The City Ground

BURY 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 20, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 20, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 20 December 1947

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: S Chatfield
Attendance:: 12,005
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Doncaster Rovers (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Dec 11, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1710 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 973 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1894 (of 5827)
Total:: 3032 (of 7632)
Played:: 78 years, 8 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

BURY
Manager: Norman Bullock
Prior form: LDDDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Carter (17')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	D	33	Harry Brigham	Last game
3	M	31	Bob McCall
4	M	26	Eddie Barks
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	24	Noel Simpson
7	F	23	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	Grieves
2	D	G Griffiths
3	D	W Griffiths
4	D	Jones
5	D	Hart
6	M	Bickerstaff
7	M	Kilshaw
8	M	Worthington
9	M	Carter
10	F	Daniel
11	F	Woodcock

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 20, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-1	Birmingham City
Brentford	0-2	Fulham
Bury	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Chesterfield	2-2	Cardiff City
Leicester City	2-0	Leeds United
Luton Town	2-3	Coventry City
Millwall	0-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Plymouth Argyle	3-0	Newcastle United
Southampton	6-1	Doncaster Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United	0-0	Bradford Park Avenue

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	Birmingham City	21	13	4	4	30	16	7	3	1	19	9	6	1	3	11	7	14	30	WWWLWW
	2	West Bromwich Albion	21	13	3	5	34	25	8	1	2	22	15	5	2	3	12	10	9	29	WLWLLW
	3	Newcastle United	21	12	3	6	41	22	8	1	2	25	9	4	2	4	16	13	19	27	LWWLWL
	4	Cardiff City	21	10	6	5	31	24	7	3	1	17	5	3	3	4	14	19	7	26	LDLWWW
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	21	10	5	6	37	19	7	2	1	26	10	3	3	5	11	9	18	25	WWWWLL
	6	West Ham United	21	8	9	4	28	20	6	5	0	17	5	2	4	4	11	15	8	25	DDDDLW
	7	Southampton	21	10	4	7	35	33	8	2	1	26	10	2	2	6	9	23	2	24	LWLWDW
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	21	10	3	8	31	31	7	2	2	21	13	3	1	6	10	18	0	23	DWLWLL
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	21	10	2	9	38	33	8	1	2	28	10	2	1	7	10	23	5	22	LLLWDW
	10	Leicester City	21	8	5	8	28	29	5	2	3	16	16	3	3	5	12	13	-1	21	LWLDWL
	11	Chesterfield	20	8	4	8	27	26	3	1	5	13	13	5	3	3	14	13	1	20	LWWWDW
	12	Leeds United	21	8	4	9	32	31	7	2	1	22	8	1	2	8	10	23	1	20	DLWLWD
	13	Barnsley	21	8	4	9	33	36	6	1	3	17	10	2	3	6	16	26	-3	20	WLWDDL
	14	Luton Town	21	7	6	8	26	29	5	4	0	13	6	2	2	8	13	23	-3	20	WDDLWW
	15	Coventry City	21	7	4	10	32	29	6	1	3	19	7	1	3	7	13	22	3	18	WDWLLL
	16	Fulham	21	8	2	11	26	30	4	2	4	15	9	4	0	7	11	21	-4	18	WLLWDL
	17	Bury	21	4	8	9	26	31	3	4	4	16	16	1	4	5	10	15	-5	16	LDDDLD
	18	Millwall	20	5	6	9	25	32	4	2	4	15	15	1	4	5	10	17	-7	16	LLLLWW
	19	Nottingham Forest	21	6	3	12	25	32	5	1	5	15	13	1	2	7	10	19	-7	15	WLLDDL
	20	Doncaster Rovers	21	5	5	11	19	32	4	4	3	13	11	1	1	8	6	21	-13	15	LWLWLD
	21	Brentford	21	4	7	10	20	42	4	4	3	16	18	0	3	7	4	24	-22	15	WLDDDD
	22	Plymouth Argyle	21	3	9	9	12	34	3	5	2	8	9	0	4	7	4	25	-22	15	DDWLDL

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	Birmingham City	22	14	4	4	31	16	7	3	1	19	9	7	1	3	12	7	15	32	WWLWWW		1-0
	2	West Bromwich Albion	22	13	4	5	35	26	8	1	2	22	15	5	3	3	13	11	9	30	LWLLWD		1-1
	3	Newcastle United	22	12	3	7	41	25	8	1	2	25	9	4	2	5	16	16	16	27	WWLWLL		0-3
	4	Cardiff City	22	10	7	5	33	26	7	3	1	17	5	3	4	4	16	21	7	27	DLWWWD		2-2
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	22	10	6	6	38	20	7	3	1	27	11	3	3	5	11	9	18	26	WWWLLD		1-1
	6	West Ham United	22	8	10	4	28	20	6	6	0	17	5	2	4	4	11	15	8	26	DDDLWD		0-0
	7	Southampton	22	11	4	7	41	34	9	2	1	32	11	2	2	6	9	23	7	26	WLWDWW		6-1
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	22	10	4	8	31	31	7	2	2	21	13	3	2	6	10	18	0	24	WLWLLD		0-0
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	22	10	3	9	38	33	8	1	2	28	10	2	2	7	10	23	5	23	LLWDWD		0-0
	10	Leicester City	22	9	5	8	30	29	6	2	3	18	16	3	3	5	12	13	1	23	WLDWLW		2-0
	11	Chesterfield	21	8	5	8	29	28	3	2	5	15	15	5	3	3	14	13	1	21	WWWDWD		2-2
3	12	Coventry City	22	8	4	10	35	31	6	1	3	19	7	2	3	7	16	24	4	20	DWLLLW		3-2
1	13	Leeds United	22	8	4	10	32	33	7	2	1	22	8	1	2	9	10	25	-1	20	LWLWDL		0-2
2	14	Fulham	22	9	2	11	28	30	4	2	4	15	9	5	0	7	13	21	-2	20	LLWDLW		2-0
2	15	Barnsley	22	8	4	10	33	37	6	1	4	17	11	2	3	6	16	26	-4	20	LWDDLL		0-1
2	16	Luton Town	22	7	6	9	28	32	5	4	1	15	9	2	2	8	13	23	-4	20	DDLWWL		2-3
	17	Bury	22	5	8	9	27	31	4	4	4	17	16	1	4	5	10	15	-4	18	DDDLDW		1-0
	18	Millwall	21	5	7	9	25	32	4	3	4	15	15	1	4	5	10	17	-7	17	LLLWWD		0-0
3	19	Plymouth Argyle	22	4	9	9	15	34	4	5	2	11	9	0	4	7	4	25	-19	17	DWLDLW		3-0
1	20	Nottingham Forest	22	6	3	13	25	33	5	1	5	15	13	1	2	8	10	20	-8	15	LLDDLL		0-1
1	21	Doncaster Rovers	22	5	5	12	20	38	4	4	3	13	11	1	1	9	7	27	-18	15	WLWLDL		1-6
1	22	Brentford	22	4	7	11	20	44	4	4	4	16	20	0	3	7	4	24	-24	15	LDDDDL		0-2