The City Ground

BURNLEY 3 - 0 FOREST - Wed Dec 25, 1946 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Dec 25, 1946 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Burnley
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Turf Moor
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Burnley Express - Saturday 28 December 1946

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: H Bryan
Attendance:: 19,484
League Week:: 19 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 16
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 2)
Burnley:: Dec 26, 1946

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1665 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 928 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1845 (of 5828)
Total:: 2983 (of 7633)
Played:: 79 years, 8 months, 18 days ago

Review
After losing heavily today, we would meet Burnley again tomorrow, in the return game at the City Ground!

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

Goal Scorers

BURNLEY
Manager: Cliff Britton
Prior form: DDDWWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jackie Chew (20')
Jackie Chew (52')
Peter Kippax (85')

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	35	Frank O'Donnell	Last game
10	F	32	Colin Lyman
11	F	27	Tom Johnston

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	34	Reg Savage	14		4	1
2	D	32	Harry Brigham	7	1	4	1
3	M	30	Bob McCall	66	1	4	1
4	M	31	George Pritty	32	1	4	1
5	M	28	Ted Blagg	16		4	1
6	M	25	Frank Knight	6		4	1
7	F	30	Freddie Scott	16	1	4	1
8	F	31	Sailor Brown	19	6	4	1
9	M	35	Frank O'Donnell	10	5	46	7
10	F	32	Colin Lyman	9	2	4	1
11	F	27	Tom Johnston	17	6	4	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Strong
2	D	Arthur Woodruff
3	D	Harry Mather
4	D	Reg Attwell
5	D	Alan Brown
6	M	George Bray
7	M	Jackie Chew
8	M	Billy Morris
9	M	Jack Billingham
10	F	Harry Potts
11	F	Peter Kippax

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Dec 25, 1946)

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

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Newcastle United	20	11	6	3	54	23	6	2	1	31	10	5	4	2	23	13	31	28	WDLWWW
2	Birmingham City	21	13	2	6	42	19	8	1	1	29	6	5	1	5	13	13	23	28	WWWWWW
3	Burnley	20	9	9	2	27	17	5	5	1	15	9	4	4	1	12	8	10	27	DDDWWD
4	Manchester City	19	10	6	3	40	17	6	3	0	25	7	4	3	3	15	10	23	26	WWDWWD
5	Chesterfield	19	9	7	3	24	15	4	4	1	11	6	5	3	2	13	9	9	25	WWDWWL
6	Tottenham Hotspur	20	9	7	4	40	28	5	4	2	20	15	4	3	2	20	13	12	25	LWDLWD
7	West Bromwich Albion	20	9	3	8	44	39	5	1	3	24	16	4	2	5	20	23	5	21	DWLLLW
8	Leicester City	20	9	3	8	36	36	5	2	4	21	16	4	1	4	15	20	0	21	WDDWLL
9	Plymouth Argyle	19	8	5	6	36	38	7	3	0	22	11	1	2	6	14	27	-2	21	DLWLWL
10	Barnsley	21	8	4	9	41	48	6	1	4	23	16	2	3	5	18	32	-7	20	LLLWLL
11	Southampton	19	7	5	7	34	32	6	3	0	25	10	1	2	7	9	22	2	19	DLWDWL
12	Luton Town	20	8	3	9	35	33	6	1	2	23	14	2	2	7	12	19	2	19	WLWWLD
13	Bradford Park Avenue	19	6	6	7	29	30	4	2	4	11	10	2	4	3	18	20	-1	18	LLWLLD
14	Coventry City	20	5	8	7	24	27	4	6	0	11	6	1	2	7	13	21	-3	18	LWLWLD
15	Fulham	18	7	4	7	32	37	5	1	2	19	13	2	3	5	13	24	-5	18	DWLLLL
16	Nottingham Forest	18	6	4	8	29	31	5	2	3	19	11	1	2	5	10	20	-2	16	LWLDDW
17	Bury	20	3	8	9	28	36	3	4	2	22	15	0	4	7	6	21	-8	14	DDWLWL
18	Sheffield Wednesday	20	5	4	11	35	45	4	2	4	19	15	1	2	7	16	30	-10	14	DLWDWL
19	West Ham United	18	6	2	10	26	37	3	2	3	11	15	3	0	7	15	22	-11	14	WLLDLW
20	Swansea Town	19	5	4	10	29	42	4	1	5	19	24	1	3	5	10	18	-13	14	LDWLLL
21	Millwall	19	5	3	11	24	42	4	2	5	18	22	1	1	6	6	20	-18	13	WWLWLL
22	Newport County	19	4	1	14	29	66	3	0	7	21	32	1	1	7	8	34	-37	9	LLWLLW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Birmingham City	22	14	2	6	45	20	9	1	1	32	7	5	1	5	13	13	25	30	WWWWWW		3-1
1	2	Burnley	21	10	9	2	30	17	6	5	1	18	9	4	4	1	12	8	13	29	DDWWDW		3-0
1	3	Manchester City	20	11	6	3	44	20	7	3	0	29	10	4	3	3	15	10	24	28	WDWWDW		4-3
3	4	Newcastle United	21	11	6	4	56	27	6	2	2	33	14	5	4	2	23	13	29	28	DLWWWL		2-4
	5	Chesterfield	20	9	8	3	25	16	4	4	1	11	6	5	4	2	14	10	9	26	WDWWLD		1-1
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	21	9	7	5	41	31	5	4	2	20	15	4	3	3	21	16	10	25	WDLWDL		1-3
	7	West Bromwich Albion	21	10	3	8	48	41	5	1	3	24	16	5	2	5	24	25	7	23	WLLLWW		4-2
	8	Leicester City	21	10	3	8	38	37	5	2	4	21	16	5	1	4	17	21	1	23	DDWLLW		2-1
	9	Plymouth Argyle	20	8	5	7	39	42	7	3	0	22	11	1	2	7	17	31	-3	21	LWLWLL		3-4
	10	Barnsley	22	8	5	9	45	52	6	2	4	27	20	2	3	5	18	32	-7	21	LLWLLD		4-4
	11	Southampton	20	7	6	7	38	36	6	3	0	25	10	1	3	7	13	26	2	20	LWDWLD		4-4
2	12	Coventry City	21	6	8	7	27	28	5	6	0	14	7	1	2	7	13	21	-1	20	WLWLDW		3-1
1	13	Luton Town	21	8	3	10	36	35	6	1	2	23	14	2	2	8	13	21	1	19	LWWLDL		1-2
1	14	Bradford Park Avenue	20	6	6	8	30	32	4	2	5	12	12	2	4	3	18	20	-2	18	LWLLDL		1-2
	15	Fulham	19	7	4	8	34	41	5	1	2	19	13	2	3	6	15	28	-7	18	WLLLLL		2-4
	16	Nottingham Forest	19	6	4	9	29	34	5	2	3	19	11	1	2	6	10	23	-5	16	WLDDWL		0-3
	17	Bury	21	4	8	9	32	38	4	4	2	26	17	0	4	7	6	21	-6	16	DWLWLW		4-2
1	18	West Ham United	19	7	2	10	28	38	4	2	3	13	16	3	0	7	15	22	-10	16	LLDLWW		2-1
1	19	Sheffield Wednesday	21	5	4	12	37	49	4	2	4	19	15	1	2	8	18	34	-12	14	LWDWLL		2-4
	20	Swansea Town	20	5	4	11	30	45	4	1	5	19	24	1	3	6	11	21	-15	14	DWLLLL		1-3
	21	Millwall	20	5	4	11	25	43	4	3	5	19	23	1	1	6	6	20	-18	14	WLWLLD		1-1
	22	Newport County	20	5	1	14	33	68	4	0	7	25	34	1	1	7	8	34	-35	11	LWLLWW		4-2