The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 3 WEST HAM UNITED - Sat Apr 05, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 05, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-3 WON
: Half-time: 2-2

Sources:: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: FS Milner
Attendance:: 22,888
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 17
Opp Before/After:: 15 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 2)
West Ham United:: Aug 30, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1677 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 940 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1861 (of 5824)
Total:: 2999 (of 7629)
Played:: 79 years, 4 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sailor Brown (19')
Freddie Scott (43')
Tom Johnston (68')
Eddie Barks (89')

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Charlie Paynter
Prior form: WWWLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Frank Neary (28')
Eric Parsons (44')
Frank Neary (69')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Reg Savage	Last game
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	31	Bob McCall
4	M	32	George Pritty
5	M	33	Robert Davies	Last game
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott (43')
8	F	31	Sailor Brown (19')
9	M	25	Eddie Barks (89')
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	Tom Johnston (68')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	34	Reg Savage	24		1	1
2	D	32	Harry Brigham	23	2	1	1
3	M	31	Bob McCall	81	1	1	1
4	M	32	George Pritty	48	1	1	1
5	M	33	Robert Davies	60		203	33
6	M	25	Frank Knight	19		7	2
7	F	30	Freddie Scott (43')	32	3	1	1
8	F	31	Sailor Brown (19')	35	11	1	1
9	M	25	Eddie Barks (89')	30	6	1	1
10	F	23	Jack Edwards	16	6	21	3
11	F	28	Tom Johnston (68')	28	7	1	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	George Taylor
2	2	Norman Corbett
3	3	Steve Forde
4	4	Ron Cater
5	5	Richard Walker
6	6	Sam Small
7	7	Terry Woodgate
8	8	Eric Parsons
9	9	Frank Neary
10	10	Almeric Hall
11	11	Ken Bainbridge

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 05, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	4-1	Millwall
Birmingham City	2-1	Fulham
Burnley	1-1	Chesterfield
Coventry City	5-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Newcastle United	7-2	Luton Town
Nottingham Forest	4-3	West Ham United
Southampton	0-1	Manchester City
Swansea Town	3-1	Plymouth Argyle
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Leicester City
West Bromwich Albion	3-0	Bury

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	32	21	8	3	65	27	14	3	0	41	11	7	5	3	24	16	38	50	WDWDWW	Safe
2	Burnley	32	18	11	3	48	21	11	6	1	27	10	7	5	2	21	11	27	47	WDWWWW	Safe
3	Birmingham City	33	18	4	11	57	29	13	2	2	42	10	5	2	9	15	19	28	40	WDLWLD
4	Tottenham Hotspur	33	14	10	9	56	45	9	6	2	30	18	5	4	7	26	27	11	38	DLDWWW
5	Newcastle United	31	15	7	9	72	46	9	3	5	45	26	6	4	4	27	20	26	37	WLWLLD
6	West Bromwich Albion	31	15	6	10	63	54	8	3	3	34	23	7	3	7	29	31	9	36	DWLWWD
7	Leicester City	31	15	4	12	54	49	8	3	4	31	18	7	1	8	23	31	5	34	WLDWLL
8	Chesterfield	30	11	12	7	35	32	6	5	3	20	13	5	7	4	15	19	3	34	LDDLWD
9	Luton Town	33	13	5	15	56	55	10	2	4	38	25	3	3	11	18	30	1	31	DWLLWL
10	Southampton	33	12	7	14	62	63	8	4	3	38	20	4	3	11	24	43	-1	31	WLWLWL
11	Plymouth Argyle	32	13	5	14	68	72	11	3	3	43	25	2	2	11	25	47	-4	31	WWLWLL
12	Fulham	29	12	6	11	52	54	9	2	3	33	18	3	4	8	19	36	-2	30	WDDWWL
13	Bury	32	10	9	13	64	59	9	5	3	52	30	1	4	10	12	29	5	29	LLWDLW
14	Coventry City	31	9	11	11	42	46	6	8	1	22	12	3	3	10	20	34	-4	29	DLLLDW
15	West Ham United	32	12	5	15	50	58	9	3	4	33	22	3	2	11	17	36	-8	29	WWWLLL
16	Barnsley	32	11	7	14	62	72	8	2	5	31	23	3	5	9	31	49	-10	29	LDLWLW
17	Millwall	31	11	5	15	42	57	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	9	15	32	-15	27	LLWWWW
18	Bradford Park Avenue	29	8	10	11	44	46	5	5	6	20	17	3	5	5	24	29	-2	26	WDDDWL
19	Nottingham Forest	30	10	6	14	48	53	8	2	3	28	12	2	4	11	20	41	-5	26	LDDLLL
20	Sheffield Wednesday	32	8	7	17	54	69	7	4	6	33	26	1	3	11	21	43	-15	23	WLWDLW
21	Swansea Town	32	8	5	19	41	66	7	1	8	28	31	1	4	11	13	35	-25	21	WLLLWL
22	Newport County	31	6	2	23	45	107	5	0	8	30	39	1	2	15	15	68	-62	14	LLLWLL

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	33	22	8	3	66	27	14	3	0	41	11	8	5	3	25	16	39	52	DWDWWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Burnley	33	18	12	3	49	22	11	7	1	28	11	7	5	2	21	11	27	48	DWWWWD	Safe	1-1
	3	Birmingham City	34	19	4	11	59	30	14	2	2	44	11	5	2	9	15	19	29	42	DLWLDW	Safe	2-1
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	34	15	10	9	58	46	10	6	2	32	19	5	4	7	26	27	12	40	LDWWWW		2-1
	5	Newcastle United	32	16	7	9	79	48	10	3	5	52	28	6	4	4	27	20	31	39	LWLLDW		7-2
	6	West Bromwich Albion	32	16	6	10	66	54	9	3	3	37	23	7	3	7	29	31	12	38	WLWWDW		3-0
1	7	Chesterfield	31	11	13	7	36	33	6	5	3	20	13	5	8	4	16	20	3	35	DDLWDD		1-1
1	8	Leicester City	32	15	4	13	55	51	8	3	4	31	18	7	1	9	24	33	4	34	LDWLLL		1-2
5	9	Coventry City	32	10	11	11	47	47	7	8	1	27	13	3	3	10	20	34	0	31	LLLDWW		5-1
	10	Southampton	34	12	7	15	62	64	8	4	4	38	21	4	3	11	24	43	-2	31	LWLWLL		0-1
2	11	Luton Town	34	13	5	16	58	62	10	2	4	38	25	3	3	12	20	37	-4	31	WLLWLL		2-7
1	12	Plymouth Argyle	33	13	5	15	69	75	11	3	3	43	25	2	2	12	26	50	-6	31	WLWLLL		1-3
3	13	Barnsley	33	12	7	14	66	73	9	2	5	35	24	3	5	9	31	49	-7	31	DLWLWW		4-1
2	14	Fulham	30	12	6	12	53	56	9	2	3	33	18	3	4	9	20	38	-3	30	DDWWLL		1-2
2	15	Bury	33	10	9	14	64	62	9	5	3	52	30	1	4	11	12	32	2	29	LWDLWL		0-3
1	16	West Ham United	33	12	5	16	53	62	9	3	4	33	22	3	2	12	20	40	-9	29	WWLLLL		3-4
2	17	Nottingham Forest	31	11	6	14	52	56	9	2	3	32	15	2	4	11	20	41	-4	28	DDLLLW		4-3
1	18	Millwall	32	11	5	16	43	61	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	10	16	36	-18	27	LWWWWL		1-4
1	19	Bradford Park Avenue	29	8	10	11	44	46	5	5	6	20	17	3	5	5	24	29	-2	26	WDDDWL
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	33	8	7	18	55	74	7	4	6	33	26	1	3	12	22	48	-19	23	LWDLWL		1-5
	21	Swansea Town	33	9	5	19	44	67	8	1	8	31	32	1	4	11	13	35	-23	23	LLLWLW		3-1
	22	Newport County	31	6	2	23	45	107	5	0	8	30	39	1	2	15	15	68	-62	14	LLLWLL