The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 3 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Nov 12, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 12, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: E Pinckston
Attendance:: 11,731
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 5 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Millwall (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Mar 18, 1939

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1614 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 877 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1789 (of 5724)
Total:: 2662 (of 7505)
Played:: 85 years, 5 months, 13 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harold Wightman
Prior form: DLDLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Gibson McNaughton - Gibson McNaughton last goal

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Bob Crompton
Prior form: LLLWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	D	25	Reg Trim
3	D		John Munro
4	D	28	Lewis Stoker
5	M	25	Robert Davies
6	D	33	Tommy Graham
7	F	21	Arthur Betts
8	F	27	Gibson McNaughton
9	F	24	Boy Martin	Last game
10	F	23	Len Beaumont
11	F	21	Roy Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 12, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-1	Swansea Town
Coventry City	2-1	Millwall
Luton Town	1-2	West Ham United
Newcastle United	2-1	Fulham
Norwich City	3-1	Bury
Nottingham Forest	1-3	Blackburn Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	3-1	Tranmere Rovers
Sheffield United	1-1	Chesterfield
Southampton	1-2	Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	Bradford Park Avenue
West Bromwich Albion	5-1	Sheffield Wednesday

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Fulham	14	7	5	2	23	13	4	3	0	14	6	3	2	2	9	7	1.76923	19	WWLDDD
	2	Newcastle United	14	8	2	4	27	15	7	0	0	21	5	1	2	4	6	10	1.80000	18	LWWDWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	14	8	1	5	35	28	6	0	1	22	11	2	1	4	13	17	1.25000	17	LWWLWD
	4	Sheffield United	13	6	4	3	20	14	2	3	1	6	2	4	1	2	14	12	1.42857	16	LWWLDW
	5	Blackburn Rovers	14	7	2	5	29	23	4	1	2	17	11	3	1	3	12	12	1.26087	16	LLLWDL
	6	Millwall	13	6	3	4	25	13	4	2	1	14	5	2	1	3	11	8	1.92308	15	WLLDWL
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	13	6	3	4	22	20	5	2	0	15	8	1	1	4	7	12	1.10000	15	WDWLWL
	8	Luton Town	13	6	3	4	20	21	3	3	0	9	5	3	0	4	11	16	.95238	15	LDDWDW
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	4	4	24	21	4	2	1	13	6	1	2	3	11	15	1.14286	14	LWLDDL
	10	Coventry City	13	5	4	4	15	15	4	2	0	8	1	1	2	4	7	14	1.00000	14	WLDDWW
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	13	5	4	4	22	23	3	3	1	15	12	2	1	3	7	11	.95652	14	WWDDLD
	12	Burnley	14	5	4	5	18	22	5	0	2	12	10	0	4	3	6	12	.81818	14	WLWDLD
	13	West Ham United	14	5	3	6	30	22	4	1	2	21	10	1	2	4	9	12	1.36364	13	LWDDLW
	14	Plymouth Argyle	13	5	3	5	17	16	4	2	0	10	2	1	1	5	7	14	1.06250	13	WWDDDL
	15	Bury	13	4	5	4	18	19	3	2	2	14	11	1	3	2	4	8	.94737	13	DLDWWD
	16	Southampton	13	5	2	6	20	24	4	1	1	14	10	1	1	5	6	14	.83333	12	WLWDWW
	17	Chesterfield	13	5	1	7	13	19	4	0	2	9	7	1	1	5	4	12	.68421	11	WWLWLW
	18	Manchester City	13	4	2	7	27	32	3	0	4	17	19	1	2	3	10	13	.84375	10	LLDWLW
	19	Nottingham Forest	13	3	4	6	14	21	3	1	2	7	5	0	3	4	7	16	.66667	10	DLDLLD
	20	Norwich City	13	4	0	9	16	25	4	0	3	14	10	0	0	6	2	15	.64000	8	LWWLLL
	21	Swansea Town	13	1	6	6	15	31	0	4	2	9	11	1	2	4	6	20	.48387	8	DLLLWL
	22	Tranmere Rovers	13	3	1	9	16	29	3	1	3	11	7	0	0	6	5	22	.55172	7	DLLWLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Newcastle United	15	9	2	4	29	16	8	0	0	23	6	1	2	4	6	10	1.81250	20	WWDWWW		2-1
1	2	Fulham	15	7	5	3	24	15	4	3	0	14	6	3	2	3	10	9	1.60000	19	WLDDDL		1-2
	3	West Bromwich Albion	15	9	1	5	40	29	7	0	1	27	12	2	1	4	13	17	1.37931	19	WWLWDW		5-1
1	4	Blackburn Rovers	15	8	2	5	32	24	4	1	2	17	11	4	1	3	15	13	1.33333	18	LLWDLW		3-1
1	5	Sheffield United	14	6	5	3	21	15	2	4	1	7	3	4	1	2	14	12	1.40000	17	WWLDWD		1-1
1	6	Tottenham Hotspur	14	6	4	4	24	22	5	3	0	17	10	1	1	4	7	12	1.09091	16	DWLWLD		2-2
3	7	Coventry City	14	6	4	4	17	16	5	2	0	10	2	1	2	4	7	14	1.06250	16	LDDWWW		2-1
2	8	Millwall	14	6	3	5	26	15	4	2	1	14	5	2	1	4	12	10	1.73333	15	LLDWLL		1-2
4	9	West Ham United	15	6	3	6	32	23	4	1	2	21	10	2	2	4	11	13	1.39130	15	WDDLWW		2-1
4	10	Plymouth Argyle	14	6	3	5	20	17	5	2	0	13	3	1	1	5	7	14	1.17647	15	WDDDLW		3-1
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	14	5	5	4	24	25	3	3	1	15	12	2	2	3	9	13	.96000	15	WDDLDD		2-2
4	12	Luton Town	14	6	3	5	21	23	3	3	1	10	7	3	0	4	11	16	.91304	15	DDWDWL		1-2
1	13	Burnley	15	5	5	5	19	23	5	1	2	13	11	0	4	3	6	12	.82609	15	LWDLDD		1-1
5	14	Sheffield Wednesday	14	5	4	5	25	26	4	2	1	13	6	1	2	4	12	20	.96154	14	WLDDLL		1-5
	15	Bury	14	4	5	5	19	22	3	2	2	14	11	1	3	3	5	11	.86364	13	LDWWDL		1-3
2	16	Manchester City	14	5	2	7	29	33	3	0	4	17	19	2	2	3	12	14	.87879	12	LDWLWW		2-1
1	17	Southampton	14	5	2	7	21	26	4	1	2	15	12	1	1	5	6	14	.80769	12	LWDWWL		1-2
1	18	Chesterfield	14	5	2	7	14	20	4	0	2	9	7	1	2	5	5	13	.70000	12	WLWLWD		1-1
1	19	Norwich City	14	5	0	9	19	26	5	0	3	17	11	0	0	6	2	15	.73077	10	WWLLLW		3-1
1	20	Nottingham Forest	14	3	4	7	15	24	3	1	3	8	8	0	3	4	7	16	.62500	10	LDLLDL		1-3
	21	Swansea Town	14	1	7	6	16	32	0	4	2	9	11	1	3	4	7	21	.50000	9	LLLWLD		1-1
	22	Tranmere Rovers	14	3	1	10	17	32	3	1	3	11	7	0	0	7	6	25	.53125	7	LLWLLL		1-3