The City Ground

SEASON: 1940-41

Prev Season: 1939-40
This Season: 1940-41
Next Season: 1941-42

DIVISION:: World War II
MANAGER(s):
FA Cup:: -
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored
Conceded
Won By
Lost By

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days			Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days		Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)

Not included: Week 1 game against Birmingham City (2-3) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 0
Lowest League Attendance:: 0
Average League Attendance:: 0
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1940-41)

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GAMES
Manager for all games: Billy Walker

WWII Main League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 31, 1940	Birmingham City	H	2-3	Loss	-	Smith (?, ?)
2	Sat Sep 07, 1940	Birmingham City	A	1-2	Loss	-	Hunter (?)
3	Sat Sep 14, 1940	Leicester City	H	6-3	Win	-	Peacock (?, ?), Smith (?, ?, ?), Barks (?)
4	Sat Sep 21, 1940	Leicester City	A	2-2	Draw	-	Antonio (?), Hunter (?)
5	Sat Sep 28, 1940	Walsall	H	2-0	Win	-	Smith (?), Peacock (?)
6	Sat Oct 05, 1940	Walsall	A	3-4	Loss	-	Smith (?), Antonio (?), Maund (?)
7	Sat Oct 12, 1940	Northampton Town	H	1-0	Win	-	Crisp (?)
8	Sat Oct 26, 1940	Stoke City	H	3-3	Draw	-	Langton (?), Wood (?), Antonio (?)
9	Sat Nov 02, 1940	Stoke City	A	0-5	Loss	-
10	Sat Nov 16, 1940	Northampton Town	A	0-7	Loss	-
11	Sat Dec 07, 1940	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-5	Loss	-
12	Sat Dec 14, 1940	Mansfield Town	A	1-2	Loss	-	Crisp (?)
13	Sat Dec 21, 1940	Mansfield Town	H	1-4	Loss	-	Collins (?)
14	Wed Dec 25, 1940	Notts County	H	2-4	Loss	-	Iverson (?), Jones (?)
15	Sat Dec 28, 1940	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-5	Loss	-	Clark (?, ?), Brown (?)
19	Sat Mar 15, 1941	Notts County	A	4-0	Win	-	Barks (?, ?), Wood (?, ?)
20	Sat Mar 29, 1941	Stoke City	A	0-4	Loss	-
21	Sat Apr 05, 1941	Stoke City	H	3-2	Win	-	Collins (?), Norris (?), Wood (?)
22	Sat Apr 12, 1941	Notts County	H	1-3	Loss	-	Iverson (?)
23	Sat Apr 19, 1941	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	Draw	-	Clements (?)
24	Sat May 24, 1941	Walsall	A	7-6	Win	-	Broome (?, ?, ?, ?), Lane (?, ?), Maund (?)
25	Mon Jun 02, 1941	Leicester City	A	0-2	Loss	-

WWII Wartime Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Feb 15, 1941	Walsall	1	1	A	2-3	Loss	-	Crawley (?), Lowrie (?)
Sat Feb 22, 1941	Walsall	1	2	H	8-1	Win	-	Crawley (?, ?, ?), Lowrie (?, ?), Edwards (?, ?), Crisp (?)
Sat Mar 01, 1941	Leicester City	2	1	H	0-2	Loss	-
Sat Mar 08, 1941	Leicester City	2	2	A	1-1	Draw	-	Barks (?)

WWII Midland Cup

Week	Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
16	Sat Jan 11, 1941	Lincoln City	1	1	H	4-2	Win	1,500	Dearson (?), Brown (?), Jennings (?, ?)
17	Sat Jan 18, 1941	Lincoln City	1	2	A	1-2	Loss	-	Barks (?)
18	Sat Feb 01, 1941	Leicester City	2		A	2-6	Loss	-	Lowrie (?), Crisp (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Oct 19, 1940	Lincoln City	England	A	3-2	Win	-	Langton (?), Smith (?, ?)
Sat Nov 09, 1940	RAF XI	England	H	1-4	Loss	-	? (?)
Sat Nov 30, 1940	RAF XI	England	A	4-1	Win	-	Peacock (?, ?), Adams (?), ? (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (35)				Out (25)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Allan Collins	Bought			Billy Tudor	Sold
	Bill Morgan	Bought			Billy Walker	Sold
	Billy Tudor	Bought			Clements	Sold
	Bob Iverson	Bought			Cyril Trigg	Sold
	Clements	Bought			Don Dearson	Sold
	Cyril Trigg	Bought			Douglas Arnold	Sold
	D Pimbley	Bought			Eddie Langton	Sold
	Don Dearson	Bought			Eric Norris	Sold
	Douglas Arnold	Bought			Fred Moon	Sold
	Eddie Langton	Bought			George Curtis	Sold
	Eric Norris	Bought			George Lowrie	Sold
	George Lowrie	Bought			Harry Ware	Sold
	George Mason	Bought			Hughes (1941)	Sold
	Gil Merrick	Bought			Jack Fryer	Retired
	Harry Lane (1940)	Bought			Jack Segrave	Sold
	Harry Ware	Bought			James Hunter	Sold
	Hughes (1941)	Bought			Mitchell (1940)	Sold
	Jack Segrave	Bought			Patton	Sold
	Jack Ward	Bought			R Bird	Sold
	Jock Wightman	Bought			Robinson (1940)	Sold
	Joe Rutherford	Bought			Roebuck	Sold
	KB Hollis	Bought			Sandy McNab	Sold
	Les Jones	Bought			Voce	Sold
	Lester Finch	Bought			W Cressey	Sold
	Mitchell (1940)	Bought			Wilf Copping	Sold
	Patton	Bought
	R Bird	Bought
	Robinson (1940)	Bought
	Roebuck	Bought
	Ron Burgess	Bought
	Sandy McNab	Bought
	Tommy Crawley	Bought
	Voce	Bought
	W Cressey	Bought
	Wilf Copping	Bought

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Alan Wakeman
GK		Ashley Hunt
GK		Doug Westland
GK		Gil Merrick
GK		Joe Rutherford
GK		Laurie Platts
Defenders
D		Billy Tudor
D		CJ Lewis (1941)
D		George Cummings
D		George Mason
D		Hughes (1941)
D		Jack Challinor
D		Jack Segrave
D		KB Hollis
D		Patton
D		Percy Mills
D		R Bird
D		Reg Brook
D		Robinson (1940)
D		Tom Fillingham
D		Tommy Graham
D		Walter Metcalf
D		Wilf Copping
D		Ken Rawson
Midfielders
M		Allan Collins
M		Bill Morgan
M		Charlie Elliott
M		Cyril Trigg
M		Eddie Barks
M		Eric Norris
M		Frank Broome
M		Frank Knight
M		George Curtis
M		James Hunter
M		Jock Kirton
M		Jock Wightman
M		John Maund
M		Mitchell (1940)
M		Robert Davies
M		Ron Burgess
M		Sandy McNab
M		Thomas Clark
Forwards
F		Billy Walker
F		Bob Iverson
F		Clements
F		D Pimbley
F		Dennis Jennings
F		Don Dearson
F		Douglas Arnold
F		Eddie Langton
F		EF Smith
F		Eric Houghton
F		Fred Moon
F		George Antonio
F		George Crisp
F		George Drury
F		George Lowrie
F		George Pritty
F		Harry Lane (1940)
F		Harry Ware
F		Jack Edwards
F		Jack Fryer
F		Jack Ward
F		Jackie Brown
F		Les Jones
F		Lester Finch
F		Roebuck
F		Thomas Peacock
F		Tom Hinchcliffe
F		Tommy Crawley
F		Voce
F		W Cressey

		Andy Adams
		Henry Wood
		Len Dutton

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score