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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)

Attendance:: 12,349
Pos Before/After:: 21/20
Opp Before/After:: 6/6
Referee:
Season:: 1948-49
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Bury

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1771 (of 4878)
League Tier 2:: 1034 (of 2461)
Competitive:: 1958 (of 5575)
Total:: 3090 (of 7323)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
John Love
Roland 'Tot' Leverton
Roland 'Tot' Leverton
Tom Johnson
Tom Johnson

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

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	Bob McCall
4	M	Jack Burkitt
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Frank Knight
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	John Love
9	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
10	F	Tom Johnson
11	F	George Lee

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 30, 1949)

Home	F	A	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
	1	Southampton	41	23	9	9	69	35	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	8	21	25	1.971	55	LLWLDD
	2	Fulham	40	23	8	9	74	36	15	4	1	50	14	8	4	8	24	22	2.056	54	DWWWWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	39	22	8	9	64	38	15	3	2	45	16	7	5	7	19	22	1.684	52	WWWWLD
	4	Cardiff City	40	19	11	10	61	46	14	3	3	44	20	5	8	7	17	26	1.326	49	WWLDWW
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	40	16	15	9	66	43	14	3	3	49	17	2	12	6	17	26	1.535	47	LLWWDD
	6	West Ham United	40	18	10	12	56	51	13	5	2	38	18	5	5	10	18	33	1.098	46	WWWDLD
	7	Chesterfield	40	13	17	10	49	45	8	7	5	23	18	5	10	5	26	27	1.089	43	LDDWDD
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	40	15	11	14	62	55	12	5	3	36	17	3	6	11	26	38	1.127	41	LLDDDW
	9	Barnsley	40	14	12	14	62	58	10	7	3	40	17	4	5	11	22	41	1.069	40	WWWLWW
	10	Bury	39	16	6	17	61	72	11	5	3	35	20	5	1	14	26	52	.847	38	LLWWLD
	11	Luton Town	39	13	11	15	52	55	10	6	4	30	16	3	5	11	22	39	.945	37	LLLLLW
	12	Grimsby Town	39	13	10	16	68	70	8	5	6	41	27	5	5	10	27	43	.971	36	DWLLDW
	13	Leeds United	40	12	12	16	55	61	11	5	4	36	21	1	7	12	19	40	.902	36	WLLWLD
	14	Coventry City	40	15	6	19	54	61	12	2	6	34	19	3	4	13	20	42	.885	36	WWLLWL
	15	Bradford Park Avenue	40	13	10	17	64	74	8	7	4	36	22	5	3	13	28	52	.865	36	WWLLLD
	16	Blackburn Rovers	41	14	8	19	51	62	11	5	4	39	22	3	3	15	12	40	.823	36	WWWLLD
	17	Queens Park Rangers	40	13	10	17	41	61	10	4	6	29	26	3	6	11	12	35	.672	36	DDWDLL
	18	Plymouth Argyle	40	12	11	17	47	57	11	4	5	33	20	1	7	12	14	37	.825	35	LLLWDD
	19	Brentford	40	11	13	16	39	49	7	9	4	26	19	4	4	12	13	30	.796	35	LLWDLD
	20	Leicester City	39	9	15	15	59	74	6	10	4	41	35	3	5	11	18	39	.797	33	WLLDWD
	21	Nottingham Forest	40	12	7	21	44	54	8	6	6	21	14	4	1	15	23	40	.815	31	LWWLWD
	22	Lincoln City	41	7	12	22	50	91	6	7	8	31	35	1	5	14	19	56	.549	26	WLLDLL

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
1	1	Fulham	41	23	9	9	75	37	15	4	1	50	14	8	5	8	25	23	2.027	55	WWWWWD
1	2	Southampton	42	23	9	10	69	36	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	9	21	26	1.917	55	LWLDDL
	3	West Bromwich Albion	40	23	8	9	66	38	16	3	2	47	16	7	5	7	19	22	1.737	54	WWWLDW
	4	Cardiff City	41	19	12	10	61	46	14	3	3	44	20	5	9	7	17	26	1.326	50	WLDWWD
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	41	16	16	9	67	44	14	4	3	50	18	2	12	6	17	26	1.523	48	LWWDDD
	6	West Ham United	41	18	10	13	56	56	13	5	3	38	23	5	5	10	18	33	1.000	46	WWDLDL
	7	Chesterfield	41	14	17	10	50	45	9	7	5	24	18	5	10	5	26	27	1.111	45	DDWDDW
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	41	15	12	14	62	55	12	6	3	36	17	3	6	11	26	38	1.127	42	LDDDWD
	9	Barnsley	41	14	12	15	62	60	10	7	3	40	17	4	5	12	22	43	1.033	40	WWLWWL
	10	Bury	40	17	6	17	66	73	12	5	3	40	21	5	1	14	26	52	.904	40	LWWLDW
	11	Luton Town	40	13	12	15	52	55	10	6	4	30	16	3	6	11	22	39	.945	38	LLLLWD
1	12	Leeds United	41	12	13	16	55	61	11	6	4	36	21	1	7	12	19	40	.902	37	LLWLDD
1	13	Coventry City	41	15	7	19	55	62	12	3	6	35	20	3	4	13	20	42	.887	37	WLLWLD
3	14	Queens Park Rangers	41	13	11	17	42	62	10	4	6	29	26	3	7	11	13	36	.677	37	DWDLLD
3	15	Grimsby Town	40	13	10	17	69	75	8	5	6	41	27	5	5	11	28	48	.920	36	WLLDWL
1	16	Bradford Park Avenue	40	13	10	17	64	74	8	7	4	36	22	5	3	13	28	52	.865	36	WWLLLD
1	17	Plymouth Argyle	41	12	12	17	49	59	11	4	5	33	20	1	8	12	16	39	.831	36	LLWDDD
2	18	Blackburn Rovers	41	14	8	19	51	62	11	5	4	39	22	3	3	15	12	40	.823	36	WWWLLD
	19	Brentford	41	11	14	16	41	51	7	10	4	28	21	4	4	12	13	30	.804	36	LWDLDD
1	20	Nottingham Forest	41	13	7	21	49	54	8	6	6	21	14	5	1	15	28	40	.907	33	WWLWDW
1	21	Leicester City	39	9	15	15	59	74	6	10	4	41	35	3	5	11	18	39	.797	33	WLLDWD
	22	Lincoln City	41	7	12	22	50	91	6	7	8	31	35	1	5	14	19	56	.549	26	WLLDLL