The City Ground

FOREST 6 - 0 SOUTHAMPTON - Sat Jan 18, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 18, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 6-0 WON

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

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: RR Hay
Attendance:: 24,591
Pos Before/After:: 14 10
Opp Before/After:: 10 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester United (FA Cup)
League:: Luton Town
Southampton:: Mar 26, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1670 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 933 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1851 (of 5724)
Total:: 2988 (of 7505)
Played:: 77 years, 3 months, 6 days ago

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

Goals
Harry Brigham - Harry Brigham last goal
Eddie Barks
Jack Edwards
Colin Lyman
Colin Lyman
Sailor Brown

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Bill Dodgin
Prior form: WLDDWL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Laurie Platts	Debut
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	31	Bob McCall
4	M	31	George Pritty
5	M	28	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	22	Jack Edwards
11	F	32	Colin Lyman

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 Jan 18, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-2	Barnsley
Bradford Park Avenue	0-0	Swansea Town
Bury	3-0	Luton Town
Coventry City	6-0	Newport County
Fulham	3-1	Plymouth Argyle
Manchester City	1-0	Millwall
Newcastle United	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest	6-0	Southampton
Sheffield Wednesday	1-3	Leicester City
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Burnley
West Ham United	5-0	Chesterfield

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	Manchester City	24	15	6	3	53	22	9	3	0	34	10	6	3	3	19	12	2.40909	36	DWWWWW
	2	Burnley	24	12	9	3	34	18	7	5	1	19	9	5	4	2	15	9	1.88889	33	WDWLWW
	3	Birmingham City	25	15	2	8	46	22	10	1	1	33	7	5	1	7	13	15	2.09091	32	WWWLWL
	4	Newcastle United	25	13	6	6	63	33	7	2	3	36	16	6	4	3	27	17	1.90909	32	WLLLWW
	5	Chesterfield	24	10	9	5	31	21	5	4	3	17	11	5	5	2	14	10	1.47619	29	LDLDWL
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	8	6	43	32	6	5	2	22	15	4	3	4	21	17	1.34375	28	WDLDLW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	24	12	3	9	53	46	7	1	3	29	19	5	2	6	24	27	1.15217	27	LWWWWL
	8	Leicester City	24	12	3	9	44	39	7	2	4	27	17	5	1	5	17	22	1.12821	27	LLWWLW
	9	Luton Town	24	10	4	10	41	37	8	1	2	27	15	2	3	8	14	22	1.10811	24	LDLWDW
	10	Southampton	23	8	7	8	45	40	7	4	0	31	12	1	3	8	14	28	1.12500	23	WLDDWL
	11	Coventry City	24	7	9	8	29	31	5	6	1	14	10	2	3	7	15	21	.93548	23	LDWDLW
	12	Plymouth Argyle	24	9	5	10	47	54	8	3	1	28	15	1	2	9	19	39	.87037	23	LLLLLW
	13	Bury	25	7	8	10	45	46	6	4	2	34	21	1	4	8	11	25	.97826	22	LWWLWW
	14	Nottingham Forest	23	9	4	10	37	40	7	2	3	22	12	2	2	7	15	28	.92500	22	WLWWLW
	15	Fulham	23	9	4	10	40	48	7	1	2	25	14	2	3	8	15	34	.83333	22	LLWWLL
	16	Barnsley	25	8	6	11	47	57	6	2	5	27	22	2	4	6	20	35	.82456	22	LLDDLL
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	24	7	7	10	35	40	4	3	5	12	12	3	4	5	23	28	.87500	21	DLLDLW
	18	West Ham United	23	8	3	12	34	46	5	2	3	17	17	3	1	9	17	29	.73913	19	WWLWDL
	19	Millwall	23	7	4	12	30	46	4	3	6	19	24	3	1	6	11	22	.65217	18	LLDWWL
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	25	5	6	14	42	60	4	4	5	23	22	1	2	9	19	38	.70000	16	LLLDDL
	21	Swansea Town	23	6	4	13	33	49	5	1	6	21	26	1	3	7	12	23	.67347	16	LLLWLL
	22	Newport County	23	5	1	17	37	82	4	0	8	27	39	1	1	9	10	43	.45122	11	LWWLLL

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	Manchester City	25	16	6	3	54	22	10	3	0	35	10	6	3	3	19	12	2.45455	38	WWWWWW		1-0
2	2	Newcastle United	26	14	6	6	64	33	8	2	3	37	16	6	4	3	27	17	1.93939	34	LLLWWW		1-0
1	3	Burnley	25	12	10	3	35	19	7	5	1	19	9	5	5	2	16	10	1.84211	34	DWLWWD		1-1
1	4	Birmingham City	26	15	2	9	47	24	10	1	2	34	9	5	1	7	13	15	1.95833	32	WWLWLL		1-2
	5	Chesterfield	25	10	9	6	31	26	5	4	3	17	11	5	5	3	14	15	1.19231	29	DLDWLL		0-5
2	6	Leicester City	25	13	3	9	47	40	7	2	4	27	17	6	1	5	20	23	1.17500	29	LWWLWW		3-1
1	7	Tottenham Hotspur	25	10	8	7	43	33	6	5	2	22	15	4	3	5	21	18	1.30303	28	DLDLWL		0-1
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	25	12	4	9	54	47	7	2	3	30	20	5	2	6	24	27	1.14894	28	WWWWLD		1-1
2	9	Coventry City	25	8	9	8	35	31	6	6	1	20	10	2	3	7	15	21	1.12903	25	DWDLWW		6-0
4	10	Nottingham Forest	24	10	4	10	43	40	8	2	3	28	12	2	2	7	15	28	1.07500	24	LWWLWW		6-0
2	11	Bury	26	8	8	10	48	46	7	4	2	37	21	1	4	8	11	25	1.04348	24	WWLWWW		3-0
3	12	Luton Town	25	10	4	11	41	40	8	1	2	27	15	2	3	9	14	25	1.02500	24	DLWDWL		0-3
2	13	Fulham	24	10	4	10	43	49	8	1	2	28	15	2	3	8	15	34	.87755	24	LWWLLW		3-1
2	14	Barnsley	26	9	6	11	49	58	6	2	5	27	22	3	4	6	22	36	.84483	24	LDDLLW		2-1
5	15	Southampton	24	8	7	9	45	46	7	4	0	31	12	1	3	9	14	34	.97826	23	LDDWLL		0-6
4	16	Plymouth Argyle	25	9	5	11	48	57	8	3	1	28	15	1	2	10	20	42	.84211	23	LLLLWL		1-3
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	25	7	8	10	35	40	4	4	5	12	12	3	4	5	23	28	.87500	22	LLDLWD		0-0
	18	West Ham United	24	9	3	12	39	46	6	2	3	22	17	3	1	9	17	29	.84783	21	WLWDLW		5-0
	19	Millwall	24	7	4	13	30	47	4	3	6	19	24	3	1	7	11	23	.63830	18	LDWWLL		0-1
1	20	Swansea Town	24	6	5	13	33	49	5	1	6	21	26	1	4	7	12	23	.67347	17	LLWLLD		0-0
1	21	Sheffield Wednesday	26	5	6	15	43	63	4	4	6	24	25	1	2	9	19	38	.68254	16	LLDDLL		1-3
	22	Newport County	24	5	1	18	37	88	4	0	8	27	39	1	1	10	10	49	.42045	11	WWLLLL		0-6