The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 12, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 12, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 (Lost)

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: J Lawless
Attendance:: 30,096
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 20 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Sep 27, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1679 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 942 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1863 (of 5722)
Total:: 2999 (of 7502)

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

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

Goals

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Eric Taylor
Prior form: WDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harold Orgill
2	D	Harry Brigham
3	M	Bob McCall
4	M	Noel Simpson
5	M	George Pritty
6	M	Frank Knight
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Sailor Brown
9	M	Eddie Barks
10	F	Jack Edwards
11	F	Tom Johnston

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 12, 1947)

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

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	34	22	9	3	66	27	14	3	0	41	11	8	6	3	25	16	2.44444	53	WDWWWD
	2	Burnley	34	19	12	3	50	22	11	7	1	28	11	8	5	2	22	11	2.27273	50	WWWWDW
	3	Birmingham City	35	20	4	11	61	30	15	2	2	46	11	5	2	9	15	19	2.03333	44	LWLDWW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	35	15	11	9	59	47	10	6	2	32	19	5	5	7	27	28	1.25532	41	DWWWWD
	5	West Bromwich Albion	33	17	6	10	69	56	10	3	3	40	25	7	3	7	29	31	1.23214	40	LWWDWW
	6	Newcastle United	33	16	7	10	79	50	10	3	5	52	28	6	4	5	27	22	1.58000	39	WLLDWL
	7	Leicester City	33	16	4	13	60	51	9	3	4	36	18	7	1	9	24	33	1.17647	36	DWLLLW
	8	Chesterfield	32	11	13	8	38	36	6	5	3	20	13	5	8	5	18	23	1.05556	35	DLWDDL
	9	Coventry City	34	12	11	11	53	51	8	8	1	30	15	4	3	10	23	36	1.03922	35	LDWWWW
	10	Luton Town	35	13	6	16	58	62	10	3	4	38	25	3	3	12	20	37	.93548	32	LLWLLD
	11	Southampton	35	12	7	16	62	65	8	4	5	38	22	4	3	11	24	43	.95385	31	WLWLLL
	12	Plymouth Argyle	34	13	5	16	71	79	11	3	4	45	29	2	2	12	26	50	.89873	31	LWLLLL
	13	Barnsley	34	12	7	15	67	75	9	2	5	35	24	3	5	10	32	51	.89333	31	LWLWWL
	14	Bury	34	10	10	14	67	65	9	5	3	52	30	1	5	11	15	35	1.03077	30	WDLWLD
	15	Fulham	31	12	6	13	54	58	9	2	4	34	20	3	4	9	20	38	.93103	30	DWWLLL
	16	West Ham United	34	12	6	16	56	65	9	4	4	36	25	3	2	12	20	40	.86154	30	WLLLLD
	17	Nottingham Forest	32	11	7	14	53	57	9	3	3	33	16	2	4	11	20	41	.92982	29	DLLLWD
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	30	9	10	11	48	48	5	5	6	20	17	4	5	5	28	31	1.00000	28	DDDWLW
	19	Millwall	33	11	5	17	43	66	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	11	16	41	.65152	27	WWWWLL
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	34	9	7	18	57	75	7	4	6	33	26	2	3	12	24	49	.76000	25	WDLWLW
	21	Swansea Town	35	9	5	21	48	73	8	1	9	33	35	1	4	12	15	38	.65753	23	LWLWLL
	22	Newport County	32	7	2	23	47	108	6	0	8	32	40	1	2	15	15	68	.43519	16	LLWLLW

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	34	22	9	3	66	27	14	3	0	41	11	8	6	3	25	16	2.44444	53	WDWWWD
	2	Burnley	34	19	12	3	50	22	11	7	1	28	11	8	5	2	22	11	2.27273	50	WWWWDW
	3	Birmingham City	36	20	4	12	61	32	15	2	2	46	11	5	2	10	15	21	1.90625	44	WLDWWL	0-2
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	36	15	12	9	59	47	10	6	2	32	19	5	6	7	27	28	1.25532	42	WWWWDD	0-0
1	5	Newcastle United	34	17	7	10	80	50	10	3	5	52	28	7	4	5	28	22	1.60000	41	LLDWLW	1-0
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	34	17	6	11	69	58	10	3	3	40	25	7	3	8	29	33	1.18966	40	WWDWWL	0-2
	7	Leicester City	34	16	4	14	60	52	9	3	5	36	19	7	1	9	24	33	1.15385	36	WLLLWL	0-1
	8	Chesterfield	33	11	14	8	38	36	6	6	3	20	13	5	8	5	18	23	1.05556	36	LWDDLD	0-0
	9	Coventry City	35	12	11	12	53	53	8	8	1	30	15	4	3	11	23	38	1.00000	35	DWWWWL	0-2
	10	Luton Town	36	14	6	16	60	62	11	3	4	40	25	3	3	12	20	37	.96774	34	LWLLDW	2-0
2	11	Barnsley	35	13	7	15	70	76	9	2	5	35	24	4	5	10	35	52	.92105	33	WLWWLW	3-1
2	12	Bury	35	11	10	14	69	65	10	5	3	54	30	1	5	11	15	35	1.06154	32	DLWLDW	2-0
2	13	Fulham	32	13	6	13	56	58	10	2	4	36	20	3	4	9	20	38	.96552	32	WWLLLW	2-0
2	14	West Ham United	35	13	6	16	60	65	10	4	4	40	25	3	2	12	20	40	.92308	32	LLLLDW	4-0
4	15	Southampton	36	12	7	17	62	69	8	4	5	38	22	4	3	12	24	47	.89855	31	LWLLLL	0-4
4	16	Plymouth Argyle	35	13	5	17	71	80	11	3	5	45	30	2	2	12	26	50	.88750	31	WLLLLL	0-1
	17	Nottingham Forest	33	11	7	15	53	59	9	3	3	33	16	2	4	12	20	43	.89831	29	LLLWDL	0-2
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	31	9	10	12	49	51	5	5	7	21	20	4	5	5	28	31	.96078	28	DDWLWL	1-3
1	19	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	7	18	59	75	8	4	6	35	26	2	3	12	24	49	.78667	27	DLWLWW	2-0
1	20	Millwall	33	11	5	17	43	66	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	11	16	41	.65152	27	WWWWLL
	21	Swansea Town	36	10	5	21	49	73	8	1	9	33	35	2	4	12	16	38	.67123	25	WLWLLW	1-0
	22	Newport County	32	7	2	23	47	108	6	0	8	32	40	1	2	15	15	68	.43519	16	LLWLLW