The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 WEST HAM UNITED - Sat Jan 03, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 03, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 03 January 1948

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: J Tregellas
Attendance:: 26,138
League Week:: 25 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 19
Opp Before/After:: 8 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (FA Cup)
League:: Chesterfield
West Ham United:: Dec 04, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1713 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 976 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1897 (of 5824)
Total:: 3035 (of 7629)
Played:: 78 years, 7 months, 18 days ago

Review
George Wilkins scores again, in his second game after a debut goal last week.

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

Goal Scorers
Tom Johnston (43')
George Wilkins (63')

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

Goal Scorers
Terry Woodgate (59')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Laurie Platts
2	D	21	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	25	Noel Simpson
5	M	32	Bob McCall
6	M	26	Frank Knight
7	F	31	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	George Wilkins (63')
9	M	26	Eddie Barks
10	F	29	Tom Johnston (43')
11	F	28	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Ernie Gregory
2	2	Ernie Devlin
3	3	Steve Forde
4	4	Norman Corbett
5	5	Richard Walker
6	6	Tommy Moroney
7	7	Terry Woodgate
8	8	Eric Parsons
9	9	John William Stephens
10	10	Sam Small
11	11	Don Wade

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 03, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	Plymouth Argyle
Bradford Park Avenue	1-3	Chesterfield
Cardiff City	6-0	Millwall
Coventry City	3-0	Brentford
Doncaster Rovers	1-3	Bury
Fulham	3-1	Leicester City
Leeds United	0-0	Southampton
Newcastle United	4-1	Luton Town
Nottingham Forest	2-1	West Ham United
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion	0-2	Barnsley

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	Birmingham City	24	15	5	4	32	16	8	3	1	20	9	7	2	3	12	7	16	35	LWWWDW
	2	Newcastle United	24	14	3	7	45	26	9	1	2	28	10	5	2	5	17	16	19	31	LWLLWW
	3	Cardiff City	24	11	8	5	37	29	7	4	1	19	7	4	4	4	18	22	8	30	WWWDDW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	24	13	4	7	36	30	8	1	3	22	16	5	3	4	14	14	6	30	LLWDLL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	24	11	6	7	42	23	8	3	1	30	11	3	3	6	12	12	19	28	WLLDWL
	6	Southampton	24	12	4	8	45	37	9	2	2	33	13	3	2	6	12	24	8	28	WDWWWL
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	24	12	4	8	40	35	8	2	2	26	16	4	2	6	14	19	5	28	WLLDWW
	8	West Ham United	24	8	10	6	32	29	6	6	1	18	9	2	4	5	14	20	3	26	DLWDLL
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	24	11	3	10	41	37	8	1	3	29	13	3	2	7	12	24	4	25	WDWDLW
	10	Chesterfield	24	10	5	9	34	32	5	2	5	20	16	5	3	4	14	16	2	25	DWDLWW
	11	Coventry City	24	10	4	10	39	33	7	1	3	22	9	3	3	7	17	24	6	24	LLLWWW
	12	Luton Town	24	9	6	9	36	33	6	4	1	21	10	3	2	8	15	23	3	24	LWWLWW
	13	Leicester City	24	9	6	9	33	33	6	2	4	19	18	3	4	5	14	15	0	24	DWLWDL
	14	Fulham	24	9	3	12	31	34	4	3	4	16	10	5	0	8	15	24	-3	21	WDLWDL
	15	Barnsley	24	8	4	12	35	41	6	1	5	17	12	2	3	7	18	29	-6	20	DDLLLL
	16	Leeds United	24	8	4	12	33	41	7	2	2	22	10	1	2	10	11	31	-8	20	LWDLLL
	17	Plymouth Argyle	24	5	10	9	19	37	5	5	2	14	11	0	5	7	5	26	-18	20	LDLWDW
	18	Bury	24	5	9	10	30	35	4	4	5	18	18	1	5	5	12	17	-5	19	DLDWDL
	19	Millwall	24	5	8	11	25	35	4	4	4	15	15	1	4	7	10	20	-10	18	WWDDLL
	20	Brentford	24	5	8	11	24	47	4	5	4	18	22	1	3	7	6	25	-23	18	DDDLDW
	21	Nottingham Forest	24	7	3	14	29	37	6	1	5	19	15	1	2	9	10	22	-8	17	DDLLLW
	22	Doncaster Rovers	24	6	5	13	24	42	5	4	3	15	11	1	1	10	9	31	-18	17	WLDLWL

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	Birmingham City	25	15	6	4	33	17	8	4	1	21	10	7	2	3	12	7	16	36	WWWDWD		1-1
	2	Newcastle United	25	15	3	7	49	27	10	1	2	32	11	5	2	5	17	16	22	33	WLLWWW		4-1
	3	Cardiff City	25	12	8	5	43	29	8	4	1	25	7	4	4	4	18	22	14	32	WWDDWW		6-0
3	4	Sheffield Wednesday	25	13	4	8	41	35	9	2	2	27	16	4	2	6	14	19	6	30	LLDWWW		1-0
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	25	13	4	8	36	32	8	1	4	22	18	5	3	4	14	14	4	30	LWDLLL		0-2
	6	Southampton	25	12	5	8	45	37	9	2	2	33	13	3	3	6	12	24	8	29	DWWWLD		0-0
2	7	Tottenham Hotspur	25	11	6	8	42	24	8	3	1	30	11	3	3	7	12	13	18	28	LLDWLL		0-1
2	8	Chesterfield	25	11	5	9	37	33	5	2	5	20	16	6	3	4	17	17	4	27	WDLWWW		3-1
2	9	Coventry City	25	11	4	10	42	33	8	1	3	25	9	3	3	7	17	24	9	26	LLWWWW		3-0
2	10	West Ham United	25	8	10	7	33	31	6	6	1	18	9	2	4	6	15	22	2	26	LWDLLL		1-2
2	11	Bradford Park Avenue	25	11	3	11	42	40	8	1	4	30	16	3	2	7	12	24	2	25	DWDLWL		1-3
	12	Luton Town	25	9	6	10	37	37	6	4	1	21	10	3	2	9	16	27	0	24	WWLWWL		1-4
	13	Leicester City	25	9	6	10	34	36	6	2	4	19	18	3	4	6	15	18	-2	24	WLWDLL		1-3
	14	Fulham	25	10	3	12	34	35	5	3	4	19	11	5	0	8	15	24	-1	23	DLWDLW		3-1
	15	Barnsley	25	9	4	12	37	41	6	1	5	17	12	3	3	7	20	29	-4	22	DLLLLW		2-0
2	16	Bury	25	6	9	10	33	36	4	4	5	18	18	2	5	5	15	18	-3	21	LDWDLW		3-1
1	17	Leeds United	25	8	5	12	33	41	7	3	2	22	10	1	2	10	11	31	-8	21	WDLLLD		0-0
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	25	5	11	9	20	38	5	5	2	14	11	0	6	7	6	27	-18	21	DLWDWD		1-1
2	19	Nottingham Forest	25	8	3	14	31	38	7	1	5	21	16	1	2	9	10	22	-7	19	DLLLWW		2-1
1	20	Millwall	25	5	8	12	25	41	4	4	4	15	15	1	4	8	10	26	-16	18	WDDLLL		0-6
1	21	Brentford	25	5	8	12	24	50	4	5	4	18	22	1	3	8	6	28	-26	18	DDLDWL		0-3
	22	Doncaster Rovers	25	6	5	14	25	45	5	4	4	16	14	1	1	10	9	31	-20	17	LDLWLL		1-3