1946–47 Chelsea F.C. season

English football club season January 2022 February 2015 Chelsea 1946–47 Billy Birrell Joe Mears Stamford Bridge First Division 15th FA Cup Fourth round Tommy Lawton (26) Tommy Lawton (30) 4–1 v Huddersfield Town(14 December 1946) 1–6 v Stoke City(15 February 1947) 70,257 vs Arsenal(11 January 1947) 17,896 vs Grimsby Town(8 February 1947) 44,517 _chelsea1907h _2bluestripes 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF ffffFF 000000 _chelsea1905a _2_stripes_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000ff 1945–46 1947–48 The 1946–47 season was Chelsea Football Club's thirty-third competitive season. The season marked the resumption of the Football League, which had been suspended since 1939 due to the Second World War. £14,000 signing Tommy Lawton scored a then-club record 26 league goals, but was unable to help the team to success, as they finished 15th in the First Division. Table First Division y CHE References Glanvill, Rick Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years Headline Book Publishing Ltd 2006 0-7553-1466-2 Hockings, Ron 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006 External links 1946–47 season at stamford-bridge.com 1946-47 Category:English football clubs 1946–47 season