The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE - Sat Apr 29, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 29, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Plymouth Argyle
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: BT Gould
Attendance:: 7,700
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 16 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Norwich City (League Tier 2)
Plymouth Argyle:: Sep 17, 1945

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1641 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 904 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1818 (of 5724)
Total:: 2691 (of 7505)
Played:: 84 years, 11 months, 29 days ago

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

Goals
Jack Fryer - Jack Fryer last goal
Gorman (OG)

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Manager: Jack Tresadern
Prior form: LLDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Dave Thomas

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	D	34	Tommy Graham
6	M	25	Thomas Clark
7	M		Jimmy Dyson	Last game
8	F	27	Jack Fryer
9	M	23	Bob McCall
10	F	27	Jack Surtees
11	F	24	Len Beaumont

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Arthur Davies
2	D	John Murray
3	D	Alex Dyer
4	D	Archie Gorman
5	D	Sam Kirkwood
6	M	Tommy Black
7	M	Jimmy Hunter
8	M	Ernie Smith
9	M	Dave Thomas
10	F	Harry Lane
11	F	Jackie Wharton

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 29, 1939)

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

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	42	25	5	12	94	60	17	1	3	59	23	8	4	9	35	37	1.56667	55	WLWWLD	Champions
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	41	20	11	10	87	59	13	4	3	46	18	7	7	7	41	41	1.47458	51	DWDDWD	Safe
	3	Sheffield United	40	18	14	8	60	40	8	9	3	29	14	10	5	5	31	26	1.50000	50	DWDWWD	Safe
	4	Luton Town	40	22	5	13	81	61	13	4	3	46	24	9	1	10	35	37	1.32787	49	LWWWWD	Safe
	5	Coventry City	40	20	8	12	59	41	13	4	3	35	10	7	4	9	24	31	1.43902	48	WDWLWD	Safe
	6	Manchester City	40	20	7	13	92	69	12	3	5	53	34	8	4	8	39	35	1.33333	47	WWDWDD	Safe
	7	Chesterfield	40	19	9	12	62	48	15	1	4	48	19	4	8	8	14	29	1.29167	47	WWDLWL	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	40	19	9	12	66	55	13	6	2	48	27	6	3	10	18	28	1.20000	47	LWWWLW	Safe
	9	Newcastle United	41	17	10	14	59	48	12	3	5	42	21	5	7	9	17	27	1.22917	44	DDLLDL	Safe
	10	Fulham	41	17	10	14	60	53	12	5	3	34	18	5	5	11	26	35	1.13208	44	LLWDLW	Safe
	11	West Bromwich Albion	41	17	9	15	85	70	14	3	3	50	20	3	6	12	35	50	1.21429	43	LDDLDL	Safe
	12	West Ham United	41	16	10	15	68	51	9	5	6	34	20	7	5	9	34	31	1.33333	42	LLWWWD	Safe
	13	Millwall	41	13	14	14	62	52	11	6	3	42	17	2	8	11	20	35	1.19231	40	DWDLWD	Safe
	14	Burnley	41	15	9	17	49	54	13	3	5	32	20	2	6	12	17	34	.90741	39	LWLWLL	Safe
	15	Bury	41	11	13	17	63	73	9	5	7	48	36	2	8	10	15	37	.86301	35	WLDDDL	Safe
	16	Plymouth Argyle	39	13	8	18	45	53	7	7	5	21	13	6	1	13	24	40	.84906	34	LLDLLW	Safe
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	41	12	10	19	59	80	8	6	7	33	35	4	4	12	26	45	.73750	34	LWLLLW	Safe
	18	Southampton	40	12	9	19	54	79	8	6	6	33	33	4	3	13	21	46	.68354	33	WLDLLL
	19	Swansea Town	40	11	11	18	47	75	8	5	7	31	28	3	6	11	16	47	.62667	33	LLWWDW
	20	Nottingham Forest	40	9	11	20	47	80	7	6	7	31	28	2	5	13	16	52	.58750	29	LWWDDL
	21	Norwich City	39	12	5	22	47	86	9	5	6	38	29	3	0	16	9	57	.54651	29	LWDLWD
	22	Tranmere Rovers	41	6	5	30	38	97	6	4	11	26	38	0	1	19	12	59	.39175	17	LWLLLL	Relegated

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	42	25	5	12	94	60	17	1	3	59	23	8	4	9	35	37	1.56667	55	WLWWLD	Champions
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	11	10	88	59	14	4	3	47	18	7	7	7	41	41	1.49153	53	WDDWDW	Safe	1-0
	3	Sheffield United	41	19	14	8	63	40	8	9	3	29	14	11	5	5	34	26	1.57500	52	WDWWDW	Safe	3-0
2	4	Manchester City	41	21	7	13	95	70	13	3	5	56	35	8	4	8	39	35	1.35714	49	WDWDDW	Safe	3-1
1	5	Luton Town	41	22	5	14	81	63	13	4	3	46	24	9	1	11	35	39	1.28571	49	WWWWDL	Safe	0-2
1	6	Coventry City	41	20	8	13	59	44	13	4	4	35	13	7	4	9	24	31	1.34091	48	DWLWDL	Safe	0-3
	7	Chesterfield	41	19	9	13	63	51	15	1	4	48	19	4	8	9	15	32	1.23529	47	WDLWLL	Safe	1-3
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	41	19	9	13	66	56	13	6	2	48	27	6	3	11	18	29	1.17857	47	WWWLWL	Safe	0-1
	9	Newcastle United	42	18	10	14	61	48	13	3	5	44	21	5	7	9	17	27	1.27083	46	DLLDLW	Safe	2-0
1	10	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	9	15	89	72	15	3	3	54	22	3	6	12	35	50	1.23611	45	DDLDLW	Safe	4-2
1	11	Fulham	42	17	10	15	61	55	12	5	4	35	20	5	5	11	26	35	1.10909	44	LWDLWL	Safe	1-2
	12	West Ham United	41	16	10	15	68	51	9	5	6	34	20	7	5	9	34	31	1.33333	42	LLWWWD	Safe
	13	Millwall	42	14	14	14	64	53	12	6	3	44	18	2	8	11	20	35	1.20755	42	WDLWDW	Safe	2-1
	14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	50	56	13	3	5	32	20	2	6	13	18	36	.89286	39	WLWLLL	Safe	1-2
	15	Bury	42	12	13	17	65	74	9	5	7	48	36	3	8	10	17	38	.87838	37	LDDDLW	Safe	2-1
1	16	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	11	19	61	82	8	6	7	33	35	4	5	12	28	47	.74390	35	WLLLWD	Safe	2-2
1	17	Southampton	41	13	9	19	56	80	9	6	6	35	34	4	3	13	21	46	.70000	35	LDLLLW	Safe	2-1
2	18	Plymouth Argyle	40	13	8	19	46	55	7	7	5	21	13	6	1	14	25	42	.83636	34	LDLLWL	Safe	1-2
	19	Swansea Town	41	11	12	18	49	77	8	6	7	33	30	3	6	11	16	47	.63636	34	LWWDWD	Safe	2-2
	20	Nottingham Forest	41	10	11	20	49	81	8	6	7	33	29	2	5	13	16	52	.60494	31	WWDDLW		2-1
	21	Norwich City	40	12	5	23	49	90	9	5	6	38	29	3	0	17	11	61	.54444	29	WDLWDL		2-4
	22	Tranmere Rovers	42	6	5	31	39	99	6	4	11	26	38	0	1	20	13	61	.39394	17	WLLLLL	Relegated	1-2