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
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: G Clarke
Attendance:: 24,230
League Week:: 23 of 42
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 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1017 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1939 (of 5824)
Total:: 3079 (of 7629)
Played:: 77 years, 8 months, 4 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lee (56')

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

Goal Scorers
George Curtis (55')
Charlie Wayman (57')

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
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	22	Jack Burkitt
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson
9	F	33	Bill Hullett
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
11	F	29	George Lee (56')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ian Black
2	D	Alf Ramsey
3	D	Bill Rochford
4	D	Len Wilkins
5	D	Eric Webber
6	M	Joe Mallett
7	M	Eric Day
8	M	George Curtis
9	M	Charlie Wayman
10	F	Ted Bates
11	F	Wilf Grant

All 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	West Bromwich Albion	23	14	5	4	40	19	9	2	1	28	10	5	3	3	12	9	21	33	LWLWWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	22	11	7	4	43	22	9	1	0	33	7	2	6	4	10	15	21	29	WDDWLW
	3	Southampton	23	12	5	6	41	23	9	1	0	30	5	3	4	6	11	18	18	29	WLWWWL
	4	Fulham	22	10	6	6	32	24	7	3	1	21	7	3	3	5	11	17	8	26	DWDLWD
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	23	10	5	8	43	34	8	2	2	26	10	2	3	6	17	24	9	25	DWLWWL
	6	Luton Town	23	9	7	7	32	32	6	5	0	16	6	3	2	7	16	26	0	25	WDWLWW
	7	Cardiff City	22	8	8	6	32	28	6	2	2	25	13	2	6	4	7	15	4	24	DWWDWD
	8	Blackburn Rovers	22	10	4	8	34	31	8	2	2	29	12	2	2	6	5	19	3	24	LWWWLW
	9	Bury	22	10	4	8	34	33	7	3	2	22	13	3	1	6	12	20	1	24	LWWDLL
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	23	9	5	9	45	44	5	3	2	22	12	4	2	7	23	32	1	23	WWWLLD
	11	Chesterfield	23	7	9	7	32	32	4	3	4	14	12	3	6	3	18	20	0	23	LLLWWD
	12	West Ham United	22	8	7	7	29	30	6	4	1	19	11	2	3	6	10	19	-1	23	DWLWLW
	13	Brentford	22	7	8	7	20	21	3	5	3	11	10	4	3	4	9	11	-1	22	WWLLLD
	14	Plymouth Argyle	23	8	5	10	27	34	7	1	3	19	12	1	4	7	8	22	-7	21	WDWLWL
	15	Leeds United	22	6	8	8	37	37	5	4	2	22	13	1	4	6	15	24	0	20	DLLLWL
	16	Queens Park Rangers	23	8	4	11	22	38	6	2	3	15	13	2	2	8	7	25	-16	20	WLLWLL
	17	Barnsley	23	6	7	10	36	40	4	4	3	20	10	2	3	7	16	30	-4	19	LLWLLL
	18	Coventry City	23	8	3	12	32	38	6	1	5	19	13	2	2	7	13	25	-6	19	LLWWWW
	19	Nottingham Forest	22	7	4	11	23	30	4	3	5	10	8	3	1	6	13	22	-7	18	LLWDLW
	20	Leicester City	23	5	8	10	34	45	3	7	2	26	21	2	1	8	8	24	-11	18	LDLDLL
	21	Grimsby Town	22	6	5	11	37	45	4	3	5	24	21	2	2	6	13	24	-8	17	LDLLLW
	22	Lincoln City	23	3	8	12	31	56	3	5	5	20	26	0	3	7	11	30	-25	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	West Bromwich Albion	24	14	5	5	41	21	9	2	1	28	10	5	3	4	13	11	20	33	WLWWWL		1-2
1	2	Southampton	24	13	5	6	43	24	10	1	0	32	6	3	4	6	11	18	19	31	LWWWLW		2-1
1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	23	11	8	4	44	23	9	2	0	34	8	2	6	4	10	15	21	30	DDWLWD		1-1
	4	Fulham	23	11	6	6	34	24	8	3	1	23	7	3	3	5	11	17	10	28	WDLWDW		2-0
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	24	11	5	8	45	35	9	2	2	28	11	2	3	6	17	24	10	27	WLWWLW		2-1
1	6	Cardiff City	23	9	8	6	34	28	7	2	2	27	13	2	6	4	7	15	6	26	WWDWDW		2-0
1	7	Luton Town	24	9	8	7	33	33	6	5	0	16	6	3	3	7	17	27	0	26	DWLWWD		1-1
3	8	Chesterfield	24	8	9	7	35	33	5	3	4	17	13	3	6	3	18	20	2	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	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	24	WWWLWL		2-4
2	11	Bury	23	10	4	9	35	35	7	3	2	22	13	3	1	7	13	22	0	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	-1	23	WWLLDL		0-2
	13	Brentford	23	7	8	8	20	23	3	5	3	11	10	4	3	5	9	13	-3	22	WLLLDL		0-2
	14	Plymouth Argyle	24	8	6	10	28	35	7	2	3	20	13	1	4	7	8	22	-7	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	-14	22	LLWLLW		4-2
1	16	Barnsley	24	7	7	10	38	41	5	4	3	22	11	2	3	7	16	30	-3	21	LWLLLW		2-1
1	17	Coventry City	24	9	3	12	34	39	7	1	5	21	14	2	2	7	13	25	-5	21	LWWWWW		2-1
3	18	Leeds United	23	6	8	9	38	40	5	4	3	23	16	1	4	6	15	24	-2	20	LLLWLL		1-3
1	19	Leicester City	24	5	9	10	35	46	3	7	2	26	21	2	2	8	9	25	-11	19	DLDLLD		1-1
1	20	Nottingham Forest	23	7	4	12	24	32	4	3	5	10	8	3	1	7	14	24	-8	18	LWDLWL		1-2
	21	Grimsby Town	23	6	5	12	38	47	4	3	5	24	21	2	2	7	14	26	-9	17	DLLLWL		1-2
	22	Lincoln City	24	3	8	13	32	59	3	5	5	20	26	0	3	8	12	33	-27	14	DLLWDL		1-3