The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 SOUTHAMPTON - Mon Mar 29, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Mar 29, 1948 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: L Brown
Attendance:: 24,738
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 2)
Southampton:: Dec 25, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1724 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 987 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1909 (of 5724)
Total:: 3048 (of 7505)
Played:: 76 years, 21 days ago

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

Goals
George Wilkins

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Bill Dodgin
Prior form: DWWDWD (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	24	James Clarke	Debut
4	M	26	Eddie Barks
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	25	Noel Simpson
7	F	31	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	George Wilkins
9	F	29	Tom Johnston	Last game
10	F	24	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 (Mon Mar 29, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Newcastle United
Birmingham City	4-0	West Bromwich Albion
Bradford Park Avenue	5-3	Bury
Fulham	1-1	Luton Town
Leeds United	1-1	Brentford
Leicester City	3-2	Doncaster Rovers
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Southampton
Plymouth Argyle	1-0	Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Chesterfield
Tottenham Hotspur	3-2	Millwall
West Ham United	4-2	Cardiff 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	Birmingham City	34	18	11	5	44	21	9	6	2	26	12	9	5	3	18	9	2.09524	47	DWLDDD	Safe
	2	Newcastle United	35	20	5	10	61	36	14	1	2	38	11	6	4	8	23	25	1.69444	45	WWLWWD	Safe
	3	Cardiff City	36	17	10	9	56	44	12	5	2	35	12	5	5	7	21	32	1.27273	44	DWWLLD	Safe
	4	Southampton	34	17	8	9	61	46	13	3	2	48	19	4	5	7	13	27	1.32609	42	DWWDWD	Safe
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	34	17	7	10	56	46	11	3	2	34	19	6	4	8	22	27	1.21739	41	DDDWWW	Safe
	6	West Bromwich Albion	35	16	7	12	48	46	10	2	5	28	24	6	5	7	20	22	1.04348	39	LDWWDD
	7	West Ham United	35	13	12	10	45	41	8	7	3	23	15	5	5	7	22	26	1.09756	38	LWLDWD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	34	13	11	10	48	32	9	5	2	32	15	4	6	8	16	17	1.50000	37	DDLLDD
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	36	14	7	15	57	55	9	3	6	36	23	5	4	9	21	32	1.03636	35	DLWDWD
	10	Fulham	33	13	8	12	42	37	5	7	4	21	13	8	1	8	21	24	1.13514	34	DDWDWD
	11	Barnsley	34	13	8	13	50	48	9	3	5	25	16	4	5	8	25	32	1.04167	34	DWDWDL
	12	Chesterfield	34	13	7	14	42	44	6	4	7	23	22	7	3	7	19	22	.95455	33	LLDWLW
	13	Coventry City	34	11	10	13	49	43	8	3	6	28	15	3	7	7	21	28	1.13953	32	DDLDDD
	14	Bury	36	9	14	13	51	50	6	7	6	25	24	3	7	7	26	26	1.02000	32	WDLDDL
	15	Brentford	35	10	12	13	34	53	8	6	4	25	22	2	6	9	9	31	.64151	32	DDLWWW
	16	Leicester City	34	11	9	14	44	49	7	3	5	25	23	4	6	9	19	26	.89796	31	LWLLDD
	17	Leeds United	36	12	6	18	50	64	10	4	3	34	15	2	2	15	16	49	.78125	30	LDLWLL
	18	Luton Town	34	10	9	15	46	52	6	7	4	27	21	4	2	11	19	31	.88462	29	DDDLLL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	35	7	15	13	31	51	7	6	4	22	18	0	9	9	9	33	.60784	29	DDDLLD
	20	Nottingham Forest	35	10	8	17	42	51	9	3	6	27	20	1	5	11	15	31	.82353	28	WDLDLD
	21	Doncaster Rovers	35	8	10	17	32	52	7	8	4	22	16	1	2	13	10	36	.61538	26	WDDLDD
	22	Millwall	36	8	10	18	35	63	6	6	7	20	25	2	4	11	15	38	.55556	26	DLWWDL

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	35	19	11	5	48	21	10	6	2	30	12	9	5	3	18	9	2.28571	49	WLDDDW	Safe	4-0
	2	Newcastle United	36	20	6	10	62	37	14	1	2	38	11	6	5	8	24	26	1.67568	46	WLWWDD	Safe	1-1
	3	Cardiff City	37	17	10	10	58	48	12	5	2	35	12	5	5	8	23	36	1.20833	44	WWLLDL	Safe	2-4
	4	Southampton	35	17	9	9	62	47	13	3	2	48	19	4	6	7	14	28	1.31915	43	WWDWDD	Safe	1-1
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	35	18	7	10	57	46	12	3	2	35	19	6	4	8	22	27	1.23913	43	DDWWWW	Safe	1-0
1	6	West Ham United	36	14	12	10	49	43	9	7	3	27	17	5	5	7	22	26	1.13953	40	WLDWDW	Safe	4-2
1	7	Tottenham Hotspur	35	14	11	10	51	34	10	5	2	35	17	4	6	8	16	17	1.50000	39	DLLDDW	Safe	3-2
2	8	West Bromwich Albion	36	16	7	13	48	50	10	2	5	28	24	6	5	8	20	26	.96000	39	DWWDDL	Safe	0-4
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	37	15	7	15	62	58	10	3	6	41	26	5	4	9	21	32	1.06897	37	LWDWDW		5-3
	10	Fulham	34	13	9	12	43	38	5	8	4	22	14	8	1	8	21	24	1.13158	35	DWDWDD		1-1
	11	Barnsley	35	13	9	13	51	49	9	4	5	26	17	4	5	8	25	32	1.04082	35	WDWDLD		1-1
	12	Chesterfield	35	13	7	15	42	45	6	4	7	23	22	7	3	8	19	23	.93333	33	LDWLWL		0-1
3	13	Leicester City	35	12	9	14	47	51	8	3	5	28	25	4	6	9	19	26	.92157	33	WLLDDW		3-2
1	14	Brentford	36	10	13	13	35	54	8	6	4	25	22	2	7	9	10	32	.64815	33	DLWWWD		1-1
2	15	Coventry City	35	11	10	14	49	44	8	3	6	28	15	3	7	8	21	29	1.11364	32	DLDDDL		0-1
2	16	Bury	37	9	14	14	54	55	6	7	6	25	24	3	7	8	29	31	.98182	32	DLDDLL		3-5
	17	Leeds United	37	12	7	18	51	65	10	5	3	35	16	2	2	15	16	49	.78462	31	DLWLLD		1-1
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	36	8	15	13	32	51	8	6	4	23	18	0	9	9	9	33	.62745	31	DDLLDW		1-0
1	19	Luton Town	35	10	10	15	47	53	6	7	4	27	21	4	3	11	20	32	.88679	30	DDLLLD		1-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	36	10	9	17	43	52	9	4	6	28	21	1	5	11	15	31	.82692	29	DLDLDD		1-1
	21	Doncaster Rovers	36	8	10	18	34	55	7	8	4	22	16	1	2	14	12	39	.61818	26	DDLDDL		2-3
	22	Millwall	37	8	10	19	37	66	6	6	7	20	25	2	4	12	17	41	.56061	26	LWWDLL		2-3