The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Nov 15, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 15, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 15 November 1947

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: WB Nixon
Attendance:: 33,364
League Week:: 17 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 18
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Apr 03, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1705 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 968 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1889 (of 5827)
Total:: 3027 (of 7632)
Played:: 78 years, 9 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Harry Storer
Prior form: WDDWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
McIntosh (35')
Goodwin (72')

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	Merrick
2	D	Green
3	D	Jennings
4	D	Harris
5	D	McDonnell
6	M	Mitchell
7	M	Goodwin
8	M	Ottewell
9	M	Dougall
10	F	McIntosh
11	F	G Edwards

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 15, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	0-3	Newcastle United
Bury	0-0	Plymouth Argyle
Cardiff City	1-1	Coventry City
Chesterfield	4-0	Brentford
Doncaster Rovers	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Millwall	0-4	Leicester City
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Birmingham City
Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	Fulham
Southampton	4-1	Barnsley
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Leeds United
West Ham United	0-0	Luton Town

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	16	11	3	2	25	14	7	1	1	17	10	4	2	1	8	4	11	25	WWWLWW
	2	Birmingham City	16	9	4	3	21	10	5	3	1	14	6	4	1	2	7	4	11	22	WDDWLW
	3	Newcastle United	16	9	3	4	32	18	6	1	2	20	8	3	2	2	12	10	14	21	DWWWWL
	4	West Ham United	16	7	6	3	22	16	5	3	0	13	4	2	3	3	9	12	6	20	WLDWWD
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	16	7	5	4	29	14	5	2	0	20	6	2	3	4	9	8	15	19	DLWDWW
	6	Cardiff City	16	7	5	4	23	17	5	2	1	13	4	2	3	3	10	13	6	19	WWDLDL
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	16	8	3	5	26	25	5	2	1	17	11	3	1	4	9	14	1	19	WWWLDD
	8	Bradford Park Avenue	16	8	1	7	27	23	6	1	1	22	6	2	0	6	5	17	4	17	DLLLWL
	9	Southampton	16	7	3	6	22	25	5	2	1	16	7	2	1	5	6	18	-3	17	DWWLWL
	10	Barnsley	16	7	2	7	27	28	5	0	3	13	8	2	2	4	14	20	-1	16	WWDLLW
	11	Leicester City	16	6	4	6	19	22	4	2	2	13	13	2	2	4	6	9	-3	16	LWWWDL
	12	Coventry City	16	6	3	7	24	20	5	1	2	16	5	1	2	5	8	15	4	15	DDLWLW
	13	Leeds United	16	6	3	7	26	22	5	2	1	18	6	1	1	6	8	16	4	15	LDLWDD
	14	Fulham	16	7	1	8	24	22	4	1	3	15	7	3	0	5	9	15	2	15	LLWDLW
	15	Luton Town	16	5	4	7	20	23	4	3	0	10	4	1	1	7	10	19	-3	14	DLLDLW
	16	Nottingham Forest	16	6	1	9	20	23	5	0	3	13	8	1	1	6	7	15	-3	13	LLWDWW
	17	Millwall	15	3	6	6	20	23	3	2	2	12	8	0	4	4	8	15	-3	12	DLDDWL
	18	Bury	16	4	4	8	21	25	3	1	4	13	13	1	3	4	8	12	-4	12	DDLLLL
	19	Chesterfield	15	4	3	8	14	22	0	1	5	2	10	4	2	3	12	12	-8	11	LDLWDL
	20	Brentford	16	4	3	9	15	33	4	2	3	13	15	0	1	6	2	18	-18	11	DWDWLW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	16	2	7	7	8	27	2	4	2	4	7	0	3	5	4	20	-19	11	DLLDDD
	22	Doncaster Rovers	16	3	4	9	14	27	2	3	3	9	10	1	1	6	5	17	-13	10	LDLLLL

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	17	11	3	3	26	16	7	1	1	17	10	4	2	2	9	6	10	25	WWLWWL		1-2
	2	Birmingham City	17	10	4	3	23	10	5	3	1	14	6	5	1	2	9	4	13	24	DDWLWW		2-0
	3	Newcastle United	17	10	3	4	35	18	6	1	2	20	8	4	2	2	15	10	17	23	WWWWLW		3-0
1	4	Tottenham Hotspur	17	8	5	4	32	15	6	2	0	23	7	2	3	4	9	8	17	21	LWDWWW		3-1
1	5	West Ham United	17	7	7	3	22	16	5	4	0	13	4	2	3	3	9	12	6	21	LDWWDD		0-0
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	17	9	3	5	28	25	6	2	1	19	11	3	1	4	9	14	3	21	WWLDDW		2-0
1	7	Cardiff City	17	7	6	4	24	18	5	3	1	14	5	2	3	3	10	13	6	20	WDLDLD		1-1
1	8	Southampton	17	8	3	6	26	26	6	2	1	20	8	2	1	5	6	18	0	19	WWLWLW		4-1
2	9	Leicester City	17	7	4	6	23	22	4	2	2	13	13	3	2	4	10	9	1	18	WWWDLW		4-0
2	10	Bradford Park Avenue	17	8	1	8	27	26	6	1	2	22	9	2	0	6	5	17	1	17	LLLWLL		0-3
1	11	Coventry City	17	6	4	7	25	21	5	1	2	16	5	1	3	5	9	16	4	16	DLWLWD		1-1
2	12	Barnsley	17	7	2	8	28	32	5	0	3	13	8	2	2	5	15	24	-4	16	WDLLWL		1-4
	13	Leeds United	17	6	3	8	27	25	5	2	1	18	6	1	1	7	9	19	2	15	DLWDDL		1-3
	14	Fulham	17	7	1	9	24	24	4	1	3	15	7	3	0	6	9	17	0	15	LWDLWL		0-2
	15	Luton Town	17	5	5	7	20	23	4	3	0	10	4	1	2	7	10	19	-3	15	LLDLWD		0-0
2	16	Bury	17	4	5	8	21	25	3	2	4	13	13	1	3	4	8	12	-4	13	DLLLLD		0-0
2	17	Chesterfield	16	5	3	8	18	22	1	1	5	6	10	4	2	3	12	12	-4	13	DLWDLW		4-0
2	18	Nottingham Forest	17	6	1	10	20	25	5	0	4	13	10	1	1	6	7	15	-5	13	LWDWWL		0-2
2	19	Millwall	16	3	6	7	20	27	3	2	3	12	12	0	4	4	8	15	-7	12	LDDWLL		0-4
2	20	Doncaster Rovers	17	4	4	9	16	28	3	3	3	11	11	1	1	6	5	17	-12	12	DLLLLW		2-1
	21	Plymouth Argyle	17	2	8	7	8	27	2	4	2	4	7	0	4	5	4	20	-19	12	LLDDDD		0-0
2	22	Brentford	17	4	3	10	15	37	4	2	3	13	15	0	1	7	2	22	-22	11	WDWLWL		0-4