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CARDIFF CITY 4 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 21, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 21, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ninian Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-4 (Lost)

Attendance:: 28,929
Pos Before/After:: 20/20
Opp Before/After:: 2/2
Referee:
Season:: 1947-48
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Leicester City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1717 (of 4878)
League Tier 2:: 980 (of 2461)
Competitive:: 1902 (of 5575)
Total:: 3034 (of 7323)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
Tom Johnson

CARDIFF CITY
Manager:
Prior form: WWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	Eddie Barks
5	M	Bob McCall
6	M	Frank Knight
7	F	William Morley
8	F	Freddie Scott
9	F	Tom Johnson
10	F	Jack Edwards
11	F	George Lee

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 21, 1948)

Home	F	A	Away
Brentford	0	0	Plymouth Argyle
Cardiff City	4	1	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	1	1	Newcastle United
Fulham	1	1	Birmingham City
Leeds United	3	1	West Bromwich Albion
Luton Town	3	3	Bradford Park Avenue
Millwall	1	7	Bury
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Southampton

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
	1	Birmingham City	28	17	7	4	39	18	9	5	1	26	11	8	2	3	13	7	2.167	41	DWDWDW
	2	Cardiff City	29	14	8	7	47	35	9	4	1	27	8	5	4	6	20	27	1.343	36	WWLWLW
	3	Newcastle United	28	16	3	9	52	31	11	1	2	34	11	5	2	7	18	20	1.677	35	WWWLLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	28	13	7	8	47	26	9	3	1	32	12	4	4	7	15	14	1.808	33	WLLWWD
	5	Southampton	28	14	5	9	53	42	11	2	2	41	15	3	3	7	12	27	1.262	33	WLDLWW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	29	14	5	10	46	41	10	2	2	30	17	4	3	8	16	24	1.122	33	WWLLWD
	7	West Ham United	29	11	10	8	39	35	8	6	1	22	10	3	4	7	17	25	1.114	32	LLWLWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	29	14	4	11	39	38	9	1	5	24	21	5	3	6	15	17	1.026	32	LLLWLL
	9	Chesterfield	28	11	6	11	37	36	5	3	5	20	16	6	3	6	17	20	1.028	28	WWWDLL
	10	Barnsley	29	11	6	12	44	45	8	2	5	23	15	3	4	7	21	30	.978	28	LWWDWD
	11	Coventry City	28	11	5	12	45	38	8	1	5	26	12	3	4	7	19	26	1.184	27	WWWDLL
	12	Bury	30	8	11	11	40	40	6	5	5	24	19	2	6	6	16	21	1.000	27	WWDDLW
	13	Bradford Park Avenue	29	12	3	14	44	46	8	1	6	30	19	4	2	8	14	27	.957	27	WLWLLL
	14	Leicester City	28	10	7	11	39	41	6	3	4	21	20	4	4	7	18	21	.951	27	DLLDLW
	15	Luton Town	28	10	6	12	40	40	6	4	2	21	11	4	2	10	19	29	1.000	26	WWLLLW
	16	Fulham	27	11	4	12	36	36	5	4	4	20	12	6	0	8	16	24	1.000	26	WDLWWD
	17	Leeds United	29	10	5	14	39	49	8	3	3	25	12	2	2	11	14	37	.796	25	LDLWWL
	18	Plymouth Argyle	29	7	11	11	27	44	7	5	3	20	15	0	6	8	7	29	.614	25	WDWLWL
	19	Brentford	29	7	10	12	27	51	6	5	4	20	22	1	5	8	7	29	.529	24	WLWDWD
	20	Nottingham Forest	28	9	5	14	36	40	8	2	5	26	18	1	3	9	10	22	.900	23	LWWDWD
	21	Doncaster Rovers	29	7	6	16	28	49	6	5	4	18	15	1	1	12	10	34	.571	20	LLLWLD
	22	Millwall	29	6	8	15	29	52	5	4	5	16	16	1	4	10	13	36	.558	20	LLLLWL

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
	1	Birmingham City	29	17	8	4	40	19	9	5	1	26	11	8	3	3	14	8	2.105	42	WDWDWD
	2	Cardiff City	30	15	8	7	51	36	10	4	1	31	9	5	4	6	20	27	1.417	38	WLWLWW
	3	Newcastle United	29	16	4	9	53	32	11	1	2	34	11	5	3	7	19	21	1.656	36	WWLLWD
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	29	13	8	8	47	26	9	4	1	32	12	4	4	7	15	14	1.808	34	LLWWDD
	5	Southampton	29	14	6	9	53	42	11	2	2	41	15	3	4	7	12	27	1.262	34	LDLWWD
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	29	14	5	10	46	41	10	2	2	30	17	4	3	8	16	24	1.122	33	WWLLWD
	7	West Ham United	29	11	10	8	39	35	8	6	1	22	10	3	4	7	17	25	1.114	32	LLWLWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	30	14	4	12	40	41	9	1	5	24	21	5	3	7	16	20	.976	32	LLWLLL
3	9	Bury	31	9	11	11	47	41	6	5	5	24	19	3	6	6	23	22	1.146	29	WDDLWW
1	10	Coventry City	29	11	6	12	46	39	8	2	5	27	13	3	4	7	19	26	1.179	28	WWDLLD
2	11	Chesterfield	28	11	6	11	37	36	5	3	5	20	16	6	3	6	17	20	1.028	28	WWWDLL
2	12	Barnsley	29	11	6	12	44	45	8	2	5	23	15	3	4	7	21	30	.978	28	LWWDWD
	13	Bradford Park Avenue	30	12	4	14	47	49	8	1	6	30	19	4	3	8	17	30	.959	28	LWLLLD
1	14	Luton Town	29	10	7	12	43	43	6	5	2	24	14	4	2	10	19	29	1.000	27	WLLLWD
1	15	Fulham	28	11	5	12	37	37	5	5	4	21	13	6	0	8	16	24	1.000	27	DLWWDD
2	16	Leicester City	28	10	7	11	39	41	6	3	4	21	20	4	4	7	18	21	.951	27	DLLDLW
	17	Leeds United	30	11	5	14	42	50	9	3	3	28	13	2	2	11	14	37	.840	27	DLWWLW
	18	Plymouth Argyle	30	7	12	11	27	44	7	5	3	20	15	0	7	8	7	29	.614	26	DWLWLD
	19	Brentford	30	7	11	12	27	51	6	6	4	20	22	1	5	8	7	29	.529	25	LWDWDD
	20	Nottingham Forest	29	9	5	15	37	44	8	2	5	26	18	1	3	10	11	26	.841	23	WWDWDL
	21	Doncaster Rovers	29	7	6	16	28	49	6	5	4	18	15	1	1	12	10	34	.571	20	LLLWLD
	22	Millwall	30	6	8	16	30	59	5	4	6	17	23	1	4	10	13	36	.508	20	LLLWLL