The City Ground

SEASON: 1947-48

Prev Season: 1946-47
Next Season: 1948-49

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Liverpool (A) 1-4)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Tom Johnson (17 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	22 times	7 times	2 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	9 times	16 times	5 times	2 times
Won By	5 times	4 times	2 times	1 time
Lost By	10 times	8 times	2 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 33,364
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,977
Average League Attendance:: 24,247
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

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

DIVISION TWO								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Birmingham City	42	22	15	5	55	24	12	7	2	34	13	10	8	3	21	11	2.292	59	Promoted as Champions	0-2	1-2
2	Newcastle United	42	24	8	10	72	41	18	1	2	46	13	6	7	8	26	28	1.756	56	Promoted	0-0	2-0
3	Southampton	42	21	10	11	71	53	15	3	3	53	23	6	7	8	18	30	1.340	52		1-1	1-2
4	Sheffield Wednesday	42	20	11	11	66	53	13	6	2	39	21	7	5	9	27	32	1.245	51		0-0	1-2
5	Cardiff City	42	18	11	13	61	58	12	6	3	36	18	6	5	10	25	40	1.052	47		1-2	1-4
6	West Ham United	42	16	14	12	55	53	10	7	4	29	19	6	7	8	26	34	1.038	46		2-1	1-2
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	9	15	63	58	11	4	6	37	29	7	5	9	26	29	1.086	45		3-1	2-3
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	14	13	56	43	10	6	5	36	24	5	8	8	20	19	1.302	44		1-0	3-0
9	Leicester City	42	16	11	15	60	57	10	5	6	36	29	6	6	9	24	28	1.053	43		1-0	1-3
10	Coventry City	42	14	13	15	59	52	10	5	6	33	16	4	8	9	26	36	1.135	41		4-0	1-1
11	Fulham	42	15	10	17	47	46	6	9	6	24	19	9	1	11	23	27	1.022	40		0-2	0-0
12	Barnsley	42	15	10	17	62	64	10	5	6	31	22	5	5	11	31	42	.969	40		1-1	2-2
13	Luton Town	42	14	12	16	56	59	8	8	5	31	25	6	4	11	25	34	.949	40		1-2	1-2
14	Bradford Park Avenue	42	16	8	18	68	72	11	3	7	45	30	5	5	11	23	42	.944	40		1-2	1-3
15	Brentford	42	13	14	15	44	61	10	6	5	31	26	3	8	10	13	35	.721	40		2-0	1-3
16	Chesterfield	42	16	7	19	54	55	8	4	9	32	26	8	3	10	22	29	.982	39		1-3	0-0
17	Plymouth Argyle	42	9	20	13	40	58	8	9	4	27	22	1	11	9	13	36	.690	38		1-1	1-1
18	Leeds United	42	14	8	20	62	72	12	5	4	44	20	2	3	16	18	52	.861	36		1-0	2-2
19	Nottingham Forest	42	12	11	19	54	60	10	5	6	32	23	2	6	13	22	37	.900	35
20	Bury	42	9	16	17	58	68	6	8	7	27	28	3	8	10	31	40	.853	34		2-1	0-1
21	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	11	22	40	66	7	8	6	23	20	2	3	16	17	46	.606	29	Relegated	4-2	0-2
22	Millwall	42	9	11	22	44	74	7	7	7	27	28	2	4	15	17	46	.595	29	Relegated	5-2	0-2

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 23, 1947	Bury	H	2-1	Win	27,381	7	Johnson (?), Lee (?)
2	Wed Aug 27, 1947	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-2	Loss	22,365	11	Morris (?)
3	Sat Aug 30, 1947	West Ham United	A	1-2	Loss	19,416	15	Johnson (?)
4	Wed Sep 03, 1947	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-3	Loss	16,246	18	Edwards (?)
5	Sat Sep 06, 1947	Chesterfield	H	1-3	Loss	28,811	19	Johnson (?)
6	Wed Sep 10, 1947	Brentford	A	1-3	Loss	15,005	19	Johnson (?)
7	Sat Sep 13, 1947	Millwall	A	0-2	Loss	14,975	21
8	Wed Sep 17, 1947	Brentford	H	2-0	Win	18,617	20	Brown (?), Johnson (?)
9	Sat Sep 20, 1947	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-0	Win	26,202	19	Johnson (?)
10	Sat Sep 27, 1947	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	33,047	21	Lee (?)
11	Sat Oct 04, 1947	Cardiff City	H	1-2	Loss	30,618	21	Johnson (?)
12	Sat Oct 11, 1947	Leicester City	A	1-3	Loss	27,709	21	Lee (?)
13	Sat Oct 18, 1947	Leeds United	H	1-0	Win	22,380	19	Johnson (?)
14	Sat Oct 25, 1947	Fulham	A	0-0	Draw	20,147	20
15	Sat Nov 01, 1947	Coventry City	H	4-0	Win	25,824	18	Scott (?), Johnson (?, ?), Edwards (?)
16	Sat Nov 08, 1947	Newcastle United	A	2-0	Win	60,244	16	Simpson (?, ?)
17	Sat Nov 15, 1947	Birmingham City	H	0-2	Loss	33,364	18
18	Sat Nov 22, 1947	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-3	Loss	28,568	19	Barks (?), Scott (?)
19	Sat Nov 29, 1947	Barnsley	H	1-1	Draw	18,108	18	Johnson (?)
20	Sat Dec 06, 1947	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-1	Draw	20,641	18	Johnson (?)
21	Sat Dec 13, 1947	Luton Town	H	1-2	Loss	12,977	19	Leverton (?)
22	Sat Dec 20, 1947	Bury	A	0-1	Loss	12,005	20
23	Fri Dec 26, 1947	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-2	Loss	20,129	22
24	Sat Dec 27, 1947	Doncaster Rovers	H	4-2	Win	22,201	21	Scott (?), Wilkins (?), Johnson (?), Lee (?)
25	Sat Jan 03, 1948	West Ham United	H	2-1	Win	26,141	19	Wilkins (?), Johnson (?)
26	Sat Jan 17, 1948	Chesterfield	A	0-0	Draw	17,783	19
27	Sat Jan 31, 1948	Millwall	H	5-2	Win	21,506	19	Johnson (?), Edwards (?, ?), Lee (?, ?)
28	Sat Feb 14, 1948	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	Draw	29,852	20
29	Sat Feb 21, 1948	Cardiff City	A	1-4	Loss	28,929	20	Johnson (?)
30	Sat Feb 28, 1948	Leicester City	H	1-0	Win	32,123	20	Lee (?)
31	Sat Mar 06, 1948	Leeds United	A	2-2	Draw	27,018	19	Johnson (?), Edwards (?)
32	Sat Mar 13, 1948	Fulham	H	0-2	Loss	20,916	19
33	Sat Mar 20, 1948	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	11,536	20	Lee (?)
34	Fri Mar 26, 1948	Southampton	A	1-2	Loss	22,584	20	Lee (?)
35	Sat Mar 27, 1948	Newcastle United	H	0-0	Draw	28,906	20
36	Mon Mar 29, 1948	Southampton	H	1-1	Draw	24,738	20	Wilkins (?)
37	Sat Apr 03, 1948	Birmingham City	A	1-2	Loss	38,227	20	Morley (?)
38	Sat Apr 10, 1948	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	Win	20,023	20	Scott (?), Morley (?), Edwards (?)
39	Mon Apr 12, 1948	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-0	Win	18,569	19	Leverton (?, ?), Lee (?)
40	Sat Apr 17, 1948	Barnsley	A	2-2	Draw	18,958	19	Gager (?), Morley (?)
41	Sat Apr 24, 1948	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	Draw	16,138	18	Scott (?)
42	Sat May 01, 1948	Luton Town	A	1-2	Loss	15,126	19	Leverton (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jan 10, 1948	Liverpool	3			A	1-4	Loss	48,569	Wilkins (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jan 24, 1948	Arsenal	England	H	2-3	Loss	-	Wilkins (? pen), Barks (?)
Sat Feb 07, 1948	Crystal Palace	England	A	0-1	Loss	-

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Dennis Ward	1			1
GK		Harry Walker	39	10	11	18
GK		Laurie Platts	3	2		1
D		Edward Blagg	21	6	3	12
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	27	9	9	9
D		Harry Brigham	7	1		6
D		Horace Gager	12	3	5	4	1
D		James Clarke	2		1	1
D		Ken Rawson	2		1	1
M		Bob McCall	27	7	8	12
M		Bryn Elliott	1			1
M		Ernest Morris	4	1		3	1
M		Frank Knight	13	4	3	6
M		Jack Burkitt
M		Jack Hutchinson	39	12	10	17
M		Tanner Allen	1			1
M		Wilson Jones	7	2		5
F		Eddie Barks	31	8	8	15	1
F		Freddie Scott	42	12	11	19	5
F		Frederick Martin	2			2
F		George Lee	42	11	11	20	10
F		George Pritty	2	1		1
F		George Wilkins	12	4	6	2	4
F		Gordon Kaile	9	3	2	4
F		Jack Edwards	34	8	11	15	6
F		Noel Simpson	30	9	9	12	2
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton	6	2	2	2	4
F		Roland Wheatley	4		1	3
F		Sailor Brown	5	3		2	1
F		Tom Johnson	33	10	7	16	17
F		William Morley	15	4	2	9	3

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
17	Tom Johnson	33
10	George Lee	42
6	Jack Edwards	34
5	Freddie Scott	42
4	George Wilkins	12
4	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	6
3	William Morley	15
2	Noel Simpson	30
1	Eddie Barks	31
1	Ernest Morris	4
1	Horace Gager	12
1	Sailor Brown	5

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1947-48

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Sep 20, 1947	H	1-0	Mon Apr 12, 1948	A	3-0