The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Aug 21, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 21, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 21 August 1948

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: S Roberts
Attendance:: 32,281
League Week:: 1 of 42
Pos Before/After:: - 22
Opp Before/After:: - 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grimsby Town (League Tier 2)
West Bromwich Albion:: Dec 18, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1731 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 994 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1916 (of 5824)
Total:: 3056 (of 7629)
Played:: 78 years, 8 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goal Scorers

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Jack Smith

Goal Scorers
Walsh (55')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	27	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	32	Bob McCall
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	F	28	Sid Ottewell	Debut
7	F	31	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	George Wilkins
9	F	22	Tot Leverton
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
11	F	29	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Sanders
2	D	Pemberton
3	D	Kinsell
4	D	Millard
5	D	Vernon
6	M	Hood
7	M	Elliot
8	M	Haines
9	M	Walsh
10	F	Barlow
11	F	A Smith

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Aug 21, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-0	Plymouth Argyle
Bradford Park Avenue	3-0	Cardiff City
Brentford	2-2	Coventry City
Bury	2-2	Chesterfield
Grimsby Town	2-3	Fulham
Leicester City	6-2	Leeds United
Luton Town	0-0	Queens Park Rangers
Nottingham Forest	0-1	West Bromwich Albion
Southampton	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur	3-2	Sheffield Wednesday
West Ham United	2-2	Lincoln City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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	Bradford Park Avenue	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W		3-0
	2	Southampton	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W		3-0
	3	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W		1-0
	4	Leicester City	1	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W		6-2
	5	Fulham	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	2	W		3-2
	6	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W		3-2
	7	Brentford	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		2-2
	8	Bury	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		2-2
	9	Chesterfield	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D		2-2
	10	Coventry City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D		2-2
	11	Lincoln City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D		2-2
	12	West Ham United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		2-2
	13	Barnsley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		0-0
	14	Luton Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D		0-0
	15	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D		0-0
	16	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D		0-0
	17	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L		2-3
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L		2-3
	19	Leeds United	1	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	-4	0	L		2-6
	20	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L		0-3
	21	Cardiff City	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L		0-3
	22	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L		0-1