The City Ground

FULHAM 4 - 0 FOREST - Sat Aug 28, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 28, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Craven Cottage
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-4 LOST

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

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: H Pearce
Attendance:: 27,822
Pos Before/After:: 15 21
Opp Before/After:: 6 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grimsby Town (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: Jan 01, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1733 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 996 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1918 (of 5724)
Total:: 3057 (of 7505)
Played:: 75 years, 7 months, 23 days ago

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

Goals

FULHAM
Manager: Jack Peart
Prior form: WD (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	27	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	32	Bob McCall
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	F	28	Sid Ottewell
7	M	21	Johnny Linaker	Debut
8	F	24	Roland Wheatley	Last game
9	F	22	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
10	F	28	George Wilkins
11	F	29	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 Aug 28, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	5-3	Barnsley
Cardiff City	2-1	Southampton
Chesterfield	0-0	West Ham United
Coventry City	1-2	Leicester City
Fulham	4-0	Nottingham Forest
Leeds United	2-0	Luton Town
Lincoln City	0-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Plymouth Argyle	0-2	Grimsby Town
Queens Park Rangers	1-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Sheffield Wednesday	0-0	Brentford
West Bromwich Albion	2-3	Bury

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	Southampton	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	5.00000	4	WW
	2	Bradford Park Avenue	2	2	0	0	6	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	2	3.00000	4	WW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	99.99900	3	WD
	4	Queens Park Rangers	2	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.00000	3	DW
	5	Coventry City	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	2.00000	3	DW
	6	Fulham	2	1	1	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	1.33333	3	WD
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	0	1	5	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	1.66667	2	LW
	8	Leicester City	2	1	0	1	7	6	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	1	4	1.16667	2	WL
	9	Barnsley	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	2	DD
	10	Brentford	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.00000	2	DD
	11	Bury	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.00000	2	DD
	12	Chesterfield	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	1.00000	2	DD
	13	Lincoln City	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	2	DD
	14	Luton Town	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1.00000	2	DD
	15	Nottingham Forest	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1.00000	2	LW
	16	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	0	1	3	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	.75000	2	WL
	17	Cardiff City	2	0	1	1	3	6	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	.50000	1	LD
	18	Plymouth Argyle	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	.50000	1	DL
	19	West Ham United	2	0	1	1	2	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	.40000	1	DL
	20	Leeds United	2	0	1	1	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	.33333	1	LD
	21	Grimsby Town	2	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.60000	0	LL
	22	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	3	.33333	0	LL

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)
3	1	Queens Park Rangers	3	2	1	0	5	1	2	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.00000	5	DWW		1-0
4	2	Fulham	3	2	1	0	8	3	1	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	3	2	2.66667	5	WDW		4-0
1	3	Bradford Park Avenue	3	2	0	1	6	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	3	3	2.00000	4	WWL		0-1
3	4	Southampton	3	2	0	1	6	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	3	3	2.00000	4	WWL		1-2
3	5	Leicester City	3	2	0	1	9	7	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	1	3	5	1.28571	4	WLW		2-1
5	6	Bury	3	1	2	0	6	5	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	4	3	1.20000	4	DDW		3-2
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	1	1	5	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	1.66667	3	LWD		0-0
3	8	Coventry City	3	1	1	1	5	4	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1.25000	3	DWL		1-2
1	9	Brentford	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.00000	3	DDD		0-0
2	10	Chesterfield	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	1.00000	3	DDD		0-0
2	11	Lincoln City	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	3	DDD		0-0
9	12	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.00000	3	WDL		2-3
3	13	Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	1	1	3	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	.75000	3	WLD		0-0
3	14	Cardiff City	3	1	1	1	5	7	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	1	0	3	.71429	3	LDW		2-1
5	15	Leeds United	3	1	1	1	4	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	6	.66667	3	LDW		2-0
5	16	Grimsby Town	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	0	2	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	1.00000	2	LLW		2-0
5	17	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	0	2	7	9	1	0	1	7	6	0	0	1	0	3	.77778	2	LLW		5-3
9	18	Barnsley	3	0	2	1	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	.66667	2	DDL		3-5
5	19	Luton Town	3	0	2	1	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	.60000	2	DDL		0-2
1	20	West Ham United	3	0	2	1	2	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	.40000	2	DLD		0-0
6	21	Nottingham Forest	3	1	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	5	.33333	2	LWL		0-4
4	22	Plymouth Argyle	3	0	1	2	1	4	0	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	.25000	1	DLL		0-2