The City Ground

CHESTERFIELD 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Jan 17, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 17, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chesterfield
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Saltergate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 17 January 1948

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: WH Dixon
Attendance:: 17,783
League Week:: 26 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Arsenal (Friendly)
League:: Millwall
Chesterfield:: Oct 09, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1714 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 977 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1899 (of 5824)
Total:: 3037 (of 7629)
Played:: 78 years, 7 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

CHESTERFIELD
Manager: Bob Brocklebank
Prior form: WDLWWW (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	25	Noel Simpson
5	M	32	Bob McCall
6	M	26	Frank Knight
7	F	31	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	George Wilkins
9	M	26	Eddie Barks
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Middleton
2	D	S Milburn
3	D	Kirkman
4	D	Goodfellow
5	D	Booker
6	M	Robinson
7	M	Hudson
8	M	Hall
9	M	Marron
10	F	Capel
11	F	Roberts

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 17, 1948)

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

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

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	26	16	6	4	34	17	8	4	1	21	10	8	2	3	13	7	17	38	WWDWDW		1-0
	2	Newcastle United	26	15	3	8	49	28	10	1	2	32	11	5	2	6	17	17	21	33	LLWWWL		0-1
	3	Cardiff City	26	12	8	6	44	31	8	4	1	25	7	4	4	5	19	24	13	32	WDDWWL		1-2
3	4	Tottenham Hotspur	26	12	6	8	44	25	9	3	1	32	12	3	3	7	12	13	19	30	LDWLLW		2-1
1	5	Sheffield Wednesday	26	13	4	9	42	38	9	2	2	27	16	4	2	7	15	22	4	30	LDWWWL		1-3
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	26	13	4	9	37	34	8	1	4	22	18	5	3	5	15	16	3	30	WDLLLL		1-2
1	7	Southampton	26	12	5	9	45	40	9	2	2	33	13	3	3	7	12	27	5	29	WWWLDL		0-3
	8	Chesterfield	26	11	6	9	37	33	5	3	5	20	16	6	3	4	17	17	4	28	DLWWWD		0-0
	9	Coventry City	26	11	5	10	44	35	8	1	3	25	9	3	4	7	19	26	9	27	LWWWWD		2-2
1	10	Bradford Park Avenue	26	12	3	11	43	40	8	1	4	30	16	4	2	7	13	24	3	27	WDLWLW		1-0
1	11	West Ham United	25	8	10	7	33	31	6	6	1	18	9	2	4	6	15	22	2	26	LWDLLL
2	12	Fulham	26	11	3	12	35	35	5	3	4	19	11	6	0	8	16	24	0	25	LWDLWW		1-0
	13	Leicester City	26	9	7	10	36	38	6	3	4	21	20	3	4	6	15	18	-2	25	LWDLLD		2-2
2	14	Luton Town	26	9	6	11	37	38	6	4	2	21	11	3	2	9	16	27	-1	24	WLWWLL		0-1
	15	Barnsley	26	10	4	12	40	42	7	1	5	20	13	3	3	7	20	29	-2	24	LLLLWW		3-1
	16	Bury	26	7	9	10	36	36	5	4	5	21	18	2	5	5	15	18	0	23	DWDLWW		3-0
1	17	Plymouth Argyle	26	6	11	9	22	39	6	5	2	16	12	0	6	7	6	27	-17	23	LWDWDW		2-1
1	18	Leeds United	26	8	5	13	33	42	7	3	3	22	11	1	2	10	11	31	-9	21	DLLLDL		0-1
	19	Nottingham Forest	26	8	4	14	31	38	7	1	5	21	16	1	3	9	10	22	-7	20	LLLWWD		0-0
1	20	Brentford	26	6	8	12	25	50	5	5	4	19	22	1	3	8	6	28	-25	20	DLDWLW		1-0
1	21	Millwall	26	5	8	13	25	42	4	4	5	15	16	1	4	8	10	26	-17	18	DDLLLL		0-1
	22	Doncaster Rovers	25	6	5	14	25	45	5	4	4	16	14	1	1	10	9	31	-20	17	LDLWLL