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BLACKBURN ROVERS 5 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 16, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 16, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-5 (Lost)

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: JJ Greenan
Attendance:: 13,962
Pos Before/After:: 17 20
Opp Before/After:: 19 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Nov 12, 1938

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1596 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 859 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1771 (of 5721)
Total:: 2639 (of 7500)

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

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

Goals
Meynell Burgin

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Reg Taylor
Prior form: WDDLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Percy Ashton
2	D	Reg Trim
3	D	John Munro
4	D	Fred Stanley (1938-43))	Debut
5	M	Robert Davies
6	F	Gibson McNaughton
7	F	Arthur Betts
8	F	Meynell Burgin
9	F	Boy Martin
10	F	Jack Surtees
11	F	Roy Brown

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, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Blackburn Rovers	5-1	Nottingham Forest
Bradford Park Avenue	3-1	Burnley
Chesterfield	1-0	Stockport County
Fulham	4-1	Luton Town
Norwich City	2-2	Sheffield United
Plymouth Argyle	2-2	Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Newcastle United
Southampton	0-4	Coventry City
Swansea Town	2-2	Manchester United
West Ham United	3-1	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
	1	Sheffield United	38	20	8	10	66	51	13	4	2	42	18	7	4	8	24	33	1.29412	48	DLDLDW
	2	Aston Villa	36	20	7	9	59	32	13	2	2	40	12	7	5	7	19	20	1.84375	47	LWWWLD
	3	Manchester United	37	19	8	10	71	46	12	3	3	41	17	7	5	7	30	29	1.54348	46	WDWLDL
	4	Coventry City	36	18	10	8	58	39	11	5	3	30	14	7	5	5	28	25	1.48718	46	WLWDLW
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	37	18	6	13	69	47	13	3	3	40	14	5	3	10	29	33	1.46809	42	WLWWWL
	6	Burnley	38	16	10	12	49	44	14	4	2	32	10	2	6	10	17	34	1.11364	42	WLDWWW
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	36	14	9	13	58	46	10	4	3	41	17	4	5	10	17	29	1.26087	37	LLLWLW
	8	Bury	37	16	5	16	59	51	11	3	6	41	26	5	2	10	18	25	1.15686	37	WLWLWL
	9	West Ham United	37	11	14	12	46	46	11	5	3	30	15	0	9	9	16	31	1.00000	36	DWDLLL
	10	Norwich City	37	14	8	15	53	66	11	3	4	32	21	3	5	11	21	45	.80303	36	LWLWDW
	11	Chesterfield	36	13	9	14	56	56	9	2	6	35	23	4	7	8	21	33	1.00000	35	LWLWDL
	12	Fulham	37	12	11	14	49	51	7	7	4	33	21	5	4	10	16	30	.96078	35	LWDWWW
	13	Southampton	37	13	9	15	49	63	10	6	2	36	21	3	3	13	13	42	.77778	35	WWLDLL
	14	Newcastle United	36	13	7	16	46	45	11	4	5	35	17	2	3	11	11	28	1.02222	33	DLWLLL
	15	Luton Town	37	12	9	16	73	78	8	5	5	42	32	4	4	11	31	46	.93590	33	LDDLDL
	16	Plymouth Argyle	37	11	11	15	46	60	7	6	4	29	26	4	5	11	17	34	.76667	33	DDWWDW
	17	Nottingham Forest	37	13	6	18	41	50	11	3	6	28	21	2	3	12	13	29	.82000	32	WLWLLW
	18	Barnsley	37	11	10	16	45	58	7	8	3	27	17	4	2	13	18	41	.77586	32	LDWDLD
	19	Blackburn Rovers	36	11	9	16	60	71	10	6	2	43	28	1	3	14	17	43	.84507	31	WDDLWL
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	36	11	9	16	41	50	8	4	6	21	19	3	5	10	20	31	.82000	31	LLLDWW
	21	Swansea Town	36	10	11	15	37	61	10	5	3	25	18	0	6	12	12	43	.60656	31	WLWDWL
	22	Stockport County	37	11	8	18	40	60	8	5	5	22	19	3	3	13	18	41	.66667	30	WLLLWW

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	Result(s)
1	1	Aston Villa	37	21	7	9	61	32	14	2	2	42	12	7	5	7	19	20	1.90625	49	WWWLDW	2-0
1	2	Sheffield United	39	20	9	10	68	53	13	4	2	42	18	7	5	8	26	35	1.28302	49	LDLDWD	2-2
1	3	Coventry City	37	19	10	8	62	39	11	5	3	30	14	8	5	5	32	25	1.58974	48	LWDLWW	4-0
1	4	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	73	48	12	3	3	41	17	7	6	7	32	31	1.52083	47	DWLDLD	2-2
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	6	14	69	49	13	3	3	40	14	5	3	11	29	35	1.40816	42	LWWWLL	0-2
	6	Burnley	39	16	10	13	50	47	14	4	2	32	10	2	6	11	18	37	1.06383	42	LDWWWL	1-3
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	37	15	9	13	61	47	11	4	3	44	18	4	5	10	17	29	1.29787	39	LLWLWW	3-1
1	8	West Ham United	38	12	14	12	49	47	12	5	3	33	16	0	9	9	16	31	1.04255	38	WDLLLW	3-1
1	9	Bury	38	16	5	17	60	54	11	3	6	41	26	5	2	11	19	28	1.11111	37	LWLWLL	1-3
2	10	Fulham	38	13	11	14	53	52	8	7	4	37	22	5	4	10	16	30	1.01923	37	WDWWWW	4-1
	11	Chesterfield	37	14	9	14	57	56	10	2	6	36	23	4	7	8	21	33	1.01786	37	WLWDLW	1-0
2	12	Norwich City	38	14	9	15	55	68	11	4	4	34	23	3	5	11	21	45	.80882	37	WLWDWD	2-2
	13	Southampton	38	13	9	16	49	67	10	6	3	36	25	3	3	13	13	42	.73134	35	WLDLLL	0-4
2	14	Plymouth Argyle	38	11	12	15	48	62	7	7	4	31	28	4	5	11	17	34	.77419	34	DWWDWD	2-2
1	15	Newcastle United	37	13	7	17	46	48	11	4	5	35	17	2	3	12	11	31	.95833	33	LWLLLL	0-3
3	16	Blackburn Rovers	37	12	9	16	65	72	11	6	2	48	29	1	3	14	17	43	.90278	33	DDLWLW	5-1
2	17	Luton Town	38	12	9	17	74	82	8	5	5	42	32	4	4	12	32	50	.90244	33	DDLDLL	1-4
2	18	Sheffield Wednesday	37	12	9	16	44	50	9	4	6	24	19	3	5	10	20	31	.88000	33	LLDWWW	3-0
1	19	Barnsley	38	11	11	16	47	60	7	8	3	27	17	4	3	13	20	43	.78333	33	DWDLDD	2-2
3	20	Nottingham Forest	38	13	6	19	42	55	11	3	6	28	21	2	3	13	14	34	.76364	32	LWLLWL	1-5
	21	Swansea Town	37	10	12	15	39	63	10	6	3	27	20	0	6	12	12	43	.61905	32	LWDWLD	2-2
	22	Stockport County	38	11	8	19	40	61	8	5	5	22	19	3	3	14	18	42	.65574	30	LLLWWL	0-1