The City Ground

FULHAM 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Oct 25, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 25, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Craven Cottage
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 25 October 1947

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: P Stevens
Attendance:: 20,147
League Week:: 14 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 12 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: Mar 13, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1702 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 965 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1886 (of 5830)
Total:: 3024 (of 7635)
Played:: 78 years, 11 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers

FULHAM
Manager: Jack Peart
Prior form: LLWLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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	26	Eddie Barks
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	24	Noel Simpson
7	F	22	Gordon Kaile
8	F	31	Freddie Scott
9	F	28	Tom Johnston
10	F	23	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Hinton
2	D	Freeman
3	D	Bancuzzi
4	D	Quested
5	D	Watson
6	M	Taylor
7	M	Stevens
8	M	S Thomas
9	M	R Thomas
10	F	Beasley
11	F	Shepherds

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 25, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-3	Chesterfield
Birmingham City	2-0	Bury
Brentford	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Coventry City	1-0	Doncaster Rovers
Fulham	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Leeds United	2-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Leicester City	2-1	Cardiff City
Luton Town	0-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United	5-0	Southampton
Plymouth Argyle	1-1	Millwall
West Bromwich Albion	1-2	West Ham United

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	13	9	3	1	21	11	6	1	0	15	8	3	2	1	6	3	10	21	LWDWWW
	2	Birmingham City	13	7	4	2	16	8	3	3	1	9	6	4	1	1	7	2	8	18	LWWWDD
	3	Cardiff City	13	7	4	2	21	11	5	1	1	13	4	2	3	1	8	7	10	18	DWWWWD
	4	Newcastle United	13	7	3	3	24	16	5	1	1	15	6	2	2	2	9	10	8	17	WWLDWW
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	13	8	1	4	23	21	5	1	1	16	10	3	0	3	7	11	2	17	DLWWWW
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	13	7	1	5	24	16	5	1	1	19	6	2	0	4	5	10	8	15	LWLDLL
	7	West Ham United	13	5	5	3	17	13	4	3	0	11	3	1	2	3	6	10	4	15	DWWWLD
	8	Southampton	13	6	3	4	20	19	4	2	1	14	7	2	1	3	6	12	1	15	DWLDWW
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	13	5	4	4	22	14	4	2	0	16	6	1	2	4	6	8	8	14	DLWDLW
	10	Barnsley	13	6	2	5	24	22	4	0	2	11	4	2	2	3	13	18	2	14	WWDWWD
	11	Leicester City	13	5	3	5	16	17	3	2	1	11	9	2	1	4	5	8	-1	13	LLDLWW
	12	Fulham	13	6	0	7	20	18	3	0	3	11	6	3	0	4	9	12	2	12	LLWLLW
	13	Bury	13	4	4	5	19	19	3	1	3	12	11	1	3	2	7	8	0	12	DLWDDL
	14	Coventry City	13	4	3	6	18	16	3	1	2	10	5	1	2	4	8	11	2	11	WWLDDL
	15	Leeds United	13	5	1	7	22	20	4	1	1	14	4	1	0	6	8	16	2	11	LLLLDL
	16	Luton Town	13	4	3	6	17	19	3	2	0	8	3	1	1	6	9	16	-2	11	WLDDLL
	17	Doncaster Rovers	13	3	4	6	14	20	2	3	2	9	7	1	1	4	5	13	-6	10	WDLLDL
	18	Millwall	12	2	5	5	15	19	2	2	2	9	7	0	3	3	6	12	-4	9	WDWDLD
	19	Nottingham Forest	13	4	0	9	14	23	4	0	3	9	8	0	0	6	5	15	-9	8	WWLLLW
	20	Chesterfield	12	3	2	7	9	19	0	0	5	1	9	3	2	2	8	10	-10	8	LLLLDL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	13	2	4	7	5	24	2	2	2	2	5	0	2	5	3	19	-19	8	WLDDLL
	22	Brentford	13	2	3	8	12	28	2	2	3	10	14	0	1	5	2	14	-16	7	LLDDWD

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	14	9	3	2	22	13	6	1	1	16	10	3	2	1	6	3	9	21	WDWWWL		1-2
	2	Birmingham City	14	8	4	2	18	8	4	3	1	11	6	4	1	1	7	2	10	20	WWWDDW		2-0
1	3	Newcastle United	14	8	3	3	29	16	6	1	1	20	6	2	2	2	9	10	13	19	WLDWWW		5-0
1	4	Cardiff City	14	7	4	3	22	13	5	1	1	13	4	2	3	2	9	9	9	18	WWWWDL		1-2
2	5	West Ham United	14	6	5	3	19	14	4	3	0	11	3	2	2	3	8	11	5	17	WWWLDW		2-1
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	14	8	1	5	23	22	5	1	1	16	10	3	0	4	7	12	1	17	LWWWWL		0-1
2	7	Tottenham Hotspur	14	5	5	4	22	14	4	2	0	16	6	1	3	4	6	8	8	15	LWDLWD		0-0
2	8	Bradford Park Avenue	14	7	1	6	24	18	5	1	1	19	6	2	0	5	5	12	6	15	WLDLLL		0-2
2	9	Leicester City	14	6	3	5	18	18	4	2	1	13	10	2	1	4	5	8	0	15	LDLWWW		2-1
2	10	Southampton	14	6	3	5	20	24	4	2	1	14	7	2	1	4	6	17	-4	15	WLDWWL		0-5
1	11	Barnsley	14	6	2	6	24	25	4	0	3	11	7	2	2	3	13	18	-1	14	WDWWDL		0-3
3	12	Leeds United	14	6	1	7	24	20	5	1	1	16	4	1	0	6	8	16	4	13	LLLDLW		2-0
1	13	Coventry City	14	5	3	6	19	16	4	1	2	11	5	1	2	4	8	11	3	13	WLDDLW		1-0
2	14	Fulham	14	6	1	7	20	18	3	1	3	11	6	3	0	4	9	12	2	13	LWLLWD		0-0
2	15	Bury	14	4	4	6	19	21	3	1	3	12	11	1	3	3	7	10	-2	12	LWDDLL		0-2
	16	Luton Town	14	4	4	6	17	19	3	3	0	8	3	1	1	6	9	16	-2	12	LDDLLD		0-0
1	17	Millwall	13	2	6	5	16	20	2	2	2	9	7	0	4	3	7	13	-4	10	DWDLDD		1-1
1	18	Doncaster Rovers	14	3	4	7	14	21	2	3	2	9	7	1	1	5	5	14	-7	10	DLLDLL		0-1
1	19	Chesterfield	13	4	2	7	12	19	0	0	5	1	9	4	2	2	11	10	-7	10	LLLDLW		3-0
1	20	Nottingham Forest	14	4	1	9	14	23	4	0	3	9	8	0	1	6	5	15	-9	9	WLLLWD		0-0
1	21	Brentford	14	3	3	8	13	28	3	2	3	11	14	0	1	5	2	14	-15	9	LDDWDW		1-0
1	22	Plymouth Argyle	14	2	5	7	6	25	2	3	2	3	6	0	2	5	3	19	-19	9	LDDLLD		1-1