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WEST BROMWICH ALBION 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Nov 22, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 22, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 LOST

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

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: D Schofield
Attendance:: 28,568
Pos Before/After:: 18 19
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
West Bromwich Albion:: Apr 10, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1706 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 969 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1890 (of 5724)
Total:: 3027 (of 7505)
Played:: 76 years, 5 months, 1 day ago

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

Goals
Eddie Barks - Eddie Barks last goal
Freddie Scott

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Fred Everiss
Prior form: WWLWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Elliot
Drury
McKennan

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	26	Eddie Barks
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	24	Noel Simpson
7	F	22	Gordon Kaile
8	F	31	Freddie Scott
9	F	28	Tom Johnston
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	Elliot
10	F	Drury
11	F	McKennan

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 22, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-0	Doncaster Rovers
Birmingham City	4-3	Bradford Park Avenue
Brentford	1-1	West Ham United
Coventry City	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Fulham	0-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Leeds United	2-1	Millwall
Leicester City	1-2	Chesterfield
Luton Town	1-1	Bury
Newcastle United	4-1	Cardiff City
Plymouth Argyle	3-1	Southampton
West Bromwich Albion	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	West Bromwich Albion	17	11	3	3	26	16	7	1	1	17	10	4	2	2	9	6	1.62500	25	WWLWWL
	2	Birmingham City	17	10	4	3	23	10	5	3	1	14	6	5	1	2	9	4	2.30000	24	DDWLWW
	3	Newcastle United	17	10	3	4	35	18	6	1	2	20	8	4	2	2	15	10	1.94444	23	WWWWLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	17	8	5	4	32	15	6	2	0	23	7	2	3	4	9	8	2.13333	21	LWDWWW
	5	West Ham United	17	7	7	3	22	16	5	4	0	13	4	2	3	3	9	12	1.37500	21	LDWWDD
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	17	9	3	5	28	25	6	2	1	19	11	3	1	4	9	14	1.12000	21	WWLDDW
	7	Cardiff City	17	7	6	4	24	18	5	3	1	14	5	2	3	3	10	13	1.33333	20	WDLDLD
	8	Southampton	17	8	3	6	26	26	6	2	1	20	8	2	1	5	6	18	1.00000	19	WWLWLW
	9	Leicester City	17	7	4	6	23	22	4	2	2	13	13	3	2	4	10	9	1.04545	18	WWWDLW
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	17	8	1	8	27	26	6	1	2	22	9	2	0	6	5	17	1.03846	17	LLLWLL
	11	Coventry City	17	6	4	7	25	21	5	1	2	16	5	1	3	5	9	16	1.19048	16	DLWLWD
	12	Barnsley	17	7	2	8	28	32	5	0	3	13	8	2	2	5	15	24	.87500	16	WDLLWL
	13	Leeds United	17	6	3	8	27	25	5	2	1	18	6	1	1	7	9	19	1.08000	15	DLWDDL
	14	Fulham	17	7	1	9	24	24	4	1	3	15	7	3	0	6	9	17	1.00000	15	LWDLWL
	15	Luton Town	17	5	5	7	20	23	4	3	0	10	4	1	2	7	10	19	.86957	15	LLDLWD
	16	Bury	17	4	5	8	21	25	3	2	4	13	13	1	3	4	8	12	.84000	13	DLLLLD
	17	Chesterfield	16	5	3	8	18	22	1	1	5	6	10	4	2	3	12	12	.81818	13	DLWDLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	17	6	1	10	20	25	5	0	4	13	10	1	1	6	7	15	.80000	13	LWDWWL
	19	Millwall	16	3	6	7	20	27	3	2	3	12	12	0	4	4	8	15	.74074	12	LDDWLL
	20	Doncaster Rovers	17	4	4	9	16	28	3	3	3	11	11	1	1	6	5	17	.57143	12	DLLLLW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	17	2	8	7	8	27	2	4	2	4	7	0	4	5	4	20	.29630	12	LLDDDD
	22	Brentford	17	4	3	10	15	37	4	2	3	13	15	0	1	7	2	22	.40541	11	WDWLWL

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	West Bromwich Albion	18	12	3	3	29	18	8	1	1	20	12	4	2	2	9	6	1.61111	27	WLWWLW		3-2
	2	Birmingham City	18	11	4	3	27	13	6	3	1	18	9	5	1	2	9	4	2.07692	26	DWLWWW		4-3
	3	Newcastle United	18	11	3	4	39	19	7	1	2	24	9	4	2	2	15	10	2.05263	25	WWWLWW		4-1
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	18	9	5	4	34	15	6	2	0	23	7	3	3	4	11	8	2.26667	23	WDWWWW		2-0
	5	West Ham United	18	7	8	3	23	17	5	4	0	13	4	2	4	3	10	13	1.35294	22	DWWDDD		1-1
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	18	9	3	6	29	28	6	2	1	19	11	3	1	5	10	17	1.03571	21	WLDDWL		1-3
	7	Cardiff City	18	7	6	5	25	22	5	3	1	14	5	2	3	4	11	17	1.13636	20	DLDLDL		1-4
	8	Southampton	18	8	3	7	27	29	6	2	1	20	8	2	1	6	7	21	.93103	19	WLWLWL		1-3
2	9	Coventry City	18	7	4	7	28	22	6	1	2	19	6	1	3	5	9	16	1.27273	18	LWLWDW		3-1
1	10	Leicester City	18	7	4	7	24	24	4	2	3	14	15	3	2	4	10	9	1.00000	18	WWDLWL		1-2
1	11	Barnsley	18	8	2	8	30	32	6	0	3	15	8	2	2	5	15	24	.93750	18	DLLWLW		2-0
1	12	Leeds United	18	7	3	8	29	26	6	2	1	20	7	1	1	7	9	19	1.11538	17	LWDDLW		2-1
3	13	Bradford Park Avenue	18	8	1	9	30	30	6	1	2	22	9	2	0	7	8	21	1.00000	17	LLWLLL		3-4
1	14	Luton Town	18	5	6	7	21	24	4	4	0	11	5	1	2	7	10	19	.87500	16	LDLWDD		1-1
1	15	Fulham	18	7	1	10	24	26	4	1	4	15	9	3	0	6	9	17	.92308	15	WDLWLL		0-2
1	16	Chesterfield	17	6	3	8	20	23	1	1	5	6	10	5	2	3	14	13	.86957	15	LWDLWW		2-1
1	17	Bury	18	4	6	8	22	26	3	2	4	13	13	1	4	4	9	13	.84615	14	LLLLDD		1-1
3	18	Plymouth Argyle	18	3	8	7	11	28	3	4	2	7	8	0	4	5	4	20	.39286	14	LDDDDW		3-1
1	19	Nottingham Forest	18	6	1	11	22	28	5	0	4	13	10	1	1	7	9	18	.78571	13	WDWWLL		2-3
1	20	Millwall	17	3	6	8	21	29	3	2	3	12	12	0	4	5	9	17	.72414	12	DDWLLL		1-2
1	21	Doncaster Rovers	18	4	4	10	16	30	3	3	3	11	11	1	1	7	5	19	.53333	12	LLLLWL		0-2
	22	Brentford	18	4	4	10	16	38	4	3	3	14	16	0	1	7	2	22	.42105	12	DWLWLD		1-1