The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 29, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 29, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: FS Milner
Attendance:: 24,763
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 2)
Manchester City:: Sep 07, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1675 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 938 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1859 (of 5724)
Total:: 2996 (of 7505)
Played:: 77 years, 20 days ago

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

Goals
Sailor Brown

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Sam Cowan
Prior form: WWWDWD (Old to recent)

Goals
George Smith
Jack Wharton

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Reg Savage
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	31	Bob McCall
4	M	32	George Pritty
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	23	George Mee
9	M	22	Alfred Gunn	Debut
10	F	31	Sailor Brown
11	F	33	Colin Lyman

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Frank Swift
2	D	Bert Sproston
3	D	Sam Barkas
4	D	Joe Fagan
5	D	Les McDowall
6	M	Albert Emptage
7	M	Maurice Dunkley
8	M	Alec Herd
9	M	Andy Black
10	F	George Smith
11	F	Jack Wharton

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 29, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	2-3	Southampton
Chesterfield	2-1	Barnsley
Fulham	0-1	West Bromwich Albion
Luton Town	3-0	Swansea Town
Manchester City	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Millwall	3-1	Newport County
Plymouth Argyle	3-4	Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Birmingham City
West Ham United	1-2	Coventry City

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	30	19	8	3	61	26	12	3	0	37	10	7	5	3	24	16	2.34615	46	WWWDWD	Safe
	2	Burnley	31	17	11	3	47	21	10	6	1	26	10	7	5	2	21	11	2.23810	45	WWDWWW	Safe
	3	Birmingham City	31	18	3	10	55	26	13	2	2	42	10	5	1	8	13	16	2.11538	39	LWWDLW
	4	Newcastle United	30	15	6	9	70	44	9	2	5	43	24	6	4	4	27	20	1.59091	36	WWLWLL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	31	12	10	9	50	42	8	6	2	28	18	4	4	7	22	24	1.19048	34	WLDLDW
	6	Leicester City	30	15	4	11	54	48	8	3	4	31	18	7	1	7	23	30	1.12500	34	WWLDWL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	29	14	5	10	61	53	8	3	3	34	23	6	2	7	27	30	1.15094	33	LDDWLW
	8	Chesterfield	28	10	11	7	32	30	5	4	3	17	11	5	7	4	15	19	1.06667	31	WLLDDL
	9	Plymouth Argyle	31	13	5	13	65	68	11	3	2	40	21	2	2	11	25	47	.95588	31	WWWLWL
	10	Fulham	28	12	6	10	52	53	9	2	2	33	17	3	4	8	19	36	.98113	30	LWDDWW
	11	Luton Town	31	12	5	14	53	53	9	2	4	35	25	3	3	10	18	28	1.00000	29	WLDWLL
	12	Southampton	31	11	7	13	59	60	8	4	3	38	20	3	3	10	21	40	.98333	29	WLWLWL
	13	West Ham United	30	12	5	13	49	52	9	3	3	32	20	3	2	10	17	32	.94231	29	DDWWWL
	14	Bury	31	9	9	13	60	59	8	5	3	48	30	1	4	10	12	29	1.01695	27	WLLWDL
	15	Coventry City	30	8	11	11	40	45	6	8	1	22	12	2	3	10	18	33	.88889	27	WDLLLD
	16	Barnsley	30	10	7	13	58	69	7	2	5	28	22	3	5	8	30	47	.84058	27	LWLDLW
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	28	8	10	10	42	43	5	5	5	18	14	3	5	5	24	29	.97674	26	LWDDDW
	18	Nottingham Forest	28	10	6	12	47	49	8	2	3	28	12	2	4	9	19	37	.95918	26	WWLDDL
	19	Millwall	29	9	5	15	38	56	5	4	6	23	24	4	1	9	15	32	.67857	23	LDLLWW
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	31	7	7	17	53	69	6	4	6	32	26	1	3	11	21	43	.76812	21	LWLWDL
	21	Swansea Town	31	8	5	18	41	63	7	1	8	28	31	1	4	10	13	32	.65079	21	LWLLLW
	22	Newport County	29	6	2	21	43	101	5	0	8	30	39	1	2	13	13	62	.42574	14	LDLLLW

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	31	20	8	3	63	27	13	3	0	39	11	7	5	3	24	16	2.33333	48	WWDWDW	Safe	2-1
	2	Burnley	31	17	11	3	47	21	10	6	1	26	10	7	5	2	21	11	2.23810	45	WWDWWW	Safe
	3	Birmingham City	32	18	3	11	55	27	13	2	2	42	10	5	1	9	13	17	2.03704	39	WWDLWL		0-1
	4	Newcastle United	30	15	6	9	70	44	9	2	5	43	24	6	4	4	27	20	1.59091	36	WWLWLL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	32	13	10	9	54	45	8	6	2	28	18	5	4	7	26	27	1.20000	36	LDLDWW		4-3
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	30	15	5	10	62	53	8	3	3	34	23	7	2	7	28	30	1.16981	35	DDWLWW		1-0
1	7	Leicester City	30	15	4	11	54	48	8	3	4	31	18	7	1	7	23	30	1.12500	34	WWLDWL
	8	Chesterfield	29	11	11	7	34	31	6	4	3	19	12	5	7	4	15	19	1.09677	33	LLDDLW		2-1
2	9	Luton Town	32	13	5	14	56	53	10	2	4	38	25	3	3	10	18	28	1.05660	31	LDWLLW		3-0
2	10	Southampton	32	12	7	13	62	62	8	4	3	38	20	4	3	10	24	42	1.00000	31	LWLWLW		3-2
2	11	Plymouth Argyle	32	13	5	14	68	72	11	3	3	43	25	2	2	11	25	47	.94444	31	WWLWLL		3-4
2	12	Fulham	29	12	6	11	52	54	9	2	3	33	18	3	4	8	19	36	.96296	30	WDDWWL		0-1
	13	West Ham United	31	12	5	14	50	54	9	3	4	33	22	3	2	10	17	32	.92593	29	DWWWLL		1-2
1	14	Coventry City	31	9	11	11	42	46	6	8	1	22	12	3	3	10	20	34	.91304	29	DLLLDW		2-1
1	15	Bury	31	9	9	13	60	59	8	5	3	48	30	1	4	10	12	29	1.01695	27	WLLWDL
	16	Barnsley	31	10	7	14	59	71	7	2	5	28	22	3	5	9	31	49	.83099	27	WLDLWL		1-2
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	29	8	10	11	44	46	5	5	6	20	17	3	5	5	24	29	.95652	26	WDDDWL		2-3
	18	Nottingham Forest	29	10	6	13	48	51	8	2	3	28	12	2	4	10	20	39	.94118	26	WLDDLL		1-2
	19	Millwall	30	10	5	15	41	57	6	4	6	26	25	4	1	9	15	32	.71930	25	DLLWWW		3-1
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	32	8	7	17	54	69	7	4	6	33	26	1	3	11	21	43	.78261	23	WLWDLW		1-0
	21	Swansea Town	32	8	5	19	41	66	7	1	8	28	31	1	4	11	13	35	.62121	21	WLLLWL		0-3
	22	Newport County	30	6	2	22	44	104	5	0	8	30	39	1	2	14	14	65	.42308	14	DLLLWL		1-3