The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Nov 01, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 01, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 01 November 1947

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: G Salmon
Attendance:: 26,083
Pos Before/After:: 20 18
Opp Before/After:: 13 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: Mar 20, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1703 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 966 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1887 (of 5768)
Total:: 3025 (of 7556)
Played:: 77 years, 7 months, 29 days ago

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

Goals
Tom Johnston (21')
Freddie Scott (43')
Tom Johnston (52')
Jack Edwards (79')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Billy Frith
Prior form: WLDDLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	D	21	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	26	Eddie Barks
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	24	Noel Simpson
7	F	22	Gordon Kaile
8	F	31	Freddie Scott (43')
9	F	28	Tom Johnston (21') (52')
10	F	23	Jack Edwards (79')
11	F	28	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wood
2	D	Tooze
3	D	R Mason
4	D	Barratt
5	D	G Mason
6	M	Alderton
7	M	D Simpson
8	M	Lowrie
9	M	Roberts
10	F	Murphy
11	F	Lockhart

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 01, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	3-0	Fulham
Bury	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
Cardiff City	0-0	Leeds United
Chesterfield	1-1	Plymouth Argyle
Doncaster Rovers	0-3	Newcastle United
Millwall	3-1	Luton Town
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Leicester City
Southampton	2-0	Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	Brentford
West Ham United	2-1	Barnsley

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	West Bromwich Albion	14	9	3	2	22	13	6	1	1	16	10	3	2	1	6	3	1.69231	21	WDWWWL
	2	Birmingham City	14	8	4	2	18	8	4	3	1	11	6	4	1	1	7	2	2.25000	20	WWWDDW
	3	Newcastle United	14	8	3	3	29	16	6	1	1	20	6	2	2	2	9	10	1.81250	19	WLDWWW
	4	Cardiff City	14	7	4	3	22	13	5	1	1	13	4	2	3	2	9	9	1.69231	18	WWWWDL
	5	West Ham United	14	6	5	3	19	14	4	3	0	11	3	2	2	3	8	11	1.35714	17	WWWLDW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	14	8	1	5	23	22	5	1	1	16	10	3	0	4	7	12	1.04545	17	LWWWWL
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	14	5	5	4	22	14	4	2	0	16	6	1	3	4	6	8	1.57143	15	LWDLWD
	8	Bradford Park Avenue	14	7	1	6	24	18	5	1	1	19	6	2	0	5	5	12	1.33333	15	WLDLLL
	9	Leicester City	14	6	3	5	18	18	4	2	1	13	10	2	1	4	5	8	1.00000	15	LDLWWW
	10	Southampton	14	6	3	5	20	24	4	2	1	14	7	2	1	4	6	17	.83333	15	WLDWWL
	11	Barnsley	14	6	2	6	24	25	4	0	3	11	7	2	2	3	13	18	.96000	14	WDWWDL
	12	Leeds United	14	6	1	7	24	20	5	1	1	16	4	1	0	6	8	16	1.20000	13	LLLDLW
	13	Coventry City	14	5	3	6	19	16	4	1	2	11	5	1	2	4	8	11	1.18750	13	WLDDLW
	14	Fulham	14	6	1	7	20	18	3	1	3	11	6	3	0	4	9	12	1.11111	13	LWLLWD
	15	Bury	14	4	4	6	19	21	3	1	3	12	11	1	3	3	7	10	.90476	12	LWDDLL
	16	Luton Town	14	4	4	6	17	19	3	3	0	8	3	1	1	6	9	16	.89474	12	LDDLLD
	17	Millwall	13	2	6	5	16	20	2	2	2	9	7	0	4	3	7	13	.80000	10	DWDLDD
	18	Doncaster Rovers	14	3	4	7	14	21	2	3	2	9	7	1	1	5	5	14	.66667	10	DLLDLL
	19	Chesterfield	13	4	2	7	12	19	0	0	5	1	9	4	2	2	11	10	.63158	10	LLLDLW
	20	Nottingham Forest	14	4	1	9	14	23	4	0	3	9	8	0	1	6	5	15	.60870	9	WLLLWD
	21	Brentford	14	3	3	8	13	28	3	2	3	11	14	0	1	5	2	14	.46429	9	LDDWDW
	22	Plymouth Argyle	14	2	5	7	6	25	2	3	2	3	6	0	2	5	3	19	.24000	9	LDDLLD

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	West Bromwich Albion	15	10	3	2	24	14	6	1	1	16	10	4	2	1	8	4	1.71429	23	DWWWLW		2-1
1	2	Newcastle United	15	9	3	3	32	16	6	1	1	20	6	3	2	2	12	10	2.00000	21	LDWWWW		3-0
1	3	Birmingham City	15	8	4	3	18	10	4	3	1	11	6	4	1	2	7	4	1.80000	20	WWDDWL		0-2
	4	Cardiff City	15	7	5	3	22	13	5	2	1	13	4	2	3	2	9	9	1.69231	19	WWWDLD		0-0
	5	West Ham United	15	7	5	3	21	15	5	3	0	13	4	2	2	3	8	11	1.40000	19	WWLDWW		2-1
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	15	8	2	5	24	23	5	2	1	17	11	3	0	4	7	12	1.04348	18	WWWWLD		1-1
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	15	6	5	4	26	14	5	2	0	20	6	1	3	4	6	8	1.85714	17	WDLWDW		4-0
	8	Bradford Park Avenue	15	8	1	6	27	18	6	1	1	22	6	2	0	5	5	12	1.50000	17	LDLLLW		3-0
1	9	Southampton	15	7	3	5	22	24	5	2	1	16	7	2	1	4	6	17	.91667	17	LDWWLW		2-0
1	10	Leicester City	15	6	4	5	19	19	4	2	1	13	10	2	2	4	6	9	1.00000	16	DLWWWD		1-1
1	11	Leeds United	15	6	2	7	24	20	5	1	1	16	4	1	1	6	8	16	1.20000	14	LLDLWD		0-0
1	12	Barnsley	15	6	2	7	25	27	4	0	3	11	7	2	2	4	14	20	.92593	14	DWWDLL		1-2
1	13	Fulham	15	6	1	8	20	21	3	1	3	11	6	3	0	5	9	15	.95238	13	WLLWDL		0-3
1	14	Coventry City	15	5	3	7	19	20	4	1	2	11	5	1	2	5	8	15	.95000	13	LDDLWL		0-4
2	15	Millwall	14	3	6	5	19	21	3	2	2	12	8	0	4	3	7	13	.90476	12	WDLDDW		3-1
1	16	Bury	15	4	4	7	20	23	3	1	4	13	13	1	3	3	7	10	.86957	12	WDDLLL		1-2
1	17	Luton Town	15	4	4	7	18	22	3	3	0	8	3	1	1	7	10	19	.81818	12	DDLLDL		1-3
2	18	Nottingham Forest	15	5	1	9	18	23	5	0	3	13	8	0	1	6	5	15	.78261	11	LLLWDW		4-0
	19	Chesterfield	14	4	3	7	13	20	0	1	5	2	10	4	2	2	11	10	.65000	11	LLDLWD		1-1
2	20	Doncaster Rovers	15	3	4	8	14	24	2	3	3	9	10	1	1	5	5	14	.58333	10	LLDLLL		0-3
1	21	Plymouth Argyle	15	2	6	7	7	26	2	3	2	3	6	0	3	5	4	20	.26923	10	DDLLDD		1-1
1	22	Brentford	15	3	3	9	13	32	3	2	3	11	14	0	1	6	2	18	.40625	9	DDWDWL		0-4