The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 NEWCASTLE UNITED - Sat Mar 27, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 27, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Newcastle United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: H Jackson
Attendance:: 28,906
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Newcastle United:: Feb 19, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1723 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 986 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1908 (of 5828)
Total:: 3048 (of 7633)
Played:: 78 years, 5 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

NEWCASTLE UNITED
Manager: George Martin
Prior form: DWWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Penalties Missed:
Johnston (38')

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	F	24	Jack Edwards
10	F	29	Tom Johnston
11	F	28	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Garbutt
2	D	Cowell
3	D	Craig
4	D	Houghton
5	D	Brennan
6	M	Dodgin
7	M	Milburn
8	M	Stobbart
9	M	Lowrie
10	F	Taylor
11	F	McCall

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 27, 1948)

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

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

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	34	18	11	5	44	21	9	6	2	26	12	9	5	3	18	9	23	47	DWLDDD	Safe	0-0
	2	Newcastle United	35	20	5	10	61	36	14	1	2	38	11	6	4	8	23	25	25	45	WWLWWD	Safe	0-0
	3	Cardiff City	36	17	10	9	56	44	12	5	2	35	12	5	5	7	21	32	12	44	DWWLLD	Safe	0-0
	4	Southampton	34	17	8	9	61	46	13	3	2	48	19	4	5	7	13	27	15	42	DWWDWD	Safe	1-1
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	34	17	7	10	56	46	11	3	2	34	19	6	4	8	22	27	10	41	DDDWWW	Safe	3-1
	6	West Bromwich Albion	35	16	7	12	48	46	10	2	5	28	24	6	5	7	20	22	2	39	LDWWDD		1-1
	7	West Ham United	35	13	12	10	45	41	8	7	3	23	15	5	5	7	22	26	4	38	LWLDWD		1-1
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	34	13	11	10	48	32	9	5	2	32	15	4	6	8	16	17	16	37	DDLLDD		0-0
1	9	Bradford Park Avenue	36	14	7	15	57	55	9	3	6	36	23	5	4	9	21	32	2	35	DLWDWD		2-2
1	10	Fulham	33	13	8	12	42	37	5	7	4	21	13	8	1	8	21	24	5	34	DDWDWD		0-0
2	11	Barnsley	34	13	8	13	50	48	9	3	5	25	16	4	5	8	25	32	2	34	DWDWDL
2	12	Chesterfield	34	13	7	14	42	44	6	4	7	23	22	7	3	7	19	22	-2	33	LLDWLW		2-0
	13	Coventry City	34	11	10	13	49	43	8	3	6	28	15	3	7	7	21	28	6	32	DDLDDD		2-2
2	14	Bury	36	9	14	13	51	50	6	7	6	25	24	3	7	7	26	26	1	32	WDLDDL
2	15	Brentford	35	10	12	13	34	53	8	6	4	25	22	2	6	9	9	31	-19	32	DDLWWW		1-0
1	16	Leicester City	34	11	9	14	44	49	7	3	5	25	23	4	6	9	19	26	-5	31	LWLLDD		0-0
1	17	Leeds United	36	12	6	18	50	64	10	4	3	34	15	2	2	15	16	49	-14	30	LDLWLL		1-3
	18	Luton Town	34	10	9	15	46	52	6	7	4	27	21	4	2	11	19	31	-6	29	DDDLLL		0-2
	19	Plymouth Argyle	35	7	15	13	31	51	7	6	4	22	18	0	9	9	9	33	-20	29	DDDLLD		1-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	35	10	8	17	42	51	9	3	6	27	20	1	5	11	15	31	-9	28	WDLDLD		0-0
1	21	Doncaster Rovers	35	8	10	17	32	52	7	8	4	22	16	1	2	13	10	36	-20	26	WDDLDD		0-0
1	22	Millwall	36	8	10	18	35	63	6	6	7	20	25	2	4	11	15	38	-28	26	DLWWDL		0-1