The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 01, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 01, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-3 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: B Ames
Attendance:: 24,758
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 2)
Manchester City:: Nov 23, 1946

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1635 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 898 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1812 (of 5736)
Total:: 2685 (of 7523)
Played:: 85 years, 7 months, 21 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: LDLDLW (Old to recent)

Goals

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Wilf Wild
Prior form: LDWLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
? (OG)
Alec Herd
Alec Herd

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Percy Ashton
2	D	25	Reg Trim
3	D		John Munro
4	M	24	George Pritty
5	M	25	Robert Davies
6	M	25	Thomas Clark
7	F	24	Len Beaumont
8	F	27	Jack Fryer
9	M	23	Bob McCall
10	F	27	Jack Surtees
11	F	21	Roy Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Frank Swift
2	D	Gordon Clark
3	D	Eric Westwood
4	D	Les McDowall
5	D	Larry Cardwell
6	M	Jackie Bray
7	M	Maurice Dunkley
8	M	Alec Herd
9	M	Jimmy Heale
10	F	Peter Doherty
11	F	Eric Brook

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 01, 1939)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	West Bromwich Albion
Bradford Park Avenue	0-2	Coventry City
Bury	3-0	Plymouth Argyle
Chesterfield	3-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham	2-0	Norwich City
Manchester City	3-0	Nottingham Forest
Millwall	1-1	Newcastle United
Sheffield Wednesday	4-1	Luton Town
Swansea Town	1-3	Southampton
Tranmere Rovers	0-3	Burnley
West Ham United	0-0	Sheffield United

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	Status
	1	Blackburn Rovers	35	21	4	10	83	52	14	1	3	51	22	7	3	7	32	30	1.59615	46	WLWWWD	Safe
	2	Newcastle United	36	17	8	11	56	40	12	3	3	41	17	5	5	8	15	23	1.40000	42	LWWDDD	Safe
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	33	17	7	9	73	49	11	3	3	38	15	6	4	6	35	34	1.48980	41	LWLWDD	Safe
	4	Sheffield United	34	15	11	8	51	37	7	7	3	26	13	8	4	5	25	24	1.37838	41	LWLLLW	Safe
	5	West Bromwich Albion	34	17	6	11	84	61	14	0	2	50	18	3	6	9	34	43	1.37705	40	LWDWLW	Safe
	6	Chesterfield	34	16	8	10	53	42	13	1	2	42	15	3	7	8	11	27	1.26190	40	LWDWDW	Safe
	7	Luton Town	34	18	4	12	66	53	11	3	3	38	21	7	1	9	28	32	1.24528	40	LWWLWW	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	34	15	9	10	56	46	10	6	2	40	23	5	3	8	16	23	1.21739	39	WWWLDW
	9	Coventry City	33	16	6	11	49	39	10	3	3	28	10	6	3	8	21	29	1.25641	38	LWLLDL
	10	Fulham	33	14	9	10	50	42	10	4	2	27	13	4	5	8	23	29	1.19048	37	WLLDDL
	11	Manchester City	33	16	4	13	79	67	10	1	5	47	33	6	3	8	32	34	1.17910	36	LDWLWW
	12	Burnley	36	13	9	14	42	47	12	3	3	28	15	1	6	11	14	32	.89362	35	LWLDLL
	13	West Ham United	34	13	8	13	62	46	8	4	5	32	17	5	4	8	30	29	1.34783	34	LLWLDW
	14	Millwall	35	11	11	13	56	48	9	5	3	37	16	2	6	10	19	32	1.16667	33	WDWDLL
	15	Plymouth Argyle	33	12	7	14	42	45	6	6	4	19	11	6	1	10	23	34	.93333	31	WWWDLD
	16	Bury	35	10	10	15	54	62	8	4	6	43	30	2	6	9	11	32	.87097	30	WDWLLL
	17	Southampton	34	11	8	15	47	61	8	5	4	31	25	3	3	11	16	36	.77049	30	LWDDLW
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	35	10	10	15	54	71	8	6	4	32	28	2	4	11	22	43	.76056	30	WLLDDL
	19	Swansea Town	33	8	10	15	41	65	6	5	6	27	24	2	5	9	14	41	.63077	26	LLWWWL
	20	Nottingham Forest	34	7	9	18	42	75	5	6	6	27	27	2	3	12	15	48	.56000	23	LDLDLW
	21	Norwich City	33	10	3	20	41	81	8	3	6	33	28	2	0	14	8	53	.50617	23	WLLDWD
	22	Tranmere Rovers	35	5	5	25	35	87	5	4	9	24	34	0	1	16	11	53	.40230	15	LLDLWL

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Blackburn Rovers	36	22	4	10	86	52	15	1	3	54	22	7	3	7	32	30	1.65385	48	LWWWDW	Safe	3-0
1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	34	18	7	9	77	50	12	3	3	42	16	6	4	6	35	34	1.54000	43	WLWDDW	Safe	4-1
1	3	Newcastle United	37	17	9	11	57	41	12	3	3	41	17	5	6	8	16	24	1.39024	43	WWDDDD	Safe	1-1
	4	Sheffield United	35	15	12	8	51	37	7	7	3	26	13	8	5	5	25	24	1.37838	42	WLLLWD	Safe	0-0
1	5	Chesterfield	35	17	8	10	56	43	14	1	2	45	16	3	7	8	11	27	1.30233	42	WDWDWW	Safe	3-1
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	35	17	6	12	84	64	14	0	2	50	18	3	6	10	34	46	1.31250	40	WDWLWL	Safe	0-3
2	7	Coventry City	34	17	6	11	51	39	10	3	3	28	10	7	3	8	23	29	1.30769	40	WLLDLW	Safe	2-0
1	8	Luton Town	35	18	4	13	67	57	11	3	3	38	21	7	1	10	29	36	1.17544	40	WWLWWL	Safe	1-4
1	9	Fulham	34	15	9	10	52	42	11	4	2	29	13	4	5	8	23	29	1.23810	39	LLDDLW	Safe	2-0
2	10	Tottenham Hotspur	35	15	9	11	57	49	10	6	2	40	23	5	3	9	17	26	1.16327	39	WWLDWL	Safe	1-3
	11	Manchester City	34	17	4	13	82	67	11	1	5	50	33	6	3	8	32	34	1.22388	38	DWLWWW	Safe	3-0
	12	Burnley	37	14	9	14	45	47	12	3	3	28	15	2	6	11	17	32	.95745	37	WLDLLW		3-0
	13	West Ham United	35	13	9	13	62	46	8	5	5	32	17	5	4	8	30	29	1.34783	35	LWLDWD		0-0
	14	Millwall	36	11	12	13	57	49	9	6	3	38	17	2	6	10	19	32	1.16327	34	DWDLLD		1-1
1	15	Bury	36	11	10	15	57	62	9	4	6	46	30	2	6	9	11	32	.91935	32	DWLLLW		3-0
1	16	Southampton	35	12	8	15	50	62	8	5	4	31	25	4	3	11	19	37	.80645	32	WDDLWW		3-1
2	17	Plymouth Argyle	34	12	7	15	42	48	6	6	4	19	11	6	1	11	23	37	.87500	31	WWDLDL		0-3
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	36	10	10	16	54	73	8	6	5	32	30	2	4	11	22	43	.73973	30	LLDDLL		0-2
	19	Swansea Town	34	8	10	16	42	68	6	5	7	28	27	2	5	9	14	41	.61765	26	LWWWLL		1-3
	20	Nottingham Forest	35	7	9	19	42	78	5	6	6	27	27	2	3	13	15	51	.53846	23	DLDLWL		0-3
	21	Norwich City	34	10	3	21	41	83	8	3	6	33	28	2	0	15	8	55	.49398	23	LLDWDL		0-2
	22	Tranmere Rovers	36	5	5	26	35	90	5	4	10	24	37	0	1	16	11	53	.38889	15	LDLWLL		0-3