1946/47 First Division

First Team Overall First Team Appearances & Scorers Reserves Youth

President: Sir Charles Mander.

Directors: James S Baker (Chairman), RH Archer (Vice Chairman), J Evans, CH Hunter, M Matthews, AH Oakley, JT Howley (Assistant Secretary).
Secretary Manager: Ted Vizard.
Trainers: Jack Dowen, Jack Gardiner, Jack Smith
Captain: Stan Cullis.

Playing Staff: Jim Alderton, Peter Alexander, Harold Allen, Eric Amos, Derek Ashton, Robert Astley, Robert Audey, James Bache, George Bailey, John Baker, Christopher Barnett, Derek Barnett, Harry Barratt, Ted Batchelor, Alan Bates, Billy Baxter, Ron Bennett, Michael Berry, Richard Betts, Roy Bicknell, Black, Dennis Bottom, Ernest Bowen, Gordon Boycott, Raymond Bradley, Breakwell, Henry Breakwell, Cyril Brewer, Gordon Brice, Ray Briscoe, Alfred Brook, Henry Brown, Cameron Buchanan, Geoffrey Burns, Walter Caddick, Kenneth Cadman, Terence Casey, Chapman, Ray Chatham, Francis Christopher, John Churchill, Sid Clewlew, Maxie Clews, Norman Clifton, Arthur Coley, Norman Cooper, Ivan Craddock, Alf Crook, Billy Crook, Vernon Crowe, George Cryle, Stan Cullis, Richards Cumming, Douglas Darby, Wilfred D’Arcy, Derek Davies, Ken Davies, Lawrence Davies, Ronald Davies, Deas, Dickie Dorsett, Ernest Dowen, Jimmy Dunn, Joe Dunn, Thomas Durkin, Arthur Dyke, George Edmonds, Edwards, Ted Elliott, Farmer, Colin Farren, Ferguson, John Flavell, Robert Fletcher, Flewen, Raymond Flower, Flower, Willie Forbes, Horance Foster, Tom Galley, Joe Gardiner, Gardiner, Len Gibbons, Philip Giles, Raymond Goddard, Barrie Green, Billy Green, Horace Griffiths, John Griffiths, James Gunning, Bill Guttridge, Robert Halford, Johnny Hancocks, Cyril Hannaby, Fred Harper, William Harris, Gerald Haycox, Trevor Hill, Victor Hodgkiss, William Hough, Bert Hoyle, Morris Huchan, Eric Hughes, Jeffrey Hughes, James Jackman, Edward Jennings, Eric Jewell, Thomas Johnson, Arthur Jones, Edward Jukes, John Jukes, Lawrence Kelly, Kelly, Alex King, Bobby King, John Kirkham, Reginald Kirkham, Thomas Larkin, Albert Leary, Jimmy Lee, Kenneth Lee, Roy License, Colin Lincoln, Cyril Lloyd, Frank Lockett, Dennis Love, Teddy Maguire, John Marshall, Geffrey Mayhall, Raymond McHenry, Alexander McIntosh, Gus McLean, Doug McMahon, William McRobie, Derek Mellor, Dave Miller, Desmond Morris, Bill Morris, Jimmy Mullen, Les Mynard, Dennis Newman, Alan Orme, William Park, William Parker, John Parr, Dennis Parsons, John Paterson, John Paxton, Pheonix, Norman Phillips, Leonard Pickard, Dennis Pollard, Harold Poole, John Prince, Benjamin Pritchard, Roy Pritchard, Jesse Pye, Derek Radley, Fred Ramscar, Paddy Ratcliffe, Ernest Rivers, Jeffrey Robbins, John Robinson, Gordon Rose, Harold Rowley, Ken Rowley, Eddie Russell, Ron Russon, John Sanderson, Alex Scott, Shelton, Bill Shorthouse, Alfred Siddall, Alec Simpson, Billy Skidmore, Brian Smallwood, George Smith, Les Smith, Alf Somerfield, Terry Springthorpe, Norman Starling, Felix Starocik, Alan Steen, Arnold Stephens, Malcolm Stephens, Tom Stevens, Ernie Stevenson, Raymond Strange, Sutton, Roy Swinbourne, Arnold Tader, Frank Taylor, Ray Taylor, S Taylor, Dennis Thornhill, Raymond Townrow, Ben Turner, Leonard Turner, Norman Underhill, Jim Wadsworth, Alfred Walker, Donald Walker, Johnny Walker, Henry Walters, Gordon Washbrook, Dennis Westcott, John Whitmarsh, Edward Wilby, Anthony Wilkes, Samuel Wilkes, Joseph Willetts, Bert Williams, Hector Williams, John Williams, Richard Williams, George Willis, Dennis Wilshaw, Billy Wright, Fred Yarker.

Club Finances: For the season 1946-47 the club made a profit of £10,937; Total Income was £94,954 with £66,427 coming from gate receipts; Wages and salaries cost £23,783.

 
August

24 (H) Pre Season Practice Match Details
31 (H) Arsenal W 6-1 Details

September

3 (a) Grimsby Town D 0-0 Details
7 (a) Blackpool L 0-2 Details
11 (H) Aston Villa L 1-2 Details
14 (H) Brentford L 1-2 Details
16 (a) Aston Villa L 0-3 Details
21 (a) Blackburn Rovers W 2-1 Details
23 (H) Grimsby Town W 2-0 Details
28 (H) Portsmouth W 3-1 Details

October

5 (a) Everton W 2-0 Details
12 (H) Huddersfield Town W 6-1 Details
19 (H) Leeds United W 1-0 Details
26 (a) Stoke City W 3-0 Details

November

2 (H) Middlesbrough L 2-4 Details
9 (a) Charlton Athletic W 4-1 Details
11 (H) Norrkoping W 1-0 Details [Friendly]
16 (H) Sheffield United W 3-1 Details
23 (a) Preston North End D 2-2 Details
30 (H) Manchester United W 3-2 Details

December

7 (a) Liverpool W 5-1 Details
14 (H) Bolton Wanderers W 5-0 Details
21 (a) Chelsea W 2-1 Details
25 (a) Sunderland W 1-0 Details
26 (H) Sunderland W 2-1 Details
28 (a) Arsenal D 1-1 Details

January

4 (H) Blackpool W 3-1 Details
11 (H) Rotherham United W 3-0 Details [FAC3]
18 (a) Brentford L 1-4 Details
25 (H) Sheffield United L 0-0 Details [FAC4]
29 (a) Sheffield United L 0-2 Details [FAC4R]

February

1 (a) Portsmouth P-P
8 (H) Everton P-P
15 (a) Huddersfield Town P-P
22 (a) Leeds United W 1-0 Details

March

1 (H) Stoke City W 3-0 Details
8 (a) Middlesbrough D 1-1 Details
15 (H) Charlton Athletic W 2-0 Details
22 (a) Sheffield United L 0-2 Details
29 (H) Preston North End W 4-1 Details

April

5 (a) Manchester United L 1-3 Details
7 (a) Derby County L 1-2 Details
8 (H) Derby County W 7-2 Details
12 (H) Liverpool P-P
19 (a) Bolton Wanderers W 3-0 Details
26 (H) Chelsea W 6-4 Details

May

3 (a) Portsmouth D 1-1 Details
10 (H) Everton L 2-3 Details
17 (H) Blackburn Rovers D 3-3 Details
26 (a) Huddersfield Town W 1-0 Details
31 (H) Liverpool L 1-2 Details