The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 BRADFORD PARK AVENUE - Sat Jun 14, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jun 14, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bradford Park Avenue
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-0 WON

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

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: FS Milner
Attendance:: 8,429
Pos Before/After:: 15 11
Opp Before/After:: 14 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Bradford Park Avenue:: Aug 27, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1688 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 951 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1872 (of 5724)
Total:: 3009 (of 7505)
Played:: 76 years, 10 months, 5 days ago

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

Goals
Tom Johnston
Tom Johnston
Tom Johnston
Jack Edwards

BRADFORD PARK AVENUE
Manager: Fred Emery
Prior form: DWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	D	21	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	32	George Pritty
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	Tom Johnston
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	33	Colin Lyman	Last game

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 Jun 14, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Manchester City	5-1	Newport County
Millwall	1-1	Fulham
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Bradford Park Avenue

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	41	25	10	6	73	34	16	3	1	44	13	9	7	5	29	21	2.14706	60	LWDWLL	Champions
	2	Burnley	42	22	14	6	65	29	11	8	2	30	14	11	6	4	35	15	2.24138	58	LLWDWD	Promoted
	3	Birmingham City	42	25	5	12	74	33	17	2	2	51	11	8	3	10	23	22	2.24242	55	WWWDWW	Safe
	4	Chesterfield	42	18	14	10	58	44	12	6	3	37	17	6	8	7	21	27	1.31818	50	LWWLWW	Safe
	5	Newcastle United	42	19	10	13	95	62	11	4	6	60	32	8	6	7	35	30	1.53226	48	WWDDLL	Safe
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	14	11	65	53	11	8	2	35	21	6	6	9	30	32	1.22642	48	WLWLDD	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	8	14	88	75	12	4	5	53	37	8	4	9	35	38	1.17333	48	DLWLWW	Safe
	8	Coventry City	42	16	13	13	66	59	12	8	1	40	17	4	5	12	26	42	1.11864	45	DDWWWL	Safe
	9	Leicester City	42	18	7	17	69	64	11	4	6	42	25	7	3	11	27	39	1.07813	43	WLLLDW	Safe
	10	Barnsley	42	17	8	17	84	86	13	2	6	48	29	4	6	11	36	57	.97674	42	LWWWWD	Safe
	11	West Ham United	42	16	8	18	70	76	12	4	5	46	31	4	4	13	24	45	.92105	40	WWDLWL	Safe
	12	Luton Town	42	16	7	19	71	73	13	4	4	50	29	3	3	15	21	44	.97260	39	LDLLWW	Safe
	13	Southampton	42	15	9	18	69	76	11	5	5	45	24	4	4	13	24	52	.90789	39	WDLWWD	Safe
	14	Bradford Park Avenue	41	14	11	16	65	73	7	6	8	29	28	7	5	8	36	45	.89041	39	DWLWLW	Safe
	15	Nottingham Forest	41	14	10	17	65	74	12	5	3	43	20	2	5	14	22	54	.87838	38	DDLDWW	Safe
	16	Fulham	41	15	8	18	62	73	12	4	5	40	25	3	4	13	22	48	.84932	38	WWLDLL	Safe
	17	Bury	42	12	12	18	80	78	11	6	4	62	34	1	6	14	18	44	1.02564	36	WLDLDL	Safe
	18	Millwall	41	14	7	20	55	78	7	6	7	29	29	7	1	13	26	49	.70513	35	WWLLWD	Safe
	19	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	5	23	79	96	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	16	34	62	.82292	33	LLLLLL	Safe
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	8	22	67	88	10	5	6	39	28	2	3	16	28	60	.76136	32	WLLDWL	Safe
	21	Swansea Town	42	11	7	24	55	83	9	1	11	36	40	2	6	13	19	43	.66265	29	LDDWLL	Relegated
	22	Newport County	41	10	3	28	60	128	9	1	11	41	52	1	2	17	19	76	.46875	23	WLWLLW	Relegated

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	42	26	10	6	78	35	17	3	1	49	14	9	7	5	29	21	2.22857	62	WDWLLW	Promoted	5-1
	2	Burnley	42	22	14	6	65	29	11	8	2	30	14	11	6	4	35	15	2.24138	58	LLWDWD	Promoted
	3	Birmingham City	42	25	5	12	74	33	17	2	2	51	11	8	3	10	23	22	2.24242	55	WWWDWW	Safe
	4	Chesterfield	42	18	14	10	58	44	12	6	3	37	17	6	8	7	21	27	1.31818	50	LWWLWW	Safe
	5	Newcastle United	42	19	10	13	95	62	11	4	6	60	32	8	6	7	35	30	1.53226	48	WWDDLL	Safe
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	14	11	65	53	11	8	2	35	21	6	6	9	30	32	1.22642	48	WLWLDD	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	8	14	88	75	12	4	5	53	37	8	4	9	35	38	1.17333	48	DLWLWW	Safe
	8	Coventry City	42	16	13	13	66	59	12	8	1	40	17	4	5	12	26	42	1.11864	45	DDWWWL	Safe
	9	Leicester City	42	18	7	17	69	64	11	4	6	42	25	7	3	11	27	39	1.07813	43	WLLLDW	Safe
	10	Barnsley	42	17	8	17	84	86	13	2	6	48	29	4	6	11	36	57	.97674	42	LWWWWD	Safe
4	11	Nottingham Forest	42	15	10	17	69	74	13	5	3	47	20	2	5	14	22	54	.93243	40	DLDWWW	Safe	4-0
1	12	West Ham United	42	16	8	18	70	76	12	4	5	46	31	4	4	13	24	45	.92105	40	WWDLWL	Safe
1	13	Luton Town	42	16	7	19	71	73	13	4	4	50	29	3	3	15	21	44	.97260	39	LDLLWW	Safe
1	14	Southampton	42	15	9	18	69	76	11	5	5	45	24	4	4	13	24	52	.90789	39	WDLWWD	Safe
1	15	Fulham	42	15	9	18	63	74	12	4	5	40	25	3	5	13	23	49	.85135	39	WLDLLD	Safe	1-1
2	16	Bradford Park Avenue	42	14	11	17	65	77	7	6	8	29	28	7	5	9	36	49	.84416	39	WLWLWL	Safe	0-4
	17	Bury	42	12	12	18	80	78	11	6	4	62	34	1	6	14	18	44	1.02564	36	WLDLDL	Safe
	18	Millwall	42	14	8	20	56	79	7	7	7	30	30	7	1	13	26	49	.70886	36	WLLWDD	Safe	1-1
	19	Plymouth Argyle	42	14	5	23	79	96	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	16	34	62	.82292	33	LLLLLL	Safe
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	8	22	67	88	10	5	6	39	28	2	3	16	28	60	.76136	32	WLLDWL	Safe
	21	Swansea Town	42	11	7	24	55	83	9	1	11	36	40	2	6	13	19	43	.66265	29	LDDWLL	Relegated
	22	Newport County	42	10	3	29	61	133	9	1	11	41	52	1	2	18	20	81	.45865	23	LWLLWL	Relegated	1-5