The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Fri Apr 07, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Apr 07, 1939 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: WE Ross-Gower
Attendance:: 21,712
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 6 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bradford Park Avenue (League Tier 2)
West Bromwich Albion:: Apr 10, 1939

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1636 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 899 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1813 (of 5829)
Total:: 2687 (of 7634)
Played:: 87 years, 5 months, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Surtees (18')
Jack Fryer (21')

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Fred Everiss
Prior form: WDWLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Percy Ashton
2	D	25	Reg Trim
3	D	24	John Munro
4	M	24	George Pritty
5	M	25	Robert Davies
6	M	25	Thomas Clark
7	F	24	Len Beaumont
8	F	27	Jack Fryer (21')
9	M	23	Bob McCall
10	F	27	Jack Surtees (18')
11	F	21	Roy Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Adams
2	D	Harold White
3	D	Cecil Shaw
4	D	Jack Sankey
5	D	Billy Tudor
6	M	Sandy McNab
7	M	Billy 'Ginger' Richardson
8	M	Ike Clarke
9	M	Dick Pike
10	F	Walter Robbins
11	F	Joe Johnson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Apr 07, 1939)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	2-3	Sheffield United
Bury	1-5	Manchester City
Chesterfield	2-0	Newcastle United
Fulham	2-3	Blackburn Rovers
Luton Town	6-2	Southampton
Millwall	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	2-0	West Bromwich Albion
Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Plymouth Argyle
Tranmere Rovers	2-0	Swansea Town
West Ham United	0-2	Bradford Park Avenue

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	36	22	4	10	86	52	15	1	3	54	22	7	3	7	32	30	34	48	LWWWDW	Safe
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	34	18	7	9	77	50	12	3	3	42	16	6	4	6	35	34	27	43	WLWDDW	Safe
	3	Newcastle United	37	17	9	11	57	41	12	3	3	41	17	5	6	8	16	24	16	43	WWDDDD	Safe
	4	Sheffield United	35	15	12	8	51	37	7	7	3	26	13	8	5	5	25	24	14	42	WLLLWD	Safe
	5	Chesterfield	35	17	8	10	56	43	14	1	2	45	16	3	7	8	11	27	13	42	WDWDWW	Safe
	6	West Bromwich Albion	35	17	6	12	84	64	14	0	2	50	18	3	6	10	34	46	20	40	WDWLWL	Safe
	7	Coventry City	34	17	6	11	51	39	10	3	3	28	10	7	3	8	23	29	12	40	WLLDLW	Safe
	8	Luton Town	35	18	4	13	67	57	11	3	3	38	21	7	1	10	29	36	10	40	WWLWWL	Safe
	9	Fulham	34	15	9	10	52	42	11	4	2	29	13	4	5	8	23	29	10	39	LLDDLW	Safe
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	35	15	9	11	57	49	10	6	2	40	23	5	3	9	17	26	8	39	WWLDWL	Safe
	11	Manchester City	34	17	4	13	82	67	11	1	5	50	33	6	3	8	32	34	15	38	DWLWWW	Safe
	12	Burnley	37	14	9	14	45	47	12	3	3	28	15	2	6	11	17	32	-2	37	WLDLLW
	13	West Ham United	35	13	9	13	62	46	8	5	5	32	17	5	4	8	30	29	16	35	LWLDWD
	14	Millwall	36	11	12	13	57	49	9	6	3	38	17	2	6	10	19	32	8	34	DWDLLD
	15	Bury	36	11	10	15	57	62	9	4	6	46	30	2	6	9	11	32	-5	32	DWLLLW
	16	Southampton	35	12	8	15	50	62	8	5	4	31	25	4	3	11	19	37	-12	32	WDDLWW
	17	Plymouth Argyle	34	12	7	15	42	48	6	6	4	19	11	6	1	11	23	37	-6	31	WWDLDL
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	36	10	10	16	54	73	8	6	5	32	30	2	4	11	22	43	-19	30	LLDDLL
	19	Swansea Town	34	8	10	16	42	68	6	5	7	28	27	2	5	9	14	41	-26	26	LWWWLL
	20	Nottingham Forest	35	7	9	19	42	78	5	6	6	27	27	2	3	13	15	51	-36	23	DLDLWL
	21	Norwich City	34	10	3	21	41	83	8	3	6	33	28	2	0	15	8	55	-42	23	LLDWDL
	22	Tranmere Rovers	36	5	5	26	35	90	5	4	10	24	37	0	1	16	11	53	-55	15	LDLWLL

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	37	23	4	10	89	54	15	1	3	54	22	8	3	7	35	32	35	50	WWWDWW	Safe	3-2
2	2	Sheffield United	36	16	12	8	54	39	7	7	3	26	13	9	5	5	28	26	15	44	LLLWDW	Safe	3-2
2	3	Chesterfield	36	18	8	10	58	43	15	1	2	47	16	3	7	8	11	27	15	44	DWDWWW	Safe	2-0
2	4	Sheffield Wednesday	35	18	7	10	77	52	12	3	3	42	16	6	4	7	35	36	25	43	LWDDWL	Safe	0-2
2	5	Newcastle United	38	17	9	12	57	43	12	3	3	41	17	5	6	9	16	26	14	43	WDDDDL	Safe	0-2
2	6	Luton Town	36	19	4	13	73	59	12	3	3	44	23	7	1	10	29	36	14	42	WLWWLW	Safe	6-2
3	7	Tottenham Hotspur	36	16	9	11	58	49	11	6	2	41	23	5	3	9	17	26	9	41	WLDWLW	Safe	1-0
1	8	Coventry City	34	17	6	11	51	39	10	3	3	28	10	7	3	8	23	29	12	40	WLLDLW	Safe
2	9	Manchester City	35	18	4	13	87	68	11	1	5	50	33	7	3	8	37	35	19	40	WLWWWW	Safe	5-1
4	10	West Bromwich Albion	36	17	6	13	84	66	14	0	2	50	18	3	6	11	34	48	18	40	DWLWLL	Safe	0-2
2	11	Fulham	35	15	9	11	54	45	11	4	3	31	16	4	5	8	23	29	9	39	LDDLWL	Safe	2-3
	12	Burnley	38	14	9	15	47	50	12	3	4	30	18	2	6	11	17	32	-3	37	LDLLWL		2-3
1	13	Millwall	37	12	12	13	59	49	10	6	3	40	17	2	6	10	19	32	10	36	WDLLDW		2-0
1	14	West Ham United	36	13	9	14	62	48	8	5	6	32	19	5	4	8	30	29	14	35	WLDWDL		0-2
	15	Bury	37	11	10	16	58	67	9	4	7	47	35	2	6	9	11	32	-9	32	WLLLWL		1-5
2	16	Bradford Park Avenue	37	11	10	16	56	73	8	6	5	32	30	3	4	11	24	43	-17	32	LDDLLW		2-0
1	17	Southampton	36	12	8	16	52	68	8	5	4	31	25	4	3	12	21	43	-16	32	DDLWWL		2-6
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	35	12	7	16	42	49	6	6	4	19	11	6	1	12	23	38	-7	31	WDLDLL		0-1
	19	Swansea Town	35	8	10	17	42	70	6	5	7	28	27	2	5	10	14	43	-28	26	WWWLLL		0-2
	20	Nottingham Forest	36	8	9	19	44	78	6	6	6	29	27	2	3	13	15	51	-34	25	LDLWLW		2-0
	21	Norwich City	34	10	3	21	41	83	8	3	6	33	28	2	0	15	8	55	-42	23	LLDWDL
	22	Tranmere Rovers	37	6	5	26	37	90	6	4	10	26	37	0	1	16	11	53	-53	17	DLWLLW		2-0