The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 WEST HAM UNITED - Sat Jan 03, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 03, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: J Tregellas
Attendance:: 26,141
Pos Before/After:: 21 19
Opp Before/After:: 8 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Liverpool (FA Cup)
League:: Chesterfield
West Ham United:: Dec 04, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1713 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 976 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1897 (of 5679)
Total:: 3032 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
George Wilkins
Tom Johnson

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Charlie Paynter
Prior form: DLWDLL (Old to recent)

Goals:
Terry Woodgate

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Laurie Platts
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	Noel Simpson
5	M	Bob McCall
6	M	Frank Knight
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	George Wilkins
9	M	Eddie Barks
10	F	Tom Johnson
11	F	George Lee

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Ernie Gregory
2	2	Ernie Devlin
3	3	Steve Forde
4	4	Norman Corbett
5	5	Richard Walker
6	6	Tommy Moroney
7	7	Terry Woodgate
8	8	Eric Parsons
9	9	John William Stephens
10	10	Sam Small
11	11	Don Wade

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Jan 03, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	1-1	Plymouth Argyle
Bradford Park Avenue	1-3	Chesterfield
Cardiff City	6-0	Millwall
Coventry City	3-0	Brentford
Doncaster Rovers	1-3	Bury
Fulham	3-1	Leicester City
Leeds United	0-0	Southampton
Newcastle United	4-1	Luton Town
Nottingham Forest	2-1	West Ham United
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion	0-2	Barnsley

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Birmingham City	24	15	5	4	32	16	8	3	1	20	9	7	2	3	12	7	2.00000	35	LWWWDW
	2	Newcastle United	24	14	3	7	45	26	9	1	2	28	10	5	2	5	17	16	1.73077	31	LWLLWW
	3	Cardiff City	24	11	8	5	37	29	7	4	1	19	7	4	4	4	18	22	1.27586	30	WWWDDW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	24	13	4	7	36	30	8	1	3	22	16	5	3	4	14	14	1.20000	30	LLWDLL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	24	11	6	7	42	23	8	3	1	30	11	3	3	6	12	12	1.82609	28	WLLDWL
	6	Southampton	24	12	4	8	45	37	9	2	2	33	13	3	2	6	12	24	1.21622	28	WDWWWL
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	24	12	4	8	40	35	8	2	2	26	16	4	2	6	14	19	1.14286	28	WLLDWW
	8	West Ham United	24	8	10	6	32	29	6	6	1	18	9	2	4	5	14	20	1.10345	26	DLWDLL
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	24	11	3	10	41	37	8	1	3	29	13	3	2	7	12	24	1.10811	25	WDWDLW
	10	Chesterfield	24	10	5	9	34	32	5	2	5	20	16	5	3	4	14	16	1.06250	25	DWDLWW
	11	Coventry City	24	10	4	10	39	33	7	1	3	22	9	3	3	7	17	24	1.18182	24	LLLWWW
	12	Luton Town	24	9	6	9	36	33	6	4	1	21	10	3	2	8	15	23	1.09091	24	LWWLWW
	13	Leicester City	24	9	6	9	33	33	6	2	4	19	18	3	4	5	14	15	1.00000	24	DWLWDL
	14	Fulham	24	9	3	12	31	34	4	3	4	16	10	5	0	8	15	24	.91176	21	WDLWDL
	15	Barnsley	24	8	4	12	35	41	6	1	5	17	12	2	3	7	18	29	.85366	20	DDLLLL
	16	Leeds United	24	8	4	12	33	41	7	2	2	22	10	1	2	10	11	31	.80488	20	LWDLLL
	17	Plymouth Argyle	24	5	10	9	19	37	5	5	2	14	11	0	5	7	5	26	.51351	20	LDLWDW
	18	Bury	24	5	9	10	30	35	4	4	5	18	18	1	5	5	12	17	.85714	19	DLDWDL
	19	Millwall	24	5	8	11	25	35	4	4	4	15	15	1	4	7	10	20	.71429	18	WWDDLL
	20	Brentford	24	5	8	11	24	47	4	5	4	18	22	1	3	7	6	25	.51064	18	DDDLDW
	21	Nottingham Forest	24	7	3	14	29	37	6	1	5	19	15	1	2	9	10	22	.78378	17	DDLLLW
	22	Doncaster Rovers	24	6	5	13	24	42	5	4	3	15	11	1	1	10	9	31	.57143	17	WLDLWL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Birmingham City	25	15	6	4	33	17	8	4	1	21	10	7	2	3	12	7	1.94118	36	WWWDWD	1-1
	2	Newcastle United	25	15	3	7	49	27	10	1	2	32	11	5	2	5	17	16	1.81481	33	WLLWWW	4-1
	3	Cardiff City	25	12	8	5	43	29	8	4	1	25	7	4	4	4	18	22	1.48276	32	WWDDWW	6-0
3	4	Sheffield Wednesday	25	13	4	8	41	35	9	2	2	27	16	4	2	6	14	19	1.17143	30	LLDWWW	1-0
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	25	13	4	8	36	32	8	1	4	22	18	5	3	4	14	14	1.12500	30	LWDLLL	0-2
	6	Southampton	25	12	5	8	45	37	9	2	2	33	13	3	3	6	12	24	1.21622	29	DWWWLD	0-0
2	7	Tottenham Hotspur	25	11	6	8	42	24	8	3	1	30	11	3	3	7	12	13	1.75000	28	LLDWLL	0-1
2	8	Chesterfield	25	11	5	9	37	33	5	2	5	20	16	6	3	4	17	17	1.12121	27	WDLWWW	3-1
2	9	Coventry City	25	11	4	10	42	33	8	1	3	25	9	3	3	7	17	24	1.27273	26	LLWWWW	3-0
2	10	West Ham United	25	8	10	7	33	31	6	6	1	18	9	2	4	6	15	22	1.06452	26	LWDLLL	1-2
2	11	Bradford Park Avenue	25	11	3	11	42	40	8	1	4	30	16	3	2	7	12	24	1.05000	25	DWDLWL	1-3
	12	Luton Town	25	9	6	10	37	37	6	4	1	21	10	3	2	9	16	27	1.00000	24	WWLWWL	1-4
	13	Leicester City	25	9	6	10	34	36	6	2	4	19	18	3	4	6	15	18	.94444	24	WLWDLL	1-3
	14	Fulham	25	10	3	12	34	35	5	3	4	19	11	5	0	8	15	24	.97143	23	DLWDLW	3-1
	15	Barnsley	25	9	4	12	37	41	6	1	5	17	12	3	3	7	20	29	.90244	22	DLLLLW	2-0
2	16	Bury	25	6	9	10	33	36	4	4	5	18	18	2	5	5	15	18	.91667	21	LDWDLW	3-1
1	17	Leeds United	25	8	5	12	33	41	7	3	2	22	10	1	2	10	11	31	.80488	21	WDLLLD	0-0
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	25	5	11	9	20	38	5	5	2	14	11	0	6	7	6	27	.52632	21	DLWDWD	1-1
2	19	Nottingham Forest	25	8	3	14	31	38	7	1	5	21	16	1	2	9	10	22	.81579	19	DLLLWW	2-1
1	20	Millwall	25	5	8	12	25	41	4	4	4	15	15	1	4	8	10	26	.60976	18	WDDLLL	0-6
1	21	Brentford	25	5	8	12	24	50	4	5	4	18	22	1	3	8	6	28	.48000	18	DDLDWL	0-3
	22	Doncaster Rovers	25	6	5	14	25	45	5	4	4	16	14	1	1	10	9	31	.55556	17	LDLWLL	1-3