The City Ground

SEASON: 1939-40

Prev Season: 1938-39
This Season: 1939-40
Next Season: 1940-41

DIVISION:: World War II
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: -
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Colin Perry (2 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	1 time	2 times
Conceded	1 time			1 time
Won By	1 time	1 time
Lost By			1 time

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.

Position days			Record against teams (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
Forest Pos	Num Days		Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results

Not included: Week 1 game against Barnsley (1-4)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 0
Lowest League Attendance:: 0
Average League Attendance:: 0
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 1
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1939-40)

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 26, 1939	Barnsley	A	1-4	Loss	11,535	19	Perry (?)
2	Thu Aug 31, 1939	Newcastle United	H	2-0	Win	-	15	Perry (?), McCall (? pen)
3	Sat Sep 02, 1939	Newport County	H	2-1	Win	-	8	Surtees (?), Maund (?)

WWII Main League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Oct 21, 1939	Sheffield United	A	0-3	Loss	-
2	Sat Oct 28, 1939	Doncaster Rovers	H	1-1	Draw	3,000	Drury (?)
3	Sat Nov 11, 1939	Mansfield Town	H	6-2	Win	3,676	Drury (?, ?, ?), Hinchcliffe (?), McCall (?), Graham (?)
4	Sat Nov 25, 1939	Lincoln City	H	0-1	Loss	1,500
5	Sat Dec 02, 1939	Rotherham United	A	0-1	Loss	-
6	Sat Dec 09, 1939	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	Draw	3,116	Drury (?)
7	Sat Jan 06, 1940	Chesterfield	H	2-2	Draw	1,417	Drury (?), Hinchcliffe (?)
8	Sat Feb 24, 1940	Doncaster Rovers	A	2-3	Loss	-	Drury (?), Hinchcliffe (?)
9	Sat Mar 02, 1940	Notts County	A	3-4	Loss	-	Drury (?, ?), Hinchcliffe (?)
10	Sat Mar 09, 1940	Mansfield Town	A	0-2	Loss	3,000
11	Fri Mar 22, 1940	Barnsley	A	0-3	Loss	-
12	Sat Mar 23, 1940	Lincoln City	A	0-1	Loss	5,000
13	Mon Mar 25, 1940	Barnsley	H	1-0	Win	5,000	Hunter (?)
14	Tue Mar 26, 1940	Sheffield United	H	4-1	Win	2,581	Starling (?), Drury (?, ?), Hinchcliffe (?)
15	Sat Mar 30, 1940	Rotherham United	H	4-1	Win	3,000	Hinchcliffe (?), Drury (?, ?, ?)
16	Sat Apr 06, 1940	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	3,000	Starling (?)
17	Mon May 13, 1940	Grimsby Town	H	1-1	Draw	2,258	Drury (?)
18	Sat May 25, 1940	Notts County	H	6-2	Win	1,771	Peacock (?, ?), Drury (?, ?), Starling (?), Roulston (?)
19	Wed May 29, 1940	Chesterfield	A	1-6	Loss	-	McKenzie (?)
20	Sat Jun 08, 1940	Grimsby Town	A	3-4	Loss	-	Peacock (?, ?), Walker (?)

WWII Wartime Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Apr 20, 1940	Charlton Athletic	1	1	H	1-0	Win	-	Armstrong (89)
Sat Apr 27, 1940	Charlton Athletic	1	2	A	3-1	Win	-	Crisp (?), Armstrong (?), Drury (?)
Sat May 04, 1940	Southend United	2	1	H	3-1	Win	-	Broome (?), Crisp (?), Starling (?)
Sat May 11, 1940	Southend United	2	2	A	1-0	Win	-	McCall (?)
Sat May 18, 1940	Fulham	3		A	0-2	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 19, 1939	Notts County	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	Fryer (?)
Sat Sep 16, 1939	Peterborough United	England	A	3-4	Loss	-	Fryer (?), McCall (?, ?)
Sat Sep 23, 1939	Grimsby Town	England	H	1-2	Loss	5,000	Munro (? pen)
Sat Sep 30, 1939	Lincoln City	England	A	6-0	Win	-	Thomas (?, ?), McCall (?, ?), Drury (?), Mills (?)
Sat Oct 07, 1939	Sheffield Wednesday	England	H	1-2	Loss	-	McCall (?)
Sat Oct 14, 1939	Notts County	England	H	2-1	Win	-	Hinchcliffe (?), Lager (?)
Sat Nov 04, 1939	Chelmsford	England	A	4-1	Win	-	McCall (?, ?), Drury (?, ?)
Sat Nov 18, 1939	Bristol City	England	A	9-3	Win	-	Hinchcliffe (?, ?, ?), McCall (?, ?), Hunter (?), Drury (?), Maund (?), Walker (?)
Sat Dec 16, 1939	Stockport County	England	H	6-0	Win	-	Beaumont (?, ?, ?), Drury (?, ?), Walker (?)
Tue Dec 26, 1939	Leicester City	England	H	3-1	Win	-	McCall (?), Drury (?), Hinchcliffe (?)
Sat Dec 30, 1939	Port Vale	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Hinchcliffe (?, ?), Drury (?)
Sat Jan 13, 1940	Birmingham International XI	England	H	0-1	Loss	-
Sat Mar 16, 1940	Army XI	England	H	3-0	Win	-	Peacock (?), Drury (?), Hinchcliffe (?)
Sat Apr 13, 1940	Stoke City	England	H	2-3	Loss	-	Trim (?), Drury (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (30)				Out (10)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Alex Massie	Bought			Andy McCall	Sold
	Andy McCall	Bought			Beverley	Sold
	Beverley	Bought			Boy Martin	Sold
	Bill Corkhill	Bought			Charles (1940)	Sold
	Billy Walker	Bought			Cutts (1940)	Sold
	Charles (1940)	Bought			EW Lager	Sold
	Cutts (1940)	Bought			John Munro	Sold
	Doug Westland	Bought			P McKenzie	Sold
	EF Smith	Bought			Paddy Mills	Sold
	Eric Houghton	Bought			Tom Brawley	Sold
	EW Lager	Bought
	Frank Knight	Bought
	Fred Moon	Bought
	G Richardson	Bought
	George Antonio	Bought
	George Cummings	Bought
	George Drury	Bought
	Jack Challinor	Bought
	James Hunter	Bought
	Jock Kirton	Bought
	Ken Rawson	Bought
	P McKenzie	Bought
	Paddy Mills	Bought
	Reg Brook	Bought
	Ronnie Starling	Bought
	Tom Brawley	Bought
	Tom Hinchcliffe	Bought
May 19, 1939	Colin Perry	Bought
May 19, 1939	John Maund	Bought
Jul 22, 1939	George Crisp	Bought

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Ashley Hunt
GK		Cutts (1940)
GK		Doug Westland
GK		Percy Ashton	3	2		1
D		Beverley
D		Charles (1940)
D		Edward Blagg
D		Fred Stanley (1938-43))
D		George Cummings
D		Jack Challinor
D		John Munro	3	2		1
D		Reg Brook
D		Reg Trim	3	2		1
D		Tom Brawley
D		Tommy Graham	1			1
D		Ken Rawson
M		A Hydes
M		Alex Massie
M		Andy McCall	3	2		1	1
M		Bill Corkhill
M		Bob McCall	3	2		1
M		C Roulston
M		Colin Perry	3	2		1	2
M		Eddie Barks
M		EW Lager
M		Frank Broome
M		Frank Knight
M		Freddie Haycock
M		James Hunter
M		Jock Kirton
M		John Maund	3	2		1	1
M		P McKenzie
M		Paddy Mills
M		Robert Davies	2	2
M		Thomas Clark	3	2		1
M		William Baxter
F		Billy Walker
F		Boy Martin
F		EF Smith
F		Eric Houghton
F		Fred Moon
F		G Richardson
F		George Antonio
F		George Crisp
F		George Drury
F		George Pritty	3	2		1
F		Jack Fryer
F		Jack Surtees	3	2		1	1
F		Len Beaumont
F		Matt Armstrong
F		Ronnie Starling
F		Thomas Peacock
F		Tom Hinchcliffe
F		Jackie Martin
		A Nixon
		Beardall
		McStay
		Roberts (1939)
		Sid Gladwin
		Thomas (1939)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
2	Colin Perry	3
1	Andy McCall	3
1	Jack Surtees	3
1	John Maund	3
	Own Goals	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season