The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 18, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 18, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 18 December 1948

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: S Roberts
Attendance:: 32,583
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
West Bromwich Albion:: Sep 28, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1752 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1015 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1937 (of 5824)
Total:: 3077 (of 7629)
Played:: 77 years, 8 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lee (33')

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Jack Smith
Prior form: WWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Haines (44')
Elliot (62')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	32	Bob McCall
4	M	22	Jack Burkitt
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	F	29	Sid Ottewell
7	F	24	Gordon Kaile
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson
9	F	32	Bill Hullett
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
11	F	29	George Lee (33')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Sanders
2	D	Pemberton
3	D	Kinsell
4	D	Millard
5	D	Vernon
6	M	Hood
7	M	Elliot
8	M	C Williams
9	M	Walsh
10	F	Haines
11	F	Shepherd

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 18, 1948)

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

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	21	12	5	4	37	18	7	2	1	25	9	5	3	3	12	9	19	29	WWLWLW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	20	10	7	3	40	18	9	1	0	33	7	1	6	3	7	11	22	27	WLWDDW
	3	Southampton	21	11	5	5	38	20	9	1	0	30	5	2	4	5	8	15	18	27	WDWLWW
	4	Bury	20	10	4	6	34	27	7	3	1	22	11	3	1	5	12	16	7	24	LWLWWD
	5	Fulham	20	9	5	6	28	22	6	3	1	18	6	3	2	5	10	16	6	23	WWDWDL
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	21	9	5	7	40	32	7	2	2	23	9	2	3	5	17	23	8	23	LWDWLW
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	21	9	4	8	43	37	5	2	2	21	11	4	2	6	22	26	6	22	LLWWWL
	8	Blackburn Rovers	20	9	4	7	31	29	7	2	1	26	10	2	2	6	5	19	2	22	DWLWWW
	9	Brentford	20	7	7	6	18	18	3	4	3	10	9	4	3	3	8	9	0	21	DWWWLL
	10	Cardiff City	20	7	7	6	25	26	5	2	2	19	12	2	5	4	6	14	-1	21	LDDWWD
	11	West Ham United	20	7	7	6	23	24	5	4	1	16	9	2	3	5	7	15	-1	21	LWDWLW
	12	Luton Town	21	7	7	7	26	31	5	5	0	13	5	2	2	7	13	26	-5	21	WLWDWL
	13	Chesterfield	21	6	8	7	26	30	3	3	4	10	12	3	5	3	16	18	-4	20	WWLLLW
	14	Queens Park Rangers	21	8	4	9	22	33	6	2	2	15	10	2	2	7	7	23	-11	20	LLWLLW
	15	Barnsley	21	6	7	8	35	34	4	4	3	20	10	2	3	5	15	24	1	19	LLLLWL
	16	Plymouth Argyle	21	7	5	9	23	30	6	1	3	16	11	1	4	6	7	19	-7	19	WDWDWL
	17	Leeds United	20	5	8	7	32	33	4	4	2	19	12	1	4	5	13	21	-1	18	WDDLLL
	18	Leicester City	21	5	8	8	32	40	3	7	1	25	19	2	1	7	7	21	-8	18	LWLDLD
	19	Nottingham Forest	20	6	4	10	20	27	3	3	5	8	7	3	1	5	12	20	-7	16	WDLLWD
	20	Grimsby Town	20	5	5	10	33	42	3	3	5	21	21	2	2	5	12	21	-9	15	LWLDLL
	21	Coventry City	21	6	3	12	28	37	5	1	5	17	12	1	2	7	11	25	-9	15	LDLLWW
	22	Lincoln City	21	2	7	12	25	51	2	4	5	14	21	0	3	7	11	30	-26	11	LDLDLL

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	West Bromwich Albion	22	13	5	4	39	19	8	2	1	27	10	5	3	3	12	9	20	31	WLWLWW		2-1
1	2	Southampton	22	12	5	5	40	21	9	1	0	30	5	3	4	5	10	16	19	29	DWLWWW		2-1
1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	21	10	7	4	41	21	9	1	0	33	7	1	6	4	8	14	20	27	LWDDWL		1-3
1	4	Fulham	21	10	5	6	31	23	7	3	1	21	7	3	2	5	10	16	8	25	WDWDLW		3-1
1	5	Sheffield Wednesday	22	10	5	7	43	33	8	2	2	26	10	2	3	5	17	23	10	25	WDWLWW		3-1
2	6	Bury	21	10	4	7	34	31	7	3	1	22	11	3	1	6	12	20	3	24	WLWWDL		0-4
3	7	Cardiff City	21	8	7	6	31	27	6	2	2	25	13	2	5	4	6	14	4	23	DDWWDW		6-1
4	8	Luton Town	22	8	7	7	29	31	5	5	0	13	5	3	2	7	16	26	-2	23	LWDWLW		3-0
1	9	Blackburn Rovers	21	9	4	8	32	31	7	2	2	27	12	2	2	6	5	19	1	22	WLWWWL		1-2
3	10	Bradford Park Avenue	22	9	4	9	44	43	5	2	2	21	11	4	2	7	23	32	1	22	LWWWLL		1-6
2	11	Chesterfield	22	7	8	7	30	30	4	3	4	14	12	3	5	3	16	18	0	22	WLLLWW		4-0
3	12	Brentford	21	7	7	7	19	20	3	4	3	10	9	4	3	4	9	11	-1	21	WWWLLL		1-2
2	13	West Ham United	21	7	7	7	26	28	5	4	1	16	9	2	3	6	10	19	-2	21	WDWLWL		3-4
2	14	Plymouth Argyle	22	8	5	9	26	31	7	1	3	19	12	1	4	6	7	19	-5	21	DWDWLW		3-1
2	15	Leeds United	21	6	8	7	35	34	5	4	2	22	13	1	4	5	13	21	1	20	DDLLLW		3-1
2	16	Queens Park Rangers	22	8	4	10	22	36	6	2	3	15	13	2	2	7	7	23	-14	20	LWLLWL		0-3
2	17	Barnsley	22	6	7	9	36	37	4	4	3	20	10	2	3	6	16	27	-1	19	LLLWLL		1-3
	18	Leicester City	22	5	8	9	33	43	3	7	1	25	19	2	1	8	8	24	-10	18	WLDLDL		1-3
2	19	Coventry City	22	7	3	12	30	38	6	1	5	19	13	1	2	7	11	25	-8	17	DLLWWW		2-1
1	20	Nottingham Forest	21	6	4	11	21	29	3	3	5	8	7	3	1	6	13	22	-8	16	DLLWDL		1-2
1	21	Grimsby Town	21	5	5	11	34	45	3	3	5	21	21	2	2	6	13	24	-11	15	WLDLLL		1-3
	22	Lincoln City	22	3	7	12	29	54	3	4	5	18	24	0	3	7	11	30	-25	13	DLDLLW		4-3