1946–47 Football League


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 division tables

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average, 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.
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.

First Division

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 and Wolves. Stoke City and Blackpool completed the top five.
Leeds United were relegated in bottom place after just six wins all season, and were joined by a Brentford side who failed to match their promising pre-war form.

Results

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Second Division

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Third Division North

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Third Division South

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