1946–47 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1946–47 season
Chairman	Joe Mears
Manager	Billy Birrell
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	15th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tommy Lawton (26); All: ; Tommy Lawton (30)
Highest home attendance	70,257 vs Arsenal; (11 January 1947)
Lowest home attendance	17,896 vs Grimsby Town; (8 February 1947)
Average home league attendance	44,517
Biggest win	4–1 v Huddersfield Town; (14 December 1946)
Biggest defeat	1–6 v Stoke City; (15 February 1947)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1945–46 1947–48 →

The 1946–47 season was Chelsea Football Club's thirty-third competitive season. The season marked the resumption of the Football League, which had been suspended since 1939 due to the Second World War. £14,000 signing Tommy Lawton scored a then-club record 26 league goals, but was unable to help the team to success, as they finished 15th in the First Division.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
13	Arsenal	42	16	9	17	72	70	1.029	41
14	Derby County	42	18	5	19	73	79	0.924	41
15	Chelsea	42	16	7	19	69	84	0.821	39
16	Grimsby Town	42	13	12	17	61	82	0.744	38
17	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	8	20	45	53	0.849	36

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

References

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

External links

1946–47 season at stamford-bridge.com

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