1946–47 Football League

The 1946–47 season was the 48th completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1946–47
Champions	Liverpool
← 1939–40 1947–48 →

This season was the first to feature a full football programme since the 1938–39 campaign. Division placings were the same as in the unfinished 1939–40 Football League.

Final division tables

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.^[1]

From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.^[2]

First Division

First Division

Season	1946–47
Champions	Liverpool 5th English title
Relegated	Brentford Leeds United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,513 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dennis Westcott (37 goals)[3]
← 1939–40 1947–48 →

After a tight title race involving several clubs in the First Division, Liverpool won their fifth league title, finishing one point ahead of their nearest rivals Manchester United (who won two league titles before the World War I) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (who had yet to win a First Division title). Stoke City and Blackpool completed the top five.

Leeds United were relegated in bottom place after just six wins all season. They were joined by a Brentford side who failed to match their promising pre-war form, who would not return to the top flight until 2021.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	25	7	10	84	52	1.615	57
2	Manchester United	42	22	12	8	95	54	1.759	56
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	6	11	98	56	1.750	56
4	Stoke City	42	24	7	11	90	53	1.698	55
5	Blackpool	42	22	6	14	71	70	1.014	50
6	Sheffield United	42	21	7	14	89	75	1.187	49
7	Preston North End	42	18	11	13	76	74	1.027	47
8	Aston Villa	42	18	9	15	67	53	1.264	45
9	Sunderland	42	18	8	16	65	66	0.985	44
10	Everton	42	17	9	16	62	67	0.925	43
11	Middlesbrough	42	17	8	17	73	68	1.074	42
12	Portsmouth	42	16	9	17	66	60	1.100	41
13	Arsenal	42	16	9	17	72	70	1.029	41
14	Derby County	42	18	5	19	73	79	0.924	41
15	Chelsea	42	16	7	19	69	84	0.821	39
16	Grimsby Town	42	13	12	17	61	82	0.744	38
17	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	8	20	45	53	0.849	36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	57	69	0.826	34
19	Charlton Athletic	42	11	12	19	57	71	0.803	34
20	Huddersfield Town	42	13	7	22	53	79	0.671	33
21	Brentford (R)	42	9	7	26	45	88	0.511	25	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Leeds United (R)	42	6	6	30	45	90	0.500	18

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BLB	BLP	BOL	BRE	CHA	CHE	DER	EVE	GRI	HUD	LEE	LIV	MUN	MID	POR	PNE	SHU	STK	SUN	WOL
Arsenal		0–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	5–3	1–2	4–2	1–2	6–2	4–0	2–1	4–1	2–3	1–0	2–2	1–1
Aston Villa	0–2		2–1	1–1	1–1	5–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	4–2	2–3	0–1	4–0	3–0
Blackburn Rovers	1–2	0–1		1–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–2
Blackpool	2–1	1–0	1–0		0–1	4–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	2–3	2–1	3–0	3–2	3–1	0–5	4–3	4–0	4–2	0–2	0–5	2–0
Bolton Wanderers	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–1		1–0	0–1	1–1	5–1	0–2	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	3–2	0–1	0–3
Brentford	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–1	1–0		1–4	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–3	2–1	1–4	0–3	4–1
Charlton Athletic	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	3–0		2–3	2–4	4–1	0–0	0–3	5–0	1–3	1–3	3–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	5–0	1–4
Chelsea	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–4	4–3	3–2	2–2		3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–3	2–0	0–3	1–2	1–4	2–5	2–1	1–2
Derby County	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–1		5–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–4	4–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	5–1	2–1
Everton	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1		3–3	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	4–2	0–2
Grimsby Town	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–2		1–0	4–1	1–6	0–0	4–0	3–2	2–3	2–1	2–5	1–2	0–0
Huddersfield Town	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	3–0	5–1	1–4	5–2	1–0	3–2		1–0	1–4	2–2	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1
Leeds United	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	4–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	5–0		1–2	0–2	3–3	0–1	0–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–1
Liverpool	4–2	4–1	2–1	2–3	0–3	1–0	1–1	7–4	1–1	0–0	5–0	1–0	2–0		1–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–5
Manchester United	5–2	2–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	5–2	3–1	5–0		1–0	3–0	1–1	6–2	1–1	0–3	3–1
Middlesbrough	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–0	4–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	2–4		3–3	2–0	2–4	5–4	1–3	1–1
Portsmouth	0–2	3–2	3–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	4–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	0–1	3–1		4–4	0–0	1–3	4–1	1–1
Preston North End	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	0–4	5–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	6–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1		1–2	1–3	2–2	2–2
Sheffield United	2–1	1–2	0–1	4–2	4–2	6–1	1–3	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	6–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–3		2–1	4–2	2–0
Stoke City	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	6–1	3–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	5–2	2–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–0		0–0	0–3
Sunderland	1–4	4–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	4–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–4	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–1		0–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6–1	1–2	3–3	3–1	5–0	1–2	2–0	6–4	7–2	2–3	2–0	6–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–4	3–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Brentford

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1946–1947

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool

Bolton

Brentford

Charlton

Chelsea

Derby County

Everton

Grimsby Town

Huddersfield

Leeds United

Liverpool

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Stoke

Sunderland

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1946–1947 teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1946–47
Champions	Manchester City
Promoted	Manchester City Burnley
Relegated	Swansea Town Newport County
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,547 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Charlie Wayman (30 goals)[3]
← 1939–40 1947–48 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C, P)	42	26	10	6	78	35	2.229	62	Promotion to the First Division
2	Burnley (P)	42	22	14	6	65	29	2.241	58
3	Birmingham City	42	25	5	12	74	33	2.242	55
4	Chesterfield	42	18	14	10	58	44	1.318	50
5	Newcastle United	42	19	10	13	95	62	1.532	48
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	14	11	65	53	1.226	48
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	8	14	88	75	1.173	48
8	Coventry City	42	16	13	13	66	59	1.119	45
9	Leicester City	42	18	7	17	69	64	1.078	43
10	Barnsley	42	17	8	17	84	86	0.977	42
11	Nottingham Forest	42	15	10	17	69	74	0.932	40
12	West Ham United	42	16	8	18	70	76	0.921	40
13	Luton Town	42	16	7	19	71	73	0.973	39
14	Southampton	42	15	9	18	69	76	0.908	39
15	Fulham	42	15	9	18	63	74	0.851	39
16	Bradford Park Avenue	42	14	11	17	65	77	0.844	39
17	Bury	42	12	12	18	80	78	1.026	36
18	Millwall	42	14	8	20	56	79	0.709	36
19	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	5	23	79	96	0.823	33
20	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	8	22	67	88	0.761	32
21	Swansea Town (R)	42	11	7	24	55	83	0.663	29	Relegation to the Third Division South
22	Newport County (R)	42	10	3	29	61	133	0.459	23

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BPA	BUR	BRY	CHF	COV	FUL	LEI	LUT	MCI	MIL	NEW	NPC	NOT	PLY	SHW	SOU	SWA	TOT	WBA	WHU
Barnsley		3–1	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	0–2	4–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	4–1	4–4	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–2
Birmingham	1–2		4–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	6–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0
Bradford Park Avenue	1–3	2–0		0–1	2–2	0–0	5–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–4	0–1
Burnley	2–2	1–0	1–2		1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–1
Bury	4–4	2–0	6–3	2–2		0–2	1–0	7–2	2–3	3–0	2–2	5–2	2–2	0–1	5–0	3–3	4–2	2–1	3–3	1–2	4–0	4–0
Chesterfield	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1		2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	4–2	5–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–1
Coventry City	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	2–1
Fulham	6–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0		4–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	0–3	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	3–2
Leicester City	6–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0		2–1	0–3	5–0	2–4	3–0	1–1	4–1	3–5	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Luton Town	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2		0–0	3–0	4–3	6–3	3–2	3–4	4–1	2–2	3–0	3–2	2–0	2–1
Manchester City	5–1	1–0	7–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–0		1–0	0–2	5–1	2–1	4–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–0	2–0
Millwall	3–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–5	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–3		1–4	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	0–0
Newcastle United	4–2	2–2	5–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	7–2	3–2	0–2		13–0	3–0	3–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–4	2–3
Newport County	2–1	0–3	1–3	0–3	2–0	3–0	4–2	4–2	2–3	1–3	0–3	3–1	4–2		2–5	1–0	4–3	1–2	2–4	2–4	2–7	1–1
Nottingham Forest	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	6–1		5–1	2–2	6–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–3
Plymouth Argyle	3–2	0–2	2–4	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–1	2–3	0–2	0–1	4–1	2–0		4–1	2–3	2–1	3–4	2–1	3–1
Sheffield Wednesday	2–4	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–5	0–1	4–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1		3–0	3–0	5–1	2–2	1–1
Southampton	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	5–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	5–1	5–2	5–1	3–1		4–0	1–0	0–1	4–2
Swansea Town	2–2	1–0	1–6	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–2	3–4	2–0	1–2	0–3	1–2	5–1	3–2	3–1	2–0	4–2		0–2	2–3	2–1
Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	1–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	3–4	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1		2–0	0–0
West Bromwich Albion	2–5	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	6–1	4–2	1–2	3–1	2–4	3–2	2–2	5–1	2–5	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–2		2–3
West Ham United	4–0	0–4	1–1	0–5	3–3	5–0	1–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	3–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	4–0	3–0	2–2	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Fulham

Millwall

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1946–1947

Barnsley

Birmingham

Bradford Park Avenue

Burnley

Bury

Chesterfield

Coventry

Fulham

Leicester City

Luton Town

Manchester City

Millwall

Newcastle

Newport County

Nottingham Forest

Plymouth Argyle

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

Swansea Town

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1946–1947 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1946–47
Champions	Doncaster Rovers (2nd title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,537 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Clarrie Jordan (Doncaster Rovers), 42 [3][4]
← 1939–40 1947–48 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	5	1	67	16	18	1	2	56	24	3.075	72	Division Champions, promoted
2	Rotherham United	42	20	1	0	81	19	9	5	7	33	34	2.151	64
3	Chester	42	17	2	2	53	13	8	4	9	42	38	1.863	56	Welsh Cup winners
4	Stockport County	42	17	0	4	50	19	7	2	12	28	34	1.472	50
5	Bradford City	42	12	5	4	40	20	8	5	8	22	27	1.319	50
6	Rochdale	42	9	5	7	39	25	10	5	6	41	39	1.250	48
7	Wrexham	42	13	5	3	43	21	4	7	10	22	30	1.275	46
8	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	4	5	39	26	5	5	11	31	48	0.946	43
9	Barrow	42	10	2	9	28	24	7	5	9	26	38	0.871	41
10	Tranmere Rovers	42	11	5	5	43	33	6	2	13	23	44	0.857	41
11	Hull City	42	9	5	7	25	19	7	3	11	24	34	0.925	40
12	Lincoln City	42	12	3	6	52	32	5	2	14	34	55	0.989	39
13	Hartlepools United	42	10	5	6	36	26	5	4	12	28	47	0.877	39
14	Gateshead	42	10	3	8	39	33	6	3	12	23	39	0.861	38
15	York City	42	6	4	11	35	42	8	5	8	32	39	0.827	37
16	Carlisle United	42	10	5	6	45	38	4	4	13	25	55	0.753	37
17	Darlington	42	12	4	5	48	26	3	2	16	20	54	0.850	36
18	New Brighton	42	11	3	7	37	30	3	5	13	20	47	0.740	36
19	Oldham Athletic	42	6	5	10	29	31	6	3	12	26	49	0.688	32
20	Accrington Stanley	42	8	3	10	37	38	6	1	14	19	54	0.609	32
21	Southport	42	6	5	10	35	41	1	6	14	18	44	0.624	25	Re-elected
22	Halifax Town	42	6	3	12	28	36	2	3	16	15	56	0.467	22

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	BRA	CRL	CHE	CRE	DAR	DON	GAT	HAL	HAR	HUL	LIN	NWB	OLD	ROC	ROT	SOU	STP	TRA	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		1–3	0–0	4–3	1–4	2–3	3–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	8–4	3–1	2–3	2–3	2–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–2
Barrow	1–3		0–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–3	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	5–2	2–2	2–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1
Bradford City	3–1	5–0		2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	3–2
Carlisle United	4–2	4–1	4–3		3–2	3–3	1–5	2–3	3–1	1–0	5–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–2
Chester	3–1	3–0	3–0	4–0		2–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–0	2–1	5–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	6–0
Crewe Alexandra	5–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–2		3–2	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–5	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–2	4–3	1–0	2–0
Darlington	5–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	4–0		1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	4–3	4–0	1–1	4–1	4–3	4–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–1
Doncaster Rovers	5–0	8–0	4–3	9–2	3–0	1–1	5–0		3–0	2–0	5–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	5–0	0–0
Gateshead	2–1	0–5	1–2	1–3	3–4	2–1	1–0	1–3		6–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	3–3	1–2
Halifax Town	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	4–2	2–1		1–4	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–3
Hartlepool	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	5–1	5–2	4–1	0–2	1–3	1–4		0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–1
Hull City	3–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–1		0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	4–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–2
Lincoln City	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	3–5	4–0	3–1	5–2	0–3		5–1	1–3	2–3	4–0	4–2	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–2
New Brighton	4–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–3	4–0	4–1	2–5	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–5	4–2		4–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–3
Oldham Athletic	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	6–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–2		3–2	0–1	2–4	0–0	1–2	1–5	2–2
Rochdale	5–1	1–1	0–1	6–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	2–3	1–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	2–2	1–3		1–1	0–0	1–4	3–0	0–1	0–1
Rotherham United	4–1	4–3	2–1	4–0	3–1	5–1	4–1	3–2	4–0	6–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	8–0	3–3		2–1	2–1	6–0	3–2	6–1
Southport	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–4	2–2	2–2	0–5	2–1	6–1	3–3	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–4	0–2	2–0		4–1	1–2	1–1	0–3
Stockport County	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	0–3	3–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	4–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	5–2	1–2	2–0		4–0	1–0	4–2
Tranmere	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	3–5	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–3	5–2	3–3	4–2	2–3	1–4	2–0	2–1		0–0	2–1
Wrexham	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–4	1–0	7–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	4–1	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0		3–1
York City	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–2	4–4	2–3	3–0	1–4	3–1	2–0	1–4	3–0	2–4	1–2	1–0	2–3	2–3	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Barrow

Bradford C.

Carlisle United

Chester

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Doncaster

Gateshead

Halifax T.

Hartlepool

Hull

Lincoln City

New Brighton

Oldham

Rochdale

Rotherham

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1946–1947

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1946–47
Champions	Cardiff City (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,458 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Don Clark (Bristol City), 36 [3]
← 1939–40 1947–48 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Cardiff City	42	18	3	0	60	11	12	3	6	33	19	3.100	66	Division Champions, promoted
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	2	4	42	15	8	9	4	32	25	1.850	57
3	Bristol City	42	13	4	4	56	20	7	7	7	38	36	1.679	51
4	Swindon Town	42	15	4	2	56	25	4	7	10	28	48	1.151	49
5	Walsall	42	11	6	4	42	25	6	6	9	32	34	1.254	46
6	Ipswich Town	42	11	5	5	33	21	5	9	7	28	32	1.151	46
7	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	12	4	5	43	20	6	4	11	29	34	1.333	44
8	Southend United	42	9	7	5	38	22	8	3	10	33	38	1.183	44
9	Reading	42	11	6	4	53	30	5	5	11	30	44	1.122	43
10	Port Vale	42	14	4	3	51	28	3	5	13	17	35	1.079	43
11	Torquay United	42	11	5	5	33	23	4	7	10	19	38	0.852	42
12	Notts County	42	11	4	6	35	19	4	6	11	28	44	1.000	40
13	Northampton Town	42	11	5	5	46	33	4	5	12	26	42	0.960	40
14	Bristol Rovers	42	9	6	6	34	26	7	2	12	25	43	0.855	40
15	Exeter City	42	11	6	4	37	27	4	3	14	23	42	0.870	39
16	Watford	42	11	4	6	39	27	6	1	14	22	49	0.803	39
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	7	6	31	35	5	5	11	23	37	0.750	38
18	Crystal Palace	42	9	7	5	29	19	4	4	13	20	43	0.790	37
19	Leyton Orient	42	10	5	6	40	28	2	3	16	14	47	0.720	32
20	Aldershot	42	6	7	8	25	26	4	5	12	23	52	0.615	32
21	Norwich City	42	6	3	12	38	48	4	5	12	26	52	0.640	28	Re-elected
22	Mansfield Town	42	8	5	8	31	38	1	5	15	17	58	0.500	28	Re-elected; transferred

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	B&HA	BRI	BRR	CAR	CRY	EXE	IPS	LEY	MAN	NOR	NWC	NTC	PTV	QPR	REA	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Aldershot		2–1	1–3	4–3	0–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–2
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2–2		1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	4–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	5–2	5–0	2–3	0–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	1–1		1–1	1–2	0–4	1–0	1–6	0–0	2–1	5–0	2–2	3–3	3–2	0–0	0–2	1–4	2–1	1–4	2–0	2–0	1–1
Bristol City	9–0	1–0	0–0		4–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	5–2	2–3	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	5–2	2–0	3–1	5–0	1–2	1–2
Bristol Rovers	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–3		1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	6–1	1–0	0–3	1–2	4–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	3–0	2–2	3–4
Cardiff City	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–0		0–0	5–0	3–2	1–0	5–0	6–2	6–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	5–0	1–0	3–0	1–0
Crystal Palace	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2		1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	4–1	6–1	1–1	2–0
Exeter City	4–1	4–1	2–1	1–3	3–2	0–2	2–1		0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0
Ipswich Town	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1		0–0	2–1	1–2	5–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0
Leyton Orient	1–3	2–3	2–1	4–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–2		3–1	2–1	3–0	1–3	5–3	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1
Mansfield Town	1–3	1–1	0–3	1–3	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–0	4–3	1–3		3–2	4–4	1–0	0–3	0–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Northampton Town	2–2	2–1	6–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	4–1	3–0		1–0	2–1	1–0	4–4	4–0	2–3	4–1	0–0	0–8	4–1
Norwich City	2–3	1–6	2–3	2–2	3–3	2–1	2–3	1–3	0–1	5–0	3–1	2–3		2–2	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–5	1–5	2–0	0–2	4–2
Notts County	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–3	6–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	5–1	1–0	3–0		3–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–2	3–1	4–1
Port Vale	4–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	4–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–3	4–1		2–2	5–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–0
Queens Park Rangers	4–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–3	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0		2–0	1–0	7–0	0–0	1–0	2–1
Reading	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–5	1–1	0–0	10–2	4–0	1–3	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–3	1–1	0–2	1–0		7–2	3–3	2–2	1–1	2–3
Southend	2–1	2–2	0–0	4–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2		2–0	0–2	3–1	5–0
Swindon Town	7–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	6–1	3–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–1		2–4	4–1	5–0
Torquay United	0–1	2–2	3–1	2–3	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–5		2–0	2–0
Walsall	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–3	3–3	2–1	4–2	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–1		1–3
Watford	4–1	0–2	1–4	2–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	3–3	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Clapton Orient

Crystal Palace

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1946–1947

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Cardiff City

Leyton Orient

Crystal Palace

Exeter City

Ipswich Town

Mansfield Town

Northampton Town

Norwich City

Notts County

Port Vale

QPR

Southend

Reading

Torquay

Swindon

Walsall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1946–1947

See also

• 1946-47 in English football
• 1946 in association football
• 1947 in association football

References

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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