The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 4 - 0 FOREST - Sat Oct 05, 1946 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 05, 1946 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Sports Argus - Saturday 05 October 1946

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: PW Porter
Attendance:: 35,093
League Week:: 8 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 18
Opp Before/After:: 14 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: May 10, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1653 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 916 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1833 (of 5790)
Total:: 2970 (of 7585)
Played:: 79 years, 2 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Harry Storer
Prior form: LLLDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bodle (10')
Trigg (74')
Edwards (81')
Edwards (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Griff Roberts
2	D	28	Frank Shufflebottom	Last game
3	M	30	Bob McCall
4	M	25	Eddie Barks
5	M	28	Ted Blagg
6	M	29	William Baxter	Last game
7	F	29	Freddie Scott
8	F	30	Sailor Brown
9	M	35	Frank O'Donnell
10	M	23	Noel Simpson
11	F	27	Tom Johnston

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Griff Roberts	2		7	1
2	D	28	Frank Shufflebottom	1		7	1
3	M	30	Bob McCall	56	1	7	1
4	M	25	Eddie Barks	10	1	7	1
5	M	28	Ted Blagg	4		7	1
6	M	29	William Baxter	17		14	3
7	F	29	Freddie Scott	5	1	7	1
8	F	30	Sailor Brown	7	4	7	1
9	M	35	Frank O'Donnell	7	5	7	1
10	M	23	Noel Simpson	5		7	1
11	F	27	Tom Johnston	10	4	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Merrick
2	D	Dearson
3	D	Hughes
4	D	Shaw
5	D	Turner
6	M	Mitchell
7	M	Mulraney
8	M	Dougall
9	M	Trigg
10	F	Bodle
11	F	Edwards

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 05, 1946)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	4-0	Nottingham Forest
Bury	0-2	Chesterfield
Fulham	3-2	Millwall
Luton Town	1-2	Leicester City
Newcastle United	13-0	Newport County
Plymouth Argyle	2-2	Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday	1-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Swansea Town	2-2	Barnsley
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Burnley
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Southampton
West Ham United	1-0	Manchester City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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