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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1946–47

Liverpool completed the 1946–47 Division 1 campaign in 1st, taking 57 points from 42 matches. The record comprised 25 wins, 7 draws and 10 defeats, with 84 goals scored and 52 conceded for a goal difference of +32.

CompetitionDivision 1
League finish1st
ManagerGeorge Kay
Leading scorerJack BalmerAlbert Stubbins (28 goals)

League record

42Played
25Won
7Drawn
10Lost
84Goals for
52Goals against
57Points
1stPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 59.5% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 32 of 42. The side averaged 2.00 goals scored and 1.24 conceded per match; the resulting +32 goal difference gives more context to the 1st finish than position alone.

There is no directly preceding campaign in this archive against which to compare the league finish.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

This season belongs to the wartime transition or early post-war era, when Liverpool rebuilt its competitive programme and then tried to sustain the 1947 championship side.

Cup and scoring picture

The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Jack BalmerAlbert Stubbins led the season scoring record with 28 goals in all competitions.

How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.