The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BURNLEY - Thu Dec 26, 1946 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Thu Dec 26, 1946 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Burnley
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 (Won)

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: H Bryan
Attendance:: 31,484
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Burnley:: Sep 09, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1666 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 929 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1846 (of 5679)
Total:: 2981 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Roland 'Tot' Leverton - Roland 'Tot' Leverton first goal

BURNLEY
Manager: Cliff Britton
Prior form: DDWWDW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Reg Savage
2	D	Harry Brigham
3	M	Bob McCall
4	M	George Pritty
5	M	Ted Blagg
6	M	Frank Knight
7	F	Tom Johnson
8	F	Sailor Brown
9	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
10	F	Freddie Scott
11	F	Colin Lyman

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Thu Dec 26, 1946)

Home	Score	Away
Chesterfield	2-3	Millwall
Fulham	4-1	Newport County
Leicester City	2-1	Bradford Park Avenue
Luton Town	2-1	West Ham United
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Burnley
Plymouth Argyle	2-3	Manchester City
Sheffield Wednesday	2-5	Bury
Southampton	1-1	Barnsley
Swansea Town	1-0	Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion	3-2	Newcastle United

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Birmingham City	22	14	2	6	45	20	9	1	1	32	7	5	1	5	13	13	2.250	30	WWWWWW
	2	Burnley	21	10	9	2	30	17	6	5	1	18	9	4	4	1	12	8	1.765	29	DDWWDW
	3	Manchester City	20	11	6	3	44	20	7	3	0	29	10	4	3	3	15	10	2.200	28	WDWWDW
	4	Newcastle United	21	11	6	4	56	27	6	2	2	33	14	5	4	2	23	13	2.074	28	DLWWWL
	5	Chesterfield	20	9	8	3	25	16	4	4	1	11	6	5	4	2	14	10	1.563	26	WDWWLD
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	21	9	7	5	41	31	5	4	2	20	15	4	3	3	21	16	1.323	25	WDLWDL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	21	10	3	8	48	41	5	1	3	24	16	5	2	5	24	25	1.171	23	WLLLWW
	8	Leicester City	21	10	3	8	38	37	5	2	4	21	16	5	1	4	17	21	1.027	23	DDWLLW
	9	Plymouth Argyle	20	8	5	7	39	42	7	3	0	22	11	1	2	7	17	31	.929	21	LWLWLL
	10	Barnsley	22	8	5	9	45	52	6	2	4	27	20	2	3	5	18	32	.865	21	LLWLLD
	11	Southampton	20	7	6	7	38	36	6	3	0	25	10	1	3	7	13	26	1.056	20	LWDWLD
	12	Coventry City	21	6	8	7	27	28	5	6	0	14	7	1	2	7	13	21	.964	20	WLWLDW
	13	Luton Town	21	8	3	10	36	35	6	1	2	23	14	2	2	8	13	21	1.029	19	LWWLDL
	14	Bradford Park Avenue	20	6	6	8	30	32	4	2	5	12	12	2	4	3	18	20	.938	18	LWLLDL
	15	Fulham	19	7	4	8	34	41	5	1	2	19	13	2	3	6	15	28	.829	18	WLLLLL
	16	Nottingham Forest	19	6	4	9	29	34	5	2	3	19	11	1	2	6	10	23	.853	16	WLDDWL
	17	Bury	21	4	8	9	32	38	4	4	2	26	17	0	4	7	6	21	.842	16	DWLWLW
	18	West Ham United	19	7	2	10	28	38	4	2	3	13	16	3	0	7	15	22	.737	16	LLDLWW
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	21	5	4	12	37	49	4	2	4	19	15	1	2	8	18	34	.755	14	LWDWLL
	20	Swansea Town	20	5	4	11	30	45	4	1	5	19	24	1	3	6	11	21	.667	14	DWLLLL
	21	Millwall	20	5	4	11	25	43	4	3	5	19	23	1	1	6	6	20	.581	14	WLWLLD
	22	Newport County	20	5	1	14	33	68	4	0	7	25	34	1	1	7	8	34	.485	11	LWLLWW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Birmingham City	23	14	2	7	45	21	9	1	1	32	7	5	1	6	13	14	2.143	30	WWWWWL	0-1
1	2	Manchester City	21	12	6	3	47	22	7	3	0	29	10	5	3	3	18	12	2.136	30	DWWDWW	3-2
1	3	Burnley	22	10	9	3	30	18	6	5	1	18	9	4	4	2	12	9	1.667	29	DWWDWL	0-1
	4	Newcastle United	22	11	6	5	58	30	6	2	2	33	14	5	4	3	25	16	1.933	28	LWWWLL	2-3
	5	Chesterfield	21	9	8	4	27	19	4	4	2	13	9	5	4	2	14	10	1.421	26	DWWLDL	2-3
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	8	5	41	31	5	5	2	20	15	4	3	3	21	16	1.323	26	DLWDLD	0-0
	7	West Bromwich Albion	22	11	3	8	51	43	6	1	3	27	18	5	2	5	24	25	1.186	25	LLLWWW	3-2
	8	Leicester City	22	11	3	8	40	38	6	2	4	23	17	5	1	4	17	21	1.053	25	DWLLWW	2-1
1	9	Barnsley	23	8	6	9	46	53	6	2	4	27	20	2	4	5	19	33	.868	22	LWLLDD	1-1
3	10	Luton Town	22	9	3	10	38	36	7	1	2	25	15	2	2	8	13	21	1.056	21	WWLDLW	2-1
	11	Southampton	21	7	7	7	39	37	6	4	0	26	11	1	3	7	13	26	1.054	21	WDWLDD	1-1
	12	Coventry City	22	6	9	7	27	28	5	6	0	14	7	1	3	7	13	21	.964	21	LWLDWD	0-0
4	13	Plymouth Argyle	21	8	5	8	41	45	7	3	1	24	14	1	2	7	17	31	.911	21	WLWLLL	2-3
1	14	Fulham	20	8	4	8	38	42	6	1	2	23	14	2	3	6	15	28	.905	20	LLLLLW	4-1
2	15	Bury	22	5	8	9	37	40	4	4	2	26	17	1	4	7	11	23	.925	18	WLWLWW	5-2
2	16	Bradford Park Avenue	21	6	6	9	31	34	4	2	5	12	12	2	4	4	19	22	.912	18	WLLDLL	1-2
1	17	Nottingham Forest	20	7	4	9	30	34	6	2	3	20	11	1	2	6	10	23	.882	18	LDDWLW	1-0
	18	West Ham United	20	7	2	11	29	40	4	2	3	13	16	3	0	8	16	24	.725	16	LDLWWL	1-2
1	19	Swansea Town	21	6	4	11	31	45	5	1	5	20	24	1	3	6	11	21	.689	16	WLLLLW	1-0
1	20	Millwall	21	6	4	11	28	45	4	3	5	19	23	2	1	6	9	22	.622	16	LWLLDW	3-2
2	21	Sheffield Wednesday	22	5	4	13	39	54	4	2	5	21	20	1	2	8	18	34	.722	14	WDWLLL	2-5
	22	Newport County	21	5	1	15	34	72	4	0	7	25	34	1	1	8	9	38	.472	11	WLLWWL	1-4