 Attwell akatamba mutambo wake wekutanga wekukwikwidza weBurnley musi wa9 Mbudzi 1946 mukukwikwidza 11 naLuton Town. Akaenderera mberi achitamba mitambo makumi maviri nemaviri mumutambo mumwaka wake wekutanga, pamwe nemitambo mitanhatu muFA Cup sezvo divi rakasvika kumagumo emakwikwi.. Akanga ari mumutsara wekutanga wekupedzisira sezvo Burnley yakarasikirwa ne0 1 kuCharlton Athletic. Attwell akaramba ari maneja Cliff Britton wekutanga-sarudzo yehafu-kurudyi mumwaka wese unotevera, achishaya mitambo mina chete yemushandirapamwe. Akahwina chibodzwa chake chekutanga cheBurnley musi wa24 Kubvumbi 1948, achiisa chinangwa chechipiri mukukunda 20 kure neChelsea. Mumwaka wa194849, Attwell akaita mitambo makumi matatu nesere yechikwata chekutanga cheBurnley uye akarova zvibodzwa zvishanu zvina zvacho zvirango. Kuita kwake kwakamuita kuti ashevedzwe kunzvimbo inomiririra yeFootball League kumutambo wakanangana neScottish League muna 1949. Pashure peizvi, Attwell aitarisirwa zvikuru kuti aizosarudzwa nokuda kwechikwata chenyika yeEngland yenhabvu, asi haana kutongosarudzwa kuti atambire nyika yake. 