The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - Mon Apr 07, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 07, 1947 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Tottenham Hotspur
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: FC Green
Attendance:: 30,656
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Tottenham Hotspur:: Sep 20, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1678 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 941 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1862 (of 5768)
Total:: 3000 (of 7556)
Played:: 78 years, 2 months, 29 days ago

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

Goals
Sailor Brown (26')

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

Goals
Les Bennett

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Harold Orgill	Debut
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	31	Bob McCall
4	M	24	Noel Simpson
5	M	32	George Pritty
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown (26')
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	Tom Johnston

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Hughes
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 (Mon Apr 07, 1947)

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

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	33	22	8	3	66	27	14	3	0	41	11	8	5	3	25	16	2.44444	52	DWDWWW	Safe
	2	Burnley	33	18	12	3	49	22	11	7	1	28	11	7	5	2	21	11	2.22727	48	DWWWWD	Safe
	3	Birmingham City	34	19	4	11	59	30	14	2	2	44	11	5	2	9	15	19	1.96667	42	DLWLDW	Safe
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	34	15	10	9	58	46	10	6	2	32	19	5	4	7	26	27	1.26087	40	LDWWWW
	5	Newcastle United	32	16	7	9	79	48	10	3	5	52	28	6	4	4	27	20	1.64583	39	LWLLDW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	32	16	6	10	66	54	9	3	3	37	23	7	3	7	29	31	1.22222	38	WLWWDW
	7	Chesterfield	31	11	13	7	36	33	6	5	3	20	13	5	8	4	16	20	1.09091	35	DDLWDD
	8	Leicester City	32	15	4	13	55	51	8	3	4	31	18	7	1	9	24	33	1.07843	34	LDWLLL
	9	Coventry City	32	10	11	11	47	47	7	8	1	27	13	3	3	10	20	34	1.00000	31	LLLDWW
	10	Southampton	34	12	7	15	62	64	8	4	4	38	21	4	3	11	24	43	.96875	31	LWLWLL
	11	Luton Town	34	13	5	16	58	62	10	2	4	38	25	3	3	12	20	37	.93548	31	WLLWLL
	12	Plymouth Argyle	33	13	5	15	69	75	11	3	3	43	25	2	2	12	26	50	.92000	31	WLWLLL
	13	Barnsley	33	12	7	14	66	73	9	2	5	35	24	3	5	9	31	49	.90411	31	DLWLWW
	14	Fulham	30	12	6	12	53	56	9	2	3	33	18	3	4	9	20	38	.94643	30	DDWWLL
	15	Bury	33	10	9	14	64	62	9	5	3	52	30	1	4	11	12	32	1.03226	29	LWDLWL
	16	West Ham United	33	12	5	16	53	62	9	3	4	33	22	3	2	12	20	40	.85484	29	WWLLLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	31	11	6	14	52	56	9	2	3	32	15	2	4	11	20	41	.92857	28	DDLLLW
	18	Millwall	32	11	5	16	43	61	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	10	16	36	.70492	27	LWWWWL
	19	Bradford Park Avenue	29	8	10	11	44	46	5	5	6	20	17	3	5	5	24	29	.95652	26	WDDDWL
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	33	8	7	18	55	74	7	4	6	33	26	1	3	12	22	48	.74324	23	LWDLWL
	21	Swansea Town	33	9	5	19	44	67	8	1	8	31	32	1	4	11	13	35	.65672	23	LLLWLW
	22	Newport County	31	6	2	23	45	107	5	0	8	30	39	1	2	15	15	68	.42056	14	LLLWLL

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	34	22	9	3	66	27	14	3	0	41	11	8	6	3	25	16	2.44444	53	WDWWWD	Safe	0-0
	2	Burnley	34	19	12	3	50	22	11	7	1	28	11	8	5	2	22	11	2.27273	50	WWWWDW	Safe	1-0
	3	Birmingham City	35	20	4	11	61	30	15	2	2	46	11	5	2	9	15	19	2.03333	44	LWLDWW	Safe	2-0
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	35	15	11	9	59	47	10	6	2	32	19	5	5	7	27	28	1.25532	41	DWWWWD	Safe	1-1
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	33	17	6	10	69	56	10	3	3	40	25	7	3	7	29	31	1.23214	40	LWWDWW	Safe	3-2
1	6	Newcastle United	33	16	7	10	79	50	10	3	5	52	28	6	4	5	27	22	1.58000	39	WLLDWL		0-2
	7	Chesterfield	32	11	13	8	38	36	6	5	3	20	13	5	8	5	18	23	1.05556	35	DLWDDL		2-3
	8	Leicester City	32	15	4	13	55	51	8	3	4	31	18	7	1	9	24	33	1.07843	34	LDWLLL
	9	Coventry City	33	11	11	11	50	49	7	8	1	27	13	4	3	10	23	36	1.02041	33	LLDWWW		3-2
1	10	Luton Town	35	13	6	16	58	62	10	3	4	38	25	3	3	12	20	37	.93548	32	LLWLLD		0-0
1	11	Southampton	35	12	7	16	62	65	8	4	5	38	22	4	3	11	24	43	.95385	31	WLWLLL		0-1
	12	Plymouth Argyle	34	13	5	16	71	79	11	3	4	45	29	2	2	12	26	50	.89873	31	LWLLLL		2-4
	13	Barnsley	34	12	7	15	67	75	9	2	5	35	24	3	5	10	32	51	.89333	31	LWLWWL		1-2
1	14	Bury	34	10	10	14	67	65	9	5	3	52	30	1	5	11	15	35	1.03077	30	WDLWLD		3-3
1	15	Fulham	31	12	6	13	54	58	9	2	4	34	20	3	4	9	20	38	.93103	30	DWWLLL		1-2
	16	West Ham United	34	12	6	16	56	65	9	4	4	36	25	3	2	12	20	40	.86154	30	WLLLLD		3-3
	17	Nottingham Forest	32	11	7	14	53	57	9	3	3	33	16	2	4	11	20	41	.92982	29	DLLLWD		1-1
1	18	Bradford Park Avenue	30	9	10	11	48	48	5	5	6	20	17	4	5	5	28	31	1.00000	28	DDDWLW		4-2
1	19	Millwall	32	11	5	16	43	61	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	10	16	36	.70492	27	LWWWWL
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	34	9	7	18	57	75	7	4	6	33	26	2	3	12	24	49	.76000	25	WDLWLW		2-1
	21	Swansea Town	34	9	5	20	46	70	8	1	9	33	35	1	4	11	13	35	.65714	23	LLWLWL		2-3
	22	Newport County	32	7	2	23	47	108	6	0	8	32	40	1	2	15	15	68	.43519	16	LLWLLW		2-1