The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 FULHAM - Sat Apr 19, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 19, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: EW Baker
Attendance:: 20,300
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 13 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: May 26, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1680 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 943 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1864 (of 5724)
Total:: 3001 (of 7505)
Played:: 77 years, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Sailor Brown
Colin Lyman - Colin Lyman last goal

FULHAM
Manager: Jack Peart
Prior form: WWLLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Harold Orgill
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	31	Bob McCall
4	M	24	Noel Simpson
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	32	George Pritty
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	33	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 Apr 19, 1947)

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

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	34	22	9	3	66	27	14	3	0	41	11	8	6	3	25	16	2.44444	53	WDWWWD	Safe
	2	Burnley	34	19	12	3	50	22	11	7	1	28	11	8	5	2	22	11	2.27273	50	WWWWDW	Safe
	3	Birmingham City	36	20	4	12	61	32	15	2	2	46	11	5	2	10	15	21	1.90625	44	WLDWWL	Safe
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	36	15	12	9	59	47	10	6	2	32	19	5	6	7	27	28	1.25532	42	WWWWDD	Safe
	5	Newcastle United	34	17	7	10	80	50	10	3	5	52	28	7	4	5	28	22	1.60000	41	LLDWLW	Safe
	6	West Bromwich Albion	34	17	6	11	69	58	10	3	3	40	25	7	3	8	29	33	1.18966	40	WWDWWL	Safe
	7	Leicester City	34	16	4	14	60	52	9	3	5	36	19	7	1	9	24	33	1.15385	36	WLLLWL
	8	Chesterfield	33	11	14	8	38	36	6	6	3	20	13	5	8	5	18	23	1.05556	36	LWDDLD
	9	Coventry City	35	12	11	12	53	53	8	8	1	30	15	4	3	11	23	38	1.00000	35	DWWWWL
	10	Luton Town	36	14	6	16	60	62	11	3	4	40	25	3	3	12	20	37	.96774	34	LWLLDW
	11	Barnsley	35	13	7	15	70	76	9	2	5	35	24	4	5	10	35	52	.92105	33	WLWWLW
	12	Bury	35	11	10	14	69	65	10	5	3	54	30	1	5	11	15	35	1.06154	32	DLWLDW
	13	Fulham	32	13	6	13	56	58	10	2	4	36	20	3	4	9	20	38	.96552	32	WWLLLW
	14	West Ham United	35	13	6	16	60	65	10	4	4	40	25	3	2	12	20	40	.92308	32	LLLLDW
	15	Southampton	36	12	7	17	62	69	8	4	5	38	22	4	3	12	24	47	.89855	31	LWLLLL
	16	Plymouth Argyle	35	13	5	17	71	80	11	3	5	45	30	2	2	12	26	50	.88750	31	WLLLLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	33	11	7	15	53	59	9	3	3	33	16	2	4	12	20	43	.89831	29	LLLWDL
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	31	9	10	12	49	51	5	5	7	21	20	4	5	5	28	31	.96078	28	DDWLWL
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	7	18	59	75	8	4	6	35	26	2	3	12	24	49	.78667	27	DLWLWW
	20	Millwall	33	11	5	17	43	66	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	11	16	41	.65152	27	WWWWLL
	21	Swansea Town	36	10	5	21	49	73	8	1	9	33	35	2	4	12	16	38	.67123	25	WLWLLW
	22	Newport County	32	7	2	23	47	108	6	0	8	32	40	1	2	15	15	68	.43519	16	LLWLLW

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	35	23	9	3	68	27	14	3	0	41	11	9	6	3	27	16	2.51852	55	DWWWDW	Safe	2-0
	2	Burnley	35	19	12	4	51	24	11	7	2	29	13	8	5	2	22	11	2.12500	50	WWWDWL	Safe	1-2
	3	Birmingham City	37	21	4	12	62	32	16	2	2	47	11	5	2	10	15	21	1.93750	46	LDWWLW	Safe	1-0
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	37	16	12	9	61	48	11	6	2	34	20	5	6	7	27	28	1.27083	44	WWWDDW	Safe	2-1
	5	Newcastle United	35	17	8	10	81	51	10	4	5	53	29	7	4	5	28	22	1.58824	42	LDWLWD	Safe	1-1
	6	West Bromwich Albion	35	17	6	12	71	63	10	3	4	42	30	7	3	8	29	33	1.12698	40	WDWWLL	Safe	2-5
1	7	Chesterfield	34	12	14	8	40	37	6	6	3	20	13	6	8	5	20	24	1.08108	38	WDDLDW	Safe	2-1
1	8	Leicester City	35	16	5	14	61	53	9	3	5	36	19	7	2	9	25	34	1.15094	37	LLLWLD	Safe	1-1
	9	Coventry City	36	13	11	12	56	54	9	8	1	33	16	4	3	11	23	38	1.03704	37	WWWWLW	Safe	3-1
	10	Luton Town	37	14	6	17	60	63	11	3	4	40	25	3	3	13	20	38	.95238	34	WLLDWL		0-1
4	11	Southampton	37	13	7	17	65	70	9	4	5	41	23	4	3	12	24	47	.92857	33	WLLLLW		3-1
4	12	Plymouth Argyle	36	14	5	17	76	82	11	3	5	45	30	3	2	12	31	52	.92683	33	LLLLLW		5-2
1	13	West Ham United	36	13	7	16	61	66	10	4	4	40	25	3	3	12	21	41	.92424	33	LLLDWD		1-1
3	14	Barnsley	36	13	7	16	70	78	9	2	6	35	26	4	5	10	35	52	.89744	33	LWWLWL		0-2
3	15	Bury	36	11	10	15	70	68	10	5	3	54	30	1	5	12	16	38	1.02941	32	LWLDWL		1-3
3	16	Fulham	33	13	6	14	57	60	10	2	4	36	20	3	4	10	21	40	.95000	32	WLLLWL		1-2
	17	Nottingham Forest	34	12	7	15	55	60	10	3	3	35	17	2	4	12	20	43	.91667	31	LLWDLW		2-1
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	32	10	10	12	51	52	5	5	7	21	20	5	5	5	30	32	.98077	30	DWLWLW		2-1
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	36	10	7	19	60	78	8	4	6	35	26	2	3	13	25	52	.76923	27	LWLWWL		1-3
	20	Millwall	34	11	5	18	44	68	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	12	17	43	.64706	27	WWWLLL		1-2
	21	Swansea Town	37	10	5	22	50	75	8	1	10	34	37	2	4	12	16	38	.66667	25	LWLLWL		1-2
	22	Newport County	33	7	3	23	48	109	6	1	8	33	41	1	2	15	15	68	.44037	17	LWLLWD		1-1