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The 1946–47 season was the first to feature a full football programme since the 1938–39 campaign. Eighty-eight teams competed over four divisions. [1] Liverpool went top of the First Division with a 2–1 away win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on 31 May 1947. Wolves could have clinched their first league title with a victory in that match ...
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 . Division placings were the same as in the unfinished 1939–40 Football League .
1945–46 was the first peacetime football season since the 1939–40 season was cut short due to World War II.On 7 May (as the war was ending), it was announced that the FA Cup would be resumed, and that the 44 clubs in the top two divisions of the 1938–39 season would play in the Football League North and Football League South [1] without promotion and relegation from the previous ...
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League.
A national second tier of English league football was established in 1892–93, at the demise of Football Alliance, as the Second Division.In 1992, with the departure of the then First Division clubs to become the Premier League, the second tier became known as the First Division.
The first match between two clubs took place in the final of 1936–37 Maunsell Cup at London Road and ended in a 3–2 away victory for Northampton Town. The first official competitive game took place in the second round of 1946–47 FA Cup at London Road and ended in a 1–1 draw, forcing a replay at Northampton Town's County Ground which also ended in another 1-1 draw.
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II. 1946–47: Football League Third Division North: 3 42 33 6 3 123 40 +83 72 1st of 22 Promoted R3: 2-1-1 15,339 1947–48: Football League Second Division: 2 42 9 11 22 40 66 -26 29 21st of 22 Relegated R3: 0-0-1 22,317 1948–49: Football League Third Division ...
EFL Cup [a] Other Top scorer [b] Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals 1919–20: KL: 24 12 5 7 45 28 29 4th — 1920–21: SL: 24 8 8 8 41 41 24 8th — Dick Upex: 10 1921–22: Div 3S: 42 13 11 18 43 56 37 16th — Dan Bailey: 8 1922–23: Div 3S: 42 14 14 14 55 51 42 12th QF Alex Steele 13 1923–24: Div 3S: 42 11 15 16 38 45 37 14th R2 ...