The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BRENTFORD - Sat Nov 20, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 20, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Brentford
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: H Key
Attendance:: 19,278
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 6 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 2)
Brentford:: Apr 16, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1748 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1011 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1933 (of 5724)
Total:: 3072 (of 7505)
Played:: 75 years, 5 months, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Tucker Johnson

BRENTFORD
Manager: Harry Curtis
Prior form: LWLDWW (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	22	Jack Burkitt
7	F	23	Gordon Kaile
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson
9	F	24	Jack Edwards
10	F	29	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 Nov 20, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-3	West Ham United
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Coventry City
Bradford Park Avenue	4-1	West Bromwich Albion
Cardiff City	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Fulham	1-0	Leicester City
Grimsby Town	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Luton Town	1-0	Chesterfield
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Brentford
Plymouth Argyle	2-1	Leeds United
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Lincoln City
Southampton	2-0	Bury

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	10	5	2	29	10	5	2	1	18	7	5	3	1	11	3	2.90000	25	WWDWWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	17	9	5	3	35	16	8	1	0	30	7	1	4	3	5	9	2.18750	23	WWDWLW
	3	Southampton	17	8	5	4	33	17	7	1	0	27	5	1	4	4	6	12	1.94118	21	WDWDWD
	4	Fulham	17	8	4	5	26	20	5	2	1	16	5	3	2	4	10	15	1.30000	20	LWWWWD
	5	Bury	16	8	3	5	26	20	6	2	1	17	8	2	1	4	9	12	1.30000	19	LLWDLW
	6	Brentford	17	6	7	4	16	15	3	4	2	10	8	3	3	2	6	7	1.06667	19	LWLDWW
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	17	7	4	6	34	28	5	2	2	19	8	2	2	4	15	20	1.21429	18	LWWLLW
	8	Leeds United	17	5	8	4	29	27	4	4	1	18	10	1	4	3	11	17	1.07407	18	DDDWDD
	9	Chesterfield	17	5	8	4	21	23	2	3	3	5	7	3	5	1	16	16	.91304	18	WLDDWW
	10	Barnsley	17	5	7	5	27	24	3	4	2	16	7	2	3	3	11	17	1.12500	17	WLDDLL
	11	West Ham United	17	5	7	5	19	19	4	4	1	15	9	1	3	4	4	10	1.00000	17	DWLLWD
	12	Bradford Park Avenue	17	6	4	7	29	29	4	2	2	17	10	2	2	5	12	19	1.00000	16	DDWLLL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	17	6	4	7	26	29	5	2	1	22	10	1	2	6	4	19	.89655	16	DLDDWL
	14	Leicester City	17	5	6	6	29	34	3	5	1	22	16	2	1	5	7	18	.85294	16	DDLDLW
	15	Luton Town	17	5	6	6	19	24	3	5	0	10	4	2	1	6	9	20	.79167	16	DLDWWL
	16	Queens Park Rangers	17	6	4	7	18	27	5	2	1	13	7	1	2	6	5	20	.66667	16	WLWDLL
	17	Cardiff City	16	5	5	6	19	22	4	1	2	16	10	1	4	4	3	12	.86364	15	WLLLLD
	18	Grimsby Town	17	5	4	8	28	33	3	2	4	18	17	2	2	4	10	16	.84848	14	DLWLWL
	19	Plymouth Argyle	17	5	4	8	19	25	4	1	3	13	10	1	3	5	6	15	.76000	14	WLDWWD
	20	Nottingham Forest	17	5	3	9	15	24	2	3	4	4	5	3	0	5	11	19	.62500	13	LWLWDL
	21	Coventry City	17	4	3	10	23	34	4	1	4	15	11	0	2	6	8	23	.67647	11	LWLLLD
	22	Lincoln City	17	2	6	9	17	37	2	3	3	6	9	0	3	6	11	28	.45946	10	DLLLLD

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	10	5	3	30	14	5	2	1	18	7	5	3	2	12	7	2.14286	25	WDWWWL		1-4
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	18	9	6	3	36	17	8	1	0	30	7	1	5	3	6	10	2.11765	24	WDWLWD		1-1
	3	Southampton	18	9	5	4	35	17	8	1	0	29	5	1	4	4	6	12	2.05882	23	DWDWDW		2-0
	4	Fulham	18	9	4	5	27	20	6	2	1	17	5	3	2	4	10	15	1.35000	22	WWWWDW		1-0
1	5	Brentford	18	7	7	4	18	16	3	4	2	10	8	4	3	2	8	8	1.12500	21	WLDWWW		2-1
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	18	7	5	6	35	29	5	2	2	19	8	2	3	4	16	21	1.20690	19	WWLLWD		1-1
2	7	Bury	17	8	3	6	26	22	6	2	1	17	8	2	1	5	9	14	1.18182	19	LWDLWL		0-2
3	8	West Ham United	18	6	7	5	22	21	4	4	1	15	9	2	3	4	7	12	1.04762	19	WLLWDW		3-2
3	9	Bradford Park Avenue	18	7	4	7	33	30	5	2	2	21	11	2	2	5	12	19	1.10000	18	DWLLLW		4-1
2	10	Leeds United	18	5	8	5	30	29	4	4	1	18	10	1	4	4	12	19	1.03448	18	DDWDDL		1-2
2	11	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	4	7	28	29	6	2	1	24	10	1	2	6	4	19	.96552	18	LDDWLW		2-0
3	12	Chesterfield	18	5	8	5	21	24	2	3	3	5	7	3	5	2	16	17	.87500	18	LDDWWL		0-1
2	13	Luton Town	18	6	6	6	20	24	4	5	0	11	4	2	1	6	9	20	.83333	18	LDWWLW		1-0
2	14	Queens Park Rangers	18	7	4	7	20	27	6	2	1	15	7	1	2	6	5	20	.74074	18	LWDLLW		2-0
5	15	Barnsley	18	5	7	6	29	27	3	4	3	18	10	2	3	3	11	17	1.07407	17	LDDLLL		2-3
1	16	Cardiff City	17	5	6	6	20	23	4	2	2	17	11	1	4	4	3	12	.86957	16	LLLLDD		1-1
3	17	Leicester City	18	5	6	7	29	35	3	5	1	22	16	2	1	6	7	19	.82857	16	DLDLWL		0-1
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	18	6	4	8	21	26	5	1	3	15	11	1	3	5	6	15	.80769	16	LDWWDW		2-1
1	19	Grimsby Town	18	5	5	8	29	34	3	3	4	19	18	2	2	4	10	16	.85294	15	LWLWLD		1-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	18	5	3	10	16	26	2	3	5	5	7	3	0	5	11	19	.61538	13	WLWDLL		1-2
	21	Coventry City	18	4	3	11	23	36	4	1	4	15	11	0	2	7	8	25	.63889	11	WLLLDL		0-2
	22	Lincoln City	18	2	6	10	17	39	2	3	3	6	9	0	3	7	11	30	.43590	10	LLLLDL		0-2