The City Ground

FULHAM 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 02, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 02, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Craven Cottage
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 02 April 1938

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: H Hartley
Attendance:: 15,285
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 19
Opp Before/After:: 17 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: Nov 05, 1938

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1593 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 856 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1768 (of 5824)
Total:: 2639 (of 7629)
Played:: 88 years, 4 months, 16 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harold Wightman
Prior form: LLWWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Johnny Arnold (30')
Johnny Arnold

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	D	24	Reg Trim
3	D	23	John Munro
4	M	22	Bob McCall
5	M	24	Robert Davies
6	D	33	Tommy Graham
7	F	20	Arthur Betts
8	M		Jimmy Dyson
9	F	24	Boy Martin
10	F	26	Jack Surtees
11	F	26	Meynell Burgin

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Hugh Turner
2	D	Joe Bacuzzi
3	D	Mike Keeping
4	D	Jim Evans
5	D	Ernie Hiles
6	M	Jimmy Tompkins
7	M	Jack Finch
8	M	Vivian Woodward
9	M	Ronnie Rooke
10	F	Eugene 'Taffy' O'Callaghan
11	F	Johnny Arnold

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 02, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-0	Manchester United
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Bury
Bradford Park Avenue	5-1	Sheffield United
Chesterfield	5-2	Luton Town
Fulham	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Norwich City	1-0	Stockport County
Plymouth Argyle	2-1	Newcastle United
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Coventry City
Southampton	0-0	Burnley
Swansea Town	1-0	Barnsley
West Ham United	1-3	Tottenham Hotspur

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Manchester United	34	19	7	8	71	42	12	2	3	41	17	7	5	5	30	25	29	45	WWWWDW	Safe
	2	Sheffield United	35	19	7	9	63	45	13	3	2	42	18	6	4	7	21	27	18	45	WWDDLD	Safe
	3	Aston Villa	33	19	6	8	56	29	12	2	2	37	12	7	4	6	19	17	27	44	WWLLWW	Safe
	4	Coventry City	34	17	10	7	54	35	10	5	3	27	12	7	5	4	27	23	19	44	WWWLWD	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	34	16	6	12	63	43	12	3	2	37	11	4	3	10	26	32	20	38	WDDWLW
	6	West Ham United	34	11	14	9	45	40	11	5	1	29	11	0	9	8	16	29	5	36	LLDDWD
	7	Bury	34	15	5	14	55	45	10	3	5	38	22	5	2	9	17	23	10	35	DWLWLW
	8	Burnley	34	13	9	12	43	44	11	4	2	26	10	2	5	10	17	34	-1	35	WLLWWL
	9	Southampton	34	13	8	13	48	60	10	5	2	36	21	3	3	11	12	39	-12	34	DDWWWL
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	33	12	9	12	49	43	9	4	3	36	16	3	5	9	13	27	6	33	LLWLLL
	11	Newcastle United	33	13	7	13	44	40	11	4	3	34	14	2	3	10	10	26	4	33	WWLDLW
	12	Chesterfield	33	12	8	13	50	50	8	2	5	30	18	4	6	8	20	32	0	32	LLLLWL
	13	Luton Town	34	12	8	14	70	71	8	4	5	41	31	4	4	9	29	40	-1	32	LWDLDD
	14	Barnsley	35	11	9	15	44	56	7	7	3	26	16	4	2	12	18	40	-12	31	DWLDWD
	15	Norwich City	34	12	7	15	51	66	10	3	4	31	21	2	4	11	20	45	-15	31	WWLLWL
	16	Nottingham Forest	34	12	6	16	40	47	10	3	5	27	20	2	3	11	13	27	-7	30	LLWWLW
	17	Fulham	34	9	11	14	44	50	5	7	4	30	21	4	4	10	14	29	-6	29	DDDLWD
	18	Blackburn Rovers	34	10	9	15	56	67	9	6	2	41	27	1	3	13	15	40	-11	29	LLWDDL
	19	Swansea Town	34	9	11	14	36	60	9	5	3	24	18	0	6	11	12	42	-24	29	WLWLWD
	20	Plymouth Argyle	34	9	10	15	42	58	6	6	4	27	25	3	4	11	15	33	-16	28	LWDDDW
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	34	9	9	16	38	49	7	4	6	19	18	2	5	10	19	31	-11	27	DLLLLD
	22	Stockport County	34	9	8	17	36	58	7	5	5	21	19	2	3	12	15	39	-22	26	DLLWLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
2	1	Aston Villa	34	20	6	8	59	29	13	2	2	40	12	7	4	6	19	17	30	46	WLLWWW	Safe	3-0
1	2	Manchester United	35	19	7	9	71	45	12	2	3	41	17	7	5	6	30	28	26	45	WWWDWL	Safe	0-3
1	3	Sheffield United	36	19	7	10	64	50	13	3	2	42	18	6	4	8	22	32	14	45	WDDLDL	Safe	1-5
	4	Coventry City	35	17	10	8	55	37	10	5	3	27	12	7	5	5	28	25	18	44	WWLWDL	Safe	1-2
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	35	17	6	12	66	44	12	3	2	37	11	5	3	10	29	33	22	40	DDWLWW		3-1
	6	West Ham United	35	11	14	10	46	43	11	5	2	30	14	0	9	8	16	29	3	36	LDDWDL		1-3
1	7	Burnley	35	13	10	12	43	44	11	4	2	26	10	2	6	10	17	34	-1	36	LLWWLD		0-0
2	8	Bradford Park Avenue	34	13	9	12	54	44	10	4	3	41	17	3	5	9	13	27	10	35	LWLLLW		5-1
2	9	Bury	35	15	5	15	56	47	10	3	5	38	22	5	2	10	18	25	9	35	WLWLWL		1-2
1	10	Southampton	35	13	9	13	48	60	10	6	2	36	21	3	3	11	12	39	-12	35	DWWWLD		0-0
1	11	Chesterfield	34	13	8	13	55	52	9	2	5	35	20	4	6	8	20	32	3	34	LLLWLW		5-2
1	12	Newcastle United	34	13	7	14	45	42	11	4	3	34	14	2	3	11	11	28	3	33	WLDLWL		1-2
2	13	Norwich City	35	13	7	15	52	66	11	3	4	32	21	2	4	11	20	45	-14	33	WLLWLW		1-0
1	14	Luton Town	35	12	8	15	72	76	8	4	5	41	31	4	4	10	31	45	-4	32	WDLDDL		2-5
2	15	Fulham	35	10	11	14	46	50	6	7	4	32	21	4	4	10	14	29	-4	31	DDLWDW		2-0
2	16	Blackburn Rovers	35	11	9	15	58	68	10	6	2	43	28	1	3	13	15	40	-10	31	LWDDLW		2-1
3	17	Barnsley	36	11	9	16	44	57	7	7	3	26	16	4	2	13	18	41	-13	31	WLDWDL		0-1
1	18	Swansea Town	35	10	11	14	37	60	10	5	3	25	18	0	6	11	12	42	-23	31	LWLWDW		1-0
3	19	Nottingham Forest	35	12	6	17	40	49	10	3	5	27	20	2	3	12	13	29	-9	30	LWWLWL		0-2
	20	Plymouth Argyle	35	10	10	15	44	59	7	6	4	29	26	3	4	11	15	33	-15	30	WDDDWW		2-1
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	9	16	40	50	8	4	6	21	19	2	5	10	19	31	-10	29	LLLLDW		2-1
	22	Stockport County	35	9	8	18	36	59	7	5	5	21	19	2	3	13	15	40	-23	26	LLWLLL		0-1