The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 0 CARDIFF CITY - Sat Sep 18, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 18, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Country:: Wales
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
: Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 18 September 1948

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: L Brown
Attendance:: 20,417
League Week:: 9 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 21
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Queens Park Rangers (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Feb 05, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1739 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1002 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1924 (of 5789)
Total:: 3064 (of 7584)
Played:: 77 years, 2 months, 23 days ago

Review
The jackdaw that landed on the pitch during last Wednesday's game came back again before disappearing. 0-0 draws need some excitement!

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

Goal Scorers

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Cyril Spiers
Prior form: WLDDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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	23	Bryn Elliott
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	23	Bill Morley
7	M	21	Johnny Linaker
8	F	26	Tucker Johnson
9	M	32	Bob McCall
10	F	28	Sid Ottewell
11	F	29	George Lee

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	32	Harry Walker	50		3	1
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	50		3	1
3	D	27	Jack Hutchinson	56		3	1
4	M	23	Bryn Elliott	4		3	1
5	D	31	Horace Gager	20	1	3	1
6	M	23	Bill Morley	17	3	7	2
7	M	21	Johnny Linaker	5		3	1
8	F	26	Tucker Johnson	3		10	3
9	M	32	Bob McCall	121	1	3	1
10	F	28	Sid Ottewell	7		7	2
11	F	29	George Lee	50	12	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joslin
2	D	Lever
3	D	Sherwood
4	D	Baker
5	D	Stansfield
6	M	Blair
7	M	Stitfall
8	M	Hollyman
9	M	Hullett
10	F	Rees
11	F	Sullivan

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 18, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-2	Luton Town
Brentford	0-0	West Bromwich Albion
Coventry City	3-4	Sheffield Wednesday
Fulham	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Grimsby Town	4-1	Queens Park Rangers
Leeds United	3-1	Lincoln City
Leicester City	2-2	Chesterfield
Nottingham Forest	0-0	Cardiff City
Southampton	2-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Bury
West Ham United	3-0	Plymouth Argyle

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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