The City Ground

BURY 5 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 26, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 26, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-5 (Lost)

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: GC Appleyard
Attendance:: 7,916
Pos Before/After:: 17 18
Opp Before/After:: 15 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Aug 23, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1681 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 944 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1865 (of 5679)
Total:: 3000 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:

BURY
Manager: Norman Bullock
Prior form: LWLDWL (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	Ted Blagg
6	M	Frank Knight
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Sailor Brown
9	F	George Mee	Last game
10	F	Jack Edwards
11	F	Colin Lyman

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 26, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	2-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Bury	5-0	Nottingham Forest
Chesterfield	1-0	Newcastle United
Fulham	0-0	Southampton
Leicester City	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
Luton Town	1-1	Coventry City
Millwall	1-1	Swansea Town
Plymouth Argyle	0-2	Birmingham City
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Newport County
West Ham United	4-0	Barnsley

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	35	23	9	3	68	27	14	3	0	41	11	9	6	3	27	16	2.51852	55	DWWWDW
	2	Burnley	35	19	12	4	51	24	11	7	2	29	13	8	5	2	22	11	2.12500	50	WWWDWL
	3	Birmingham City	37	21	4	12	62	32	16	2	2	47	11	5	2	10	15	21	1.93750	46	LDWWLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	37	16	12	9	61	48	11	6	2	34	20	5	6	7	27	28	1.27083	44	WWWDDW
	5	Newcastle United	35	17	8	10	81	51	10	4	5	53	29	7	4	5	28	22	1.58824	42	LDWLWD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	35	17	6	12	71	63	10	3	4	42	30	7	3	8	29	33	1.12698	40	WDWWLL
	7	Chesterfield	34	12	14	8	40	37	6	6	3	20	13	6	8	5	20	24	1.08108	38	WDDLDW
	8	Leicester City	35	16	5	14	61	53	9	3	5	36	19	7	2	9	25	34	1.15094	37	LLLWLD
	9	Coventry City	36	13	11	12	56	54	9	8	1	33	16	4	3	11	23	38	1.03704	37	WWWWLW
	10	Luton Town	37	14	6	17	60	63	11	3	4	40	25	3	3	13	20	38	.95238	34	WLLDWL
	11	Southampton	37	13	7	17	65	70	9	4	5	41	23	4	3	12	24	47	.92857	33	WLLLLW
	12	Plymouth Argyle	36	14	5	17	76	82	11	3	5	45	30	3	2	12	31	52	.92683	33	LLLLLW
	13	West Ham United	36	13	7	16	61	66	10	4	4	40	25	3	3	12	21	41	.92424	33	LLLDWD
	14	Barnsley	36	13	7	16	70	78	9	2	6	35	26	4	5	10	35	52	.89744	33	LWWLWL
	15	Bury	36	11	10	15	70	68	10	5	3	54	30	1	5	12	16	38	1.02941	32	LWLDWL
	16	Fulham	33	13	6	14	57	60	10	2	4	36	20	3	4	10	21	40	.95000	32	WLLLWL
	17	Nottingham Forest	34	12	7	15	55	60	10	3	3	35	17	2	4	12	20	43	.91667	31	LLWDLW
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	32	10	10	12	51	52	5	5	7	21	20	5	5	5	30	32	.98077	30	DWLWLW
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	36	10	7	19	60	78	8	4	6	35	26	2	3	13	25	52	.76923	27	LWLWWL
	20	Millwall	34	11	5	18	44	68	7	4	6	27	25	4	1	12	17	43	.64706	27	WWWLLL
	21	Swansea Town	37	10	5	22	50	75	8	1	10	34	37	2	4	12	16	38	.66667	25	LWLLWL
	22	Newport County	33	7	3	23	48	109	6	1	8	33	41	1	2	15	15	68	.44037	17	LWLLWD

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	35	23	9	3	68	27	14	3	0	41	11	9	6	3	27	16	2.51852	55	DWWWDW
	2	Burnley	35	19	12	4	51	24	11	7	2	29	13	8	5	2	22	11	2.12500	50	WWWDWL
	3	Birmingham City	38	22	4	12	64	32	16	2	2	47	11	6	2	10	17	21	2.00000	48	DWWLWW	2-0
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	12	10	62	50	11	6	2	34	20	5	6	8	28	30	1.24000	44	WWDDWL	1-2
	5	Newcastle United	36	17	8	11	81	52	10	4	5	53	29	7	4	6	28	23	1.55769	42	DWLWDL	0-1
	6	West Bromwich Albion	36	17	7	12	72	64	10	3	4	42	30	7	4	8	30	34	1.12500	41	DWWLLD	1-1
	7	Chesterfield	35	13	14	8	41	37	7	6	3	21	13	6	8	5	20	24	1.10811	40	DDLDWW	1-0
	8	Leicester City	36	16	6	14	62	54	9	4	5	37	20	7	2	9	25	34	1.14815	38	LLWLDD	1-1
	9	Coventry City	37	13	12	12	57	55	9	8	1	33	16	4	4	11	24	39	1.03636	38	WWWLWD	1-1
3	10	West Ham United	37	14	7	16	65	66	11	4	4	44	25	3	3	12	21	41	.98485	35	LLDWDW	4-0
1	11	Luton Town	38	14	7	17	61	64	11	4	4	41	26	3	3	13	20	38	.95313	35	LLDWLD	1-1
3	12	Bury	37	12	10	15	75	68	11	5	3	59	30	1	5	12	16	38	1.10294	34	WLDWLW	5-0
2	13	Southampton	38	13	8	17	65	70	9	4	5	41	23	4	4	12	24	47	.92857	34	LLLLWD	0-0
2	14	Fulham	34	13	7	14	57	60	10	3	4	36	20	3	4	10	21	40	.95000	33	LLLWLD	0-0
3	15	Plymouth Argyle	37	14	5	18	76	84	11	3	6	45	32	3	2	12	31	52	.90476	33	LLLLWL	0-2
2	16	Barnsley	37	13	7	17	70	82	9	2	6	35	26	4	5	11	35	56	.85366	33	WWLWLL	0-4
1	17	Bradford Park Avenue	33	11	10	12	53	53	6	5	7	23	21	5	5	5	30	32	1.00000	32	WLWLWW	2-1
1	18	Nottingham Forest	35	12	7	16	55	65	10	3	3	35	17	2	4	13	20	48	.84615	31	LWDLWL	0-5
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	37	11	7	19	62	79	9	4	6	37	27	2	3	13	25	52	.78481	29	WLWWLW	2-1
	20	Millwall	35	11	6	18	45	69	7	5	6	28	26	4	1	12	17	43	.65217	28	WWLLLD	1-1
	21	Swansea Town	38	10	6	22	51	76	8	1	10	34	37	2	5	12	17	39	.67105	26	WLLWLD	1-1
	22	Newport County	34	7	3	24	49	111	6	1	8	33	41	1	2	16	16	70	.44144	17	WLLWDL	1-2