The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Oct 30, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 30, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Coventry Evening Telegraph - Saturday 30 October 1948
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 30 October 1948

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: SE Law
Attendance:: 20,357
Pos Before/After:: 20 19
Opp Before/After:: 19 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: Mar 26, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1745 (of 5040)
League Tier 2:: 1008 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1930 (of 5762)
Total:: 3070 (of 7550)
Played:: 76 years, 5 months, 27 days ago

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

Goals
Tucker Johnson (51')
George Lee (65')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Billy Frith
Prior form: LLLLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Murphy (59')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	32	Bob McCall
4	M	23	Bryn Elliott
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	22	Jack Burkitt	Debut
7	M	21	Johnny Linaker
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson (51')
9	F	24	Jack Edwards
10	F	29	Sid Ottewell
11	F	29	George Lee (65')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wood
2	D	Barratt
3	D	R Mason
4	D	Snape
5	D	G Mason
6	M	N Simpson
7	M	D Simpson
8	M	Marsh
9	M	Roberts
10	F	Murphy
11	F	Lockhart

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 30, 1948)

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

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	Status
	1	West Bromwich Albion	14	7	5	2	23	9	3	2	1	14	6	4	3	1	9	3	2.55556	19	DWWWWD
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	14	7	5	2	25	11	6	1	0	21	5	1	4	2	4	6	2.27273	19	WLWWWD
	3	Southampton	14	7	3	4	29	15	6	1	0	24	4	1	2	4	5	11	1.93333	17	DLLWDW
	4	Barnsley	14	5	6	3	24	17	3	4	1	15	5	2	2	2	9	12	1.41176	16	LWWWLD
	5	Bury	13	7	2	4	24	18	5	1	1	15	7	2	1	3	9	11	1.33333	16	WLLLLW
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	14	6	4	4	25	19	4	2	1	15	7	2	2	3	10	12	1.31579	16	DLWDDW
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	14	6	4	4	28	23	4	2	1	15	6	2	2	3	13	17	1.21739	16	WWDLWW
	8	Fulham	14	6	3	5	22	18	4	2	1	15	5	2	1	4	7	13	1.22222	15	DLWLWW
	9	Queens Park Rangers	14	6	3	5	17	23	5	2	0	13	5	1	1	5	4	18	.73913	15	LWLWLW
	10	Cardiff City	13	5	4	4	16	16	4	1	1	13	6	1	3	3	3	10	1.00000	14	WDWWLL
	11	West Ham United	14	4	6	4	15	15	4	3	0	14	7	0	3	4	1	8	1.00000	14	WWDDWL
	12	Leeds United	14	4	6	4	22	23	3	3	1	11	6	1	3	3	11	17	.95652	14	WLLDDD
	13	Brentford	14	4	6	4	12	14	2	3	2	8	8	2	3	2	4	6	.85714	14	DWDLWL
	14	Leicester City	14	4	5	5	24	30	2	4	1	17	13	2	1	4	7	17	.80000	13	DLWDDL
	15	Chesterfield	14	3	7	4	15	19	1	2	3	3	6	2	5	1	12	13	.78947	13	DWWWLD
	16	Blackburn Rovers	14	5	3	6	19	25	4	2	1	15	9	1	1	5	4	16	.76000	13	WWLDLD
	17	Grimsby Town	14	4	4	6	24	25	2	2	4	17	17	2	2	2	7	8	.96000	12	WDLDLW
	18	Luton Town	14	3	6	5	16	22	2	5	0	9	4	1	1	5	7	18	.72727	12	LDLDLD
	19	Coventry City	14	4	2	8	21	30	4	0	3	13	8	0	2	5	8	22	.70000	10	LLLLWL
	20	Nottingham Forest	14	4	2	8	11	19	2	2	4	4	5	2	0	4	7	14	.57895	10	DLWLWL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	14	3	3	8	13	21	3	1	3	10	8	0	2	5	3	13	.61905	9	LLLWLD
	22	Lincoln City	14	2	5	7	15	28	2	2	2	5	7	0	3	5	10	21	.53571	9	LWDDLL

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	West Bromwich Albion	15	8	5	2	25	9	4	2	1	16	6	4	3	1	9	3	2.77778	21	WWWWDW		2-0
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	15	8	5	2	30	12	7	1	0	26	6	1	4	2	4	6	2.50000	21	LWWWDW		5-1
	3	Southampton	15	7	4	4	29	15	6	1	0	24	4	1	3	4	5	11	1.93333	18	LLWDWD		0-0
	4	Barnsley	15	5	7	3	25	18	3	4	1	15	5	2	3	2	10	13	1.38889	17	WWWLDD		1-1
	5	Bury	14	7	3	4	24	18	5	2	1	15	7	2	1	3	9	11	1.33333	17	LLLLWD		0-0
2	6	Fulham	15	7	3	5	24	19	4	2	1	15	5	3	1	4	9	14	1.26316	17	LWLWWW		2-1
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	15	6	4	5	29	25	4	2	2	16	8	2	2	3	13	17	1.16000	16	WDLWWL		1-2
2	8	Bradford Park Avenue	15	6	4	5	26	24	4	2	1	15	7	2	2	4	11	17	1.08333	16	LWDDWL		1-5
3	9	Leeds United	15	5	6	4	28	26	4	3	1	17	9	1	3	3	11	17	1.07692	16	LLDDDW		6-3
1	10	Queens Park Rangers	15	6	4	5	17	23	5	2	0	13	5	1	2	5	4	18	.73913	16	WLWLWD		0-0
2	11	Brentford	15	4	7	4	12	14	2	4	2	8	8	2	3	2	4	6	.85714	15	WDLWLD		0-0
1	12	West Ham United	15	4	6	5	15	16	4	3	1	14	8	0	3	4	1	8	.93750	14	WDDWLL		0-1
3	13	Cardiff City	14	5	4	5	16	18	4	1	1	13	6	1	3	4	3	12	.88889	14	DWWLLL		0-2
	14	Leicester City	15	4	6	5	25	31	2	5	1	18	14	2	1	4	7	17	.80645	14	LWDDLD		1-1
	15	Chesterfield	15	3	8	4	15	19	1	3	3	3	6	2	5	1	12	13	.78947	14	WWWLDD		0-0
2	16	Luton Town	15	4	6	5	17	22	2	5	0	9	4	2	1	5	8	18	.77273	14	DLDLDW		1-0
1	17	Blackburn Rovers	15	5	4	6	19	25	4	2	1	15	9	1	2	5	4	16	.76000	14	WLDLDD		0-0
1	18	Grimsby Town	15	4	4	7	27	31	2	2	4	17	17	2	2	3	10	14	.87097	12	DLDLWL		3-6
1	19	Nottingham Forest	15	5	2	8	13	20	2	2	4	4	5	3	0	4	9	15	.65000	12	LWLWLW		2-1
1	20	Plymouth Argyle	15	4	3	8	15	22	3	1	3	10	8	1	2	5	5	14	.68182	11	LLWLDW		2-1
2	21	Coventry City	15	4	2	9	22	32	4	0	4	14	10	0	2	5	8	22	.68750	10	LLLWLL		1-2
	22	Lincoln City	15	2	5	8	16	30	2	2	3	6	9	0	3	5	10	21	.53333	9	WDDLLL		1-2