The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE - Sat Apr 24, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 24, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Plymouth Argyle
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 (Draw)

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: G Clark
Attendance:: 17,288
Pos Before/After:: 19 18
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 2)
Plymouth Argyle:: Sep 04, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1729 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 992 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1914 (of 5679)
Total:: 3051 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Freddie Scott

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Manager: Jimmy Rae
Prior form: DWDDWD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Ernie Edds

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	Bob McCall
5	M	Ted Blagg	Last game
6	M	Noel Simpson
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	M	William Morley
9	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
10	F	Jack Edwards
11	F	George Lee

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Shortt
2	D	George Silk
3	D	Pat Jones
4	D	Len Jones
5	D	John Oakes
6	M	Len Boyd
7	M	Gordon Astall
8	M	Frank Squires
9	M	Ernie Edds
10	F	Alex Govan
11	F	Bill Strauss

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 24, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	3-2	Barnsley
Bury	0-2	Leicester City
Cardiff City	0-5	West Bromwich Albion
Chesterfield	1-0	Fulham
Doncaster Rovers	0-2	Luton Town
Millwall	6-2	Coventry City
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Plymouth Argyle
Sheffield Wednesday	0-0	Birmingham City
Southampton	2-1	Brentford
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Newcastle United
West Ham United	2-1	Leeds United

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	40	22	13	5	55	24	12	6	2	34	13	10	7	3	21	11	2.29167	57	WDWWWD
	2	Newcastle United	40	23	7	10	70	40	17	1	2	45	13	6	6	8	25	27	1.75000	53	DDWDWW
	3	Southampton	40	20	9	11	69	52	14	3	3	51	22	6	6	8	18	30	1.32692	49	DLLWWW
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	40	20	9	11	65	52	13	5	2	39	21	7	4	9	26	31	1.25000	49	WWWDDL
	5	Cardiff City	40	17	11	12	59	52	12	6	2	36	13	5	5	10	23	39	1.13462	45	LDLLDL
	6	West Ham United	40	15	13	12	52	51	9	7	4	27	18	6	6	8	25	33	1.01961	43	DWDLLW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	40	15	12	13	55	42	10	5	5	35	23	5	7	8	20	19	1.30952	42	WWLLLD
	8	West Bromwich Albion	40	17	8	15	57	57	11	3	6	36	28	6	5	9	21	29	1.00000	42	DLDLLW
	9	Leicester City	40	15	10	15	58	57	10	4	6	36	29	5	6	9	22	28	1.01754	40	WWWWLD
	10	Barnsley	40	15	10	15	59	59	10	5	5	30	20	5	5	10	29	39	1.00000	40	DWLWLD
	11	Fulham	39	15	9	15	46	42	6	8	5	23	16	9	1	10	23	26	1.09524	39	DLWLWL
	12	Brentford	40	12	14	14	41	59	9	6	5	29	26	3	8	9	12	33	.69492	38	WDLWDW
	13	Coventry City	39	12	13	14	52	46	9	5	6	30	16	3	8	8	22	30	1.13043	37	DLDWDD
	14	Chesterfield	40	15	7	18	53	52	7	4	9	31	26	8	3	9	22	26	1.01923	37	LWWLLL
	15	Bradford Park Avenue	40	15	7	18	63	68	10	3	7	42	28	5	4	11	21	40	.92647	37	WDWLLL
	16	Luton Town	40	12	12	16	52	58	7	8	5	29	24	5	4	11	23	34	.89655	36	DDWDWL
	17	Plymouth Argyle	40	9	18	13	37	55	8	8	4	25	20	1	10	9	12	35	.67273	36	DWDDWD
	18	Bury	40	9	16	15	57	61	6	8	6	27	26	3	8	9	30	35	.93443	34	DLLDDL
	19	Nottingham Forest	40	12	10	18	52	57	10	4	6	31	22	2	6	12	21	35	.91228	34	DDLWWD
	20	Leeds United	40	13	8	19	56	69	11	5	4	39	19	2	3	15	17	50	.81159	34	LLDLDW
	21	Doncaster Rovers	40	9	11	20	40	62	7	8	5	23	18	2	3	15	17	44	.64516	29	DLWLLD
	22	Millwall	40	8	11	21	38	71	6	7	7	21	26	2	4	14	17	45	.53521	27	DLLLDL

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	41	22	14	5	55	24	12	6	2	34	13	10	8	3	21	11	2.29167	58	DWWWDD	0-0
	2	Newcastle United	41	23	8	10	71	41	17	1	2	45	13	6	7	8	26	28	1.73171	54	DWDWWD	1-1
	3	Southampton	41	21	9	11	71	53	15	3	3	53	23	6	6	8	18	30	1.33962	51	LLWWWW	2-1
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	41	20	10	11	65	52	13	6	2	39	21	7	4	9	26	31	1.25000	50	WWDDLD	0-0
1	5	West Ham United	41	16	13	12	54	52	10	7	4	29	19	6	6	8	25	33	1.03846	45	WDLLWW	2-1
1	6	Cardiff City	41	17	11	13	59	57	12	6	3	36	18	5	5	10	23	39	1.03509	45	DLLDLL	0-5
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	41	18	8	15	62	57	11	3	6	36	28	7	5	9	26	29	1.08772	44	LDLLWW	5-0
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	41	15	13	13	56	43	10	6	5	36	24	5	7	8	20	19	1.30233	43	WLLLDD	1-1
	9	Leicester City	41	16	10	15	60	57	10	4	6	36	29	6	6	9	24	28	1.05263	42	WWWLDW	2-0
	10	Barnsley	41	15	10	16	61	62	10	5	5	30	20	5	5	11	31	42	.98387	40	WLWLDL	2-3
	11	Fulham	40	15	9	16	46	43	6	8	5	23	16	9	1	11	23	27	1.06977	39	LWLWLL	0-1
2	12	Chesterfield	41	16	7	18	54	52	8	4	9	32	26	8	3	9	22	26	1.03846	39	WWLLLW	1-0
2	13	Bradford Park Avenue	41	16	7	18	66	70	11	3	7	45	30	5	4	11	21	40	.94286	39	DWLLLW	3-2
2	14	Luton Town	41	13	12	16	54	58	7	8	5	29	24	6	4	11	25	34	.93103	38	DWDWLW	2-0
3	15	Brentford	41	12	14	15	42	61	9	6	5	29	26	3	8	10	13	35	.68852	38	DLWDWL	1-2
3	16	Coventry City	40	12	13	15	54	52	9	5	6	30	16	3	8	9	24	36	1.03846	37	LDWDDL	2-6
	17	Plymouth Argyle	41	9	19	13	38	56	8	8	4	25	20	1	11	9	13	36	.67857	37	WDDWDD	1-1
1	18	Nottingham Forest	41	12	11	18	53	58	10	5	6	32	23	2	6	12	21	35	.91379	35	DLWWDD	1-1
1	19	Bury	41	9	16	16	57	63	6	8	7	27	28	3	8	9	30	35	.90476	34	LLDDLL	0-2
	20	Leeds United	41	13	8	20	57	71	11	5	4	39	19	2	3	16	18	52	.80282	34	LDLDWL	1-2
	21	Doncaster Rovers	41	9	11	21	40	64	7	8	6	23	20	2	3	15	17	44	.62500	29	LWLLDL	0-2
	22	Millwall	41	9	11	21	44	73	7	7	7	27	28	2	4	14	17	45	.60274	29	LLLDLW	6-2