The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 BRADFORD PARK AVENUE - Fri Apr 15, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Apr 15, 1949 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Bradford Park Avenue
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Nottingham Journal - Saturday 16 April 1949

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: G Salmon
Attendance:: 21,229
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 9 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brentford (League Tier 2)
Bradford Park Avenue:: Apr 18, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1768 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1031 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1955 (of 5824)
Total:: 3095 (of 7629)
Played:: 77 years, 4 months, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tot Leverton (60') (Pen)
John Love (85')

BRADFORD PARK AVENUE
Manager: Fred Emery
Prior form: DLDLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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
8	F	25	John Love (85')
9	F	22	Tot Leverton (60')
10	F	25	Jack Edwards
11	F	24	Gordon Kaile

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Farr
2	D	Heyworth
3	D	Farrell
4	D	White
5	D	Horsman
6	M	Elliott
7	M	Smith
8	M	Henry
9	M	Ainsley
10	F	Deplidge
11	F	Stevens

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Apr 15, 1949)

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

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	38	23	7	8	68	33	16	2	1	47	9	7	5	7	21	24	35	53	WWWLLW	Safe	1-0
1	2	Fulham	37	20	8	9	66	34	14	4	1	48	13	6	4	8	18	21	32	48	WDLDWW	Safe	4-1
1	3	West Bromwich Albion	35	20	7	8	55	35	13	3	2	37	15	7	4	6	18	20	20	47	WWDDWW	Safe
	4	Cardiff City	37	17	10	10	56	45	12	3	3	40	20	5	7	7	16	25	11	44	WDWWWL	Safe	1-2
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	37	15	13	9	58	38	13	3	3	44	15	2	10	6	14	23	20	43	DWDLLW	Safe	2-0
	6	West Ham United	36	17	8	11	52	46	12	4	2	35	17	5	4	9	17	29	6	42	LWWWWW	Safe	4-1
	7	Chesterfield	37	12	15	10	47	44	7	7	5	22	18	5	8	5	25	26	3	39	LDWLDD	Safe	1-1
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	37	14	9	14	58	53	12	3	3	35	16	2	6	11	23	37	5	37	WDWLLD		1-1
2	9	Barnsley	37	12	12	13	57	54	8	7	3	35	15	4	5	10	22	39	3	36	DLDWWW		1-0
1	10	Bradford Park Avenue	37	13	9	15	61	64	8	6	3	34	19	5	3	12	27	45	-3	35	LDLWWL		0-2
1	11	Luton Town	36	12	11	13	45	51	9	6	3	23	13	3	5	10	22	38	-6	35	WLLLLL		1-4
4	12	Queens Park Rangers	37	13	9	15	39	55	10	4	5	28	23	3	5	10	11	32	-16	35	DLWDDW		2-1
1	13	Coventry City	36	14	6	16	53	56	11	2	5	33	18	3	4	11	20	38	-3	34	DDWLWW
1	14	Grimsby Town	36	12	9	15	63	65	7	5	6	38	27	5	4	9	25	38	-2	33	WLWDWL		0-1
1	15	Leeds United	37	11	11	15	53	58	10	5	4	35	21	1	6	11	18	37	-5	33	LWLWLL
1	16	Blackburn Rovers	37	13	7	17	49	58	11	4	4	39	22	2	3	13	10	36	-9	33	LLLLWW		2-1
2	17	Bury	35	14	5	16	54	67	9	4	3	30	18	5	1	13	24	49	-13	33	WLLWLL
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	36	11	9	16	42	53	10	3	5	29	18	1	6	11	13	35	-11	31	LDDLLL		1-2
1	19	Brentford	36	10	11	15	34	44	6	8	4	23	17	4	3	11	11	27	-10	31	WLDDLL		0-2
	20	Leicester City	35	8	13	14	54	68	5	9	3	37	30	3	4	11	17	38	-14	29	LDLLWL		1-4
	21	Nottingham Forest	37	11	6	20	39	49	8	5	6	19	12	3	1	14	20	37	-10	28	DLWLWW		2-0
	22	Lincoln City	38	7	11	20	50	83	6	6	8	31	35	1	5	12	19	48	-33	25	DLDWLL		0-1