The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 MILLWALL - Sat Mar 25, 1939 (League Tier 2)

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

Sources:: Sports Of Yore (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: RK Warburton
Attendance:: 10,336
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 20
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester City (League Tier 2)
Millwall:: Sep 08, 1945

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1634 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 897 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1811 (of 5827)
Total:: 2685 (of 7632)
Played:: 87 years, 5 months, 7 days ago

Review
According to sportsofyore.com, George Pritty was sent off after coming to blows with JR Smith of Millwall

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: WLDLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Roy Brown (11') - Roy Brown last goal
Jack Surtees (58')
Bob McCall (65') - Bob McCall only goal

MILLWALL
Manager: Charlie Hewitt
Prior form: WLWDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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 80
5	D	34	Tommy Graham
6	M	25	Thomas Clark
7	F	24	Len Beaumont
8	F	27	Jack Fryer
9	M	23	Bob McCall (65')
10	F	27	Jack Surtees (58')
11	F	21	Roy Brown (11')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton	176		7	1
2	D	25	Reg Trim	63		7	1
3	D	24	John Munro	88		7	1
4	M	24	George Pritty 80	15		7	1
5	D	34	Tommy Graham	386	7	7	1
6	M	25	Thomas Clark	20		7	1
7	F	24	Len Beaumont	28	3	7	1
8	F	27	Jack Fryer	15	4	7	1
9	M	23	Bob McCall (65')	35		7	1
10	F	27	Jack Surtees (58')	86	20	7	1
11	F	21	Roy Brown (11')	47	6	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Duncan Yuill
2	D	Isaac Lea
3	D	Ted Smith
4	D	Tom Brolly
5	D	Ted Chiverton
6	M	Jimmy Forsyth
7	M	Fred Fisher
8	M	Benny Fenton
9	M	Jimmy Richardson
10	F	Reg Smith 85
11	F	Harry Osman

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

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

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	34	21	3	10	81	50	14	1	3	51	22	7	2	7	30	28	31	45	WWLWWW	Safe
2	Newcastle United	35	17	7	11	54	38	12	2	3	39	15	5	5	8	15	23	16	41	WLWWDD	Safe
3	Sheffield Wednesday	32	17	6	9	71	47	11	3	3	38	15	6	3	6	33	32	24	40	WLWLWD	Safe
4	Sheffield United	33	14	11	8	49	37	6	7	3	24	13	8	4	5	25	24	12	39	WLWLLL
5	West Bromwich Albion	33	16	6	11	81	61	13	0	2	47	18	3	6	9	34	43	20	38	DLWDWL
6	Coventry City	32	16	6	10	49	38	10	3	2	28	9	6	3	8	21	29	11	38	DLWLLD
7	Chesterfield	33	15	8	10	51	41	13	1	2	42	15	2	7	8	9	26	10	38	WLWDWD
8	Luton Town	33	17	4	12	64	52	10	3	3	36	20	7	1	9	28	32	12	38	WLWWLW
9	Fulham	32	14	9	9	50	39	10	4	2	27	13	4	5	7	23	26	11	37	DWLLDD
10	Tottenham Hotspur	33	14	9	10	53	46	9	6	2	37	23	5	3	8	16	23	7	37	LWWWLD
11	Burnley	35	13	9	13	41	45	12	3	2	27	13	1	6	11	14	32	-4	35	WLWLDL
12	Manchester City	32	15	4	13	78	67	10	1	5	47	33	5	3	8	31	34	11	34	LLDWLW
13	Millwall	33	11	11	11	56	43	9	5	2	37	14	2	6	9	19	29	13	33	WLWDWD
14	West Ham United	32	12	7	13	60	46	8	4	5	32	17	4	3	8	28	29	14	31	LWLLWL
15	Plymouth Argyle	32	12	6	14	42	45	6	5	4	19	11	6	1	10	23	34	-3	30	LWWWDL
16	Bury	34	10	10	14	53	60	8	4	6	43	30	2	6	8	10	30	-7	30	LWDWLL
17	Bradford Park Avenue	34	10	10	14	52	68	8	6	4	32	28	2	4	10	20	40	-16	30	WWLLDD
18	Southampton	33	10	8	15	44	59	7	5	4	28	23	3	3	11	16	36	-15	28	WLWDDL
19	Swansea Town	32	8	10	14	41	62	6	5	6	27	24	2	5	8	14	38	-21	26	WLLWWW
20	Norwich City	32	10	2	20	39	79	8	2	6	31	26	2	0	14	8	53	-40	22	WWLLDW
21	Nottingham Forest	33	6	9	18	39	75	4	6	6	24	27	2	3	12	15	48	-36	21	WLDLDL
22	Tranmere Rovers	34	5	5	24	35	85	5	4	9	24	34	0	1	15	11	51	-50	15	LLLDLW

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	35	21	4	10	83	52	14	1	3	51	22	7	3	7	32	30	31	46	WLWWWD	Safe	2-2
	2	Newcastle United	36	17	8	11	56	40	12	3	3	41	17	5	5	8	15	23	16	42	LWWDDD	Safe	2-2
	3	Sheffield Wednesday	33	17	7	9	73	49	11	3	3	38	15	6	4	6	35	34	24	41	LWLWDD	Safe	2-2
	4	Sheffield United	34	15	11	8	51	37	7	7	3	26	13	8	4	5	25	24	14	41	LWLLLW	Safe	2-0
	5	West Bromwich Albion	34	17	6	11	84	61	14	0	2	50	18	3	6	9	34	43	23	40	LWDWLW	Safe	3-0
1	6	Chesterfield	34	16	8	10	53	42	13	1	2	42	15	3	7	8	11	27	11	40	LWDWDW	Safe	2-1
1	7	Luton Town	34	18	4	12	66	53	11	3	3	38	21	7	1	9	28	32	13	40	LWWLWW	Safe	2-1
2	8	Tottenham Hotspur	34	15	9	10	56	46	10	6	2	40	23	5	3	8	16	23	10	39	WWWLDW		3-0
3	9	Coventry City	33	16	6	11	49	39	10	3	3	28	10	6	3	8	21	29	10	38	LWLLDL		0-1
1	10	Fulham	33	14	9	10	50	42	10	4	2	27	13	4	5	8	23	29	8	37	WLLDDL		0-3
1	11	Manchester City	33	16	4	13	79	67	10	1	5	47	33	6	3	8	32	34	12	36	LDWLWW		1-0
1	12	Burnley	36	13	9	14	42	47	12	3	3	28	15	1	6	11	14	32	-5	35	LWLDLL		1-2
	13	Millwall	34	11	11	12	56	46	9	5	2	37	14	2	6	10	19	32	10	33	LWDWDL		0-3
	14	West Ham United	33	12	8	13	60	46	8	4	5	32	17	4	4	8	28	29	14	32	WLLWLD		0-0
	15	Plymouth Argyle	33	12	7	14	42	45	6	6	4	19	11	6	1	10	23	34	-3	31	WWWDLD		0-0
	16	Bury	35	10	10	15	54	62	8	4	6	43	30	2	6	9	11	32	-8	30	WDWLLL		1-2
1	17	Southampton	34	11	8	15	47	61	8	5	4	31	25	3	3	11	16	36	-14	30	LWDDLW		3-2
1	18	Bradford Park Avenue	35	10	10	15	54	71	8	6	4	32	28	2	4	11	22	43	-17	30	WLLDDL		2-3
	19	Swansea Town	33	8	10	15	41	65	6	5	6	27	24	2	5	9	14	41	-24	26	LLWWWL		0-3
1	20	Nottingham Forest	34	7	9	18	42	75	5	6	6	27	27	2	3	12	15	48	-33	23	LDLDLW		3-0
1	21	Norwich City	33	10	3	20	41	81	8	3	6	33	28	2	0	14	8	53	-40	23	WLLDWD		2-2
	22	Tranmere Rovers	35	5	5	25	35	87	5	4	9	24	34	0	1	16	11	53	-52	15	LLDLWL		0-2