The City Ground

BRADFORD PARK AVENUE 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Nov 16, 1946 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 16, 1946 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bradford Park Avenue
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Horton Park Avenue
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 16 November 1946

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: J Ward
Attendance:: 16,034
League Week:: 14 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 16
Opp Before/After:: 11 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester City (League Tier 2)
Bradford Park Avenue:: Jun 14, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1659 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 922 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1839 (of 5829)
Total:: 2977 (of 7634)
Played:: 79 years, 10 months, 5 days ago

Review
The Nottingahm Evening Post reported that we wore white shirts with a red hoop to avoid a clash. Wow!

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

Goal Scorers
Tom Johnston (29')

BRADFORD PARK AVENUE
Manager: Fred Emery
Prior form: WLWDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Reg Savage
2	D	31	Harry Brigham
3	D	20	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	31	George Pritty
5	M	28	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight	Debut
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	32	Colin Lyman
11	F	27	Tom Johnston (29')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Farr
2	D	Stephen
3	D	Farrell
4	D	McTaff
5	D	Danskin
6	M	White
7	M	Smith
8	M	Downie
9	M	Horsman
10	F	Gibbons
11	F	Donaldson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 16, 1946)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Bury	3-3	Swansea Town
Chesterfield	2-0	Newport County
Fulham	0-3	Newcastle United
Leicester City	6-0	Barnsley
Luton Town	3-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City	1-0	Coventry City
Millwall	3-1	Southampton
Plymouth Argyle	2-2	Burnley
Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United	0-4	Birmingham City

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	Newcastle United	14	7	5	2	38	13	4	1	1	25	6	3	4	1	13	7	25	19	WDLWWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	14	7	5	2	26	16	4	3	1	12	7	3	2	1	14	9	10	19	WWDWDW
	3	Burnley	14	7	5	2	21	15	4	3	1	12	9	3	2	1	9	6	6	19	DWWWDD
	4	Fulham	14	7	4	3	31	26	5	1	0	19	9	2	3	3	12	17	5	18	WWWLDW
	5	Barnsley	15	7	4	4	34	29	5	1	2	18	11	2	3	2	16	18	5	18	DLLWLL
	6	Manchester City	13	6	4	3	29	15	4	2	0	18	5	2	2	3	11	10	14	16	LWDLWL
	7	Chesterfield	13	5	6	2	14	9	2	3	1	8	6	3	3	1	6	3	5	16	WWLDDD
	8	Birmingham City	15	7	2	6	22	16	5	1	1	17	4	2	1	5	5	12	6	16	WDWWLW
	9	West Bromwich Albion	14	7	2	5	30	26	3	1	2	13	11	4	1	3	17	15	4	16	WDWDLL
	10	Plymouth Argyle	13	6	4	3	26	23	5	2	0	16	7	1	2	3	10	16	3	16	DLWLWW
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	13	5	5	3	21	18	3	2	2	9	7	2	3	1	12	11	3	15	WLWDWD
	12	Leicester City	14	7	1	6	21	24	4	1	3	12	11	3	0	3	9	13	-3	15	WWWLWW
	13	Southampton	14	5	4	5	25	21	4	3	0	18	6	1	1	5	7	15	4	14	DDWWLD
	14	Coventry City	14	3	7	4	19	20	2	5	0	8	5	1	2	4	11	15	-1	13	DDLDWD
	15	Luton Town	14	5	2	7	25	22	4	1	1	15	6	1	1	6	10	16	3	12	LLDWWD
	16	West Ham United	13	5	1	7	19	24	3	1	2	9	9	2	0	5	10	15	-5	11	WLDLLW
	17	Swansea Town	14	4	3	7	20	32	3	1	4	14	20	1	2	3	6	12	-12	11	DWDWLL
	18	Nottingham Forest	13	4	2	7	22	26	4	1	2	15	8	0	1	5	7	18	-4	10	LDLWDL
	19	Millwall	14	3	3	8	17	31	2	2	4	12	17	1	1	4	5	14	-14	9	WWLLLW
	20	Bury	14	1	6	7	19	27	1	3	2	14	12	0	3	5	5	15	-8	8	LLLLDL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	14	3	2	9	20	32	2	1	4	10	11	1	1	5	10	21	-12	8	LLLLWL
	22	Newport County	14	2	1	11	21	55	1	0	6	14	25	1	1	5	7	30	-34	5	LWLLLL

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	Newcastle United	15	8	5	2	41	13	4	1	1	25	6	4	4	1	16	7	28	21	DLWWWW		3-0
1	2	Burnley	15	7	6	2	23	17	4	3	1	12	9	3	3	1	11	8	6	20	WWWDDD		2-2
1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	15	7	5	3	28	19	4	3	1	12	7	3	2	2	16	12	9	19	WDWDWL		2-3
2	4	Manchester City	14	7	4	3	30	15	5	2	0	19	5	2	2	3	11	10	15	18	WDLWLW		1-0
2	5	Chesterfield	14	6	6	2	16	9	3	3	1	10	6	3	3	1	6	3	7	18	WLDDDW		2-0
2	6	Birmingham City	16	8	2	6	26	16	5	1	1	17	4	3	1	5	9	12	10	18	DWWLWW		4-0
3	7	Fulham	15	7	4	4	31	29	5	1	1	19	12	2	3	3	12	17	2	18	WWLDWL		0-3
3	8	Barnsley	16	7	4	5	34	35	5	1	2	18	11	2	3	3	16	24	-1	18	LLWLLL		0-6
	9	West Bromwich Albion	15	7	3	5	32	28	3	1	2	13	11	4	2	3	19	17	4	17	DWDLLD		2-2
2	10	Leicester City	15	8	1	6	27	24	5	1	3	18	11	3	0	3	9	13	3	17	WWLWWW		6-0
1	11	Plymouth Argyle	14	6	5	3	28	25	5	3	0	18	9	1	2	3	10	16	3	17	LWLWWD		2-2
1	12	Bradford Park Avenue	14	5	5	4	21	19	3	2	3	9	8	2	3	1	12	11	2	15	LWDWDL		0-1
2	13	Luton Town	15	6	2	7	28	24	5	1	1	18	8	1	1	6	10	16	4	14	LDWWDW		3-2
1	14	Southampton	15	5	4	6	26	24	4	3	0	18	6	1	1	6	8	18	2	14	DWWLDL		1-3
1	15	Coventry City	15	3	7	5	19	21	2	5	0	8	5	1	2	5	11	16	-2	13	DLDWDL		0-1
2	16	Nottingham Forest	14	5	2	7	23	26	4	1	2	15	8	1	1	5	8	18	-3	12	DLWDLW		1-0
	17	Swansea Town	15	4	4	7	23	35	3	1	4	14	20	1	3	3	9	15	-12	12	WDWLLD		3-3
2	18	West Ham United	14	5	1	8	19	28	3	1	3	9	13	2	0	5	10	15	-9	11	LDLLWL		0-4
	19	Millwall	15	4	3	8	20	32	3	2	4	15	18	1	1	4	5	14	-12	11	WLLLWW		3-1
	20	Bury	15	1	7	7	22	30	1	4	2	17	15	0	3	5	5	15	-8	9	LLLDLD		3-3
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	15	3	3	9	22	34	2	2	4	12	13	1	1	5	10	21	-12	9	LLLWLD		2-2
	22	Newport County	15	2	1	12	21	57	1	0	6	14	25	1	1	6	7	32	-36	5	WLLLLL		0-2