The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BURY - Sat May 07, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat May 07, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 (Won)

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: B Flanagan
Attendance:: 26,754
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 10 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brighton and Hove Albion (League Tier 3)
Bury:: Oct 13, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1773 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1036 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1960 (of 5679)
Total:: 3097 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
George Lee - George Lee last goal

BURY
Manager: Norman Bullock
Prior form: WWLDWL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	Bob McCall
4	M	Jack Burkitt
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Frank Knight
7	F	Freddie Scott
8	F	John Love
9	F	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
10	F	Tom Johnson
11	F	George Lee	Last game

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat May 07, 1949)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-1	Chesterfield
Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Brentford
Bradford Park Avenue	1-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Cardiff City	1-1	Leicester City
Fulham	2-0	West Ham United
Grimsby Town	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Luton Town	2-0	Coventry City
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Bury
Plymouth Argyle	0-5	Tottenham Hotspur
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	West Bromwich Albion	41	24	8	9	69	38	16	3	2	47	16	8	5	7	22	22	1.81579	56	WWLDWW
	2	Fulham	41	23	9	9	75	37	15	4	1	50	14	8	5	8	25	23	2.02703	55	WWWWWD
	3	Southampton	42	23	9	10	69	36	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	9	21	26	1.91667	55	LWLDDL
	4	Cardiff City	41	19	12	10	61	46	14	3	3	44	20	5	9	7	17	26	1.32609	50	WLDWWD
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	41	16	16	9	67	44	14	4	3	50	18	2	12	6	17	26	1.52273	48	LWWDDD
	6	West Ham United	41	18	10	13	56	56	13	5	3	38	23	5	5	10	18	33	1.00000	46	WWDLDL
	7	Chesterfield	41	14	17	10	50	45	9	7	5	24	18	5	10	5	26	27	1.11111	45	DDWDDW
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	41	15	12	14	62	55	12	6	3	36	17	3	6	11	26	38	1.12727	42	LDDDWD
	9	Barnsley	41	14	12	15	62	60	10	7	3	40	17	4	5	12	22	43	1.03333	40	WWLWWL
	10	Bury	41	17	6	18	67	75	12	5	4	41	23	5	1	14	26	52	.89333	40	WWLDWL
	11	Grimsby Town	41	14	10	17	71	76	9	5	6	43	28	5	5	11	28	48	.93421	38	LLDWLW
	12	Luton Town	41	13	12	16	53	57	10	6	4	30	16	3	6	12	23	41	.92982	38	LLLWDL
	13	Leeds United	41	12	13	16	55	61	11	6	4	36	21	1	7	12	19	40	.90164	37	LLWLDD
	14	Coventry City	41	15	7	19	55	62	12	3	6	35	20	3	4	13	20	42	.88710	37	WLLWLD
	15	Queens Park Rangers	41	13	11	17	42	62	10	4	6	29	26	3	7	11	13	36	.67742	37	DWDLLD
	16	Bradford Park Avenue	41	13	10	18	64	77	8	7	5	36	25	5	3	13	28	52	.83117	36	WLLLDL
	17	Plymouth Argyle	41	12	12	17	49	59	11	4	5	33	20	1	8	12	16	39	.83051	36	LLWDDD
	18	Blackburn Rovers	41	14	8	19	51	62	11	5	4	39	22	3	3	15	12	40	.82258	36	WWWLLD
	19	Brentford	41	11	14	16	41	51	7	10	4	28	21	4	4	12	13	30	.80392	36	LWDLDD
	20	Leicester City	41	10	15	16	61	78	6	10	5	41	38	4	5	11	20	40	.78205	35	LDWDWL
	21	Nottingham Forest	41	13	7	21	49	54	8	6	6	21	14	5	1	15	28	40	.90741	33	WWLWDW
	22	Lincoln City	42	8	12	22	53	91	6	7	8	31	35	2	5	14	22	56	.58242	28	LLDLLW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
1	1	Fulham	42	24	9	9	77	37	16	4	1	52	14	8	5	8	25	23	2.08108	57	WWWWDW	2-0
1	2	West Bromwich Albion	42	24	8	10	69	39	16	3	2	47	16	8	5	8	22	23	1.76923	56	WLDWWL	0-1
	3	Southampton	42	23	9	10	69	36	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	9	21	26	1.91667	55	LWLDDL
	4	Cardiff City	42	19	13	10	62	47	14	4	3	45	21	5	9	7	17	26	1.31915	51	LDWWDD	1-1
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	16	9	72	44	14	4	3	50	18	3	12	6	22	26	1.63636	50	WWDDDW	5-0
1	6	Chesterfield	42	15	17	10	51	45	9	7	5	24	18	6	10	5	27	27	1.13333	47	DWDDWW	1-0
1	7	West Ham United	42	18	10	14	56	58	13	5	3	38	23	5	5	11	18	35	.96552	46	WDLDLL	0-2
	8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	13	14	63	56	12	6	3	36	17	3	7	11	27	39	1.12500	43	DDDWDD	1-1
	9	Barnsley	42	14	12	16	62	61	10	7	4	40	18	4	5	12	22	43	1.01639	40	WLWWLL	0-1
2	10	Luton Town	42	14	12	16	55	57	11	6	4	32	16	3	6	12	23	41	.96491	40	LLWDLW	2-0
	11	Grimsby Town	42	15	10	17	72	76	10	5	6	44	28	5	5	11	28	48	.94737	40	LDWLWW	1-0
2	12	Bury	42	17	6	19	67	76	12	5	4	41	23	5	1	15	26	53	.88158	40	WLDWLL	0-1
2	13	Queens Park Rangers	42	14	11	17	44	62	11	4	6	31	26	3	7	11	13	36	.70968	39	WDLLDW	2-0
4	14	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	8	19	53	63	12	5	4	41	23	3	3	15	12	40	.84127	38	WWLLDW	2-1
2	15	Leeds United	42	12	13	17	55	63	11	6	4	36	21	1	7	13	19	42	.87302	37	LWLDDL	0-2
2	16	Coventry City	42	15	7	20	55	64	12	3	6	35	20	3	4	14	20	44	.85938	37	LLWLDL	0-2
1	17	Bradford Park Avenue	42	13	11	18	65	78	8	8	5	37	26	5	3	13	28	52	.83333	37	LLLDLD	1-1
1	18	Brentford	42	11	14	17	42	53	7	10	4	28	21	4	4	13	14	32	.79245	36	WDLDDL	1-2
1	19	Leicester City	42	10	16	16	62	79	6	10	5	41	38	4	6	11	21	41	.78481	36	DWDWLD	1-1
3	20	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	12	18	49	64	11	4	6	33	25	1	8	12	16	39	.76563	36	LWDDDL	0-5
	21	Nottingham Forest	42	14	7	21	50	54	9	6	6	22	14	5	1	15	28	40	.92593	35	WLWDWW	1-0
	22	Lincoln City	42	8	12	22	53	91	6	7	8	31	35	2	5	14	22	56	.58242	28	LLDLLW