The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 SWANSEA TOWN - Sat May 03, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat May 03, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
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

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: TS Norcott
Attendance:: 17,114
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Oct 20, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1682 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 945 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1866 (of 5829)
Total:: 3004 (of 7634)
Played:: 79 years, 4 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sailor Brown (30')

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Haydn Green
Prior form: WLLWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Lockhart (88')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Harold Orgill
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	D	25	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	24	Noel Simpson
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown (30')
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	33	Colin Lyman

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roberts
2	D	Fenney
3	D	Fisher
4	D	Briddon
5	D	Weston
6	M	Paul
7	M	Jones
8	M	Squires
9	M	Haynes
10	F	Paine
11	F	Lockhart

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat May 03, 1947)

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

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

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Manchester City	36	23	9	4	68	29	14	3	1	41	13	9	6	3	27	16	39	55	WWWDWL	Safe	0-2
	2	Burnley	36	20	12	4	54	24	11	7	2	29	13	9	5	2	25	11	30	52	WWDWLW	Safe	3-0
	3	Birmingham City	39	23	4	12	68	32	17	2	2	51	11	6	2	10	17	21	36	50	WWLWWW	Safe	4-0
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	39	17	12	10	64	51	11	6	2	34	20	6	6	8	30	31	13	46	WDDWLW	Safe	2-1
	5	Newcastle United	37	18	8	11	83	52	10	4	5	53	29	8	4	6	30	23	31	44	WLWDLW	Safe	2-0
1	6	Chesterfield	36	14	14	8	46	37	8	6	3	26	13	6	8	5	20	24	9	42	DLDWWW	Safe	5-0
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	37	17	8	12	73	65	10	4	4	43	31	7	4	8	30	34	8	42	WWLLDD	Safe	1-1
	8	Leicester City	37	17	6	14	64	55	10	4	5	39	21	7	2	9	25	34	9	40	LWLDDW	Safe	2-1
	9	Coventry City	38	13	13	12	58	56	9	8	1	33	16	4	5	11	25	40	2	39	WWLWDD	Safe	1-1
	10	West Ham United	38	15	7	16	67	67	12	4	4	46	26	3	3	12	21	41	0	37	LDWDWW	Safe	2-1
	11	Luton Town	39	14	7	18	62	66	11	4	4	41	26	3	3	14	21	40	-4	35	LDWLDL	Safe	1-2
4	12	Barnsley	38	14	7	17	74	83	10	2	6	39	27	4	5	11	35	56	-9	35	WLWLLW	Safe	4-1
1	13	Bury	38	12	10	16	76	70	11	5	4	60	32	1	5	12	16	38	6	34	LDWLWL	Safe	1-2
1	14	Southampton	39	13	8	18	65	75	9	4	5	41	23	4	4	13	24	52	-10	34	LLLWDL	Safe	0-5
1	15	Fulham	35	13	7	15	58	64	10	3	4	36	20	3	4	11	22	44	-6	33	LLWLDL		1-4
1	16	Plymouth Argyle	38	14	5	19	76	86	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	12	31	52	-10	33	LLLWLL		0-2
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	34	11	10	13	53	57	6	5	7	23	21	5	5	6	30	36	-4	32	LWLWWL		0-4
	18	Nottingham Forest	36	12	8	16	56	66	10	4	3	36	18	2	4	13	20	48	-10	32	WDLWLD		1-1
1	19	Millwall	36	12	6	18	47	69	7	5	6	28	26	5	1	12	19	43	-22	30	WLLLDW		2-0
1	20	Sheffield Wednesday	38	11	7	20	63	81	9	4	6	37	27	2	3	14	26	54	-18	29	LWWLWL		1-2
	21	Swansea Town	39	10	7	22	52	77	8	1	10	34	37	2	6	12	18	40	-25	27	LLWLDD		1-1
	22	Newport County	35	7	3	25	49	114	6	1	9	33	44	1	2	16	16	70	-65	17	LLWDLL		0-3