The City Ground

SOUTHAMPTON 2 - 1 FOREST - Mon Dec 27, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Dec 27, 1948 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Dell
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: G Clarke
Attendance:: 24,230
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Southampton:: Aug 22, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1754 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1017 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1939 (of 5679)
Total:: 3076 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
George Lee

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Bill Dodgin
Prior form: WLWWWL (Old to recent)

Goals:
?
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	Bob McCall
4	F	Sid Ottewell
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	Tom Johnson
9	F	Bill Hullett	Guest (Manchester United)
10	F	Jack Edwards
11	F	George Lee

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Mon Dec 27, 1948)

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

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
	1	West Bromwich Albion	23	14	5	4	40	19	9	2	1	28	10	5	3	3	12	9	2.10526	33	LWLWWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	22	11	7	4	43	22	9	1	0	33	7	2	6	4	10	15	1.95455	29	WDDWLW
	3	Southampton	23	12	5	6	41	23	9	1	0	30	5	3	4	6	11	18	1.78261	29	WLWWWL
	4	Fulham	22	10	6	6	32	24	7	3	1	21	7	3	3	5	11	17	1.33333	26	DWDLWD
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	23	10	5	8	43	34	8	2	2	26	10	2	3	6	17	24	1.26471	25	DWLWWL
	6	Luton Town	23	9	7	7	32	32	6	5	0	16	6	3	2	7	16	26	1.00000	25	WDWLWW
	7	Cardiff City	22	8	8	6	32	28	6	2	2	25	13	2	6	4	7	15	1.14286	24	DWWDWD
	8	Blackburn Rovers	22	10	4	8	34	31	8	2	2	29	12	2	2	6	5	19	1.09677	24	LWWWLW
	9	Bury	22	10	4	8	34	33	7	3	2	22	13	3	1	6	12	20	1.03030	24	LWWDLL
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	23	9	5	9	45	44	5	3	2	22	12	4	2	7	23	32	1.02273	23	WWWLLD
	11	Chesterfield	23	7	9	7	32	32	4	3	4	14	12	3	6	3	18	20	1.00000	23	LLLWWD
	12	West Ham United	22	8	7	7	29	30	6	4	1	19	11	2	3	6	10	19	.96667	23	DWLWLW
	13	Brentford	22	7	8	7	20	21	3	5	3	11	10	4	3	4	9	11	.95238	22	WWLLLD
	14	Plymouth Argyle	23	8	5	10	27	34	7	1	3	19	12	1	4	7	8	22	.79412	21	WDWLWL
	15	Leeds United	22	6	8	8	37	37	5	4	2	22	13	1	4	6	15	24	1.00000	20	DLLLWL
	16	Queens Park Rangers	23	8	4	11	22	38	6	2	3	15	13	2	2	8	7	25	.57895	20	WLLWLL
	17	Barnsley	23	6	7	10	36	40	4	4	3	20	10	2	3	7	16	30	.90000	19	LLWLLL
	18	Coventry City	23	8	3	12	32	38	6	1	5	19	13	2	2	7	13	25	.84211	19	LLWWWW
	19	Nottingham Forest	22	7	4	11	23	30	4	3	5	10	8	3	1	6	13	22	.76667	18	LLWDLW
	20	Leicester City	23	5	8	10	34	45	3	7	2	26	21	2	1	8	8	24	.75556	18	LDLDLL
	21	Grimsby Town	22	6	5	11	37	45	4	3	5	24	21	2	2	6	13	24	.82222	17	LDLLLW
	22	Lincoln City	23	3	8	12	31	56	3	5	5	20	26	0	3	7	11	30	.55357	14	LDLLWD

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	Result(s)
	1	West Bromwich Albion	24	14	5	5	41	21	9	2	1	28	10	5	3	4	13	11	1.95238	33	WLWWWL	1-2
1	2	Southampton	24	13	5	6	43	24	10	1	0	32	6	3	4	6	11	18	1.79167	31	LWWWLW	2-1
1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	23	11	8	4	44	23	9	2	0	34	8	2	6	4	10	15	1.91304	30	DDWLWD	1-1
	4	Fulham	23	11	6	6	34	24	8	3	1	23	7	3	3	5	11	17	1.41667	28	WDLWDW	2-0
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	24	11	5	8	45	35	9	2	2	28	11	2	3	6	17	24	1.28571	27	WLWWLW	2-1
1	6	Cardiff City	23	9	8	6	34	28	7	2	2	27	13	2	6	4	7	15	1.21429	26	WWDWDW	2-0
1	7	Luton Town	24	9	8	7	33	33	6	5	0	16	6	3	3	7	17	27	1.00000	26	DWLWWD	1-1
3	8	Chesterfield	24	8	9	7	35	33	5	3	4	17	13	3	6	3	18	20	1.06061	25	LLWWDW	3-1
3	9	West Ham United	23	9	7	7	32	31	6	4	1	19	11	3	3	6	13	20	1.03226	25	WLWLWW	3-1
2	10	Blackburn Rovers	23	10	4	9	36	35	8	2	2	29	12	2	2	7	7	23	1.02857	24	WWWLWL	2-4
2	11	Bury	23	10	4	9	35	35	7	3	2	22	13	3	1	7	13	22	1.00000	24	WWDLLL	1-2
2	12	Bradford Park Avenue	24	9	5	10	45	46	5	3	2	22	12	4	2	8	23	34	.97826	23	WWLLDL	0-2
	13	Brentford	23	7	8	8	20	23	3	5	3	11	10	4	3	5	9	13	.86957	22	WLLLDL	0-2
	14	Plymouth Argyle	24	8	6	10	28	35	7	2	3	20	13	1	4	7	8	22	.80000	22	DWLWLD	1-1
1	15	Queens Park Rangers	24	9	4	11	26	40	7	2	3	19	15	2	2	8	7	25	.65000	22	LLWLLW	4-2
1	16	Barnsley	24	7	7	10	38	41	5	4	3	22	11	2	3	7	16	30	.92683	21	LWLLLW	2-1
1	17	Coventry City	24	9	3	12	34	39	7	1	5	21	14	2	2	7	13	25	.87179	21	LWWWWW	2-1
3	18	Leeds United	23	6	8	9	38	40	5	4	3	23	16	1	4	6	15	24	.95000	20	LLLWLL	1-3
1	19	Leicester City	24	5	9	10	35	46	3	7	2	26	21	2	2	8	9	25	.76087	19	DLDLLD	1-1
1	20	Nottingham Forest	23	7	4	12	24	32	4	3	5	10	8	3	1	7	14	24	.75000	18	LWDLWL	1-2
	21	Grimsby Town	23	6	5	12	38	47	4	3	5	24	21	2	2	7	14	26	.80851	17	DLLLWL	1-2
	22	Lincoln City	24	3	8	13	32	59	3	5	5	20	26	0	3	8	12	33	.54237	14	DLLWDL	1-3