The City Ground

SEASON: 1947-48

Prev Season: 1946-47
This Season: 1947-48
Next Season: 1948-49

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Liverpool (A) 1-4)
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Tom Johnson (17 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1947-48								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Birmingham City	42	22	15	5	55	24	12	7	2	34	13	10	8	3	21	11	2.292	59	Promoted as Champions	0-2	1-2
2	Newcastle United	42	24	8	10	72	41	18	1	2	46	13	6	7	8	26	28	1.756	56	Promoted	0-0	2-0
3	Southampton	42	21	10	11	71	53	15	3	3	53	23	6	7	8	18	30	1.340	52		1-1	1-2
4	Sheffield Wednesday	42	20	11	11	66	53	13	6	2	39	21	7	5	9	27	32	1.245	51		0-0	1-2
5	Cardiff City	42	18	11	13	61	58	12	6	3	36	18	6	5	10	25	40	1.052	47		1-2	1-4
6	West Ham United	42	16	14	12	55	53	10	7	4	29	19	6	7	8	26	34	1.038	46		2-1	1-2
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	9	15	63	58	11	4	6	37	29	7	5	9	26	29	1.086	45		3-1	2-3
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	14	13	56	43	10	6	5	36	24	5	8	8	20	19	1.302	44		1-0	3-0
9	Leicester City	42	16	11	15	60	57	10	5	6	36	29	6	6	9	24	28	1.053	43		1-0	1-3
10	Coventry City	42	14	13	15	59	52	10	5	6	33	16	4	8	9	26	36	1.135	41		4-0	1-1
11	Fulham	42	15	10	17	47	46	6	9	6	24	19	9	1	11	23	27	1.022	40		0-2	0-0
12	Barnsley	42	15	10	17	62	64	10	5	6	31	22	5	5	11	31	42	.969	40		1-1	2-2
13	Luton Town	42	14	12	16	56	59	8	8	5	31	25	6	4	11	25	34	.949	40		1-2	1-2
14	Bradford Park Avenue	42	16	8	18	68	72	11	3	7	45	30	5	5	11	23	42	.944	40		1-2	1-3
15	Brentford	42	13	14	15	44	61	10	6	5	31	26	3	8	10	13	35	.721	40		2-0	1-3
16	Chesterfield	42	16	7	19	54	55	8	4	9	32	26	8	3	10	22	29	.982	39		1-3	0-0
17	Plymouth Argyle	42	9	20	13	40	58	8	9	4	27	22	1	11	9	13	36	.690	38		1-1	1-1
18	Leeds United	42	14	8	20	62	72	12	5	4	44	20	2	3	16	18	52	.861	36		1-0	2-2
19	Nottingham Forest	42	12	11	19	54	60	10	5	6	32	23	2	6	13	22	37	.900	35
20	Bury	42	9	16	17	58	68	6	8	7	27	28	3	8	10	31	40	.853	34		2-1	0-1
21	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	11	22	40	66	7	8	6	23	20	2	3	16	17	46	.606	29	Relegated	4-2	0-2
22	Millwall	42	9	11	22	44	74	7	7	7	27	28	2	4	15	17	46	.595	29	Relegated	5-2	0-2

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Competitive Games:: 43
Competitive Goals:: 55
Goals per game:: 1.3
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 35 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 41.7%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	22 times	7 times	2 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	9 times	16 times	5 times	2 times
Won By	5 times	4 times	2 times	1 time
Lost By	10 times	8 times	2 times

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

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	-	-	2	3	5	0	West Bromwich Albion (2-3), Birmingham City (1-2)
2		2	5	1	1	3	4	9	3	Bradford Park Avenue (1-3), Newcastle United (2-0), Birmingham City (0-2), Cardiff City (1-4), Newcastle Unite
3		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4		4	3	-	1	2	3	5	1	Cardiff City (1-2), Southampton (1-2), Southampton (1-1)
5		5	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Bradford Park Avenue (1-2), Sheffield Wednesday (0-0)
6		6	2	2	-	-	4	0	4	Tottenham Hotspur (1-0), Tottenham Hotspur (3-0)
7	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	2	8	3	2	1	-	5	2	5	West Ham United (2-1), Chesterfield (0-0), West Bromwich Albion (3-1)
9		9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10		10	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Barnsley (2-2)
11		11	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Barnsley (1-1)
12	3	12	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Fulham (0-0), Coventry City (1-1)
13		13	3	2	-	1	6	2	4	Sheffield Wednesday (1-2), Leeds United (1-0), Coventry City (4-0)
14		14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	4	15	3	-	-	3	2	7	0	Chesterfield (1-3), Fulham (0-2), Luton Town (1-2)
16	7	16	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Luton Town (1-2), Leicester City (1-0)
17		17	5	-	2	3	5	9	2	West Ham United (1-2), Leicester City (1-3), Bury (0-1), Leeds United (2-2), Plymouth Argyle (1-1)
18	38	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	96	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	66	20	3	1	1	1	5	5	3	Millwall (0-2), Plymouth Argyle (1-1), Doncaster Rovers (4-2)
21	33	21	1	1	-	-	5	2	2	Millwall (5-2)
22	1	22	3	1	-	2	3	5	2	Brentford (1-3), Brentford (2-0), Doncaster Rovers (0-2)

Not included: Week 1 game against Bury (2-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 33,364 (Birmingham City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,977 (Luton Town)
Average League Attendance:: 24,301
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 1 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 23, 1947	Bury	H	2-1	Win	27,381	7	Johnson (?), Lee (?)
2	Wed Aug 27, 1947	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-2	Loss	22,365	12	Morris (?)
3	Sat Aug 30, 1947	West Ham United	A	1-2	Loss	19,416	15	Johnson (?)
4	Wed Sep 03, 1947	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-3	Loss	16,246	18	Edwards (?)
5	Sat Sep 06, 1947	Chesterfield	H	1-3	Loss	28,811	19	Johnson (?)
6	Wed Sep 10, 1947	Brentford	A	1-3	Loss	15,005	19	Johnson (?)
7	Sat Sep 13, 1947	Millwall	A	0-2	Loss	14,975	21
8	Wed Sep 17, 1947	Brentford	H	2-0	Win	18,617	20	Brown (?), Johnson (?)
9	Sat Sep 20, 1947	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-0	Win	26,202	19	Johnson (?)
10	Sat Sep 27, 1947	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	33,047	21	Lee (?)
11	Sat Oct 04, 1947	Cardiff City	H	1-2	Loss	30,618	21	Johnson (?)
12	Sat Oct 11, 1947	Leicester City	A	1-3	Loss	27,709	21	Lee (?)
13	Sat Oct 18, 1947	Leeds United	H	1-0	Win	22,380	19	Johnson (?)
14	Sat Oct 25, 1947	Fulham	A	0-0	Draw	20,147	20
15	Sat Nov 01, 1947	Coventry City	H	4-0	Win	25,824	18	Scott (?), Johnson (?, ?), Edwards (?)
16	Sat Nov 08, 1947	Newcastle United	A	2-0	Win	60,244	16	Simpson (?, ?)
17	Sat Nov 15, 1947	Birmingham City	H	0-2	Loss	33,364	18
18	Sat Nov 22, 1947	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-3	Loss	28,568	19	Barks (?), Scott (?)
19	Sat Nov 29, 1947	Barnsley	H	1-1	Draw	18,108	18	Johnson (?)
20	Sat Dec 06, 1947	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-1	Draw	21,225	18	Johnson (?)
21	Sat Dec 13, 1947	Luton Town	H	1-2	Loss	12,977	19	Leverton (?)
22	Sat Dec 20, 1947	Bury	A	0-1	Loss	12,005	20
23	Fri Dec 26, 1947	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-2	Loss	20,129	22
24	Sat Dec 27, 1947	Doncaster Rovers	H	4-2	Win	22,201	21	Scott (?), Wilkins (?), Johnson (?), Lee (?)
25	Sat Jan 03, 1948	West Ham United	H	2-1	Win	26,141	19	Wilkins (?), Johnson (?)
26	Sat Jan 17, 1948	Chesterfield	A	0-0	Draw	17,783	19
27	Sat Jan 31, 1948	Millwall	H	5-2	Win	21,506	19	Johnson (?), Edwards (?, ?), Lee (?, ?)
28	Sat Feb 14, 1948	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	Draw	29,852	20
29	Sat Feb 21, 1948	Cardiff City	A	1-4	Loss	28,929	20	Johnson (?)
30	Sat Feb 28, 1948	Leicester City	H	1-0	Win	32,123	20	Lee (?)
31	Sat Mar 06, 1948	Leeds United	A	2-2	Draw	27,018	19	Johnson (?), Edwards (?)
32	Sat Mar 13, 1948	Fulham	H	0-2	Loss	20,916	19
33	Sat Mar 20, 1948	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	11,536	20	Lee (?)
34	Fri Mar 26, 1948	Southampton	A	1-2	Loss	22,584	20	Lee (?)
35	Sat Mar 27, 1948	Newcastle United	H	0-0	Draw	28,906	20
36	Mon Mar 29, 1948	Southampton	H	1-1	Draw	24,738	20	Wilkins (?)
37	Sat Apr 03, 1948	Birmingham City	A	1-2	Loss	38,227	20	Morley (?)
38	Sat Apr 10, 1948	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	Win	20,023	20	Scott (?), Morley (?), Edwards (?)
39	Mon Apr 12, 1948	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-0	Win	18,569	19	Leverton (?, ?), Lee (?)
40	Sat Apr 17, 1948	Barnsley	A	2-2	Draw	18,958	19	Gager (?), Morley (?)
41	Sat Apr 24, 1948	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	Draw	17,288	18	Scott (?)
42	Sat May 01, 1948	Luton Town	A	1-2	Loss	15,126	19	Leverton (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 10, 1948	Liverpool	3			A	1-4	Loss	48,569	Wilkins (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 24, 1948	Arsenal	England	H	2-3	Loss	25,479	Wilkins (? pen), Barks (?)
Sat Feb 07, 1948	Crystal Palace	England	A	0-1	Loss	9,760

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 23, 1947	League Tier 2	Bury		H	2-1	27,381	Johnson (?), Lee (?)
Wed Aug 27, 1947	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		H	1-2	22,365	Morris (?)
Sat Aug 30, 1947	League Tier 2	West Ham United		A	1-2	19,416	Johnson (?)
Wed Sep 03, 1947	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		A	1-3	16,246	Edwards (?)
Sat Sep 06, 1947	League Tier 2	Chesterfield		H	1-3	28,811	Johnson (?)
Wed Sep 10, 1947	League Tier 2	Brentford		A	1-3	15,005	Johnson (?)
Sat Sep 13, 1947	League Tier 2	Millwall		A	0-2	14,975
Wed Sep 17, 1947	League Tier 2	Brentford		H	2-0	18,617	Brown (?), Johnson (?)
Sat Sep 20, 1947	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		H	1-0	26,202	Johnson (?)
Sat Sep 27, 1947	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday		A	1-2	33,047	Lee (?)
Sat Oct 04, 1947	League Tier 2	Cardiff City		H	1-2	30,618	Johnson (?)
Sat Oct 11, 1947	League Tier 2	Leicester City		A	1-3	27,709	Lee (?)
Sat Oct 18, 1947	League Tier 2	Leeds United		H	1-0	22,380	Johnson (?)
Sat Oct 25, 1947	League Tier 2	Fulham		A	0-0	20,147
Sat Nov 01, 1947	League Tier 2	Coventry City		H	4-0	25,824	Scott (?), Johnson (?, ?), Edwards (?)
Sat Nov 08, 1947	League Tier 2	Newcastle United		A	2-0	60,244	Simpson (?, ?)
Sat Nov 15, 1947	League Tier 2	Birmingham City		H	0-2	33,364
Sat Nov 22, 1947	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion		A	2-3	28,568	Barks (?), Scott (?)
Sat Nov 29, 1947	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	1-1	18,108	Johnson (?)
Sat Dec 06, 1947	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		A	1-1	21,225	Johnson (?)
Sat Dec 13, 1947	League Tier 2	Luton Town		H	1-2	12,977	Leverton (?)
Sat Dec 20, 1947	League Tier 2	Bury		A	0-1	12,005
Fri Dec 26, 1947	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		A	0-2	20,129
Sat Dec 27, 1947	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		H	4-2	22,201	Scott (?), Wilkins (?), Johnson (?), Lee (?)
Sat Jan 03, 1948	League Tier 2	West Ham United		H	2-1	26,141	Wilkins (?), Johnson (?)
Sat Jan 10, 1948	FA Cup	Liverpool	3	A	1-4	48,569	Wilkins (?)
Sat Jan 17, 1948	League Tier 2	Chesterfield		A	0-0	17,783
Sat Jan 24, 1948	Friendly	Arsenal		H	2-3	25,479	Wilkins (? pen), Barks (?)
Sat Jan 31, 1948	League Tier 2	Millwall		H	5-2	21,506	Johnson (?), Edwards (?, ?), Lee (?, ?)
Sat Feb 07, 1948	Friendly	Crystal Palace		A	0-1	9,760
Sat Feb 14, 1948	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday		H	0-0	29,852
Sat Feb 21, 1948	League Tier 2	Cardiff City		A	1-4	28,929	Johnson (?)
Sat Feb 28, 1948	League Tier 2	Leicester City		H	1-0	32,123	Lee (?)
Sat Mar 06, 1948	League Tier 2	Leeds United		A	2-2	27,018	Johnson (?), Edwards (?)
Sat Mar 13, 1948	League Tier 2	Fulham		H	0-2	20,916
Sat Mar 20, 1948	League Tier 2	Coventry City		A	1-1	11,536	Lee (?)
Fri Mar 26, 1948	League Tier 2	Southampton		A	1-2	22,584	Lee (?)
Sat Mar 27, 1948	League Tier 2	Newcastle United		H	0-0	28,906
Mon Mar 29, 1948	League Tier 2	Southampton		H	1-1	24,738	Wilkins (?)
Sat Apr 03, 1948	League Tier 2	Birmingham City		A	1-2	38,227	Morley (?)
Sat Apr 10, 1948	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion		H	3-1	20,023	Scott (?), Morley (?), Edwards (?)
Mon Apr 12, 1948	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		A	3-0	18,569	Leverton (?, ?), Lee (?)
Sat Apr 17, 1948	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	2-2	18,958	Gager (?), Morley (?)
Sat Apr 24, 1948	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		H	1-1	17,288	Scott (?)
Sat May 01, 1948	League Tier 2	Luton Town		A	1-2	15,126	Leverton (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (8)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Dennis Ward	Bought			Dennis Ward	Sold
	George Lee	Bought			George Pritty	Sold
	Horace Gager	Bought		1948	Noel Simpson	Sold
	Jack Burkitt	Bought			Ted Blagg	Sold
	James Clarke	Bought			Wilson Jones	Sold
	Wilson Jones	Bought		Aug 01, 1944	Tanner Allen	Sold
Dec 01, 1947	George Wilkins	Bought	£7,500	Oct 01, 1947	Sailor Brown	Sold	£10,000
				Dec 20, 1947	Harry Brigham	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Dennis Ward	1			1
GK		Harry Walker	39	10	11	18
GK		Laurie Platts	3	2		1
Defenders
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	27	9	9	9
D		Harry Brigham	7	1		6
D		Horace Gager	12	3	5	4	1
D		Jack Hutchinson	39	12	10	17
D		James Clarke	2		1	1
Midfielders
M		Bob McCall	27	7	8	12
M		Bryn Elliott	1			1
M		Eddie Barks	31	8	8	15	1
M		Ernest Morris	4	1		3	1
M		Frank Knight	13	4	3	6
M		George Pritty	2	1		1
M		Jack Burkitt
M		Ken Rawson	2		1	1
M		Noel Simpson	30	9	9	12	2
M		Tanner Allen	1			1
M		Ted Blagg	21	6	3	12
M		William Morley	15	4	2	9	3
M		Wilson Jones	7	2		5
Forwards
F		Freddie Scott	42	12	11	19	5
F		Frederick Martin	2			2
F		George Lee	42	11	11	20	10
F		George Wilkins	12	4	6	2	4
F		Gordon Kaile	9	3	2	4
F		Jack Edwards	34	8	11	15	6
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton	6	2	2	2	4
F		Roland Wheatley	4		1	3
F		Sailor Brown	5	3		2	1
F		Tom Johnson	33	10	7	16	17

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
17	Tom Johnson	33
10	George Lee	42
6	Jack Edwards	34
5	Freddie Scott	42
4	George Wilkins	12
4	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	6
3	William Morley	15
2	Noel Simpson	30
1	Eddie Barks	31
1	Ernest Morris	4
1	Horace Gager	12
1	Sailor Brown	5

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Sep 20, 1947	Home	1-0		Mon Apr 12, 1948	Away	3-0