The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 BLACKPOOL - Sat Aug 28, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 28, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: A Ward
Attendance:: 11,542
Pos Before/After:: - 3
Opp Before/After:: - 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Jan 15, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1096 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 359 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1240 (of 5768)
Total:: 2090 (of 7556)
Played:: 98 years, 10 months, 7 days ago

FOREST
Manager: John Baynes

Goals
Noah Burton (61')
Noah Burton (76')

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Major Frank Buckley

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Len Langford
2	D	26	Bill Thompson
3	F	27	Percy Barratt
4	F	31	Jackie Belton
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan
6	F	33	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks
9	F	29	Noah Burton (61') (76')
10	F	22	Ralph Lynas	Last game
11	F	26	Charlie Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Len Crompton
2	D	Percy Thorpe
3	D	George Bradshaw
4	D	Albert Watson
5	D	Sid Binks
6	M	Billy Benton
7	M	Jack Meredith
8	M	Bert Fishwick
9	M	Maurice Wellock
10	F	George Ayres
11	F	Percy Downes

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Aug 28, 1926)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-1	Grimsby Town
Bradford City	1-2	Port Vale
Chelsea	3-0	Middlesbrough
Darlington	0-1	Oldham Athletic
Hull City	1-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City	4-2	Fulham
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Blackpool
Portsmouth	3-1	Southampton
Preston North End	2-2	Clapton Orient
South Shields	5-0	Notts County
Swansea Town	3-0	Reading

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		3-0
	2	Hull City	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		1-0
	3	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		2-0
	4	Oldham Athletic	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	99.99900	2	W		1-0
	5	South Shields	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		5-0
	6	Swansea Town	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		3-0
	7	Portsmouth	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00000	2	W		3-1
	8	Barnsley	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W		2-1
	9	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.00000	2	W		4-2
	10	Port Vale	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2.00000	2	W		2-1
	11	Clapton Orient	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	1	D		2-2
	12	Preston North End	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D		2-2
	13	Bradford City	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.50000	0	L		1-2
	14	Fulham	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	.50000	0	L		2-4
	15	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.50000	0	L		1-2
	16	Southampton	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.33333	0	L		1-3
	17	Blackpool	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.00000	0	L		0-2
	18	Darlington	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00000	0	L		0-1
	19	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.00000	0	L		0-3
	20	Notts County	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.00000	0	L		0-5
	21	Reading	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.00000	0	L		0-3
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00000	0	L		0-1