The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 1 READING - Sat Jan 22, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 22, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-1 (Won)

Attendance:: 11,458
Pos Before/After:: 3/3
Opp Before/After:: 13/13
Referee:: GT Gould
Season:: 1926-27
Forest/Opponent Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
FA Cup:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
League:: Notts County
League Tier 2:: Notts County

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1120 (of 4835)
League Tier 2:: 383 (of 2418)
Competitive:: 1265 (of 5529)
Total:: 2107 (of 7273)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

FOREST
Manager: John Baynes
Form: WDWDDW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Sid Gibson
Cyril Stocks
Cyril Stocks
Noah Burton
Cliff Price

READING
Manager:
Form: LWWWWL (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Len Langford
2	D	William 'Bill' Thompson
3	F	Percy Barratt
4	F	Jackie Belton
5	M	Gerry Morgan
6	F	Bob Wallace
7	M	Sid Gibson
8	F	Cyril Stocks
9	F	Noah Burton
10	F	Cliff Price
11	F	Ted Linley

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Jan 22, 1927)

Home	F	A	Away
Barnsley	6	1	Blackpool
Bradford City	2	0	Southampton
Darlington	5	0	Fulham
Hull City	2	0	Notts County
Manchester City	2	0	Grimsby Town
Nottingham Forest	5	1	Reading
Portsmouth	7	2	Oldham Athletic
Preston North End	2	2	Middlesbrough
South Shields	2	1	Leyton Orient
Swansea City	4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Middlesbrough	23	15	3	5	69	39	10	2	1	49	21	5	1	4	20	18	30	33	DWWWWD
	2	Portsmouth	24	13	5	6	42	28	7	4	1	23	8	6	1	5	19	20	14	31	DWDLWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	24	11	9	4	44	33	7	4	0	27	14	4	5	4	17	19	11	31	WWDWDD
	4	Preston North End	23	11	8	4	45	34	7	3	2	31	20	4	5	2	14	14	11	30	WLDWDD
	5	Hull City	24	13	3	8	35	23	8	2	2	23	7	5	1	6	12	16	12	29	DWLLLL
	6	Swansea Town	24	11	7	6	43	38	8	3	0	26	8	3	4	6	17	30	5	29	DLLWLL
	7	Chelsea	24	11	7	6	35	33	7	4	1	24	14	4	3	5	11	19	2	29	LDWWWD
	8	Southampton	24	11	6	7	41	36	6	4	2	23	14	5	2	5	18	22	5	28	LWWWLL
	9	Manchester City	24	12	3	9	58	41	8	1	3	33	18	4	2	6	25	23	17	27	WLLLLW
	10	Oldham Athletic	24	11	4	9	37	39	8	2	2	30	18	3	2	7	7	21	-2	26	DLWLLW
	11	Port Vale	25	8	9	8	46	47	6	4	2	24	12	2	5	6	22	35	-1	25	DLWWLD
	12	Blackpool	24	9	5	10	52	45	7	3	2	38	16	2	2	8	14	29	7	23	WWLWWD
	13	Reading	23	9	5	9	37	35	8	0	3	23	7	1	5	6	14	28	2	23	DLWWWW
	14	South Shields	22	8	4	10	42	38	7	2	2	30	10	1	2	8	12	28	4	20	DWDLWL
	15	Barnsley	23	8	4	11	41	59	5	2	3	20	14	3	2	8	21	45	-18	20	LDWWWW
	16	Fulham	24	7	5	12	33	53	7	3	2	25	16	0	2	10	8	37	-20	19	WLLLLL
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	6	6	11	44	42	4	4	5	34	24	2	2	6	10	18	2	18	DLLWWW
	18	Notts County	23	8	2	13	40	53	7	1	5	27	16	1	1	8	13	37	-13	18	WLLLDW
	19	Grimsby Town	22	5	7	10	32	44	2	4	4	8	10	3	3	6	24	34	-12	17	WWWLDL
	20	Darlington	24	6	4	14	43	53	5	1	6	26	28	1	3	8	17	25	-10	16	LLDDLL
	21	Clapton Orient	23	5	5	13	31	53	4	3	5	20	20	1	2	8	11	33	-22	15	LWLLLD
	22	Bradford City	24	2	7	15	24	48	2	3	7	15	20	0	4	8	9	28	-24	11	DLWLLD

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Middlesbrough	24	15	4	5	71	41	10	2	1	49	21	5	2	4	22	20	30	34	WWWWDD
	2	Portsmouth	25	14	5	6	49	30	8	4	1	30	10	6	1	5	19	20	19	33	WDLWWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	25	12	9	4	49	34	8	4	0	32	15	4	5	4	17	19	15	33	WDWDDW
	4	Hull City	25	14	3	8	37	23	9	2	2	25	7	5	1	6	12	16	14	31	WLLLLW
	5	Preston North End	24	11	9	4	47	36	7	4	2	33	22	4	5	2	14	14	11	31	LDWDDD
	6	Swansea Town	25	12	7	6	47	39	9	3	0	30	9	3	4	6	17	30	8	31	LLWLLW
	7	Manchester City	25	13	3	9	60	41	9	1	3	35	18	4	2	6	25	23	19	29	LLLLWW
	8	Chelsea	24	11	7	6	35	33	7	4	1	24	14	4	3	5	11	19	2	29	LDWWWD
	9	Southampton	25	11	6	8	41	38	6	4	2	23	14	5	2	6	18	24	3	28	WWWLLL
	10	Oldham Athletic	25	11	4	10	39	46	8	2	2	30	18	3	2	8	9	28	-7	26	LWLLWL
	11	Port Vale	25	8	9	8	46	47	6	4	2	24	12	2	5	6	22	35	-1	25	DLWWLD
	12	Blackpool	25	9	5	11	53	51	7	3	2	38	16	2	2	9	15	35	2	23	WLWWDL
	13	Reading	24	9	5	10	38	40	8	0	3	23	7	1	5	7	15	33	-2	23	LWWWWL
	14	South Shields	23	9	4	10	44	39	8	2	2	32	11	1	2	8	12	28	5	22	WDLWLW
	15	Barnsley	24	9	4	11	47	60	6	2	3	26	15	3	2	8	21	45	-13	22	DWWWWW
	16	Fulham	25	7	5	13	33	58	7	3	2	25	16	0	2	11	8	42	-25	19	LLLLLL
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	6	6	12	45	46	4	4	5	34	24	2	2	7	11	22	-1	18	LLWWWL
	18	Darlington	25	7	4	14	48	53	6	1	6	31	28	1	3	8	17	25	-5	18	LDDLLW
	19	Notts County	24	8	2	14	40	55	7	1	5	27	16	1	1	9	13	39	-15	18	LLLDWL
	20	Grimsby Town	23	5	7	11	32	46	2	4	4	8	10	3	3	7	24	36	-14	17	WWLDLL
	21	Clapton Orient	24	5	5	14	32	55	4	3	5	20	20	1	2	9	12	35	-23	15	WLLLDL
	22	Bradford City	25	3	7	15	26	48	3	3	7	17	20	0	4	8	9	28	-22	13	LWLLDW