The City Ground

WEST HAM UNITED 0 - 5 FOREST - Sat Apr 30, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 30, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 30 April 1949

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: A Smith
Attendance:: 15,000
Pos Before/After:: 21 20
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
West Ham United:: Nov 03, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1772 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1035 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1959 (of 5768)
Total:: 3099 (of 7557)
Played:: 76 years, 2 months, 18 days ago

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

Goals
Tucker Johnson (34')
Tot Leverton (54')
Tucker Johnson (55')
Tot Leverton (58')
John Love (80')

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Charlie Paynter
Prior form: WWWDLD (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	23	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	33	Bob McCall
4	M	23	Jack Burkitt
5	D	32	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Frank Knight
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	25	John Love (80')
9	F	22	Tot Leverton (54') (58')
10	F	27	Tucker Johnson (34') (55')
11	F	29	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	George Taylor
2	2	Jack Yeomanson
3	3	Steve Forde
4	4	Norman Corbett
5	5	Richard Walker
6	6	Ron Cater
7	7	Terry Woodgate
8	8	Eric Parsons
9	9	Bill Robinson
10	10	Danny McGowan
11	11	Ken Bainbridge

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 30, 1949)

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

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	41	23	9	9	69	35	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	8	21	25	1.97143	55	LLWLDD	Safe
	2	Fulham	40	23	8	9	74	36	15	4	1	50	14	8	4	8	24	22	2.05556	54	DWWWWW	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	39	22	8	9	64	38	15	3	2	45	16	7	5	7	19	22	1.68421	52	WWWWLD	Safe
	4	Cardiff City	40	19	11	10	61	46	14	3	3	44	20	5	8	7	17	26	1.32609	49	WWLDWW	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	40	16	15	9	66	43	14	3	3	49	17	2	12	6	17	26	1.53488	47	LLWWDD	Safe
	6	West Ham United	40	18	10	12	56	51	13	5	2	38	18	5	5	10	18	33	1.09804	46	WWWDLD	Safe
	7	Chesterfield	40	13	17	10	49	45	8	7	5	23	18	5	10	5	26	27	1.08889	43	LDDWDD	Safe
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	40	15	11	14	62	55	12	5	3	36	17	3	6	11	26	38	1.12727	41	LLDDDW	Safe
	9	Barnsley	40	14	12	14	62	58	10	7	3	40	17	4	5	11	22	41	1.06897	40	WWWLWW	Safe
	10	Bury	39	16	6	17	61	72	11	5	3	35	20	5	1	14	26	52	.84722	38	LLWWLD	Safe
	11	Luton Town	39	13	11	15	52	55	10	6	4	30	16	3	5	11	22	39	.94545	37	LLLLLW	Safe
	12	Grimsby Town	39	13	10	16	68	70	8	5	6	41	27	5	5	10	27	43	.97143	36	DWLLDW	Safe
	13	Leeds United	40	12	12	16	55	61	11	5	4	36	21	1	7	12	19	40	.90164	36	WLLWLD	Safe
	14	Coventry City	40	15	6	19	54	61	12	2	6	34	19	3	4	13	20	42	.88525	36	WWLLWL	Safe
	15	Bradford Park Avenue	40	13	10	17	64	74	8	7	4	36	22	5	3	13	28	52	.86486	36	WWLLLD	Safe
	16	Blackburn Rovers	41	14	8	19	51	62	11	5	4	39	22	3	3	15	12	40	.82258	36	WWWLLD	Safe
	17	Queens Park Rangers	40	13	10	17	41	61	10	4	6	29	26	3	6	11	12	35	.67213	36	DDWDLL	Safe
	18	Plymouth Argyle	40	12	11	17	47	57	11	4	5	33	20	1	7	12	14	37	.82456	35	LLLWDD
	19	Brentford	40	11	13	16	39	49	7	9	4	26	19	4	4	12	13	30	.79592	35	LLWDLD
	20	Leicester City	39	9	15	15	59	74	6	10	4	41	35	3	5	11	18	39	.79730	33	WLLDWD
	21	Nottingham Forest	40	12	7	21	44	54	8	6	6	21	14	4	1	15	23	40	.81481	31	LWWLWD
	22	Lincoln City	41	7	12	22	50	91	6	7	8	31	35	1	5	14	19	56	.54945	26	WLLDLL	Relegated

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	Fulham	41	23	9	9	75	37	15	4	1	50	14	8	5	8	25	23	2.02703	55	WWWWWD	Safe	1-1
1	2	Southampton	42	23	9	10	69	36	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	9	21	26	1.91667	55	LWLDDL	Safe	0-1
	3	West Bromwich Albion	40	23	8	9	66	38	16	3	2	47	16	7	5	7	19	22	1.73684	54	WWWLDW	Safe	2-0
	4	Cardiff City	41	19	12	10	61	46	14	3	3	44	20	5	9	7	17	26	1.32609	50	WLDWWD	Safe	0-0
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	41	16	16	9	67	44	14	4	3	50	18	2	12	6	17	26	1.52273	48	LWWDDD	Safe	1-1
	6	West Ham United	41	18	10	13	56	56	13	5	3	38	23	5	5	10	18	33	1.00000	46	WWDLDL	Safe	0-5
	7	Chesterfield	41	14	17	10	50	45	9	7	5	24	18	5	10	5	26	27	1.11111	45	DDWDDW	Safe	1-0
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	41	15	12	14	62	55	12	6	3	36	17	3	6	11	26	38	1.12727	42	LDDDWD	Safe	0-0
	9	Barnsley	41	14	12	15	62	60	10	7	3	40	17	4	5	12	22	43	1.03333	40	WWLWWL	Safe	0-2
	10	Bury	40	17	6	17	66	73	12	5	3	40	21	5	1	14	26	52	.90411	40	LWWLDW	Safe	5-1
	11	Luton Town	40	13	12	15	52	55	10	6	4	30	16	3	6	11	22	39	.94545	38	LLLLWD	Safe	0-0
1	12	Leeds United	41	12	13	16	55	61	11	6	4	36	21	1	7	12	19	40	.90164	37	LLWLDD	Safe	0-0
1	13	Coventry City	41	15	7	19	55	62	12	3	6	35	20	3	4	13	20	42	.88710	37	WLLWLD	Safe	1-1
3	14	Queens Park Rangers	41	13	11	17	42	62	10	4	6	29	26	3	7	11	13	36	.67742	37	DWDLLD	Safe	1-1
3	15	Grimsby Town	40	13	10	17	69	75	8	5	6	41	27	5	5	11	28	48	.92000	36	WLLDWL	Safe	1-5
1	16	Bradford Park Avenue	40	13	10	17	64	74	8	7	4	36	22	5	3	13	28	52	.86486	36	WWLLLD	Safe
1	17	Plymouth Argyle	41	12	12	17	49	59	11	4	5	33	20	1	8	12	16	39	.83051	36	LLWDDD	Safe	2-2
2	18	Blackburn Rovers	41	14	8	19	51	62	11	5	4	39	22	3	3	15	12	40	.82258	36	WWWLLD	Safe
	19	Brentford	41	11	14	16	41	51	7	10	4	28	21	4	4	12	13	30	.80392	36	LWDLDD	Safe	2-2
1	20	Nottingham Forest	41	13	7	21	49	54	8	6	6	21	14	5	1	15	28	40	.90741	33	WWLWDW		5-0
1	21	Leicester City	39	9	15	15	59	74	6	10	4	41	35	3	5	11	18	39	.79730	33	WLLDWD
	22	Lincoln City	41	7	12	22	50	91	6	7	8	31	35	1	5	14	19	56	.54945	26	WLLDLL	Relegated