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SEASON: 1945-46

Total Season: 81Prev Season: 1944-45
League Season: This Season: 2025-26
Next Season: 1946-47

DIVISION:: WORLD WAR II
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Watford (N) 0-1)

TOP GOALSCORER:: Eddie Barks, Tanner Allen (1 goal)

WHAT HAPPENED
This was the final season of the Wartime Leagues. The FA Cup was also reinstated as a full competition this year

Competitive Games:: 3
Competitive Goals:: 2
Goals per game:: .7
League Games:
League Points:: out of 0 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: -

Highest League Attendance:: -
Lowest League Attendance:: -
Average League Attendance:: -
Highest Cup Attendance:: 15,394 (Watford)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 15,394 (Watford)

Champions:
FA Cup:: Derby County
Community Shield:

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals Scored: 1
1-1 (Sat Jan 05, 1946, Watford, Home, FA Cup)
1-1 (Wed Jan 09, 1946, Watford, Away, FA Cup)

Biggest Winning Margin: n/a

Most Goals Conceded: 1
1-1 (Sat Jan 05, 1946, Watford, Home, FA Cup)
1-1 (Wed Jan 09, 1946, Watford, Away, FA Cup)
0-1 (Wed Jan 16, 1946, Watford, Neutral, FA Cup)

Biggest Losing Margin: 1
0-1 (Wed Jan 16, 1946, Watford, Neutral, FA Cup)

Total Players:: 13
Debuts:: 11
Last Games:: 1

Clean Sheets:: 0
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (against):: 2 (scored by us for opponents) (Ted Blagg, Ted Blagg)
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

Click here for all tables for 1945-46

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	2 times
Conceded	3 times
Won By
Lost By	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days			Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days		Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)

Not included: Week 1 game against Chelsea (4-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
WWII Main League

Week	Date	Time	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 25, 1945	3:00 pm	Chelsea	A	4-0	21,299	Long (?), Mee (?, ?), Johnston (?)
2	Sat Sep 01, 1945	3:00 pm	Chelsea	H	0-1	23,444
3	Sat Sep 08, 1945	3:00 pm	Millwall	H	2-2	16,523	Betts (?, ?)
4	Wed Sep 12, 1945	7:45 pm	Fulham	H	1-1	15,539	Johnston (?)
5	Sat Sep 15, 1945	3:00 pm	Millwall	A	1-2	16,928	Mee (?)
6	Mon Sep 17, 1945	7:45 pm	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-0	11,785	Mee (?), Blenkinsopp (?)
7	Sat Sep 22, 1945	3:00 pm	Southampton	A	2-5	14,639	North (?, ?)
8	Sat Sep 29, 1945	3:00 pm	Southampton	H	4-0	16,890	Barks (?), Johnston (?, ?), North (?)
9	Sat Oct 06, 1945	3:00 pm	Derby County	H	1-1	30,516	North (?)
10	Sat Oct 13, 1945	3:00 pm	Derby County	A	2-3	22,271	Johnston (?, ?)
11	Sat Oct 20, 1945	3:00 pm	Leicester City	A	0-0	14,861
12	Sat Oct 27, 1945	3:00 pm	Leicester City	H	1-1	19,892	Barks (?)
13	Sat Nov 03, 1945	3:00 pm	Coventry City	H	0-0	15,042
14	Sat Nov 10, 1945	3:00 pm	Coventry City	A	4-1	10,819	Barks (?, ?), Ledger (?), Johnston (?)
15	Sat Nov 17, 1945	3:00 pm	Luton Town	A	4-1	7,248	Barks (?), Johnston (?, ?), North (?)
16	Sat Nov 24, 1945	3:00 pm	Luton Town	H	0-2	15,717
17	Sat Dec 01, 1945	3:00 pm	Aston Villa	A	1-3	27,966	North (?)
18	Sat Dec 08, 1945	3:00 pm	Aston Villa	H	1-3	25,694	Barks (?)
19	Sat Dec 15, 1945	3:00 pm	Arsenal	A	2-2	17,500	Mee (?), North (?)
20	Sat Dec 22, 1945	3:00 pm	Arsenal	H	3-2	20,202	Allen (?), Johnston (?, ?)
21	Tue Dec 25, 1945	7:45 pm	Charlton Athletic	H	0-2	29,310
22	Wed Dec 26, 1945	7:45 pm	Charlton Athletic	A	0-2	25,943
23	Sun Dec 30, 1945	7:45 pm	Fulham	A	3-3	18,457	Johnston (?, ?, ?)
24	Sat Jan 12, 1946	3:00 pm	Portsmouth	A	2-2	18,000	Simpson (?), Johnston (?)
25	Sat Jan 19, 1946	3:00 pm	Portsmouth	H	3-0	11,713	O'Donnell (?), Johnston (?, ?)
26	Sat Jan 26, 1946	3:00 pm	Swansea Town	H	2-2	12,641	O'Donnell (?), North (?)
27	Sat Feb 02, 1946	3:00 pm	Swansea Town	A	3-3	12,846	Simpson (?), Johnston (?), North (?)
28	Sat Feb 16, 1946	3:00 pm	Newport County	A	4-2	12,000	O'Donnell (?), Mee (?), North (?, ?)
29	Sat Feb 23, 1946	3:00 pm	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-4	20,349
30	Sat Mar 02, 1946	3:00 pm	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	25,000
31	Sat Mar 09, 1946	3:00 pm	West Ham United	H	1-1	20,000	Johnston (?)
32	Sat Mar 16, 1946	3:00 pm	West Ham United	A	3-1	18,000	Mee (?, ?), Johnston (?)
33	Sat Mar 23, 1946	3:00 pm	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-1	19,755
34	Sat Mar 30, 1946	3:00 pm	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	21,559
35	Sat Apr 06, 1946	3:00 pm	Birmingham City	H	1-0	24,289	Barks (?)
36	Sat Apr 13, 1946	3:00 pm	Birmingham City	A	1-2	25,000	Johnston (?)
37	Fri Apr 19, 1946	7:45 pm	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-3	24,000	Pimbley (?), Johnston (?)
38	Sat Apr 20, 1946	3:00 pm	Brentford	H	2-0	19,704	O'Donnell (?), Mee (?)
39	Mon Apr 22, 1946	7:45 pm	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-2	18,464
40	Tue Apr 23, 1946	7:45 pm	Newport County	H	7-2	7,341	O'Donnell (?, ?, ?), Brown (?), Johnston (?, ?, ?)
41	Sat Apr 27, 1946	3:00 pm	Brentford	A	1-5	-	Johnston (?)
42	Sat May 04, 1946	3:00 pm	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-3	19,209	Mee (?), Jones (?)

FA Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 05, 1946	3:00 pm	Watford	3		H	1-1	15,394	Allen (18')
Wed Jan 09, 1946	7:45 pm	Watford	3		A	1-1	7,008	Barks (42')
Wed Jan 16, 1946	2:40 pm	Watford	3	1	N	0-1	6,500

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Aug 15, 1945	3:00 pm	Notts County	England	H	3-2	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Thu Aug 16, 1945	3:00 pm	Derby County	England	H	1-4	7,792	? (?)

Friendly

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Oct 24, 1945	3:00 pm	British Army Of The Rhine	Britain	N	1-4	5,000	North (?)

Date	Time	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Billy Walker
Wed Aug 15, 1945	3:00 pm	Pre-Season Friendly	Notts County				H	3-2	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Thu Aug 16, 1945	3:00 pm	Pre-Season Friendly	Derby County				H	1-4	7,792	? (?)
Sat Aug 25, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Chelsea				A	4-0	21,299	Long (?), Mee (?, ?), Johnston (?)
Sat Sep 01, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Chelsea				H	0-1	23,444
Sat Sep 08, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Millwall				H	2-2	16,523	Betts (?, ?)
Wed Sep 12, 1945	7:45 pm	WWII Main League	Fulham				H	1-1	15,539	Johnston (?)
Sat Sep 15, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Millwall				A	1-2	16,928	Mee (?)
Mon Sep 17, 1945	7:45 pm	WWII Main League	Plymouth Argyle				H	2-0	11,785	Mee (?), Blenkinsopp (?)
Sat Sep 22, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Southampton				A	2-5	14,639	North (?, ?)
Sat Sep 29, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Southampton				H	4-0	16,890	Barks (?), Johnston (?, ?), North (?)
Sat Oct 06, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Derby County				H	1-1	30,516	North (?)
Sat Oct 13, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Derby County				A	2-3	22,271	Johnston (?, ?)
Sat Oct 20, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Leicester City				A	0-0	14,861
Wed Oct 24, 1945	3:00 pm	Friendly	British Army Of The Rhine				N	1-4	5,000	North (?)
Sat Oct 27, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Leicester City				H	1-1	19,892	Barks (?)
Sat Nov 03, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Coventry City				H	0-0	15,042
Sat Nov 10, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Coventry City				A	4-1	10,819	Barks (?, ?), Ledger (?), Johnston (?)
Sat Nov 17, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Luton Town				A	4-1	7,248	Barks (?), Johnston (?, ?), North (?)
Sat Nov 24, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Luton Town				H	0-2	15,717
Sat Dec 01, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Aston Villa				A	1-3	27,966	North (?)
Sat Dec 08, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Aston Villa				H	1-3	25,694	Barks (?)
Sat Dec 15, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Arsenal				A	2-2	17,500	Mee (?), North (?)
Sat Dec 22, 1945	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Arsenal				H	3-2	20,202	Allen (?), Johnston (?, ?)
Tue Dec 25, 1945	7:45 pm	WWII Main League	Charlton Athletic				H	0-2	29,310
Wed Dec 26, 1945	7:45 pm	WWII Main League	Charlton Athletic				A	0-2	25,943
Sun Dec 30, 1945	7:45 pm	WWII Main League	Fulham				A	3-3	18,457	Johnston (?, ?, ?)
Sat Jan 05, 1946	3:00 pm	FA Cup	Watford	3	1		H	1-1	15,394	Allen (18')
Wed Jan 09, 1946	7:45 pm	FA Cup	Watford	3	2		A	1-1	7,008	Barks (42')
Sat Jan 12, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Portsmouth				A	2-2	18,000	Simpson (?), Johnston (?)
Wed Jan 16, 1946	2:40 pm	FA Cup	Watford	3	2	1	N	0-1	6,500
Sat Jan 19, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Portsmouth				H	3-0	11,713	O'Donnell (?), Johnston (?, ?)
Sat Jan 26, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Swansea Town				H	2-2	12,641	O'Donnell (?), North (?)
Sat Feb 02, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Swansea Town				A	3-3	12,846	Simpson (?), Johnston (?), North (?)
Sat Feb 16, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Newport County				A	4-2	12,000	O'Donnell (?), Mee (?), North (?, ?)
Sat Feb 23, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Wolverhampton Wanderers				A	0-4	20,349
Sat Mar 02, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Wolverhampton Wanderers				A	0-0	25,000
Sat Mar 09, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	West Ham United				H	1-1	20,000	Johnston (?)
Sat Mar 16, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	West Ham United				A	3-1	18,000	Mee (?, ?), Johnston (?)
Sat Mar 23, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	West Bromwich Albion				A	0-1	19,755
Sat Mar 30, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	West Bromwich Albion				H	0-2	21,559
Sat Apr 06, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Birmingham City				H	1-0	24,289	Barks (?)
Sat Apr 13, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Birmingham City				A	1-2	25,000	Johnston (?)
Fri Apr 19, 1946	7:45 pm	WWII Main League	Tottenham Hotspur				A	2-3	24,000	Pimbley (?), Johnston (?)
Sat Apr 20, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Brentford				H	2-0	19,704	O'Donnell (?), Mee (?)
Mon Apr 22, 1946	7:45 pm	WWII Main League	Tottenham Hotspur				H	0-2	18,464
Tue Apr 23, 1946	7:45 pm	WWII Main League	Newport County				H	7-2	7,341	O'Donnell (?, ?, ?), Brown (?), Johnston (?, ?, ?)
Sat Apr 27, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Brentford				A	1-5	-	Johnston (?)
Sat May 04, 1946	3:00 pm	WWII Main League	Plymouth Argyle				A	2-3	19,209	Mee (?), Jones (?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 05, 1946	Watford	3		H	1-1	15,394
Wed Jan 09, 1946	Watford	3		A	1-1	7,008
Wed Jan 16, 1946	Watford	3	1	N	0-1	6,500

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed Aug 15, 1945	Notts County	England	H	3-2	-
Thu Aug 16, 1945	Derby County	England	H	1-4	7,792

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed Oct 24, 1945	British Army Of The Rhine	Britain	N	1-4	5,000

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (6) - £0				Out (16) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	A Williams	Bought			A Williams	Sold
	Fred White	Bought			F Payne	Sold
	Ken Ledger	Bought			Frank Johnson	Sold
	T Simms	Bought			Fred White	Sold
December 1945	Reg Savage	Bought			Harry Egan	Sold
Jan 19, 1946	Frank O'Donnell	Bought			Jack Surtees	Retired
					Joe Crofts	Sold
					John Maund	Sold
					Ken Ledger	Sold
					Ralph Dulson	Sold
					Ray Paul	Sold
					Reg Trim	Sold
					T Simms	Sold
					Thomas Clark	Sold
					Tom Peacock	Sold
				Jun 07, 1946	Victor Walker	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Alick Grant	England	28
GK		Danny Canning	Wales	19
GK		F Payne
GK		Fred White	England	28
GK		J Hall
GK		Laurie Platts	England	23
GK		Reg Savage	England	33	3		2	1
Defenders
D		Doug Woodman
D		Frank Shufflebottom	England	27
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	England	19	2		2
D		Joe Crofts	England	30
D		Reg Trim	England	31
Midfielders
M		Bill Morley	England	20
M		Bob McCall	England	29	2		1	1
M		Eddie Barks	England	23	3		2	1	1
M		Frank O'Donnell	Scotland	33
M		George Pritty	England	30
M		Gordon Brown	England	16
M		James Cronkshaw	England
M		John Maund	England	29
M		Johnny Hancocks	England	26
M		Ken Ledger	England
M		Noel Simpson	England	22	3		2	1
M		Raich Carter	England	31
M		Ray Paul
M		Robert Davies	Wales	31
M		T Simms
M		Tanner Allen	England	20	3		2	1	1
M		Ted Blagg	England	27	3		2	1
M		Thomas Clark	Wales	31
M		Tom Blenkinsopp	England	25
M		Victor Walker	England	23	2		1	1
M		William Baxter	England	27	3		2	1
Forwards
F		A Williams
F		Colin Rawson	England	18	1			1
F		D Pimbley
F		Eric Betts	England	20
F		Frank Johnson
F		Freddie Martin	England	19
F		George Mee	England	22	3		2	1
F		Harry Egan	England	33
F		Ian McPherson	Scotland	25
F		Jack Surtees	England	34
F		Les Jones	Wales	34
F		Ralph Dulson		19
F		Tom Hinchliffe	England	31
F		Tom Johnston	Scotland	26	3		2	1
F		Tom North	England	25	2		2
F		Tom Peacock	England	32
F		Tom Weston
F		Tot Leverton	England	19
F		Fred Hogg	England	27

		B Long
		Charles Morgan