The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 CHESTERFIELD - Tue May 27, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue May 27, 1947 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chesterfield
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 27 May 1947

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: EW Baker
Attendance:: 14,888
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Chesterfield:: Sep 06, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1686 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 949 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1870 (of 5827)
Total:: 3008 (of 7632)
Played:: 79 years, 3 months, 6 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tom Johnston (1')

CHESTERFIELD
Manager: Bob Brocklebank
Prior form: WWWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
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
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	33	Colin Lyman
11	F	28	Tom Johnston (1')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Middleton
2	D	G Milburn
3	D	S Milburn
4	D	Goodfellow
5	D	Cushlow
6	M	Booker
7	M	Oliver
8	M	Ottewell
9	M	Howsam
10	F	Simpson
11	F	Roberts

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue May 27, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	2-4	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Chesterfield

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	40	25	10	5	72	31	16	3	1	44	13	9	7	4	28	18	41	60	WLWDWL	Champions
	2	Birmingham City	42	25	5	12	74	33	17	2	2	51	11	8	3	10	23	22	41	55	WWWDWW	Safe
	3	Burnley	40	21	13	6	59	28	11	8	2	30	14	10	5	4	29	14	31	55	LWLLWD	Safe
	4	Newcastle United	41	19	10	12	93	58	11	4	6	60	32	8	6	6	33	26	35	48	LWWDDL	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	41	17	13	11	64	52	11	7	2	34	20	6	6	9	30	32	12	47	DWLWLD	Safe
	6	Chesterfield	39	16	14	9	51	40	10	6	3	30	14	6	8	6	21	26	11	46	WWWLWW	Safe
	7	Coventry City	42	16	13	13	66	59	12	8	1	40	17	4	5	12	26	42	7	45	DDWWWL	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	40	18	8	14	81	72	11	4	5	50	36	7	4	9	31	36	9	44	LDDLWL	Safe
	9	Leicester City	41	17	7	17	67	64	10	4	6	40	25	7	3	11	27	39	3	41	DWLLLD	Safe
	10	Barnsley	41	17	7	17	83	85	13	2	6	48	29	4	5	11	35	56	-2	41	LLWWWW	Safe
	11	West Ham United	41	16	8	17	70	71	12	4	4	46	26	4	4	13	24	45	-1	40	DWWDLW	Safe
	12	Southampton	42	15	9	18	69	76	11	5	5	45	24	4	4	13	24	52	-7	39	WDLWWD	Safe
	13	Fulham	39	15	8	16	62	68	12	4	4	40	22	3	4	12	22	46	-6	38	DLWWLD	Safe
	14	Luton Town	41	15	7	19	65	70	12	4	4	44	26	3	3	15	21	44	-5	37	WLDLLW	Safe
	15	Bradford Park Avenue	39	13	11	15	60	69	7	6	7	27	24	6	5	8	33	45	-9	37	LLDWLW	Safe
	16	Bury	41	12	12	17	79	75	11	6	4	62	34	1	6	13	17	41	4	36	LWLDLD	Safe
	17	Nottingham Forest	39	12	10	17	59	73	10	5	3	37	19	2	5	14	22	54	-14	34	WLDDLD	Safe
	18	Millwall	40	14	6	20	54	77	7	5	7	28	28	7	1	13	26	49	-23	34	DWWLLW	Safe
	19	Plymouth Argyle	41	14	5	22	78	91	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	15	33	57	-13	33	WLLLLL	Safe
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	41	12	8	21	65	84	10	5	6	39	28	2	3	15	26	56	-19	32	LWLLDW	Safe
	21	Swansea Town	42	11	7	24	55	83	9	1	11	36	40	2	6	13	19	43	-28	29	LDDWLL	Relegated
	22	Newport County	39	9	3	27	53	120	8	1	11	37	50	1	2	16	16	70	-67	21	LLWLWL	Relegated

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	40	25	10	5	72	31	16	3	1	44	13	9	7	4	28	18	41	60	WLWDWL	Champions
	2	Birmingham City	42	25	5	12	74	33	17	2	2	51	11	8	3	10	23	22	41	55	WWWDWW	Safe
	3	Burnley	40	21	13	6	59	28	11	8	2	30	14	10	5	4	29	14	31	55	LWLLWD	Safe
	4	Newcastle United	41	19	10	12	93	58	11	4	6	60	32	8	6	6	33	26	35	48	LWWDDL	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	41	17	13	11	64	52	11	7	2	34	20	6	6	9	30	32	12	47	DWLWLD	Safe
	6	Chesterfield	40	16	14	10	51	41	10	6	3	30	14	6	8	7	21	27	10	46	WWLWWL	Safe	0-1
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	41	19	8	14	85	74	11	4	5	50	36	8	4	9	35	38	11	46	DDLWLW	Safe	4-2
1	8	Coventry City	42	16	13	13	66	59	12	8	1	40	17	4	5	12	26	42	7	45	DDWWWL	Safe
	9	Leicester City	41	17	7	17	67	64	10	4	6	40	25	7	3	11	27	39	3	41	DWLLLD	Safe
	10	Barnsley	41	17	7	17	83	85	13	2	6	48	29	4	5	11	35	56	-2	41	LLWWWW	Safe
	11	West Ham United	41	16	8	17	70	71	12	4	4	46	26	4	4	13	24	45	-1	40	DWWDLW	Safe
	12	Southampton	42	15	9	18	69	76	11	5	5	45	24	4	4	13	24	52	-7	39	WDLWWD	Safe
	13	Fulham	39	15	8	16	62	68	12	4	4	40	22	3	4	12	22	46	-6	38	DLWWLD	Safe
	14	Luton Town	41	15	7	19	65	70	12	4	4	44	26	3	3	15	21	44	-5	37	WLDLLW	Safe
	15	Bradford Park Avenue	40	13	11	16	62	73	7	6	8	29	28	6	5	8	33	45	-11	37	LDWLWL	Safe	2-4
	16	Bury	41	12	12	17	79	75	11	6	4	62	34	1	6	13	17	41	4	36	LWLDLD	Safe
	17	Nottingham Forest	40	13	10	17	60	73	11	5	3	38	19	2	5	14	22	54	-13	36	LDDLDW	Safe	1-0
	18	Millwall	40	14	6	20	54	77	7	5	7	28	28	7	1	13	26	49	-23	34	DWWLLW	Safe
	19	Plymouth Argyle	41	14	5	22	78	91	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	15	33	57	-13	33	WLLLLL	Safe
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	41	12	8	21	65	84	10	5	6	39	28	2	3	15	26	56	-19	32	LWLLDW	Safe
	21	Swansea Town	42	11	7	24	55	83	9	1	11	36	40	2	6	13	19	43	-28	29	LDDWLL	Relegated
	22	Newport County	39	9	3	27	53	120	8	1	11	37	50	1	2	16	16	70	-67	21	LLWLWL	Relegated