The City Ground

SWANSEA TOWN 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 04, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 04, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vetch Field
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: FJ Lowe
Attendance:: 9,002
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 19 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Jan 26, 1946

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1631 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 894 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1808 (of 5829)
Total:: 2682 (of 7634)
Played:: 87 years, 6 months, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Neil Harris
Prior form: LLLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Bamford (34')

Lineup


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

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roy John
2	D	Gordon Davies
3	D	Len Emmanuel
4	D	Bill Imrie
5	D	Phil Tabram
6	M	Joe Lloyd
7	M	Sydney Chedgzoy
8	M	Joe Meek
9	M	Tommy Bamford
10	F	Tommy Olsen
11	F	Jack Connor

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

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

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

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
	2	Sheffield United	31	14	11	6	48	34	6	7	2	23	11	8	4	4	25	23	14	39	DWWLWL		0-1
1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	29	16	5	8	68	44	10	2	3	36	14	6	3	5	32	30	24	37	WWWWLW		1-0
1	4	Newcastle United	32	16	5	11	50	35	11	2	3	37	14	5	3	8	13	21	15	37	LLWWLW		1-0
2	5	Coventry City	30	16	5	9	49	37	10	3	1	28	8	6	2	8	21	29	12	37	WWDLWL		0-3
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	31	15	6	10	74	59	12	0	2	41	18	3	6	8	33	41	15	36	LWDLWD		3-3
2	7	Tottenham Hotspur	31	14	8	9	51	43	9	6	1	35	20	5	2	8	16	23	8	36	WLLWWW		2-0
2	8	Fulham	30	14	7	9	48	37	10	3	2	26	12	4	4	7	22	25	11	35	WWDWLL		1-2
2	9	Chesterfield	30	14	6	10	50	41	12	1	2	41	15	2	5	8	9	26	9	34	WDWWLW		3-0
2	10	Luton Town	30	15	4	11	60	50	9	3	3	33	20	6	1	8	27	30	10	34	LDWWLW
1	11	Burnley	33	13	8	12	41	41	12	2	2	27	13	1	6	10	14	28	0	34	WLWLWL		0-1
1	12	Manchester City	29	13	4	12	72	61	9	1	5	45	32	4	3	7	27	29	11	30	LWLLLD		3-3
1	13	Bury	32	10	10	12	51	51	8	4	5	41	27	2	6	7	10	24	0	30	LWLWDW		1-0
2	14	Millwall	30	10	9	11	52	41	8	4	2	34	13	2	5	9	18	28	11	29	DLDWLW		6-0
3	15	West Ham United	30	11	7	12	54	43	8	4	4	32	16	3	3	8	22	27	11	29	DDLWLL		0-2
1	16	Plymouth Argyle	30	12	5	13	42	43	6	4	4	19	11	6	1	9	23	32	-1	29	DLLWWW		2-1
2	17	Bradford Park Avenue	32	10	8	14	52	68	8	5	4	32	28	2	3	10	20	40	-16	28	LLWWLL		0-1
	18	Southampton	31	10	7	14	42	56	7	4	4	27	22	3	3	10	15	34	-14	27	LWWLWD		1-1
	19	Swansea Town	30	6	10	14	35	61	5	5	6	23	24	1	5	8	12	37	-26	22	LLWLLW		1-0
	20	Nottingham Forest	31	6	8	17	36	71	4	5	6	23	26	2	3	11	13	45	-35	20	DLWLDL		0-1
	21	Norwich City	29	9	1	19	33	70	8	1	5	28	19	1	0	14	5	51	-37	19	LLLWWL		0-6
	22	Tranmere Rovers	32	4	5	23	33	82	4	4	9	22	34	0	1	14	11	48	-49	13	DDLLLD		1-1