The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - Sat Apr 23, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 23, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Tottenham Hotspur
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: H Moore
Attendance:: 27,126
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Tottenham Hotspur:: Oct 05, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1771 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 1034 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1958 (of 5736)
Total:: 3097 (of 7523)
Played:: 75 years, 7 months, 1 day ago

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

Goals
Roland 'Tot' Leverton
George Lee

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Manager: Joe Hulme
Prior form: DLLWWD (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	23	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	33	Bob McCall
4	M	23	Jack Burkitt
5	D	32	Horace Gager
6	D	23	Bill Whare	Debut
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	25	John Love
9	F	22	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
10	F	24	Gordon Kaile
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 Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 23, 1949)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-2	Bury
Blackburn Rovers	0-0	Leeds United
Bradford Park Avenue	1-1	Chesterfield
Cardiff City	3-0	Coventry City
Fulham	2-1	Brentford
Grimsby Town	3-0	West Ham United
Luton Town	6-0	Lincoln City
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Plymouth Argyle	1-1	Leicester City
Queens Park Rangers	1-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton	1-1	West Bromwich Albion

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	40	23	8	9	68	34	16	3	1	47	9	7	5	8	21	25	2.00000	54	WLLWLD	Safe
	2	Fulham	39	22	8	9	72	35	14	4	1	48	13	8	4	8	24	22	2.05714	52	LDWWWW	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	38	22	7	9	63	37	15	3	2	45	16	7	4	7	18	21	1.70270	51	DWWWWL	Safe
	4	Cardiff City	39	18	11	10	58	46	13	3	3	41	20	5	8	7	17	26	1.26087	47	WWWLDW	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	39	16	14	9	64	41	14	3	3	49	17	2	11	6	15	24	1.56098	46	DLLWWD	Safe
	6	West Ham United	38	18	9	11	55	47	13	4	2	37	17	5	5	9	18	30	1.17021	45	WWWWWD	Safe
	7	Chesterfield	39	13	16	10	48	44	8	7	5	23	18	5	9	5	25	26	1.09091	42	WLDDWD	Safe
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	39	14	11	14	59	54	12	5	3	36	17	2	6	11	23	37	1.09259	39	WLLDDD	Safe
	9	Barnsley	39	13	12	14	59	56	9	7	3	37	15	4	5	11	22	41	1.05357	38	DWWWLW	Safe
	10	Bury	37	16	5	16	58	68	11	4	3	34	19	5	1	13	24	49	.85294	37	LWLLWW	Safe
	11	Coventry City	39	15	6	18	54	58	12	2	6	34	19	3	4	12	20	39	.93103	36	LWWLLW
	12	Queens Park Rangers	39	13	10	16	40	58	10	4	5	28	23	3	6	11	12	35	.68966	36	WDDWDL
	13	Leeds United	39	12	11	16	55	61	11	5	4	36	21	1	6	12	19	40	.90164	35	LWLLWL
	14	Bradford Park Avenue	39	13	9	17	63	73	8	6	4	35	21	5	3	13	28	52	.86301	35	LWWLLL
	15	Luton Town	38	12	11	15	46	55	9	6	4	24	16	3	5	11	22	39	.83636	35	LLLLLL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	40	14	7	19	51	62	11	4	4	39	22	3	3	15	12	40	.82258	35	LWWWLL
	17	Grimsby Town	38	12	10	16	65	70	7	5	6	38	27	5	5	10	27	43	.92857	34	WDWLLD
	18	Brentford	38	11	12	15	37	46	7	9	4	26	19	4	3	11	11	27	.80435	34	DDLLWD
	19	Plymouth Argyle	38	12	9	17	45	55	11	3	5	32	19	1	6	12	13	36	.81818	33	DLLLLW
	20	Leicester City	38	9	14	15	58	73	6	10	4	41	35	3	4	11	17	38	.79452	32	LWLLDW
	21	Nottingham Forest	39	12	6	21	42	52	8	5	6	19	12	4	1	15	23	40	.80769	30	WLWWLW
	22	Lincoln City	40	7	12	21	50	85	6	7	8	31	35	1	5	13	19	50	.58824	26	DWLLDL	Relegated

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	Southampton	41	23	9	9	69	35	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	8	21	25	1.97143	55	LLWLDD	Safe	1-1
	2	Fulham	40	23	8	9	74	36	15	4	1	50	14	8	4	8	24	22	2.05556	54	DWWWWW	Safe	2-1
	3	West Bromwich Albion	39	22	8	9	64	38	15	3	2	45	16	7	5	7	19	22	1.68421	52	WWWWLD	Safe	1-1
	4	Cardiff City	40	19	11	10	61	46	14	3	3	44	20	5	8	7	17	26	1.32609	49	WWLDWW	Safe	3-0
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	40	16	15	9	66	43	14	3	3	49	17	2	12	6	17	26	1.53488	47	LLWWDD	Safe	2-2
	6	West Ham United	39	18	9	12	55	50	13	4	2	37	17	5	5	10	18	33	1.10000	45	WWWWDL	Safe	0-3
	7	Chesterfield	40	13	17	10	49	45	8	7	5	23	18	5	10	5	26	27	1.08889	43	LDDWDD	Safe	1-1
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	40	15	11	14	62	55	12	5	3	36	17	3	6	11	26	38	1.12727	41	LLDDDW	Safe	3-1
	9	Barnsley	40	14	12	14	62	58	10	7	3	40	17	4	5	11	22	41	1.06897	40	WWWLWW	Safe	3-2
5	10	Luton Town	39	13	11	15	52	55	10	6	4	30	16	3	5	11	22	39	.94545	37	LLLLLW	Safe	6-0
1	11	Bury	38	16	5	17	60	71	11	4	3	34	19	5	1	14	26	52	.84507	37	WLLWWL	Safe	2-3
5	12	Grimsby Town	39	13	10	16	68	70	8	5	6	41	27	5	5	10	27	43	.97143	36	DWLLDW	Safe	3-0
	13	Leeds United	40	12	12	16	55	61	11	5	4	36	21	1	7	12	19	40	.90164	36	WLLWLD	Safe	0-0
3	14	Coventry City	40	15	6	19	54	61	12	2	6	34	19	3	4	13	20	42	.88525	36	WWLLWL	Safe	0-3
1	15	Bradford Park Avenue	40	13	10	17	64	74	8	7	4	36	22	5	3	13	28	52	.86486	36	WWLLLD	Safe	1-1
	16	Blackburn Rovers	41	14	8	19	51	62	11	5	4	39	22	3	3	15	12	40	.82258	36	WWWLLD	Safe	0-0
5	17	Queens Park Rangers	40	13	10	17	41	61	10	4	6	29	26	3	6	11	12	35	.67213	36	DDWDLL	Safe	1-3
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	39	12	10	17	46	56	11	4	5	33	20	1	6	12	13	36	.82143	34	LLLLWD		1-1
1	19	Brentford	39	11	12	16	38	48	7	9	4	26	19	4	3	12	12	29	.79167	34	DLLWDL		1-2
	20	Leicester City	39	9	15	15	59	74	6	10	4	41	35	3	5	11	18	39	.79730	33	WLLDWD		1-1
	21	Nottingham Forest	40	12	7	21	44	54	8	6	6	21	14	4	1	15	23	40	.81481	31	LWWLWD		2-2
	22	Lincoln City	41	7	12	22	50	91	6	7	8	31	35	1	5	14	19	56	.54945	26	WLLDLL	Relegated	0-6