1946–47 Burnley F.C. season

The 1946–1947 season was Burnley's tenth consecutive season in the second tier of English football. Under recently appointed manager Cliff Britton they achieved promotion to the First Division, and reached the FA Cup Final for only the second time, where they were runners-up to Charlton Athletic.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Two		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF		Reg Attwell	28	0	22	0	6	0
	FW		Jack Billingham	29	12	28	12	1	0
	DF		George Bray	50	2	41	2	9	0
	DF		Alan Brown	51	0	42	0	9	0
	MF		Jackie Chew	43	10	35	9	8	1
	FW		Gordon Haigh	6	1	6	1	0	0
	FW		Ray Harrison	32	11	23	5	9	6
	MF		Jack Hays	16	4	16	4	0	0
	FW		Ron Hornby	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Peter Kippax	35	6	26	6	9	0
	FW		George Knight	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Jackie Knight	2	1	2	1	0	0
	DF		Joe Loughran	12	0	9	0	3	0
	DF		Jack Marshall	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Harold Mather	51	0	42	0	9	0
	FW		Billy Morris	40	13	31	9	9	4
	FW		Harry Potts	49	17	40	15	9	2
	DF		Harold Rudman	9	0	9	0	0	0
	DF		Harold Spencer	4	1	4	1	0	0
	GK		Jimmy Strong	51	0	42	0	9	0
	MF		Fred Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Arthur Woodruff	49	0	40	0	9	0

Matches

Football League Division Two

Key

In Result column, Burnley's score shown first
H = Home match
A = Away match

pen. = Penalty kick
o.g. = Own goal

Results

Date	Opponents	Result	Goalscorers	Attendance
31 August 1946	Coventry City (H)	1–1	Kippax 10'	18,427
7 September 1946	Birmingham City (A)	2-0	Spencer 55' (pen.), Billingham 80'	42,309
9 September 1946	Newport County (H)	3-2	Chew 14', Billingham 50', Haigh 75'	18,008
14 September 1946	West Bromwich Albion (H)	0-2		22,252
16 September 1946	Barnsley (A)	0–1		26,247
21 September 1946	Newcastle United (A)	2–1	Potts (2) 21', 30'	61,255
28 September 1946	Swansea Town (H)	1–0	Harrison 37'	19,968
30 September 1946	Barnsley (H)	2–2	Harrison 66', Bray 88'	24,959
5 October 1946	Tottenham Hotspur (A)	1–1	Kippax 69' (pen.)	44,351
12 October 1946	West Ham United (H)	2–1	Billingham 1', Kippax 89' (pen.)	22,233
19 October 1946	Sheffield Wednesday (A)	2–1	Chew 9', Billingham 30'	22,083
26 October 1946	Fulham (H)	2–0	Bray 7' (pen.), Billingham 35'	26,905
2 November 1946	Bury (A)	2–2	Billingham 9', Potts 79'	26,167
9 November 1946	Luton Town (H)	1-1	Billingham 26'	26,007
16 November 1946	Plymouth Argyle (A)	2-2	Billingham 63', Morris 78'	30,032
23 November 1946	Leicester City (H)	0-0		19,062
30 November 1946	Chesterfield (A)	0–0		16,570
7 December 1946	Millwall (H)	3–0	Billingham 35', Kippax 47', Potts 70'	17,968
14 December 1946	Bradford City (A)	1–0	Morris 16'	10,731
21 December 1946	Manchester City (H)	0–0		31,210
25 December 1946	Nottingham Forest (H)	3-0	Chew (2) 20', 52', Kippax 85'	21,036
26 December 1946	Nottingham Forest (A)	0–1		31,484
28 December 1946	Coventry City (A)	3–0	Morris 18', 49', 71'	26,944
4 January 1947	Birmingham City (H)	1-0	Potts 80'	36,281
18 January 1947	West Bromwich Albion (A)	1–1	Chew 40'	43,427
28 January 1947	Newcastle United (H)	3-0	Chew 40', Potts (2) 30', 53'	26,877
1 February 1947	Swansea Town (A)	2-0	Chew 77', Harrison 85'	18,247
18 February 1947	Tottenham Hotspur (H)	0-0		28,462
22 February 1947	Sheffield Wednesday (H)	2-0	Harrison 30', Morris 55'	26,651
15 March 1947	Luton Town (A)	3-1	Potts (2) 34', 76', Harrison 88'	18,462
22 March 1947	Plymouth Argyle (H)	2–1	Chew 46', Potts 90'	28,287
4 April 1947	Southampton (H)	1–0	Kippax 35'	31,713
5 April 1947	Chesterfield (H)	1–1	Potts 57'	23,719
7 April 1947	Southampton (H)	1–0	J Knight 75'	20,330
19 April 1947	Bradford City (H)	1–2	Potts 7'	32,905
3 May 1947	Newport County (A)	3-0	Hays 3', Morris 35', Potts 80'	14,751
10 May 1947	Manchester City (A)	0–1		69,463
17 May 1947	Fulham (A)	0-1		25,432
24 May 1947	Leicester City (A)	4-1	Billingham 4', 5', Hays 13', 77'	21,626
26 May 1947	Bury (H)	1-1	Billingham 41'	40,145
31 May 1947	West Ham United (A)	5–0	Chew 17', Morris 38', Potts 43', 55', Hays 60'	20,198
7 June 1947	Millwall (H)	1-1	Morris 47'	15,684

Final league position

Pos	Team	Games played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Points
2	Burnley	42	22	14	6	65	29	58

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Result	Goalscorers	Attendance
11 January 1947	Round 3	Aston Villa (H)	5-1	Morris 8', 23', Potts 70', Harrison 78', 79'	38,532
25 January 1947	Round 4	Coventry City (H)	2–0	Chew 31', Potts 85'	39,796
8 February 1947	Round 5	Luton Town (A)	0-0		22,640
11 February 1947	Round 5 replay	Luton Town (H)	3-0	Harrison 51', 68', 83'	28,330
1 March 1947	Round 6	Middlesbrough (A)	1-1	Morris 80'	53,025
4 March 1947	Round 6 replay	Middlesbrough (H)	1-0	Morris 94'	49,244
29 March 1947	Semi-Final	Liverpool (N)	0-0		53,000
12 April 1947	Semi-Final replay	Liverpool (N)	1-0	Harrison 79'	72,000
26 April 1947	Final	Charlton Athletic (N)	0-1		98,215

References

↑ Simpson (2007), p. 242

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying rounds
Final)
FA Charity Shield

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers
Brentford
Charlton Athletic
Chelsea
Derby County
Everton
Grimsby Town
Huddersfield Town
Leeds United
Liverpool
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Portsmouth
Preston North End
Sheffield United
Stoke City
Sunderland
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Barnsley
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Bradford Park Avenue
Burnley
Bury
Chesterfield
Coventry City
Fulham
Leicester City
Luton Town
Manchester City
Millwall
Newcastle United
Newport County
Nottingham Forest
Plymouth Argyle
Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton
Swansea Town
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United

Third Division

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