The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 BURNLEY - Sat Dec 31, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 31, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Burnley
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 2-1

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

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: HT Wright
Attendance:: 11,456
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 14 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Huddersfield Town (FA Cup)
League:: Tottenham Hotspur
Burnley:: Dec 25, 1946

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1623 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 886 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1798 (of 5830)
Total:: 2672 (of 7635)
Played:: 87 years, 8 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Len Beaumont (38') - Len Beaumont last goal
Jack Fryer (39')

BURNLEY
Manager: Alf Boland
Prior form: LDLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Frank Rayner (11')
James Clayton (88')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Alan Todd
2	M	23	Bob McCall
3	D	24	John Munro
4	M	25	Thomas Clark
5	M	25	Robert Davies
6	M	23	George Pritty
7	M	20	John Getty
8	F	27	Jack Fryer (39')
9	M	23	Frank Hindley
10	F	26	Tom Peacock
11	F	23	Len Beaumont (38')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Alan Todd	18		4	1
2	M	23	Bob McCall	27		4	1
3	D	24	John Munro	76		4	1
4	M	25	Thomas Clark	7		4	1
5	M	25	Robert Davies	42		4	1
6	M	23	George Pritty	3		4	1
7	M	20	John Getty	12	2	7	3
8	F	27	Jack Fryer (39')	6	1	5	2
9	M	23	Frank Hindley	3	2	5	2
10	F	26	Tom Peacock	116	61	4	1
11	F	23	Len Beaumont (38')	20	2	4	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ted Adams
2	D	Alick Robinson
3	D	Jack Marshall
4	D	Frank Rayner
5	D	Arthur Woodruff
6	M	George Bray
7	M	Jack Billingham
8	M	Tommy Gardner
9	M	James Clayton
10	F	Peter Fisher
11	F	Ron Hornby

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 31, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Chesterfield
Coventry City	4-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham	1-0	Tranmere Rovers
Manchester City	5-1	Bradford Park Avenue
Millwall	1-1	Swansea Town
Newcastle United	0-0	Sheffield United
Norwich City	2-1	Luton Town
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Burnley
Sheffield Wednesday	1-4	West Ham United
Southampton	0-0	Bury
West Bromwich Albion	4-2	Plymouth Argyle

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	23	14	3	6	54	30	8	1	2	31	11	6	2	4	23	19	24	31	WWWDWW
2	Newcastle United	22	13	3	6	44	25	10	1	0	35	8	3	2	6	9	17	19	29	DLWWWW
3	Sheffield United	22	11	7	4	40	24	5	4	2	18	7	6	3	2	22	17	16	29	DWWLWD
4	West Bromwich Albion	22	12	2	8	57	45	9	0	1	32	14	3	2	7	25	31	12	26	WWWDLL
5	Coventry City	22	11	4	7	32	27	7	2	1	17	6	4	2	6	15	21	5	26	WWWLLW
6	Sheffield Wednesday	21	10	5	6	53	36	7	2	2	30	10	3	3	4	23	26	17	25	WLDWWW
7	Manchester City	22	11	3	8	59	46	7	0	4	33	23	4	3	4	26	23	13	25	WDWLWW
8	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	7	6	36	30	7	5	0	25	13	2	2	6	11	17	6	25	WWLDLW
9	Luton Town	22	11	3	8	42	37	6	3	2	20	13	5	0	6	22	24	5	25	LWLWWW
10	Fulham	22	9	6	7	35	30	6	3	1	20	9	3	3	6	15	21	5	24	DWLLLL
11	Chesterfield	22	9	5	8	37	33	8	1	2	30	13	1	4	6	7	20	4	23	WLWWDD
12	West Ham United	22	9	4	9	40	32	7	2	3	26	13	2	2	6	14	19	8	22	LWLLWD
13	Bradford Park Avenue	22	7	8	7	38	40	5	5	2	25	19	2	3	5	13	21	-2	22	LLDWDD
14	Burnley	23	8	6	9	28	34	8	2	2	19	13	0	4	7	9	21	-6	22	LDLWWL
15	Millwall	21	8	5	8	36	30	6	2	2	22	11	2	3	6	14	19	6	21	DLLWLD
16	Plymouth Argyle	22	8	4	10	25	29	5	3	3	13	7	3	1	7	12	22	-4	20	WDLLWL
17	Southampton	22	7	4	11	34	47	5	2	3	22	18	2	2	8	12	29	-13	18	LLWDLD
18	Bury	22	6	6	10	31	44	4	3	5	25	26	2	3	5	6	18	-13	18	DLWLLL
19	Swansea Town	21	3	9	9	25	44	2	5	4	17	19	1	4	5	8	25	-19	15	LLDLWW
20	Nottingham Forest	22	5	5	12	27	49	3	2	5	16	19	2	3	7	11	30	-22	15	WDLWLL
21	Norwich City	21	6	1	14	25	53	6	1	3	22	14	0	0	11	3	39	-28	13	DLWLLL
22	Tranmere Rovers	22	3	2	17	25	58	3	2	7	16	23	0	0	10	9	35	-33	8	LLLDLL

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	24	15	3	6	57	30	9	1	2	34	11	6	2	4	23	19	27	33	WWDWWW		3-0
	2	Newcastle United	23	13	4	6	44	25	10	2	0	35	8	3	2	6	9	17	19	30	LWWWWD		0-0
	3	Sheffield United	23	11	8	4	40	24	5	4	2	18	7	6	4	2	22	17	16	30	WWLWDD		0-0
1	4	Coventry City	23	12	4	7	36	27	8	2	1	21	6	4	2	6	15	21	9	28	WWLLWW		4-0
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	23	13	2	8	61	47	10	0	1	36	16	3	2	7	25	31	14	28	WWDLLW		4-2
1	6	Manchester City	23	12	3	8	64	47	8	0	4	38	24	4	3	4	26	23	17	27	DWLWWW		5-1
3	7	Fulham	23	10	6	7	36	30	7	3	1	21	9	3	3	6	15	21	6	26	WLLLLW		1-0
2	8	Sheffield Wednesday	22	10	5	7	54	40	7	2	3	31	14	3	3	4	23	26	14	25	LDWWWL		1-4
	9	Luton Town	23	11	3	9	43	39	6	3	2	20	13	5	0	7	23	26	4	25	WLWWWL		1-2
2	10	Tottenham Hotspur	23	9	7	7	36	34	7	5	0	25	13	2	2	7	11	21	2	25	WLDLWL		0-4
1	11	West Ham United	23	10	4	9	44	33	7	2	3	26	13	3	2	6	18	20	11	24	WLLWDW		4-1
1	12	Chesterfield	23	9	5	9	37	36	8	1	2	30	13	1	4	7	7	23	1	23	LWWDDL		0-3
1	13	Burnley	24	8	7	9	30	36	8	2	2	19	13	0	5	7	11	23	-6	23	DLWWLD		2-2
1	14	Millwall	22	8	6	8	37	31	6	3	2	23	12	2	3	6	14	19	6	22	LLWLDD		1-1
2	15	Bradford Park Avenue	23	7	8	8	39	45	5	5	2	25	19	2	3	6	14	26	-6	22	LDWDDL		1-5
	16	Plymouth Argyle	23	8	4	11	27	33	5	3	3	13	7	3	1	8	14	26	-6	20	DLLWLL		2-4
	17	Southampton	23	7	5	11	34	47	5	3	3	22	18	2	2	8	12	29	-13	19	LWDLDD		0-0
	18	Bury	23	6	7	10	31	44	4	3	5	25	26	2	4	5	6	18	-13	19	LWLLLD		0-0
	19	Swansea Town	22	3	10	9	26	45	2	5	4	17	19	1	5	5	9	26	-19	16	LDLWWD		1-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	23	5	6	12	29	51	3	3	5	18	21	2	3	7	11	30	-22	16	DLWLLD		2-2
	21	Norwich City	22	7	1	14	27	54	7	1	3	24	15	0	0	11	3	39	-27	15	LWLLLW		2-1
	22	Tranmere Rovers	23	3	2	18	25	59	3	2	7	16	23	0	0	11	9	36	-34	8	LLDLLL		0-1