The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 01, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 01, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Coventry Evening Telegraph - Saturday 01 February 1947

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: J Tregellas
Attendance:: 16,440
League Week:: 26 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 12
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (FA Cup)
League:: Leicester City
Coventry City:: Nov 01, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1672 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 935 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1854 (of 5829)
Total:: 2992 (of 7634)
Played:: 79 years, 7 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Freddie Scott (20')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Dick Bayliss
Prior form: DWDLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Murphy (79')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Griff Roberts
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	D	25	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	31	George Pritty
5	M	28	Ted Blagg
6	M	24	Noel Simpson
7	F	30	Freddie Scott (20')
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	28	Tom Johnston
11	F	32	Colin Lyman

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wood
2	D	Frith
3	D	Coen
4	D	Cox
5	D	G Mason
6	M	R Mason
7	M	Warner
8	M	Roberts
9	M	Lowrie
10	F	Murphy
11	F	Aldecoa

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 01, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-1	Southampton
Bury	2-3	Leicester City
Coventry City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Luton Town	3-4	Plymouth Argyle
Manchester City	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United	4-2	Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Millwall
Swansea Town	0-2	Burnley
West Bromwich Albion	2-2	Newport County
West Ham United	1-1	Bradford Park Avenue

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	25	16	6	3	54	22	10	3	0	35	10	6	3	3	19	12	32	38	WWWWWW
	2	Burnley	26	13	10	3	38	19	8	5	1	22	9	5	5	2	16	10	19	36	WLWWDW
	3	Newcastle United	27	14	6	7	64	36	8	2	3	37	16	6	4	4	27	20	28	34	LLWWWL
	4	Birmingham City	26	15	2	9	47	24	10	1	2	34	9	5	1	7	13	15	23	32	WWLWLL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	26	11	8	7	46	34	7	5	2	25	16	4	3	5	21	18	12	30	LDLWLW
	6	Chesterfield	25	10	9	6	31	26	5	4	3	17	11	5	5	3	14	15	5	29	DLDWLL
	7	Leicester City	25	13	3	9	47	40	7	2	4	27	17	6	1	5	20	23	7	29	LWWLWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	25	12	4	9	54	47	7	2	3	30	20	5	2	6	24	27	7	28	WWWWLD
	9	Luton Town	26	11	4	11	44	42	9	1	2	30	17	2	3	9	14	25	2	26	LWDWLW
	10	Coventry City	25	8	9	8	35	31	6	6	1	20	10	2	3	7	15	21	4	25	DWDLWW
	11	Plymouth Argyle	26	10	5	11	51	58	9	3	1	31	16	1	2	10	20	42	-7	25	LLLWLW
	12	Nottingham Forest	25	10	4	11	45	43	8	2	3	28	12	2	2	8	17	31	2	24	WWLWWL
	13	Bury	27	8	8	11	49	49	7	4	2	37	21	1	4	9	12	28	0	24	WLWWWL
	14	Fulham	24	10	4	10	43	49	8	1	2	28	15	2	3	8	15	34	-6	24	LWWLLW
	15	Barnsley	26	9	6	11	49	58	6	2	5	27	22	3	4	6	22	36	-9	24	LDDLLW
	16	Southampton	24	8	7	9	45	46	7	4	0	31	12	1	3	9	14	34	-1	23	LDDWLL
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	25	7	8	10	35	40	4	4	5	12	12	3	4	5	23	28	-5	22	LLDLWD
	18	West Ham United	25	9	4	12	39	46	6	2	3	22	17	3	2	9	17	29	-7	22	LWDLWD
	19	Millwall	25	7	5	13	30	47	4	4	6	19	24	3	1	7	11	23	-17	19	DWWLLD
	20	Swansea Town	25	6	5	14	34	52	5	1	6	21	26	1	4	8	13	26	-18	17	LWLLDL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	26	5	6	15	43	63	4	4	6	24	25	1	2	9	19	38	-20	16	LLDDLL
	22	Newport County	24	5	1	18	37	88	4	0	8	27	39	1	1	10	10	49	-51	11	WWLLLL

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	26	17	6	3	55	22	11	3	0	36	10	6	3	3	19	12	33	40	WWWWWW		1-0
	2	Burnley	27	14	10	3	40	19	8	5	1	22	9	6	5	2	18	10	21	38	LWWDWW		2-0
	3	Newcastle United	28	15	6	7	68	38	9	2	3	41	18	6	4	4	27	20	30	36	LWWWLW		4-2
	4	Birmingham City	27	16	2	9	50	25	11	1	2	37	10	5	1	7	13	15	25	34	WLWLLW		3-1
2	5	Leicester City	26	14	3	9	50	42	7	2	4	27	17	7	1	5	23	25	8	31	WWLWWW		3-2
1	6	Tottenham Hotspur	27	11	8	8	46	35	7	5	2	25	16	4	3	6	21	19	11	30	DLWLWL		0-1
1	7	Chesterfield	25	10	9	6	31	26	5	4	3	17	11	5	5	3	14	15	5	29	DLDWLL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	26	12	5	9	56	49	7	3	3	32	22	5	2	6	24	27	7	29	WWWLDD		2-2
2	9	Plymouth Argyle	27	11	5	11	55	61	9	3	1	31	16	2	2	10	24	45	-6	27	LLWLWW		4-3
	10	Coventry City	26	8	10	8	36	32	6	7	1	21	11	2	3	7	15	21	4	26	WDLWWD		1-1
2	11	Luton Town	27	11	4	12	47	46	9	1	3	33	21	2	3	9	14	25	1	26	WDWLWL		3-4
	12	Nottingham Forest	26	10	5	11	46	44	8	2	3	28	12	2	3	8	18	32	2	25	WLWWLD		1-1
	13	Bury	28	8	8	12	51	52	7	4	3	39	24	1	4	9	12	28	-1	24	LWWWLL		2-3
	14	Fulham	24	10	4	10	43	49	8	1	2	28	15	2	3	8	15	34	-6	24	LWWLLW
	15	Barnsley	27	9	6	12	51	62	6	2	5	27	22	3	4	7	24	40	-11	24	DDLLWL		2-4
	16	Southampton	25	8	7	10	46	49	7	4	0	31	12	1	3	10	15	37	-3	23	DDWLLL		1-3
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	26	7	9	10	36	41	4	4	5	12	12	3	5	5	24	29	-5	23	LDLWDD		1-1
	18	West Ham United	26	9	5	12	40	47	6	3	3	23	18	3	2	9	17	29	-7	23	WDLWDD		1-1
	19	Millwall	26	7	5	14	30	50	4	4	6	19	24	3	1	8	11	26	-20	19	WWLLDL		0-3
1	20	Sheffield Wednesday	27	6	6	15	46	63	5	4	6	27	25	1	2	9	19	38	-17	18	LDDLLW		3-0
1	21	Swansea Town	26	6	5	15	34	54	5	1	7	21	28	1	4	8	13	26	-20	17	WLLDLL		0-2
	22	Newport County	25	5	2	18	39	90	4	0	8	27	39	1	2	10	12	51	-51	12	WLLLLD		2-2