When the Football League resumed in 1946/47, it was decided to use the fixtures originally intended for the truncated 1939/40 campaign. The Rovers commenced with five consecutive wins, including a 5-2 success at New Brighton. Revenge was sweet, if understandably late in coming.

The Championship of the Third Division (North) was won with a total of seventy two points from forty two games - a total that was only exceeded when Lincoln City won the Fourth Division title in 1974/75, albeit having played four games more. The Rovers goals for the season totalled 123, with no fewer than five forwards getting into double figures. The final total came within five of the league record at that time, with Clarrie Jordan scoring a club record of 42, which also made him the top scorer in the Football League for that season.

The Rovers lost just three games all season which equalled the record for the Division, whilst winning eighteen away fixtures. This remains a league record for any division, and is unlikely to be beaten. The Rovers two defeats away from home came at Halifax Town in mid-January, and then as a result of a last minute goal at Rotherham United in mid-April.

As can be imagined, there were a number of memorable and high-scoring matches throughout the season. The team hit five goals or more on no fewer than ten occasions. A club record score line of 9-2 was achieved on a snowbound pitch at Belle Vue in late January, whilst Barrow conceded eight on their visit in mid-March.

The defence did their parting the Rovers record breaking season by conceding just forth league goals in the whole of the campaign. This constituted yet another club record at the time, as did the fact that there were twenty 'clean sheets' during the season. Fortunately, the Rovers defence remained largely unaltered throughout the season, and this most have been a contributory factor in their success. Indeed, whist twenty players wore the Rovers first team shirt during the 1946/47 season, seven of them played nine games or less, giving the team a very settled line-up.

Why the team played so well during the winter of 1946/47, which was one of the worst in living memory, remains a mystery. The Rover were often required to play in conditions which would have not been allowed today, indeed, arguably their best performance of the season came on a dreadful surface at Belle Vue as mentioned earlier. Perhaps a bigger mystery is why they struggled so badly in the second division the following season. So badly, in fact, that they were relegated after finishing next to bottom of Division Two, with only Millwall below them.