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)

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: WB Nixon
Attendance:: 38,227
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 4969)
League Tier 2:: 988 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1910 (of 5679)
Total:: 3047 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
William Morley - William Morley first goal

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

Goals:
?
?

Lineup:

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

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the 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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Birmingham City	36	19	12	5	49	22	10	6	2	30	12	9	6	3	19	10	2.22727	50	LDDDWD
	2	Newcastle United	36	20	6	10	62	37	14	1	2	38	11	6	5	8	24	26	1.67568	46	WLWWDD
	3	Cardiff City	37	17	10	10	58	48	12	5	2	35	12	5	5	8	23	36	1.20833	44	WWLLDL
	4	Southampton	35	17	9	9	62	47	13	3	2	48	19	4	6	7	14	28	1.31915	43	WWDWDD
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	35	18	7	10	57	46	12	3	2	35	19	6	4	8	22	27	1.23913	43	DDWWWW
	6	West Ham United	36	14	12	10	49	43	9	7	3	27	17	5	5	7	22	26	1.13953	40	WLDWDW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	37	16	8	13	49	51	10	3	5	29	25	6	5	8	20	26	.96078	40	WWDDLD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	35	14	11	10	51	34	10	5	2	35	17	4	6	8	16	17	1.50000	39	DLLDDW
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	37	15	7	15	62	58	10	3	6	41	26	5	4	9	21	32	1.06897	37	LWDWDW
	10	Fulham	34	13	9	12	43	38	5	8	4	22	14	8	1	8	21	24	1.13158	35	DWDWDD
	11	Barnsley	35	13	9	13	51	49	9	4	5	26	17	4	5	8	25	32	1.04082	35	WDWDLD
	12	Coventry City	36	11	11	14	49	44	8	4	6	28	15	3	7	8	21	29	1.11364	33	LDDDLD
	13	Chesterfield	35	13	7	15	42	45	6	4	7	23	22	7	3	8	19	23	.93333	33	LDWLWL
	14	Leicester City	35	12	9	14	47	51	8	3	5	28	25	4	6	9	19	26	.92157	33	WLLDDW
	15	Brentford	36	10	13	13	35	54	8	6	4	25	22	2	7	9	10	32	.64815	33	DLWWWD
	16	Bury	37	9	14	14	54	55	6	7	6	25	24	3	7	8	29	31	.98182	32	DLDDLL
	17	Plymouth Argyle	37	8	16	13	32	51	8	6	4	23	18	0	10	9	9	33	.62745	32	DLLDWD
	18	Leeds United	37	12	7	18	51	65	10	5	3	35	16	2	2	15	16	49	.78462	31	DLWLLD
	19	Luton Town	35	10	10	15	47	53	6	7	4	27	21	4	3	11	20	32	.88679	30	DDLLLD
	20	Nottingham Forest	36	10	9	17	43	52	9	4	6	28	21	1	5	11	15	31	.82692	29	DLDLDD
	21	Doncaster Rovers	36	8	10	18	34	55	7	8	4	22	16	1	2	14	12	39	.61818	26	DDLDDL
	22	Millwall	37	8	10	19	37	66	6	6	7	20	25	2	4	12	17	41	.56061	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Birmingham City	37	20	12	5	51	23	11	6	2	32	13	9	6	3	19	10	2.21739	52	DDDWDW	2-1
	2	Newcastle United	37	21	6	10	64	37	15	1	2	40	11	6	5	8	24	26	1.72973	48	LWWDDW	2-0
2	3	Sheffield Wednesday	36	19	7	10	59	46	12	3	2	35	19	7	4	8	24	27	1.28261	45	DWWWWW	2-0
1	4	Cardiff City	38	17	10	11	58	49	12	5	2	35	12	5	5	9	23	37	1.18367	44	WLLDLL	0-1
1	5	Southampton	36	17	9	10	63	49	13	3	2	48	19	4	6	8	15	30	1.28571	43	WDWDDL	1-2
2	6	Tottenham Hotspur	36	15	11	10	54	35	10	5	2	35	17	5	6	8	19	18	1.54286	41	LLDDWW	3-1
1	7	West Ham United	37	14	13	10	49	43	9	7	3	27	17	5	6	7	22	26	1.13953	41	LDWDWD	0-0
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	38	16	8	14	50	54	10	3	6	30	28	6	5	8	20	26	.92593	40	WDDLDL	1-3
2	9	Barnsley	36	14	9	13	53	50	10	4	5	28	18	4	5	8	25	32	1.06000	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	1.03333	37	WDWDWL	0-2
1	11	Coventry City	37	12	11	14	50	44	9	4	6	29	15	3	7	8	21	29	1.13636	35	DDDLDW	1-0
2	12	Fulham	35	13	9	13	43	40	5	8	5	22	16	8	1	8	21	24	1.07500	35	WDWDDL	0-2
	13	Chesterfield	36	14	7	15	45	45	6	4	7	23	22	8	3	8	22	23	1.00000	35	DWLWLW	3-0
	14	Leicester City	36	13	9	14	50	51	9	3	5	31	25	4	6	9	19	26	.98039	35	LLDDWW	3-0
1	15	Bury	38	9	15	14	54	55	6	7	6	25	24	3	8	8	29	31	.98182	33	LDDLLD	0-0
1	16	Plymouth Argyle	38	8	17	13	32	51	8	7	4	23	18	0	10	9	9	33	.62745	33	LLDWDD	0-0
2	17	Brentford	37	10	13	14	35	57	8	6	5	25	25	2	7	9	10	32	.61404	33	LWWWDL	0-3
1	18	Luton Town	36	10	11	15	47	53	6	8	4	27	21	4	3	11	20	32	.88679	31	DLLLDD	0-0
1	19	Leeds United	38	12	7	19	52	68	10	5	4	36	19	2	2	15	16	49	.76471	31	LWLLDL	1-3
	20	Nottingham Forest	37	10	9	18	44	54	9	4	6	28	21	1	5	12	16	33	.81481	29	LDLDDL	1-2
	21	Doncaster Rovers	37	9	10	18	37	56	7	8	4	22	16	2	2	14	15	40	.66071	28	DLDDLW	3-1
	22	Millwall	38	8	10	20	37	69	6	6	7	20	25	2	4	13	17	44	.53623	26	WWDLLL	0-3