 This good form carried over into the following year with a 6th-place finish, combined with reaching the FA Cup Quarter Finals.This good form was not to last, as the club were relegated again in 1948–49, and suffered the agony of missing out on an instant promotion the following season when Wednesday gained revenge for 1939 and pipped them for second place and promotion on goal average with a 0–0 draw at home to Tottenham Hotspur when a scoring draw or defeat would have sent The Blades up instead.After a couple of middling seasons, featuring lots of goals (including 7–3 and 3–1 wins against the Owls in the Steel City Derby 1951-2), but inconsistent results, Teddy Davison ended his 20-year managerial career at the Lane.