The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 LINCOLN CITY - Sat Mar 12, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 12, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Lincoln City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: G Sunderland
Attendance:: 28,065
League Week:: 32 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Lincoln City:: Sep 10, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1763 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1026 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1950 (of 5828)
Total:: 3090 (of 7633)
Played:: 77 years, 5 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
John Love (70') - John Love first goal

LINCOLN CITY
Manager: Bill Anderson
Prior form: LDLLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Lester (67')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	23	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	33	Bob McCall
4	M	23	Jack Burkitt
5	D	32	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Frank Knight
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	24	John Love (70')
9	F	33	Bill Hullett	Last game
10	F	29	George Wilkins
11	F	24	Gordon Kaile

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jepsen
2	D	Green
3	D	Stillyards
4	D	Parr
5	D	Emery
6	M	Wright
7	M	Windsor
8	M	Lester
9	M	Dodds
10	F	Eastham
11	F	Marlow

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 12, 1949)

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

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

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	32	19	7	6	61	29	15	2	0	45	8	4	5	6	16	21	32	45	WWWWDW	Safe	2-1
	2	Fulham	31	17	6	8	57	31	12	3	1	42	11	5	3	7	15	20	26	40	WLWLWW		2-1
1	3	West Bromwich Albion	30	17	5	8	48	31	11	2	2	33	13	6	3	6	15	18	17	39	LWLWLW		2-1
1	4	Tottenham Hotspur	32	13	12	7	52	31	11	3	2	40	13	2	9	5	12	18	21	38	DWDDLD		0-0
2	5	Cardiff City	31	13	9	9	43	39	10	2	3	33	16	3	7	6	10	23	4	35	DWLWWW		4-0
	6	Luton Town	31	12	11	8	42	40	9	6	1	23	11	3	5	7	19	29	2	35	LDWWDW		2-1
2	7	Chesterfield	32	11	12	9	43	40	7	5	4	21	15	4	7	5	22	25	3	34	DDLDWL		1-2
	8	West Ham United	31	12	8	11	40	44	9	4	2	25	15	3	4	9	15	29	-4	32	WLWDWL		0-4
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	31	12	7	12	51	46	10	3	2	31	13	2	4	10	20	33	5	31	DWLLDL		0-2
3	10	Bury	30	13	5	12	48	54	8	4	2	27	14	5	1	10	21	40	-6	31	LLDWLW		2-1
1	11	Bradford Park Avenue	31	11	8	12	53	55	6	5	3	27	17	5	3	9	26	38	-2	30	WWDLLD		3-3
3	12	Barnsley	32	9	11	12	48	48	6	7	3	28	13	3	4	9	20	35	0	29	WLDLDD		1-1
2	13	Leeds United	32	9	11	12	47	50	8	5	4	30	20	1	6	8	17	30	-3	29	WDLWWL		1-2
2	14	Blackburn Rovers	32	11	7	14	44	49	9	4	3	35	18	2	3	11	9	31	-5	29	LWLDLL		1-2
1	15	Plymouth Argyle	31	11	7	13	38	46	10	2	4	27	15	1	5	9	11	31	-8	29	LWWWLL		1-2
	16	Queens Park Rangers	32	11	7	14	32	49	8	3	5	22	20	3	4	9	10	29	-17	29	LLDWWD		0-0
2	17	Grimsby Town	31	10	8	13	53	58	5	5	5	30	25	5	3	8	23	33	-5	28	DWLWWW		2-0
	18	Coventry City	32	11	6	15	45	50	9	2	5	28	17	2	4	10	17	33	-5	28	LLWDDD		1-1
2	19	Brentford	30	9	9	12	33	37	5	6	4	22	17	4	3	8	11	20	-4	27	LDLWLL		1-2
	20	Leicester City	29	7	12	10	48	55	5	8	2	35	26	2	4	8	13	29	-7	26	DWWDDD		3-3
	21	Nottingham Forest	32	8	6	18	31	45	5	5	6	12	11	3	1	12	19	34	-14	22	LLDLLD		1-1
	22	Lincoln City	33	6	10	17	46	76	5	6	6	28	31	1	4	11	18	45	-30	22	DLLWLD		1-1