The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 3 MIDDLESBROUGH - Sat Oct 16, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 16, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-3 WON
: Half-time: 2-2

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: AH Kingscott
Attendance:: 11,262
Pos Before/After:: 10 9
Opp Before/After:: 7 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leyton Orient (League Tier 2)
Middlesbrough:: Mar 05, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1106 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 369 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1250 (of 5768)
Total:: 2100 (of 7556)
Played:: 98 years, 8 months, 18 days ago

FOREST
Manager: John Baynes
Prior form: DWWDWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Percy Barratt (3')
Charlie Jones (37')
Charlie Jones (51')
Sid Gibson (60')

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Herbert Bamlett
Prior form: WWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals
George Camsell (16')
Billy Pease (36')
Billy Pease (67')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Len Langford
2	D	27	Bill Thompson
3	F	28	Percy Barratt (3')
4	F	31	Jackie Belton
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan
6	F	33	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson (60')
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks
9	F	29	Noah Burton
10	F	26	Charlie Jones (37') (51')
11	F	32	Ted Linley

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Len Langford	58		7	1
2	D	27	Bill Thompson	115		14	3
3	F	28	Percy Barratt (3')	127	6	7	1
4	F	31	Jackie Belton	285	15	47	9
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan	154	6	7	1
6	F	33	Bob Wallace	135		7	1
7	M	27	Sid Gibson (60')	198	29	7	1
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks	32	11	7	1
9	F	29	Noah Burton	166	42	7	1
10	F	26	Charlie Jones (37') (51')	47	3	7	1
11	F	32	Ted Linley	5		7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Mathieson
2	D	Jock Smith
3	D	Reg Freeman
4	D	Joe Miller
5	D	Walter Holmes
6	M	Don Ashman
7	M	Billy Pease
8	M	Billy Birrell
9	M	George Camsell
10	F	Jackie Carr
11	F	Owen Williams

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 16, 1926)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-0	Port Vale
Blackpool	2-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Darlington	3-0	Bradford City
Fulham	2-2	South Shields
Grimsby Town	0-1	Hull City
Manchester City	3-4	Southampton
Nottingham Forest	4-3	Middlesbrough
Oldham Athletic	5-1	Preston North End
Portsmouth	2-3	Chelsea
Reading	7-1	Notts County
Swansea Town	3-2	Clapton Orient

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

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
1	Manchester City	10	6	3	1	24	12	5	1	0	17	5	1	2	1	7	7	2.00000	15	WLWWDD
2	Preston North End	10	6	3	1	24	15	4	2	0	18	11	2	1	1	6	4	1.60000	15	WDWWLW
3	Hull City	10	6	2	2	14	4	4	2	0	12	1	2	0	2	2	3	3.50000	14	WLDDWW
4	Swansea Town	10	5	3	2	22	12	4	1	0	16	4	1	2	2	6	8	1.83333	13	DWWLWL
5	Port Vale	11	4	5	2	23	19	3	2	0	11	6	1	3	2	12	13	1.21053	13	WWDWDL
6	Oldham Athletic	10	6	1	3	12	10	3	0	1	8	4	3	1	2	4	6	1.20000	13	WDLWLW
7	Middlesbrough	10	6	1	3	17	15	3	0	1	10	7	3	1	2	7	8	1.13333	13	WWWWWW
8	Chelsea	10	5	2	3	16	16	3	1	1	11	6	2	1	2	5	10	1.00000	12	LLWDWL
9	Portsmouth	8	5	1	2	13	7	4	0	0	11	1	1	1	2	2	6	1.85714	11	LWDWWW
10	Nottingham Forest	10	4	3	3	17	17	2	3	0	10	6	2	0	3	7	11	1.00000	11	DWWDWL
11	Southampton	10	3	4	3	14	16	1	3	1	5	5	2	1	2	9	11	.87500	10	DDWLLD
12	Notts County	10	5	0	5	16	19	4	0	1	12	4	1	0	4	4	15	.84211	10	WWLWLW
13	Fulham	10	4	2	4	11	15	4	1	0	7	3	0	1	4	4	12	.73333	10	WDDLLW
14	Blackpool	10	4	1	5	14	15	3	1	0	12	3	1	0	5	2	12	.93333	9	LDLLWL
15	Grimsby Town	10	2	4	4	13	15	1	2	1	4	3	1	2	3	9	12	.86667	8	WDDLWL
16	Clapton Orient	9	3	2	4	12	15	2	1	2	6	5	1	1	2	6	10	.80000	8	WLWLLL
17	Darlington	9	3	1	5	19	22	3	0	2	14	11	0	1	3	5	11	.86364	7	LDLWLW
18	Reading	11	2	2	7	13	20	2	0	3	6	4	0	2	4	7	16	.65000	6	LWDLLL
19	Barnsley	9	2	2	5	9	19	1	1	2	4	6	1	1	3	5	13	.47368	6	DLLLWD
20	South Shields	8	2	1	5	14	13	2	1	1	11	3	0	0	4	3	10	1.07692	5	LDLLLW
21	Bradford City	11	1	2	8	11	21	1	0	5	5	9	0	2	3	6	12	.52381	4	LLLLWL
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	0	3	7	7	18	0	2	4	6	12	0	1	3	1	6	.38889	3	LLLLDD

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)
2	1	Hull City	11	7	2	2	15	4	4	2	0	12	1	3	0	2	3	3	3.75000	16	LDDWWW		1-0
2	2	Swansea Town	11	6	3	2	25	14	5	1	0	19	6	1	2	2	6	8	1.78571	15	WWLWLW		3-2
2	3	Manchester City	11	6	3	2	27	16	5	1	1	20	9	1	2	1	7	7	1.68750	15	LWWDDL		3-4
2	4	Oldham Athletic	11	7	1	3	17	11	4	0	1	13	5	3	1	2	4	6	1.54545	15	DLWLWW		5-1
3	5	Preston North End	11	6	3	2	25	20	4	2	0	18	11	2	1	2	7	9	1.25000	15	DWWLWL		1-5
2	6	Chelsea	11	6	2	3	19	18	3	1	1	11	6	3	1	2	8	12	1.05556	14	LWDWLW		3-2
2	7	Port Vale	12	4	5	3	23	21	3	2	0	11	6	1	3	3	12	15	1.09524	13	WDWDLL		0-2
1	8	Middlesbrough	11	6	1	4	20	19	3	0	1	10	7	3	1	3	10	12	1.05263	13	WWWWWL		3-4
1	9	Nottingham Forest	11	5	3	3	21	20	3	3	0	14	9	2	0	3	7	11	1.05000	13	WWDWLW		4-3
1	10	Southampton	11	4	4	3	18	19	1	3	1	5	5	3	1	2	13	14	.94737	12	DWLLDW		4-3
2	11	Portsmouth	9	5	1	3	15	10	4	0	1	13	4	1	1	2	2	6	1.50000	11	WDWWWL		2-3
1	12	Fulham	11	4	3	4	13	17	4	2	0	9	5	0	1	4	4	12	.76471	11	DDLLWD		2-2
1	13	Notts County	11	5	0	6	17	26	4	0	1	12	4	1	0	5	5	22	.65385	10	WLWLWL		1-7
3	14	Darlington	10	4	1	5	22	22	4	0	2	17	11	0	1	3	5	11	1.00000	9	DLWLWW		3-0
1	15	Blackpool	11	4	1	6	16	18	3	1	1	14	6	1	0	5	2	12	.88889	9	DLLWLL		2-3
2	16	Reading	12	3	2	7	20	21	3	0	3	13	5	0	2	4	7	16	.95238	8	WDLLLW		7-1
2	17	Grimsby Town	11	2	4	5	13	16	1	2	2	4	4	1	2	3	9	12	.81250	8	DDLWLL		0-1
2	18	Clapton Orient	10	3	2	5	14	18	2	1	2	6	5	1	1	3	8	13	.77778	8	LWLLLL		2-3
	19	Barnsley	10	3	2	5	11	19	2	1	2	6	6	1	1	3	5	13	.57895	8	LLLWDW		2-0
	20	South Shields	9	2	2	5	16	15	2	1	1	11	3	0	1	4	5	12	1.06667	6	DLLLWD		2-2
1	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	1	3	7	10	20	0	2	4	6	12	1	1	3	4	8	.50000	5	LLLDDW		3-2
1	22	Bradford City	12	1	2	9	11	24	1	0	5	5	9	0	2	4	6	15	.45833	4	LLLWLL		0-3