The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Nov 23, 1946 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 23, 1946 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Meadow Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Journal - Monday 25 November 1946

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: RA Mortimer
Attendance:: 32,194
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Manchester City:: Mar 29, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1660 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 923 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1840 (of 5736)
Total:: 2977 (of 7523)
Played:: 77 years, 11 months, 29 days ago

Notes:: Played at Meadow Lane

Review
Played at Meadow Lane because of flooding at The City Ground

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

Goals

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

Goals
George Smith (65')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Reg Savage
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	30	Bob McCall
4	M	31	George Pritty
5	M	28	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	32	Colin Lyman
11	F	27	Tom Johnston

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Frank Swift
2	D	Bert Sproston
3	D	Eric Westwood
4	D	Jack Percival
5	D	Eric Eastwood
6	M	Albert Emptage
7	M	Maurice Dunkley
8	M	Andy Black
9	M	Jimmy Constantine
10	F	George Smith
11	F	Jimmy Rudd

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 23, 1946)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-2	Chesterfield
Birmingham City	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Burnley	0-0	Leicester City
Coventry City	2-1	West Ham United
Newcastle United	1-1	Bury
Newport County	3-1	Millwall
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Manchester City
Southampton	3-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Swansea Town	2-0	Luton Town
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Plymouth Argyle
West Bromwich Albion	6-1	Fulham

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	Newcastle United	15	8	5	2	41	13	4	1	1	25	6	4	4	1	16	7	3.15385	21	DLWWWW
	2	Burnley	15	7	6	2	23	17	4	3	1	12	9	3	3	1	11	8	1.35294	20	WWWDDD
	3	Tottenham Hotspur	15	7	5	3	28	19	4	3	1	12	7	3	2	2	16	12	1.47368	19	WDWDWL
	4	Manchester City	14	7	4	3	30	15	5	2	0	19	5	2	2	3	11	10	2.00000	18	WDLWLW
	5	Chesterfield	14	6	6	2	16	9	3	3	1	10	6	3	3	1	6	3	1.77778	18	WLDDDW
	6	Birmingham City	16	8	2	6	26	16	5	1	1	17	4	3	1	5	9	12	1.62500	18	DWWLWW
	7	Fulham	15	7	4	4	31	29	5	1	1	19	12	2	3	3	12	17	1.06897	18	WWLDWL
	8	Barnsley	16	7	4	5	34	35	5	1	2	18	11	2	3	3	16	24	.97143	18	LLWLLL
	9	West Bromwich Albion	15	7	3	5	32	28	3	1	2	13	11	4	2	3	19	17	1.14286	17	DWDLLD
	10	Leicester City	15	8	1	6	27	24	5	1	3	18	11	3	0	3	9	13	1.12500	17	WWLWWW
	11	Plymouth Argyle	14	6	5	3	28	25	5	3	0	18	9	1	2	3	10	16	1.12000	17	LWLWWD
	12	Bradford Park Avenue	14	5	5	4	21	19	3	2	3	9	8	2	3	1	12	11	1.10526	15	LWDWDL
	13	Luton Town	15	6	2	7	28	24	5	1	1	18	8	1	1	6	10	16	1.16667	14	LDWWDW
	14	Southampton	15	5	4	6	26	24	4	3	0	18	6	1	1	6	8	18	1.08333	14	DWWLDL
	15	Coventry City	15	3	7	5	19	21	2	5	0	8	5	1	2	5	11	16	.90476	13	DLDWDL
	16	Nottingham Forest	14	5	2	7	23	26	4	1	2	15	8	1	1	5	8	18	.88462	12	DLWDLW
	17	Swansea Town	15	4	4	7	23	35	3	1	4	14	20	1	3	3	9	15	.65714	12	WDWLLD
	18	West Ham United	14	5	1	8	19	28	3	1	3	9	13	2	0	5	10	15	.67857	11	LDLLWL
	19	Millwall	15	4	3	8	20	32	3	2	4	15	18	1	1	4	5	14	.62500	11	WLLLWW
	20	Bury	15	1	7	7	22	30	1	4	2	17	15	0	3	5	5	15	.73333	9	LLLDLD
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	15	3	3	9	22	34	2	2	4	12	13	1	1	5	10	21	.64706	9	LLLWLD
	22	Newport County	15	2	1	12	21	57	1	0	6	14	25	1	1	6	7	32	.36842	5	WLLLLL

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	Newcastle United	16	8	6	2	42	14	4	2	1	26	7	4	4	1	16	7	3.00000	22	LWWWWD		1-1
1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	16	8	5	3	30	20	5	3	1	14	8	3	2	2	16	12	1.50000	21	DWDWLW		2-1
1	3	Burnley	16	7	7	2	23	17	4	4	1	12	9	3	3	1	11	8	1.35294	21	WWDDDD		0-0
	4	Manchester City	15	8	4	3	31	15	5	2	0	19	5	3	2	3	12	10	2.06667	20	DLWLWW		1-0
	5	Chesterfield	15	7	6	2	18	10	3	3	1	10	6	4	3	1	8	4	1.80000	20	LDDDWW		2-1
	6	Birmingham City	17	9	2	6	29	17	6	1	1	20	5	3	1	5	9	12	1.70588	20	WWLWWW		3-1
2	7	West Bromwich Albion	16	8	3	5	38	29	4	1	2	19	12	4	2	3	19	17	1.31034	19	WDLLDW		6-1
2	8	Leicester City	16	8	2	6	27	24	5	1	3	18	11	3	1	3	9	13	1.12500	18	WLWWWD		0-0
1	9	Barnsley	17	7	4	6	35	37	5	1	3	19	13	2	3	3	16	24	.94595	18	LWLLLL		1-2
3	10	Fulham	16	7	4	5	32	35	5	1	1	19	12	2	3	4	13	23	.91429	18	WLDWLL		1-6
	11	Plymouth Argyle	15	6	5	4	29	27	5	3	0	18	9	1	2	4	11	18	1.07407	17	WLWWDL		1-2
2	12	Southampton	16	6	4	6	29	26	5	3	0	21	8	1	1	6	8	18	1.11538	16	WWLDLW		3-2
1	13	Bradford Park Avenue	15	5	5	5	23	22	3	2	3	9	8	2	3	2	14	14	1.04545	15	WDWDLL		2-3
1	14	Coventry City	16	4	7	5	21	22	3	5	0	10	6	1	2	5	11	16	.95455	15	LDWDLW		2-1
2	15	Luton Town	16	6	2	8	28	26	5	1	1	18	8	1	1	7	10	18	1.07692	14	DWWDWL		0-2
1	16	Swansea Town	16	5	4	7	25	35	4	1	4	16	20	1	3	3	9	15	.71429	14	DWLLDW		2-0
1	17	Nottingham Forest	15	5	2	8	23	27	4	1	3	15	9	1	1	5	8	18	.85185	12	LWDLWL		0-1
	18	West Ham United	15	5	1	9	20	30	3	1	3	9	13	2	0	6	11	17	.66667	11	DLLWLL		1-2
	19	Millwall	16	4	3	9	21	35	3	2	4	15	18	1	1	5	6	17	.60000	11	LLLWWL		1-3
	20	Bury	16	1	8	7	23	31	1	4	2	17	15	0	4	5	6	16	.74194	10	LLDLDD		1-1
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	16	3	3	10	23	37	2	2	4	12	13	1	1	6	11	24	.62162	9	LLWLDL		1-3
	22	Newport County	16	3	1	12	24	58	2	0	6	17	26	1	1	6	7	32	.41379	7	LLLLLW		3-1