The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 2 MILLWALL - Sat Jan 31, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 31, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Millwall
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-2 WON
: Half-time: 3-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 31 January 1948

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: P Stevens
Attendance:: 21,506
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 21 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Crystal Palace (Friendly)
League:: Sheffield Wednesday
Millwall:: Sep 03, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1715 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 978 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1900 (of 5828)
Total:: 3039 (of 7633)
Played:: 78 years, 7 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tom Johnston (10')
Jack Edwards (12')
George Lee (23')
George Lee (71')
Jack Edwards (82')

MILLWALL
Manager: Jack Cock
Prior form: DDLLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Mansfield (31')
Mansfield (76')

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	32	Bob McCall	100th appearance
6	M	26	Frank Knight
7	F	31	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	George Wilkins
9	F	29	Tom Johnston (10')
10	F	23	Jack Edwards (12') (82')
11	F	28	George Lee (23') (71')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Purdey
2	D	Tyler
3	D	G Fisher
4	D	Davies
5	D	Brolly
6	M	Kelly
7	M	Johnson
8	M	Woodward
9	M	Sutcliffe
10	F	Brown
11	F	Mansfield

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 31, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-1	Plymouth Argyle
Birmingham City	0-0	Brentford
Bradford Park Avenue	0-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Cardiff City	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Coventry City	1-2	Leeds United
Doncaster Rovers	1-0	Chesterfield
Fulham	1-1	Bury
Newcastle United	2-0	Leicester City
Nottingham Forest	5-2	Millwall
Southampton	3-1	West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion	1-0	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	Birmingham City	26	16	6	4	34	17	8	4	1	21	10	8	2	3	13	7	17	38	WWDWDW
	2	Newcastle United	27	15	3	9	50	31	10	1	2	32	11	5	2	7	18	20	19	33	LWWWLL
	3	Cardiff City	26	12	8	6	44	31	8	4	1	25	7	4	4	5	19	24	13	32	WDDWWL
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	26	12	6	8	44	25	9	3	1	32	12	3	3	7	12	13	19	30	LDWLLW
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	26	13	4	9	42	38	9	2	2	27	16	4	2	7	15	22	4	30	LDWWWL
	6	West Bromwich Albion	26	13	4	9	37	34	8	1	4	22	18	5	3	5	15	16	3	30	WDLLLL
	7	Southampton	26	12	5	9	45	40	9	2	2	33	13	3	3	7	12	27	5	29	WWWLDL
	8	Chesterfield	26	11	6	9	37	33	5	3	5	20	16	6	3	4	17	17	4	28	DLWWWD
	9	West Ham United	26	9	10	7	35	32	7	6	1	20	10	2	4	6	15	22	3	28	WDLLLW
	10	Coventry City	26	11	5	10	44	35	8	1	3	25	9	3	4	7	19	26	9	27	LWWWWD
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	26	12	3	11	43	40	8	1	4	30	16	4	2	7	13	24	3	27	WDLWLW
	12	Fulham	26	11	3	12	35	35	5	3	4	19	11	6	0	8	16	24	0	25	LWDLWW
	13	Barnsley	27	10	5	12	41	43	7	1	5	20	13	3	4	7	21	30	-2	25	LLLWWD
	14	Leicester City	26	9	7	10	36	38	6	3	4	21	20	3	4	6	15	18	-2	25	LWDLLD
	15	Bury	27	7	10	10	37	37	5	5	5	22	19	2	5	5	15	18	0	24	WDLWWD
	16	Luton Town	26	9	6	11	37	38	6	4	2	21	11	3	2	9	16	27	-1	24	WLWWLL
	17	Leeds United	27	9	5	13	36	43	8	3	3	25	12	1	2	10	11	31	-7	23	LLLDLW
	18	Plymouth Argyle	26	6	11	9	22	39	6	5	2	16	12	0	6	7	6	27	-17	23	LWDWDW
	19	Nottingham Forest	26	8	4	14	31	38	7	1	5	21	16	1	3	9	10	22	-7	20	LLLWWD
	20	Brentford	26	6	8	12	25	50	5	5	4	19	22	1	3	8	6	28	-25	20	DLDWLW
	21	Millwall	26	5	8	13	25	42	4	4	5	15	16	1	4	8	10	26	-17	18	DDLLLL
	22	Doncaster Rovers	26	6	5	15	26	47	5	4	4	16	14	1	1	11	10	33	-21	17	DLWLLL

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	27	16	7	4	34	17	8	5	1	21	10	8	2	3	13	7	17	39	WDWDWD		0-0
	2	Newcastle United	28	16	3	9	52	31	11	1	2	34	11	5	2	7	18	20	21	35	WWWLLW		2-0
	3	Cardiff City	27	13	8	6	46	32	9	4	1	27	8	4	4	5	19	24	14	34	DDWWLW		2-1
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	27	13	6	8	46	25	9	3	1	32	12	4	3	7	14	13	21	32	DWLLWW		2-0
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	27	14	4	9	38	34	9	1	4	23	18	5	3	5	15	16	4	32	DLLLLW		1-0
1	6	Southampton	27	13	5	9	48	41	10	2	2	36	14	3	3	7	12	27	7	31	WWLDLW		3-1
2	7	Sheffield Wednesday	27	13	4	10	43	40	9	2	2	27	16	4	2	8	16	24	3	30	DWWWLL		1-2
	8	Chesterfield	27	11	6	10	37	34	5	3	5	20	16	6	3	5	17	18	3	28	LWWWDL		0-1
	9	West Ham United	27	9	10	8	36	35	7	6	1	20	10	2	4	7	16	25	1	28	DLLLWL		1-3
	10	Coventry City	27	11	5	11	45	37	8	1	4	26	11	3	4	7	19	26	8	27	WWWWDL		1-2
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	27	12	3	12	43	42	8	1	5	30	18	4	2	7	13	24	1	27	DLWLWL		0-2
1	12	Barnsley	28	11	5	12	43	44	8	1	5	22	14	3	4	7	21	30	-1	27	LLWWDW		2-1
1	13	Fulham	27	11	4	12	36	36	5	4	4	20	12	6	0	8	16	24	0	26	WDLWWD		1-1
1	14	Bury	28	7	11	10	38	38	5	5	5	22	19	2	6	5	16	19	0	25	DLWWDD		1-1
1	15	Leicester City	27	9	7	11	36	40	6	3	4	21	20	3	4	7	15	20	-4	25	WDLLDL		0-2
1	16	Leeds United	28	10	5	13	38	44	8	3	3	25	12	2	2	10	13	32	-6	25	LLDLWW		2-1
1	17	Luton Town	27	9	6	12	37	39	6	4	2	21	11	3	2	10	16	28	-2	24	LWWLLL		0-1
	18	Plymouth Argyle	27	6	11	10	23	41	6	5	2	16	12	0	6	8	7	29	-18	23	WDWDWL		1-2
	19	Nottingham Forest	27	9	4	14	36	40	8	1	5	26	18	1	3	9	10	22	-4	22	LLWWDW		5-2
	20	Brentford	27	6	9	12	25	50	5	5	4	19	22	1	4	8	6	28	-25	21	LDWLWD		0-0
1	21	Doncaster Rovers	27	7	5	15	27	47	6	4	4	17	14	1	1	11	10	33	-20	19	LWLLLW		1-0
1	22	Millwall	27	5	8	14	27	47	4	4	5	15	16	1	4	9	12	31	-20	18	DLLLLL		2-5