The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 3 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Nov 12, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 12, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: E Pinckston
Attendance:: 11,731
League Week:: 14 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 5 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Millwall (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Mar 18, 1939

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1614 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 877 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1789 (of 5824)
Total:: 2663 (of 7629)
Played:: 87 years, 9 months, 9 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Gibson McNaughton (27') - Gibson McNaughton last goal

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Bob Crompton
Prior form: LLLWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Weddle (40')
Billy Rogers (71')
Len Butt (87')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	D	25	Reg Trim
3	D	24	John Munro
4	D	28	Lewis Stoker
5	M	25	Robert Davies
6	D	33	Tommy Graham
7	F	21	Arthur Betts
8	F	27	Gibson McNaughton (27')
9	F	24	Boy Martin	Last game
10	F	23	Len Beaumont
11	F	21	Roy Brown

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton	165		7	1
2	D	25	Reg Trim	53		7	1
3	D	24	John Munro	67		7	1
4	D	28	Lewis Stoker	6		7	1
5	M	25	Robert Davies	35		7	1
6	D	33	Tommy Graham	375	7	7	1
7	F	21	Arthur Betts	57	9	7	1
8	F	27	Gibson McNaughton (27')	64	12	7	1
9	F	24	Boy Martin	83	46	7	1
10	F	23	Len Beaumont	11	1	7	1
11	F	21	Roy Brown	37	4	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jim Barron
2	D	Billy Hough
3	D	Walter Crook
4	D	Arnold Whiteside
5	D	Bob Pryde
6	M	Frank Chivers
7	M	Billy Rogers
8	M	Len Butt
9	M	Jack Weddle
10	F	Albert Clarke
11	F	Bobby Langton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 12, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-1	Swansea Town
Coventry City	2-1	Millwall
Luton Town	1-2	West Ham United
Newcastle United	2-1	Fulham
Norwich City	3-1	Bury
Nottingham Forest	1-3	Blackburn Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	3-1	Tranmere Rovers
Sheffield United	1-1	Chesterfield
Southampton	1-2	Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	Bradford Park Avenue
West Bromwich Albion	5-1	Sheffield Wednesday

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	Fulham	14	7	5	2	23	13	4	3	0	14	6	3	2	2	9	7	10	19	WWLDDD
2	Newcastle United	14	8	2	4	27	15	7	0	0	21	5	1	2	4	6	10	12	18	LWWDWW
3	West Bromwich Albion	14	8	1	5	35	28	6	0	1	22	11	2	1	4	13	17	7	17	LWWLWD
4	Sheffield United	13	6	4	3	20	14	2	3	1	6	2	4	1	2	14	12	6	16	LWWLDW
5	Blackburn Rovers	14	7	2	5	29	23	4	1	2	17	11	3	1	3	12	12	6	16	LLLWDL
6	Millwall	13	6	3	4	25	13	4	2	1	14	5	2	1	3	11	8	12	15	WLLDWL
7	Tottenham Hotspur	13	6	3	4	22	20	5	2	0	15	8	1	1	4	7	12	2	15	WDWLWL
8	Luton Town	13	6	3	4	20	21	3	3	0	9	5	3	0	4	11	16	-1	15	LDDWDW
9	Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	4	4	24	21	4	2	1	13	6	1	2	3	11	15	3	14	LWLDDL
10	Coventry City	13	5	4	4	15	15	4	2	0	8	1	1	2	4	7	14	0	14	WLDDWW
11	Bradford Park Avenue	13	5	4	4	22	23	3	3	1	15	12	2	1	3	7	11	-1	14	WWDDLD
12	Burnley	14	5	4	5	18	22	5	0	2	12	10	0	4	3	6	12	-4	14	WLWDLD
13	West Ham United	14	5	3	6	30	22	4	1	2	21	10	1	2	4	9	12	8	13	LWDDLW
14	Plymouth Argyle	13	5	3	5	17	16	4	2	0	10	2	1	1	5	7	14	1	13	WWDDDL
15	Bury	13	4	5	4	18	19	3	2	2	14	11	1	3	2	4	8	-1	13	DLDWWD
16	Southampton	13	5	2	6	20	24	4	1	1	14	10	1	1	5	6	14	-4	12	WLWDWW
17	Chesterfield	13	5	1	7	13	19	4	0	2	9	7	1	1	5	4	12	-6	11	WWLWLW
18	Manchester City	13	4	2	7	27	32	3	0	4	17	19	1	2	3	10	13	-5	10	LLDWLW
19	Nottingham Forest	13	3	4	6	14	21	3	1	2	7	5	0	3	4	7	16	-7	10	DLDLLD
20	Norwich City	13	4	0	9	16	25	4	0	3	14	10	0	0	6	2	15	-9	8	LWWLLL
21	Swansea Town	13	1	6	6	15	31	0	4	2	9	11	1	2	4	6	20	-16	8	DLLLWL
22	Tranmere Rovers	13	3	1	9	16	29	3	1	3	11	7	0	0	6	5	22	-13	7	DLLWLL

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	1	Newcastle United	15	9	2	4	29	16	8	0	0	23	6	1	2	4	6	10	13	20	WWDWWW		2-1
1	2	Fulham	15	7	5	3	24	15	4	3	0	14	6	3	2	3	10	9	9	19	WLDDDL		1-2
	3	West Bromwich Albion	15	9	1	5	40	29	7	0	1	27	12	2	1	4	13	17	11	19	WWLWDW		5-1
1	4	Blackburn Rovers	15	8	2	5	32	24	4	1	2	17	11	4	1	3	15	13	8	18	LLWDLW		3-1
1	5	Sheffield United	14	6	5	3	21	15	2	4	1	7	3	4	1	2	14	12	6	17	WWLDWD		1-1
1	6	Tottenham Hotspur	14	6	4	4	24	22	5	3	0	17	10	1	1	4	7	12	2	16	DWLWLD		2-2
3	7	Coventry City	14	6	4	4	17	16	5	2	0	10	2	1	2	4	7	14	1	16	LDDWWW		2-1
2	8	Millwall	14	6	3	5	26	15	4	2	1	14	5	2	1	4	12	10	11	15	LLDWLL		1-2
4	9	West Ham United	15	6	3	6	32	23	4	1	2	21	10	2	2	4	11	13	9	15	WDDLWW		2-1
4	10	Plymouth Argyle	14	6	3	5	20	17	5	2	0	13	3	1	1	5	7	14	3	15	WDDDLW		3-1
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	14	5	5	4	24	25	3	3	1	15	12	2	2	3	9	13	-1	15	WDDLDD		2-2
4	12	Luton Town	14	6	3	5	21	23	3	3	1	10	7	3	0	4	11	16	-2	15	DDWDWL		1-2
1	13	Burnley	15	5	5	5	19	23	5	1	2	13	11	0	4	3	6	12	-4	15	LWDLDD		1-1
5	14	Sheffield Wednesday	14	5	4	5	25	26	4	2	1	13	6	1	2	4	12	20	-1	14	WLDDLL		1-5
	15	Bury	14	4	5	5	19	22	3	2	2	14	11	1	3	3	5	11	-3	13	LDWWDL		1-3
2	16	Manchester City	14	5	2	7	29	33	3	0	4	17	19	2	2	3	12	14	-4	12	LDWLWW		2-1
1	17	Southampton	14	5	2	7	21	26	4	1	2	15	12	1	1	5	6	14	-5	12	LWDWWL		1-2
1	18	Chesterfield	14	5	2	7	14	20	4	0	2	9	7	1	2	5	5	13	-6	12	WLWLWD		1-1
1	19	Norwich City	14	5	0	9	19	26	5	0	3	17	11	0	0	6	2	15	-7	10	WWLLLW		3-1
1	20	Nottingham Forest	14	3	4	7	15	24	3	1	3	8	8	0	3	4	7	16	-9	10	LDLLDL		1-3
	21	Swansea Town	14	1	7	6	16	32	0	4	2	9	11	1	3	4	7	21	-16	9	LLLWLD		1-1
	22	Tranmere Rovers	14	3	1	10	17	32	3	1	3	11	7	0	0	7	6	25	-15	7	LLWLLL		1-3