The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Jan 22, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 22, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
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 22 January 1949

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: G Salmon
Attendance:: 25,624
League Week:: 25 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 9 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Dec 01, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1756 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1019 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1943 (of 5824)
Total:: 3083 (of 7629)
Played:: 77 years, 6 months, 30 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Burkitt (82') - Jack Burkitt first goal

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Jack Bruton
Prior form: WLWLDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	25	James Clarke
4	F	29	Sid Ottewell
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	23	Jack Burkitt (82')
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	29	George Wilkins
9	F	33	Bill Hullett
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
11	F	29	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Hughes
2	D	Gray
3	D	Eckerlsey
4	D	Cook
5	D	Pryde
6	M	Bell
7	M	Wharton
8	M	Crossan
9	M	Westcott
10	F	McClelland
11	F	Fenton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 22, 1949)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	4-0	Queens Park Rangers
Bradford Park Avenue	2-1	Coventry City
Brentford	1-1	Chesterfield
Fulham	6-1	Plymouth Argyle
Grimsby Town	2-2	Cardiff City
Leeds United	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Leicester City	5-3	Lincoln City
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Southampton	1-1	Luton Town
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United	2-1	Bury

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	26	15	5	6	43	26	10	2	1	30	11	5	3	5	13	15	17	35	WWWLLW
	2	Southampton	25	14	5	6	45	24	11	1	0	34	6	3	4	6	11	18	21	33	WWWLWW
	3	Fulham	25	13	6	6	43	26	9	3	1	30	9	4	3	5	13	17	17	32	LWDWWW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	25	11	8	6	45	26	9	2	1	35	10	2	6	5	10	16	19	30	WLWDLL
	5	Chesterfield	26	10	9	7	38	34	6	3	4	18	13	4	6	3	20	21	4	29	WWDWWW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	25	11	5	9	46	37	9	2	2	28	11	2	3	7	18	26	9	27	LWWLWL
	7	Luton Town	26	9	9	8	33	34	6	6	1	16	7	3	3	7	17	27	-1	27	LWWDDL
	8	Cardiff City	25	9	8	8	34	33	7	2	3	27	16	2	6	5	7	17	1	26	DWDWLL
	9	Blackburn Rovers	25	10	6	9	40	39	8	3	2	32	15	2	3	7	8	24	1	26	WLWLDD
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	26	10	6	10	46	46	5	4	2	22	12	5	2	8	24	34	0	26	LLDLDW
	11	Bury	25	11	4	10	41	42	8	3	2	26	13	3	1	8	15	29	-1	26	DLLLWL
	12	West Ham United	25	9	7	9	34	35	6	4	2	20	13	3	3	7	14	22	-1	25	WLWWLL
	13	Barnsley	26	8	8	10	42	42	5	5	3	23	12	3	3	7	19	30	0	24	LLLWDW
	14	Brentford	25	8	8	9	23	27	4	5	3	13	11	4	3	6	10	16	-4	24	LLDLWL
	15	Coventry City	26	10	3	13	39	43	8	1	5	25	15	2	2	8	14	28	-4	23	WWWWLW
	16	Plymouth Argyle	25	8	7	10	30	37	7	2	3	20	13	1	5	7	10	24	-7	23	WLWLDD
	17	Queens Park Rangers	25	9	5	11	26	40	7	2	3	19	15	2	3	8	7	25	-14	23	LWLLWD
	18	Leeds United	25	6	9	10	39	44	5	4	3	23	16	1	5	7	16	28	-5	21	LWLLDL
	19	Leicester City	25	6	9	10	38	47	4	7	2	29	22	2	2	8	9	25	-9	21	LDLLDW
	20	Grimsby Town	25	6	7	12	43	52	4	4	5	26	23	2	3	7	17	29	-9	19	LLWLDD
	21	Nottingham Forest	24	7	4	13	24	34	4	3	6	10	10	3	1	7	14	24	-10	18	WDLWLL
	22	Lincoln City	26	5	8	13	37	61	4	5	5	23	27	1	3	8	14	34	-24	18	LWDLWW

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	27	15	5	7	43	28	10	2	1	30	11	5	3	6	13	17	15	35	WWLLWL		0-2
	2	Southampton	26	14	6	6	46	25	11	2	0	35	7	3	4	6	11	18	21	34	WWLWWD		1-1
	3	Fulham	26	14	6	6	49	27	10	3	1	36	10	4	3	5	13	17	22	34	WDWWWW		6-1
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	26	12	8	6	47	26	10	2	1	37	10	2	6	5	10	16	21	32	LWDLLW		2-0
	5	Chesterfield	27	10	10	7	39	35	6	3	4	18	13	4	7	3	21	22	4	30	WDWWWD		1-1
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	26	11	6	9	47	38	9	2	2	28	11	2	4	7	19	27	9	28	WWLWLD		1-1
3	7	Bradford Park Avenue	27	11	6	10	48	47	6	4	2	24	13	5	2	8	24	34	1	28	LDLDWW		2-1
1	8	Luton Town	27	9	10	8	34	35	6	6	1	16	7	3	4	7	18	28	-1	28	WWDDLD		1-1
1	9	Cardiff City	26	9	9	8	36	35	7	2	3	27	16	2	7	5	9	19	1	27	WDWLLD		2-2
2	10	West Ham United	26	10	7	9	36	36	7	4	2	22	14	3	3	7	14	22	0	27	LWWLLW		2-1
2	11	Barnsley	27	9	8	10	46	42	6	5	3	27	12	3	3	7	19	30	4	26	LLWDWW		4-0
3	12	Blackburn Rovers	26	10	6	10	40	40	8	3	2	32	15	2	3	8	8	25	0	26	LWLDDL		0-1
2	13	Bury	26	11	4	11	42	44	8	3	2	26	13	3	1	9	16	31	-2	26	LLLWLL		1-2
	14	Brentford	26	8	9	9	24	28	4	6	3	14	12	4	3	6	10	16	-4	25	LDLWLD		1-1
	15	Coventry City	27	10	3	14	40	45	8	1	5	25	15	2	2	9	15	30	-5	23	WWWLWL		1-2
3	16	Leicester City	26	7	9	10	43	50	5	7	2	34	25	2	2	8	9	25	-7	23	DLLDWW		5-3
1	17	Plymouth Argyle	26	8	7	11	31	43	7	2	3	20	13	1	5	8	11	30	-12	23	LWLDDL		1-6
1	18	Queens Park Rangers	26	9	5	12	26	44	7	2	3	19	15	2	3	9	7	29	-18	23	WLLWDL		0-4
1	19	Leeds United	26	6	10	10	40	45	5	5	3	24	17	1	5	7	16	28	-5	22	WLLDLD		1-1
	20	Grimsby Town	26	6	8	12	45	54	4	5	5	28	25	2	3	7	17	29	-9	20	LWLDDD		2-2
	21	Nottingham Forest	25	8	4	13	25	34	5	3	6	11	10	3	1	7	14	24	-9	20	DLWLLW		1-0
	22	Lincoln City	27	5	8	14	40	66	4	5	5	23	27	1	3	9	17	39	-26	18	WDLWWL		3-5