The City Ground

NEWPORT COUNTY 2 - 5 FOREST - Sat Jan 04, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 04, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newport County
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Somerton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-2 WON
: Half-time: 3-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 04 January 1947

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: RC Greenwood
Attendance:: 13,150
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 14
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (FA Cup)
League:: Southampton
Newport County:: Apr 07, 1950

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1669 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 932 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1849 (of 5829)
Total:: 2987 (of 7634)
Played:: 79 years, 8 months, 13 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tom Johnston (20')
Colin Lyman (34')
Colin Lyman (35')
W Smith (82') (OG)
Colin Lyman (86')

NEWPORT COUNTY
Manager: Tom Bromilow
Prior form: LLWWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Carr (38')
Lewis (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Reg Savage
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	31	Bob McCall
4	M	31	George Pritty
5	M	28	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	F	32	Colin Lyman (34') (35') (86')
10	F	20	Colin Rawson
11	F	28	Tom Johnston (20')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bakewell
2	D	W Smith
3	D	Oldham
4	D	D Sanders
5	D	Wilcox
6	M	Sneddon
7	M	Lewis
8	M	Batty
9	M	Rawcliffe
10	F	Carr
11	F	Harper

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 04, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-2	Coventry City
Burnley	1-0	Birmingham City
Bury	2-1	Southampton
Chesterfield	0-1	Manchester City
Leicester City	4-0	West Ham United
Luton Town	2-0	Fulham
Millwall	0-1	Bradford Park Avenue
Newport County	2-5	Nottingham Forest
Plymouth Argyle	4-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Swansea Town	1-2	Newcastle United
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Manchester City	23	14	6	3	52	22	9	3	0	34	10	5	3	3	18	12	30	34	WDWWWW
	2	Birmingham City	24	15	2	7	46	21	10	1	1	33	7	5	1	6	13	14	25	32	WWWWLW
	3	Burnley	23	11	9	3	33	18	6	5	1	18	9	5	4	2	15	9	15	31	WWDWLW
	4	Newcastle United	24	12	6	6	61	32	7	2	3	36	16	5	4	3	25	16	29	30	WWLLLW
	5	Chesterfield	23	10	9	4	31	20	5	4	2	17	10	5	5	2	14	10	11	29	WLDLDW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	23	12	3	8	53	44	7	1	3	29	19	5	2	5	24	25	9	27	LLWWWW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	23	9	8	6	41	32	5	5	2	20	15	4	3	4	21	17	9	26	LWDLDL
	8	Leicester City	23	11	3	9	40	39	6	2	4	23	17	5	1	5	17	22	1	25	WLLWWL
	9	Southampton	22	8	7	7	44	38	7	4	0	31	12	1	3	7	13	26	6	23	DWLDDW
	10	Luton Town	23	9	4	10	39	37	7	1	2	25	15	2	3	8	14	22	2	22	WLDLWD
	11	Fulham	22	9	4	9	40	46	7	1	2	25	14	2	3	7	15	32	-6	22	LLLWWL
	12	Barnsley	24	8	6	10	47	55	6	2	4	27	20	2	4	6	20	35	-8	22	WLLDDL
	13	Coventry City	23	6	9	8	27	31	5	6	1	14	10	1	3	7	13	21	-4	21	WLDWDL
	14	Plymouth Argyle	23	8	5	10	43	53	7	3	1	24	14	1	2	9	19	39	-10	21	WLLLLL
	15	Bury	24	6	8	10	43	45	5	4	2	32	20	1	4	8	11	25	-2	20	WLWWLW
	16	Nottingham Forest	22	8	4	10	32	38	7	2	3	22	12	1	2	7	10	26	-6	20	DWLWWL
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	23	6	7	10	34	40	4	3	5	12	12	2	4	5	22	28	-6	19	LDLLDL
	18	West Ham United	22	8	3	11	34	42	5	2	3	17	17	3	1	8	17	25	-8	19	LWWLWD
	19	Millwall	22	7	4	11	30	45	4	3	5	19	23	3	1	6	11	22	-15	18	WLLDWW
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	24	5	6	13	41	56	4	4	5	23	22	1	2	8	18	34	-15	16	WLLLDD
	21	Swansea Town	22	6	4	12	32	47	5	1	5	20	24	1	3	7	12	23	-15	16	LLLLWL
	22	Newport County	22	5	1	16	35	77	4	0	7	25	34	1	1	9	10	43	-42	11	LLWWLL

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)
	1	Manchester City	24	15	6	3	53	22	9	3	0	34	10	6	3	3	19	12	31	36	DWWWWW		1-0
1	2	Burnley	24	12	9	3	34	18	7	5	1	19	9	5	4	2	15	9	16	33	WDWLWW		1-0
1	3	Birmingham City	25	15	2	8	46	22	10	1	1	33	7	5	1	7	13	15	24	32	WWWLWL		0-1
	4	Newcastle United	25	13	6	6	63	33	7	2	3	36	16	6	4	3	27	17	30	32	WLLLWW		2-1
	5	Chesterfield	24	10	9	5	31	21	5	4	3	17	11	5	5	2	14	10	10	29	LDLDWL		0-1
1	6	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	8	6	43	32	6	5	2	22	15	4	3	4	21	17	11	28	WDLDLW		2-0
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	24	12	3	9	53	46	7	1	3	29	19	5	2	6	24	27	7	27	LWWWWL		0-2
	8	Leicester City	24	12	3	9	44	39	7	2	4	27	17	5	1	5	17	22	5	27	LLWWLW		4-0
1	9	Luton Town	24	10	4	10	41	37	8	1	2	27	15	2	3	8	14	22	4	24	LDLWDW		2-0
1	10	Southampton	23	8	7	8	45	40	7	4	0	31	12	1	3	8	14	28	5	23	WLDDWL		1-2
2	11	Coventry City	24	7	9	8	29	31	5	6	1	14	10	2	3	7	15	21	-2	23	LDWDLW		2-0
2	12	Plymouth Argyle	24	9	5	10	47	54	8	3	1	28	15	1	2	9	19	39	-7	23	LLLLLW		4-1
2	13	Bury	25	7	8	10	45	46	6	4	2	34	21	1	4	8	11	25	-1	22	LWWLWW		2-1
2	14	Nottingham Forest	23	9	4	10	37	40	7	2	3	22	12	2	2	7	15	28	-3	22	WLWWLW		5-2
4	15	Fulham	23	9	4	10	40	48	7	1	2	25	14	2	3	8	15	34	-8	22	LLWWLL		0-2
4	16	Barnsley	25	8	6	11	47	57	6	2	5	27	22	2	4	6	20	35	-10	22	LLDDLL		0-2
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	24	7	7	10	35	40	4	3	5	12	12	3	4	5	23	28	-5	21	DLLDLW		1-0
	18	West Ham United	23	8	3	12	34	46	5	2	3	17	17	3	1	9	17	29	-12	19	WWLWDL		0-4
	19	Millwall	23	7	4	12	30	46	4	3	6	19	24	3	1	6	11	22	-16	18	LLDWWL		0-1
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	25	5	6	14	42	60	4	4	5	23	22	1	2	9	19	38	-18	16	LLLDDL		1-4
	21	Swansea Town	23	6	4	13	33	49	5	1	6	21	26	1	3	7	12	23	-16	16	LLLWLL		1-2
	22	Newport County	23	5	1	17	37	82	4	0	8	27	39	1	1	9	10	43	-45	11	LWWLLL		2-5