The City Ground

READING 0 - 2 FOREST - Sat Oct 22, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 22, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Elm Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 (Won)

Attendance:: 7,785
Position Before:: 14
Position After:: 12
Referee:: AE Caseley
Season:: 1927-28

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Grimsby Town

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1148 (of 4803)
League Tier 2:: 411 (of 2386)
Competitive:: 1294 (of 5496)
Total:: 2134 (of 7236)

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

FOREST
Manager: John Baynes

Goals:
Ernest McLachlan - Ernest McLachlan first goal
Harold Wadsworth

READING
Manager:

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	Albert Harrison
6	F	Bob Wallace
7	M	Sid Gibson
8	M	Ernest McLachlan	Debut
9	M	Tommy Roe
10	F	Charlie Jones
11	F	Harold Wadsworth
Subs
12		-
13		-
14		-
15		-
16		-
17		-
18		-

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Other league games on this day (Sat Oct 22, 1927)

Home	F	A	Away
Blackpool	2	2	Manchester City
Bristol City	3	0	Fulham
Chelsea	2	0	Hull City
Grimsby Town	3	2	Leeds United
Leyton Orient	1	1	Preston North End
Notts County	2	4	Port Vale
Oldham Athletic	2	2	South Shields
Reading	0	2	Nottingham Forest
Southampton	4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Stoke City	0	0	Barnsley
West Bromwich Albion	5	2	Swansea City

Table before:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Chelsea	10	6	3	1	20	8	3	1	0	10	1	3	2	1	10	7	2.500	15
	2	Manchester City	10	7	1	2	26	19	5	0	0	15	7	2	1	2	11	12	1.368	15
	3	Preston North End	10	6	2	2	24	14	4	0	1	15	5	2	2	1	9	9	1.714	14
	4	Stoke City	10	5	3	2	20	11	3	2	0	8	1	2	1	2	12	10	1.818	13
	5	Oldham Athletic	10	6	1	3	23	16	4	1	0	15	4	2	0	3	8	12	1.438	13
	6	Leyton Orient	10	6	1	3	20	16	4	0	0	11	3	2	1	3	9	13	1.250	13
	7	Leeds United	10	5	2	3	24	13	4	1	0	15	2	1	1	3	9	11	1.846	12
	8	West Bromwich Albion	10	5	2	3	24	19	3	0	1	15	9	2	2	2	9	10	1.263	12
	9	Swansea City	10	5	2	3	30	26	5	0	0	21	7	0	2	3	9	19	1.154	12
	10	Barnsley	10	3	5	2	18	17	2	4	0	12	9	1	1	2	6	8	1.059	11
	11	Bristol City	10	5	1	4	22	21	3	1	1	11	4	2	0	3	11	17	1.048	11
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	3	3	19	21	4	1	1	15	9	0	2	2	4	12	.905	11
	13	Hull City	10	4	2	4	11	11	3	1	1	5	1	1	1	3	6	10	1.000	10
	14	Nottingham Forest	10	4	1	5	25	21	4	0	1	23	9	0	1	4	2	12	1.190	9
	15	Fulham	10	3	3	4	16	19	3	3	0	13	5	0	0	4	3	14	.842	9
	16	Grimsby Town	10	1	5	4	15	21	0	3	2	9	13	1	2	2	6	8	.714	7
	17	Port Vale	10	3	1	6	13	21	3	1	1	12	6	0	0	5	1	15	.619	7
	18	Notts County	10	2	3	5	10	18	2	1	2	7	6	0	2	3	3	12	.556	7
	19	Southampton	10	1	3	6	13	22	1	1	3	11	15	0	2	3	2	7	.591	5
	20	Reading	10	0	5	5	13	24	0	3	2	7	11	0	2	3	6	13	.542	5
	21	Blackpool	10	2	1	7	14	27	2	1	2	10	7	0	0	5	4	20	.519	5
	22	South Shields	10	1	2	7	13	28	1	1	3	7	12	0	1	4	6	16	.464	4

Table after:

									Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
	1	Chelsea	11	7	3	1	22	8	4	1	0	12	1	3	2	1	10	7	2.750	17
	2	Manchester City	11	7	2	2	28	21	5	0	0	15	7	2	2	2	13	14	1.333	16
	3	Preston North End	11	6	3	2	25	15	4	0	1	15	5	2	3	1	10	10	1.667	15
	4	Stoke City	11	5	4	2	20	11	3	3	0	8	1	2	1	2	12	10	1.818	14
	5	Oldham Athletic	11	6	2	3	25	18	4	2	0	17	6	2	0	3	8	12	1.389	14
	6	West Bromwich Albion	11	6	2	3	29	21	4	0	1	20	11	2	2	2	9	10	1.381	14
	7	Leyton Orient	11	6	2	3	21	17	4	1	0	12	4	2	1	3	9	13	1.235	14
	8	Bristol City	11	6	1	4	25	21	4	1	1	14	4	2	0	3	11	17	1.190	13
	9	Leeds United	11	5	2	4	26	16	4	1	0	15	2	1	1	4	11	14	1.625	12
	10	Barnsley	11	3	6	2	18	17	2	4	0	12	9	1	2	2	6	8	1.059	12
	11	Swansea City	11	5	2	4	32	31	5	0	0	21	7	0	2	4	11	24	1.032	12
	12	Nottingham Forest	11	5	1	5	27	21	4	0	1	23	9	1	1	4	4	12	1.286	11
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	4	3	4	20	25	4	1	1	15	9	0	2	3	5	16	.800	11
	14	Hull City	11	4	2	5	11	13	3	1	1	5	1	1	1	4	6	12	.846	10
	15	Grimsby Town	11	2	5	4	18	23	1	3	2	12	15	1	2	2	6	8	.783	9
	16	Port Vale	11	4	1	6	17	23	3	1	1	12	6	1	0	5	5	17	.739	9
	17	Fulham	11	3	3	5	16	22	3	3	0	13	5	0	0	5	3	17	.727	9
	18	Southampton	11	2	3	6	17	23	2	1	3	15	16	0	2	3	2	7	.739	7
	19	Notts County	11	2	3	6	12	22	2	1	3	9	10	0	2	3	3	12	.545	7
	20	Blackpool	11	2	2	7	16	29	2	2	2	12	9	0	0	5	4	20	.552	6
	21	South Shields	11	1	3	7	15	30	1	1	3	7	12	0	2	4	8	18	.500	5
	22	Reading	11	0	5	6	13	26	0	3	3	7	13	0	2	3	6	13	.500	5

Nottingham Forest from 1865 | Number of seasons: 155 | Number of matches: 5496 | Number of goals: 8047 | Number of players: 1834