The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 CHESTERFIELD - Sat Oct 09, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 09, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chesterfield
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 09 October 1948

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: F Walton
Attendance:: 29,166
League Week:: 12 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 22
Opp Before/After:: 17 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
Chesterfield:: Mar 05, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1742 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1005 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1927 (of 5828)
Total:: 3067 (of 7633)
Played:: 77 years, 10 months, 30 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

CHESTERFIELD
Manager: Bobby Marshall
Prior form: LLDDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Hudson (58')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	27	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	23	Bryn Elliott
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	23	Bill Morley
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson
9	F	22	Tot Leverton
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
11	F	29	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Middleton
2	D	S Milburn
3	D	Bell
4	D	Holmes
5	D	Booker
6	M	Robinson
7	M	Johnson
8	M	Thompson
9	M	Hudson
10	F	T Capel
11	F	Roberts

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 09, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	4-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Blackburn Rovers	0-0	West Ham United
Bradford Park Avenue	1-1	Leeds United
Cardiff City	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
Grimsby Town	2-2	Lincoln City
Luton Town	1-1	Leicester City
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Chesterfield
Plymouth Argyle	1-0	Bury
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Brentford
Southampton	5-2	Coventry 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	West Bromwich Albion	11	5	4	2	18	8	2	2	1	11	6	3	2	1	7	2	10	14	WDWDWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	11	5	4	2	22	10	5	1	0	20	5	0	3	2	2	5	12	14	DDDWLW
	3	Bury	11	6	2	3	21	16	4	1	1	12	6	2	1	2	9	10	5	14	WWWLLL
	4	Cardiff City	11	5	4	2	15	12	4	1	0	13	5	1	3	2	2	7	3	14	DWWDWW
	5	Barnsley	11	4	5	2	19	12	2	3	1	10	4	2	2	1	9	8	7	13	WDWLWW
	6	Southampton	11	5	2	4	17	12	4	1	0	13	2	1	1	4	4	10	5	12	LDWDLL
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	11	4	4	3	22	17	3	2	1	11	5	1	2	2	11	12	5	12	LWLWWD
	8	Bradford Park Avenue	11	5	2	4	19	15	3	1	1	11	5	2	1	3	8	10	4	12	LLDDLW
	9	Brentford	11	3	6	2	9	9	1	3	2	6	8	2	3	0	3	1	0	12	DWLDWD
	10	Fulham	11	4	3	4	18	15	3	2	0	12	2	1	1	4	6	13	3	11	WLLDLW
	11	Leicester City	11	4	3	4	21	21	2	3	1	15	11	2	0	3	6	10	0	11	DLWDLW
	12	Leeds United	11	4	3	4	19	20	3	2	1	10	5	1	1	3	9	15	-1	11	DLDWLL
	13	West Ham United	11	3	5	3	11	12	3	3	0	11	6	0	2	3	0	6	-1	11	LLDWWD
	14	Blackburn Rovers	11	5	1	5	18	22	4	0	1	15	9	1	1	4	3	13	-4	11	LWDWWL
	15	Queens Park Rangers	11	4	3	4	13	21	3	2	0	9	4	1	1	4	4	17	-8	11	DDLLWL
	16	Luton Town	11	3	4	4	14	18	2	3	0	7	2	1	1	4	7	16	-4	10	WDWLDL
	17	Chesterfield	11	2	6	3	12	16	1	2	2	3	5	1	4	1	9	11	-4	10	LLDDWW
	18	Grimsby Town	11	3	3	5	17	18	1	1	4	11	14	2	2	1	6	4	-1	9	WLDWDL
	19	Coventry City	11	3	2	6	14	21	3	0	3	9	8	0	2	3	5	13	-7	8	WWDLLL
	20	Lincoln City	11	2	4	5	11	21	2	2	1	4	4	0	2	4	7	17	-10	8	LWLLWD
	21	Nottingham Forest	11	3	2	6	7	15	2	2	2	3	2	1	0	4	4	13	-8	8	LLLDLW
	22	Plymouth Argyle	11	2	2	7	10	16	2	0	3	7	6	0	2	4	3	10	-6	6	WWDLLL

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	1	Tottenham Hotspur	12	6	4	2	23	10	5	1	0	20	5	1	3	2	3	5	13	16	DDWLWW		1-0
1	2	West Bromwich Albion	12	6	4	2	20	9	2	2	1	11	6	4	2	1	9	3	11	16	DWDWWW		2-1
2	3	Barnsley	12	5	5	2	23	12	3	3	1	14	4	2	2	1	9	8	11	15	DWLWWW		4-0
2	4	Southampton	12	6	2	4	22	14	5	1	0	18	4	1	1	4	4	10	8	14	DWDLLW		5-2
2	5	Bury	12	6	2	4	21	17	4	1	1	12	6	2	1	3	9	11	4	14	WWLLLL		0-1
2	6	Cardiff City	12	5	4	3	15	13	4	1	1	13	6	1	3	2	2	7	2	14	WWDWWL		0-1
1	7	Bradford Park Avenue	12	5	3	4	20	16	3	2	1	12	6	2	1	3	8	10	4	13	LDDLWD		1-1
7	8	Queens Park Rangers	12	5	3	4	15	21	4	2	0	11	4	1	1	4	4	17	-6	13	DLLWLW		2-0
2	9	Sheffield Wednesday	12	4	4	4	22	21	3	2	1	11	5	1	2	3	11	16	1	12	WLWWDL		0-4
1	10	Leicester City	12	4	4	4	22	22	2	3	1	15	11	2	1	3	7	11	0	12	LWDLWD		1-1
1	11	Leeds United	12	4	4	4	20	21	3	2	1	10	5	1	2	3	10	16	-1	12	LDWLLD		1-1
1	12	West Ham United	12	3	6	3	11	12	3	3	0	11	6	0	3	3	0	6	-1	12	LDWWDD		0-0
1	13	Blackburn Rovers	12	5	2	5	18	22	4	1	1	15	9	1	1	4	3	13	-4	12	WDWWLD		0-0
5	14	Brentford	12	3	6	3	9	11	1	3	2	6	8	2	3	1	3	3	-2	12	WLDWDL		0-2
2	15	Chesterfield	12	3	6	3	13	16	1	2	2	3	5	2	4	1	10	11	-3	12	LDDWWW		1-0
6	16	Fulham	12	4	3	5	19	17	3	2	1	13	4	1	1	4	6	13	2	11	LLDLWL		1-2
1	17	Luton Town	12	3	5	4	15	19	2	4	0	8	3	1	1	4	7	16	-4	11	DWLDLD		1-1
	18	Grimsby Town	12	3	4	5	19	20	1	2	4	13	16	2	2	1	6	4	-1	10	LDWDLD		2-2
1	19	Lincoln City	12	2	5	5	13	23	2	2	1	4	4	0	3	4	9	19	-10	9	WLLWDD		2-2
2	20	Plymouth Argyle	12	3	2	7	11	16	3	0	3	8	6	0	2	4	3	10	-5	8	WDLLLW		1-0
2	21	Coventry City	12	3	2	7	16	26	3	0	3	9	8	0	2	4	7	18	-10	8	WDLLLL		2-5
1	22	Nottingham Forest	12	3	2	7	7	16	2	2	3	3	3	1	0	4	4	13	-9	8	LLDLWL		0-1