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SEASON: 1947-48

Prev Season: 1946-47
This Season: 1947-48
Next Season: 1948-49

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Liverpool (A) 1-4)

Top Goalscorer:: Tom Johnston (13 goals)

Competitive Games:: 43
Competitive Goals:: 55
Goals per game:: 1.3
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 35 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 41.7%

Highest League Attendance:: 33,364 (Birmingham City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,977 (Luton Town)
Average League Attendance:: 24,297
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

FA Cup:: Manchester United
League Cup:
League Trophy:
Community Shield:

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 5
5-2 (Sat Jan 31, 1948, Millwall, Home, League Tier 2)

Biggest Winning Margin: 4
4-0 (Sat Nov 01, 1947, Coventry City, Home, League Tier 2)

Most Goals Conceded: 4
1-4 (Sat Jan 10, 1948, Liverpool, Away, FA Cup)
1-4 (Sat Feb 21, 1948, Cardiff City, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Losing Margin: 3
1-4 (Sat Jan 10, 1948, Liverpool, Away, FA Cup)
1-4 (Sat Feb 21, 1948, Cardiff City, Away, League Tier 2)

Clean Sheets:: 11
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 5
Penalties conceded:: 4
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 1

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1947-48

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Birmingham City	42	22	15	5	55	24	12	7	2	34	13	10	8	3	21	11	2.292	59	Promoted as Champions	0-2	1-2
2	Newcastle United	42	24	8	10	72	41	18	1	2	46	13	6	7	8	26	28	1.756	56	Promoted	0-0	2-0
3	Southampton	42	21	10	11	71	53	15	3	3	53	23	6	7	8	18	30	1.340	52		1-1	1-2
4	Sheffield Wednesday	42	20	11	11	66	53	13	6	2	39	21	7	5	9	27	32	1.245	51		0-0	1-2
5	Cardiff City	42	18	11	13	61	58	12	6	3	36	18	6	5	10	25	40	1.052	47		1-2	1-4
6	West Ham United	42	16	14	12	55	53	10	7	4	29	19	6	7	8	26	34	1.038	46		2-1	1-2
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	9	15	63	58	11	4	6	37	29	7	5	9	26	29	1.086	45		3-1	2-3
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	14	13	56	43	10	6	5	36	24	5	8	8	20	19	1.302	44		1-0	3-0
9	Leicester City	42	16	11	15	60	57	10	5	6	36	29	6	6	9	24	28	1.053	43		1-0	1-3
10	Coventry City	42	14	13	15	59	52	10	5	6	33	16	4	8	9	26	36	1.135	41		4-0	1-1
11	Fulham	42	15	10	17	47	46	6	9	6	24	19	9	1	11	23	27	1.022	40		0-2	0-0
12	Barnsley	42	15	10	17	62	64	10	5	6	31	22	5	5	11	31	42	.969	40		1-1	2-2
13	Luton Town	42	14	12	16	56	59	8	8	5	31	25	6	4	11	25	34	.949	40		1-2	1-2
14	Bradford Park Avenue	42	16	8	18	68	72	11	3	7	45	30	5	5	11	23	42	.944	40		1-2	1-3
15	Brentford	42	13	14	15	44	61	10	6	5	31	26	3	8	10	13	35	.721	40		2-0	1-3
16	Chesterfield	42	16	7	19	54	55	8	4	9	32	26	8	3	10	22	29	.982	39		1-3	0-0
17	Plymouth Argyle	42	9	20	13	40	58	8	9	4	27	22	1	11	9	13	36	.690	38		1-1	1-1
18	Leeds United	42	14	8	20	62	72	12	5	4	44	20	2	3	16	18	52	.861	36		1-0	2-2
19	Nottingham Forest	42	12	11	19	54	60	10	5	6	32	23	2	6	13	22	37	.900	35
20	Bury	42	9	16	17	58	68	6	8	7	27	28	3	8	10	31	40	.853	34		2-1	0-1
21	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	11	22	40	66	7	8	6	23	20	2	3	16	17	46	.606	29	Relegated	4-2	0-2
22	Millwall	42	9	11	22	44	74	7	7	7	27	28	2	4	15	17	46	.595	29	Relegated	5-2	0-2

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	22 times	7 times	2 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	9 times	16 times	5 times	2 times
Won By	5 times	4 times	2 times	1 time
Lost By	10 times	8 times	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	-	-	2	3	5	0	West Bromwich Albion (2-3), Birmingham City (1-2)
2		2	5	1	1	3	4	9	3	Bradford Park Avenue (1-3), Newcastle United (2-0), Birmingham City (0-2), Cardiff City (1-4), Newcastle Unite
3		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4		4	3	-	1	2	3	5	1	Cardiff City (1-2), Southampton (1-2), Southampton (1-1)
5		5	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Bradford Park Avenue (1-2), Sheffield Wednesday (0-0)
6		6	2	2	-	-	4	0	4	Tottenham Hotspur (1-0), Tottenham Hotspur (3-0)
7	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	2	8	3	2	1	-	5	2	5	West Ham United (2-1), Chesterfield (0-0), West Bromwich Albion (3-1)
9		9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10		10	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Barnsley (2-2)
11		11	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Barnsley (1-1)
12	3	12	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Fulham (0-0), Coventry City (1-1)
13		13	3	2	-	1	6	2	4	Sheffield Wednesday (1-2), Leeds United (1-0), Coventry City (4-0)
14		14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	4	15	3	-	-	3	2	7	0	Chesterfield (1-3), Fulham (0-2), Luton Town (1-2)
16	7	16	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Luton Town (1-2), Leicester City (1-0)
17		17	5	-	2	3	5	9	2	West Ham United (1-2), Leicester City (1-3), Bury (0-1), Leeds United (2-2), Plymouth Argyle (1-1)
18	38	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	96	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	66	20	3	1	1	1	5	5	3	Millwall (0-2), Plymouth Argyle (1-1), Doncaster Rovers (4-2)
21	33	21	1	1	-	-	5	2	2	Millwall (5-2)
22	1	22	3	1	-	2	3	5	2	Brentford (1-3), Brentford (2-0), Doncaster Rovers (0-2)

Not included: Week 1 game against Bury (2-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 23, 1947	Bury	H	2-1	27,381	7	Lee (36'), Johnston (46')
2	Wed Aug 27, 1947	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-2	22,365	12	Morris (51')
3	Sat Aug 30, 1947	West Ham United	A	1-2	19,416	15	Johnston (12')
4	Wed Sep 03, 1947	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-3	16,246	18	Edwards (83' pen)
5	Sat Sep 06, 1947	Chesterfield	H	1-3	28,811	19	Jones (30' pen)
6	Wed Sep 10, 1947	Brentford	A	1-3	15,005	19	Johnston (89' pen)
7	Sat Sep 13, 1947	Millwall	A	0-2	14,975	21
8	Wed Sep 17, 1947	Brentford	H	2-0	18,617	20	Jones (43'), Brown (64')
9	Sat Sep 20, 1947	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-0	26,202	19	Jones (?)
10	Sat Sep 27, 1947	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	33,047	21	Lee (1')
11	Sat Oct 04, 1947	Cardiff City	H	1-2	30,618	21	Jones (60' pen)
12	Sat Oct 11, 1947	Leicester City	A	1-3	27,709	21	Lee (28')
13	Sat Oct 18, 1947	Leeds United	H	1-0	22,380	19	Johnston (33')
14	Sat Oct 25, 1947	Fulham	A	0-0	20,147	20
15	Sat Nov 01, 1947	Coventry City	H	4-0	26,083	18	Johnston (21', 52'), Scott (43'), Edwards (79')
16	Sat Nov 08, 1947	Newcastle United	A	2-0	60,244	16	Simpson (3', 42')
17	Sat Nov 15, 1947	Birmingham City	H	0-2	33,364	18
18	Sat Nov 22, 1947	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-3	28,568	19	Scott (?, 16')
19	Sat Nov 29, 1947	Barnsley	H	1-1	18,108	18	Johnston (15')
20	Sat Dec 06, 1947	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-1	21,225	18	Johnston (18')
21	Sat Dec 13, 1947	Luton Town	H	1-2	12,977	19	Leverton (86')
22	Sat Dec 20, 1947	Bury	A	0-1	12,005	20
23	Fri Dec 26, 1947	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-2	20,129	22
24	Sat Dec 27, 1947	Doncaster Rovers	H	4-2	22,201	21	Scott (17'), Wilkins (46'), Lee (68'), Johnston (73')
25	Sat Jan 03, 1948	West Ham United	H	2-1	26,138	19	Johnston (43'), Wilkins (63')
26	Sat Jan 17, 1948	Chesterfield	A	0-0	17,783	19
27	Sat Jan 31, 1948	Millwall	H	5-2	21,506	19	Johnston (10'), Edwards (12', 82'), Lee (23', 71')
28	Sat Feb 14, 1948	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	29,852	20
29	Sat Feb 21, 1948	Cardiff City	A	1-4	28,929	20	Johnston (10')
30	Sat Feb 28, 1948	Leicester City	H	1-0	32,123	20	Lee (68')
31	Sat Mar 06, 1948	Leeds United	A	2-2	32,073	19	Edwards (32'), Johnston (50')
32	Sat Mar 13, 1948	Fulham	H	0-2	20,866	19
33	Sat Mar 20, 1948	Coventry City	A	1-1	11,536	20	Lee (51')
34	Fri Mar 26, 1948	Southampton	A	1-2	22,584	20	Lee (62')
35	Sat Mar 27, 1948	Newcastle United	H	0-0	28,906	20
36	Mon Mar 29, 1948	Southampton	H	1-1	24,738	20	Wilkins (?)
37	Sat Apr 03, 1948	Birmingham City	A	1-2	38,227	20	Morley (79')
38	Sat Apr 10, 1948	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	19,713	20	Edwards (35'), Scott (39'), Morley (77')
39	Mon Apr 12, 1948	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-0	18,569	19	Leverton (16', 53'), Lee (26')
40	Sat Apr 17, 1948	Barnsley	A	2-2	18,958	19	Morley (74'), Gager (89' pen)	Safe
41	Sat Apr 24, 1948	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	17,288	18	Scott (6')	Safe
42	Sat May 01, 1948	Luton Town	A	1-2	15,126	19	Leverton (5')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 10, 1948	Liverpool	3		A	1-4	48,569	Wilkins (50')

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 24, 1948	Arsenal	England	H	2-3	25,479	Wilkins (84' pen), Barks (89')
Sat Feb 07, 1948	Crystal Palace	England	A	0-1	9,760

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 23, 1947	League Tier 2	Bury		H	2-1	27,381	Lee (36'), Johnston (46')
Wed Aug 27, 1947	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		H	1-2	22,365	Morris (51')
Sat Aug 30, 1947	League Tier 2	West Ham United		A	1-2	19,416	Johnston (12')
Wed Sep 03, 1947	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue		A	1-3	16,246	Edwards (83' pen)
Sat Sep 06, 1947	League Tier 2	Chesterfield		H	1-3	28,811	Jones (30' pen)
Wed Sep 10, 1947	League Tier 2	Brentford		A	1-3	15,005	Johnston (89' pen)
Sat Sep 13, 1947	League Tier 2	Millwall		A	0-2	14,975
Wed Sep 17, 1947	League Tier 2	Brentford		H	2-0	18,617	Jones (43'), Brown (64')
Sat Sep 20, 1947	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		H	1-0	26,202	Jones (?)
Sat Sep 27, 1947	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday		A	1-2	33,047	Lee (1')
Sat Oct 04, 1947	League Tier 2	Cardiff City		H	1-2	30,618	Jones (60' pen)
Sat Oct 11, 1947	League Tier 2	Leicester City		A	1-3	27,709	Lee (28')
Sat Oct 18, 1947	League Tier 2	Leeds United		H	1-0	22,380	Johnston (33')
Sat Oct 25, 1947	League Tier 2	Fulham		A	0-0	20,147
Sat Nov 01, 1947	League Tier 2	Coventry City		H	4-0	26,083	Johnston (21', 52'), Scott (43'), Edwards (79')
Sat Nov 08, 1947	League Tier 2	Newcastle United		A	2-0	60,244	Simpson (3', 42')
Sat Nov 15, 1947	League Tier 2	Birmingham City		H	0-2	33,364
Sat Nov 22, 1947	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion		A	2-3	28,568	Scott (?, 16')
Sat Nov 29, 1947	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	1-1	18,108	Johnston (15')
Sat Dec 06, 1947	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		A	1-1	21,225	Johnston (18')
Sat Dec 13, 1947	League Tier 2	Luton Town		H	1-2	12,977	Leverton (86')
Sat Dec 20, 1947	League Tier 2	Bury		A	0-1	12,005
Fri Dec 26, 1947	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		A	0-2	20,129
Sat Dec 27, 1947	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers		H	4-2	22,201	Scott (17'), Wilkins (46'), Lee (68'), Johnston (73')
Sat Jan 03, 1948	League Tier 2	West Ham United		H	2-1	26,138	Johnston (43'), Wilkins (63')
Sat Jan 10, 1948	FA Cup	Liverpool	3	A	1-4	48,569	Wilkins (50')
Sat Jan 17, 1948	League Tier 2	Chesterfield		A	0-0	17,783
Sat Jan 24, 1948	Friendly	Arsenal		H	2-3	25,479	Wilkins (84' pen), Barks (89')
Sat Jan 31, 1948	League Tier 2	Millwall		H	5-2	21,506	Johnston (10'), Edwards (12', 82'), Lee (23', 71')
Sat Feb 07, 1948	Friendly	Crystal Palace		A	0-1	9,760
Sat Feb 14, 1948	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday		H	0-0	29,852
Sat Feb 21, 1948	League Tier 2	Cardiff City		A	1-4	28,929	Johnston (10')
Sat Feb 28, 1948	League Tier 2	Leicester City		H	1-0	32,123	Lee (68')
Sat Mar 06, 1948	League Tier 2	Leeds United		A	2-2	32,073	Edwards (32'), Johnston (50')
Sat Mar 13, 1948	League Tier 2	Fulham		H	0-2	20,866
Sat Mar 20, 1948	League Tier 2	Coventry City		A	1-1	11,536	Lee (51')
Fri Mar 26, 1948	League Tier 2	Southampton		A	1-2	22,584	Lee (62')
Sat Mar 27, 1948	League Tier 2	Newcastle United		H	0-0	28,906
Mon Mar 29, 1948	League Tier 2	Southampton		H	1-1	24,738	Wilkins (?)
Sat Apr 03, 1948	League Tier 2	Birmingham City		A	1-2	38,227	Morley (79')
Sat Apr 10, 1948	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion		H	3-1	19,713	Edwards (35'), Scott (39'), Morley (77')
Mon Apr 12, 1948	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		A	3-0	18,569	Leverton (16', 53'), Lee (26')
Sat Apr 17, 1948	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	2-2	18,958	Morley (74'), Gager (89' pen)	Safe
Sat Apr 24, 1948	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle		H	1-1	17,288	Scott (6')	Safe
Sat May 01, 1948	League Tier 2	Luton Town		A	1-2	15,126	Leverton (5')	Safe

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 10, 1948	Liverpool	3		A	1-4	48,569

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 24, 1948	Arsenal	England	H	2-3	25,479
Sat Feb 07, 1948	Crystal Palace	England	A	0-1	9,760

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £7,500				Out (9) - £10,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Dennis Ward	Bought			Dennis Ward	Sold
	George Lee	Bought			George Pritty	Sold
	Horace Gager	Bought			Ted Blagg	Sold
	Jack Burkitt	Bought		Summer 1948	Tom Johnston	Sold
	James Clarke	Bought			Wilson Jones	Sold
	Wilson Jones	Bought		Aug 01, 1944	Tanner Allen	Sold
Dec 26, 1947	George Wilkins	Bought	£7,500	Oct 01, 1947	Sailor Brown	Sold	£10,000
				Dec 20, 1947	Harry Brigham	Sold
				June 1948	Noel Simpson	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Dennis Ward	England	22	1			1
GK		Harry Walker	England	31	39	10	11	18
GK		Laurie Platts	England	25	3	2		1
Defenders
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	England	21	27	9	9	9
D		Harry Brigham	England	32	7	1		6
D		Horace Gager	England	30	12	3	5	4	1
D		Jack Hutchinson	England	26	39	12	10	17
D		James Clarke	England	23	2		1	1
Midfielders
M		Bill Morley	England	22	15	4	2	9	3
M		Bob McCall	England	31	27	7	8	12
M		Bryn Elliott	England	22	1			1
M		Eddie Barks	England	25	31	8	8	15
M		Ernest Morris	England	26	4	1		3	1
M		Frank Knight	England	25	13	4	3	6
M		George Pritty	England	32	2	1		1
M		Jack Burkitt	England	21
M		Ken Rawson	England	26	2		1	1
M		Noel Simpson	England	24	30	9	9	12	2
M		Tanner Allen	England	22	1			1
M		Ted Blagg	England	29	21	6	3	12
Forwards
F		Freddie Martin	England	21	2			2
F		Freddie Scott	England	30	42	12	11	19	6
F		George Lee	England	28	42	11	11	20	10
F		George Wilkins	England	27	12	4	6	2	4
F		Gordon Kaile	England	22	9	3	2	4
F		Jack Edwards	England	23	34	8	11	15	6
F		Roland Wheatley	England	23	4		1	3
F		Sailor Brown	England	31	5	3		2	1
F		Tom Johnston	Scotland	28	33	10	7	16	13
F		Tot Leverton	England	21	6	2	2	2	4
F		Wilson Jones	Wales	33	7	2		5	4

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
13	Tom Johnston	33
10	George Lee	42
6	Freddie Scott	42
6	Jack Edwards	34
4	George Wilkins	12
4	Tot Leverton	6
4	Wilson Jones	7
3	Bill Morley	15
2	Noel Simpson	30
1	Ernest Morris	4
1	Horace Gager	12
1	Sailor Brown	5

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Sep 20, 1947	Home	1-0		Mon Apr 12, 1948	Away	3-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Birmingham City	Sat Nov 15, 1947	Home	0-2	Sat Apr 03, 1948	Away	1-2
Bradford Park Avenue	Wed Aug 27, 1947	Home	1-2	Wed Sep 03, 1947	Away	1-3
Cardiff City	Sat Oct 04, 1947	Home	1-2	Sat Feb 21, 1948	Away	1-4
Luton Town	Sat Dec 13, 1947	Home	1-2	Sat May 01, 1948	Away	1-2