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:: (Middlesbrough (A) 2-6)
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Sailor Brown, Tom Johnson (15 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1946-47								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	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	2.241	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	2.242	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	Relegated	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	Relegated	6-1	5-2

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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):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
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	Brown (? pen)
10	Sat Oct 19, 1946	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-2	Loss	20,623	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 (?)
18	Sat Dec 14, 1946	Fulham	A	1-0	Aba	15,700		Barks (?)
19	Sat Dec 21, 1946	Bury	H	2-0	Win	15,788	16	Brigham (?), Johnson (?)
20	Wed Dec 25, 1946	Burnley	A	0-3	Loss	21,036	16
21	Thu Dec 26, 1946	Burnley	H	1-0	Win	31,484	17	Leverton (?)
22	Sat Dec 28, 1946	Barnsley	H	2-1	Win	27,239	15	Lyman (?), Cunningham (? OG)
23	Wed Jan 01, 1947	Newcastle United	A	0-3	Loss	56,827	16
24	Sat Jan 04, 1947	Newport County	A	5-2	Win	13,150	14	Lyman (?, ?, ?), Johnson (?), Smith (? OG)
25	Sat Jan 18, 1947	Southampton	H	6-0	Win	24,591	10	Brigham (?), Barks (?), Edwards (?), Lyman (?, ?), Brown (?)
26	Wed Jan 29, 1947	Luton Town	A	2-3	Loss	4,209	12	Brown (?, ?)
27	Sat Feb 01, 1947	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	16,440	12	Scott (?)
28	Sat Mar 01, 1947	Leicester City	A	1-1	Draw	26,156	14	Barks (?)
29	Sat Mar 15, 1947	Millwall	A	0-4	Loss	22,108	16
30	Sat Mar 29, 1947	Manchester City	A	1-2	Loss	24,763	18	Brown (?)
31	Fri Apr 04, 1947	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-2	Loss	29,176	19
32	Sat Apr 05, 1947	West Ham United	H	4-3	Win	22,888	17	Scott (?), Brown (?), Johnson (?, ?)
33	Mon Apr 07, 1947	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	Draw	30,656	17	Brown (?)
34	Sat Apr 12, 1947	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	Loss	30,096	17
35	Sat Apr 19, 1947	Fulham	H	2-1	Win	20,300	17	Brown (?), Lyman (?)
36	Sat Apr 26, 1947	Bury	A	0-5	Loss	7,916	18
37	Sat May 03, 1947	Swansea Town	H	1-1	Draw	17,114	18	Brown (?)
38	Sat May 10, 1947	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	16,049	17	Brown (?)
39	Sat May 17, 1947	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-5	Loss	12,566	18	Edwards (70)
40	Mon May 26, 1947	Fulham	A	1-1	Draw	9,160	17	Edwards (?)
41	Tue May 27, 1947	Chesterfield	H	1-0	Win	14,888	17	Johnson (?)
42	Sat May 31, 1947	Plymouth Argyle	H	5-1	Win	11,944	15	Knight (?), Brown (?), Edwards (?), Johnson (?, ?)
43	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	17,092	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	7,000	North (?), Edwards (?), Johnson (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
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 (?), Johnson (?, ?)
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 (?), Johnson (?)
Sat Sep 21, 1946	League Tier 2	Luton Town			H	4-2	24,237	Scott (?), Brown (?), O'Donnell (?), Johnson (?)
Wed Sep 25, 1946	Testimonial	Lincoln City			A	3-0	7,000	North (?), Edwards (?), Johnson (?)
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	Johnson (?)
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 (?), Johnson (?)
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 (?, ?, ?), Johnson (?), 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 (?), Johnson (?, ?)
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)
Mon May 26, 1947	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	1-1	9,160	Edwards (?)
Tue May 27, 1947	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			H	1-0	14,888	Johnson (?)
Sat May 31, 1947	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			H	5-1	11,944	Knight (?), Brown (?), Edwards (?), Johnson (?, ?)
Sat Jun 14, 1947	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			H	4-0	8,429	Johnson (?, ?, ?), Edwards (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (12)
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
Sep 1946	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
				Jun 1947	Harold Orgill	Sold
					Robert Davies	Sold
					Tom Hinchliffe	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
Goalkeepers
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
Defenders
D		Frank Shufflebottom	2	1		1
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	13	6	2	5
D		Harry Brigham	33	11	9	12	2
D		Jack Hutchinson	9	3	4	2
Midfielders
M		Bob McCall	37	13	7	16
M		Eddie Barks	38	13	10	14	6
M		Frank Knight	30	12	8	9	1
M		Frank O'Donnell	11	3		8	5
M		George Pritty	31	11	8	11	1
M		Noel Simpson	17	6	5	6	1
M		Robert Davies	6	2		4
M		Ted Blagg	38	14	10	13
M		William Baxter	7	2		5
M		William Morley	1		1
Forwards
F		Colin Lyman	28	12	6	9	10
F		Colin Rawson	2	2			1
F		Freddie Scott	44	17	11	15	4
F		George Mee	9	1	2	6	1
F		Jack Edwards	27	10	8	9	10
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton	4	2	1	1	2
F		Sailor Brown	46	16	11	18	15
F		Tom Hinchliffe	1			1
F		Tom Johnson	34	13	6	14	15
F		Tom North	1		1

		Alfred Gunn	2			2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	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
3	Own Goals	47
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

	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