The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - Sat Apr 23, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 23, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Tottenham Hotspur
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 23 April 1949

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: H Moore
Attendance:: 27,126
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Tottenham Hotspur:: Oct 05, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1771 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1034 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1958 (of 5824)
Total:: 3098 (of 7629)
Played:: 77 years, 4 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lee (30')
Tot Leverton (59')

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Manager: Joe Hulme
Prior form: DLLWWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Nicholson (10')
Duquemin (70')

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	D	23	Bill Whare	Debut
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	25	John Love
9	F	22	Tot Leverton (59')
10	F	24	Gordon Kaile
11	F	29	George Lee (30')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ditchburn
2	D	Pickridge
3	D	Withers
4	D	Nicholson
5	D	Clarke
6	M	Garwood
7	M	Walter
8	M	Bennett
9	M	Duquemin
10	F	Baily
11	F	Medley

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 23, 1949)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-2	Bury
Blackburn Rovers	0-0	Leeds United
Bradford Park Avenue	1-1	Chesterfield
Cardiff City	3-0	Coventry City
Fulham	2-1	Brentford
Grimsby Town	3-0	West Ham United
Luton Town	6-0	Lincoln City
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Plymouth Argyle	1-1	Leicester City
Queens Park Rangers	1-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton	1-1	West Bromwich Albion

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	40	23	8	9	68	34	16	3	1	47	9	7	5	8	21	25	34	54	WLLWLD	Safe
	2	Fulham	39	22	8	9	72	35	14	4	1	48	13	8	4	8	24	22	37	52	LDWWWW	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	38	22	7	9	63	37	15	3	2	45	16	7	4	7	18	21	26	51	DWWWWL	Safe
	4	Cardiff City	39	18	11	10	58	46	13	3	3	41	20	5	8	7	17	26	12	47	WWWLDW	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	39	16	14	9	64	41	14	3	3	49	17	2	11	6	15	24	23	46	DLLWWD	Safe
	6	West Ham United	38	18	9	11	55	47	13	4	2	37	17	5	5	9	18	30	8	45	WWWWWD	Safe
	7	Chesterfield	39	13	16	10	48	44	8	7	5	23	18	5	9	5	25	26	4	42	WLDDWD	Safe
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	39	14	11	14	59	54	12	5	3	36	17	2	6	11	23	37	5	39	WLLDDD	Safe
	9	Barnsley	39	13	12	14	59	56	9	7	3	37	15	4	5	11	22	41	3	38	DWWWLW	Safe
	10	Bury	37	16	5	16	58	68	11	4	3	34	19	5	1	13	24	49	-10	37	LWLLWW	Safe
	11	Coventry City	39	15	6	18	54	58	12	2	6	34	19	3	4	12	20	39	-4	36	LWWLLW
	12	Queens Park Rangers	39	13	10	16	40	58	10	4	5	28	23	3	6	11	12	35	-18	36	WDDWDL
	13	Leeds United	39	12	11	16	55	61	11	5	4	36	21	1	6	12	19	40	-6	35	LWLLWL
	14	Bradford Park Avenue	39	13	9	17	63	73	8	6	4	35	21	5	3	13	28	52	-10	35	LWWLLL
	15	Luton Town	38	12	11	15	46	55	9	6	4	24	16	3	5	11	22	39	-9	35	LLLLLL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	40	14	7	19	51	62	11	4	4	39	22	3	3	15	12	40	-11	35	LWWWLL
	17	Grimsby Town	38	12	10	16	65	70	7	5	6	38	27	5	5	10	27	43	-5	34	WDWLLD
	18	Brentford	38	11	12	15	37	46	7	9	4	26	19	4	3	11	11	27	-9	34	DDLLWD
	19	Plymouth Argyle	38	12	9	17	45	55	11	3	5	32	19	1	6	12	13	36	-10	33	DLLLLW
	20	Leicester City	38	9	14	15	58	73	6	10	4	41	35	3	4	11	17	38	-15	32	LWLLDW
	21	Nottingham Forest	39	12	6	21	42	52	8	5	6	19	12	4	1	15	23	40	-10	30	WLWWLW
	22	Lincoln City	40	7	12	21	50	85	6	7	8	31	35	1	5	13	19	50	-35	26	DWLLDL	Relegated

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	41	23	9	9	69	35	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	8	21	25	34	55	LLWLDD	Safe	1-1
	2	Fulham	40	23	8	9	74	36	15	4	1	50	14	8	4	8	24	22	38	54	DWWWWW	Safe	2-1
	3	West Bromwich Albion	39	22	8	9	64	38	15	3	2	45	16	7	5	7	19	22	26	52	WWWWLD	Safe	1-1
	4	Cardiff City	40	19	11	10	61	46	14	3	3	44	20	5	8	7	17	26	15	49	WWLDWW	Safe	3-0
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	40	16	15	9	66	43	14	3	3	49	17	2	12	6	17	26	23	47	LLWWDD	Safe	2-2
	6	West Ham United	39	18	9	12	55	50	13	4	2	37	17	5	5	10	18	33	5	45	WWWWDL	Safe	0-3
	7	Chesterfield	40	13	17	10	49	45	8	7	5	23	18	5	10	5	26	27	4	43	LDDWDD	Safe	1-1
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	40	15	11	14	62	55	12	5	3	36	17	3	6	11	26	38	7	41	LLDDDW	Safe	3-1
	9	Barnsley	40	14	12	14	62	58	10	7	3	40	17	4	5	11	22	41	4	40	WWWLWW	Safe	3-2
5	10	Luton Town	39	13	11	15	52	55	10	6	4	30	16	3	5	11	22	39	-3	37	LLLLLW	Safe	6-0
1	11	Bury	38	16	5	17	60	71	11	4	3	34	19	5	1	14	26	52	-11	37	WLLWWL	Safe	2-3
5	12	Grimsby Town	39	13	10	16	68	70	8	5	6	41	27	5	5	10	27	43	-2	36	DWLLDW	Safe	3-0
	13	Leeds United	40	12	12	16	55	61	11	5	4	36	21	1	7	12	19	40	-6	36	WLLWLD	Safe	0-0
3	14	Coventry City	40	15	6	19	54	61	12	2	6	34	19	3	4	13	20	42	-7	36	WWLLWL	Safe	0-3
1	15	Bradford Park Avenue	40	13	10	17	64	74	8	7	4	36	22	5	3	13	28	52	-10	36	WWLLLD	Safe	1-1
	16	Blackburn Rovers	41	14	8	19	51	62	11	5	4	39	22	3	3	15	12	40	-11	36	WWWLLD	Safe	0-0
5	17	Queens Park Rangers	40	13	10	17	41	61	10	4	6	29	26	3	6	11	12	35	-20	36	DDWDLL	Safe	1-3
1	18	Plymouth Argyle	39	12	10	17	46	56	11	4	5	33	20	1	6	12	13	36	-10	34	LLLLWD		1-1
1	19	Brentford	39	11	12	16	38	48	7	9	4	26	19	4	3	12	12	29	-10	34	DLLWDL		1-2
	20	Leicester City	39	9	15	15	59	74	6	10	4	41	35	3	5	11	18	39	-15	33	WLLDWD		1-1
	21	Nottingham Forest	40	12	7	21	44	54	8	6	6	21	14	4	1	15	23	40	-10	31	LWWLWD		2-2
	22	Lincoln City	41	7	12	22	50	91	6	7	8	31	35	1	5	14	19	56	-41	26	WLLDLL	Relegated	0-6