DIVISION 2    1946/47
      P W D L F A Pts
  Leading goalscorer:
Charlie Wayman
 (Newcastle United)
 30  goals

The perfect debut? Following his £13,000 transfer from Bradford PA, Len Shackleton (pictured above) made his Newcastle United debut on October 5th 1946 against Newport County at St James' Park. Newcastle won 13-0, equalling the highest score in the Football League, and the 'Clown Prince of Soccer' scored six of them, including a hat-trick in just two and a half minutes.

   1 Manchester City 42 26 10 6 78 35 62 Promoted
    2 Burnley 42 22 14 6 65 29 58 Promoted
    3 Birmingham City 42 25 5 12 74 33 55
    4 Chesterfield 42 18 14 10 58 44 50
    5 Newcastle United 42 19 10 13 95 62 48
    6 Tottenham Hotspur 42 17 14 11 65 53 48
    7 West Bromwich Albion 42 20 8 14 88 75 48
    8 Coventry City 42 16 13 13 66 59 45
    9 Leicester City 42 18 7 17 69 64 43
    10 Barnsley 42 17 8 17 84 86 42
    11 Nottingham Forest 42 15 10 17 69 74 40
    12 West Ham United 42 16 8 18 70 76 40
    13 Luton Town 42 16 7 19 71 73 39
    14 Southampton 42 15 9 18 69 76 39
    15 Fulham 42 15 9 18 63 74 39
    16 Bradford Park Avenue 42 14 11 17 65 77 39
    17 Bury 42 12 12 18 80 78 36
    18 Millwall 42 14 8 20 56 79 36
    19 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 5 23 79 96 33
    20 Sheffield Wednesday 42 12 8 22 67 88 32
    21 Swansea Town 42 11 7 24 55 83 29 Relegated
    22 Newport County 42 10 3 29 61 133 23 Relegated
   
    Relegated Swansea Town & Newport County were both relegated to Division 3 (South)