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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)

Top Goalscorer:: George Lee (10 goals)

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%

Highest League Attendance:: 32,281 (West Bromwich Albion)
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,988 (Barnsley)
Average League Attendance:: 24,129
Highest Cup Attendance:: 35,000 (Liverpool)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 35,000 (Liverpool)

Champions:: Portsmouth
FA Cup:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Community Shield:: Arsenal

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 5
5-0 (Sat Apr 30, 1949, West Ham United, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Winning Margin: 5
5-0 (Sat Apr 30, 1949, West Ham United, Away, League Tier 2)

Most Goals Conceded: 4
0-4 (Sat Aug 28, 1948, Fulham, Away, League Tier 2)
0-4 (Wed Sep 08, 1948, Barnsley, Away, League Tier 2)
2-4 (Sat Nov 13, 1948, Leicester City, Away, League Tier 2)
0-4 (Sat Jan 15, 1949, Liverpool, Away, FA Cup)
3-4 (Sat Feb 26, 1949, Luton Town, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Losing Margin: 4
0-4 (Sat Aug 28, 1948, Fulham, Away, League Tier 2)
0-4 (Wed Sep 08, 1948, Barnsley, Away, League Tier 2)
0-4 (Sat Jan 15, 1949, Liverpool, Away, FA Cup)

Clean Sheets:: 13
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 2
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 1

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	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Fulham	42	24	9	9	77	37	16	4	1	52	14	8	5	8	25	23	2.081	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	1.769	56	Promoted	0-1	1-2
3	Southampton	42	23	9	10	69	36	16	4	1	48	10	7	5	9	21	26	1.917	55		2-1	1-2
4	Cardiff City	42	19	13	10	62	47	14	4	3	45	21	5	9	7	17	26	1.319	51		0-0	0-1
5	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	16	9	72	44	14	4	3	50	18	3	12	6	22	26	1.636	50		2-2	1-2
6	Chesterfield	42	15	17	10	51	45	9	7	5	24	18	6	10	5	27	27	1.133	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	.966	46		3-0	5-0
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	13	14	63	56	12	6	3	36	17	3	7	11	27	39	1.125	43		1-2	1-2
9	Barnsley	42	14	12	16	62	61	10	7	4	40	18	4	5	12	22	43	1.016	40		0-1	0-4
10	Luton Town	42	14	12	16	55	57	11	6	4	32	16	3	6	12	23	41	.965	40		2-0	3-4
11	Grimsby Town	42	15	10	17	72	76	10	5	6	44	28	5	5	11	28	48	.947	40		0-0	2-1
12	Bury	42	17	6	19	67	76	12	5	4	41	23	5	1	15	26	53	.882	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	.710	39		0-0	1-2
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	8	19	53	63	12	5	4	41	23	3	3	15	12	40	.841	38		1-0	1-2
15	Leeds United	42	12	13	17	55	63	11	6	4	36	21	1	7	13	19	42	.873	37		0-0	0-1
16	Coventry City	42	15	7	20	55	64	12	3	6	35	20	3	4	14	20	44	.859	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	.833	37		2-0	2-1
18	Brentford	42	11	14	17	42	53	7	10	4	28	21	4	4	13	14	32	.792	36		1-2	1-2
19	Leicester City	42	10	16	16	62	79	6	10	5	41	38	4	6	11	21	41	.785	36		2-1	2-4
20	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	12	18	49	64	11	4	6	33	25	1	8	12	16	39	.766	36		1-0	0-1
21	Nottingham Forest	42	14	7	21	50	54	9	6	6	22	14	5	1	15	28	40	.926	35	Relegated
22	Lincoln City	42	8	12	22	53	91	6	7	8	31	35	2	5	14	22	56	.582	28	Relegated	1-1	3-1

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

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

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 21, 1948	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	32,281	22
2	Tue Aug 24, 1948	Grimsby Town	A	2-1	18,298	9	Leverton (36'), Lee (43')
3	Sat Aug 28, 1948	Fulham	A	0-4	27,822	21
4	Wed Sep 01, 1948	Grimsby Town	H	0-0	21,897	20
5	Sat Sep 04, 1948	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-0	19,000	12	Lee (82')
6	Wed Sep 08, 1948	Barnsley	A	0-4	14,667	17
7	Sat Sep 11, 1948	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	21,886	21	Wilkins (59')
8	Wed Sep 15, 1948	Barnsley	H	0-1	12,988	22
9	Sat Sep 18, 1948	Cardiff City	H	0-0	20,417	21
10	Sat Sep 25, 1948	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	19,361	22	Edwards (80')
11	Sat Oct 02, 1948	Luton Town	H	2-0	22,695	21	Linaker (24'), Lee (64')
12	Sat Oct 09, 1948	Chesterfield	H	0-1	29,166	22
13	Sat Oct 16, 1948	Lincoln City	A	3-1	19,980	20	Lee (28'), Johnson (62'), Edwards (80')
14	Sat Oct 23, 1948	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-2	29,901	20	Edwards (63')
15	Sat Oct 30, 1948	Coventry City	A	2-1	20,357	19	Johnson (51'), Lee (65')
16	Sat Nov 06, 1948	Leeds United	H	0-0	24,277	20
17	Sat Nov 13, 1948	Leicester City	A	2-4	26,060	20	Ottewell (49'), Linaker (78')
18	Sat Nov 20, 1948	Brentford	H	1-2	19,278	20	Johnson (43')
	Sat Nov 27, 1948	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-0	-
19	Sat Dec 04, 1948	West Ham United	H	3-0	23,218	20	Edwards (19' pen), Hullett (47'), Ottewell (81')
20	Sat Dec 11, 1948	Bury	A	1-1	10,968	19	Johnson (51')
21	Sat Dec 18, 1948	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	32,583	20	Lee (33')
22	Sat Dec 25, 1948	Southampton	H	2-1	25,181	19	Edwards (48'), Hullett (64')
23	Mon Dec 27, 1948	Southampton	A	1-2	24,230	20	Lee (56')
24	Sat Jan 01, 1949	Fulham	H	0-2	19,791	21
25	Sat Jan 22, 1949	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	25,624	21	Burkitt (82')
26	Sat Jan 29, 1949	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	17,292	21
27	Sat Feb 05, 1949	Cardiff City	A	0-1	31,522	21
28	Sat Feb 12, 1949	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	37,599	21	Lee (10')
29	Sat Feb 19, 1949	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	26,164	21
30	Sat Feb 26, 1949	Luton Town	A	3-4	17,777	21	Wilkins (27'), Kaile (46', 53')
31	Sat Mar 05, 1949	Chesterfield	A	1-2	10,849	21	Wilkins (54')
32	Sat Mar 12, 1949	Lincoln City	H	1-1	28,065	21	Love (70')
33	Sat Mar 19, 1949	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	27,694	21	Love (9')
34	Sat Mar 26, 1949	Coventry City	H	3-0	20,884	21	Mason (42' OG), Leverton (81'), Love (85')
35	Sat Apr 02, 1949	Leeds United	A	0-1	23,932	22
36	Sat Apr 09, 1949	Leicester City	H	2-1	30,774	21	Scott (15'), Love (59')
37	Fri Apr 15, 1949	Bradford Park Avenue	H	2-0	21,229	21	Leverton (60' pen), Love (85')
38	Sat Apr 16, 1949	Brentford	A	1-2	15,857	21	Love (60')
39	Mon Apr 18, 1949	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-1	12,032	20	Scott (26' pen), Ashman (83')
40	Sat Apr 23, 1949	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	27,126	21	Lee (30'), Leverton (59')
41	Sat Apr 30, 1949	West Ham United	A	5-0	15,000	20	Johnson (34', 55'), Leverton (54', 58'), Love (80')
42	Sat May 07, 1949	Bury	H	1-0	26,754	21	Lee (48')	Relegated

FA Cup

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

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
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 (36'), Lee (43')
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 (82')
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 (59')
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 (80')
Sat Oct 02, 1948	League Tier 2	Luton Town			H	2-0	22,695	Linaker (24'), Lee (64')
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	Lee (28'), Johnson (62'), Edwards (80')
Sat Oct 23, 1948	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			H	1-2	29,901	Edwards (63')
Sat Oct 30, 1948	League Tier 2	Coventry City			A	2-1	20,357	Johnson (51'), Lee (65')
Sat Nov 06, 1948	League Tier 2	Leeds United			H	0-0	24,277
Sat Nov 13, 1948	League Tier 2	Leicester City			A	2-4	26,060	Ottewell (49'), Linaker (78')
Sat Nov 20, 1948	League Tier 2	Brentford			H	1-2	19,278	Johnson (43')
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	Edwards (19' pen), Hullett (47'), Ottewell (81')
Sat Dec 11, 1948	League Tier 2	Bury			A	1-1	10,968	Johnson (51')
Sat Dec 18, 1948	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			A	1-2	32,583	Lee (33')
Sat Dec 25, 1948	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	2-1	25,181	Edwards (48'), Hullett (64')
Mon Dec 27, 1948	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	1-2	24,230	Lee (56')
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 (82')
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 (10')
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 (27'), Kaile (46', 53')
Sat Mar 05, 1949	League Tier 2	Chesterfield			A	1-2	10,849	Wilkins (54')
Sat Mar 12, 1949	League Tier 2	Lincoln City			H	1-1	28,065	Love (70')
Sat Mar 19, 1949	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday			A	1-2	27,694	Love (9')
Sat Mar 26, 1949	League Tier 2	Coventry City			H	3-0	20,884	Mason (42' OG), Leverton (81'), Love (85')
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 (15'), Love (59')
Fri Apr 15, 1949	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			H	2-0	21,229	Leverton (60' pen), Love (85')
Sat Apr 16, 1949	League Tier 2	Brentford			A	1-2	15,857	Love (60')
Mon Apr 18, 1949	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue			A	2-1	12,032	Scott (26' pen), Ashman (83')
Sat Apr 23, 1949	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur			H	2-2	27,126	Lee (30'), Leverton (59')
Sat Apr 30, 1949	League Tier 2	West Ham United			A	5-0	15,000	Johnson (34', 55'), Leverton (54', 58'), Love (80')
Sat May 07, 1949	League Tier 2	Bury			H	1-0	26,754	Lee (48')	Relegated

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 08, 1949	Liverpool	3		H	2-2	35,000
Sat Jan 15, 1949	Liverpool	3	1	A	0-4	52,218

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5) - £7,000				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
	Tucker Johnson	Bought		1949	Freddie Martin	Sold
Sep 01, 1947	Johnny Linaker	Bought		1949	Roland Wheatley	Sold
June 1948	Sid Ottewell	Bought	£7,000	Apr 16, 1949	Jack Edwards	Sold	£10,000
				Sep 01, 1949	George Wilkins	Sold
				Oct 08, 1949	Bryn Elliott	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Harry Walker	England	32	44	14	8	21
GK		Laurie Platts	England	26	1			1
Defenders
D		Bill Whare	England	23	1		1
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	England	22	42	12	8	21
D		Horace Gager	England	31	44	14	8	21
D		Jack Hutchinson	England	27	20	6	3	11
D		James Clarke	England	24	3	1	1	1
Midfielders
M		Bill Morley	England	23	11	4	1	6
M		Bob McCall	England	32	37	12	6	18
M		Bryn Elliott	England	23	13	3	3	7
M		Eddie Barks	England	26	2	1	1
M		Frank Knight	England	26	5	3	1	1
M		Jack Burkitt	England	22	31	10	6	14	1
M		Johnny Linaker	England	21	13	4	3	6	2
Forwards
F		Alan Ashman	England	20	3	1	1	1	1
F		Bill Hullett	England	32	16	3	3	9	2
F		Freddie Martin	England	22	3	1	1	1
F		Freddie Scott	England	31	27	8	4	15	3
F		George Lee	England	29	38	12	7	18	10
F		George Wilkins	England	28	15	2	2	11	3
F		Gordon Kaile	England	23	18	6	3	8	2
F		Jack Edwards	England	24	21	8	2	10	5
F		John Love	Scotland	24	13	6	2	5	7
F		Roland Wheatley	England	24	2	1		1
F		Sid Ottewell	England	28	33	8	6	18	2
F		Tot Leverton	England	22	15	6	2	7	6
F		Tucker Johnson	England	26	24	8	5	10	6

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
10	George Lee	38
7	John Love	13
6	Tot Leverton	15
6	Tucker Johnson	24
5	Jack Edwards	21
3	Freddie Scott	27
3	George Wilkins	15
2	Bill Hullett	16
2	Gordon Kaile	18
2	Johnny Linaker	13
2	Own Goals	45
2	Sid Ottewell	33
1	Alan Ashman	3
1	Jack Burkitt	31

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