The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - Sat Apr 09, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 09, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 09 April 1938

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: SL Clark
Attendance:: 15,526
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 21
Opp Before/After:: 21 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Dec 10, 1938

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1594 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 857 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1769 (of 5824)
Total:: 2640 (of 7629)
Played:: 88 years, 4 months, 10 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harold Wightman
Prior form: LWWLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Jimmy McMullan
Prior form: LLLLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Doug Hunt (35')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	D	24	Reg Trim
3	D	23	John Munro
4	M	22	Bob McCall
5	M	24	Robert Davies
6	D	33	Tommy Graham
7	F	23	Charlie Gardiner	Last game
8	M		Jimmy Dyson
9	F	24	Boy Martin
10	F	26	Jack Surtees
11	F	26	Meynell Burgin

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roy Smith
2	D	Jack Ashley
3	D	Ted Catlin
4	D	Fred Walker
5	D	Walter Millership
6	M	Horace Burrows
7	M	Leonard Massarella
8	M	Jackie Robinson
9	M	Doug Hunt
10	F	Charlie Napier
11	F	Bill Fallon

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 09, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Chesterfield
Burnley	2-0	West Ham United
Bury	2-1	Southampton
Coventry City	3-2	Blackburn Rovers
Luton Town	1-1	Plymouth Argyle
Manchester United	0-0	Norwich City
Newcastle United	1-2	Fulham
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United	0-0	Aston Villa
Stockport County	1-0	Swansea Town
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Bradford Park Avenue

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Aston Villa	35	20	6	9	59	32	13	2	2	40	12	7	4	7	19	20	27	46	LLWWWL	Safe
	2	Manchester United	35	19	7	9	71	45	12	2	3	41	17	7	5	6	30	28	26	45	WWWDWL	Safe
	3	Sheffield United	36	19	7	10	64	50	13	3	2	42	18	6	4	8	22	32	14	45	WDDLDL	Safe
	4	Coventry City	35	17	10	8	55	37	10	5	3	27	12	7	5	5	28	25	18	44	WWLWDL	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	35	17	6	12	66	44	12	3	2	37	11	5	3	10	29	33	22	40	DDWLWW
	6	Burnley	36	14	10	12	46	44	12	4	2	29	10	2	6	10	17	34	2	38	LWWLDW
	7	West Ham United	35	11	14	10	46	43	11	5	2	30	14	0	9	8	16	29	3	36	LDDWDL
	8	Bradford Park Avenue	34	13	9	12	54	44	10	4	3	41	17	3	5	9	13	27	10	35	LWLLLW
	9	Bury	35	15	5	15	56	47	10	3	5	38	22	5	2	10	18	25	9	35	WLWLWL
	10	Southampton	35	13	9	13	48	60	10	6	2	36	21	3	3	11	12	39	-12	35	DWWWLD
	11	Chesterfield	34	13	8	13	55	52	9	2	5	35	20	4	6	8	20	32	3	34	LLLWLW
	12	Newcastle United	34	13	7	14	45	42	11	4	3	34	14	2	3	11	11	28	3	33	WLDLWL
	13	Norwich City	35	13	7	15	52	66	11	3	4	32	21	2	4	11	20	45	-14	33	WLLWLW
	14	Luton Town	35	12	8	15	72	76	8	4	5	41	31	4	4	10	31	45	-4	32	WDLDDL
	15	Fulham	35	10	11	14	46	50	6	7	4	32	21	4	4	10	14	29	-4	31	DDLWDW
	16	Blackburn Rovers	35	11	9	15	58	68	10	6	2	43	28	1	3	13	15	40	-10	31	LWDDLW
	17	Barnsley	36	11	9	16	44	57	7	7	3	26	16	4	2	13	18	41	-13	31	WLDWDL
	18	Swansea Town	35	10	11	14	37	60	10	5	3	25	18	0	6	11	12	42	-23	31	LWLWDW
	19	Nottingham Forest	35	12	6	17	40	49	10	3	5	27	20	2	3	12	13	29	-9	30	LWWLWL
	20	Plymouth Argyle	35	10	10	15	44	59	7	6	4	29	26	3	4	11	15	33	-15	30	WDDDWW
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	9	16	40	50	8	4	6	21	19	2	5	10	19	31	-10	29	LLLLDW
	22	Stockport County	35	9	8	18	36	59	7	5	5	21	19	2	3	13	15	40	-23	26	LLWLLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Aston Villa	36	20	7	9	59	32	13	2	2	40	12	7	5	7	19	20	27	47	LWWWLD	Safe	0-0
	2	Manchester United	36	19	8	9	71	45	12	3	3	41	17	7	5	6	30	28	26	46	WWDWLD	Safe	0-0
1	3	Coventry City	36	18	10	8	58	39	11	5	3	30	14	7	5	5	28	25	19	46	WLWDLW	Safe	3-2
1	4	Sheffield United	37	19	8	10	64	50	13	4	2	42	18	6	4	8	22	32	14	46	DDLDLD	Safe	0-0
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	36	18	6	12	68	45	13	3	2	39	12	5	3	10	29	33	23	42	DWLWWW		2-1
	6	Burnley	37	15	10	12	48	44	13	4	2	31	10	2	6	10	17	34	4	40	WWLDWW		2-0
2	7	Bury	36	16	5	15	58	48	11	3	5	40	23	5	2	10	18	25	10	37	LWLWLW		2-1
1	8	West Ham United	36	11	14	11	46	45	11	5	2	30	14	0	9	9	16	31	1	36	DDWDLL		0-2
1	9	Bradford Park Avenue	35	13	9	13	55	46	10	4	3	41	17	3	5	10	14	29	9	35	WLLLWL		1-2
1	10	Chesterfield	35	13	9	13	56	53	9	2	5	35	20	4	7	8	21	33	3	35	LLWLWD		1-1
1	11	Southampton	36	13	9	14	49	62	10	6	2	36	21	3	3	12	13	41	-13	35	WWWLDL		1-2
1	12	Norwich City	36	13	8	15	52	66	11	3	4	32	21	2	5	11	20	45	-14	34	LLWLWD		0-0
1	13	Newcastle United	35	13	7	15	46	44	11	4	4	35	16	2	3	11	11	28	2	33	LDLWLL		1-2
	14	Luton Town	36	12	9	15	73	77	8	5	5	42	32	4	4	10	31	45	-4	33	DLDDLD		1-1
	15	Fulham	36	11	11	14	48	51	6	7	4	32	21	5	4	10	16	30	-3	33	DLWDWW		2-1
1	16	Barnsley	37	11	10	16	45	58	7	8	3	27	17	4	2	13	18	41	-13	32	LDWDLD		1-1
1	17	Blackburn Rovers	36	11	9	16	60	71	10	6	2	43	28	1	3	14	17	43	-11	31	WDDLWL		2-3
3	18	Sheffield Wednesday	36	11	9	16	41	50	8	4	6	21	19	3	5	10	20	31	-9	31	LLLDWW		1-0
1	19	Plymouth Argyle	36	10	11	15	45	60	7	6	4	29	26	3	5	11	16	34	-15	31	DDDWWD		1-1
2	20	Swansea Town	36	10	11	15	37	61	10	5	3	25	18	0	6	12	12	43	-24	31	WLWDWL		0-1
2	21	Nottingham Forest	36	12	6	18	40	50	10	3	6	27	21	2	3	12	13	29	-10	30	WWLWLL		0-1
	22	Stockport County	36	10	8	18	37	59	8	5	5	22	19	2	3	13	15	40	-22	28	LWLLLW		1-0