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
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: TS Norcott
Attendance:: 17,114
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 4969)
League Tier 2:: 945 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1866 (of 5679)
Total:: 3001 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Sailor Brown

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

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harold Orgill
2	D	Harry Brigham
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	Noel Simpson
5	M	Ted Blagg
6	M	Frank Knight
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Sailor Brown
9	M	Eddie Barks
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 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	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	38	22	4	12	64	32	16	2	2	47	11	6	2	10	17	21	2.00000	48	DWWLWW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	16	12	10	62	50	11	6	2	34	20	5	6	8	28	30	1.24000	44	WWDDWL
	5	Newcastle United	36	17	8	11	81	52	10	4	5	53	29	7	4	6	28	23	1.55769	42	DWLWDL
	6	West Bromwich Albion	36	17	7	12	72	64	10	3	4	42	30	7	4	8	30	34	1.12500	41	DWWLLD
	7	Chesterfield	35	13	14	8	41	37	7	6	3	21	13	6	8	5	20	24	1.10811	40	DDLDWW
	8	Leicester City	36	16	6	14	62	54	9	4	5	37	20	7	2	9	25	34	1.14815	38	LLWLDD
	9	Coventry City	37	13	12	12	57	55	9	8	1	33	16	4	4	11	24	39	1.03636	38	WWWLWD
	10	West Ham United	37	14	7	16	65	66	11	4	4	44	25	3	3	12	21	41	.98485	35	LLDWDW
	11	Luton Town	38	14	7	17	61	64	11	4	4	41	26	3	3	13	20	38	.95313	35	LLDWLD
	12	Bury	37	12	10	15	75	68	11	5	3	59	30	1	5	12	16	38	1.10294	34	WLDWLW
	13	Southampton	38	13	8	17	65	70	9	4	5	41	23	4	4	12	24	47	.92857	34	LLLLWD
	14	Fulham	34	13	7	14	57	60	10	3	4	36	20	3	4	10	21	40	.95000	33	LLLWLD
	15	Plymouth Argyle	37	14	5	18	76	84	11	3	6	45	32	3	2	12	31	52	.90476	33	LLLLWL
	16	Barnsley	37	13	7	17	70	82	9	2	6	35	26	4	5	11	35	56	.85366	33	WWLWLL
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	33	11	10	12	53	53	6	5	7	23	21	5	5	5	30	32	1.00000	32	WLWLWW
	18	Nottingham Forest	35	12	7	16	55	65	10	3	3	35	17	2	4	13	20	48	.84615	31	LWDLWL
	19	Sheffield Wednesday	37	11	7	19	62	79	9	4	6	37	27	2	3	13	25	52	.78481	29	WLWWLW
	20	Millwall	35	11	6	18	45	69	7	5	6	28	26	4	1	12	17	43	.65217	28	WWLLLD
	21	Swansea Town	38	10	6	22	51	76	8	1	10	34	37	2	5	12	17	39	.67105	26	WLLWLD
	22	Newport County	34	7	3	24	49	111	6	1	8	33	41	1	2	16	16	70	.44144	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Manchester City	36	23	9	4	68	29	14	3	1	41	13	9	6	3	27	16	2.34483	55	WWWDWL	0-2
	2	Burnley	36	20	12	4	54	24	11	7	2	29	13	9	5	2	25	11	2.25000	52	WWDWLW	3-0
	3	Birmingham City	39	23	4	12	68	32	17	2	2	51	11	6	2	10	17	21	2.12500	50	WWLWWW	4-0
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	39	17	12	10	64	51	11	6	2	34	20	6	6	8	30	31	1.25490	46	WDDWLW	2-1
	5	Newcastle United	37	18	8	11	83	52	10	4	5	53	29	8	4	6	30	23	1.59615	44	WLWDLW	2-0
1	6	Chesterfield	36	14	14	8	46	37	8	6	3	26	13	6	8	5	20	24	1.24324	42	DLDWWW	5-0
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	37	17	8	12	73	65	10	4	4	43	31	7	4	8	30	34	1.12308	42	WWLLDD	1-1
	8	Leicester City	37	17	6	14	64	55	10	4	5	39	21	7	2	9	25	34	1.16364	40	LWLDDW	2-1
	9	Coventry City	38	13	13	12	58	56	9	8	1	33	16	4	5	11	25	40	1.03571	39	WWLWDD	1-1
	10	West Ham United	38	15	7	16	67	67	12	4	4	46	26	3	3	12	21	41	1.00000	37	LDWDWW	2-1
	11	Luton Town	39	14	7	18	62	66	11	4	4	41	26	3	3	14	21	40	.93939	35	LDWLDL	1-2
4	12	Barnsley	38	14	7	17	74	83	10	2	6	39	27	4	5	11	35	56	.89157	35	WLWLLW	4-1
1	13	Bury	38	12	10	16	76	70	11	5	4	60	32	1	5	12	16	38	1.08571	34	LDWLWL	1-2
1	14	Southampton	39	13	8	18	65	75	9	4	5	41	23	4	4	13	24	52	.86667	34	LLLWDL	0-5
1	15	Fulham	35	13	7	15	58	64	10	3	4	36	20	3	4	11	22	44	.90625	33	LLWLDL	1-4
1	16	Plymouth Argyle	38	14	5	19	76	86	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	12	31	52	.88372	33	LLLWLL	0-2
	17	Bradford Park Avenue	34	11	10	13	53	57	6	5	7	23	21	5	5	6	30	36	.92982	32	LWLWWL	0-4
	18	Nottingham Forest	36	12	8	16	56	66	10	4	3	36	18	2	4	13	20	48	.84848	32	WDLWLD	1-1
1	19	Millwall	36	12	6	18	47	69	7	5	6	28	26	5	1	12	19	43	.68116	30	WLLLDW	2-0
1	20	Sheffield Wednesday	38	11	7	20	63	81	9	4	6	37	27	2	3	14	26	54	.77778	29	LWWLWL	1-2
	21	Swansea Town	39	10	7	22	52	77	8	1	10	34	37	2	6	12	18	40	.67532	27	LLWLDD	1-1
	22	Newport County	35	7	3	25	49	114	6	1	9	33	44	1	2	16	16	70	.42982	17	LLWDLL	0-3