The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat May 10, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat May 10, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 03 May 1947

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: H Hartley
Attendance:: 16,049
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Nov 15, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1683 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 946 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1867 (of 5824)
Total:: 3005 (of 7629)
Played:: 79 years, 3 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sailor Brown (53')

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Harry Storer
Prior form: WWLWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Fred Harris (82')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Harold Orgill
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	D	25	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	32	George Pritty
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown (53')
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	Tom Johnston

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gil Merrick
2	D	Cyril Trigg
3	D	Dennis Jennings
4	D	Fred Harris
5	D	Ted Duckhouse
6	M	Frank Mitchell
7	M	Jackie Goodwin
8	M	Alex McIntosh
9	M	Neil Dougal
10	F	Harold Bodle
11	F	George Edwards

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat May 10, 1947)

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

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	36	23	9	4	68	29	14	3	1	41	13	9	6	3	27	16	39	55	WWWDWL	Safe
	2	Burnley	36	20	12	4	54	24	11	7	2	29	13	9	5	2	25	11	30	52	WWDWLW	Safe
	3	Birmingham City	39	23	4	12	68	32	17	2	2	51	11	6	2	10	17	21	36	50	WWLWWW	Safe
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	39	17	12	10	64	51	11	6	2	34	20	6	6	8	30	31	13	46	WDDWLW	Safe
	5	Newcastle United	37	18	8	11	83	52	10	4	5	53	29	8	4	6	30	23	31	44	WLWDLW	Safe
	6	Chesterfield	36	14	14	8	46	37	8	6	3	26	13	6	8	5	20	24	9	42	DLDWWW	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	37	17	8	12	73	65	10	4	4	43	31	7	4	8	30	34	8	42	WWLLDD	Safe
	8	Leicester City	37	17	6	14	64	55	10	4	5	39	21	7	2	9	25	34	9	40	LWLDDW	Safe
	9	Coventry City	38	13	13	12	58	56	9	8	1	33	16	4	5	11	25	40	2	39	WWLWDD	Safe
	10	West Ham United	38	15	7	16	67	67	12	4	4	46	26	3	3	12	21	41	0	37	LDWDWW	Safe
	11	Luton Town	39	14	7	18	62	66	11	4	4	41	26	3	3	14	21	40	-4	35	LDWLDL	Safe
	12	Barnsley	38	14	7	17	74	83	10	2	6	39	27	4	5	11	35	56	-9	35	WLWLLW	Safe
	13	Bury	38	12	10	16	76	70	11	5	4	60	32	1	5	12	16	38	6	34	LDWLWL	Safe
	14	Southampton	39	13	8	18	65	75	9	4	5	41	23	4	4	13	24	52	-10	34	LLLWDL	Safe
	15	Fulham	35	13	7	15	58	64	10	3	4	36	20	3	4	11	22	44	-6	33	LLWLDL
	16	Plymouth Argyle	38	14	5	19	76	86	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	12	31	52	-10	33	LLLWLL
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	34	11	10	13	53	57	6	5	7	23	21	5	5	6	30	36	-4	32	LWLWWL
	18	Nottingham Forest	36	12	8	16	56	66	10	4	3	36	18	2	4	13	20	48	-10	32	WDLWLD
	19	Millwall	36	12	6	18	47	69	7	5	6	28	26	5	1	12	19	43	-22	30	WLLLDW
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	38	11	7	20	63	81	9	4	6	37	27	2	3	14	26	54	-18	29	LWWLWL
	21	Swansea Town	39	10	7	22	52	77	8	1	10	34	37	2	6	12	18	40	-25	27	LLWLDD
	22	Newport County	35	7	3	25	49	114	6	1	9	33	44	1	2	16	16	70	-65	17	LLWDLL

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	37	24	9	4	69	29	15	3	1	42	13	9	6	3	27	16	40	57	WWDWLW	Promoted	1-0
	2	Burnley	37	20	12	5	54	25	11	7	2	29	13	9	5	3	25	12	29	52	WDWLWL	Safe	0-1
	3	Birmingham City	40	23	5	12	69	33	17	2	2	51	11	6	3	10	18	22	36	51	WLWWWD	Safe	1-1
1	4	Newcastle United	38	19	8	11	88	52	11	4	5	58	29	8	4	6	30	23	36	46	LWDLWW	Safe	5-0
1	5	Tottenham Hotspur	40	17	12	11	64	52	11	6	2	34	20	6	6	9	30	32	12	46	DDWLWL	Safe	0-1
	6	Chesterfield	37	14	14	9	47	39	8	6	3	26	13	6	8	6	21	26	8	42	LDWWWL	Safe	1-2
	7	West Bromwich Albion	38	17	8	13	75	69	10	4	5	45	35	7	4	8	30	34	6	42	WLLDDL	Safe	2-4
1	8	Coventry City	39	14	13	12	60	57	10	8	1	35	17	4	5	11	25	40	3	41	WLWDDW	Safe	2-1
1	9	Leicester City	38	17	6	15	65	57	10	4	5	39	21	7	2	10	26	36	8	40	WLDDWL	Safe	1-2
	10	West Ham United	38	15	7	16	67	67	12	4	4	46	26	3	3	12	21	41	0	37	LDWDWW	Safe
1	11	Barnsley	39	15	7	17	78	83	11	2	6	43	27	4	5	11	35	56	-5	37	LWLLWW	Safe	4-0
2	12	Southampton	40	14	8	18	66	75	10	4	5	42	23	4	4	13	24	52	-9	36	LLWDLW	Safe	1-0
2	13	Fulham	36	14	7	15	60	65	11	3	4	38	21	3	4	11	22	44	-5	35	LWLDLW	Safe	2-1
3	14	Luton Town	40	14	7	19	62	70	11	4	4	41	26	3	3	15	21	44	-8	35	DWLDLL	Safe	0-4
2	15	Bury	38	12	10	16	76	70	11	5	4	60	32	1	5	12	16	38	6	34	LDWLWL	Safe
	16	Plymouth Argyle	39	14	5	20	76	87	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	13	31	53	-11	33	LLWLLL		0-1
1	17	Nottingham Forest	37	12	9	16	57	67	10	5	3	37	19	2	4	13	20	48	-10	33	DLWLDD		1-1
1	18	Bradford Park Avenue	35	11	10	14	53	62	6	5	7	23	21	5	5	7	30	41	-9	32	WLWWLL		0-5
	19	Millwall	37	13	6	18	51	71	7	5	6	28	26	6	1	12	23	45	-20	32	LLLDWW		4-2
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	39	11	7	21	63	83	9	4	6	37	27	2	3	15	26	56	-20	29	WWLWLL		0-2
	21	Swansea Town	40	11	7	22	54	77	9	1	10	36	37	2	6	12	18	40	-23	29	LWLDDW		2-0
	22	Newport County	36	8	3	25	50	114	7	1	9	34	44	1	2	16	16	70	-64	19	LWDLLW		1-0