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SEASON: 1948-49

Prev Season: 1947-48
This Season: 1948-49
Next Season: 1949-50

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Liverpool (A) 0-4)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: George Lee (10 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1948-49

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Fulham	42	24	9	9	77	37	16	4	1	52	14	8	5	8	25	23	2.08108	57	Promoted as Champions	0-2	0-4
2	West Bromwich Albion	42	24	8	10	69	39	16	3	2	47	16	8	5	8	22	23	1.76923	56	Promoted	0-1	1-2
3	Southampton	42	23	9	10	69	36	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	9	21	26	1.91667	55		2-1	1-2
4	Cardiff City	42	19	13	10	62	47	14	4	3	45	21	5	9	7	17	26	1.31915	51		0-0	0-1
5	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	16	9	72	44	14	4	3	50	18	3	12	6	22	26	1.63636	50		2-2	1-2
6	Chesterfield	42	15	17	10	51	45	9	7	5	24	18	6	10	5	27	27	1.13333	47		0-1	1-2
7	West Ham United	42	18	10	14	56	58	13	5	3	38	23	5	5	11	18	35	.96552	46		3-0	5-0
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	13	14	63	56	12	6	3	36	17	3	7	11	27	39	1.12500	43		1-2	1-2
9	Barnsley	42	14	12	16	62	61	10	7	4	40	18	4	5	12	22	43	1.01639	40		0-1	0-4
10	Luton Town	42	14	12	16	55	57	11	6	4	32	16	3	6	12	23	41	.96491	40		2-0	3-4
11	Grimsby Town	42	15	10	17	72	76	10	5	6	44	28	5	5	11	28	48	.94737	40		0-0	2-1
12	Bury	42	17	6	19	67	76	12	5	4	41	23	5	1	15	26	53	.88158	40		1-0	1-1
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	14	11	17	44	62	11	4	6	31	26	3	7	11	13	36	.70968	39		0-0	1-2
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	8	19	53	63	12	5	4	41	23	3	3	15	12	40	.84127	38		1-0	1-2
15	Leeds United	42	12	13	17	55	63	11	6	4	36	21	1	7	13	19	42	.87302	37		0-0	0-1
16	Coventry City	42	15	7	20	55	64	12	3	6	35	20	3	4	14	20	44	.85938	37		3-0	2-1
17	Bradford Park Avenue	42	13	11	18	65	78	8	8	5	37	26	5	3	13	28	52	.83333	37		2-0	2-1
18	Brentford	42	11	14	17	42	53	7	10	4	28	21	4	4	13	14	32	.79245	36		1-2	1-2
19	Leicester City	42	10	16	16	62	79	6	10	5	41	38	4	6	11	21	41	.78481	36		2-1	2-4
20	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	12	18	49	64	11	4	6	33	25	1	8	12	16	39	.76563	36		1-0	0-1
21	Nottingham Forest	42	14	7	21	50	54	9	6	6	22	14	5	1	15	28	40	.92593	35	Relegated
22	Lincoln City	42	8	12	22	53	91	6	7	8	31	35	2	5	14	22	56	.58242	28	Relegated	1-1	3-1

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 45
Competitive Goals:: 52
Goals per game:: 1.2
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 35 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 41.7%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	15 times	10 times	4 times		1 time
Conceded	14 times	13 times		5 times
Won By	8 times	3 times	2 times		1 time
Lost By	17 times	2 times		3 times

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)
1		1	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	West Bromwich Albion (1-2)
2		2	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Southampton (2-1)
3		3	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Southampton (1-2)
4		4	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Fulham (0-2), Tottenham Hotspur (1-2)
5		5	3	-	2	1	4	5	2	Bury (1-1), Chesterfield (1-2), Tottenham Hotspur (2-2)
6		6	3	1	-	2	6	6	2	Fulham (0-4), Brentford (1-2), West Ham United (5-0)
7		7	3	-	1	2	4	6	1	Cardiff City (0-0), Sheffield Wednesday (1-2), Luton Town (3-4)
8		8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	1	9	6	3	1	2	7	3	7	Leeds United (0-0), West Ham United (3-0), Blackburn Rovers (1-0), Cardiff City (0-1), Sheffield Wednesday (
10		10	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Bury (1-0)
11		11	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Leeds United (0-1)
12	2	12	3	2	-	1	5	2	4	Barnsley (0-1), Coventry City (3-0), Bradford Park Avenue (2-1)
13		13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	3	14	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Luton Town (2-0)
15	2	15	2	-	-	2	1	6	0	Barnsley (0-4), Queens Park Rangers (1-2)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	1	17	2	-	-	2	0	2	0	Chesterfield (0-1), Plymouth Argyle (0-1)
18	2	18	2	-	1	1	2	4	1	Grimsby Town (0-0), Leicester City (2-4)
19	16	19	6	3	1	2	9	7	7	Grimsby Town (2-1), Blackburn Rovers (1-2), Lincoln City (3-1), Coventry City (2-1), Queens Park Rangers (
20	71	20	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Leicester City (2-1)
21	133	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	28	22	2	1	1	-	2	1	3	Plymouth Argyle (1-0), Lincoln City (1-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against West Bromwich Albion (0-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 32,281 (West Bromwich Albion)
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,988 (Barnsley)
Average League Attendance:: 24,127
Highest Cup Attendance:: 35,000 (Liverpool)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 35,000 (Liverpool)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 2 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 21, 1948	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	Loss	32,281	22
2	Tue Aug 24, 1948	Grimsby Town	A	2-1	Win	18,298	9	Leverton (?), Lee (?)
3	Sat Aug 28, 1948	Fulham	A	0-4	Loss	27,822	21
4	Wed Sep 01, 1948	Grimsby Town	H	0-0	Draw	21,897	20
5	Sat Sep 04, 1948	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-0	Win	19,000	12	Lee (?)
6	Wed Sep 08, 1948	Barnsley	A	0-4	Loss	14,667	17
7	Sat Sep 11, 1948	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	21,886	21	Wilkins (?)
8	Wed Sep 15, 1948	Barnsley	H	0-1	Loss	12,988	22
9	Sat Sep 18, 1948	Cardiff City	H	0-0	Draw	20,417	21
10	Sat Sep 25, 1948	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	Loss	19,361	22	Edwards (?)
11	Sat Oct 02, 1948	Luton Town	H	2-0	Win	22,695	21	Linaker (?), Lee (?)
12	Sat Oct 09, 1948	Chesterfield	H	0-1	Loss	29,166	22
13	Sat Oct 16, 1948	Lincoln City	A	3-1	Win	19,980	20	Edwards (?), Ottewell (?), Lee (?)
14	Sat Oct 23, 1948	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-2	Loss	29,901	20	Edwards (?)
15	Sat Oct 30, 1948	Coventry City	A	2-1	Win	20,357	19	Johnson (?), Lee (?)
16	Sat Nov 06, 1948	Leeds United	H	0-0	Draw	24,237	20
17	Sat Nov 13, 1948	Leicester City	A	2-4	Loss	26,060	20	Linaker (?), Ottewell (?)
18	Sat Nov 20, 1948	Brentford	H	1-2	Loss	19,278	20	Johnson (?)
	Sat Nov 27, 1948	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-0	Aba	-
19	Sat Dec 04, 1948	West Ham United	H	3-0	Win	23,218	20	Ottewell (?), Hullett (?), Edwards (?)
20	Sat Dec 11, 1948	Bury	A	1-1	Draw	10,968	19	Johnson (?)
21	Sat Dec 18, 1948	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	Loss	32,583	20	Lee (?)
22	Sat Dec 25, 1948	Southampton	H	2-1	Win	25,181	19	Hullett (?), Edwards (?)
23	Mon Dec 27, 1948	Southampton	A	1-2	Loss	24,230	20	Lee (?)
24	Sat Jan 01, 1949	Fulham	H	0-2	Loss	19,791	21
25	Sat Jan 22, 1949	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	Win	25,624	21	Burkitt (?)
26	Sat Jan 29, 1949	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	Loss	17,292	21
27	Sat Feb 05, 1949	Cardiff City	A	0-1	Loss	31,522	21
28	Sat Feb 12, 1949	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	Loss	37,599	21	Lee (?)
29	Sat Feb 19, 1949	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	Draw	26,164	21
30	Sat Feb 26, 1949	Luton Town	A	3-4	Loss	17,777	21	Wilkins (?), Kaile (?, ?)
31	Sat Mar 05, 1949	Chesterfield	A	1-2	Loss	10,849	21	Wilkins (?)
32	Sat Mar 12, 1949	Lincoln City	H	1-1	Draw	28,065	21	Love (?)
33	Sat Mar 19, 1949	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	27,694	21	Love (?)
34	Sat Mar 26, 1949	Coventry City	H	3-0	Win	20,884	21	Love (?), Leverton (?), Mason (? OG)
35	Sat Apr 02, 1949	Leeds United	A	0-1	Loss	23,932	22
36	Sat Apr 09, 1949	Leicester City	H	2-1	Win	30,774	21	Scott (?), Love (?)
37	Fri Apr 15, 1949	Bradford Park Avenue	H	2-0	Win	21,229	21	Love (?), Leverton (?)
38	Sat Apr 16, 1949	Brentford	A	1-2	Loss	15,857	21	Love (?)
39	Mon Apr 18, 1949	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-1	Win	12,032	20	Scott (?), Ashman (?)
40	Sat Apr 23, 1949	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	Draw	27,126	21	Leverton (?), Lee (?)
41	Sat Apr 30, 1949	West Ham United	A	5-0	Win	15,000	20	Love (?), Leverton (?, ?), Johnson (?, ?)
42	Sat May 07, 1949	Bury	H	1-0	Win	26,754	21	Lee (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 08, 1949	Liverpool	3			H	2-2	Draw	35,000	Bill Jones (24 OG), Scott (37)
Sat Jan 15, 1949	Liverpool	3	Y	1	A	0-4	Loss	52,218

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 21, 1948	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			H	0-1	32,281
Tue Aug 24, 1948	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			A	2-1	18,298	Leverton (?), Lee (?)
Sat Aug 28, 1948	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	0-4	27,822
Wed Sep 01, 1948	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			H	0-0	21,897
Sat Sep 04, 1948	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			H	1-0	19,000	Lee (?)
Wed Sep 08, 1948	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	0-4	14,667
Sat Sep 11, 1948	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers			A	1-2	21,886	Wilkins (?)
Wed Sep 15, 1948	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	0-1	12,988
Sat Sep 18, 1948	League Tier 2	Cardiff City			H	0-0	20,417
Sat Sep 25, 1948	League Tier 2	Queens Park Rangers			A	1-2	19,361	Edwards (?)
Sat Oct 02, 1948	League Tier 2	Luton Town			H	2-0	22,695	Linaker (?), Lee (?)
Sat Oct 09, 1948	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			H	0-1	29,166
Sat Oct 16, 1948	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			A	3-1	19,980	Edwards (?), Ottewell (?), Lee (?)
Sat Oct 23, 1948	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			H	1-2	29,901	Edwards (?)
Sat Oct 30, 1948	League Tier 2	Coventry City			A	2-1	20,357	Johnson (?), Lee (?)
Sat Nov 06, 1948	League Tier 2	Leeds United			H	0-0	24,237
Sat Nov 13, 1948	League Tier 2	Leicester City			A	2-4	26,060	Linaker (?), Ottewell (?)
Sat Nov 20, 1948	League Tier 2	Brentford			H	1-2	19,278	Johnson (?)
Sat Nov 27, 1948	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			A	0-0	-
Sat Dec 04, 1948	League Tier 2	West Ham United			H	3-0	23,218	Ottewell (?), Hullett (?), Edwards (?)
Sat Dec 11, 1948	League Tier 2	Bury			A	1-1	10,968	Johnson (?)
Sat Dec 18, 1948	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			A	1-2	32,583	Lee (?)
Sat Dec 25, 1948	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	2-1	25,181	Hullett (?), Edwards (?)
Mon Dec 27, 1948	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	1-2	24,230	Lee (?)
Sat Jan 01, 1949	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	0-2	19,791
Sat Jan 08, 1949	FA Cup	Liverpool	3		H	2-2	35,000	Bill Jones (24 OG), Scott (37)
Sat Jan 15, 1949	FA Cup	Liverpool	3	1	A	0-4	52,218
Sat Jan 22, 1949	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers			H	1-0	25,624	Burkitt (?)
Sat Jan 29, 1949	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle			A	0-1	17,292
Sat Feb 05, 1949	League Tier 2	Cardiff City			A	0-1	31,522
Sat Feb 12, 1949	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-2	37,599	Lee (?)
Sat Feb 19, 1949	League Tier 2	Queens Park Rangers			H	0-0	26,164
Sat Feb 26, 1949	League Tier 2	Luton Town			A	3-4	17,777	Wilkins (?), Kaile (?, ?)
Sat Mar 05, 1949	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			A	1-2	10,849	Wilkins (?)
Sat Mar 12, 1949	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			H	1-1	28,065	Love (?)
Sat Mar 19, 1949	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			A	1-2	27,694	Love (?)
Sat Mar 26, 1949	League Tier 2	Coventry City			H	3-0	20,884	Love (?), Leverton (?), Mason (? OG)
Sat Apr 02, 1949	League Tier 2	Leeds United			A	0-1	23,932
Sat Apr 09, 1949	League Tier 2	Leicester City			H	2-1	30,774	Scott (?), Love (?)
Fri Apr 15, 1949	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			H	2-0	21,229	Love (?), Leverton (?)
Sat Apr 16, 1949	League Tier 2	Brentford			A	1-2	15,857	Love (?)
Mon Apr 18, 1949	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			A	2-1	12,032	Scott (?), Ashman (?)
Sat Apr 23, 1949	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			H	2-2	27,126	Leverton (?), Lee (?)
Sat Apr 30, 1949	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	5-0	15,000	Love (?), Leverton (?, ?), Johnson (?, ?)
Sat May 07, 1949	League Tier 2	Bury			H	1-0	26,754	Lee (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5) - £0				Out (7) - £11,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Alan Ashman	Bought			George Lee	Sold
	John Love	Bought		Sep 04, 1948	Eddie Barks	Sold	£1,000
	Sid Ottewell	Bought		1949	Freddie Martin	Sold
	Tucker Johnson	Bought		1949	Roland Wheatley	Sold
Sep 01, 1947	Johnny Linaker	Bought		Apr 16, 1949	Jack Edwards	Sold	£10,000
				Sep 01, 1949	George Wilkins	Sold
				Oct 08, 1949	Bryn Elliott	Sold

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Harry Walker	England	43	14	8	21
GK		Laurie Platts	England	1			1
Defenders
D		Bill Whare	England	1		1
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	England	41	12	8	21
D		Horace Gager	England	43	14	8	21
D		Jack Hutchinson	England	20	6	3	11
D		James Clarke	England	3	1	1	1
Midfielders
M		Bill Morley	England	11	4	1	6
M		Bob McCall	England	36	12	6	18
M		Bryn Elliott	England	13	3	3	7
M		Eddie Barks	England	2	1	1
M		Frank Knight	England	5	3	1	1
M		Jack Burkitt	England	30	10	6	14	1
M		Johnny Linaker	England	13	4	3	6	2
Forwards
F		Alan Ashman	England	3	1	1	1	1
F		Bill Hullett	England	15	3	3	9	2
F		Freddie Martin	England	3	1	1	1
F		Freddie Scott	England	27	8	4	15	3
F		George Lee	England	37	12	7	18	10
F		George Wilkins	England	15	2	2	11	3
F		Gordon Kaile	England	17	6	3	8	2
F		Jack Edwards	England	20	8	2	10	5
F		John Love	Scotland	13	6	2	5	7
F		Roland 'Tot' Leverton	England	15	6	2	7	6
F		Roland Wheatley	England	2	1		1
F		Sid Ottewell	England	32	8	6	18	3
F		Tucker Johnson	England	23	8	5	10	5

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
10	George Lee	37
7	John Love	13
6	Roland 'Tot' Leverton	15
5	Jack Edwards	20
5	Tucker Johnson	23
3	Freddie Scott	27
3	George Wilkins	15
3	Sid Ottewell	32
2	Bill Hullett	15
2	Gordon Kaile	17
2	Johnny Linaker	13
2	Own Goals	45
1	Alan Ashman	3
1	Jack Burkitt	30

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bradford Park Avenue	Fri Apr 15, 1949	Home	2-0	Mon Apr 18, 1949	Away	2-1
Coventry City	Sat Oct 30, 1948	Away	2-1	Sat Mar 26, 1949	Home	3-0
West Ham United	Sat Dec 04, 1948	Home	3-0	Sat Apr 30, 1949	Away	5-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Barnsley	Wed Sep 08, 1948	Away	0-4	Wed Sep 15, 1948	Home	0-1
Brentford	Sat Nov 20, 1948	Home	1-2	Sat Apr 16, 1949	Away	1-2
Chesterfield	Sat Oct 09, 1948	Home	0-1	Sat Mar 05, 1949	Away	1-2
Fulham	Sat Aug 28, 1948	Away	0-4	Sat Jan 01, 1949	Home	0-2
Sheffield Wednesday	Sat Oct 23, 1948	Home	1-2	Sat Mar 19, 1949	Away	1-2
West Bromwich Albion	Sat Aug 21, 1948	Home	0-1	Sat Dec 18, 1948	Away	1-2