The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 CHESTERFIELD - Sat Apr 22, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 22, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chesterfield
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
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:: C Booth
Attendance:: 14,587
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 7 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Chesterfield:: Jan 06, 1940

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1640 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 903 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1817 (of 5828)
Total:: 2691 (of 7633)
Played:: 87 years, 4 months, 19 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

CHESTERFIELD
Manager: Norman Bullock
Prior form: DWWWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tom Lyon (44')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Percy Ashton
2	D	25	Reg Trim
3	D	24	John Munro
4	D	34	Tommy Graham
5	M	25	Robert Davies
6	M	25	Thomas Clark
7	F	24	Len Beaumont
8	F	27	Jack Fryer
9	M	23	Bob McCall
10	F	27	Jack Surtees
11	F	21	Roy Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ray Middleton
2	D	George Milburn
3	D	Billy Kidd
4	D	Walter McMillen
5	D	Jack Seagrave
6	M	Eric Weightman
7	M	Jack Hughes
8	M	Tom Lyon
9	M	Dudley Milligan
10	F	Peter Ramage
11	F	Charlie Luke

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 22, 1939)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Coventry City	2-0	Tranmere Rovers
Luton Town	0-0	Millwall
Newcastle United	1-2	Swansea Town
Norwich City	0-0	Manchester City
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Chesterfield
Plymouth Argyle	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United	2-0	Fulham
Southampton	0-2	West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspur	4-3	Bury
West Bromwich Albion	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	40	25	4	11	94	59	17	1	3	59	23	8	3	8	35	36	35	54	DWWLWW	Safe
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	39	19	10	10	84	57	13	4	3	46	18	6	6	7	38	39	27	48	WLDWDD	Safe
	3	Luton Town	39	22	4	13	81	61	13	3	3	46	24	9	1	10	35	37	20	48	WLWWWW	Safe
	4	Sheffield United	38	17	13	8	58	40	7	8	3	27	14	10	5	5	31	26	18	47	LWDWDW	Safe
	5	Coventry City	38	19	7	12	57	41	12	3	3	33	10	7	4	9	24	31	16	45	LWWDWL	Safe
	6	Manchester City	38	20	5	13	91	68	12	2	5	52	33	8	3	8	39	35	23	45	WWWWDW	Safe
	7	Chesterfield	38	18	9	11	61	47	15	1	3	48	18	3	8	8	13	29	14	45	DWWWDL	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	39	18	9	12	62	52	12	6	2	44	24	6	3	10	18	28	10	45	WLWWWL	Safe
	9	Newcastle United	40	17	10	13	58	46	12	3	4	41	19	5	7	9	17	27	12	44	DDDLLD	Safe
	10	West Bromwich Albion	40	17	9	14	85	68	14	3	2	50	18	3	6	12	35	50	17	43	LLDDLD	Safe
	11	Fulham	39	16	10	13	59	51	12	5	3	34	18	4	5	10	25	33	8	42	WLLLWD	Safe
	12	West Ham United	39	15	9	15	66	51	9	5	6	34	20	6	4	9	32	31	15	39	WDLLWW	Safe
	13	Millwall	40	13	13	14	62	52	11	6	3	42	17	2	7	11	20	35	10	39	LDWDLW	Safe
	14	Burnley	40	15	9	16	48	52	13	3	4	31	18	2	6	12	17	34	-4	39	LLWLWL	Safe
	15	Bury	40	11	13	16	60	69	9	5	7	48	36	2	8	9	12	33	-9	35	LWLDDD
	16	Southampton	39	12	9	18	54	77	8	6	5	33	31	4	3	13	21	46	-23	33	WWLDLL
	17	Plymouth Argyle	38	12	8	18	44	53	6	7	5	20	13	6	1	13	24	40	-9	32	DLLDLL
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	40	11	10	19	57	80	8	6	7	33	35	3	4	12	24	45	-23	32	LLWLLL
	19	Swansea Town	39	10	11	18	45	74	8	5	7	31	28	2	6	11	14	46	-29	31	LLLWWD
	20	Nottingham Forest	39	9	11	19	47	79	7	6	6	31	27	2	5	13	16	52	-32	29	WLWWDD
	21	Norwich City	38	12	4	22	47	86	9	4	6	38	29	3	0	16	9	57	-39	28	DLWDLW
	22	Tranmere Rovers	40	6	5	29	38	95	6	4	11	26	38	0	1	18	12	57	-57	17	LLWLLL	Relegated

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	41	25	4	12	94	60	17	1	3	59	23	8	3	9	35	37	34	54	WWLWWL	Safe	0-1
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	40	20	10	10	86	58	13	4	3	46	18	7	6	7	40	40	28	50	LDWDDW	Safe	2-1
1	3	Sheffield United	39	18	13	8	60	40	8	8	3	29	14	10	5	5	31	26	20	49	WDWDWW	Safe	2-0
1	4	Luton Town	40	22	5	13	81	61	13	4	3	46	24	9	1	10	35	37	20	49	LWWWWD	Safe	0-0
	5	Coventry City	39	20	7	12	59	41	13	3	3	35	10	7	4	9	24	31	18	47	WWDWLW	Safe	2-0
1	6	Chesterfield	39	19	9	11	62	47	15	1	3	48	18	4	8	8	14	29	15	47	WWWDLW	Safe	1-0
1	7	Tottenham Hotspur	40	19	9	12	66	55	13	6	2	48	27	6	3	10	18	28	11	47	LWWWLW	Safe	4-3
2	8	Manchester City	39	20	6	13	91	68	12	2	5	52	33	8	4	8	39	35	23	46	WWWDWD	Safe	0-0
	9	Newcastle United	41	17	10	14	59	48	12	3	5	42	21	5	7	9	17	27	11	44	DDLLDL	Safe	1-2
	10	West Bromwich Albion	41	17	9	15	85	70	14	3	3	50	20	3	6	12	35	50	15	43	LDDLDL	Safe	0-2
	11	Fulham	40	16	10	14	59	53	12	5	3	34	18	4	5	11	25	35	6	42	LLLWDL	Safe	0-2
	12	West Ham United	40	16	9	15	68	51	9	5	6	34	20	7	4	9	34	31	17	41	DLLWWW	Safe	2-0
	13	Millwall	41	13	14	14	62	52	11	6	3	42	17	2	8	11	20	35	10	40	DWDLWD	Safe	0-0
	14	Burnley	41	15	9	17	49	54	13	3	5	32	20	2	6	12	17	34	-5	39	LWLWLL	Safe	1-2
	15	Bury	41	11	13	17	63	73	9	5	7	48	36	2	8	10	15	37	-10	35	WLDDDL	Safe	3-4
1	16	Plymouth Argyle	39	13	8	18	45	53	7	7	5	21	13	6	1	13	24	40	-8	34	LLDLLW	Safe	1-0
1	17	Bradford Park Avenue	41	12	10	19	59	80	8	6	7	33	35	4	4	12	26	45	-21	34	LWLLLW	Safe	2-0
2	18	Southampton	40	12	9	19	54	79	8	6	6	33	33	4	3	13	21	46	-25	33	WLDLLL		0-2
	19	Swansea Town	40	11	11	18	47	75	8	5	7	31	28	3	6	11	16	47	-28	33	LLWWDW		2-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	40	9	11	20	47	80	7	6	7	31	28	2	5	13	16	52	-33	29	LWWDDL		0-1
	21	Norwich City	39	12	5	22	47	86	9	5	6	38	29	3	0	16	9	57	-39	29	LWDLWD		0-0
	22	Tranmere Rovers	41	6	5	30	38	97	6	4	11	26	38	0	1	19	12	59	-59	17	LWLLLL	Relegated	0-2