The City Ground

CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Feb 05, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 05, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ninian Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: L Brown
Attendance:: 31,522
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 9 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Aug 25, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1758 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 1021 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1945 (of 5827)
Total:: 3085 (of 7632)
Played:: 77 years, 6 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Cyril Spiers
Prior form: WDWLLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Rees (26')

Penalties Missed:
Lever

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	33	Bob McCall
4	M	23	Jack Burkitt
5	D	32	Horace Gager
6	F	29	Sid Ottewell
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	22	Tot Leverton
9	F	33	Bill Hullett
10	F	20	Alan Ashman	Debut
11	F	29	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joslin
2	D	Lever
3	D	Sherwood
4	D	Baker
5	D	Montgomery
6	M	Blair
7	M	Holyman
8	M	Allen
9	M	Rees
10	F	Stevenson
11	F	Edwards

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 05, 1949)

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

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	Southampton	27	15	6	6	49	26	11	2	0	35	7	4	4	6	14	19	23	36	WLWWDW
	2	West Bromwich Albion	27	15	5	7	43	28	10	2	1	30	11	5	3	6	13	17	15	35	WWLLWL
	3	Fulham	26	14	6	6	49	27	10	3	1	36	10	4	3	5	13	17	22	34	WDWWWW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	26	12	8	6	47	26	10	2	1	37	10	2	6	5	10	16	21	32	LWDLLW
	5	Chesterfield	27	10	10	7	39	35	6	3	4	18	13	4	7	3	21	22	4	30	WDWWWD
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	26	11	6	9	47	38	9	2	2	28	11	2	4	7	19	27	9	28	WWLWLD
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	27	11	6	10	48	47	6	4	2	24	13	5	2	8	24	34	1	28	LDLDWW
	8	Luton Town	27	9	10	8	34	35	6	6	1	16	7	3	4	7	18	28	-1	28	WWDDLD
	9	Cardiff City	26	9	9	8	36	35	7	2	3	27	16	2	7	5	9	19	1	27	WDWLLD
	10	West Ham United	26	10	7	9	36	36	7	4	2	22	14	3	3	7	14	22	0	27	LWWLLW
	11	Barnsley	27	9	8	10	46	42	6	5	3	27	12	3	3	7	19	30	4	26	LLWDWW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	27	10	6	11	40	41	8	3	2	32	15	2	3	9	8	26	-1	26	WLDDLL
	13	Bury	26	11	4	11	42	44	8	3	2	26	13	3	1	9	16	31	-2	26	LLLWLL
	14	Brentford	26	8	9	9	24	28	4	6	3	14	12	4	3	6	10	16	-4	25	LDLWLD
	15	Plymouth Argyle	27	9	7	11	32	43	8	2	3	21	13	1	5	8	11	30	-11	25	WLDDLW
	16	Leeds United	27	7	10	10	41	45	6	5	3	25	17	1	5	7	16	28	-4	24	LLDLDW
	17	Coventry City	27	10	3	14	40	45	8	1	5	25	15	2	2	9	15	30	-5	23	WWWLWL
	18	Leicester City	26	7	9	10	43	50	5	7	2	34	25	2	2	8	9	25	-7	23	DLLDWW
	19	Queens Park Rangers	27	9	5	13	27	47	7	2	4	20	18	2	3	9	7	29	-20	23	LLWDLL
	20	Grimsby Town	26	6	8	12	45	54	4	5	5	28	25	2	3	7	17	29	-9	20	LWLDDD
	21	Nottingham Forest	26	8	4	14	25	35	5	3	6	11	10	3	1	8	14	25	-10	20	LWLLWL
	22	Lincoln City	27	5	8	14	40	66	4	5	5	23	27	1	3	9	17	39	-26	18	WDLWWL

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	1	West Bromwich Albion	28	16	5	7	45	28	11	2	1	32	11	5	3	6	13	17	17	37	WLLWLW		2-0
1	2	Southampton	27	15	6	6	49	26	11	2	0	35	7	4	4	6	14	19	23	36	WLWWDW
	3	Fulham	27	14	6	7	49	28	10	3	1	36	10	4	3	6	13	18	21	34	DWWWWL		0-1
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	27	12	9	6	48	27	10	2	1	37	10	2	7	5	11	17	21	33	WDLLWD		1-1
	5	Chesterfield	28	10	11	7	40	36	6	4	4	19	14	4	7	3	21	22	4	31	DWWWDD		1-1
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	27	12	6	9	49	39	10	2	2	30	12	2	4	7	19	27	10	30	WLWLDW		2-1
1	7	Luton Town	28	10	10	8	35	35	7	6	1	17	7	3	4	7	18	28	0	30	WDDLDW		1-0
1	8	Cardiff City	27	10	9	8	37	35	8	2	3	28	16	2	7	5	9	19	2	29	DWLLDW		1-0
2	9	Bradford Park Avenue	27	11	6	10	48	47	6	4	2	24	13	5	2	8	24	34	1	28	LDLDWW
2	10	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	6	11	41	41	9	3	2	33	15	2	3	9	8	26	0	28	LDDLLW		1-0
2	11	Bury	27	11	5	11	43	45	8	4	2	27	14	3	1	9	16	31	-2	27	LLWLLD		1-1
2	12	West Ham United	27	10	7	10	36	38	7	4	2	22	14	3	3	8	14	24	-2	27	WWLLWL		0-2
2	13	Plymouth Argyle	28	10	7	11	34	43	9	2	3	23	13	1	5	8	11	30	-9	27	LDDLWW		2-0
3	14	Barnsley	28	9	8	11	46	43	6	5	3	27	12	3	3	8	19	31	3	26	LWDWWL		0-1
1	15	Leeds United	28	7	11	10	41	45	6	5	3	25	17	1	6	7	16	28	-4	25	LDLDWD		0-0
2	16	Brentford	27	8	9	10	24	30	4	6	3	14	12	4	3	7	10	18	-6	25	DLWLDL		0-2
1	17	Leicester City	27	7	10	10	44	51	5	7	2	34	25	2	3	8	10	26	-7	24	LLDWWD		1-1
1	18	Coventry City	28	10	3	15	41	47	8	1	5	25	15	2	2	10	16	32	-6	23	WWLWLL		1-2
	19	Queens Park Rangers	28	9	5	14	28	49	7	2	5	21	20	2	3	9	7	29	-21	23	LWDLLL		1-2
	20	Grimsby Town	27	7	8	12	47	55	4	5	5	28	25	3	3	7	19	30	-8	22	WLDDDW		2-1
	21	Nottingham Forest	27	8	4	15	25	36	5	3	6	11	10	3	1	9	14	26	-11	20	WLLWLL		0-1
	22	Lincoln City	28	5	9	14	40	66	4	6	5	23	27	1	3	9	17	39	-26	19	DLWWLD		0-0