The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 WEST HAM UNITED - Sat Dec 04, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 04, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Ham United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: WestHamStats.info (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 04 December 1948

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: A Denham
Attendance:: 23,218
League Week:: 19 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 9 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
West Ham United:: Apr 30, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1750 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1013 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1935 (of 5824)
Total:: 3075 (of 7629)
Played:: 77 years, 8 months, 16 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Edwards (19') (Pen)
Bill Hullett (47') - Bill Hullett first goal
Sid Ottewell (81') - Sid Ottewell last goal

WEST HAM UNITED
Manager: Charlie Paynter
Prior form: WLLWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	32	Bob McCall
4	F	29	Sid Ottewell (81')
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	22	Jack Burkitt
7	F	23	Gordon Kaile
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson
9	F	32	Bill Hullett (47')
10	F	24	Jack Edwards (19')
11	F	29	George Lee

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	32	Harry Walker	61		7	1
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	61		7	1
3	M	32	Bob McCall	128	1	7	1
4	F	29	Sid Ottewell (81')	17	1	7	1
5	D	31	Horace Gager	31	1	7	1
6	M	22	Jack Burkitt	5		7	1
7	F	23	Gordon Kaile	12		7	1
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson	13	3	7	1
9	F	32	Bill Hullett (47')	1		7	1
10	F	24	Jack Edwards (19')	72	19	7	1
11	F	29	George Lee	61	15	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	1	Ernie Gregory
2	2	Jack Yeomanson
3	3	Steve Forde
4	4	Ron Cater
5	5	Richard Walker
6	6	Tommy Moroney
7	7	Eric Parsons
8	8	Almeric Hall
9	9	Ken Wright
10	10	Don Wade
11	11	Terry Woodgate

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 04, 1948)

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

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	West Bromwich Albion	19	11	5	3	32	14	6	2	1	20	7	5	3	2	12	7	18	27	DWWWLW
2	Tottenham Hotspur	18	9	6	3	36	17	8	1	0	30	7	1	5	3	6	10	19	24	WDWLWD
3	Southampton	19	9	5	5	35	19	8	1	0	29	5	1	4	5	6	14	16	23	WDWDWL
4	Fulham	18	9	4	5	27	20	6	2	1	17	5	3	2	4	10	15	7	22	WWWWDW
5	Sheffield Wednesday	19	8	5	6	37	29	6	2	2	21	8	2	3	4	16	21	8	21	WLLWDW
6	Bury	18	9	3	6	30	24	7	2	1	21	10	2	1	5	9	14	6	21	WDLWLW
7	Brentford	18	7	7	4	18	16	3	4	2	10	8	4	3	2	8	8	2	21	WLDWWW
8	Bradford Park Avenue	19	8	4	7	36	32	5	2	2	21	11	3	2	5	15	21	4	20	WLLLWW
9	West Ham United	18	6	7	5	22	21	4	4	1	15	9	2	3	4	7	12	1	19	WLLWDW
10	Luton Town	19	6	7	6	24	28	4	5	0	11	4	2	2	6	13	24	-4	19	DWWLWD
11	Leeds United	18	5	8	5	30	29	4	4	1	18	10	1	4	4	12	19	1	18	DDWDDL
12	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	4	7	28	29	6	2	1	24	10	1	2	6	4	19	-1	18	LDDWLW
13	Cardiff City	18	6	6	6	21	23	4	2	2	17	11	2	4	4	4	12	-2	18	LLLDDW
14	Chesterfield	19	5	8	6	23	27	2	3	4	7	10	3	5	2	16	17	-4	18	DDWWLL
15	Queens Park Rangers	19	7	4	8	20	29	6	2	1	15	7	1	2	7	5	22	-9	18	WDLLWL
16	Barnsley	19	5	7	7	31	31	3	4	3	18	10	2	3	4	13	21	0	17	DDLLLL
17	Leicester City	19	5	7	7	30	36	3	6	1	23	17	2	1	6	7	19	-6	17	LDLWLD
18	Plymouth Argyle	19	6	5	8	22	27	5	1	3	15	11	1	4	5	7	16	-5	17	DWWDWD
19	Grimsby Town	18	5	5	8	29	34	3	3	4	19	18	2	2	4	10	16	-5	15	LWLWLD
20	Nottingham Forest	18	5	3	10	16	26	2	3	5	5	7	3	0	5	11	19	-10	13	WLWDLL
21	Coventry City	19	4	3	12	23	37	4	1	5	15	12	0	2	7	8	25	-14	11	LLLDLL
22	Lincoln City	19	2	7	10	21	43	2	4	3	10	13	0	3	7	11	30	-22	11	LLLDLD

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	West Bromwich Albion	20	11	5	4	32	16	6	2	1	20	7	5	3	3	12	9	16	27	WWWLWL		0-2
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	19	9	7	3	37	18	8	1	0	30	7	1	6	3	7	11	19	25	DWLWDD		1-1
	3	Southampton	20	10	5	5	36	19	9	1	0	30	5	1	4	5	6	14	17	25	DWDWLW		1-0
	4	Fulham	19	9	5	5	28	21	6	3	1	18	6	3	2	4	10	15	7	23	WWWDWD		1-1
1	5	Bury	19	10	3	6	33	26	7	2	1	21	10	3	1	5	12	16	7	23	DLWLWW		3-2
2	6	Bradford Park Avenue	20	9	4	7	42	35	5	2	2	21	11	4	2	5	21	24	7	22	LLLWWW		6-3
2	7	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8	5	7	38	31	6	2	2	21	8	2	3	5	17	23	7	21	LLWDWL		1-2
1	8	Brentford	19	7	7	5	18	17	3	4	2	10	8	4	3	3	8	9	1	21	LDWWWL		0-1
1	9	Luton Town	20	7	7	6	26	29	5	5	0	13	5	2	2	6	13	24	-3	21	WWLWDW		2-1
2	10	Blackburn Rovers	19	8	4	7	30	29	7	2	1	26	10	1	2	6	4	19	1	20	DDWLWW		2-0
2	11	Cardiff City	19	7	6	6	23	24	5	2	2	19	12	2	4	4	4	12	-1	20	LLDDWW		2-1
4	12	Barnsley	20	6	7	7	33	31	4	4	3	20	10	2	3	4	13	21	2	19	DLLLLW		2-0
4	13	West Ham United	19	6	7	6	22	24	4	4	1	15	9	2	3	5	7	15	-2	19	LLWDWL		0-3
4	14	Plymouth Argyle	20	7	5	8	23	27	6	1	3	16	11	1	4	5	7	16	-4	19	WWDWDW		1-0
4	15	Leeds United	19	5	8	6	31	31	4	4	1	18	10	1	4	5	13	21	0	18	DWDDLL		1-2
2	16	Chesterfield	20	5	8	7	23	28	2	3	4	7	10	3	5	3	16	18	-5	18	DWWLLL		0-1
2	17	Queens Park Rangers	20	7	4	9	20	32	6	2	2	15	10	1	2	7	5	22	-12	18	DLLWLL		0-3
1	18	Leicester City	20	5	7	8	30	38	3	6	1	23	17	2	1	7	7	21	-8	17	DLWLDL		0-2
	19	Grimsby Town	19	5	5	9	31	37	3	3	5	21	21	2	2	4	10	16	-6	15	WLWLDL		2-3
	20	Nottingham Forest	19	6	3	10	19	26	3	3	5	8	7	3	0	5	11	19	-7	15	LWDLLW		3-0
	21	Coventry City	20	5	3	12	26	37	4	1	5	15	12	1	2	7	11	25	-11	13	LLDLLW		3-0
	22	Lincoln City	20	2	7	11	24	49	2	4	4	13	19	0	3	7	11	30	-25	11	LLDLDL		3-6