The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 03, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 03, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Sports Argus - Saturday 03 April 1948

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: WB Nixon
Attendance:: 38,227
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Sep 01, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1725 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 988 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1910 (of 5829)
Total:: 3050 (of 7634)
Played:: 78 years, 5 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Bill Morley (79') - Bill Morley first goal

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Harry Storer
Prior form: LDDDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Stewart (1')
Mitchell (76') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	24	James Clarke
4	M	26	Eddie Barks
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	25	Noel Simpson
7	M	22	Bryn Elliott	Debut
8	F	31	Freddie Scott
9	M	22	Bill Morley (79')
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Merrick
2	D	Green
3	D	Jennings
4	D	Harris
5	D	Duckhouse
6	M	Mitchell
7	M	Stewart
8	M	Dougall
9	M	Trigg
10	F	Bodie
11	F	Edwards

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 03, 1948)

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

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	36	19	12	5	49	22	10	6	2	30	12	9	6	3	19	10	27	50	LDDDWD	Safe
	2	Newcastle United	36	20	6	10	62	37	14	1	2	38	11	6	5	8	24	26	25	46	WLWWDD	Safe
	3	Cardiff City	37	17	10	10	58	48	12	5	2	35	12	5	5	8	23	36	10	44	WWLLDL	Safe
	4	Southampton	35	17	9	9	62	47	13	3	2	48	19	4	6	7	14	28	15	43	WWDWDD	Safe
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	35	18	7	10	57	46	12	3	2	35	19	6	4	8	22	27	11	43	DDWWWW	Safe
	6	West Ham United	36	14	12	10	49	43	9	7	3	27	17	5	5	7	22	26	6	40	WLDWDW	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	37	16	8	13	49	51	10	3	5	29	25	6	5	8	20	26	-2	40	WWDDLD	Safe
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	35	14	11	10	51	34	10	5	2	35	17	4	6	8	16	17	17	39	DLLDDW	Safe
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	37	15	7	15	62	58	10	3	6	41	26	5	4	9	21	32	4	37	LWDWDW
	10	Fulham	34	13	9	12	43	38	5	8	4	22	14	8	1	8	21	24	5	35	DWDWDD
	11	Barnsley	35	13	9	13	51	49	9	4	5	26	17	4	5	8	25	32	2	35	WDWDLD
	12	Coventry City	36	11	11	14	49	44	8	4	6	28	15	3	7	8	21	29	5	33	LDDDLD
	13	Chesterfield	35	13	7	15	42	45	6	4	7	23	22	7	3	8	19	23	-3	33	LDWLWL
	14	Leicester City	35	12	9	14	47	51	8	3	5	28	25	4	6	9	19	26	-4	33	WLLDDW
	15	Brentford	36	10	13	13	35	54	8	6	4	25	22	2	7	9	10	32	-19	33	DLWWWD
	16	Bury	37	9	14	14	54	55	6	7	6	25	24	3	7	8	29	31	-1	32	DLDDLL
	17	Plymouth Argyle	37	8	16	13	32	51	8	6	4	23	18	0	10	9	9	33	-19	32	DLLDWD
	18	Leeds United	37	12	7	18	51	65	10	5	3	35	16	2	2	15	16	49	-14	31	DLWLLD
	19	Luton Town	35	10	10	15	47	53	6	7	4	27	21	4	3	11	20	32	-6	30	DDLLLD
	20	Nottingham Forest	36	10	9	17	43	52	9	4	6	28	21	1	5	11	15	31	-9	29	DLDLDD
	21	Doncaster Rovers	36	8	10	18	34	55	7	8	4	22	16	1	2	14	12	39	-21	26	DDLDDL
	22	Millwall	37	8	10	19	37	66	6	6	7	20	25	2	4	12	17	41	-29	26	LWWDLL

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	37	20	12	5	51	23	11	6	2	32	13	9	6	3	19	10	28	52	DDDWDW	Safe	2-1
	2	Newcastle United	37	21	6	10	64	37	15	1	2	40	11	6	5	8	24	26	27	48	LWWDDW	Safe	2-0
2	3	Sheffield Wednesday	36	19	7	10	59	46	12	3	2	35	19	7	4	8	24	27	13	45	DWWWWW	Safe	2-0
1	4	Cardiff City	38	17	10	11	58	49	12	5	2	35	12	5	5	9	23	37	9	44	WLLDLL	Safe	0-1
1	5	Southampton	36	17	9	10	63	49	13	3	2	48	19	4	6	8	15	30	14	43	WDWDDL	Safe	1-2
2	6	Tottenham Hotspur	36	15	11	10	54	35	10	5	2	35	17	5	6	8	19	18	19	41	LLDDWW	Safe	3-1
1	7	West Ham United	37	14	13	10	49	43	9	7	3	27	17	5	6	7	22	26	6	41	LDWDWD	Safe	0-0
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	38	16	8	14	50	54	10	3	6	30	28	6	5	8	20	26	-4	40	WDDLDL	Safe	1-3
2	9	Barnsley	36	14	9	13	53	50	10	4	5	28	18	4	5	8	25	32	3	37	DWDLDW		2-1
1	10	Bradford Park Avenue	38	15	7	16	62	60	10	3	6	41	26	5	4	10	21	34	2	37	WDWDWL		0-2
1	11	Coventry City	37	12	11	14	50	44	9	4	6	29	15	3	7	8	21	29	6	35	DDDLDW		1-0
2	12	Fulham	35	13	9	13	43	40	5	8	5	22	16	8	1	8	21	24	3	35	WDWDDL		0-2
	13	Chesterfield	36	14	7	15	45	45	6	4	7	23	22	8	3	8	22	23	0	35	DWLWLW		3-0
	14	Leicester City	36	13	9	14	50	51	9	3	5	31	25	4	6	9	19	26	-1	35	LLDDWW		3-0
1	15	Bury	38	9	15	14	54	55	6	7	6	25	24	3	8	8	29	31	-1	33	LDDLLD		0-0
1	16	Plymouth Argyle	38	8	17	13	32	51	8	7	4	23	18	0	10	9	9	33	-19	33	LLDWDD		0-0
2	17	Brentford	37	10	13	14	35	57	8	6	5	25	25	2	7	9	10	32	-22	33	LWWWDL		0-3
1	18	Luton Town	36	10	11	15	47	53	6	8	4	27	21	4	3	11	20	32	-6	31	DLLLDD		0-0
1	19	Leeds United	38	12	7	19	52	68	10	5	4	36	19	2	2	15	16	49	-16	31	LWLLDL		1-3
	20	Nottingham Forest	37	10	9	18	44	54	9	4	6	28	21	1	5	12	16	33	-10	29	LDLDDL		1-2
	21	Doncaster Rovers	37	9	10	18	37	56	7	8	4	22	16	2	2	14	15	40	-19	28	DLDDLW		3-1
	22	Millwall	38	8	10	20	37	69	6	6	7	20	25	2	4	13	17	44	-32	26	WWDLLL		0-3