The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 TRANMERE ROVERS - Sat Feb 04, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 04, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Tranmere Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: JE Mellor
Attendance:: 9,856
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Tranmere Rovers:: Dec 02, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1626 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 889 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1803 (of 5768)
Total:: 2677 (of 7557)
Played:: 86 years, 5 months, 14 days ago

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

Goals
Tom Peacock (23') - Tom Peacock last goal
Roy Brown (78')

TRANMERE ROVERS
Manager: Bill Ridding
Prior form: LLWLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Jim Cassidy (51')
Billy Eden (57')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Ashley Hunt	Debut
2	M	23	Bob McCall
3	D		Fred Stanley (1938-43)	Last game
4	D	33	Tommy Graham
5	M	23	George Pritty
6	M	25	Thomas Clark
7	M	20	John Getty
8	F	27	Gibson McNaughton
9	F	26	Harold Crawshaw
10	F	26	Tom Peacock (23')	Last game
11	F	21	Roy Brown (78')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Norman Lewis
2	D	Jack Kearns
3	D	Gwyn Jones
4	D	Ernie Davies
5	D	Edgar Walkden
6	M	George Flowers
7	M	Billy Eden
8	M	Jim Cassidy
9	M	Ted Buckley
10	F	Stan Docking
11	F	Jack Roy

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 04, 1939)

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

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	Status
	1	Sheffield United	27	12	11	4	46	29	5	7	2	22	11	7	4	2	24	18	1.58621	35	DDDDDW
	2	Blackburn Rovers	28	16	3	9	68	43	10	1	3	42	19	6	2	6	26	24	1.58140	35	WWLLWL
	3	Coventry City	25	14	4	7	43	28	9	2	1	26	7	5	2	6	17	21	1.53571	32	LLWWWW
	4	Newcastle United	26	13	5	8	44	28	10	2	1	35	9	3	3	7	9	19	1.57143	31	WWDLLD
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	25	13	5	7	63	43	7	2	3	31	14	6	3	4	32	29	1.46512	31	WWLWWW
	6	Fulham	25	12	6	7	42	31	8	3	1	22	9	4	3	6	20	22	1.35484	30	LLLWWW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	26	13	4	9	65	52	10	0	2	37	18	3	4	7	28	34	1.25000	30	LLWDDL
	8	Burnley	28	11	8	9	38	38	10	2	2	24	13	1	6	7	14	25	1.00000	30	LDDWWW
	9	Manchester City	25	13	3	9	67	52	9	0	4	41	26	4	3	5	26	26	1.28846	29	LWWWLW
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	25	10	8	7	42	37	8	6	0	31	16	2	2	7	11	21	1.13514	28	DLWLWD
	11	Luton Town	26	12	4	10	51	45	7	3	3	26	17	5	1	7	25	28	1.13333	28	WWLWLD
	12	Chesterfield	25	11	5	9	40	37	9	1	2	32	14	2	4	7	8	23	1.08108	27	WDDLWW
	13	West Ham United	25	10	6	9	46	35	7	3	3	26	13	3	3	6	20	22	1.31429	26	LWDWDD
	14	Millwall	25	8	8	9	40	35	6	3	2	23	12	2	5	7	17	23	1.14286	24	LDDDLD
	15	Bradford Park Avenue	27	8	8	11	46	58	6	5	3	27	24	2	3	8	19	34	.79310	24	DLLWLL
	16	Plymouth Argyle	25	9	5	11	33	38	5	4	3	15	9	4	1	8	18	29	.86842	23	LWLLWD
	17	Bury	27	7	9	11	38	47	5	4	5	31	27	2	5	6	7	20	.80851	23	LDDDWL
	18	Southampton	25	7	6	12	34	49	5	4	4	22	20	2	2	8	12	29	.69388	20	DLDDLD
	19	Swansea Town	25	4	10	11	28	48	3	5	5	19	21	1	5	6	9	27	.58333	18	WWDWLL
	20	Nottingham Forest	25	5	6	14	31	60	3	3	5	18	21	2	3	9	13	39	.51667	16	WLLDLL
	21	Norwich City	24	7	1	16	28	59	7	1	4	25	17	0	0	12	3	42	.47458	15	LLLWLL
	22	Tranmere Rovers	27	4	3	20	30	71	4	3	8	21	30	0	0	12	9	41	.42254	11	LLWLLD

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sheffield United	28	13	11	4	47	29	5	7	2	22	11	8	4	2	25	18	1.62069	37	DDDDWW		1-0
	2	Blackburn Rovers	29	17	3	9	71	44	11	1	3	45	20	6	2	6	26	24	1.61364	37	WLLWLW		3-1
	3	Coventry City	26	15	4	7	47	28	9	2	1	26	7	6	2	6	21	21	1.67857	34	LWWWWW		4-0
1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	26	14	5	7	65	43	8	2	3	33	14	6	3	4	32	29	1.51163	33	WLWWWW		2-0
1	5	Fulham	26	13	6	7	44	32	9	3	1	24	10	4	3	6	20	22	1.37500	32	LLWWWW		2-1
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	27	14	4	9	67	52	11	0	2	39	18	3	4	7	28	34	1.28846	32	LWDDLW		2-0
3	7	Newcastle United	27	13	5	9	44	32	10	2	2	35	13	3	3	7	9	19	1.37500	31	WDLLDL		0-4
2	8	Tottenham Hotspur	26	11	8	7	44	38	8	6	0	31	16	3	2	7	13	22	1.15789	30	LWLWDW		2-1
2	9	Luton Town	27	13	4	10	52	45	8	3	3	27	17	5	1	7	25	28	1.15556	30	WLWLDW		1-0
2	10	Burnley	29	11	8	10	38	39	10	2	2	24	13	1	6	8	14	26	.97436	30	DDWWWL		0-1
2	11	Manchester City	26	13	3	10	68	54	9	0	4	41	26	4	3	6	27	28	1.25926	29	WWWLWL		1-2
	12	Chesterfield	26	11	6	9	41	38	9	1	2	32	14	2	5	7	9	24	1.07895	28	DDLWWD		1-1
	13	West Ham United	26	10	7	9	47	36	7	4	3	27	14	3	3	6	20	22	1.30556	27	WDWDDD		1-1
3	14	Bury	28	8	9	11	42	47	6	4	5	35	27	2	5	6	7	20	.89362	25	DDDWLW		4-0
1	15	Millwall	26	8	8	10	41	38	6	3	2	23	12	2	5	8	18	26	1.07895	24	DDDLDL		1-3
1	16	Bradford Park Avenue	28	8	8	12	46	60	6	5	3	27	24	2	3	9	19	36	.76667	24	LLWLLL		0-2
1	17	Plymouth Argyle	26	9	5	12	33	39	5	4	4	15	10	4	1	8	18	29	.84615	23	WLLWDL		0-1
	18	Southampton	26	7	6	13	34	51	5	4	4	22	20	2	2	9	12	31	.66667	20	LDDLDL		0-2
	19	Swansea Town	26	4	10	12	28	52	3	5	5	19	21	1	5	7	9	31	.53846	18	WDWLLL		0-4
	20	Nottingham Forest	26	5	7	14	33	62	3	4	5	20	23	2	3	9	13	39	.53226	17	LLDLLD		2-2
	21	Norwich City	25	7	1	17	29	61	7	1	5	26	19	0	0	12	3	42	.47541	15	LLWLLL		1-2
	22	Tranmere Rovers	28	4	4	20	32	73	4	3	8	21	30	0	1	12	11	43	.43836	12	LWLLDD		2-2