The City Ground

BRENTFORD 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 16, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 16, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Brentford
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Griffin Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: R Haines
Attendance:: 15,857
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 19 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bradford Park Avenue (League Tier 2)
Brentford:: Sep 22, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1769 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1032 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1956 (of 5724)
Total:: 3095 (of 7505)
Played:: 75 years, 7 days ago

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

Goals
John Love

BRENTFORD
Manager: Harry Curtis
Prior form: WLDDLL (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Jack Hutchinson
3	M	33	Bob McCall
4	M	23	Jack Burkitt
5	D	32	Horace Gager
6	M	23	Bill Morley
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	25	John Love
9	F	25	Jack Edwards	Last game
10	F	29	George Wilkins	Last game
11	F	24	Gordon Kaile

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 Apr 16, 1949)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Bury	1-0	Southampton
Chesterfield	1-0	Luton Town
Coventry City	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United	1-0	Plymouth Argyle
Leicester City	0-3	Fulham
Lincoln City	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Cardiff City
Tottenham Hotspur	5-2	Grimsby Town
West Bromwich Albion	7-1	Bradford Park Avenue
West Ham United	2-0	Barnsley

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	Southampton	38	23	7	8	68	33	16	2	1	47	9	7	5	7	21	24	2.06061	53	WWWLLW	Safe
	2	Fulham	37	20	8	9	66	34	14	4	1	48	13	6	4	8	18	21	1.94118	48	WDLDWW	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	35	20	7	8	55	35	13	3	2	37	15	7	4	6	18	20	1.57143	47	WWDDWW	Safe
	4	Cardiff City	37	17	10	10	56	45	12	3	3	40	20	5	7	7	16	25	1.24444	44	WDWWWL	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	37	15	13	9	58	38	13	3	3	44	15	2	10	6	14	23	1.52632	43	DWDLLW	Safe
	6	West Ham United	36	17	8	11	52	46	12	4	2	35	17	5	4	9	17	29	1.13043	42	LWWWWW	Safe
	7	Chesterfield	37	12	15	10	47	44	7	7	5	22	18	5	8	5	25	26	1.06818	39	LDWLDD	Safe
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	37	14	9	14	58	53	12	3	3	35	16	2	6	11	23	37	1.09434	37	WDWLLD
	9	Barnsley	37	12	12	13	57	54	8	7	3	35	15	4	5	10	22	39	1.05556	36	DLDWWW
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	37	13	9	15	61	64	8	6	3	34	19	5	3	12	27	45	.95313	35	LDLWWL
	11	Luton Town	36	12	11	13	45	51	9	6	3	23	13	3	5	10	22	38	.88235	35	WLLLLL
	12	Queens Park Rangers	37	13	9	15	39	55	10	4	5	28	23	3	5	10	11	32	.70909	35	DLWDDW
	13	Coventry City	36	14	6	16	53	56	11	2	5	33	18	3	4	11	20	38	.94643	34	DDWLWW
	14	Grimsby Town	36	12	9	15	63	65	7	5	6	38	27	5	4	9	25	38	.96923	33	WLWDWL
	15	Leeds United	37	11	11	15	53	58	10	5	4	35	21	1	6	11	18	37	.91379	33	LWLWLL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	37	13	7	17	49	58	11	4	4	39	22	2	3	13	10	36	.84483	33	LLLLWW
	17	Bury	35	14	5	16	54	67	9	4	3	30	18	5	1	13	24	49	.80597	33	WLLWLL
	18	Plymouth Argyle	36	11	9	16	42	53	10	3	5	29	18	1	6	11	13	35	.79245	31	LDDLLL
	19	Brentford	36	10	11	15	34	44	6	8	4	23	17	4	3	11	11	27	.77273	31	WLDDLL
	20	Leicester City	35	8	13	14	54	68	5	9	3	37	30	3	4	11	17	38	.79412	29	LDLLWL
	21	Nottingham Forest	37	11	6	20	39	49	8	5	6	19	12	3	1	14	20	37	.79592	28	DLWLWW
	22	Lincoln City	38	7	11	20	50	83	6	6	8	31	35	1	5	12	19	48	.60241	25	DLDWLL

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	Southampton	39	23	7	9	68	34	16	2	1	47	9	7	5	8	21	25	2.00000	53	WWLLWL	Safe	0-1
	2	Fulham	38	21	8	9	69	34	14	4	1	48	13	7	4	8	21	21	2.02941	50	DLDWWW	Safe	3-0
	3	West Bromwich Albion	36	21	7	8	62	36	14	3	2	44	16	7	4	6	18	20	1.72222	49	WDDWWW	Safe	7-1
1	4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	13	9	63	40	14	3	3	49	17	2	10	6	14	23	1.57500	45	WDLLWW	Safe	5-2
1	5	Cardiff City	38	17	11	10	57	46	12	3	3	40	20	5	8	7	17	26	1.23913	45	DWWWLD	Safe	1-1
	6	West Ham United	37	18	8	11	54	46	13	4	2	37	17	5	4	9	17	29	1.17391	44	WWWWWW	Safe	2-0
	7	Chesterfield	38	13	15	10	48	44	8	7	5	23	18	5	8	5	25	26	1.09091	41	DWLDDW	Safe	1-0
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	38	14	10	14	59	54	12	4	3	36	17	2	6	11	23	37	1.09259	38	DWLLDD	Safe	1-1
	9	Barnsley	38	12	12	14	57	56	8	7	3	35	15	4	5	11	22	41	1.01786	36	LDWWWL		0-2
2	10	Queens Park Rangers	38	13	10	15	39	55	10	4	5	28	23	3	6	10	11	32	.70909	36	LWDDWD		0-0
4	11	Leeds United	38	12	11	15	54	58	11	5	4	36	21	1	6	11	18	37	.93103	35	WLWLLW		1-0
2	12	Bradford Park Avenue	38	13	9	16	62	71	8	6	3	34	19	5	3	13	28	52	.87324	35	DLWWLL		1-7
2	13	Luton Town	37	12	11	14	45	52	9	6	3	23	13	3	5	11	22	39	.86538	35	LLLLLL		0-1
2	14	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	7	17	50	58	11	4	4	39	22	3	3	13	11	36	.86207	35	LLLWWW		1-0
2	15	Bury	36	15	5	16	55	67	10	4	3	31	18	5	1	13	24	49	.82090	35	LLWLLW		1-0
3	16	Coventry City	37	14	6	17	53	57	11	2	6	33	19	3	4	11	20	38	.92982	34	DWLWWL		0-1
3	17	Grimsby Town	37	12	9	16	65	70	7	5	6	38	27	5	4	10	27	43	.92857	33	LWDWLL		2-5
1	18	Brentford	37	11	11	15	36	45	7	8	4	25	18	4	3	11	11	27	.80000	33	LDDLLW		2-1
1	19	Plymouth Argyle	37	11	9	17	42	54	10	3	5	29	18	1	6	12	13	36	.77778	31	DDLLLL		0-1
	20	Leicester City	36	8	13	15	54	71	5	9	4	37	33	3	4	11	17	38	.76056	29	DLLWLL		0-3
	21	Nottingham Forest	38	11	6	21	40	51	8	5	6	19	12	3	1	15	21	39	.78431	28	LWLWWL		1-2
	22	Lincoln City	39	7	12	20	50	83	6	7	8	31	35	1	5	12	19	48	.60241	26	LDWLLD		0-0