The City Ground

LUTON TOWN 3 - 2 FOREST - Wed Jan 29, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Jan 29, 1947 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Kenilworth Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: GL Iliffe
Attendance:: 4,209
Pos Before/After:: 11 12
Opp Before/After:: 12 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 2)
Luton Town:: Dec 13, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1671 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 934 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1853 (of 5724)
Total:: 2990 (of 7505)
Played:: 77 years, 2 months, 29 days ago

Review
According to Ken Smales book, goalkeeper Laurie Platts failed to turn up due to Army service, so striker Tom Johnson went in goal.

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

Goals
Sailor Brown
Sailor Brown

LUTON TOWN
Manager: George Martin
Prior form: DLWDWL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	F	28	Tom Johnston
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	31	Bob McCall
4	M	31	George Pritty
5	M	28	Ted Blagg
6	M	24	Noel Simpson
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 (Wed Jan 29, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Luton Town	3-2	Nottingham Forest

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	25	16	6	3	54	22	10	3	0	35	10	6	3	3	19	12	2.45455	38	WWWWWW
	2	Burnley	26	13	10	3	38	19	8	5	1	22	9	5	5	2	16	10	2.00000	36	WLWWDW
	3	Newcastle United	27	14	6	7	64	36	8	2	3	37	16	6	4	4	27	20	1.77778	34	LLWWWL
	4	Birmingham City	26	15	2	9	47	24	10	1	2	34	9	5	1	7	13	15	1.95833	32	WWLWLL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	26	11	8	7	46	34	7	5	2	25	16	4	3	5	21	18	1.35294	30	LDLWLW
	6	Chesterfield	25	10	9	6	31	26	5	4	3	17	11	5	5	3	14	15	1.19231	29	DLDWLL
	7	Leicester City	25	13	3	9	47	40	7	2	4	27	17	6	1	5	20	23	1.17500	29	LWWLWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	25	12	4	9	54	47	7	2	3	30	20	5	2	6	24	27	1.14894	28	WWWWLD
	9	Coventry City	25	8	9	8	35	31	6	6	1	20	10	2	3	7	15	21	1.12903	25	DWDLWW
	10	Plymouth Argyle	26	10	5	11	51	58	9	3	1	31	16	1	2	10	20	42	.87931	25	LLLWLW
	11	Nottingham Forest	24	10	4	10	43	40	8	2	3	28	12	2	2	7	15	28	1.07500	24	LWWLWW
	12	Luton Town	25	10	4	11	41	40	8	1	2	27	15	2	3	9	14	25	1.02500	24	DLWDWL
	13	Bury	27	8	8	11	49	49	7	4	2	37	21	1	4	9	12	28	1.00000	24	WLWWWL
	14	Fulham	24	10	4	10	43	49	8	1	2	28	15	2	3	8	15	34	.87755	24	LWWLLW
	15	Barnsley	26	9	6	11	49	58	6	2	5	27	22	3	4	6	22	36	.84483	24	LDDLLW
	16	Southampton	24	8	7	9	45	46	7	4	0	31	12	1	3	9	14	34	.97826	23	LDDWLL
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	25	7	8	10	35	40	4	4	5	12	12	3	4	5	23	28	.87500	22	LLDLWD
	18	West Ham United	25	9	4	12	39	46	6	2	3	22	17	3	2	9	17	29	.84783	22	LWDLWD
	19	Millwall	25	7	5	13	30	47	4	4	6	19	24	3	1	7	11	23	.63830	19	DWWLLD
	20	Swansea Town	25	6	5	14	34	52	5	1	6	21	26	1	4	8	13	26	.65385	17	LWLLDL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	26	5	6	15	43	63	4	4	6	24	25	1	2	9	19	38	.68254	16	LLDDLL
	22	Newport County	24	5	1	18	37	88	4	0	8	27	39	1	1	10	10	49	.42045	11	WWLLLL

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
	2	Burnley	26	13	10	3	38	19	8	5	1	22	9	5	5	2	16	10	2.00000	36	WLWWDW
	3	Newcastle United	27	14	6	7	64	36	8	2	3	37	16	6	4	4	27	20	1.77778	34	LLWWWL
	4	Birmingham City	26	15	2	9	47	24	10	1	2	34	9	5	1	7	13	15	1.95833	32	WWLWLL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	26	11	8	7	46	34	7	5	2	25	16	4	3	5	21	18	1.35294	30	LDLWLW
	6	Chesterfield	25	10	9	6	31	26	5	4	3	17	11	5	5	3	14	15	1.19231	29	DLDWLL
	7	Leicester City	25	13	3	9	47	40	7	2	4	27	17	6	1	5	20	23	1.17500	29	LWWLWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	25	12	4	9	54	47	7	2	3	30	20	5	2	6	24	27	1.14894	28	WWWWLD
3	9	Luton Town	26	11	4	11	44	42	9	1	2	30	17	2	3	9	14	25	1.04762	26	LWDWLW		3-2
1	10	Coventry City	25	8	9	8	35	31	6	6	1	20	10	2	3	7	15	21	1.12903	25	DWDLWW
1	11	Plymouth Argyle	26	10	5	11	51	58	9	3	1	31	16	1	2	10	20	42	.87931	25	LLLWLW
1	12	Nottingham Forest	25	10	4	11	45	43	8	2	3	28	12	2	2	8	17	31	1.04651	24	WWLWWL		2-3
	13	Bury	27	8	8	11	49	49	7	4	2	37	21	1	4	9	12	28	1.00000	24	WLWWWL
	14	Fulham	24	10	4	10	43	49	8	1	2	28	15	2	3	8	15	34	.87755	24	LWWLLW
	15	Barnsley	26	9	6	11	49	58	6	2	5	27	22	3	4	6	22	36	.84483	24	LDDLLW
	16	Southampton	24	8	7	9	45	46	7	4	0	31	12	1	3	9	14	34	.97826	23	LDDWLL
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	25	7	8	10	35	40	4	4	5	12	12	3	4	5	23	28	.87500	22	LLDLWD
	18	West Ham United	25	9	4	12	39	46	6	2	3	22	17	3	2	9	17	29	.84783	22	LWDLWD
	19	Millwall	25	7	5	13	30	47	4	4	6	19	24	3	1	7	11	23	.63830	19	DWWLLD
	20	Swansea Town	25	6	5	14	34	52	5	1	6	21	26	1	4	8	13	26	.65385	17	LWLLDL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	26	5	6	15	43	63	4	4	6	24	25	1	2	9	19	38	.68254	16	LLDDLL
	22	Newport County	24	5	1	18	37	88	4	0	8	27	39	1	1	10	10	49	.42045	11	WWLLLL