The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BURY - Sat Feb 25, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 25, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: H Berry
Attendance:: 9,748
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 16 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Dec 21, 1946

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1630 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 893 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1807 (of 5824)
Total:: 2681 (of 7629)
Played:: 87 years, 6 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Surtees (89')

BURY
Manager: Charlie Dean
Prior form: DWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Reg Halton (23') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	D	25	Reg Trim
3	D	24	John Munro
4	M	23	George Pritty
5	D	33	Tommy Graham
6	M	25	Thomas Clark
7	F	24	Len Beaumont
8	F	27	Jack Fryer
9	M	23	Frank Hindley	Last game
10	F	27	Jack Surtees (89')
11	F	21	Roy Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Bradshaw
2	D	Les Hart
3	D	Viv Aston
4	D	Jack Watson
5	D	George Matthewson
6	M	Reg Halton
7	M	Fred Roberts
8	M	George Davies
9	M	John McNeill
10	F	Peter Dougal
11	F	Bob Hulbert

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 25, 1939)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	2-0	Millwall
Coventry City	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Luton Town	6-3	Swansea Town
Newcastle United	2-0	West Ham United
Norwich City	2-0	Chesterfield
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Bury
Plymouth Argyle	4-1	Bradford Park Avenue
Sheffield United	1-0	Manchester City
Southampton	2-1	Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur	4-3	Blackburn Rovers
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Tranmere Rovers

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

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	31	18	3	10	75	48	12	1	3	46	20	6	2	7	29	28	27	39	LWLWWL		3-4
	2	Sheffield United	30	14	11	5	48	33	6	7	2	23	11	8	4	3	25	22	15	39	DDWWLW		1-0
1	3	Coventry City	29	16	5	8	49	34	10	3	1	28	8	6	2	7	21	26	15	37	WWWDLW		1-0
1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	28	15	5	8	67	44	9	2	3	35	14	6	3	5	32	30	23	35	WWWWWL		0-1
1	5	Newcastle United	30	15	5	10	49	34	11	2	2	37	13	4	3	8	12	21	15	35	LDLLWW		2-0
1	6	Fulham	29	14	7	8	47	35	10	3	1	25	10	4	4	7	22	25	12	35	WWWDWL		1-2
	7	West Bromwich Albion	30	15	5	10	71	56	12	0	2	41	18	3	5	8	30	38	15	35	DLWDLW		2-0
1	8	Luton Town	30	15	4	11	60	50	9	3	3	33	20	6	1	8	27	30	10	34	LDWWLW		6-3
1	9	Burnley	32	13	8	11	41	40	12	2	2	27	13	1	6	9	14	27	1	34	WWLWLW		2-0
2	10	Chesterfield	29	13	6	10	47	41	11	1	2	38	15	2	5	8	9	26	6	32	WWDWWL		0-2
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	29	12	8	9	48	43	9	6	1	35	20	3	2	8	13	23	5	32	WDWLLW		4-3
	12	West Ham United	29	11	7	11	54	41	8	4	3	32	14	3	3	8	22	27	13	29	DDDLWL		0-2
	13	Manchester City	28	13	3	12	69	58	9	0	5	42	29	4	3	7	27	29	11	29	WLWLLL		0-1
2	14	Bury	31	9	10	12	50	51	7	4	5	40	27	2	6	7	10	24	-1	28	WLWLWD		1-1
1	15	Bradford Park Avenue	31	10	8	13	52	67	8	5	3	32	27	2	3	10	20	40	-15	28	LLLWWL		1-4
1	16	Millwall	29	9	9	11	46	41	7	4	2	28	13	2	5	9	18	28	5	27	LDLDWL		0-2
	17	Plymouth Argyle	29	11	5	13	40	42	6	4	4	19	11	5	1	9	21	31	-2	27	WDLLWW		4-1
	18	Southampton	30	10	6	14	41	55	7	4	4	27	22	3	2	10	14	33	-14	26	DLWWLW		2-1
	19	Swansea Town	29	5	10	14	34	61	4	5	6	22	24	1	5	8	12	37	-27	20	LLLWLL		3-6
	20	Nottingham Forest	30	6	8	16	36	70	4	5	6	23	26	2	3	10	13	44	-34	20	LDLWLD		1-1
	21	Norwich City	28	9	1	18	33	64	8	1	5	28	19	1	0	13	5	45	-31	19	LLLLWW		2-0
	22	Tranmere Rovers	31	4	4	23	32	81	4	3	9	21	33	0	1	14	11	48	-49	12	LDDLLL		0-2