The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 2 LUTON TOWN - Sat Sep 21, 1946 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 21, 1946 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-2 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: SE Law
Attendance:: 24,237
Pos Before/After:: 19 17
Opp Before/After:: 6 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (Testimonial)
League:: Coventry City
Luton Town:: Jan 29, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1651 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 914 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1831 (of 5768)
Total:: 2967 (of 7556)
Played:: 78 years, 9 months, 11 days ago

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

Goals
Tom Johnston (35')
Freddie Scott (41') - Freddie Scott first goal
Frank O'Donnell (64') - Frank O'Donnell last goal
Sailor Brown (72')

LUTON TOWN
Manager: George Martin
Prior form: WLLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Hugh Billington (10')
Hugh Billington

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Reg Savage
2	D	20	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	30	Bob McCall
4	M	25	Eddie Barks
5	M	29	William Baxter
6	M	23	Noel Simpson
7	F	29	Freddie Scott (41')
8	F	30	Sailor Brown (72')
9	M	35	Frank O'Donnell (64')
10	F	22	Jack Edwards
11	F	27	Tom Johnston (35')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Duke
2	D	Les Lake
3	D	Doug Beach
4	D	Frank Soo
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Harry Cooke
7	M	Alan Steen
8	M	Mel Daniel
9	M	Hugh Billington
10	F	Eddie Connelly
11	F	Billy Waugh

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 21, 1946)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	Newport County
Bury	3-3	Plymouth Argyle
Coventry City	2-0	Southampton
Fulham	4-2	Leicester City
Manchester City	7-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Newcastle United	1-2	Burnley
Nottingham Forest	4-2	Luton Town
Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	Chesterfield
Swansea Town	0-2	Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion	2-5	Barnsley
West Ham United	3-1	Millwall

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	Barnsley	6	5	1	0	16	7	4	0	0	11	4	1	1	0	5	3	2.28571	11	WWDWWW
	2	Newcastle United	6	3	3	0	12	5	1	1	0	4	2	2	2	0	8	3	2.40000	9	WWDWDD
	3	Manchester City	5	3	2	0	11	4	1	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	8	3	2.75000	8	WWDWD
	4	West Bromwich Albion	5	4	0	1	13	7	2	0	0	6	2	2	0	1	7	5	1.85714	8	WLWWW
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	4	2	2	0	9	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	7	2	3.00000	6	DWDW
	6	Luton Town	5	3	0	2	11	5	3	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	2	4	2.20000	6	WLLWW
	7	Chesterfield	5	2	2	1	5	3	1	1	0	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1.66667	6	DDLWW
	8	Plymouth Argyle	5	2	2	1	8	6	2	1	0	6	3	0	1	1	2	3	1.33333	6	WDLWD
	9	Fulham	6	2	2	2	12	16	2	0	0	5	3	0	2	2	7	13	.75000	6	LLWWDD
	10	Southampton	4	2	1	1	11	5	2	1	0	10	3	0	0	1	1	2	2.20000	5	WDLW
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	1	2	10	9	1	1	1	4	4	1	0	1	6	5	1.11111	5	LLWDW
	12	Burnley	5	2	1	2	6	6	1	1	1	4	5	1	0	1	2	1	1.00000	5	DWWLL
	13	Coventry City	6	1	3	2	9	12	1	2	0	5	4	0	1	2	4	8	.75000	5	DWDLLD
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	6	2	1	3	12	17	1	1	1	5	6	1	0	2	7	11	.70588	5	LLWLWD
	15	Bury	5	1	2	2	11	10	1	1	0	9	4	0	1	2	2	6	1.10000	4	WLDLD
	16	Birmingham City	6	2	0	4	8	11	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	3	4	9	.72727	4	WWLLLL
	17	Leicester City	6	2	0	4	7	14	1	0	3	5	10	1	0	1	2	4	.50000	4	LLWWLL
	18	Swansea Town	5	1	1	3	7	16	1	0	2	6	11	0	1	1	1	5	.43750	3	LLDWL
	19	Nottingham Forest	5	1	0	4	12	14	1	0	1	6	3	0	0	3	6	11	.85714	2	LLWLL
	20	Newport County	4	1	0	3	9	15	1	0	1	6	6	0	0	2	3	9	.60000	2	LLWL
	21	West Ham United	5	1	0	4	7	13	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	3	4	9	.53846	2	LWLLL
	22	Millwall	5	0	2	3	3	11	0	1	2	3	8	0	1	1	0	3	.27273	2	LDDLL

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	Barnsley	7	6	1	0	21	9	4	0	0	11	4	2	1	0	10	5	2.33333	13	WDWWWW		5-2
1	2	Manchester City	6	4	2	0	18	6	2	1	0	10	3	2	1	0	8	3	3.00000	10	WWDWDW		7-2
1	3	Newcastle United	7	3	3	1	13	7	1	1	1	5	4	2	2	0	8	3	1.85714	9	WDWDDL		1-2
3	4	Chesterfield	6	3	2	1	6	3	1	1	0	4	2	2	1	1	2	1	2.00000	8	DDLWWW		1-0
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	6	4	0	2	15	12	2	0	1	8	7	2	0	1	7	5	1.25000	8	WLWWWL		2-5
3	6	Fulham	7	3	2	2	16	18	3	0	0	9	5	0	2	2	7	13	.88889	8	LWWDDW		4-2
4	7	Tottenham Hotspur	6	3	1	2	12	9	1	1	1	4	4	2	0	1	8	5	1.33333	7	LLWDWW		2-0
	8	Plymouth Argyle	6	2	3	1	11	9	2	1	0	6	3	0	2	1	5	6	1.22222	7	WDLWDD		3-3
3	9	Burnley	6	3	1	2	8	7	1	1	1	4	5	2	0	1	4	2	1.14286	7	DWWLLW		2-1
3	10	Coventry City	7	2	3	2	11	12	2	2	0	7	4	0	1	2	4	8	.91667	7	WDLLDW		2-0
5	11	Luton Town	6	3	0	3	13	9	3	0	0	9	1	0	0	3	4	8	1.44444	6	WLLWWL		2-4
7	12	Bradford Park Avenue	5	2	2	1	11	10	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	9	9	1.10000	6	DWDWL		2-7
3	13	Southampton	5	2	1	2	11	7	2	1	0	10	3	0	0	2	1	4	1.57143	5	WDLWL		0-2
1	14	Bury	6	1	3	2	14	13	1	2	0	12	7	0	1	2	2	6	1.07692	5	WLDLDD		3-3
1	15	Birmingham City	7	2	1	4	9	12	1	1	1	5	3	1	0	3	4	9	.75000	5	WLLLLD		1-1
2	16	Sheffield Wednesday	7	2	1	4	12	18	1	1	2	5	7	1	0	2	7	11	.66667	5	LWLWDL		0-1
2	17	Nottingham Forest	6	2	0	4	16	16	2	0	1	10	5	0	0	3	6	11	1.00000	4	LLWLLW		4-2
3	18	West Ham United	6	2	0	4	10	14	2	0	1	6	5	0	0	3	4	9	.71429	4	LWLLLW		3-1
2	19	Leicester City	7	2	0	5	9	18	1	0	3	5	10	1	0	2	4	8	.50000	4	LWWLLL		2-4
	20	Newport County	5	1	1	3	10	16	1	0	1	6	6	0	1	2	4	10	.62500	3	LLWLD		1-1
3	21	Swansea Town	6	1	1	4	7	18	1	0	3	6	13	0	1	1	1	5	.38889	3	LLDWLL		0-2
	22	Millwall	6	0	2	4	4	14	0	1	2	3	8	0	1	2	1	6	.28571	2	LDDLLL		1-3