The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - Sat Feb 14, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 14, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 14 February 1948

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: SE Law
Attendance:: 29,852
League Week:: 28 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 5 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cardiff City (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Oct 23, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1716 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 979 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1901 (of 5824)
Total:: 3041 (of 7629)
Played:: 78 years, 6 months, 5 days ago

Review
George Wilkins took a knock in the first half and spent the majority of the game injured on the wing. He would miss the next game due to the injury.

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

Goal Scorers

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Eric Taylor
Prior form: WWWLLW (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	26	Eddie Barks
5	M	32	Bob McCall
6	M	26	Frank Knight
7	F	31	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	George Wilkins
9	F	29	Tom Johnston
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	George Lee

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	31	Harry Walker	28		14	2
2	D	21	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	30		14	2
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson	35		14	2
4	M	26	Eddie Barks	63	8	14	2
5	M	32	Bob McCall	100	1	14	2
6	M	26	Frank Knight	38	1	14	2
7	F	31	Freddie Scott	71	7	14	2
8	F	28	George Wilkins	5	3	14	2
9	F	29	Tom Johnston	63	24	14	2
10	F	23	Jack Edwards	46	14	14	2
11	F	28	George Lee	27	6	14	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Smith
2	D	Westlake
3	D	Swift
4	D	Witcomb
5	D	Turton
6	M	Cockroft
7	M	Ward
8	M	Quigley
9	M	Jordan
10	F	Frogatt
11	F	Tomlinson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 14, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Brentford
Birmingham City	5-1	Leeds United
Bradford Park Avenue	0-1	Cardiff City
Bury	2-0	Chesterfield
Coventry City	0-1	West Ham United
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest	0-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Plymouth Argyle	1-3	Luton Town
Southampton	5-1	Millwall
West Bromwich Albion	1-3	Leicester 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	27	16	7	4	34	17	8	5	1	21	10	8	2	3	13	7	17	39	WDWDWD
2	Newcastle United	28	16	3	9	52	31	11	1	2	34	11	5	2	7	18	20	21	35	WWWLLW
3	Cardiff City	28	13	8	7	46	35	9	4	1	27	8	4	4	6	19	27	11	34	DWWLWL
4	Tottenham Hotspur	27	13	6	8	46	25	9	3	1	32	12	4	3	7	14	13	21	32	DWLLWW
5	Sheffield Wednesday	28	14	4	10	46	41	10	2	2	30	17	4	2	8	16	24	5	32	WWWLLW
6	West Bromwich Albion	28	14	4	10	38	35	9	1	4	23	18	5	3	6	15	17	3	32	LLLLWL
7	Southampton	27	13	5	9	48	41	10	2	2	36	14	3	3	7	12	27	7	31	WWLDLW
8	West Ham United	28	10	10	8	38	35	8	6	1	22	10	2	4	7	16	25	3	30	LLLWLW
9	Chesterfield	27	11	6	10	37	34	5	3	5	20	16	6	3	5	17	18	3	28	LWWWDL
10	Coventry City	27	11	5	11	45	37	8	1	4	26	11	3	4	7	19	26	8	27	WWWWDL
11	Bradford Park Avenue	28	12	3	13	44	45	8	1	5	30	18	4	2	8	14	27	-1	27	LWLWLL
12	Barnsley	28	11	5	12	43	44	8	1	5	22	14	3	4	7	21	30	-1	27	LLWWDW
13	Fulham	27	11	4	12	36	36	5	4	4	20	12	6	0	8	16	24	0	26	WDLWWD
14	Bury	29	7	11	11	38	40	5	5	5	22	19	2	6	6	16	21	-2	25	LWWDDL
15	Leicester City	27	9	7	11	36	40	6	3	4	21	20	3	4	7	15	20	-4	25	WDLLDL
16	Leeds United	28	10	5	13	38	44	8	3	3	25	12	2	2	10	13	32	-6	25	LLDLWW
17	Plymouth Argyle	28	7	11	10	26	41	7	5	2	19	12	0	6	8	7	29	-15	25	DWDWLW
18	Luton Town	27	9	6	12	37	39	6	4	2	21	11	3	2	10	16	28	-2	24	LWWLLL
19	Brentford	28	7	9	12	26	50	6	5	4	20	22	1	4	8	6	28	-24	23	DWLWDW
20	Nottingham Forest	27	9	4	14	36	40	8	1	5	26	18	1	3	9	10	22	-4	22	LLWWDW
21	Millwall	28	6	8	14	28	47	5	4	5	16	16	1	4	9	12	31	-19	20	LLLLLW
22	Doncaster Rovers	28	7	5	16	27	48	6	4	4	17	14	1	1	12	10	34	-21	19	WLLLWL

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	28	17	7	4	39	18	9	5	1	26	11	8	2	3	13	7	21	41	DWDWDW		5-1
1	2	Cardiff City	29	14	8	7	47	35	9	4	1	27	8	5	4	6	20	27	12	36	WWLWLW		1-0
1	3	Newcastle United	28	16	3	9	52	31	11	1	2	34	11	5	2	7	18	20	21	35	WWWLLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	28	13	7	8	47	26	9	3	1	32	12	4	4	7	15	14	21	33	WLLWWD		1-1
2	5	Southampton	28	14	5	9	53	42	11	2	2	41	15	3	3	7	12	27	11	33	WLDLWW		5-1
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	29	14	5	10	46	41	10	2	2	30	17	4	3	8	16	24	5	33	WWLLWD		0-0
1	7	West Ham United	29	11	10	8	39	35	8	6	1	22	10	3	4	7	17	25	4	32	LLWLWW		1-0
2	8	West Bromwich Albion	29	14	4	11	39	38	9	1	5	24	21	5	3	6	15	17	1	32	LLLWLL		1-3
	9	Chesterfield	28	11	6	11	37	36	5	3	5	20	16	6	3	6	17	20	1	28	WWWDLL		0-2
2	10	Barnsley	29	11	6	12	44	45	8	2	5	23	15	3	4	7	21	30	-1	28	LWWDWD		1-1
1	11	Coventry City	28	11	5	12	45	38	8	1	5	26	12	3	4	7	19	26	7	27	WWWDLL		0-1
2	12	Bury	30	8	11	11	40	40	6	5	5	24	19	2	6	6	16	21	0	27	WWDDLW		2-0
2	13	Bradford Park Avenue	29	12	3	14	44	46	8	1	6	30	19	4	2	8	14	27	-2	27	WLWLLL		0-1
1	14	Leicester City	28	10	7	11	39	41	6	3	4	21	20	4	4	7	18	21	-2	27	DLLDLW		3-1
2	15	Fulham	27	11	4	12	36	36	5	4	4	20	12	6	0	8	16	24	0	26	WDLWWD
2	16	Luton Town	28	10	6	12	40	40	6	4	2	21	11	4	2	10	19	29	0	26	WWLLLW		3-1
1	17	Leeds United	29	10	5	14	39	49	8	3	3	25	12	2	2	11	14	37	-10	25	LDLWWL		1-5
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	29	7	11	11	27	44	7	5	3	20	15	0	6	8	7	29	-17	25	WDWLWL		1-3
	19	Brentford	29	7	10	12	27	51	6	5	4	20	22	1	5	8	7	29	-24	24	WLWDWD		1-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	28	9	5	14	36	40	8	2	5	26	18	1	3	9	10	22	-4	23	LWWDWD		0-0
1	21	Doncaster Rovers	29	7	6	16	28	49	6	5	4	18	15	1	1	12	10	34	-21	20	LLLWLD		1-1
1	22	Millwall	29	6	8	15	29	52	5	4	5	16	16	1	4	10	13	36	-23	20	LLLLWL		1-5