The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - Sat Sep 20, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 20, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Tottenham Hotspur
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 20 September 1947

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: CJ Barrick
Attendance:: 26,202
League Week:: 9 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 19
Opp Before/After:: 6 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Tottenham Hotspur:: Apr 12, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1697 (of 5061)
League Tier 2:: 960 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1881 (of 5791)
Total:: 3019 (of 7586)
Played:: 78 years, 2 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Wilson Jones (47')

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Manager: Joe Hulme
Prior form: WDWDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	D	21	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	24	Noel Simpson
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	22	Bill Morley
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	F	33	Wilson Jones (47')
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	Tom Johnston

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	31	Harry Walker	12		3	1
2	D	21	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	15		98	9
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson	16		3	1
4	M	24	Noel Simpson	22	1	3	1
5	M	29	Ted Blagg	49		3	1
6	M	22	Bill Morley	4		3	1
7	F	30	Freddie Scott	52	4	3	1
8	F	31	Sailor Brown	48	18	3	1
9	F	33	Wilson Jones (47')	4	3	3	1
10	F	23	Jack Edwards	30	11	14	4
11	F	28	Tom Johnston	45	16	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ditchburn
2	D	Trickridge
3	D	Buckingham
4	D	Nicholson
5	D	Woodward
6	M	Burgess
7	M	Jones
8	M	Jordan
9	M	Rundle
10	F	Bennett
11	F	Stevens

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 20, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-0	Luton Town
Birmingham City	1-0	Leicester City
Bradford Park Avenue	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Bury	1-2	West Ham United
Cardiff City	3-0	Plymouth Argyle
Coventry City	5-2	Fulham
Doncaster Rovers	2-2	Millwall
Newcastle United	4-2	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton	3-0	Chesterfield
West Bromwich Albion	3-2	Brentford

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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