| DAT | MOTSTÅNDARE | RESULTAT | MÅLGÖRARE | pl | |
| 31 aug | H | BOLTON | 4-3 |
Spence 2, Lawton 2 | |
| 4 sep | H | MANCHESTER UNITED | 0-3 |
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| 7 | b | Liverpool | 4-7 |
Argue, Machin 2, Goulden | |
| 9 | b | Sheffield United | 2-2 |
Lawton, Dolding | |
| 14 | H | LEEDS | 3-0 | Walker 2, Lawton | |
| 18 | b | Manchester United | 1-1 |
Machin | |
| 21 | b | Grimsby | 1-2 |
Lawton | |
| 28 | H | CHARLTON | 2-2 |
Walker, Goulden | |
| 5 okt | b | Middlesbrough | 2-3 |
Goulden 2 | |
| 12 | H | STOKE | 2-5 |
Lawton 2 | |
| 19 | b | Portsmouth | 2-0 | Spence, Lawton | |
| 26 | H | ARSENAL | 2-1 | Lawton 2 | |
| 2 nov | b | Blackpool | 0-1 |
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| 9 | H | BRENTFORD | 3-2 | Walker, Lawton, Bain | |
| 16 | b | Sunderland | 2-1 | Spence, Lawton | |
| 23 | H | ASTON VILLA | 1-3 |
Spence | |
| 30 | b | Derby | 1-3 |
Walker | |
| 7 dec | H | EVERTON | 1-1 |
Macaulay | |
| 14 | b | Huddersfield | 4-1 | Spence, Lawton 3 | |
| 21 | H | WOLVERHAMPTON | 1-2 |
Lawton | |
| 25 | H | PRESTON | 1-2 |
Lawton | |
| 26 | b | Preston | 1-1 |
Paton | |
| 28 | b | Bolton | 1-1 |
Paton | |
| 1947 4 jan |
H | LIVERPOOL | 3-1 | Goulden, Lawton 2 | |
| 18 | b | Leeds | 1-2 |
Lawton | |
| 1 feb | b | Charlton | 3-2 | Walker, Lawton, Goulden str | |
| 8 | H | GRIMSBY | 0-0 |
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| 15 | b | Stoke | 1-6 |
Machin | |
| 1 mars | b | Arsenal | 2-1 | Williams, Goulden str | |
| 15 | b | Brentford | 2-0 | Machin, Paton | |
| 22 | H | SUNDERLAND | 2-1 | Lawton, Goulden str | |
| 29 | b | Aston Villa | 0-2 |
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| 4 apr | H | BLACKBURN | 0-2 |
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| 5 | H | DERBY | 3-0 | Lawton 2, Goulden | |
| 7 | b | Blackburn | 2-1 | Walker, Lawton | |
| 12 | b | Everton | 0-2 |
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| 19 | H | HUDDERSFIELD | 1-0 | Walker | |
| 26 | b | Wolverhampton | 4-6 |
Machin, Spence, Lawton, Goulden | |
| 3 maj | H | SHEFFIELD UNITED | 1-4 |
Machin | |
| 10 | H | MIDDLESBROUGH | 2-0 | Walker,Machin | |
| 26 | H | PORTSMOUTH | 0-3 |
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