Season 1946-47

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1947						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Charlton Athletic	1	0	Burnley	D 2	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	98,215	aet
	Duffy

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1947						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	Burnley	0	0	Liverpool	D 1	Ewood Park, Blackburn	53,000	aet
D 1	Charlton Athletic	4	0	Newcastle United	D 2	Elland Road, Leeds	47,821
	Dawson, Welsh 2, Hurst
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1947 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	Burnley	1	0	Liverpool	D 1	Maine Road, Manchester	72,000
	Harrison

Final Table for Season 1946-47

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	10	Liverpool	42	13	3	5	42	24	12	4	5	42	28	1.615	57	SF
2	12	Manchester United	42	17	3	1	61	19	5	9	7	34	35	1.759	56	Rd 4
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	1	5	66	31	10	5	6	32	25	1.750	56	Rd 4
4	3	Stoke City	42	14	5	2	52	21	10	2	9	38	32	1.698	55	Rd 5
5	10	Blackpool	42	14	1	6	38	32	8	5	8	33	38	1.014	50	Rd 3
6	D 2	Sheffield United	42	12	4	5	51	32	9	3	9	38	43	1.187	49	Rd 6
7	2	Preston North End	42	10	7	4	45	27	8	4	9	31	47	1.027	47	Rd 6
8	4	Aston Villa	42	9	6	6	39	24	9	3	9	28	29	1.264	45	Rd 3
9	7	Sunderland	42	11	3	7	33	27	7	5	9	32	39	0.985	44	Rd 3
10	-9	Everton	42	13	5	3	40	24	4	4	13	22	43	0.925	43	Rd 4
11	-7	Middlesbrough	42	11	3	7	46	32	6	5	10	27	36	1.074	42	Rd 6
12	5	Portsmouth	42	11	3	7	42	27	5	6	10	24	33	1.100	41	Rd 4
13	-8	Arsenal	42	9	5	7	43	33	7	4	10	29	37	1.029	41	Rd 3
14	-8	Derby County	42	13	2	6	44	28	5	3	13	29	51	0.924	41	Rd 5
15	5	Chelsea	42	9	3	9	33	39	7	4	10	36	45	0.821	39	Rd 4
16	-6	Grimsby Town	42	9	6	6	37	35	4	6	11	24	47	0.744	38	Rd 4
17	D 2	Blackburn Rovers	42	6	5	10	23	27	8	3	10	22	26	0.849	36	Rd 5
18	-10	Bolton Wanderers	42	8	5	8	30	28	5	3	13	27	41	0.826	34	Rd 4
19	-16	Charlton Athletic	42	6	6	9	34	32	5	6	10	23	39	0.803	34	Win
20	-1	Huddersfield Town	42	11	4	6	34	24	2	3	16	19	55	0.671	33	Rd 3
21	-3	Brentford	42	5	5	11	19	35	4	2	15	26	53	0.511	25	Rd 4
22	-9	Leeds United	42	6	5	10	30	30	0	1	20	15	60	0.500	18	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	4	Manchester City	42	17	3	1	49	14	9	7	5	29	21	2.229	62	Rd 5
2	12	Burnley	42	11	8	2	30	14	11	6	4	35	15	2.241	58	Final
3	D 1	Birmingham City	42	17	2	2	51	11	8	3	10	23	22	2.242	55	Rd 6
4	2	Chesterfield	42	12	6	3	37	17	6	8	7	21	27	1.318	50	Rd 4
5	4	Newcastle United	42	11	4	6	60	32	8	6	7	35	30	1.532	48	SF
6	2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	8	2	35	21	6	6	9	30	32	1.226	48	Rd 3
7	3	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	4	5	53	37	8	4	9	35	38	1.173	48	Rd 4
8	-4	Coventry City	42	12	8	1	40	17	4	5	12	26	42	1.119	45	Rd 4
9	D 1	Leicester City	42	11	4	6	42	25	7	3	11	27	39	1.078	43	Rd 5
10	D 3N	Barnsley	42	13	2	6	48	29	4	6	11	36	57	0.977	42	Rd 4
11	9	Nottingham Forest	42	13	5	3	47	20	2	5	14	22	54	0.932	40	Rd 5
12	-1	West Ham United	42	12	4	5	46	31	4	4	13	24	45	0.921	40	Rd 3
13	-6	Luton Town	42	13	4	4	50	29	3	3	15	21	44	0.973	39	Rd 5
14	4	Southampton	42	11	5	5	45	24	4	4	13	24	52	0.908	39	Rd 4
15	-3	Fulham	42	12	4	5	40	25	3	5	13	23	49	0.851	39	Rd 3
16	1	Bradford	42	7	6	8	29	28	7	5	9	36	49	0.844	39	Rd 3
17	-1	Bury	42	11	6	4	62	34	1	6	14	18	44	1.026	36	Rd 3
18	-5	Millwall	42	7	7	7	30	30	7	1	13	26	49	0.709	36	Rd 3
19	-4	Plymouth Argyle	42	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	16	34	62	0.823	33	Rd 3
20	-17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	5	6	39	28	2	3	16	28	60	0.761	32	Rd 5
21	-2	Swansea Town	42	9	1	11	36	40	2	6	13	19	43	0.663	29	Rd 4
22	D 3S	Newport County	42	9	1	11	41	52	1	2	18	20	81	0.459	23	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Third Division North
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	1	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	5	1	67	16	18	1	2	56	24	3.075	72	Rd 3
2	9	Rotherham United	42	20	1	0	81	19	9	5	7	33	34	2.151	64	Rd 3
3	3	Chester	42	17	2	2	53	13	8	4	9	42	38	1.863	56	Rd 4
4	5	Stockport County	42	17	0	4	50	19	7	2	12	28	34	1.472	50	Rd 3
5	-2	Bradford City	42	12	5	4	40	20	8	5	8	22	27	1.319	50	Rd 1
6	9	Rochdale	42	9	5	7	39	25	10	5	6	41	39	1.250	48	Rd 3
7	7	Wrexham	42	13	5	3	43	21	4	7	10	22	30	1.275	46	Rd 2
8	0	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	4	5	39	26	5	5	11	31	48	0.946	43	Rd 1
9	4	Barrow	42	10	2	9	28	24	7	5	9	26	38	0.871	41	Rd 1
10	D 2	Tranmere Rovers	42	11	5	5	43	33	6	2	13	23	44	0.857	41	Rd 1
11	-4	Hull City	42	9	5	7	25	19	7	3	11	24	34	0.925	40	Rd 3
12	5	Lincoln City	42	12	3	6	52	32	5	2	14	34	55	0.989	39	Rd 3
13	8	Hartlepools United	42	10	5	6	36	26	5	4	12	28	47	0.877	39	Rd 2
14	-4	Gateshead	42	10	3	8	39	33	6	3	12	23	39	0.861	38	Rd 3
15	5	York City	42	6	4	11	35	42	8	5	8	32	39	0.827	37	Rd 1
16	3	Carlisle United	42	10	5	6	45	38	4	4	13	25	55	0.753	37	Rd 3
17	1	Darlington	42	12	4	5	48	26	3	2	16	20	54	0.850	36	Rd 2
18	-2	New Brighton	42	11	3	7	37	30	3	5	13	20	47	0.740	36	Rd 1
19	-14	Oldham Athletic	42	6	5	10	29	31	6	3	12	26	49	0.688	32	Rd 2
20	2	Accrington Stanley	42	8	3	10	37	38	6	1	14	19	54	0.609	32	Rd 1
21	-17	Southport	42	6	5	10	35	41	1	6	14	18	44	0.624	25	Rd 1
22	-10	Halifax Town	42	6	3	12	28	36	2	3	16	15	56	0.467	22	Rd 2

				Home					Away
Third Division South
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	12	Cardiff City	42	18	3	0	60	11	12	3	6	33	19	3.100	66	Rd 3
2	4	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	2	4	42	15	8	9	4	32	25	1.850	57	Rd 3
3	5	Bristol City	42	13	4	4	56	20	7	7	7	38	36	1.679	51	Rd 2
4	5	Swindon Town	42	15	4	2	56	25	4	7	10	28	48	1.151	49	Rd 2
5	16	Walsall	42	11	6	4	42	25	6	6	9	32	34	1.254	46	Rd 3
6	1	Ipswich Town	42	11	5	5	33	21	5	9	7	28	32	1.151	46	Rd 2
7	8	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	12	4	5	43	20	6	4	11	29	34	1.333	44	Rd 3
8	4	Southend United	42	9	7	5	38	22	8	3	10	33	38	1.183	44	Rd 3
9	-4	Reading	42	11	6	4	53	30	5	5	11	30	44	1.122	43	Rd 3
10	8	Port Vale	42	14	4	3	51	28	3	5	13	17	35	1.079	43	Rd 4
11	8	Torquay United	42	11	5	5	33	23	4	7	10	19	38	0.852	42	Rd 1
12	-1	Notts County	42	11	4	6	35	19	4	6	11	28	44	1.000	40	Rd 3
13	4	Northampton Town	42	11	5	5	46	33	4	5	12	26	42	0.960	40	Rd 3
14	8	Bristol Rovers	42	9	6	6	34	26	7	2	12	25	43	0.855	40	Rd 1
15	-1	Exeter City	42	11	6	4	37	27	4	3	14	23	42	0.870	39	Rd 1
16	-12	Watford	42	11	4	6	39	27	6	1	14	22	49	0.803	39	Rd 2
17	-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	7	6	31	35	5	5	11	23	37	0.750	38	Rd 1
18	-16	Crystal Palace	42	9	7	5	29	19	4	4	13	20	43	0.790	37	Rd 3
19	1	Leyton Orient	42	10	5	6	40	28	2	3	16	14	47	0.720	32	Rd 1
20	-10	Aldershot	42	6	7	8	25	26	4	5	12	23	52	0.615	32	Rd 2
21	D 2	Norwich City	42	6	3	12	38	48	4	5	12	26	52	0.640	28	Rd 2
22	-6	Mansfield Town	42	8	5	8	31	38	1	5	15	17	58	0.500	28	Rd 1

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
1947 Election to the Third Division North of the Football League
D 3N	Southport	4,708	Rd 1	X	Re-elected
D 3N	Halifax Town	4,480	Rd 2	X	Re-elected
NEL	Annfield Plain		Q1		Failed
NEL	Ashington		Q4		Failed
CCL	Ashton United		DNE		Failed
Lan	Bangor City		Q4		Failed
NEL	Consett		Q2		Failed
BmC	Dudley Town		Q2		Failed
Lan	Nelson		PR		Failed
NEL	North Shields		Rd 1		Failed
CCL	Northwich Victoria		Q1		Failed
ML	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United		Rd 2		Failed
ML	Shrewsbury Town		Q4		Failed
CCL	South Liverpool		Rd 2		Failed
NEL	Stockton		Rd 1		Failed
CCL	Wigan Athletic		Q2		Failed
NEL	Workington		Rd 1		Failed
1947 Election to the Third Division South of the Football League
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
D 3S	Norwich City	17,138	Rd 2	X	Re-elected
D 3S	Mansfield Town	7,029	Rd 1	X	Re-elected
SL	Barry Town		Q3		Failed
SL	Bath City		Q4		Failed
SL	Chelmsford City		Q4		Failed
SL	Colchester United		Rd 1		Failed
SL	Gillingham		Rd 3		Failed
SL	Gravesend & Northfleet		Rd 1		Failed
SL	Guildford City		Q4		Failed
SL	Llanelly		Q1		Failed
SL	Merthyr Tydfil		Rd 2		Failed
ML	Peterborough United		Rd 2		Failed
SL	Worcester City		Q2		Failed
SL	Yeovil Town		Rd 1		Failed