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1946-47

First Division

Finished 8th of 22 · P42 W18 D9 L15 · 67 scored, 53 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
31 Aug 1946	H	Middlesbrough	0–1	L
2 Sept 1946	H	Everton	0–1	L
7 Sept 1946	A	Derby County	2–1	W
11 Sept 1946	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	W
14 Sept 1946	H	Arsenal	0–2	L
16 Sept 1946	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	W
21 Sept 1946	A	Blackpool	0–1	L
28 Sept 1946	H	Brentford	5–2	W
5 Oct 1946	A	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	W
12 Oct 1946	H	Portsmouth	1–1	D
19 Oct 1946	H	Charlton Athletic	4–0	W
26 Oct 1946	A	Preston North End	1–3	L
2 Nov 1946	H	Manchester United	0–0	D
9 Nov 1946	A	Stoke City	0–0	D
16 Nov 1946	H	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	D
23 Nov 1946	A	Chelsea	3–1	W
30 Nov 1946	H	Sheffield United	2–3	L
7 Dec 1946	A	Grimsby Town	3–0	W
14 Dec 1946	H	Leeds United	2–1	W
21 Dec 1946	A	Liverpool	1–4	L
25 Dec 1946	H	Huddersfield Town	2–2	D
26 Dec 1946	A	Huddersfield Town	0–1	L
28 Dec 1946	A	Middlesbrough	2–1	W
1 Jan 1947	A	Everton	0–2	L
4 Jan 1947	H	Derby County	2–0	W
18 Jan 1947	A	Arsenal	2–0	W
25 Jan 1947	H	Blackpool	1–1	D
1 Feb 1947	A	Brentford	2–0	W
15 Feb 1947	A	Portsmouth	2–3	L
22 Feb 1947	A	Charlton Athletic	1–1	D
8 Mar 1947	A	Manchester United	1–2	L
22 Mar 1947	A	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	L
29 Mar 1947	H	Chelsea	2–0	W
4 Apr 1947	A	Sunderland	1–4	L
5 Apr 1947	A	Sheffield United	2–1	W
8 Apr 1947	H	Sunderland	4–0	W
12 Apr 1947	H	Grimsby Town	3–3	D
19 Apr 1947	A	Leeds United	1–1	D
26 Apr 1947	H	Liverpool	1–2	L
10 May 1947	H	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	W
17 May 1947	H	Preston North End	4–2	W
26 May 1947	H	Stoke City	0–1	L

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	25	7	10	84	52	+32	57
2	Manchester United	42	22	12	8	95	54	+41	56
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	6	11	98	56	+42	56
4	Stoke City	42	24	7	11	90	53	+37	55
5	Blackpool	42	22	6	14	71	70	+1	50
6	Sheffield United	42	21	7	14	89	75	+14	49
7	Preston North End	42	18	11	13	76	74	+2	47
8	Aston Villa	42	18	9	15	67	53	+14	45
9	Sunderland	42	18	8	16	65	66	-1	44
10	Everton	42	17	9	16	62	67	-5	43
11	Middlesbrough	42	17	8	17	73	68	+5	42
12	Portsmouth	42	16	9	17	66	60	+6	41
13	Arsenal	42	16	9	17	72	70	+2	41
14	Derby County	42	18	5	19	73	79	-6	41
15	Chelsea	42	16	7	19	69	84	-15	39
16	Grimsby Town	42	13	12	17	61	82	-21	38
17	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	8	20	45	53	-8	36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	57	69	-12	34
19	Charlton Athletic	42	11	12	19	57	71	-14	34
20	Huddersfield Town	42	13	7	22	53	79	-26	33
21	Brentford	42	9	7	26	45	88	-43	25
22	Leeds United	42	6	6	30	45	90	-45	18

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.