Domestic
Football Results
Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England |
Football League
Division One:
Brentford 0 Blackburn Rovers 3
Griffin Park, London
(18,022)
Weir 15,
Rogers 18, Venters 42 |
Blackburn were without Bobby Langton |
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Chelsea 1 Sheffield United 4
Stamford Bridge, London
(32,110)
McInnes 70
~ Hagan
3, 62, Jones 23,
Collindridge 66 |
Chelsea were without Tommy
Lawton
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Derby County 1 Huddersfield Town 0
Baseball Ground, Derby
(16,883)
Broome |
Derby were without Raich Carter |
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Grimsby Town 4 Middlesbrough 0
Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
(13,376)
Cairns
(2), Whitfield, K.Reeve |
Middlesbrough were without George Hardwick & Wilf Mannion |
Leeds United 1 Stoke City 2
Elland Road, Leeds
(21,714)
Short 54 ~ Steele
75,
86 |
Stoke were without Neil Franklin |
Liverpool 1 Manchester United 0
Anfield,
Liverpool
(48,800)
Stubbins 12 |
Liverpool were without Phil Taylor |
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Portsmouth 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1
Fratton Park,
Portsmouth
(37,707)
Reid
25 ~ Westcott
72 |
Wolves were without Billy Wright |
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Sunderland 1 Charlton Athletic 1
Roker Park, Sunderland
(21,323)
Duns 46 ~
W.Robinson
40 |
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Seven wins in a row had suddenly catapulted Stoke into serious title
contenders, and they went into the last match in mid-June, needing to
win at Sheffield United to win the championship for the first time.
They lost and it was Liverpool who won an incredibly tight title race.
Stoke finished fourth, just two points behind them.
Division One
Leading Goalscorers |
36 - Dennis Westcott
(Wolves) 29 - Freddie Steele (Stoke) |
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Football League
Division Two:
Barnsley 4 Fulham 1
Oakwell, Barnsley
(12,327)
Cooling,
Kelly, Robledo, Smith
~
McGibbon |
Birmingham City 4 Bradford 0
St Andrew's,
Birmingham
(23,083)
Dougall, Bodle (2),
Mitchell (pen) |
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Bury 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2
Gigg Lane, Bury
(13,063)
Halton (pen) ~ Cox,
Rundle |
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Chesterfield 5 Southampton 0
Recreation Ground,
Chesterfield
(10,329)
Swinscoe
(2),
Milburn
(2 (1 pen)), Oliver |
Leicester City 2 Luton Town 1
Filbert Street, Leicester
(18,578)
Adam, Revie
~ Driver |
Manchester City 0 Newcastle United 2
Maine Road, Manchester
(46,492)
Walker, Wayman |
City were without Frank Swift |
Newport County 0 Burnley 3
Somerton Park, Newport
(14,751)
Hays, Morris, Potts |
Nottingham Forest
1 Swansea Town 1
City Ground, Nottingham
(17,114)
Brown ~ Lockhart |
Plymouth Argyle 0 Millwall 2
Home Park, Plymouth
(14,305)
Osman, Jinks |
West Bromwich Albion 1 Coventry City 1
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
(23,807)
Hodgetts
~
Lowrie |
West Ham United 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1
Upton Park, London
(20,977)
Neary,
Woodgate
~
Ward |
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After a run of 22 unbeaten league games, Manchester City suffered a
first home defeat of the season, but they would beat Burnley, seven
days later, to clinch promotion and went on to win the title.
Division Two
Leading Goalscorers |
28 - Charlie Wayman
(Newcastle) 25 - Davy Walsh (West Brom) |
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Football League
Division Three (South):
Aldershot 2 Exeter City 0
Recreation Ground, Aldershot
(4,006)
Gray,
Griffiths |
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Crystal Palace 0
Goldstone Ground, Hove
(6,957)
Chapman |
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Bristol City 1 Notts County 1
Ashton Gate, Bristol
(12,210)
Kearney ~ Houghton |
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Cardiff City 1 Watford 0
Ninian Park,
Cardiff
(30,368)
Richards |
Ipswich Town 1 Southend United 0
Portman Road, Ipswich
(12,436)
Little |
Leyton Orient 1 Queen's Park Rangers 1
Brisbane Road, London
(13,956)
Morrad ~ Hatton |
Mansfield Town 1 Bournemouth & Boscombe
Athletic 1
Field Mill, Mansfield
(5,042)
Betts
~ Rowell |
Northampton Town 1 Port Vale 0
County Ground, Northampton
(6,258)
Frost |
Swindon Town 1 Norwich City 1
County Ground, Swindon
(13,570)
Owen ~
Hold |
Torquay United 3 Reading 0
Plainmoor, Torquay
(4,769)
Calland
(pen),
Phillips, Shaw |
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Whilst Queen's Park Rangers did not win any of their last five games,
Cardiff won all of their last six, and clinched the title and
promotion with victory at Exeter, two weeks later.
Division Three (South) Table |
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
F |
A |
₧
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W |
D |
L |
W |
D |
L |
Cardiff City |
38 |
16 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
6 |
86 |
28 |
58 |
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Queen's Park Rangers |
39 |
15 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
71 |
36 |
55 |
Bristol City |
39 |
13 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
90 |
54 |
47 |
Swindon Town |
40 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
10 |
80 |
72 |
45 |
Ipswich Town |
38 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
56 |
47 |
43 |
Southend United |
38 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
8 |
65 |
51 |
41 |
Reading |
39 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
80 |
72 |
40 |
Bournemouth & Boscombe A. |
39 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
11 |
63 |
49 |
39 |
Port Vale |
38 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
59 |
58 |
39 |
Exeter City |
39 |
11 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
58 |
61 |
39 |
Bristol Rovers |
41 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
12 |
58 |
68 |
39 |
Walsall |
37 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
9 |
65 |
56 |
37 |
Torquay United |
38 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
9 |
49 |
59 |
37 |
Crystal Palace |
39 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
47 |
57 |
36 |
Watford |
39 |
11 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
14 |
57 |
70 |
36 |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
39 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
50 |
67 |
36 |
Northampton Town |
38 |
10 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
66 |
70 |
35 |
Notts County |
37 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
11 |
57 |
58 |
34 |
Aldershot |
38 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
11 |
44 |
71 |
30 |
Leyton Orient |
36 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
14 |
47 |
66 |
28 |
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Norwich City |
41 |
6 |
3 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
64 |
98 |
28 |
Mansfield Town |
40 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
15 |
46 |
90 |
28 |
Division
Three (South)
Leading Goalscorers |
36 - Don Clark (Bristol City) -
2 pens 30 - Tony McPhee (Reading) |
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Football League
Division Three (North):
Barrow 2 Southport 1
Holker Street, Barrow
(3,986)
Miller
(2)
~ Hawkins |
Bradford City 2 Carlisle United 2
Valley Parade, (4,565)
G.Murphy
(2)
~ Dellow, Moir |
Crewe Alexandra 4 Tranmere Rovers 3
Gresty
Road, Crewe
(4,672)
Meaney, Harrigan,
Johnstone
OG,
Jones
~ Cox, Rosenthal, Jones |
Darlington 5 Accrington Stanley 0
Feethams, Darlington
(3,377)
Sinclair
(2), Bower (2),
Eves |
Doncaster Rovers 3 Chester 0
Belle Vue, Doncaster
(17,015)
Thompson,
Jordan, Todd |
Gateshead 6 Halifax Town 1
Redheugh Park,
Gateshead
(1,292)
Forster
(2),
Small, Skeen, Johnson (2)
~ Collins |
Lincoln City 2 York City 2
Sincil Bank, Lincoln
(6,443)
Park
OG,
Hutchinson ~
A.Patrick,
Rudd |
Rotherham United 3 Wrexham 2
Millmoor Ground, Rotherham
(12,035)
Hainsworth (2),
Ardron ~ Beynon, Pritchard |
Stockport County 2 New Brighton 0
Edgeley Park,
Stockport
(5,610)
Earl (pen), McCulloch |
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Doncaster clinched the title, three weeks later, with victory at
Bradford. Rotherham had won every home game at this point, and went on
to win 13 games out of 15, but it was all too late, as they could not
catch their West Riding of Yorkshire rivals and it was to be the first
of three consecutive runners-up placings in their quest for a
first-ever promotion.
Division Three (North) Table |
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
F |
A |
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W |
D |
L |
W |
D |
L |
Doncaster Rovers |
39 |
14 |
4 |
1 |
17 |
1 |
2 |
120 |
40 |
67 |
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Rotherham United |
36 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
99 |
44 |
57 |
Chester |
37 |
14 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
81 |
50 |
48 |
Stockport County |
39 |
16 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
10 |
72 |
45 |
48 |
Bradford City |
37 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
57 |
41 |
46 |
Rochdale |
37 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
10 |
2 |
6 |
65 |
56 |
41 |
Wrexham |
34 |
12 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
58 |
39 |
40 |
Barrow |
38 |
10 |
1 |
9 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
49 |
54 |
40 |
Tranmere Rovers |
38 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
11 |
65 |
72 |
39 |
Crewe Alexandra |
40 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
62 |
72 |
39 |
Hull City |
37 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
46 |
49 |
35 |
Darlington |
39 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
15 |
66 |
74 |
35 |
Gateshead |
39 |
10 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
12 |
56 |
67 |
35 |
Hartlepools United |
39 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
55 |
68 |
35 |
Carlisle United |
38 |
10 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
66 |
85 |
34 |
Lincoln City |
35 |
9 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
71 |
68 |
31 |
Oldham Athletic |
38 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
10 |
53 |
71 |
28 |
New Brighton |
35 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
47 |
67 |
28 |
Accrington Stanley |
37 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
12 |
43 |
75 |
28 |
York City |
33 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
52 |
69 |
25 |
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Southport |
40 |
6 |
5 |
10 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
51 |
79 |
25 |
Halifax Town |
37 |
5 |
3 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
15 |
37 |
83 |
18 |
Division
Three (North)
Leading Goalscorers |
41 - Clarrie Jordan
(Doncaster) 30 - Wally Ardron (Rotherham), Dick Yates (Chester) |
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Source Notes |
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The Football League
Match by Match 1946/47 (editor: Tony Brown): SoccerData 2000
englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk bounder.friardale.co.uk |
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