The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 20, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 20, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 20 March 1948

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: G Salmon
Attendance:: 11,536
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 12 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: Oct 30, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1721 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 984 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1906 (of 5827)
Total:: 3046 (of 7632)
Played:: 78 years, 5 months, 13 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lee (51')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Billy Frith
Prior form: LLDDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
McIntosh (80')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	32	Bob McCall
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	25	Noel Simpson
7	F	31	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	George Wilkins
9	M	26	Eddie Barks
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	George Lee (51')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wood
2	D	Barratt
3	D	R Mason
4	D	Alderton
5	D	G Mason
6	M	Lovering
7	M	Simpson
8	M	Mcintosh
9	M	Roberts
10	F	Murphy
11	F	Lockhart

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 20, 1948)

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

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

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	33	18	10	5	44	21	9	6	2	26	12	9	4	3	18	9	23	46	WDWLDD	Safe	0-0
	2	Cardiff City	34	17	9	8	56	41	12	4	1	35	9	5	5	7	21	32	15	43	WWDWWL	Safe	0-4
	3	Newcastle United	33	19	4	10	60	36	13	1	2	37	11	6	3	8	23	25	24	42	WDWWLW		2-0
	4	Southampton	32	16	7	9	58	44	12	2	2	45	17	4	5	7	13	27	14	39	WWDWWD		0-0
	5	West Bromwich Albion	34	16	6	12	47	45	10	2	5	28	24	6	4	7	19	21	2	38	LLDWWD		3-3
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	32	15	7	10	51	45	10	3	2	31	18	5	4	8	20	27	6	37	LWDDDW		3-2
1	7	Tottenham Hotspur	32	13	9	10	48	32	9	4	2	32	15	4	5	8	16	17	16	35	WDDDLL		0-2
	8	West Ham United	33	12	11	10	41	40	8	6	3	22	14	4	5	7	19	26	1	35	WWLWLD		1-1
	9	Barnsley	33	13	8	12	50	47	9	3	5	25	16	4	5	7	25	31	3	34	WDWDWD		1-1
	10	Bury	35	9	14	12	51	46	6	7	5	25	20	3	7	7	26	26	5	32	WWDLDD		3-3
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	34	13	6	15	51	53	9	2	6	34	21	4	4	9	17	32	-2	32	LDDLWD		0-0
	12	Coventry City	33	11	9	13	47	41	8	3	6	28	15	3	6	7	19	26	6	31	LDDLDD		1-1
	13	Fulham	31	12	7	12	39	37	5	7	4	21	13	7	0	8	18	24	2	31	WDDDWD		0-0
1	14	Chesterfield	32	12	7	13	40	42	5	4	6	21	20	7	3	7	19	22	-2	31	LLLLDW		2-1
2	15	Leeds United	34	12	6	16	49	58	10	4	3	34	15	2	2	13	15	43	-9	30	LWLDLW		4-0
2	16	Luton Town	32	10	9	13	46	47	6	7	3	27	18	4	2	10	19	29	-1	29	LWDDDL		1-2
1	17	Leicester City	32	11	7	14	43	48	7	3	5	25	23	4	4	9	18	25	-5	29	LWLWLL		2-3
	18	Plymouth Argyle	34	7	14	13	30	50	7	6	4	22	18	0	8	9	8	32	-20	28	LDDDLL		1-2
1	19	Brentford	33	8	12	13	30	53	7	6	4	22	22	1	6	9	8	31	-23	28	WDDDLW		2-0
1	20	Nottingham Forest	33	10	7	16	41	49	9	2	6	27	20	1	5	10	14	29	-8	27	DLWDLD		1-1
1	21	Millwall	34	8	9	17	35	62	6	5	6	20	24	2	4	11	15	38	-27	25	LLDLWW		2-1
1	22	Doncaster Rovers	33	8	8	17	31	51	7	6	4	21	15	1	2	13	10	36	-20	24	LDWDDL		0-2