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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 - 0 FOREST - Fri Apr 04, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Apr 04, 1947 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Tottenham Hotspur
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: White Hart Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Journal - Saturday 05 April 1947

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: FC Green
Attendance:: 29,176
Pos Before/After:: 18 19
Opp Before/After:: 5 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Tottenham Hotspur:: Apr 07, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1676 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 939 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1860 (of 5768)
Total:: 2998 (of 7556)
Played:: 78 years, 3 months, 2 days ago

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

Goals

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Manager: Joe Hulme
Prior form: LDLDWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Ron Burgess
Charlie Rundle

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Reg Savage
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	31	Bob McCall
4	M	25	Eddie Barks
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	32	George Pritty
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	M	22	Alfred Gunn	Last game
10	F	28	Tom Johnston
11	F	33	Colin Lyman

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ted Ditchburn
2	D	Arthur Willis
3	D	Vic Buckingham
4	D	George Ludford
5	D	Bill Nicholson
6	M	Ron Burgess
7	M	Freddie Cox
8	M	Les Bennett
9	M	Charlie Rundle
10	F	George Foreman
11	F	Les Stevens

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Apr 04, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-1	Newport County
Burnley	1-0	Southampton
Bury	4-0	West Ham United
Chesterfield	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
Manchester City	2-0	Luton Town
Millwall	1-0	Leicester City
Newcastle United	2-2	Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Nottingham Forest

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	31	20	8	3	63	27	13	3	0	39	11	7	5	3	24	16	2.33333	48	WWDWDW	Safe
	2	Burnley	31	17	11	3	47	21	10	6	1	26	10	7	5	2	21	11	2.23810	45	WWDWWW	Safe
	3	Birmingham City	32	18	3	11	55	27	13	2	2	42	10	5	1	9	13	17	2.03704	39	WWDLWL
	4	Newcastle United	30	15	6	9	70	44	9	2	5	43	24	6	4	4	27	20	1.59091	36	WWLWLL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	32	13	10	9	54	45	8	6	2	28	18	5	4	7	26	27	1.20000	36	LDLDWW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	30	15	5	10	62	53	8	3	3	34	23	7	2	7	28	30	1.16981	35	DDWLWW
	7	Leicester City	30	15	4	11	54	48	8	3	4	31	18	7	1	7	23	30	1.12500	34	WWLDWL
	8	Chesterfield	29	11	11	7	34	31	6	4	3	19	12	5	7	4	15	19	1.09677	33	LLDDLW
	9	Luton Town	32	13	5	14	56	53	10	2	4	38	25	3	3	10	18	28	1.05660	31	LDWLLW
	10	Southampton	32	12	7	13	62	62	8	4	3	38	20	4	3	10	24	42	1.00000	31	LWLWLW
	11	Plymouth Argyle	32	13	5	14	68	72	11	3	3	43	25	2	2	11	25	47	.94444	31	WWLWLL
	12	Fulham	29	12	6	11	52	54	9	2	3	33	18	3	4	8	19	36	.96296	30	WDDWWL
	13	West Ham United	31	12	5	14	50	54	9	3	4	33	22	3	2	10	17	32	.92593	29	DWWWLL
	14	Coventry City	31	9	11	11	42	46	6	8	1	22	12	3	3	10	20	34	.91304	29	DLLLDW
	15	Bury	31	9	9	13	60	59	8	5	3	48	30	1	4	10	12	29	1.01695	27	WLLWDL
	16	Barnsley	31	10	7	14	59	71	7	2	5	28	22	3	5	9	31	49	.83099	27	WLDLWL
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	29	8	10	11	44	46	5	5	6	20	17	3	5	5	24	29	.95652	26	WDDDWL
	18	Nottingham Forest	29	10	6	13	48	51	8	2	3	28	12	2	4	10	20	39	.94118	26	WLDDLL
	19	Millwall	30	10	5	15	41	57	6	4	6	26	25	4	1	9	15	32	.71930	25	DLLWWW
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	32	8	7	17	54	69	7	4	6	33	26	1	3	11	21	43	.78261	23	WLWDLW
	21	Swansea Town	32	8	5	19	41	66	7	1	8	28	31	1	4	11	13	35	.62121	21	WLLLWL
	22	Newport County	30	6	2	22	44	104	5	0	8	30	39	1	2	14	14	65	.42308	14	DLLLWL

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	32	21	8	3	65	27	14	3	0	41	11	7	5	3	24	16	2.40741	50	WDWDWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Burnley	32	18	11	3	48	21	11	6	1	27	10	7	5	2	21	11	2.28571	47	WDWWWW	Safe	1-0
	3	Birmingham City	33	18	4	11	57	29	13	2	2	42	10	5	2	9	15	19	1.96552	40	WDLWLD		2-2
1	4	Tottenham Hotspur	33	14	10	9	56	45	9	6	2	30	18	5	4	7	26	27	1.24444	38	DLDWWW		2-0
1	5	Newcastle United	31	15	7	9	72	46	9	3	5	45	26	6	4	4	27	20	1.56522	37	WLWLLD		2-2
	6	West Bromwich Albion	31	15	6	10	63	54	8	3	3	34	23	7	3	7	29	31	1.16667	36	DWLWWD		1-1
	7	Leicester City	31	15	4	12	54	49	8	3	4	31	18	7	1	8	23	31	1.10204	34	WLDWLL		0-1
	8	Chesterfield	30	11	12	7	35	32	6	5	3	20	13	5	7	4	15	19	1.09375	34	LDDLWD		1-1
	9	Luton Town	33	13	5	15	56	55	10	2	4	38	25	3	3	11	18	30	1.01818	31	DWLLWL		0-2
	10	Southampton	33	12	7	14	62	63	8	4	3	38	20	4	3	11	24	43	.98413	31	WLWLWL		0-1
	11	Plymouth Argyle	32	13	5	14	68	72	11	3	3	43	25	2	2	11	25	47	.94444	31	WWLWLL
	12	Fulham	29	12	6	11	52	54	9	2	3	33	18	3	4	8	19	36	.96296	30	WDDWWL
2	13	Bury	32	10	9	13	64	59	9	5	3	52	30	1	4	10	12	29	1.08475	29	LLWDLW		4-0
	14	Coventry City	31	9	11	11	42	46	6	8	1	22	12	3	3	10	20	34	.91304	29	DLLLDW
2	15	West Ham United	32	12	5	15	50	58	9	3	4	33	22	3	2	11	17	36	.86207	29	WWWLLL		0-4
	16	Barnsley	32	11	7	14	62	72	8	2	5	31	23	3	5	9	31	49	.86111	29	LDLWLW		3-1
2	17	Millwall	31	11	5	15	42	57	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	9	15	32	.73684	27	LLWWWW		1-0
1	18	Bradford Park Avenue	29	8	10	11	44	46	5	5	6	20	17	3	5	5	24	29	.95652	26	WDDDWL
1	19	Nottingham Forest	30	10	6	14	48	53	8	2	3	28	12	2	4	11	20	41	.90566	26	LDDLLL		0-2
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	32	8	7	17	54	69	7	4	6	33	26	1	3	11	21	43	.78261	23	WLWDLW
	21	Swansea Town	32	8	5	19	41	66	7	1	8	28	31	1	4	11	13	35	.62121	21	WLLLWL
	22	Newport County	31	6	2	23	45	107	5	0	8	30	39	1	2	15	15	68	.42056	14	LLLWLL		1-3