1946–47 Football League
The 1946–47 season was the 48th completed season of The Football League, and the first after the Second World War.
This season was the first to feature a full football programme since the 1938–39 campaign. Division placings were the same as in the unfinished 1939–40 Football League.
Final division tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average, or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.
First Division
After a tight title race involving several clubs in the First Division, Liverpool won their fifth league title, finishing one point ahead of their nearest rivals Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Stoke City and Blackpool completed the top five.Leeds United were relegated in bottom place after just six wins all season. They were joined by a Brentford side who failed to match their promising pre-war form, who would not return to the top flight until 2021.
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Attendances
Source:Division One
| No. | Club | Average |
| 1 | Liverpool FC | 45,732 |
| 2 | Chelsea FC | 44,550 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 43,945 |
| 4 | Arsenal FC | 43,266 |
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 43,254 |
| 6 | Everton FC | 40,854 |
| 7 | Aston Villa FC | 38,944 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough FC | 35,912 |
| 9 | Sunderland AFC | 35,301 |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic FC | 32,401 |
| 11 | Stoke City FC | 30,863 |
| 12 | Portsmouth FC | 30,198 |
| 13 | Sheffield United FC | 29,537 |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers FC | 28,692 |
| 15 | Preston North End FC | 26,649 |
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers FC | 26,367 |
| 17 | Leeds United FC | 26,049 |
| 18 | Brentford FC | 25,768 |
| 19 | Derby County FC | 23,708 |
| 20 | Blackpool FC | 21,552 |
| 21 | Huddersfield Town AFC | 19,813 |
| 22 | Grimsby Town FC | 16,220 |
Division Two
| No. | Club | Average |
| 1 | Newcastle United FC | 49,379 |
| 2 | Manchester City FC | 39,283 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 34,636 |
| 4 | Birmingham City FC | 32,643 |
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday FC | 26,851 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion FC | 26,423 |
| 7 | Burnley FC | 25,856 |
| 8 | Leicester City FC | 23,783 |
| 9 | Fulham FC | 23,695 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle FC | 23,375 |
| 11 | West Ham United FC | 23,278 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest FC | 22,764 |
| 13 | Millwall FC | 21,841 |
| 14 | Swansea City AFC | 21,039 |
| 15 | Coventry City FC | 19,975 |
| 16 | Barnsley FC | 19,206 |
| 17 | Luton Town FC | 17,238 |
| 18 | Southampton FC | 16,597 |
| 19 | Bradford Park Avenue AFC | 14,876 |
| 20 | Bury FC | 14,764 |
| 21 | Chesterfield FC | 14,703 |
| 22 | Newport County AFC | 12,505 |