The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 MILLWALL - Sat Mar 25, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 25, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Millwall
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON

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

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: HK Warburton
Attendance:: 10,336
Pos Before/After:: 21 20
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester City (League Tier 2)
Millwall:: Sep 08, 1945

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1634 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 897 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1811 (of 5724)
Total:: 2684 (of 7505)
Played:: 85 years, 25 days ago

Review
According to sportsofyore.com, George Pritty was sent off after coming to blows with JR Smith of Millwall

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

Goals
Bob McCall - Bob McCall only goal
Jack Surtees
Roy Brown - Roy Brown last goal

MILLWALL
Manager: Charlie Hewitt
Prior form: WLWDWD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	D	25	Reg Trim
3	D		John Munro
4	M	24	George Pritty 80
5	D	34	Tommy Graham
6	M	25	Thomas Clark
7	F	24	Len Beaumont
8	F	27	Jack Fryer
9	M	23	Bob McCall
10	F	27	Jack Surtees
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 Mar 25, 1939)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-2	Chesterfield
Coventry City	0-1	Manchester City
Luton Town	2-1	Bury
Newcastle United	2-2	Blackburn Rovers
Norwich City	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Millwall
Plymouth Argyle	0-0	West Ham United
Sheffield United	2-0	Tranmere Rovers
Southampton	3-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Swansea Town
West Bromwich Albion	3-0	Fulham

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	Blackburn Rovers	34	21	3	10	81	50	14	1	3	51	22	7	2	7	30	28	1.62000	45	WWLWWW	Safe
	2	Newcastle United	35	17	7	11	54	38	12	2	3	39	15	5	5	8	15	23	1.42105	41	WLWWDD	Safe
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	32	17	6	9	71	47	11	3	3	38	15	6	3	6	33	32	1.51064	40	WLWLWD	Safe
	4	Sheffield United	33	14	11	8	49	37	6	7	3	24	13	8	4	5	25	24	1.32432	39	WLWLLL
	5	West Bromwich Albion	33	16	6	11	81	61	13	0	2	47	18	3	6	9	34	43	1.32787	38	DLWDWL
	6	Coventry City	32	16	6	10	49	38	10	3	2	28	9	6	3	8	21	29	1.28947	38	DLWLLD
	7	Chesterfield	33	15	8	10	51	41	13	1	2	42	15	2	7	8	9	26	1.24390	38	WLWDWD
	8	Luton Town	33	17	4	12	64	52	10	3	3	36	20	7	1	9	28	32	1.23077	38	WLWWLW
	9	Fulham	32	14	9	9	50	39	10	4	2	27	13	4	5	7	23	26	1.28205	37	DWLLDD
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	33	14	9	10	53	46	9	6	2	37	23	5	3	8	16	23	1.15217	37	LWWWLD
	11	Burnley	35	13	9	13	41	45	12	3	2	27	13	1	6	11	14	32	.91111	35	WLWLDL
	12	Manchester City	32	15	4	13	78	67	10	1	5	47	33	5	3	8	31	34	1.16418	34	LLDWLW
	13	Millwall	33	11	11	11	56	43	9	5	2	37	14	2	6	9	19	29	1.30233	33	WLWDWD
	14	West Ham United	32	12	7	13	60	46	8	4	5	32	17	4	3	8	28	29	1.30435	31	LWLLWL
	15	Plymouth Argyle	32	12	6	14	42	45	6	5	4	19	11	6	1	10	23	34	.93333	30	LWWWDL
	16	Bury	34	10	10	14	53	60	8	4	6	43	30	2	6	8	10	30	.88333	30	LWDWLL
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	34	10	10	14	52	68	8	6	4	32	28	2	4	10	20	40	.76471	30	WWLLDD
	18	Southampton	33	10	8	15	44	59	7	5	4	28	23	3	3	11	16	36	.74576	28	WLWDDL
	19	Swansea Town	32	8	10	14	41	62	6	5	6	27	24	2	5	8	14	38	.66129	26	WLLWWW
	20	Norwich City	32	10	2	20	39	79	8	2	6	31	26	2	0	14	8	53	.49367	22	WWLLDW
	21	Nottingham Forest	33	6	9	18	39	75	4	6	6	24	27	2	3	12	15	48	.52000	21	WLDLDL
	22	Tranmere Rovers	34	5	5	24	35	85	5	4	9	24	34	0	1	15	11	51	.41176	15	LLLDLW

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	Blackburn Rovers	35	21	4	10	83	52	14	1	3	51	22	7	3	7	32	30	1.59615	46	WLWWWD	Safe	2-2
	2	Newcastle United	36	17	8	11	56	40	12	3	3	41	17	5	5	8	15	23	1.40000	42	LWWDDD	Safe	2-2
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	33	17	7	9	73	49	11	3	3	38	15	6	4	6	35	34	1.48980	41	LWLWDD	Safe	2-2
	4	Sheffield United	34	15	11	8	51	37	7	7	3	26	13	8	4	5	25	24	1.37838	41	LWLLLW	Safe	2-0
	5	West Bromwich Albion	34	17	6	11	84	61	14	0	2	50	18	3	6	9	34	43	1.37705	40	LWDWLW	Safe	3-0
1	6	Chesterfield	34	16	8	10	53	42	13	1	2	42	15	3	7	8	11	27	1.26190	40	LWDWDW	Safe	2-1
1	7	Luton Town	34	18	4	12	66	53	11	3	3	38	21	7	1	9	28	32	1.24528	40	LWWLWW	Safe	2-1
2	8	Tottenham Hotspur	34	15	9	10	56	46	10	6	2	40	23	5	3	8	16	23	1.21739	39	WWWLDW		3-0
3	9	Coventry City	33	16	6	11	49	39	10	3	3	28	10	6	3	8	21	29	1.25641	38	LWLLDL		0-1
1	10	Fulham	33	14	9	10	50	42	10	4	2	27	13	4	5	8	23	29	1.19048	37	WLLDDL		0-3
1	11	Manchester City	33	16	4	13	79	67	10	1	5	47	33	6	3	8	32	34	1.17910	36	LDWLWW		1-0
1	12	Burnley	36	13	9	14	42	47	12	3	3	28	15	1	6	11	14	32	.89362	35	LWLDLL		1-2
	13	Millwall	34	11	11	12	56	46	9	5	2	37	14	2	6	10	19	32	1.21739	33	LWDWDL		0-3
	14	West Ham United	33	12	8	13	60	46	8	4	5	32	17	4	4	8	28	29	1.30435	32	WLLWLD		0-0
	15	Plymouth Argyle	33	12	7	14	42	45	6	6	4	19	11	6	1	10	23	34	.93333	31	WWWDLD		0-0
	16	Bury	35	10	10	15	54	62	8	4	6	43	30	2	6	9	11	32	.87097	30	WDWLLL		1-2
1	17	Southampton	34	11	8	15	47	61	8	5	4	31	25	3	3	11	16	36	.77049	30	LWDDLW		3-2
1	18	Bradford Park Avenue	35	10	10	15	54	71	8	6	4	32	28	2	4	11	22	43	.76056	30	WLLDDL		2-3
	19	Swansea Town	33	8	10	15	41	65	6	5	6	27	24	2	5	9	14	41	.63077	26	LLWWWL		0-3
1	20	Nottingham Forest	34	7	9	18	42	75	5	6	6	27	27	2	3	12	15	48	.56000	23	LDLDLW		3-0
1	21	Norwich City	33	10	3	20	41	81	8	3	6	33	28	2	0	14	8	53	.50617	23	WLLDWD		2-2
	22	Tranmere Rovers	35	5	5	25	35	87	5	4	9	24	34	0	1	16	11	53	.40230	15	LLDLWL		0-2