The City Ground

WEST HAM UNITED 5 - 0 FOREST - Sat Feb 18, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 18, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Upton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-5 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: H Hartley
Attendance:: 15,472
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 13 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
West Ham United:: Mar 09, 1946

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1629 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 892 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1806 (of 5824)
Total:: 2680 (of 7629)
Played:: 87 years, 6 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Charlie Paynter
Prior form: DWDDDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Benny Fenton (10')
Len Goulden (19')
Benny Fenton (77')
Archibald Macaulay (83')
Joseph Stanley Foxall (86')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	M	23	Bob McCall
3	D	24	John Munro
4	M	23	George Pritty
5	D	33	Tommy Graham
6	M	25	Thomas Clark
7	M	20	John Getty
8	F	27	Jack Fryer
9	F	27	Harold Crawshaw
10	F	27	Jack Surtees
11	F	21	Roy Brown

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton	171		3	1
2	M	23	Bob McCall	32		14	3
3	D	24	John Munro	83		3	1
4	M	23	George Pritty	10		3	1
5	D	33	Tommy Graham	381	7	3	1
6	M	25	Thomas Clark	15		3	1
7	M	20	John Getty	16	2	3	1
8	F	27	Jack Fryer	10	3	3	1
9	F	27	Harold Crawshaw	20	9	3	1
10	F	27	Jack Surtees	81	18	3	1
11	F	21	Roy Brown	42	5	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Harry Medhurst
2	2	Charlie Bicknell
3	3	Charlie Walker
4	4	Charlie Turner
5	5	Richard Walker
6	6	Joe Cockroft
7	7	Joseph Stanley Foxall
8	8	Benny Fenton
9	9	Archibald Macaulay
10	10	Len Goulden
11	11	John Morton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 18, 1939)

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

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	Sheffield United	28	13	11	4	47	29	5	7	2	22	11	8	4	2	25	18	18	37	DDDDWW
2	Blackburn Rovers	29	17	3	9	71	44	11	1	3	45	20	6	2	6	26	24	27	37	WLLWLW
3	Coventry City	27	15	5	7	48	29	9	3	1	27	8	6	2	6	21	21	19	35	WWWWWD
4	Sheffield Wednesday	26	14	5	7	65	43	8	2	3	33	14	6	3	4	32	29	22	33	WLWWWW
5	Fulham	27	13	7	7	45	33	9	3	1	24	10	4	4	6	21	23	12	33	LWWWWD
6	West Bromwich Albion	28	14	5	9	68	53	11	0	2	39	18	3	5	7	29	35	15	33	WDDLWD
7	Luton Town	28	14	4	10	53	45	8	3	3	27	17	6	1	7	26	28	8	32	LWLDWW
8	Burnley	30	12	8	10	39	39	11	2	2	25	13	1	6	8	14	26	0	32	DWWWLW
9	Newcastle United	28	13	5	10	44	34	10	2	2	35	13	3	3	8	9	21	10	31	DLLDLL
10	Chesterfield	27	12	6	9	44	38	10	1	2	35	14	2	5	7	9	24	6	30	DLWWDW
11	Tottenham Hotspur	27	11	8	8	44	39	8	6	1	31	17	3	2	7	13	22	5	30	WLWDWL
12	Manchester City	26	13	3	10	68	54	9	0	4	41	26	4	3	6	27	28	14	29	WWWLWL
13	West Ham United	27	10	7	10	49	39	7	4	3	27	14	3	3	7	22	25	10	27	DWDDDL
14	Bradford Park Avenue	29	9	8	12	49	62	7	5	3	30	26	2	3	9	19	36	-13	26	LWLLLW
15	Millwall	27	8	9	10	42	39	6	4	2	24	13	2	5	8	18	26	3	25	DDLDLD
16	Bury	29	8	9	12	44	50	6	4	5	35	27	2	5	7	9	23	-6	25	DDWLWL
17	Southampton	28	9	6	13	39	52	6	4	4	25	21	3	2	9	14	31	-13	24	DLDLWW
18	Plymouth Argyle	27	9	5	13	33	40	5	4	4	15	10	4	1	9	18	30	-7	23	LLWDLL
19	Swansea Town	27	5	10	12	31	54	4	5	5	22	23	1	5	7	9	31	-23	20	DWLLLW
20	Nottingham Forest	28	6	7	15	35	64	4	4	6	22	25	2	3	9	13	39	-29	19	DLLDLW
21	Norwich City	26	7	1	18	30	64	7	1	5	26	19	0	0	13	4	45	-34	15	LWLLLL
22	Tranmere Rovers	29	4	4	21	32	76	4	3	8	21	30	0	1	13	11	46	-44	12	WLLDDL

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	Blackburn Rovers	30	18	3	9	72	44	12	1	3	46	20	6	2	6	26	24	28	39	LLWLWW		1-0
1	2	Sheffield United	29	13	11	5	47	33	5	7	2	22	11	8	4	3	25	22	14	37	DDDWWL		0-4
1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	27	15	5	7	67	43	9	2	3	35	14	6	3	4	32	29	24	35	LWWWWW		2-0
1	4	Coventry City	28	15	5	8	48	34	9	3	1	27	8	6	2	7	21	26	14	35	WWWWDL		0-5
	5	Fulham	28	14	7	7	46	33	10	3	1	25	10	4	4	6	21	23	13	35	WWWWDW		1-0
3	6	Newcastle United	29	14	5	10	47	34	10	2	2	35	13	4	3	8	12	21	13	33	LLDLLW		3-0
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	29	14	5	10	69	56	11	0	2	39	18	3	5	8	30	38	13	33	DDLWDL		1-3
2	8	Chesterfield	28	13	6	9	47	39	11	1	2	38	15	2	5	7	9	24	8	32	LWWDWW		3-1
2	9	Luton Town	29	14	4	11	54	47	8	3	3	27	17	6	1	8	27	30	7	32	WLDWWL		1-2
2	10	Burnley	31	12	8	11	39	40	11	2	2	25	13	1	6	9	14	27	-1	32	WWWLWL		0-1
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	28	11	8	9	44	40	8	6	1	31	17	3	2	8	13	23	4	30	LWDWLL		0-1
1	12	West Ham United	28	11	7	10	54	39	8	4	3	32	14	3	3	7	22	25	15	29	WDDDLW		5-0
1	13	Manchester City	27	13	3	11	69	57	9	0	5	42	29	4	3	6	27	28	12	29	WWLWLL		1-3
	14	Bradford Park Avenue	30	10	8	12	51	63	8	5	3	32	27	2	3	9	19	36	-12	28	WLLLWW		2-1
	15	Millwall	28	9	9	10	46	39	7	4	2	28	13	2	5	8	18	26	7	27	DLDLDW		4-0
	16	Bury	30	9	9	12	49	50	7	4	5	40	27	2	5	7	9	23	-1	27	DWLWLW		5-0
1	17	Plymouth Argyle	28	10	5	13	36	41	5	4	4	15	10	5	1	9	21	31	-5	25	LWDLLW		3-1
1	18	Southampton	29	9	6	14	39	54	6	4	4	25	21	3	2	10	14	33	-15	24	LDLWWL		0-2
	19	Swansea Town	28	5	10	13	31	55	4	5	6	22	24	1	5	7	9	31	-24	20	WLLLWL		0-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	29	6	7	16	35	69	4	4	6	22	25	2	3	10	13	44	-34	19	LLDLWL		0-5
	21	Norwich City	27	8	1	18	31	64	7	1	5	26	19	1	0	13	5	45	-33	17	WLLLLW		1-0
	22	Tranmere Rovers	30	4	4	22	32	79	4	3	9	21	33	0	1	13	11	46	-47	12	LLDDLL		0-3