The City Ground

CARDIFF CITY 4 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 21, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 21, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ninian Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-4 LOST

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

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: WJ Beckley
Attendance:: 28,929
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Sep 18, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1717 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 980 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1902 (of 5724)
Total:: 3041 (of 7505)
Played:: 76 years, 1 month, 29 days ago

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

Goals
Tom Johnston

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Cyril Spiers
Prior form: WWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	26	Eddie Barks
5	M	32	Bob McCall
6	M	26	Frank Knight
7	M	22	Bill Morley
8	F	31	Freddie Scott
9	F	29	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	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 21, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	0-0	Plymouth Argyle
Cardiff City	4-1	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	1-1	Newcastle United
Fulham	1-1	Birmingham City
Leeds United	3-1	West Bromwich Albion
Luton Town	3-3	Bradford Park Avenue
Millwall	1-7	Bury
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Southampton

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	Birmingham City	28	17	7	4	39	18	9	5	1	26	11	8	2	3	13	7	2.16667	41	DWDWDW
	2	Cardiff City	29	14	8	7	47	35	9	4	1	27	8	5	4	6	20	27	1.34286	36	WWLWLW
	3	Newcastle United	28	16	3	9	52	31	11	1	2	34	11	5	2	7	18	20	1.67742	35	WWWLLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	28	13	7	8	47	26	9	3	1	32	12	4	4	7	15	14	1.80769	33	WLLWWD
	5	Southampton	28	14	5	9	53	42	11	2	2	41	15	3	3	7	12	27	1.26190	33	WLDLWW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	29	14	5	10	46	41	10	2	2	30	17	4	3	8	16	24	1.12195	33	WWLLWD
	7	West Ham United	29	11	10	8	39	35	8	6	1	22	10	3	4	7	17	25	1.11429	32	LLWLWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	29	14	4	11	39	38	9	1	5	24	21	5	3	6	15	17	1.02632	32	LLLWLL
	9	Chesterfield	28	11	6	11	37	36	5	3	5	20	16	6	3	6	17	20	1.02778	28	WWWDLL
	10	Barnsley	29	11	6	12	44	45	8	2	5	23	15	3	4	7	21	30	.97778	28	LWWDWD
	11	Coventry City	28	11	5	12	45	38	8	1	5	26	12	3	4	7	19	26	1.18421	27	WWWDLL
	12	Bury	30	8	11	11	40	40	6	5	5	24	19	2	6	6	16	21	1.00000	27	WWDDLW
	13	Bradford Park Avenue	29	12	3	14	44	46	8	1	6	30	19	4	2	8	14	27	.95652	27	WLWLLL
	14	Leicester City	28	10	7	11	39	41	6	3	4	21	20	4	4	7	18	21	.95122	27	DLLDLW
	15	Fulham	27	11	4	12	36	36	5	4	4	20	12	6	0	8	16	24	1.00000	26	WDLWWD
	16	Luton Town	28	10	6	12	40	40	6	4	2	21	11	4	2	10	19	29	1.00000	26	WWLLLW
	17	Leeds United	29	10	5	14	39	49	8	3	3	25	12	2	2	11	14	37	.79592	25	LDLWWL
	18	Plymouth Argyle	29	7	11	11	27	44	7	5	3	20	15	0	6	8	7	29	.61364	25	WDWLWL
	19	Brentford	29	7	10	12	27	51	6	5	4	20	22	1	5	8	7	29	.52941	24	WLWDWD
	20	Nottingham Forest	28	9	5	14	36	40	8	2	5	26	18	1	3	9	10	22	.90000	23	LWWDWD
	21	Doncaster Rovers	29	7	6	16	28	49	6	5	4	18	15	1	1	12	10	34	.57143	20	LLLWLD
	22	Millwall	29	6	8	15	29	52	5	4	5	16	16	1	4	10	13	36	.55769	20	LLLLWL

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	Birmingham City	29	17	8	4	40	19	9	5	1	26	11	8	3	3	14	8	2.10526	42	WDWDWD		1-1
	2	Cardiff City	30	15	8	7	51	36	10	4	1	31	9	5	4	6	20	27	1.41667	38	WLWLWW		4-1
	3	Newcastle United	29	16	4	9	53	32	11	1	2	34	11	5	3	7	19	21	1.65625	36	WWLLWD		1-1
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	29	13	8	8	47	26	9	4	1	32	12	4	4	7	15	14	1.80769	34	LLWWDD		0-0
	5	Southampton	29	14	6	9	53	42	11	2	2	41	15	3	4	7	12	27	1.26190	34	LDLWWD		0-0
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	29	14	5	10	46	41	10	2	2	30	17	4	3	8	16	24	1.12195	33	WWLLWD
	7	West Ham United	29	11	10	8	39	35	8	6	1	22	10	3	4	7	17	25	1.11429	32	LLWLWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	30	14	4	12	40	41	9	1	5	24	21	5	3	7	16	20	.97561	32	LLWLLL		1-3
3	9	Bury	31	9	11	11	47	41	6	5	5	24	19	3	6	6	23	22	1.14634	29	WDDLWW		7-1
1	10	Coventry City	29	11	6	12	46	39	8	2	5	27	13	3	4	7	19	26	1.17949	28	WWDLLD		1-1
2	11	Chesterfield	28	11	6	11	37	36	5	3	5	20	16	6	3	6	17	20	1.02778	28	WWWDLL
2	12	Barnsley	29	11	6	12	44	45	8	2	5	23	15	3	4	7	21	30	.97778	28	LWWDWD
	13	Bradford Park Avenue	30	12	4	14	47	49	8	1	6	30	19	4	3	8	17	30	.95918	28	LWLLLD		3-3
1	14	Fulham	28	11	5	12	37	37	5	5	4	21	13	6	0	8	16	24	1.00000	27	DLWWDD		1-1
1	15	Luton Town	29	10	7	12	43	43	6	5	2	24	14	4	2	10	19	29	1.00000	27	WLLLWD		3-3
2	16	Leicester City	28	10	7	11	39	41	6	3	4	21	20	4	4	7	18	21	.95122	27	DLLDLW
	17	Leeds United	30	11	5	14	42	50	9	3	3	28	13	2	2	11	14	37	.84000	27	DLWWLW		3-1
	18	Plymouth Argyle	30	7	12	11	27	44	7	5	3	20	15	0	7	8	7	29	.61364	26	DWLWLD		0-0
	19	Brentford	30	7	11	12	27	51	6	6	4	20	22	1	5	8	7	29	.52941	25	LWDWDD		0-0
	20	Nottingham Forest	29	9	5	15	37	44	8	2	5	26	18	1	3	10	11	26	.84091	23	WWDWDL		1-4
	21	Doncaster Rovers	29	7	6	16	28	49	6	5	4	18	15	1	1	12	10	34	.57143	20	LLLWLD
	22	Millwall	30	6	8	16	30	59	5	4	6	17	23	1	4	10	13	36	.50847	20	LLLWLL		1-7