The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Apr 10, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 10, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 (Won)

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: D Schofield
Attendance:: 20,023
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 2)
West Bromwich Albion:: Aug 21, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1726 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 989 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1911 (of 5679)
Total:: 3048 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Freddie Scott
William Morley
Jack Edwards

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Fred Everiss
Prior form: WDDLDL (Old to recent)

Goals:
Taylor

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	Bob McCall
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Noel Simpson
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	M	William Morley
9	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
10	F	Jack Edwards
11	F	George Lee

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 10, 1948)

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

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	37	20	12	5	51	23	11	6	2	32	13	9	6	3	19	10	2.21739	52	DDDWDW
	2	Newcastle United	37	21	6	10	64	37	15	1	2	40	11	6	5	8	24	26	1.72973	48	LWWDDW
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	37	20	7	10	61	46	13	3	2	37	19	7	4	8	24	27	1.32609	47	WWWWWW
	4	Cardiff City	38	17	10	11	58	49	12	5	2	35	12	5	5	9	23	37	1.18367	44	WLLDLL
	5	Southampton	36	17	9	10	63	49	13	3	2	48	19	4	6	8	15	30	1.28571	43	WDWDDL
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	37	15	11	11	54	36	10	5	3	35	18	5	6	8	19	18	1.50000	41	LDDWWL
	7	West Ham United	38	14	13	11	49	49	9	7	3	27	17	5	6	8	22	32	1.00000	41	DWDWDL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	38	16	8	14	50	54	10	3	6	30	28	6	5	8	20	26	.92593	40	WDDLDL
	9	Chesterfield	37	15	7	15	51	45	7	4	7	29	22	8	3	8	22	23	1.13333	37	WLWLWW
	10	Leicester City	37	14	9	14	54	52	10	3	5	35	26	4	6	9	19	26	1.03846	37	LDDWWW
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	38	15	7	16	62	60	10	3	6	41	26	5	4	10	21	34	1.03333	37	WDWDWL
	12	Barnsley	37	14	9	14	54	54	10	4	5	28	18	4	5	9	26	36	1.00000	37	WDLDWL
	13	Coventry City	37	12	11	14	50	44	9	4	6	29	15	3	7	8	21	29	1.13636	35	DDDLDW
	14	Fulham	35	13	9	13	43	40	5	8	5	22	16	8	1	8	21	24	1.07500	35	WDWDDL
	15	Bury	38	9	15	14	54	55	6	7	6	25	24	3	8	8	29	31	.98182	33	LDDLLD
	16	Luton Town	37	11	11	15	48	53	6	8	4	27	21	5	3	11	21	32	.90566	33	LLLDDW
	17	Plymouth Argyle	38	8	17	13	32	51	8	7	4	23	18	0	10	9	9	33	.62745	33	LLDWDD
	18	Brentford	37	10	13	14	35	57	8	6	5	25	25	2	7	9	10	32	.61404	33	LWWWDL
	19	Leeds United	38	12	7	19	52	68	10	5	4	36	19	2	2	15	16	49	.76471	31	LWLLDL
	20	Nottingham Forest	37	10	9	18	44	54	9	4	6	28	21	1	5	12	16	33	.81481	29	LDLDDL
	21	Doncaster Rovers	38	9	10	19	37	58	7	8	4	22	16	2	2	15	15	42	.63793	28	LDDLWL
	22	Millwall	38	8	10	20	37	69	6	6	7	20	25	2	4	13	17	44	.53623	26	WWDLLL

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	Result(s)
	1	Birmingham City	38	21	12	5	53	24	11	6	2	32	13	10	6	3	21	11	2.20833	54	DDWDWW	2-1
	2	Newcastle United	38	21	7	10	65	38	15	1	2	40	11	6	6	8	25	27	1.71053	49	WWDDWD	1-1
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	38	20	8	10	62	47	13	4	2	38	20	7	4	8	24	27	1.31915	48	WWWWWD	1-1
	4	Cardiff City	39	17	11	11	59	50	12	6	2	36	13	5	5	9	23	37	1.18000	45	LLDLLD	1-1
	5	Southampton	37	17	9	11	65	52	13	3	3	50	22	4	6	8	15	30	1.25000	43	DWDDLL	2-3
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	15	11	12	54	38	10	5	4	35	20	5	6	8	19	18	1.42105	41	DDWWLL	0-2
	7	West Ham United	39	14	13	12	49	50	9	7	4	27	18	5	6	8	22	32	.98000	41	WDWDLL	0-1
	8	West Bromwich Albion	39	16	8	15	51	57	10	3	6	30	28	6	5	9	21	29	.89474	40	DDLDLL	1-3
1	9	Leicester City	38	15	9	14	57	54	10	3	5	35	26	5	6	9	22	28	1.05556	39	DDWWWW	3-2
2	10	Barnsley	38	15	9	14	56	55	10	4	5	28	18	5	5	9	28	37	1.01818	39	DLDWLW	2-1
3	11	Fulham	36	14	9	13	45	40	5	8	5	22	16	9	1	8	23	24	1.12500	37	DWDDLW	2-0
3	12	Chesterfield	38	15	7	16	53	48	7	4	8	31	25	8	3	8	22	23	1.10417	37	LWLWWL	2-3
2	13	Bradford Park Avenue	39	15	7	17	63	62	10	3	7	42	28	5	4	10	21	34	1.01613	37	DWDWLL	1-2
1	14	Coventry City	38	12	12	14	51	45	9	4	6	29	15	3	8	8	22	30	1.13333	36	DDLDWD	1-1
2	15	Plymouth Argyle	39	9	17	13	35	53	8	7	4	23	18	1	10	9	12	35	.66038	35	LDWDDW	3-2
2	16	Brentford	38	11	13	14	36	57	8	6	5	25	25	3	7	9	11	32	.63158	35	WWWDLW	1-0
2	17	Bury	39	9	16	14	56	57	6	8	6	27	26	3	8	8	29	31	.98246	34	DDLLDD	2-2
2	18	Luton Town	38	11	12	15	50	55	6	8	4	27	21	5	4	11	23	34	.90909	34	LLDDWD	2-2
	19	Leeds United	39	12	8	19	53	69	10	5	4	36	19	2	3	15	17	50	.76812	32	WLLDLD	1-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	38	11	9	18	47	55	10	4	6	31	22	1	5	12	16	33	.85455	31	DLDDLW	3-1
	21	Doncaster Rovers	39	9	10	20	38	60	7	8	5	23	18	2	2	15	15	42	.63333	28	DDLWLL	1-2
	22	Millwall	39	8	11	20	38	70	6	7	7	21	26	2	4	13	17	44	.54286	27	WDLLLD	1-1