walker	Bought			Frank Shufflebottom	Sold
May 01, 1946	Sailor Brown	Bought	£6,750		George Mee	Sold
Nov 09, 1946	Harry Brigham	Bought	£4,000		Griff Roberts	Sold
					Harold Orgill	Sold
					Reg Savage	Sold
					Robert Davies	Sold
					Tom Hinchcliffe	Retired
					Tom North	Sold
					William Baxter	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		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		Bob McCall	37	13	7	16
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		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		Tom Hinchcliffe	1			1
F		Tom Johnson	34	13	6	14	15
F		Tom North	1		1
F		William Morley	1		1
		Alfred Gunn	2			2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

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

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1946-47

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