1946–47 Football League

The Football League

Season	1946–47
Champions	Liverpool
← 1938–39 1947–48 →

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

This season was the first to feature a full football programme since the 1938–39 campaign.

Final league 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]

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[2]

First Division

Football League, First Division

Season	1946-47
Champions	Liverpool (5th English title)
Relegated	Brentford, Leeds United
FA Cup winners	Charlton Athletic (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1513 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dennis Westcott (Wolverhampton), 38 [3]
← 1939–40 1947–48 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Liverpool	42		13	3	5	42	24		12	4	5	42	28		84	52	1.615	+32		57
2	Manchester United	42		17	3	1	61	19		5	9	7	34	35		95	54	1.759	+41		56
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		15	1	5	66	31		10	5	6	32	25		98	56	1.750	+42		56
4	Stoke City	42		14	5	2	52	21		10	2	9	38	32		90	53	1.698	+37		55
5	Blackpool	42		14	1	6	38	32		8	5	8	33	38		71	70	1.014	+1		50
6	Sheffield United	42		12	4	5	51	32		9	3	9	38	43		89	75	1.187	+14		49
7	Preston North End	42		10	7	4	45	27		8	4	9	31	47		76	74	1.027	+2		47
8	Aston Villa	42		9	6	6	39	24		9	3	9	28	29		67	53	1.264	+14		45
9	Sunderland	42		11	3	7	33	27		7	5	9	32	39		65	66	0.985	–1		44
10	Everton	42		13	5	3	40	24		4	4	13	22	43		62	67	0.925	–5		43
11	Middlesbrough	42		11	3	7	46	32		6	5	10	27	36		73	68	1.074	+5		42
12	Portsmouth	42		11	3	7	42	27		5	6	10	24	33		66	60	1.100	+6		41
13	Arsenal	42		9	5	7	43	33		7	4	10	29	37		72	70	1.029	+2		41
14	Derby County	42		13	2	6	44	28		5	3	13	29	51		73	79	0.924	–6		41
15	Chelsea	42		9	3	9	33	39		7	4	10	36	45		69	84	0.821	–15		39
16	Grimsby Town	42		9	6	6	37	35		4	6	11	24	47		61	82	0.744	–21		38
17	Blackburn Rovers	42		6	5	10	23	27		8	3	10	22	26		45	53	0.849	–8		36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42		8	5	8	30	28		5	3	13	27	41		57	69	0.826	–12		34
19	Charlton Athletic	42		6	6	9	34	32		5	6	10	23	39		57	71	0.803	–14		34
20	Huddersfield Town	42		11	4	6	34	24		2	3	16	19	55		53	79	0.671	–26		33
21	Brentford	42		5	5	11	19	35		4	2	15	26	53		45	88	0.511	–43		25
22	Leeds United	42		6	5	10	30	30		0	1	20	15	60		45	90	0.500	–45		18

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup winners
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away

Arsenal !ARS

Aston Villa !AST

Blackburn Rovers !BLB

Blackpool !BLP

Bolton Wanderers !BOL

Brentford !BRE

Charlton Athletic !CHA

Chelsea !CHE

Derby County !DER

Everton !EVE

Grimsby Town !GRI

Huddersfield Town !HUD

Leeds United !LEE

Liverpool !LIV

Manchester United !MUN

Middlesbrough !MID

Portsmouth !POR

Preston North End !PNE

Sheffield United !SHU

Stoke City !STK

Sunderland !SUN

Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL

Arsenal !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Second Division

Football League, Second Division

Season	1946–47
Champions	Manchester City (5th title)
Promoted	Burnley
Relegated	Newport County Swansea Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1547 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Charlie Wayman (Newcastle), 30 [3]
← 1939–40 1947–48 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Manchester City	42		17	3	1	49	14		9	7	5	29	21		78	35	2.229	+43		62
2	Burnley	42		11	8	2	30	14		11	6	4	35	15		65	29	2.241	+36		58
3	Birmingham City	42		17	2	2	51	11		8	3	10	23	22		74	33	2.242	+41		55
4	Chesterfield	42		12	6	3	37	17		6	8	7	21	27		58	44	1.318	+14		50
5	Newcastle United	42		11	4	6	60	32		8	6	7	35	30		95	62	1.532	+33		48
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42		11	8	2	35	21		6	6	9	30	32		65	53	1.226	+12		48
7	West Bromwich Albion	42		12	4	5	53	37		8	4	9	35	38		88	75	1.173	+13		48
8	Coventry City	42		12	8	1	40	17		4	5	12	26	42		66	59	1.119	+7		45
9	Leicester City	42		11	4	6	42	25		7	3	11	27	39		69	64	1.078	+5		43
10	Barnsley	42		13	2	6	48	29		4	6	11	36	57		84	86	0.977	–2		42
11	Nottingham Forest	42		13	5	3	47	20		2	5	14	22	54		69	74	0.932	–5		40
12	West Ham United	42		12	4	5	46	31		4	4	13	24	45		70	76	0.921	–6		40
13	Luton Town	42		13	4	4	50	29		3	3	15	21	44		71	73	0.973	–2		39
14	Southampton	42		11	5	5	45	24		4	4	13	24	52		69	76	0.908	–7		39
15	Fulham	42		12	4	5	40	25		3	5	13	23	49		63	74	0.851	–11		39
16	Bradford Park Avenue	42		7	6	8	29	28		7	5	9	36	49		65	77	0.844	–12		39
17	Bury	42		11	6	4	62	34		1	6	14	18	44		80	78	1.026	+2		36
18	Millwall	42		7	7	7	30	30		7	1	13	26	49		56	79	0.709	–23		36
19	Plymouth Argyle	42		11	3	7	45	34		3	2	16	34	62		79	96	0.823	–17		33
20	Sheffield Wednesday	42		10	5	6	39	28		2	3	16	28	60		67	88	0.761	–21		32
21	Swansea Town	42		9	1	11	36	40		2	6	13	19	43		55	83	0.663	–28		29
22	Newport County	42		9	1	11	41	52		1	2	18	20	81		61	133	0.459	–72		23

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away

Barnsley !BAR

Birmingham City !BIR

Bradford Park Avenue !BPA

Burnley !BUR

Bury !BRY

Chesterfield !CHF

Coventry City !COV

Fulham !FUL

Leicester City !LEI

Luton Town !LUT

Manchester City !MCI

Millwall !MIL

Newcastle United !NEW

Newport County !NPC

Nottingham Forest !NOT

Plymouth Argyle !PLY

Sheffield Wednesday !SHW

Southampton !SOU

Swansea Town !SWA

Tottenham Hotspur !TOT

West Bromwich Albion !WBA

West Ham United !WHU

Barnsley !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 City !Birmingham City

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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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	1537 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Clarrie Jordan (Doncaster Rovers), 42 [3][4]
← 1939–40 1947–48 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Doncaster Rovers	42		15	5	1	67	16		18	1	2	56	24		123	40	3.075	+83		72
2	Rotherham United	42		20	1	0	81	19		9	5	7	33	34		114	53	2.151	+61		64
3	Chester	42		17	2	2	53	13		8	4	9	42	38		95	51	1.863	+44		56
4	Stockport County	42		17	0	4	50	19		7	2	12	28	34		78	53	1.472	+25		50
5	Bradford City	42		12	5	4	40	20		8	5	8	22	27		62	47	1.319	+15		50
6	Rochdale	42		9	5	7	39	25		10	5	6	41	39		80	64	1.250	+16		48
7	Wrexham	42		13	5	3	43	21		4	7	10	22	30		65	51	1.275	+14		46
8	Crewe Alexandra	42		12	4	5	39	26		5	5	11	31	48		70	74	0.946	–4		43
9	Barrow	42		10	2	9	28	24		7	5	9	26	38		54	62	0.871	–8		41
10	Tranmere Rovers	42		11	5	5	43	33		6	2	13	23	44		66	77	0.857	–11		41
11	Hull City	42		9	5	7	25	19		7	3	11	24	34		49	53	0.925	–4		40
12	Lincoln City	42		12	3	6	52	32		5	2	14	34	55		86	87	0.989	–1		39
13	Hartlepools United	42		10	5	6	36	26		5	4	12	28	47		64	73	0.877	–9		39
14	Gateshead	42		10	3	8	39	33		6	3	12	23	39		62	72	0.861	–10		38
15	York City	42		6	4	11	35	42		8	5	8	32	39		67	81	0.827	–14		37
16	Carlisle United	42		10	5	6	45	38		4	4	13	25	55		70	93	0.753	–23		37
17	Darlington	42		12	4	5	48	26		3	2	16	20	54		68	80	0.850	–12		36
18	New Brighton	42		11	3	7	37	30		3	5	13	20	47		57	77	0.740	–20		36
19	Oldham Athletic	42		6	5	10	29	31		6	3	12	26	49		55	80	0.688	–25		32
20	Accrington Stanley	42		8	3	10	37	38		6	1	14	19	54		56	92	0.609	–36		32
21	Southport	42		6	5	10	35	41		1	6	14	18	44		53	85	0.624	–32		25
22	Halifax Town	42		6	3	12	28	36		2	3	16	15	56		43	92	0.467	–49		22

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Welsh Cup winners
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Home ╲ Away

Accrington Stanley (1891) !ACC

Barrow !BRW

Bradford City !BRA

Carlisle United !CRL

Chester !CHR

Crewe Alexandra !CRE

Darlington !DAR

Doncaster Rovers !DON

Gateshead !GAT

Halifax Town !HAL

Hartlepool United !HAR

Hull City !HUL

Lincoln City !LIN

New Brighton !NWB

Oldham Athletic !OLD

Rochdale !ROC

Rotherham United !ROT

Southport !SOU

Stockport County !STP

Tranmere !TRA

Wrexham !WRE

York City !YOR

Accrington Stanley (1891) !Accrington Stanley (1891)

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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 United !Hartlepool United

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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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	1458 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Don Clark (Bristol City), 36 [3]
← 1939–40 1947–48 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Cardiff City	42		18	3	0	60	11		12	3	6	33	19		93	30	3.100	+63		66
2	Queens Park Rangers	42		15	2	4	42	15		8	9	4	32	25		74	40	1.850	+34		57
3	Bristol City	42		13	4	4	56	20		7	7	7	38	36		94	56	1.679	+38		51
4	Swindon Town	42		15	4	2	56	25		4	7	10	28	48		84	73	1.151	+11		49
5	Walsall	42		11	6	4	42	25		6	6	9	32	34		74	59	1.254	+15		46
6	Ipswich Town	42		11	5	5	33	21		5	9	7	28	32		61	53	1.151	+8		46
7	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42		12	4	5	43	20		6	4	11	29	34		72	54	1.333	+18		44
8	Southend United	42		9	7	5	38	22		8	3	10	33	38		71	60	1.183	+11		44
9	Reading	42		11	6	4	53	30		5	5	11	30	44		83	74	1.122	+9		43
10	Port Vale	42		14	4	3	51	28		3	5	13	17	35		68	63	1.079	+5		43
11	Torquay United	42		11	5	5	33	23		4	7	10	19	38		52	61	0.852	–9		42
12	Notts County	42		11	4	6	35	19		4	6	11	28	44		63	63	1.000	±0		40
13	Northampton Town	42		11	5	5	46	33		4	5	12	26	42		72	75	0.960	–3		40
14	Bristol Rovers	42		9	6	6	34	26		7	2	12	25	43		59	69	0.855	–10		40
15	Exeter City	42		11	6	4	37	27		4	3	14	23	42		60	69	0.870	–9		39
16	Watford	42		11	4	6	39	27		6	1	14	22	49		61	76	0.803	–15		39
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	42		8	7	6	31	35		5	5	11	23	37		54	72	0.750	–18		38
18	Crystal Palace	42		9	7	5	29	19		4	4	13	20	43		49	62	0.790	–13		37
19	Leyton Orient	42		10	5	6	40	28		2	3	16	14	47		54	75	0.720	–21		32
20	Aldershot	42		6	7	8	25	26		4	5	12	23	52		48	78	0.615	–30		32
21	Norwich City	42		6	3	12	38	48		4	5	12	26	52		64	100	0.640	–36		28
22	Mansfield Town	42		8	5	8	31	38		1	5	15	17	58		48	96	0.500	–48		28

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Home ╲ Away

Aldershot !ALD

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU

Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA

Bristol City !BRI

Bristol Rovers !BRO

Cardiff City !CAR

Crystal Palace !CRY

Exeter City !EXE

Ipswich Town !IPS

Leyton Orient !LEY

Mansfield Town !MAN

Northampton Town !NOR

Norwich City !NOR

Notts County !NTC

Port Vale !PTV

Queens Park Rangers !QPR

Reading !REA

Southend !STD

Swindon Town !SWI

Torquay United !TOR

Walsall !WAL

Watford !WAT

Aldershot !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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.