The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 5 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 16, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 16, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-5 (Lost)

Attendance:: 13,962
Pos Before/After:: 17/20
Opp Before/After:: 19/16
Referee:
Season:: 1937-38
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Luton Town

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1596 (of 4860)
League Tier 2:: 859 (of 2443)
Competitive:: 1771 (of 5556)
Total:: 2633 (of 7304)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

FOREST
Manager: Harold Wightman
Prior form: WLWLLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Meynell Burgin

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager:
Prior form: WDDLWL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Percy Ashton
2	D	Reg Trim
3	D	John Munro
4	D	Fred Stanley (1938-43))	Debut
5	M	Robert Davies
6	F	Gibson McNaughton
7	F	Arthur Betts
8	F	Meynell Burgin
9	F	David Martin
10	F	Jack Surtees
11	F	Roy Brown

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Apr 16, 1938)

Home	F	A	Away
Aston Villa	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur
Blackburn Rovers	5	1	Nottingham Forest
Bradford Park Avenue	3	1	Burnley
Chesterfield	1	0	Stockport County
Fulham	4	1	Luton Town
Norwich City	2	2	Sheffield United
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	Newcastle United
Southampton	0	4	Coventry City
Swansea City	2	2	Manchester United
West Ham United	3	1	Bury

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Sheffield United	38	20	8	10	66	51	13	4	2	42	18	7	4	8	24	33	1.294	48	DLDLDW
	2	Aston Villa	36	20	7	9	59	32	13	2	2	40	12	7	5	7	19	20	1.844	47	LWWWLD
	3	Manchester United	37	19	8	10	71	46	12	3	3	41	17	7	5	7	30	29	1.543	46	WDWLDL
	4	Coventry City	36	18	10	8	58	39	11	5	3	30	14	7	5	5	28	25	1.487	46	WLWDLW
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	37	18	6	13	69	47	13	3	3	40	14	5	3	10	29	33	1.468	42	WLWWWL
	6	Burnley	38	16	10	12	49	44	14	4	2	32	10	2	6	10	17	34	1.114	42	WLDWWW
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	36	14	9	13	58	46	10	4	3	41	17	4	5	10	17	29	1.261	37	LLLWLW
	8	Bury	37	16	5	16	59	51	11	3	6	41	26	5	2	10	18	25	1.157	37	WLWLWL
	9	West Ham United	37	11	14	12	46	46	11	5	3	30	15	0	9	9	16	31	1.000	36	DWDLLL
	10	Norwich City	37	14	8	15	53	66	11	3	4	32	21	3	5	11	21	45	.803	36	LWLWDW
	11	Chesterfield	36	13	9	14	56	56	9	2	6	35	23	4	7	8	21	33	1.000	35	LWLWDL
	12	Fulham	37	12	11	14	49	51	7	7	4	33	21	5	4	10	16	30	.961	35	LWDWWW
	13	Southampton	37	13	9	15	49	63	10	6	2	36	21	3	3	13	13	42	.778	35	WWLDLL
	14	Newcastle United	36	13	7	16	46	45	11	4	5	35	17	2	3	11	11	28	1.022	33	DLWLLL
	15	Luton Town	37	12	9	16	73	78	8	5	5	42	32	4	4	11	31	46	.936	33	LDDLDL
	16	Plymouth Argyle	37	11	11	15	46	60	7	6	4	29	26	4	5	11	17	34	.767	33	DDWWDW
	17	Nottingham Forest	37	13	6	18	41	50	11	3	6	28	21	2	3	12	13	29	.820	32	WLWLLW
	18	Barnsley	37	11	10	16	45	58	7	8	3	27	17	4	2	13	18	41	.776	32	LDWDLD
	19	Blackburn Rovers	36	11	9	16	60	71	10	6	2	43	28	1	3	14	17	43	.845	31	WDDLWL
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	36	11	9	16	41	50	8	4	6	21	19	3	5	10	20	31	.820	31	LLLDWW
	21	Swansea Town	36	10	11	15	37	61	10	5	3	25	18	0	6	12	12	43	.607	31	WLWDWL
	22	Stockport County	37	11	8	18	40	60	8	5	5	22	19	3	3	13	18	41	.667	30	WLLLWW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form
1	1	Aston Villa	37	21	7	9	61	32	14	2	2	42	12	7	5	7	19	20	1.906	49	WWWLDW
1	2	Sheffield United	39	20	9	10	68	53	13	4	2	42	18	7	5	8	26	35	1.283	49	LDLDWD
1	3	Coventry City	37	19	10	8	62	39	11	5	3	30	14	8	5	5	32	25	1.590	48	LWDLWW
1	4	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	73	48	12	3	3	41	17	7	6	7	32	31	1.521	47	DWLDLD
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	6	14	69	49	13	3	3	40	14	5	3	11	29	35	1.408	42	LWWWLL
	6	Burnley	39	16	10	13	50	47	14	4	2	32	10	2	6	11	18	37	1.064	42	LDWWWL
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	37	15	9	13	61	47	11	4	3	44	18	4	5	10	17	29	1.298	39	LLWLWW
1	8	West Ham United	38	12	14	12	49	47	12	5	3	33	16	0	9	9	16	31	1.043	38	WDLLLW
1	9	Bury	38	16	5	17	60	54	11	3	6	41	26	5	2	11	19	28	1.111	37	LWLWLL
2	10	Fulham	38	13	11	14	53	52	8	7	4	37	22	5	4	10	16	30	1.019	37	WDWWWW
	11	Chesterfield	37	14	9	14	57	56	10	2	6	36	23	4	7	8	21	33	1.018	37	WLWDLW
2	12	Norwich City	38	14	9	15	55	68	11	4	4	34	23	3	5	11	21	45	.809	37	WLWDWD
	13	Southampton	38	13	9	16	49	67	10	6	3	36	25	3	3	13	13	42	.731	35	WLDLLL
2	14	Plymouth Argyle	38	11	12	15	48	62	7	7	4	31	28	4	5	11	17	34	.774	34	DWWDWD
1	15	Newcastle United	37	13	7	17	46	48	11	4	5	35	17	2	3	12	11	31	.958	33	LWLLLL
3	16	Blackburn Rovers	37	12	9	16	65	72	11	6	2	48	29	1	3	14	17	43	.903	33	DDLWLW
2	17	Luton Town	38	12	9	17	74	82	8	5	5	42	32	4	4	12	32	50	.902	33	DDLDLL
2	18	Sheffield Wednesday	37	12	9	16	44	50	9	4	6	24	19	3	5	10	20	31	.880	33	LLDWWW
1	19	Barnsley	38	11	11	16	47	60	7	8	3	27	17	4	3	13	20	43	.783	33	DWDLDD
3	20	Nottingham Forest	38	13	6	19	42	55	11	3	6	28	21	2	3	13	14	34	.764	32	LWLLWL
	21	Swansea Town	37	10	12	15	39	63	10	6	3	27	20	0	6	12	12	43	.619	32	LWDWLD
	22	Stockport County	38	11	8	19	40	61	8	5	5	22	19	3	3	14	18	42	.656	30	LLLWWL