The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Oct 11, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 11, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: SE Law
Attendance:: 27,709
League Week:: 12 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 17 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 2)
Leicester City:: Feb 28, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1700 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 963 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1884 (of 5827)
Total:: 3022 (of 7632)
Played:: 78 years, 10 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lee (28')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Johnny Duncan
Prior form: WDLLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Dewis (11')
Jack Lee (26')
Jack Lee (48')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	D	21	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	24	Noel Simpson
5	M	31	Bob McCall
6	M	22	Bill Morley
7	F	28	Tom Johnston
8	F	31	Freddie Scott
9	M	26	Eddie Barks
10	F	21	Freddie Martin
11	F	28	George Lee (28')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Major
2	D	Frame
3	D	J Harrison
4	D	W Harrison
5	D	S Smith
6	M	King
7	M	Griffiths
8	M	A Smith
9	M	Jack Lee
10	F	Dewis
11	F	Adamson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 11, 1947)

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

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	West Bromwich Albion	11	7	3	1	17	10	5	1	0	13	7	2	2	1	4	3	7	17	WDLWDW
	2	Birmingham City	11	7	2	2	16	8	3	2	1	9	6	4	0	1	7	2	8	16	DWLWWW
	3	Bradford Park Avenue	11	7	1	3	23	12	5	1	0	19	4	2	0	3	4	8	11	15	WLLWLD
	4	Cardiff City	11	6	3	2	20	11	4	1	1	12	4	2	2	1	8	7	9	15	WLDWWW
	5	West Ham United	11	5	4	2	17	12	4	2	0	11	3	1	2	2	6	9	5	14	DWDWWW
	6	Newcastle United	11	5	3	3	18	13	4	1	1	14	6	1	2	2	4	7	5	13	DDWWLD
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	11	6	1	4	20	21	4	1	1	15	10	2	0	3	5	11	-1	13	WWDLWW
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	11	4	4	3	19	12	3	2	0	14	6	1	2	3	5	6	7	12	DWDLWD
	9	Bury	11	4	3	4	16	14	3	1	2	9	6	1	2	2	7	8	2	11	LWDLWD
	10	Barnsley	11	5	1	5	19	18	3	0	2	9	3	2	1	3	10	15	1	11	LLWWDW
	11	Luton Town	11	4	3	4	17	17	3	2	0	8	3	1	1	4	9	14	0	11	LDWLDD
	12	Southampton	11	4	3	4	15	18	3	2	1	11	6	1	1	3	4	12	-3	11	LLDWLD
	13	Coventry City	11	4	2	5	17	13	3	0	2	10	5	1	2	3	7	8	4	10	LLWWLD
	14	Fulham	11	5	0	6	19	16	3	0	2	11	4	2	0	4	8	12	3	10	WLLLWL
	15	Leeds United	11	5	0	6	22	19	4	0	1	14	4	1	0	5	8	15	3	10	WWLLLL
	16	Doncaster Rovers	11	3	3	5	14	19	2	3	1	9	6	1	0	4	5	13	-5	9	LWWDLL
	17	Leicester City	11	3	3	5	11	16	2	2	1	8	8	1	1	4	3	8	-5	9	WDLLDL
	18	Millwall	10	2	4	4	11	14	2	1	2	6	4	0	3	2	5	10	-3	8	LLWDWD
	19	Plymouth Argyle	11	2	4	5	5	20	2	2	1	2	3	0	2	4	3	17	-15	8	LWWLDD
	20	Chesterfield	10	3	1	6	9	17	0	0	4	1	7	3	1	2	8	10	-8	7	WWLLLL
	21	Nottingham Forest	11	3	0	8	12	20	3	0	3	8	8	0	0	5	4	12	-8	6	LLWWLL
	22	Brentford	11	1	2	8	10	27	1	1	3	8	13	0	1	5	2	14	-17	4	WLLLDD

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	West Bromwich Albion	12	8	3	1	19	11	6	1	0	15	8	2	2	1	4	3	8	19	DLWDWW		2-1
	2	Birmingham City	12	7	3	2	16	8	3	3	1	9	6	4	0	1	7	2	8	17	WLWWWD		0-0
1	3	Cardiff City	12	7	3	2	21	11	5	1	1	13	4	2	2	1	8	7	10	17	LDWWWW		1-0
1	4	Bradford Park Avenue	12	7	1	4	24	14	5	1	0	19	4	2	0	4	5	10	10	15	LLWLDL		1-2
1	5	Newcastle United	12	6	3	3	19	13	5	1	1	15	6	1	2	2	4	7	6	15	DWWLDW		1-0
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	12	7	1	4	22	21	4	1	1	15	10	3	0	3	7	11	1	15	WDLWWW		2-0
2	7	West Ham United	12	5	4	3	17	13	4	2	0	11	3	1	2	3	6	10	4	14	WDWWWL		0-1
2	8	Barnsley	12	6	1	5	21	19	4	0	2	11	4	2	1	3	10	15	2	13	LWWDWW		2-1
3	9	Southampton	12	5	3	4	17	18	3	2	1	11	6	2	1	3	6	12	-1	13	LDWLDW		2-0
2	10	Tottenham Hotspur	12	4	4	4	20	14	3	2	0	14	6	1	2	4	6	8	6	12	WDLWDL		1-2
2	11	Bury	12	4	4	4	16	14	3	1	2	9	6	1	3	2	7	8	2	12	WDLWDD		0-0
1	12	Coventry City	12	4	3	5	17	13	3	1	2	10	5	1	2	3	7	8	4	11	LWWLDD		0-0
2	13	Leeds United	12	5	1	6	22	19	4	1	1	14	4	1	0	5	8	15	3	11	WLLLLD		0-0
3	14	Luton Town	12	4	3	5	17	18	3	2	0	8	3	1	1	5	9	15	-1	11	DWLDDL		0-1
2	15	Leicester City	12	4	3	5	14	17	3	2	1	11	9	1	1	4	3	8	-3	11	DLLDLW		3-1
2	16	Fulham	12	5	0	7	19	18	3	0	3	11	6	2	0	4	8	12	1	10	LLLWLL		0-2
1	17	Doncaster Rovers	12	3	4	5	14	19	2	3	1	9	6	1	1	4	5	13	-5	10	WWDLLD		0-0
	18	Millwall	11	2	4	5	12	16	2	1	2	6	4	0	3	3	6	12	-4	8	LWDWDL		1-2
1	19	Chesterfield	11	3	2	6	9	17	0	0	4	1	7	3	2	2	8	10	-8	8	WLLLLD		0-0
1	20	Plymouth Argyle	12	2	4	6	5	22	2	2	2	2	5	0	2	4	3	17	-17	8	WWLDDL		0-2
	21	Nottingham Forest	12	3	0	9	13	23	3	0	3	8	8	0	0	6	5	15	-10	6	LWWLLL		1-3
	22	Brentford	12	2	2	8	12	28	2	1	3	10	14	0	1	5	2	14	-16	6	LLLDDW		2-1