The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 FULHAM - Sat Mar 13, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 13, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
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 13 March 1948

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: B Stevens
Attendance:: 20,866
League Week:: 32 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 15 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: Aug 28, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1720 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 983 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1905 (of 5828)
Total:: 3045 (of 7633)
Played:: 78 years, 5 months, 24 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Stevens (42')
Stevens (82')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	M	32	Bob McCall
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	26	Eddie Barks
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Frank Knight
7	F	31	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	George Wilkins
9	F	29	Tom Johnston
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Hinton
2	D	Lewin
3	D	Bacuzzi
4	D	Quested
5	D	Taylor
6	M	Beasley
7	M	S Thomas
8	M	R Thomas
9	M	Stevens
10	F	Ayers
11	F	Shepherd

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 13, 1948)

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

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	31	18	8	5	43	20	9	5	2	26	12	9	3	3	17	8	23	44	WDWDWL
	2	Cardiff City	32	16	9	7	53	37	11	4	1	32	9	5	5	6	21	28	16	41	WLWWDW
	3	Newcastle United	31	18	4	9	56	32	12	1	2	35	11	6	3	7	21	21	24	40	LLWDWW
	4	Southampton	30	15	6	9	54	42	11	2	2	41	15	4	4	7	13	27	12	36	DLWWDW
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	30	13	9	8	48	27	9	4	1	32	12	4	5	7	16	15	21	35	LWWDDD
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	31	14	7	10	48	43	10	3	2	31	18	4	4	8	17	25	5	35	LLWDDD
	7	West Bromwich Albion	32	15	5	12	42	42	10	1	5	25	21	5	4	7	17	21	0	35	WLLLDW
	8	West Ham United	31	12	10	9	40	37	8	6	2	22	12	4	4	7	18	25	3	34	WLWWLW
	9	Bury	33	9	12	12	47	42	6	6	5	24	19	3	6	7	23	23	5	30	DLWWDL
	10	Barnsley	30	12	6	12	45	45	9	2	5	24	15	3	4	7	21	30	0	30	WWDWDW
	11	Coventry City	31	11	7	13	46	40	8	2	6	27	14	3	5	7	19	26	6	29	DLLDDL
	12	Luton Town	31	10	9	12	45	45	6	7	2	26	16	4	2	10	19	29	0	29	LLWDDD
	13	Leicester City	30	11	7	12	41	42	7	3	4	23	20	4	4	8	18	22	-1	29	LDLWLW
	14	Bradford Park Avenue	32	12	5	15	48	52	8	2	6	31	20	4	3	9	17	32	-4	29	LLLDDL
	15	Fulham	29	11	6	12	37	37	5	6	4	21	13	6	0	8	16	24	0	28	LWWDDD
	16	Chesterfield	30	11	6	13	37	40	5	3	6	20	19	6	3	7	17	21	-3	28	WDLLLL
	17	Leeds United	32	11	6	15	44	55	9	4	3	30	15	2	2	12	14	40	-11	28	WWLWLD
	18	Plymouth Argyle	32	7	14	11	29	46	7	6	3	21	16	0	8	8	8	30	-17	28	LWLDDD
	19	Nottingham Forest	31	10	6	15	40	46	9	2	5	27	18	1	4	10	13	28	-6	26	DWDLWD
	20	Brentford	32	7	12	13	28	53	6	6	4	20	22	1	6	9	8	31	-25	26	DWDDDL
	21	Doncaster Rovers	31	8	7	16	31	49	7	5	4	21	15	1	2	12	10	34	-18	23	LWLDWD
	22	Millwall	32	6	9	17	31	61	5	5	6	18	24	1	4	11	13	37	-30	21	LWLLDL

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	32	18	9	5	44	21	9	5	2	26	12	9	4	3	18	9	23	45	DWDWLD	Safe	1-1
	2	Cardiff City	33	17	9	7	56	37	12	4	1	35	9	5	5	6	21	28	19	43	LWWDWW		3-0
	3	Newcastle United	32	18	4	10	58	36	12	1	2	35	11	6	3	8	23	25	22	40	LWDWWL		2-4
	4	Southampton	31	16	6	9	58	44	12	2	2	45	17	4	4	7	13	27	14	38	LWWDWW		4-2
2	5	West Bromwich Albion	33	16	5	12	44	42	10	1	5	25	21	6	4	7	19	21	2	37	LLLDWW		2-0
1	6	Tottenham Hotspur	30	13	9	8	48	27	9	4	1	32	12	4	5	7	16	15	21	35	LWWDDD
1	7	Sheffield Wednesday	31	14	7	10	48	43	10	3	2	31	18	4	4	8	17	25	5	35	LLWDDD
	8	West Ham United	32	12	10	10	40	39	8	6	3	22	14	4	4	7	18	25	1	34	LWWLWL		0-2
	9	Bury	34	9	13	12	48	43	6	7	5	25	20	3	6	7	23	23	5	31	LWWDLD		1-1
	10	Barnsley	31	12	7	12	46	46	9	2	5	24	15	3	5	7	22	31	0	31	WDWDWD		1-1
3	11	Bradford Park Avenue	33	13	5	15	51	53	9	2	6	34	21	4	3	9	17	32	-2	31	LLDDLW		3-1
1	12	Coventry City	32	11	8	13	46	40	8	2	6	27	14	3	6	7	19	26	6	30	LLDDLD		0-0
2	13	Fulham	30	12	6	12	39	37	5	6	4	21	13	7	0	8	18	24	2	30	WWDDDW		2-0
2	14	Luton Town	31	10	9	12	45	45	6	7	2	26	16	4	2	10	19	29	0	29	LLWDDD
1	15	Chesterfield	31	11	7	13	38	41	5	4	6	21	20	6	3	7	17	21	-3	29	DLLLLD		1-1
3	16	Leicester City	31	11	7	13	41	45	7	3	4	23	20	4	4	9	18	25	-4	29	DLWLWL		0-3
	17	Leeds United	33	11	6	16	45	58	9	4	3	30	15	2	2	13	15	43	-13	28	WLWLDL		1-3
	18	Plymouth Argyle	33	7	14	12	29	48	7	6	3	21	16	0	8	9	8	32	-19	28	WLDDDL		0-2
	19	Nottingham Forest	32	10	6	16	40	48	9	2	6	27	20	1	4	10	13	28	-8	26	WDLWDL		0-2
	20	Brentford	32	7	12	13	28	53	6	6	4	20	22	1	6	9	8	31	-25	26	DWDDDL
	21	Doncaster Rovers	32	8	8	16	31	49	7	6	4	21	15	1	2	12	10	34	-18	24	WLDWDD		0-0
	22	Millwall	33	7	9	17	33	61	6	5	6	20	24	1	4	11	13	37	-28	23	WLLDLW		2-0