The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 01, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 01, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: G Sunderland
Attendance:: 26,156
Pos Before/After:: 14 14
Opp Before/After:: 8 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Millwall (League Tier 2)
Leicester City:: Oct 11, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1673 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 936 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1857 (of 5679)
Total:: 2992 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Eddie Barks

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Johnny Duncan
Prior form: WLWWWL (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	Freddie Scott
8	F	Sailor Brown
9	M	Eddie Barks
10	F	Jack Edwards
11	F	Tom Johnson

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Mar 01, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	4-4	Barnsley
Fulham	2-2	Manchester City
Leicester City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Plymouth Argyle	2-3	Southampton
Sheffield Wednesday	5-1	Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United	3-0	Swansea Town

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	Manchester City	27	18	6	3	57	23	11	3	0	36	10	7	3	3	21	13	2.478	42	WWWWWW
	2	Burnley	29	15	11	3	42	19	9	6	1	24	9	6	5	2	18	10	2.211	41	WDWWDW
	3	Birmingham City	29	17	3	9	52	25	12	2	2	39	10	5	1	7	13	15	2.080	37	WLLWWD
	4	Newcastle United	29	15	6	8	69	41	9	2	4	42	21	6	4	4	27	20	1.683	36	WWWLWL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	28	11	9	8	46	35	7	5	2	25	16	4	4	6	21	19	1.314	31	LWLWLD
	6	Chesterfield	27	10	11	6	32	27	5	4	3	17	11	5	7	3	15	16	1.185	31	DWLLDD
	7	West Bromwich Albion	27	13	5	9	57	49	7	3	3	32	22	6	2	6	25	27	1.163	31	WWLDDW
	8	Leicester City	27	14	3	10	50	46	7	2	4	27	17	7	1	6	23	29	1.087	31	WLWWWL
	9	Luton Town	29	12	5	12	51	48	9	2	3	34	22	3	3	9	17	26	1.063	29	WLWLDW
	10	Plymouth Argyle	28	12	5	11	59	61	10	3	1	35	16	2	2	10	24	45	.967	29	LWLWWW
	11	Southampton	29	10	7	12	55	56	8	4	2	37	18	2	3	10	18	38	.982	27	LLWLWL
	12	Bury	29	9	8	12	56	54	8	4	3	44	26	1	4	9	12	28	1.037	26	WWWLLW
	13	Coventry City	28	8	10	10	38	39	6	7	1	21	11	2	3	9	17	28	.974	26	LWWDLL
	14	Nottingham Forest	26	10	5	11	46	44	8	2	3	28	12	2	3	8	18	32	1.045	25	WLWWLD
	15	West Ham United	27	10	5	12	43	47	7	3	3	26	18	3	2	9	17	29	.915	25	DLWDDW
	16	Fulham	24	10	4	10	43	49	8	1	2	28	15	2	3	8	15	34	.878	24	LWWLLW
	17	Barnsley	27	9	6	12	51	62	6	2	5	27	22	3	4	7	24	40	.823	24	DDLLWL
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	26	7	9	10	36	41	4	4	5	12	12	3	5	5	24	29	.878	23	LDLWDD
	19	Swansea Town	28	7	5	16	40	57	6	1	8	27	31	1	4	8	13	26	.702	19	LDLLWL
	20	Millwall	27	7	5	15	32	55	4	4	6	19	24	3	1	9	13	31	.582	19	WLLDLL
	21	Sheffield Wednesday	28	6	6	16	46	65	5	4	6	27	25	1	2	10	19	40	.708	18	DDLLWL
	22	Newport County	27	5	2	20	40	98	4	0	8	27	39	1	2	12	13	59	.408	12	LLLDLL

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	Manchester City	28	18	7	3	59	25	11	3	0	36	10	7	4	3	23	15	2.360	43	WWWWWD	2-2
	2	Burnley	29	15	11	3	42	19	9	6	1	24	9	6	5	2	18	10	2.211	41	WDWWDW
	3	Birmingham City	29	17	3	9	52	25	12	2	2	39	10	5	1	7	13	15	2.080	37	WLLWWD
	4	Newcastle United	29	15	6	8	69	41	9	2	4	42	21	6	4	4	27	20	1.683	36	WWWLWL
3	5	Leicester City	28	14	4	10	51	47	7	3	4	28	18	7	1	6	23	29	1.085	32	LWWWLD	1-1
	6	Chesterfield	27	10	11	6	32	27	5	4	3	17	11	5	7	3	15	16	1.185	31	DWLLDD
2	7	Tottenham Hotspur	29	11	9	9	47	40	7	5	2	25	16	4	4	7	22	24	1.175	31	WLWLDL	1-5
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	27	13	5	9	57	49	7	3	3	32	22	6	2	6	25	27	1.163	31	WWLDDW
	9	Luton Town	29	12	5	12	51	48	9	2	3	34	22	3	3	9	17	26	1.063	29	WLWLDW
1	10	Southampton	30	11	7	12	58	58	8	4	2	37	18	3	3	10	21	40	1.000	29	LWLWLW	3-2
1	11	Plymouth Argyle	29	12	5	12	61	64	10	3	2	37	19	2	2	10	24	45	.953	29	WLWWWL	2-3
	12	Bury	30	9	9	12	60	58	8	5	3	48	30	1	4	9	12	28	1.034	27	WWLLWD	4-4
2	13	West Ham United	28	11	5	12	46	47	8	3	3	29	18	3	2	9	17	29	.979	27	LWDDWW	3-0
	14	Nottingham Forest	27	10	6	11	47	45	8	2	3	28	12	2	4	8	19	33	1.044	26	LWWLDD	1-1
2	15	Coventry City	28	8	10	10	38	39	6	7	1	21	11	2	3	9	17	28	.974	26	LWWDLL
	16	Fulham	25	10	5	10	45	51	8	2	2	30	17	2	3	8	15	34	.882	25	WWLLWD	2-2
	17	Barnsley	28	9	7	12	55	66	6	2	5	27	22	3	5	7	28	44	.833	25	DLLWLD	4-4
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	26	7	9	10	36	41	4	4	5	12	12	3	5	5	24	29	.878	23	LDLWDD
2	19	Sheffield Wednesday	29	7	6	16	51	66	6	4	6	32	26	1	2	10	19	40	.773	20	DLLWLW	5-1
1	20	Swansea Town	29	7	5	17	40	60	6	1	8	27	31	1	4	9	13	29	.667	19	DLLWLL	0-3
1	21	Millwall	27	7	5	15	32	55	4	4	6	19	24	3	1	9	13	31	.582	19	WLLDLL
	22	Newport County	27	5	2	20	40	98	4	0	8	27	39	1	2	12	13	59	.408	12	LLLDLL