The City Ground

LEEDS UNITED 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 02, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 02, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Elland Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 02 April 1949

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: H Wright
Attendance:: 23,932
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 22
Opp Before/After:: 11 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 2)
Leeds United:: Apr 11, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1766 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 1029 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1953 (of 5827)
Total:: 3093 (of 7632)
Played:: 77 years, 5 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Major Frank Buckley
Prior form: LWWLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Iggleden (83')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	23	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	33	Bob McCall
4	M	23	Jack Burkitt
5	D	32	Horace Gager
6	F	29	Sid Ottewell
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	25	John Love
9	F	22	Tot Leverton
10	F	24	Gordon Kaile
11	F	29	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Searson
2	D	Dunn
3	D	Milburn
4	D	Bullions
5	D	Holley
6	M	Burden
7	M	Cochrane
8	M	McCabe
9	M	Browning
10	F	Iggleden
11	F	Rudd

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 02, 1949)

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

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	Southampton	34	21	7	6	66	30	16	2	0	47	8	5	5	6	19	22	36	49	WWDWWW	Safe
	2	Fulham	33	18	7	8	61	32	12	4	1	43	12	6	3	7	18	20	29	43	WLWWWD	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	32	18	6	8	52	34	12	2	2	35	14	6	4	6	17	20	18	42	LWLWWD	Safe
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	34	14	13	7	55	33	12	3	2	42	14	2	10	5	13	19	22	41	DDLDWD	Safe
	5	Cardiff City	33	14	10	9	48	41	10	3	3	35	18	4	7	6	13	23	7	38	LWWWWD
	6	Chesterfield	34	12	13	9	45	40	7	6	4	21	15	5	7	5	24	25	5	37	LDWLDW
	7	West Ham United	33	14	8	11	43	44	10	4	2	27	15	4	4	9	16	29	-1	36	WDWLWW
	8	Luton Town	33	12	11	10	43	43	9	6	2	23	12	3	5	8	20	31	0	35	WWDWLL
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	33	13	8	12	54	48	11	3	2	33	14	2	5	10	21	34	6	34	LLDLWD
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	33	11	9	13	54	57	6	6	3	28	18	5	3	10	26	39	-3	31	DLLDLD
	11	Leeds United	34	10	11	13	52	56	9	5	4	34	21	1	6	9	18	35	-4	31	LWWLWL
	12	Plymouth Argyle	33	11	9	13	38	46	10	3	4	27	15	1	6	9	11	31	-8	31	WWLLDD
	13	Bury	32	13	5	14	49	60	8	4	3	27	17	5	1	11	22	43	-11	31	DWLWLL
	14	Queens Park Rangers	34	12	7	15	35	52	9	3	5	25	21	3	4	10	10	31	-17	31	DWWDLW
	15	Grimsby Town	33	11	8	14	59	63	6	5	5	35	26	5	3	9	24	37	-4	30	LWWWLW
	16	Coventry City	34	12	6	16	49	54	10	2	5	32	18	2	4	11	17	36	-5	30	WDDDWL
	17	Barnsley	33	9	11	13	49	52	6	7	3	28	13	3	4	10	21	39	-3	29	LDLDDL
	18	Brentford	32	10	9	13	34	39	6	6	4	23	17	4	3	9	11	22	-5	29	LWLLWL
	19	Blackburn Rovers	34	11	7	16	45	53	9	4	4	35	20	2	3	12	10	33	-8	29	LDLLLL
	20	Leicester City	30	7	12	11	49	58	5	8	3	36	29	2	4	8	13	29	-9	26	WWDDDL
	21	Nottingham Forest	34	9	6	19	35	47	6	5	6	15	11	3	1	13	20	36	-12	24	DLLDLW
	22	Lincoln City	35	6	11	18	46	79	5	6	7	28	34	1	5	11	18	45	-33	23	LWLDLD

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	Southampton	35	22	7	6	67	30	16	2	0	47	8	6	5	6	20	22	37	51	WDWWWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Fulham	34	18	7	9	61	33	12	4	1	43	12	6	3	8	18	21	28	43	LWWWDL	Safe	0-1
	3	West Bromwich Albion	33	18	7	8	53	35	12	3	2	36	15	6	4	6	17	20	18	43	WLWWDD	Safe	1-1
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	35	14	13	8	55	34	12	3	3	42	15	2	10	5	13	19	21	41	DLDWDL	Safe	0-1
	5	Cardiff City	34	15	10	9	50	41	10	3	3	35	18	5	7	6	15	23	9	40	WWWWDW	Safe	2-0
1	6	West Ham United	34	15	8	11	47	45	11	4	2	31	16	4	4	9	16	29	2	38	DWLWWW		4-1
1	7	Chesterfield	35	12	13	10	45	42	7	6	5	21	17	5	7	5	24	25	3	37	DWLDWL		0-2
1	8	Sheffield Wednesday	34	14	8	12	56	49	12	3	2	35	15	2	5	10	21	34	7	36	LDLWDW		2-1
1	9	Luton Town	34	12	11	11	44	46	9	6	2	23	12	3	5	9	21	34	-2	35	WDWLLL		1-3
1	10	Leeds United	35	11	11	13	53	56	10	5	4	35	21	1	6	9	18	35	-3	33	WWLWLW		1-0
2	11	Bury	33	14	5	14	52	61	9	4	3	30	18	5	1	11	22	43	-9	33	WLWLLW		3-1
4	12	Coventry City	35	13	6	16	50	54	11	2	5	33	18	2	4	11	17	36	-4	32	DDDWLW		1-0
1	13	Queens Park Rangers	35	12	8	15	36	53	9	3	5	25	21	3	5	10	11	32	-17	32	WWDLWD		1-1
1	14	Grimsby Town	34	11	9	14	60	64	6	5	5	35	26	5	4	9	25	38	-4	31	WWWLWD		1-1
5	15	Bradford Park Avenue	34	11	9	14	55	61	6	6	3	28	18	5	3	11	27	43	-6	31	LLDLDL		1-4
4	16	Plymouth Argyle	34	11	9	14	39	48	10	3	4	27	15	1	6	10	12	33	-9	31	WLLDDL		1-2
	17	Barnsley	34	9	12	13	49	52	6	7	3	28	13	3	5	10	21	39	-3	30	DLDDLD		0-0
	18	Brentford	33	10	10	13	34	39	6	7	4	23	17	4	3	9	11	22	-5	30	WLLWLD		0-0
	19	Blackburn Rovers	35	11	7	17	45	56	9	4	4	35	20	2	3	13	10	36	-11	29	DLLLLL		0-3
	20	Leicester City	31	7	13	11	50	59	5	9	3	37	30	2	4	8	13	29	-9	27	WDDDLD		1-1
1	21	Lincoln City	36	7	11	18	49	79	6	6	7	31	34	1	5	11	18	45	-30	25	WLDLDW		3-0
1	22	Nottingham Forest	35	9	6	20	35	48	6	5	6	15	11	3	1	14	20	37	-13	24	LLDLWL		0-1