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 5060)
League Tier 2:: 986 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1908 (of 5790)
Total:: 3048 (of 7585)
Played:: 77 years, 8 months, 17 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

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	31	Harry Walker	35		1	1
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	34		1	1
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson	42		1	1
4	M	32	Bob McCall	107	1	1	1
5	D	31	Horace Gager	5		1	1
6	M	25	Noel Simpson	42	3	1	1
7	F	31	Freddie Scott	78	7	1	1
8	F	28	George Wilkins	10	3	7	2
9	F	24	Jack Edwards	53	15	1	1
10	F	29	Tom Johnston	68	26	14	3
11	F	28	George Lee	34	9	1	1

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

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