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SEASON: 1945-46

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This Season: 1945-46
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DIVISION:: World War II
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Watford (White Hart Lane) 0-1)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Eddie Barks, Tanner Allen (1 goal)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	2 times
Conceded	3 times
Won By
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 Chelsea (4-0)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 0
Lowest League Attendance:: 0
Average League Attendance:: 0
Highest Cup Attendance:: 15,394
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 15,394

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 0
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:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1945-46)

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GAMES

WWII Main League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 25, 1945	Chelsea	A	4-0	Win	21,299	Mee (?, ?), Johnson (?), Long (?)
2	Sat Sep 01, 1945	Chelsea	H	0-1	Loss	23,444
3	Sat Sep 08, 1945	Millwall	H	2-2	Draw	16,138	Betts (?, ?)
4	Wed Sep 12, 1945	Fulham	H	1-1	Draw	15,000	Johnson (?)
5	Sat Sep 15, 1945	Millwall	A	1-2	Loss	20,000	Mee (?)
6	Mon Sep 17, 1945	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-0	Win	11,937	Mee (?), Blenkinsop (?)
7	Sat Sep 22, 1945	Southampton	A	2-5	Loss	17,000	North (?, ?)
8	Sat Sep 29, 1945	Southampton	H	4-0	Win	15,000	North (?), Johnson (?, ?), Barks (?)
9	Sat Oct 06, 1945	Derby County	H	1-1	Draw	30,000	North (?)
10	Sat Oct 13, 1945	Derby County	A	2-3	Loss	22,000	Johnson (?, ?)
11	Sat Oct 20, 1945	Leicester City	A	0-0	Draw	-
12	Sat Oct 27, 1945	Leicester City	H	1-1	Draw	19,892	Barks (?)
13	Sat Nov 03, 1945	Coventry City	H	0-0	Draw	14,655
14	Sat Nov 10, 1945	Coventry City	A	4-1	Win	10,420	Barks (?, ?), Johnson (?), Ledger (?)
15	Sat Nov 17, 1945	Luton Town	A	4-1	Win	-	Johnson (?, ?), North (?), Barks (?)
16	Sat Nov 24, 1945	Luton Town	H	0-2	Loss	15,322
17	Sat Dec 01, 1945	Aston Villa	A	1-3	Loss	30,000	North (?)
18	Sat Dec 08, 1945	Aston Villa	H	1-3	Loss	25,000	Barks (?)
19	Sat Dec 15, 1945	Arsenal	A	2-2	Draw	17,500	North (?), Mee (?)
20	Sat Dec 22, 1945	Arsenal	H	3-2	Win	20,202	Johnson (?, ?), Allen (?)
21	Tue Dec 25, 1945	Charlton Athletic	H	0-2	Loss	-
22	Wed Dec 26, 1945	Charlton Athletic	A	0-2	Loss	-
23	Sun Dec 30, 1945	Fulham	A	3-3	Draw	18,457	Johnson (?, ?, ?)
24	Sat Jan 12, 1946	Portsmouth	A	2-2	Draw	18,000	Johnson (?), Simpson (?)
25	Sat Jan 19, 1946	Portsmouth	H	3-0	Win	11,713	Johnson (?, ?), O'Donnell (?)
26	Sat Jan 26, 1946	Swansea Town	H	2-2	Draw	12,641	North (?), O'Donnell (?)
27	Sat Feb 02, 1946	Swansea Town	A	2-2	Draw	-	Simpson (?), Johnson (?)
28	Sat Feb 16, 1946	Newport County	A	4-2	Win	12,000	North (?, ?), Mee (?), O'Donnell (?)
29	Sat Feb 23, 1946	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-4	Loss	20,349
30	Sat Mar 02, 1946	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	Draw	25,000
31	Sat Mar 09, 1946	West Ham United	H	1-1	Draw	20,000	Johnson (?)
32	Sat Mar 16, 1946	West Ham United	A	3-1	Win	18,000	Mee (?, ?), Johnson (?)
33	Sat Mar 23, 1946	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-1	Loss	19,755
34	Sat Mar 30, 1946	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	Loss	21,559
35	Sat Apr 06, 1946	Birmingham City	H	1-0	Win	24,289	Barks (?)
36	Sat Apr 13, 1946	Birmingham City	A	1-2	Loss	25,000	Johnson (?)
37	Fri Apr 19, 1946	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-3	Loss	24,000	Johnson (?), Pimbley (?)
38	Sat Apr 20, 1946	Brentford	H	2-0	Win	19,704	O'Donnell (?), Mee (?)
39	Mon Apr 22, 1946	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-2	Loss	18,464
40	Tue Apr 23, 1946	Newport County	H	7-2	Win	7,341	Johnson (?, ?, ?), O'Donnell (?, ?, ?), Brown (?)
41	Sat Apr 27, 1946	Brentford	A	1-5	Loss	-	Johnson (?)
42	Sat May 04, 1946	Plymouth Argyle	A	2-3	Loss	18,000	Mee (?), Jones (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 05, 1946	Watford	3			H	1-1	Draw	15,394	Allen (?)
Wed Jan 09, 1946	Watford	3			A	1-1	Aba	7,008	Barks (?)
Wed Jan 16, 1946	Watford	3	Y	1	N	0-1	Loss	6,500

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Aug 15, 1945	Notts County	England	H	3-2	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Thu Aug 16, 1945	Derby County	England	H	1-4	Loss	-	? (?)
Wed Oct 24, 1945	British Army Of The Rhine	Britain	N	1-4	Loss	5,000	North (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (11)				Out (25)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	A Williams	Bought			A Williams	Sold
	Danny Canning	Bought			D Pimbley	Sold
	Doug Woodman	Bought			Doug Woodman	Sold
	Fred White	Bought			F Payne	Sold
	J Hall	Bought			Frank Johnson	Sold
	Johnny Hancocks	Bought			Fred White	Sold
	Ken Ledger	Bought			Gordon Brown	Sold
	Reg Savage	Bought			Harry Egan	Sold
	T Simms	Bought			Ian McPherson	Sold
	Tom Weston	Bought			J Hall	Sold
Jan 19, 1946	Frank O'Donnell	Bought			Jack Surtees	Retired
					James Cronkshaw	Sold
					Joe Crofts	Sold
					John Maund	Sold
					Johnny Hancocks	Sold
					Ken Ledger	Sold
					Les Jones	Sold
					Ralph Dulson	Sold
					Ray Paul	Sold
					Reg Trim	Sold
					T Simms	Sold
					Thomas Clark	Sold
					Thomas Peacock	Sold
					Tom Weston	Sold
				Jun 07, 1946	Victor Walker	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Alick Grant
GK		Danny Canning
GK		F Payne
GK		Fred White
GK		J Hall
GK		Laurie Platts
GK		Reg Savage	3		1	1
D		Doug Woodman
D		Edward Blagg	3		1	1
D		Frank Shufflebottom
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	2		1
D		Joe Crofts
D		Reg Trim
M		Bob McCall	2		1	1
M		Eddie Barks	3		1	1	1
M		Frank O'Donnell
M		Gordon Brown
M		James Cronkshaw
M		John Maund
M		Johnny Hancocks
M		Ken Ledger
M		Raich Carter
M		Ray Paul
M		Robert Davies
M		T Simms
M		Tanner Allen	3		1	1	1
M		Thomas Clark
M		Tom Blenkinsop
M		Victor Walker	2			1
M		William Baxter	3		1	1
F		A Williams
F		Colin Rawson	1			1
F		D Pimbley
F		Eric Betts
F		Frank Johnson
F		Frederick Martin
F		George Mee	3		1	1
F		George Pritty
F		Harry Egan
F		Ian McPherson
F		Jack Surtees
F		Les Jones
F		Noel Simpson	3		1	1
F		Ralph Dulson
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton
F		Thomas Peacock
F		Tom Hinchcliffe
F		Tom Johnson	3		1	1
F		Tom North	2		1
F		Tom Weston
F		William Morley
		B Long
		Charles Morgan

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
1	Eddie Barks	3
1	Tanner Allen	3
	Own Goals	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season