The 1946–47 season was the 48th completed season of
The Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
.
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.
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
The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-ele ...
.
[Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.]
First Division
After a tight title race involving several clubs in the First Division,
Liverpool
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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
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) and
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...
(who had yet to win a First Division title).
Stoke City and
Blackpool
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completed the top five.
Leeds United
Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road ...
were relegated in bottom place after just six wins all season. They were joined by a
Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross.
Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...
side who failed to match their promising pre-war form, and they would not return to the top flight until
2021
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.
Results
Maps
Second Division
Results
Maps
Third Division North
Results
Maps
Third Division South
Results
Maps
See also
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1946-47 in English football
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1946 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1946 throughout the world.
Events
League and Cup competitions resume in the United Kingdom for the first time since the start of the Second World War in 1939.
* November 13 – Walt ...
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1947 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1947 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship Argentina
* River Plate
Austria
* SC Wacker Wien
Chile
*Colo-Colo
Costa Rica
*C.S. Herediano
England
''for f ...
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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