The City Ground

SHEFFIELD UNITED 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 24, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 24, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bramall Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: H Hartley
Attendance:: 19,933
League Week:: 20 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 2)
Sheffield United:: Oct 21, 1939

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1620 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 883 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1795 (of 5827)
Total:: 2669 (of 7632)
Played:: 87 years, 8 months, 9 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Frank Hindley (1') - Frank Hindley first goal

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: Teddy Davison
Prior form: DWWDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	M	22	Bob McCall
3	D	24	John Munro
4	M	25	Thomas Clark
5	M	25	Robert Davies
6	M	23	George Pritty	Debut
7	M	20	John Getty
8	F	27	Jack Fryer
9	M	23	Frank Hindley (1')
10	F	27	Jack Surtees
11	F	23	Len Beaumont

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Smith
2	D	Harry Hooper
3	D	Joe Carr
4	D	Ernie Jackson
5	D	Tom Johnson
6	M	Alf Settle
7	M	Harold Barton
8	M	Jimmy Hagan
9	M	Jock Dodds
10	F	Harry Hampson
11	F	George Jones

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 24, 1938)

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

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	Blackburn Rovers	20	12	2	6	48	27	7	1	2	30	11	5	1	4	18	16	21	26	WWLWWW
	2	Sheffield United	19	10	6	3	33	20	4	4	1	13	5	6	2	2	20	15	13	26	DWWDWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	20	12	2	6	54	39	9	0	1	32	14	3	2	5	22	25	15	26	WLWWWD
	4	Newcastle United	20	11	3	6	39	25	9	1	0	31	8	2	2	6	8	17	14	25	WLDLWW
	5	Fulham	20	9	6	5	34	24	6	3	1	20	9	3	3	4	14	15	10	24	LWDWLL
	6	Coventry City	19	10	4	5	29	24	7	2	0	16	4	3	2	5	13	20	5	24	WLWWWW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	19	8	6	5	34	28	6	4	0	23	12	2	2	5	11	16	6	22	DDDWWL
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	19	8	5	6	45	33	6	2	2	25	9	2	3	4	20	24	12	21	LWWLDW
	9	Manchester City	19	9	3	7	45	39	6	0	4	28	21	3	3	3	17	18	6	21	WWWWDW
	10	Millwall	19	8	4	7	36	27	6	2	2	22	11	2	2	5	14	16	9	20	LWDLLW
	11	West Ham United	20	8	3	9	39	32	6	1	3	25	13	2	2	6	14	19	7	19	WWLWLL
	12	Chesterfield	19	8	3	8	32	31	7	0	2	25	11	1	3	6	7	20	1	19	DWDWLW
	13	Luton Town	19	8	3	8	34	34	4	3	2	16	12	4	0	6	18	22	0	19	LWLLWL
	14	Plymouth Argyle	19	7	4	8	23	25	5	3	1	13	4	2	1	7	10	21	-2	18	WLLWDL
	15	Bradford Park Avenue	19	6	6	7	33	38	4	4	2	22	19	2	2	5	11	19	-5	18	DWLLLD
	16	Burnley	20	6	6	8	26	33	6	2	2	17	13	0	4	6	9	20	-7	18	DLWLDL
	17	Bury	19	6	6	7	27	36	4	3	3	21	19	2	3	4	6	17	-9	18	LLWDLW
	18	Southampton	19	7	2	10	30	39	5	1	3	20	16	2	1	7	10	23	-9	16	LLWLLW
	19	Nottingham Forest	19	4	5	10	24	44	3	2	4	14	15	1	3	6	10	29	-20	13	LLLWDL
	20	Norwich City	19	6	1	12	25	46	6	1	3	22	14	0	0	9	3	32	-21	13	WLDLWL
	21	Swansea Town	19	1	9	9	20	42	0	5	4	12	17	1	4	5	8	25	-22	11	DDLLDL
	22	Tranmere Rovers	19	3	1	15	19	43	3	1	6	12	13	0	0	9	7	30	-24	7	LLLLLL

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	Blackburn Rovers	21	12	3	6	49	28	7	1	2	30	11	5	2	4	19	17	21	27	WLWWWD		1-1
2	2	Newcastle United	21	12	3	6	40	25	9	1	0	31	8	3	2	6	9	17	15	27	LDLWWW		1-0
1	3	Sheffield United	20	10	6	4	33	21	4	4	2	13	6	6	2	2	20	15	12	26	WWDWWL		0-1
1	4	West Bromwich Albion	21	12	2	7	55	42	9	0	1	32	14	3	2	6	23	28	13	26	LWWWDL		1-3
	5	Fulham	21	9	6	6	34	25	6	3	1	20	9	3	3	5	14	16	9	24	WDWLLL		0-1
	6	Coventry City	20	10	4	6	29	25	7	2	0	16	4	3	2	6	13	21	4	24	LWWWWL		0-1
1	7	Sheffield Wednesday	20	9	5	6	48	35	6	2	2	25	9	3	3	4	23	26	13	23	WWLDWW		3-2
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	7	5	35	29	6	5	0	24	13	2	2	5	11	16	6	23	DDWWLD		1-1
2	9	West Ham United	21	9	3	9	40	32	7	1	3	26	13	2	2	6	14	19	8	21	WLWLLW		1-0
2	10	Chesterfield	20	9	3	8	35	31	8	0	2	28	11	1	3	6	7	20	4	21	WDWLWW		3-0
2	11	Manchester City	20	9	3	8	45	41	6	0	4	28	21	3	3	4	17	20	4	21	WWWDWL		0-2
1	12	Luton Town	20	9	3	8	37	35	5	3	2	19	13	4	0	6	18	22	2	21	WLLWLW		3-1
3	13	Millwall	20	8	4	8	36	30	6	2	2	22	11	2	2	6	14	19	6	20	WDLLWL		0-3
1	14	Bradford Park Avenue	20	7	6	7	36	38	5	4	2	25	19	2	2	5	11	19	-2	20	WLLLDW		3-0
1	15	Burnley	21	7	6	8	27	33	7	2	2	18	13	0	4	6	9	20	-6	20	LWLDLW		1-0
2	16	Plymouth Argyle	20	7	4	9	23	26	5	3	2	13	5	2	1	7	10	21	-3	18	LLWDLL		0-1
	17	Bury	20	6	6	8	29	39	4	3	4	23	22	2	3	4	6	17	-10	18	LWDLWL		2-3
	18	Southampton	20	7	3	10	31	40	5	1	3	20	16	2	2	7	11	24	-9	17	LWLLWD		1-1
	19	Nottingham Forest	20	5	5	10	25	44	3	2	4	14	15	2	3	6	11	29	-19	15	LLWDLW		1-0
1	20	Swansea Town	20	2	9	9	22	42	1	5	4	14	17	1	4	5	8	25	-20	13	DLLDLW		2-0
1	21	Norwich City	20	6	1	13	25	49	6	1	3	22	14	0	0	10	3	35	-24	13	LDLWLL		0-3
	22	Tranmere Rovers	20	3	2	15	20	44	3	2	6	13	14	0	0	9	7	30	-24	8	LLLLLD		1-1