The City Ground

CHESTERFIELD 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 05, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 05, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chesterfield
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Saltergate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 05 March 1949

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: F Walton
Attendance:: 10,849
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
Chesterfield:: Jul 24, 1996

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1762 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1025 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1949 (of 5828)
Total:: 3089 (of 7633)
Played:: 77 years, 6 months, 5 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Wilkins (54') - George Wilkins last goal

CHESTERFIELD
Manager: Bobby Marshall
Prior form: WWDDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Hudson (17')
Hudson (62')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	23	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	33	Bob McCall
4	F	29	Sid Ottewell
5	D	32	Horace Gager
6	M	23	Jack Burkitt
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	24	John Love
9	F	33	Bill Hullett
10	F	29	George Wilkins (54')
11	F	24	Gordon Kaile

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Middleton
2	D	Milburn
3	D	Kirkman
4	D	Southall
5	D	Booker
6	M	Halton
7	M	Moore
8	M	Hudson
9	M	Marron
10	F	Thompson
11	F	Smith

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

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

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	30	18	6	6	57	26	14	2	0	43	7	4	4	6	14	19	31	42	WDWWWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	30	13	11	6	52	30	11	3	1	40	12	2	8	5	12	18	22	37	LWDWDD
	3	West Bromwich Albion	28	16	5	7	45	28	11	2	1	32	11	5	3	6	13	17	17	37	WLLWLW
	4	Fulham	29	15	6	8	53	29	11	3	1	40	10	4	3	7	13	19	24	36	WWWLWL
	5	Chesterfield	30	10	12	8	40	37	6	5	4	19	14	4	7	4	21	23	3	32	WWDDLD
	6	Luton Town	29	11	10	8	39	38	8	6	1	21	10	3	4	7	18	28	1	32	DDLDWW
	7	Cardiff City	29	11	9	9	38	39	9	2	3	29	16	2	7	6	9	23	-1	31	LLDWLW
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	29	12	6	11	50	43	10	2	2	30	12	2	4	9	20	31	7	30	WLDWLL
	9	West Ham United	29	11	8	10	38	39	8	4	2	23	14	3	4	8	15	25	-1	30	LLWLWD
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	29	11	7	11	48	48	6	4	3	24	14	5	3	8	24	34	0	29	LDWWDL
	11	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	7	12	42	45	9	4	2	34	16	2	3	10	8	29	-3	29	DLLWLD
	12	Bury	29	12	5	12	46	53	8	4	2	27	14	4	1	10	19	39	-7	29	WLLDWL
	13	Plymouth Argyle	30	11	7	12	37	44	10	2	3	26	13	1	5	9	11	31	-7	29	DLWWWL
	14	Barnsley	30	9	9	12	46	46	6	6	3	27	12	3	3	9	19	34	0	27	DWWLDL
	15	Brentford	28	9	9	10	32	32	5	6	3	22	14	4	3	7	10	18	0	27	LWLDLW
	16	Leeds United	30	8	11	11	42	46	7	5	4	26	18	1	6	7	16	28	-4	27	LDWDLW
	17	Coventry City	30	11	4	15	42	47	9	1	5	26	15	2	3	10	16	32	-5	26	LWLLWD
	18	Queens Park Rangers	30	10	6	14	29	49	8	2	5	22	20	2	4	9	7	29	-20	26	DLLLDW
	19	Leicester City	27	7	10	10	44	51	5	7	2	34	25	2	3	8	10	26	-7	24	LLDWWD
	20	Grimsby Town	29	8	8	13	48	56	4	5	5	28	25	4	3	8	20	31	-8	24	DDDWLW
	21	Nottingham Forest	30	8	5	17	29	42	5	4	6	11	10	3	1	11	18	32	-13	21	WLLLDL
	22	Lincoln City	31	6	9	16	43	72	5	6	5	26	28	1	3	11	17	44	-29	21	WLDLLW

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	Southampton	31	18	7	6	59	28	14	2	0	43	7	4	5	6	16	21	31	43	DWWWWD		2-2
2	2	Fulham	30	16	6	8	55	30	11	3	1	40	10	5	3	7	15	20	25	38	WWLWLW		2-1
1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	31	13	11	7	52	31	11	3	2	40	13	2	8	5	12	18	21	37	WDWDDL		0-1
1	4	West Bromwich Albion	29	16	5	8	46	30	11	2	2	33	13	5	3	6	13	17	16	37	LLWLWL		1-2
	5	Chesterfield	31	11	12	8	42	38	7	5	4	21	15	4	7	4	21	23	4	34	WDDLDW		2-1
	6	Luton Town	30	11	11	8	40	39	8	6	1	21	10	3	5	7	19	29	1	33	DLDWWD		1-1
	7	Cardiff City	30	12	9	9	39	39	9	2	3	29	16	3	7	6	10	23	0	33	LDWLWW		1-0
1	8	West Ham United	30	12	8	10	40	40	9	4	2	25	15	3	4	8	15	25	0	32	LWLWDW		2-1
1	9	Sheffield Wednesday	30	12	7	11	51	44	10	3	2	31	13	2	4	9	20	31	7	31	LDWLLD		1-1
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	30	11	7	12	50	52	6	4	3	24	14	5	3	9	26	38	-2	29	DWWDLL		2-4
5	11	Leeds United	31	9	11	11	46	48	8	5	4	30	20	1	6	7	16	28	-2	29	DWDLWW		4-2
1	12	Blackburn Rovers	31	11	7	13	43	47	9	4	2	34	16	2	3	11	9	31	-4	29	LLWLDL		1-2
1	13	Bury	29	12	5	12	46	53	8	4	2	27	14	4	1	10	19	39	-7	29	WLLDWL
1	14	Plymouth Argyle	30	11	7	12	37	44	10	2	3	26	13	1	5	9	11	31	-7	29	DLWWWL
1	15	Barnsley	31	9	10	12	47	47	6	6	3	27	12	3	4	9	20	35	0	28	WWLDLD		1-1
2	16	Queens Park Rangers	31	11	6	14	32	49	8	2	5	22	20	3	4	9	10	29	-17	28	LLLDWW		3-0
2	17	Brentford	29	9	9	11	32	35	5	6	4	22	17	4	3	7	10	18	-3	27	WLDLWL		0-3
1	18	Coventry City	31	11	5	15	44	49	9	2	5	28	17	2	3	10	16	32	-5	27	WLLWDD		2-2
1	19	Grimsby Town	30	9	8	13	51	58	4	5	5	28	25	5	3	8	23	33	-7	26	DDWLWW		3-2
1	20	Leicester City	28	7	11	10	45	52	5	8	2	35	26	2	3	8	10	26	-7	25	LDWWDD		1-1
	21	Nottingham Forest	31	8	5	18	30	44	5	4	6	11	10	3	1	12	19	34	-14	21	LLLDLL		1-2
	22	Lincoln City	32	6	9	17	45	75	5	6	6	28	31	1	3	11	17	44	-30	21	LDLLWL		2-3