Football League Second Division 1946/47
master
Manchester City
Climbers
Manchester City, Burnley FC
Relegated
Swansea Town , Newport County
Teams
22nd
Games
462
Gates
1,547 (ø 3.35 per game)
Top scorer
Charlie Wayman ( Newcastle United )
← Football League Second Division 1938/39
^ Football League First Division 1946/47
The Football League Second Division 1946/47 was the 44th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league and at the same time the first season after the end of the Second World War . It began on August 31, 1946 and ended on June 14, 1947.
Second division champions were Manchester City and also the second-placed Burnley FC rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1947/48, the two first division clubs Brentford FC and Leeds United, which are ranked in the table below, took the places. Swansea Town and Newport County had to relegate from the Second Division , with both clubs now having to compete in the South Season Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs took the free positions in the following season 1947/48 Third Division North champion Doncaster Rovers and from the Third Division South the winner Cardiff City .
Closing table
Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1947/48
Promoted to the Football League First Division 1947/48
Relegation from the Football League Second Division
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
1946/47
BAR
BIR
BPA
BUR
BUY
CHF
COV
FUL
LEI
LUT
MNC
Mil
NEW
NPC
NOF
PLY
SHW
SOH
SWA
DEAD
WBA
WHU
Barnsley FC
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
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 FC
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 FC
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 FC
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 FC
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 FC
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 FC
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
List of goalscorers
Web links
References and footnotes
^ Season 1946/47. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 6, 2018 .
↑ Information according to Peter Dunk (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987-88 . Queen Anne Press, London 1987, ISBN 0-356-14353-8 , pp. 421 .
↑ The English National Football Archive names 23 goals differently.
Playing times of the second highest English football league
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