The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 LUTON TOWN - Sat Oct 02, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 02, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Luton Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 02 October 1948

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: FS Milner
Attendance:: 22,695
League Week:: 11 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 21
Opp Before/After:: 14 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chesterfield (League Tier 2)
Luton Town:: Feb 26, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1741 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1004 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1926 (of 5790)
Total:: 3066 (of 7585)
Played:: 77 years, 2 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Johnny Linaker (24') - Johnny Linaker first goal
George Lee (64')

LUTON TOWN
Manager: Dally Duncan
Prior form: LWDWLD (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 (24')
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson
9	F	24	Jack Edwards
10	F	28	Sid Ottewell
11	F	29	George Lee (64')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	32	Harry Walker	52		7	1
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	52		7	1
3	D	27	Jack Hutchinson	58		7	1
4	M	23	Bryn Elliott	6		7	1
5	D	31	Horace Gager	22	1	7	1
6	M	23	Bill Morley	19	3	7	1
7	M	21	Johnny Linaker (24')	7		7	1
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson	5		7	1
9	F	24	Jack Edwards	63	17	7	1
10	F	28	Sid Ottewell	9		7	1
11	F	29	George Lee (64')	52	12	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Streten
2	D	Wilson
3	D	Cooke
4	D	Gardiner
5	D	Hall
6	M	Owen
7	M	Shanks
8	M	Brennan
9	M	Arnison
10	F	Duggan
11	F	Waugh

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 02, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-0	Southampton
Brentford	0-0	West Ham United
Coventry City	0-2	Chesterfield
Fulham	5-0	Queens Park Rangers
Grimsby Town	0-3	Bradford Park Avenue
Leeds United	1-3	West Bromwich Albion
Leicester City	3-2	Bury
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Luton Town
Plymouth Argyle	0-1	Cardiff City
Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Lincoln City
Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	Blackburn Rovers

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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