The City Ground

NORWICH CITY 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat May 06, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat May 06, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Carrow Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 06 May 1939

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: RC Greenwood
Attendance:: 19,715
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (Pre-Season Friendly)
League:: Barnsley
Norwich City:: Nov 08, 1941

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1642 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 905 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1819 (of 5768)
Total:: 2693 (of 7556)
Played:: 86 years, 2 months, 0 days ago

Notes:: Noel Watson's last game as manager

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

Goals

NORWICH CITY
Manager: Jimmy Jewell
Prior form: DLWDLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Harry Ware (49')

Lineup


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

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Fred Hall
2	D	Jack Taylor
3	D	Jack Milburn
4	D	Bernard Robinson
5	D	Len Reilly
6	M	Tom Smalley
7	M	John Church
8	M	Ernie 'Tim' Coleman
9	M	Harry Ware
10	F	Jack Acquroff
11	F	Billy Furness

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat May 06, 1939)

Home	Score	Away
Chesterfield	6-1	Swansea Town
Luton Town	1-3	Coventry City
Norwich City	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Plymouth Argyle	2-0	Southampton
Sheffield United	6-1	Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United	2-1	Manchester 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	42	21	11	10	88	59	14	4	3	47	18	7	7	7	41	41	1.49153	53	WDDWDW	Safe
	3	Sheffield United	41	19	14	8	63	40	8	9	3	29	14	11	5	5	34	26	1.57500	52	WDWWDW	Safe
	4	Manchester City	41	21	7	13	95	70	13	3	5	56	35	8	4	8	39	35	1.35714	49	WDWDDW	Safe
	5	Luton Town	41	22	5	14	81	63	13	4	3	46	24	9	1	11	35	39	1.28571	49	WWWWDL	Safe
	6	Coventry City	41	20	8	13	59	44	13	4	4	35	13	7	4	9	24	31	1.34091	48	DWLWDL	Safe
	7	Chesterfield	41	19	9	13	63	51	15	1	4	48	19	4	8	9	15	32	1.23529	47	WDLWLL	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	41	19	9	13	66	56	13	6	2	48	27	6	3	11	18	29	1.17857	47	WWWLWL	Safe
	9	Newcastle United	42	18	10	14	61	48	13	3	5	44	21	5	7	9	17	27	1.27083	46	DLLDLW	Safe
	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
	11	Fulham	42	17	10	15	61	55	12	5	4	35	20	5	5	11	26	35	1.10909	44	LWDLWL	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	42	14	14	14	64	53	12	6	3	44	18	2	8	11	20	35	1.20755	42	WDLWDW	Safe
	14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	50	56	13	3	5	32	20	2	6	13	18	36	.89286	39	WLWLLL	Safe
	15	Bury	42	12	13	17	65	74	9	5	7	48	36	3	8	10	17	38	.87838	37	LDDDLW	Safe
	16	Plymouth Argyle	41	14	8	19	47	55	8	7	5	22	13	6	1	14	25	42	.85455	36	DLLWLW	Safe
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	11	19	61	82	8	6	7	33	35	4	5	12	28	47	.74390	35	WLLLWD	Safe
	18	Southampton	41	13	9	19	56	80	9	6	6	35	34	4	3	13	21	46	.70000	35	LDLLLW	Safe
	19	Swansea Town	41	11	12	18	49	77	8	6	7	33	30	3	6	11	16	47	.63636	34	LWWDWD	Safe
	20	Nottingham Forest	41	10	11	20	49	81	8	6	7	33	29	2	5	13	16	52	.60494	31	WWDDLW
	21	Norwich City	41	12	5	24	49	91	9	5	6	38	29	3	0	18	11	62	.53846	29	DLWDLL
	22	Tranmere Rovers	42	6	5	31	39	99	6	4	11	26	38	0	1	20	13	61	.39394	17	WLLLLL	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	Promoted
1	2	Sheffield United	42	20	14	8	69	41	9	9	3	35	15	11	5	5	34	26	1.68293	54	DWWDWW	Promoted	6-1
1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	11	10	88	59	14	4	3	47	18	7	7	7	41	41	1.49153	53	WDDWDW	Safe
2	4	Coventry City	42	21	8	13	62	45	13	4	4	35	13	8	4	9	27	32	1.37778	50	WLWDLW	Safe	3-1
1	5	Manchester City	42	21	7	14	96	72	13	3	5	56	35	8	4	9	40	37	1.33333	49	DWDDWL	Safe	1-2
1	6	Chesterfield	42	20	9	13	69	52	16	1	4	54	20	4	8	9	15	32	1.32692	49	DLWLLW	Safe	6-1
2	7	Luton Town	42	22	5	15	82	66	13	4	4	47	27	9	1	11	35	39	1.24242	49	WWWDLL	Safe	1-3
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	9	14	67	62	13	6	2	48	27	6	3	12	19	35	1.08065	47	WWLWLL	Safe	1-6
	9	Newcastle United	42	18	10	14	61	48	13	3	5	44	21	5	7	9	17	27	1.27083	46	DLLDLW	Safe
	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
1	11	West Ham United	42	17	10	15	70	52	10	5	6	36	21	7	5	9	34	31	1.34615	44	LWWWDW	Safe	2-1
1	12	Fulham	42	17	10	15	61	55	12	5	4	35	20	5	5	11	26	35	1.10909	44	LWDLWL	Safe
	13	Millwall	42	14	14	14	64	53	12	6	3	44	18	2	8	11	20	35	1.20755	42	WDLWDW	Safe
	14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	50	56	13	3	5	32	20	2	6	13	18	36	.89286	39	WLWLLL	Safe
1	15	Plymouth Argyle	42	15	8	19	49	55	9	7	5	24	13	6	1	14	25	42	.89091	38	LLWLWW	Safe	2-0
1	16	Bury	42	12	13	17	65	74	9	5	7	48	36	3	8	10	17	38	.87838	37	LDDDLW	Safe
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	11	19	61	82	8	6	7	33	35	4	5	12	28	47	.74390	35	WLLLWD	Safe
	18	Southampton	42	13	9	20	56	82	9	6	6	35	34	4	3	14	21	48	.68293	35	DLLLWL	Safe	0-2
	19	Swansea Town	42	11	12	19	50	83	8	6	7	33	30	3	6	12	17	53	.60241	34	WWDWDL	Safe	1-6
	20	Nottingham Forest	42	10	11	21	49	82	8	6	7	33	29	2	5	14	16	53	.59756	31	WDDLWL	Safe	0-1
	21	Norwich City	42	13	5	24	50	91	10	5	6	39	29	3	0	18	11	62	.54945	31	LWDLLW	Relegated	1-0
	22	Tranmere Rovers	42	6	5	31	39	99	6	4	11	26	38	0	1	20	13	61	.39394	17	WLLLLL	Relegated