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SEASON: 1940-41

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

DIVISION:: World War II
MANAGER(s):
FA Cup:: Not started
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:

WHAT HAPPENED
Due to the Second World War, clubs were split into two regional leagues - Forest were in the Southern League.
There was also a Wartime Cup as well as a Midland Cup; games competed for in the Midland Cup also counted toward the League.
Note: Final league position was decided on Goal Average instead of Points, as not all clubs were able to play a full season of games.

Click here for all tables for 1940-41

Competitive Games:: 0
Competitive Goals:: 0
Goals per game:
League Games:
League Points:: out of 0 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: %

GOALS
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

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
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)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: -
Lowest League Attendance:: -
Average League Attendance:: -
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISCELLANEOUS

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

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
WWII Main League

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

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 11, 1941	Lincoln City	1	1	H	4-2	Win	1,500	Dearson (?), Brown (?), Jennings (?, ?)
Sat Jan 18, 1941	Lincoln City	1	2	A	1-2	Loss	-	Barks (?)
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 (?), ? (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 31, 1940	WWII Main League	Birmingham City			H	2-3	-	Smith (?, ?)
Sat Sep 07, 1940	WWII Main League	Birmingham City			A	1-2	-	Hunter (?)
Sat Sep 14, 1940	WWII Main League	Leicester City			H	6-3	-	Peacock (?, ?), Smith (?, ?, ?), Barks (?)
Sat Sep 21, 1940	WWII Main League	Leicester City			A	2-2	-	Antonio (?), Hunter (?)
Sat Sep 28, 1940	WWII Main League	Walsall			H	2-0	-	Smith (?), Peacock (?)
Sat Oct 05, 1940	WWII Main League	Walsall			A	3-4	-	Smith (?), Antonio (?), Maund (?)
Sat Oct 12, 1940	WWII Main League	Northampton Town			H	1-0	-	Crisp (?)
Sat Oct 19, 1940	Friendly	Lincoln City			A	3-2	-	Langton (?), Smith (?, ?)
Sat Oct 26, 1940	WWII Main League	Stoke City			H	3-3	-	Langton (?), Wood (?), Antonio (?)
Sat Nov 02, 1940	WWII Main League	Stoke City			A	0-5	-
Sat Nov 09, 1940	Friendly	RAF XI			H	1-4	-	? (?)
Sat Nov 16, 1940	WWII Main League	Northampton Town			A	0-7	-
Sat Nov 30, 1940	Friendly	RAF XI			A	4-1	-	Peacock (?, ?), Adams (?), ? (?)
Sat Dec 07, 1940	WWII Main League	West Bromwich Albion			A	0-5	-
Sat Dec 14, 1940	WWII Main League	Mansfield Town			A	1-2	-	Crisp (?)
Sat Dec 21, 1940	WWII Main League	Mansfield Town			H	1-4	-	Collins (?)
Wed Dec 25, 1940	WWII Main League	Notts County			H	2-4	-	Iverson (?), Jones (?)
Sat Dec 28, 1940	WWII Main League	West Bromwich Albion			A	3-5	-	Clark (?, ?), Brown (?)
Sat Jan 11, 1941	WWII Midland Cup	Lincoln City	1	1	H	4-2	1,500	Dearson (?), Brown (?), Jennings (?, ?)
Sat Jan 18, 1941	WWII Midland Cup	Lincoln City	1	2	A	1-2	-	Barks (?)
Sat Feb 01, 1941	WWII Midland Cup	Leicester City	2		A	2-6	-	Lowrie (?), Crisp (?)
Sat Feb 15, 1941	WWII Wartime Cup	Walsall	1	1	A	2-3	-	Crawley (?), Lowrie (?)
Sat Feb 22, 1941	WWII Wartime Cup	Walsall	1	2	H	8-1	-	Crawley (?, ?, ?), Lowrie (?, ?), Edwards (?, ?), Crisp (?)
Sat Mar 01, 1941	WWII Wartime Cup	Leicester City	2	1	H	0-2	-
Sat Mar 08, 1941	WWII Wartime Cup	Leicester City	2	2	A	1-1	-	Barks (?)
Sat Mar 15, 1941	WWII Main League	Notts County			A	4-0	-	Barks (?, ?), Wood (?, ?)
Sat Mar 29, 1941	WWII Main League	Stoke City			A	0-4	-
Sat Apr 05, 1941	WWII Main League	Stoke City			H	3-2	-	Collins (?), Norris (?), Wood (?)
Sat Apr 12, 1941	WWII Main League	Notts County			H	1-3	-	Iverson (?)
Sat Apr 19, 1941	WWII Main League	Sheffield Wednesday			A	1-1	-	Clements (?)
Sat May 24, 1941	WWII Main League	Walsall			A	7-6	-	Broome (?, ?, ?, ?), Lane (?, ?), Maund (?)
Mon Jun 02, 1941	WWII Main League	Leicester City			A	0-2	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (11) - £0				Out (8) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Bill Morgan	Bought			Eddie Langton	Sold
	Eddie Langton	Bought			Eric Norris	Sold
	Eric Norris	Bought			Fred Moon	Sold
	Jack Ward	Bought			Jack Fryer	Retired
	Joe Rutherford	Bought			James Hunter	Sold
	Ken Hollis	Bought			Mitchell (1940)	Sold
	Lester Finch	Bought			R Bird	Sold
	Mitchell (1940)	Bought			Robinson (1940)	Sold
	R Bird	Bought
	Robinson (1940)	Bought
	Ron Burgess	Bought

SQUAD

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

			Andy Adams
			Henry Wood
			Len Dutton

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

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