The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Feb 28, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 28, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
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 28 February 1948

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: SE Law
Attendance:: 32,123
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 2)
Leicester City:: Nov 13, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1718 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 981 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1903 (of 5824)
Total:: 3043 (of 7629)
Played:: 78 years, 5 months, 24 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lee (68')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Johnny Duncan
Prior form: DLLDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	M	32	Bob McCall
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	26	Eddie Barks
5	D	31	Horace Gager	Debut
6	M	26	Frank Knight
7	F	31	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	George Wilkins
9	F	29	Tom Johnston
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	George Lee (68')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bradley
2	D	Frame
3	D	Scott
4	D	W Harrison
5	D	S Smith
6	M	King
7	M	Griffiths
8	M	Haines
9	M	Jack Lee
10	F	Hernon
11	F	Adam

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 28, 1948)

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

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	29	17	8	4	40	19	9	5	1	26	11	8	3	3	14	8	21	42	WDWDWD
	2	Cardiff City	30	15	8	7	51	36	10	4	1	31	9	5	4	6	20	27	15	38	WLWLWW
	3	Newcastle United	29	16	4	9	53	32	11	1	2	34	11	5	3	7	19	21	21	36	WWLLWD
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	29	13	8	8	47	26	9	4	1	32	12	4	4	7	15	14	21	34	LLWWDD
	5	Southampton	29	14	6	9	53	42	11	2	2	41	15	3	4	7	12	27	11	34	LDLWWD
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	29	14	5	10	46	41	10	2	2	30	17	4	3	8	16	24	5	33	WWLLWD
	7	West Ham United	29	11	10	8	39	35	8	6	1	22	10	3	4	7	17	25	4	32	LLWLWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	30	14	4	12	40	41	9	1	5	24	21	5	3	7	16	20	-1	32	LLWLLL
	9	Bury	31	9	11	11	47	41	6	5	5	24	19	3	6	6	23	22	6	29	WDDLWW
	10	Coventry City	29	11	6	12	46	39	8	2	5	27	13	3	4	7	19	26	7	28	WWDLLD
	11	Chesterfield	28	11	6	11	37	36	5	3	5	20	16	6	3	6	17	20	1	28	WWWDLL
	12	Barnsley	29	11	6	12	44	45	8	2	5	23	15	3	4	7	21	30	-1	28	LWWDWD
	13	Bradford Park Avenue	30	12	4	14	47	49	8	1	6	30	19	4	3	8	17	30	-2	28	LWLLLD
	14	Fulham	28	11	5	12	37	37	5	5	4	21	13	6	0	8	16	24	0	27	DLWWDD
	15	Luton Town	29	10	7	12	43	43	6	5	2	24	14	4	2	10	19	29	0	27	WLLLWD
	16	Leicester City	28	10	7	11	39	41	6	3	4	21	20	4	4	7	18	21	-2	27	DLLDLW
	17	Leeds United	30	11	5	14	42	50	9	3	3	28	13	2	2	11	14	37	-8	27	DLWWLW
	18	Plymouth Argyle	30	7	12	11	27	44	7	5	3	20	15	0	7	8	7	29	-17	26	DWLWLD
	19	Brentford	30	7	11	12	27	51	6	6	4	20	22	1	5	8	7	29	-24	25	LWDWDD
	20	Nottingham Forest	29	9	5	15	37	44	8	2	5	26	18	1	3	10	11	26	-7	23	WWDWDL
	21	Doncaster Rovers	29	7	6	16	28	49	6	5	4	18	15	1	1	12	10	34	-21	20	LLLWLD
	22	Millwall	30	6	8	16	30	59	5	4	6	17	23	1	4	10	13	36	-29	20	LLLWLL

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	30	18	8	4	43	19	9	5	1	26	11	9	3	3	17	8	24	44	DWDWDW		3-0
	2	Cardiff City	31	15	9	7	52	37	10	4	1	31	9	5	5	6	21	28	15	39	LWLWWD		1-1
	3	Newcastle United	30	17	4	9	55	32	11	1	2	34	11	6	3	7	21	21	23	38	WLLWDW		2-0
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	29	13	8	8	47	26	9	4	1	32	12	4	4	7	15	14	21	34	LLWWDD
	5	Southampton	29	14	6	9	53	42	11	2	2	41	15	3	4	7	12	27	11	34	LDLWWD
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	30	14	6	10	47	42	10	3	2	31	18	4	3	8	16	24	5	34	WLLWDD		1-1
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	31	14	5	12	41	42	9	1	5	24	21	5	4	7	17	21	-1	33	LWLLLD		1-1
1	8	West Ham United	30	11	10	9	39	37	8	6	2	22	12	3	4	7	17	25	2	32	LWLWWL		0-2
	9	Bury	32	9	12	11	47	41	6	6	5	24	19	3	6	6	23	22	6	30	DDLWWD		0-0
	10	Coventry City	30	11	7	12	46	39	8	2	5	27	13	3	5	7	19	26	7	29	WDLLDD		0-0
2	11	Bradford Park Avenue	31	12	5	14	48	50	8	2	6	31	20	4	3	8	17	30	-2	29	WLLLDD		1-1
3	12	Luton Town	30	10	8	12	44	44	6	6	2	25	15	4	2	10	19	29	0	28	LLLWDD		1-1
1	13	Barnsley	29	11	6	12	44	45	8	2	5	23	15	3	4	7	21	30	-1	28	LWWDWD
3	14	Chesterfield	29	11	6	12	37	39	5	3	6	20	19	6	3	6	17	20	-2	28	WWDLLL		0-3
1	15	Fulham	28	11	5	12	37	37	5	5	4	21	13	6	0	8	16	24	0	27	DLWWDD
	16	Leicester City	29	10	7	12	39	42	6	3	4	21	20	4	4	8	18	22	-3	27	LLDLWL		0-1
	17	Leeds United	31	11	5	15	42	53	9	3	3	28	13	2	2	12	14	40	-11	27	LWWLWL		0-3
	18	Plymouth Argyle	31	7	13	11	28	45	7	5	3	20	15	0	8	8	8	30	-17	27	WLWLDD		1-1
	19	Brentford	31	7	12	12	28	52	6	6	4	20	22	1	6	8	8	30	-24	26	WDWDDD		1-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	30	10	5	15	38	44	9	2	5	27	18	1	3	10	11	26	-6	25	WDWDLW		1-0
	21	Doncaster Rovers	30	8	6	16	31	49	7	5	4	21	15	1	1	12	10	34	-18	22	LLWLDW		3-0
	22	Millwall	31	6	9	16	31	60	5	5	6	18	24	1	4	10	13	36	-29	21	LLWLLD		1-1