The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Sep 27, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 27, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 27 September 1947

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: E Varney
Attendance:: 33,047
Pos Before/After:: 19 21
Opp Before/After:: 13 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Cardiff City (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Feb 14, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1698 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 961 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1882 (of 5768)
Total:: 3020 (of 7556)
Played:: 77 years, 9 months, 15 days ago

Review
This would be Sailor Brown's last appearance for us. He was placed on the transfer list a few days later.

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

Goals
George Lee (1')

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Eric Taylor
Prior form: LWWWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Lowes (28')
Woodhead (80')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	24	Noel Simpson
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	22	Bill Morley
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown	Last game
9	F	33	Wilson Jones
10	F	28	Tom Johnston
11	F	28	George Lee (1')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Morton
2	D	Westlake
3	D	Swift
4	D	Witcomb
5	D	Turton
6	M	Cockroft
7	M	Slynn
8	M	Lowes
9	M	Daily
10	F	Froggatt
11	F	Woodhead

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 27, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	3-3	Barnsley
Cardiff City	1-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Chesterfield	1-2	Bury
Fulham	3-0	Newcastle United
Leeds United	0-1	Birmingham City
Leicester City	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
Luton Town	0-0	Plymouth Argyle
Millwall	3-0	Southampton
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Doncaster Rovers
West Ham United	1-0	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	Bradford Park Avenue	9	7	0	2	21	9	5	0	0	17	2	2	0	2	4	7	2.33333	14	WWWLLW
	2	West Bromwich Albion	9	6	2	1	13	7	4	1	0	10	5	2	1	1	3	2	1.85714	14	WDWDLW
	3	Newcastle United	9	5	2	2	18	10	4	0	1	14	6	1	2	1	4	4	1.80000	12	LWDDWW
	4	Birmingham City	9	5	2	2	12	7	2	2	1	6	5	3	0	1	6	2	1.71429	12	DWDWLW
	5	Cardiff City	9	4	3	2	17	10	3	1	1	11	4	1	2	1	6	6	1.70000	11	DLWLDW
	6	Leeds United	9	5	0	4	20	15	4	0	0	14	3	1	0	4	6	12	1.33333	10	WLWWLL
	7	Southampton	9	4	2	3	14	14	3	1	1	10	5	1	1	2	4	9	1.00000	10	WWLLDW
	8	West Ham United	9	3	4	2	12	12	2	2	0	6	3	1	2	2	6	9	1.00000	10	DLDWDW
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	9	3	3	3	16	11	2	2	0	12	6	1	1	3	4	5	1.45455	9	DWDWDL
	10	Coventry City	9	4	1	4	17	12	3	0	2	10	5	1	1	2	7	7	1.41667	9	DLLLWW
	11	Luton Town	9	4	1	4	15	15	3	1	0	8	3	1	0	4	7	12	1.00000	9	WLLDWL
	12	Doncaster Rovers	9	3	3	3	14	16	2	3	0	9	5	1	0	3	5	11	.87500	9	DWLWWD
	13	Sheffield Wednesday	9	4	1	4	17	20	3	1	1	13	9	1	0	3	4	11	.85000	9	LWWWDL
	14	Fulham	9	4	0	5	15	13	2	0	2	8	4	2	0	3	7	9	1.15385	8	LWWLLL
	15	Bury	9	3	2	4	14	13	3	0	2	9	6	0	2	2	5	7	1.07692	8	DLLWDL
	16	Barnsley	9	4	0	5	14	15	2	0	2	7	3	2	0	3	7	12	.93333	8	LLLLWW
	17	Leicester City	9	3	2	4	10	13	2	1	1	7	7	1	1	3	3	6	.76923	8	DWWDLL
	18	Chesterfield	8	3	1	4	8	11	0	0	3	0	5	3	1	1	8	6	.72727	7	LWWWLL
	19	Nottingham Forest	9	3	0	6	10	16	3	0	2	7	6	0	0	4	3	10	.62500	6	LLLLWW
	20	Plymouth Argyle	9	2	2	5	5	20	2	1	1	2	3	0	1	4	3	17	.25000	6	DDLWWL
	21	Millwall	8	1	3	4	8	14	1	1	2	3	4	0	2	2	5	10	.57143	5	LDLLWD
	22	Brentford	9	1	0	8	7	24	1	0	3	5	10	0	0	5	2	14	.29167	2	LLWLLL

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	1	West Bromwich Albion	10	6	3	1	14	8	4	1	0	10	5	2	2	1	4	3	1.75000	15	DWDLWD		1-1
1	2	Bradford Park Avenue	10	7	0	3	21	10	5	0	0	17	2	2	0	3	4	8	2.10000	14	WWLLWL		0-1
1	3	Birmingham City	10	6	2	2	13	7	2	2	1	6	5	4	0	1	7	2	1.85714	14	WDWLWW		1-0
1	4	Cardiff City	10	5	3	2	18	10	4	1	1	12	4	1	2	1	6	6	1.80000	13	LWLDWW		1-0
2	5	Newcastle United	10	5	2	3	18	13	4	0	1	14	6	1	2	2	4	7	1.38462	12	WDDWWL		0-3
2	6	West Ham United	10	4	4	2	13	12	3	2	0	7	3	1	2	2	6	9	1.08333	12	LDWDWW		1-0
2	7	Tottenham Hotspur	10	4	3	3	18	11	3	2	0	14	6	1	1	3	4	5	1.63636	11	WDWDLW		2-0
5	8	Sheffield Wednesday	10	5	1	4	19	21	4	1	1	15	10	1	0	3	4	11	.90476	11	WWWDLW		2-1
5	9	Fulham	10	5	0	5	18	13	3	0	2	11	4	2	0	3	7	9	1.38462	10	WWLLLW		3-0
4	10	Leeds United	10	5	0	5	20	16	4	0	1	14	4	1	0	4	6	12	1.25000	10	LWWLLL		0-1
4	11	Bury	10	4	2	4	16	14	3	0	2	9	6	1	2	2	7	8	1.14286	10	LLWDLW		2-1
1	12	Luton Town	10	4	2	4	15	15	3	2	0	8	3	1	0	4	7	12	1.00000	10	LLDWLD		0-0
6	13	Southampton	10	4	2	4	14	17	3	1	1	10	5	1	1	3	4	12	.82353	10	WLLDWL		0-3
4	14	Coventry City	10	4	1	5	17	13	3	0	2	10	5	1	1	3	7	8	1.30769	9	LLLWWL		0-1
1	15	Barnsley	10	4	1	5	17	18	2	0	2	7	3	2	1	3	10	15	.94444	9	LLLWWD		3-3
1	16	Leicester City	10	3	3	4	11	14	2	2	1	8	8	1	1	3	3	6	.78571	9	WWDLLD		1-1
5	17	Doncaster Rovers	10	3	3	4	14	18	2	3	0	9	5	1	0	4	5	13	.77778	9	WLWWDL		0-2
3	18	Millwall	9	2	3	4	11	14	2	1	2	6	4	0	2	2	5	10	.78571	7	DLLWDW		3-0
1	19	Chesterfield	9	3	1	5	9	13	0	0	4	1	7	3	1	1	8	6	.69231	7	WWWLLL		1-2
	20	Plymouth Argyle	10	2	3	5	5	20	2	1	1	2	3	0	2	4	3	17	.25000	7	DLWWLD		0-0
2	21	Nottingham Forest	10	3	0	7	11	18	3	0	2	7	6	0	0	5	4	12	.61111	6	LLLWWL		1-2
	22	Brentford	10	1	1	8	10	27	1	1	3	8	13	0	0	5	2	14	.37037	3	LWLLLD		3-3