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MILLWALL 4 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 15, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 15, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Millwall
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Old Den
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: GL Iliffe
Attendance:: 22,108
Pos Before/After:: 14 16
Opp Before/After:: 21 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Manchester City (League Tier 2)
Millwall:: Sep 13, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1674 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 937 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1858 (of 5768)
Total:: 2996 (of 7556)
Played:: 78 years, 3 months, 27 days ago

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

Goals

MILLWALL
Manager: Jack Cock
Prior form: WLLDLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Johnson (25')
Woodward (68')
Osman (69')
Jinks (78')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Reg Savage
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	31	Bob McCall
4	M	32	George Pritty
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	Tom Johnston

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Purdie
2	D	Brolly
3	D	Tyler
4	D	Bradley
5	D	McMillen
6	M	Kelly
7	M	Johnson
8	M	Woodward
9	M	Jinks
10	F	Williams
11	F	Osman

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 15, 1947)

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

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	Status
	1	Manchester City	28	18	7	3	59	25	11	3	0	36	10	7	4	3	23	15	2.36000	43	WWWWWD
	2	Burnley	29	15	11	3	42	19	9	6	1	24	9	6	5	2	18	10	2.21053	41	WDWWDW
	3	Birmingham City	29	17	3	9	52	25	12	2	2	39	10	5	1	7	13	15	2.08000	37	WLLWWD
	4	Newcastle United	29	15	6	8	69	41	9	2	4	42	21	6	4	4	27	20	1.68293	36	WWWLWL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	30	11	10	9	48	41	7	6	2	26	17	4	4	7	22	24	1.17073	32	LWLDLD
	6	Leicester City	28	14	4	10	51	47	7	3	4	28	18	7	1	6	23	29	1.08511	32	LWWWLD
	7	Chesterfield	27	10	11	6	32	27	5	4	3	17	11	5	7	3	15	16	1.18519	31	DWLLDD
	8	West Bromwich Albion	27	13	5	9	57	49	7	3	3	32	22	6	2	6	25	27	1.16327	31	WWLDDW
	9	Luton Town	29	12	5	12	51	48	9	2	3	34	22	3	3	9	17	26	1.06250	29	WLWLDW
	10	Southampton	30	11	7	12	58	58	8	4	2	37	18	3	3	10	21	40	1.00000	29	LWLWLW
	11	Plymouth Argyle	29	12	5	12	61	64	10	3	2	37	19	2	2	10	24	45	.95313	29	WLWWWL
	12	Bury	30	9	9	12	60	58	8	5	3	48	30	1	4	9	12	28	1.03448	27	WWLLWD
	13	West Ham United	28	11	5	12	46	47	8	3	3	29	18	3	2	9	17	29	.97872	27	LWDDWW
	14	Nottingham Forest	27	10	6	11	47	45	8	2	3	28	12	2	4	8	19	33	1.04444	26	LWWLDD
	15	Coventry City	28	8	10	10	38	39	6	7	1	21	11	2	3	9	17	28	.97436	26	LWWDLL
	16	Fulham	26	10	6	10	46	52	8	2	2	30	17	2	4	8	16	35	.88462	26	WLLWDD
	17	Barnsley	28	9	7	12	55	66	6	2	5	27	22	3	5	7	28	44	.83333	25	DLLWLD
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	27	7	10	10	37	42	4	5	5	13	13	3	5	5	24	29	.88095	24	DLWDDD
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	30	7	7	16	52	67	6	4	6	32	26	1	3	10	20	41	.77612	21	LLWLWD
	20	Swansea Town	29	7	5	17	40	60	6	1	8	27	31	1	4	9	13	29	.66667	19	DLLWLL
	21	Millwall	27	7	5	15	32	55	4	4	6	19	24	3	1	9	13	31	.58182	19	WLLDLL
	22	Newport County	27	5	2	20	40	98	4	0	8	27	39	1	2	12	13	59	.40816	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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Manchester City	29	19	7	3	60	25	12	3	0	37	10	7	4	3	23	15	2.40000	45	WWWWDW	Safe	1-0
	2	Burnley	30	16	11	3	45	20	9	6	1	24	9	7	5	2	21	11	2.25000	43	DWWDWW		3-1
	3	Birmingham City	30	17	3	10	52	26	12	2	2	39	10	5	1	8	13	16	2.00000	37	LLWWDL		0-1
	4	Newcastle United	29	15	6	8	69	41	9	2	4	42	21	6	4	4	27	20	1.68293	36	WWWLWL
1	5	Leicester City	29	15	4	10	54	47	8	3	4	31	18	7	1	6	23	29	1.14894	34	WWWLDW		3-0
1	6	Tottenham Hotspur	30	11	10	9	48	41	7	6	2	26	17	4	4	7	22	24	1.17073	32	LWLDLD
	7	Chesterfield	27	10	11	6	32	27	5	4	3	17	11	5	7	3	15	16	1.18519	31	DWLLDD
	8	West Bromwich Albion	28	13	5	10	59	52	7	3	3	32	22	6	2	7	27	30	1.13462	31	WLDDWL		2-3
2	9	Plymouth Argyle	30	13	5	12	64	66	11	3	2	40	21	2	2	10	24	45	.96970	31	LWWWLW		3-2
1	10	Luton Town	30	12	5	13	52	51	9	2	4	35	25	3	3	9	17	26	1.01961	29	LWLDWL		1-3
1	11	Southampton	30	11	7	12	58	58	8	4	2	37	18	3	3	10	21	40	1.00000	29	LWLWLW
1	12	West Ham United	29	12	5	12	49	49	9	3	3	32	20	3	2	9	17	29	1.00000	29	WDDWWW		3-2
3	13	Fulham	27	11	6	10	49	52	9	2	2	33	17	2	4	8	16	35	.94231	28	LLWDDW		3-0
2	14	Bury	30	9	9	12	60	58	8	5	3	48	30	1	4	9	12	28	1.03448	27	WWLLWD
3	15	Bradford Park Avenue	28	8	10	10	42	43	5	5	5	18	14	3	5	5	24	29	.97674	26	LWDDDW		5-1
2	16	Nottingham Forest	28	10	6	12	47	49	8	2	3	28	12	2	4	9	19	37	.95918	26	WWLDDL		0-4
2	17	Coventry City	29	8	10	11	39	44	6	7	1	21	11	2	3	10	18	33	.88636	26	WWDLLL		1-5
1	18	Barnsley	29	9	7	13	57	69	6	2	5	27	22	3	5	8	30	47	.82609	25	LLWLDL		2-3
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	30	7	7	16	52	67	6	4	6	32	26	1	3	10	20	41	.77612	21	LLWLWD
1	20	Millwall	28	8	5	15	36	55	5	4	6	23	24	3	1	9	13	31	.65455	21	LLDLLW		4-0
1	21	Swansea Town	30	7	5	18	40	63	6	1	8	27	31	1	4	10	13	32	.63492	19	LLWLLL		0-3
	22	Newport County	28	5	2	21	40	101	4	0	8	27	39	1	2	13	13	62	.39604	12	LLDLLL		0-3

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