The City Ground

SOUTHAMPTON 2 - 1 FOREST - Fri Mar 26, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Mar 26, 1948 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Dell
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Journal - Saturday 27 March 1948

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:
Attendance:: 22,584
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 4 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 2)
Southampton:: Mar 29, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1722 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 985 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1907 (of 5829)
Total:: 3047 (of 7634)
Played:: 78 years, 5 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lee (62')

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Bill Dodgin
Prior form: WWDWWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Wayman (18')
A Scott (27')

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	23	Gordon Kaile
8	F	31	Freddie Scott
9	M	26	Eddie Barks
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	George Lee (62')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Black
2	D	Ramsay
3	D	Rochford
4	D	Smith
5	D	Webber
6	M	Ballard
7	M	Day
8	M	A Scott
9	M	Wayman
10	F	Curtis
11	F	Grant

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Mar 26, 1948)

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

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

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
1	2	Newcastle United	34	20	4	10	61	36	14	1	2	38	11	6	3	8	23	25	25	44	DWWLWW	Safe	1-0
1	3	Cardiff City	35	17	9	9	56	44	12	4	2	35	12	5	5	7	21	32	12	43	WDWWLL	Safe	0-3
	4	Southampton	33	17	7	9	60	45	13	2	2	47	18	4	5	7	13	27	15	41	WDWWDW		2-1
1	5	Sheffield Wednesday	33	16	7	10	53	45	10	3	2	31	18	6	4	8	22	27	8	39	WDDDWW		2-0
1	6	West Bromwich Albion	34	16	6	12	47	45	10	2	5	28	24	6	4	7	19	21	2	38	LLDWWD
1	7	West Ham United	34	13	11	10	44	40	8	6	3	22	14	5	5	7	22	26	4	37	WLWLDW		3-0
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	33	13	10	10	48	32	9	4	2	32	15	4	6	8	16	17	16	36	DDDLLD		0-0
	9	Barnsley	34	13	8	13	50	48	9	3	5	25	16	4	5	8	25	32	2	34	DWDWDL		0-1
1	10	Bradford Park Avenue	35	14	6	15	55	53	9	2	6	34	21	5	4	9	21	32	2	34	DDLWDW		4-0
2	11	Fulham	32	13	7	12	42	37	5	7	4	21	13	8	0	8	21	24	5	33	DDDWDW		3-0
2	12	Bury	36	9	14	13	51	50	6	7	6	25	24	3	7	7	26	26	1	32	WDLDDL		0-4
1	13	Coventry City	33	11	9	13	47	41	8	3	6	28	15	3	6	7	19	26	6	31	LDDLDD
	14	Chesterfield	33	12	7	14	40	44	5	4	7	21	22	7	3	7	19	22	-4	31	LLLDWL		0-2
2	15	Leicester City	33	11	8	14	44	49	7	3	5	25	23	4	5	9	19	26	-5	30	WLWLLD		1-1
1	16	Leeds United	35	12	6	17	49	61	10	4	3	34	15	2	2	14	15	46	-12	30	WLDLWL		0-3
2	17	Brentford	34	9	12	13	33	53	8	6	4	25	22	1	6	9	8	31	-20	30	DDDLWW		3-0
2	18	Luton Town	33	10	9	14	46	50	6	7	4	27	21	4	2	10	19	29	-4	29	WDDDLL		0-3
1	19	Plymouth Argyle	34	7	14	13	30	50	7	6	4	22	18	0	8	9	8	32	-20	28	LDDDLL
	20	Nottingham Forest	34	10	7	17	42	51	9	2	6	27	20	1	5	11	15	31	-9	27	LWDLDL		1-2
	21	Millwall	35	8	10	17	35	62	6	6	6	20	24	2	4	11	15	38	-27	26	LDLWWD		0-0
	22	Doncaster Rovers	34	8	9	17	32	52	7	7	4	22	16	1	2	13	10	36	-20	25	DWDDLD		1-1