The City Ground

LINCOLN CITY 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Oct 16, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 16, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Lincoln City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Sincil Bank
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON

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

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: G Sunderland
Attendance:: 19,980
Pos Before/After:: 22 20
Opp Before/After:: 19 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Lincoln City:: Mar 12, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1743 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1006 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1928 (of 5724)
Total:: 3067 (of 7505)
Played:: 75 years, 6 months, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Jack Edwards
Sid Ottewell - Sid Ottewell first goal
George Lee

LINCOLN CITY
Manager: Bill Anderson
Prior form: WLLWDD (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	32	Bob McCall
4	M	23	Bryn Elliott
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	23	Bill Morley
7	M	21	Johnny Linaker
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson
9	F	24	Jack Edwards
10	F	28	Sid Ottewell
11	F	29	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 Oct 16, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	2-0	Luton Town
Bury	3-1	Blackburn Rovers
Chesterfield	0-1	Fulham
Coventry City	4-0	Barnsley
Leeds United	1-1	Southampton
Leicester City	2-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Lincoln City	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Wednesday	4-1	Grimsby Town
Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
West Bromwich Albion	3-0	Plymouth Argyle
West Ham United	3-1	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	Tottenham Hotspur	12	6	4	2	23	10	5	1	0	20	5	1	3	2	3	5	2.30000	16	DDWLWW
	2	West Bromwich Albion	12	6	4	2	20	9	2	2	1	11	6	4	2	1	9	3	2.22222	16	DWDWWW
	3	Barnsley	12	5	5	2	23	12	3	3	1	14	4	2	2	1	9	8	1.91667	15	DWLWWW
	4	Southampton	12	6	2	4	22	14	5	1	0	18	4	1	1	4	4	10	1.57143	14	DWDLLW
	5	Bury	12	6	2	4	21	17	4	1	1	12	6	2	1	3	9	11	1.23529	14	WWLLLL
	6	Cardiff City	12	5	4	3	15	13	4	1	1	13	6	1	3	2	2	7	1.15385	14	WWDWWL
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	12	5	3	4	20	16	3	2	1	12	6	2	1	3	8	10	1.25000	13	LDDLWD
	8	Queens Park Rangers	12	5	3	4	15	21	4	2	0	11	4	1	1	4	4	17	.71429	13	DLLWLW
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	12	4	4	4	22	21	3	2	1	11	5	1	2	3	11	16	1.04762	12	WLWWDL
	10	Leicester City	12	4	4	4	22	22	2	3	1	15	11	2	1	3	7	11	1.00000	12	LWDLWD
	11	Leeds United	12	4	4	4	20	21	3	2	1	10	5	1	2	3	10	16	.95238	12	LDWLLD
	12	West Ham United	12	3	6	3	11	12	3	3	0	11	6	0	3	3	0	6	.91667	12	LDWWDD
	13	Blackburn Rovers	12	5	2	5	18	22	4	1	1	15	9	1	1	4	3	13	.81818	12	WDWWLD
	14	Brentford	12	3	6	3	9	11	1	3	2	6	8	2	3	1	3	3	.81818	12	WLDWDL
	15	Chesterfield	12	3	6	3	13	16	1	2	2	3	5	2	4	1	10	11	.81250	12	LDDWWW
	16	Fulham	12	4	3	5	19	17	3	2	1	13	4	1	1	4	6	13	1.11765	11	LLDLWL
	17	Luton Town	12	3	5	4	15	19	2	4	0	8	3	1	1	4	7	16	.78947	11	DWLDLD
	18	Grimsby Town	12	3	4	5	19	20	1	2	4	13	16	2	2	1	6	4	.95000	10	LDWDLD
	19	Lincoln City	12	2	5	5	13	23	2	2	1	4	4	0	3	4	9	19	.56522	9	WLLWDD
	20	Plymouth Argyle	12	3	2	7	11	16	3	0	3	8	6	0	2	4	3	10	.68750	8	WDLLLW
	21	Coventry City	12	3	2	7	16	26	3	0	3	9	8	0	2	4	7	18	.61538	8	WDLLLL
	22	Nottingham Forest	12	3	2	7	7	16	2	2	3	3	3	1	0	4	4	13	.43750	8	LLDLWL

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	13	7	4	2	23	9	3	2	1	14	6	4	2	1	9	3	2.55556	18	WDWWWW		3-0
1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	13	7	4	2	24	10	6	1	0	21	5	1	3	2	3	5	2.40000	18	DWLWWW		1-0
2	3	Bury	13	7	2	4	24	18	5	1	1	15	7	2	1	3	9	11	1.33333	16	WLLLLW		3-1
	4	Southampton	13	6	3	4	23	15	5	1	0	18	4	1	2	4	5	11	1.53333	15	WDLLWD		1-1
2	5	Barnsley	13	5	5	3	23	16	3	3	1	14	4	2	2	2	9	12	1.43750	15	WLWWWL		0-4
1	6	Bradford Park Avenue	13	5	4	4	22	18	3	2	1	12	6	2	2	3	10	12	1.22222	14	DDLWDD		2-2
2	7	Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	4	4	26	22	4	2	1	15	6	1	2	3	11	16	1.18182	14	LWWDLW		4-1
4	8	West Ham United	13	4	6	3	14	13	4	3	0	14	7	0	3	3	0	6	1.07692	14	DWWDDW		3-1
5	9	Brentford	13	4	6	3	11	11	2	3	2	8	8	2	3	1	3	3	1.00000	14	LDWDLW		2-0
4	10	Cardiff City	13	5	4	4	16	16	4	1	1	13	6	1	3	3	3	10	1.00000	14	WDWWLL		1-3
5	11	Fulham	13	5	3	5	20	17	3	2	1	13	4	2	1	4	7	13	1.17647	13	LDLWLW		1-0
2	12	Leicester City	13	4	5	4	24	24	2	4	1	17	13	2	1	3	7	11	1.00000	13	WDLWDD		2-2
2	13	Leeds United	13	4	5	4	21	22	3	3	1	11	6	1	2	3	10	16	.95455	13	DWLLDD		1-1
6	14	Queens Park Rangers	13	5	3	5	15	22	4	2	0	11	4	1	1	5	4	18	.68182	13	LLWLWL		0-1
	15	Chesterfield	13	3	6	4	13	17	1	2	3	3	6	2	4	1	10	11	.76471	12	DDWWWL		0-1
3	16	Blackburn Rovers	13	5	2	6	19	25	4	1	1	15	9	1	1	5	4	16	.76000	12	DWWLDL		1-3
	17	Luton Town	13	3	5	5	15	21	2	4	0	8	3	1	1	5	7	18	.71429	11	WLDLDL		0-2
	18	Grimsby Town	13	3	4	6	20	24	1	2	4	13	16	2	2	2	7	8	.83333	10	DWDLDL		1-4
2	19	Coventry City	13	4	2	7	20	26	4	0	3	13	8	0	2	4	7	18	.76923	10	DLLLLW		4-0
2	20	Nottingham Forest	13	4	2	7	10	17	2	2	3	3	3	2	0	4	7	14	.58824	10	LDLWLW		3-1
2	21	Lincoln City	13	2	5	6	14	26	2	2	2	5	7	0	3	4	9	19	.53846	9	LLWDDL		1-3
2	22	Plymouth Argyle	13	3	2	8	11	19	3	0	3	8	6	0	2	5	3	13	.57895	8	DLLLWL		0-3