 Match day attendances at The Hawthorns for the
1945-46 season.
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Highest League Attendance:
39,077 v Wolves
Lowest League Attendance: 5,187 v Charlton
Average League Attendance: 19,992
League
Aggregate: 419,832 from 21 games
Highest Cup
Tie Average: 18,025 v Cardiff and the other cup tie produced an attendance of 15,882 v Derby
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1945/46 : During This Season
The 20th October 1945 saw an England 'Victory' international v Wales
played at The Hawthorns. See year link for details.
The two Albion v Chelsea games produced 20 goals, 12 of them to the
Baggies.
Albion passed the century mark for scoring goals in a season when they
rattled in 104 this season, the first time they had surpassed the
milestone since 1929-30.
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Football League South |
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Opponent |
Home |
Away |
| Arsenal |
0-1 |
0-1 |
| Aston Villa |
1-0 |
3-3 |
| Birmingham |
0-0 |
0-4 |
| Brentford |
3-4 |
0-2 |
| Charlton |
2-5 |
1-1 |
| Chelsea |
8-1 |
4-7 |
| Coventry |
2-2 |
2-3 |
| Derby Country |
2-3 |
3-3 |
| Fulham |
3-1 |
4-1 |
| Leicester |
3-2 |
3-1 |
| Luton Town |
3-1 |
2-1 |
| Millwall |
3-1 |
4-1 |
| Newport County |
6-0 |
3-0 |
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Nottingham Forest |
1-0 |
2-0 |
| Plymouth |
5-2 |
4-0 |
| Portsmouth |
2-0 |
0-3 |
| Southampton |
5-2 |
2-1 |
| Swansea Town |
4-1 |
4-2 |
| Tottenham |
5-0 |
2-4 |
| West Ham |
1-2 |
1-1 |
| Wolves |
1-1 |
0-0 |
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Albion finished fifth in the final 'war time' League table, with this record:
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Summary |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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Home |
21 |
14 |
3 |
4 |
60 |
29 |
31 |
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Away |
21 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
44 |
40 |
21 |
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Totals |
42 |
22 |
8 |
12 |
104 |
69 |
52 |
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Birmingham were champions with 61 points.
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FA Cup
The first time the competition had been operated since the Wolves-Portsmouth final of 1939. Albion went out in the fourth round to Derby County, who later went on to win the trophy.
Details: |
Round |
Opponent |
Home |
Away
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Agg |
Round 3 |
Cardiff City |
4-0 |
1-1 |
5-1 |
Round 4 |
Derby |
1-3 |
0-1 |
1-4 |
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No friendlies were played by Albion during this season. but the club did undertake a short close season tour of Belgium and Luxembourg, where they participated in three matched:
v. Belgium National XI - lost 4-5
v. Fola-Jennesse Select XI - won 5-1
v. Anderlecht S.C - drew 1-1
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Pictures
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Thumb nail Images from the 1945-46 War-time years. Clicking on any of the
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Ike Clarke |
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Len Millard |
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Albion line up 1945-46 |
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