The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Apr 09, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 09, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 09 April 1949

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: L Brown
Attendance:: 30,774
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 21
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bradford Park Avenue (League Tier 2)
Leicester City:: Sep 08, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1767 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 1030 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1954 (of 5827)
Total:: 3094 (of 7632)
Played:: 77 years, 4 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Freddie Scott (15')
John Love (59')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Johnny Duncan
Prior form: DDDLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Horace Gager (25') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Jack Hutchinson
3	M	33	Bob McCall
4	M	23	Jack Burkitt
5	D	32	Horace Gager
6	M	23	Bill Morley
7	F	32	Freddie Scott (15')
8	F	25	John Love (59')
9	F	22	Tot Leverton
10	F	25	Jack Edwards
11	F	24	Gordon Kaile

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bradley
2	D	Jelly
3	D	J Harrison
4	D	W Harrison
5	D	McArthur
6	M	King
7	M	Griffiths
8	M	Revie
9	M	Lee
10	F	Chisholm
11	F	Scott

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 09, 1949)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	4-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Bradford Park Avenue	4-1	Bury
Cardiff City	3-1	Lincoln City
Fulham	1-0	Leeds United
Grimsby Town	3-0	Brentford
Luton Town	0-1	West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Leicester City
Plymouth Argyle	2-3	Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers	1-1	Chesterfield
Southampton	0-1	West Ham 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	36	22	7	7	67	32	16	2	0	47	8	6	5	7	20	24	35	51	DWWWWL	Safe
	2	West Bromwich Albion	34	19	7	8	54	35	13	3	2	37	15	6	4	6	17	20	19	45	LWWDDW	Safe
	3	Fulham	35	18	8	9	61	33	12	4	1	43	12	6	4	8	18	21	28	44	WWWDLD	Safe
	4	Cardiff City	35	16	10	9	52	42	11	3	3	37	19	5	7	6	15	23	10	42	WWWDWW	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	35	14	13	8	55	34	12	3	3	42	15	2	10	5	13	19	21	41	DLDWDL	Safe
	6	West Ham United	34	15	8	11	47	45	11	4	2	31	16	4	4	9	16	29	2	38	DWLWWW
	7	Chesterfield	35	12	13	10	45	42	7	6	5	21	17	5	7	5	24	25	3	37	DWLDWL
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	34	14	8	12	56	49	12	3	2	35	15	2	5	10	21	34	7	36	LDLWDW
	9	Luton Town	34	12	11	11	44	46	9	6	2	23	12	3	5	9	21	34	-2	35	WDWLLL
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	35	12	9	14	57	61	7	6	3	30	18	5	3	11	27	43	-4	33	LDLDLW
	11	Leeds United	36	11	11	14	53	57	10	5	4	35	21	1	6	10	18	36	-4	33	WLWLWL
	12	Bury	34	14	5	15	53	63	9	4	3	30	18	5	1	12	23	45	-10	33	LWLLWL
	13	Barnsley	35	10	12	13	52	53	7	7	3	31	14	3	5	10	21	39	-1	32	LDDLDW
	14	Coventry City	35	13	6	16	50	54	11	2	5	33	18	2	4	11	17	36	-4	32	DDDWLW
	15	Queens Park Rangers	35	12	8	15	36	53	9	3	5	25	21	3	5	10	11	32	-17	32	WWDLWD
	16	Grimsby Town	34	11	9	14	60	64	6	5	5	35	26	5	4	9	25	38	-4	31	WWWLWD
	17	Brentford	34	10	11	13	34	39	6	8	4	23	17	4	3	9	11	22	-5	31	LLWLDD
	18	Plymouth Argyle	34	11	9	14	39	48	10	3	4	27	15	1	6	10	12	33	-9	31	WLLDDL
	19	Blackburn Rovers	35	11	7	17	45	56	9	4	4	35	20	2	3	13	10	36	-11	29	DLLLLL
	20	Leicester City	32	7	13	12	51	62	5	9	3	37	30	2	4	9	14	32	-11	27	DDDLDL
	21	Lincoln City	36	7	11	18	49	79	6	6	7	31	34	1	5	11	18	45	-30	25	WLDLDW
	22	Nottingham Forest	35	9	6	20	35	48	6	5	6	15	11	3	1	14	20	37	-13	24	LLDLWL

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	37	22	7	8	67	33	16	2	1	47	9	6	5	7	20	24	34	51	WWWWLL	Safe	0-1
	2	West Bromwich Albion	35	20	7	8	55	35	13	3	2	37	15	7	4	6	18	20	20	47	WWDDWW	Safe	1-0
	3	Fulham	36	19	8	9	62	33	13	4	1	44	12	6	4	8	18	21	29	46	WWDLDW	Safe	1-0
	4	Cardiff City	36	17	10	9	55	43	12	3	3	40	20	5	7	6	15	23	12	44	WWDWWW	Safe	3-1
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	36	14	13	9	56	38	12	3	3	42	15	2	10	6	14	23	18	41	LDWDLL	Safe	1-4
	6	West Ham United	35	16	8	11	48	45	11	4	2	31	16	5	4	9	17	29	3	40	WLWWWW	Safe	1-0
	7	Chesterfield	36	12	14	10	46	43	7	6	5	21	17	5	8	5	25	26	3	38	WLDWLD		1-1
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	35	14	8	13	57	51	12	3	2	35	15	2	5	11	22	36	6	36	DLWDWL		1-2
1	9	Bradford Park Avenue	36	13	9	14	61	62	8	6	3	34	19	5	3	11	27	43	-1	35	DLDLWW		4-1
1	10	Luton Town	35	12	11	12	44	47	9	6	3	23	13	3	5	9	21	34	-3	35	DWLLLL		0-1
2	11	Barnsley	36	11	12	13	56	54	8	7	3	35	15	3	5	10	21	39	2	34	DDLDWW		4-1
2	12	Coventry City	36	14	6	16	53	56	11	2	5	33	18	3	4	11	20	38	-3	34	DDWLWW		3-2
3	13	Grimsby Town	35	12	9	14	63	64	7	5	5	38	26	5	4	9	25	38	-1	33	WWLWDW		3-0
3	14	Leeds United	37	11	11	15	53	58	10	5	4	35	21	1	6	11	18	37	-5	33	LWLWLL		0-1
3	15	Bury	35	14	5	16	54	67	9	4	3	30	18	5	1	13	24	49	-13	33	WLLWLL		1-4
1	16	Queens Park Rangers	36	12	9	15	37	54	9	4	5	26	22	3	5	10	11	32	-17	33	WDLWDD		1-1
2	17	Blackburn Rovers	36	12	7	17	47	57	10	4	4	37	21	2	3	13	10	36	-10	31	LLLLLW		2-1
1	18	Brentford	35	10	11	14	34	42	6	8	4	23	17	4	3	10	11	25	-8	31	LWLDDL		0-3
1	19	Plymouth Argyle	35	11	9	15	41	51	10	3	5	29	18	1	6	10	12	33	-10	31	LLDDLL		2-3
	20	Leicester City	33	7	13	13	52	64	5	9	3	37	30	2	4	10	15	34	-12	27	DDLDLL		1-2
1	21	Nottingham Forest	36	10	6	20	37	49	7	5	6	17	12	3	1	14	20	37	-12	26	LDLWLW		2-1
1	22	Lincoln City	37	7	11	19	50	82	6	6	7	31	34	1	5	12	19	48	-32	25	LDLDWL		1-3