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 4784)
- League Tier 2
- 411 (of 2367)
- Competitive:
- 1294 (of 5474)
- Total:
- 2135 (of 7208)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
Reading Goals:
Forest:
Manager: John Baynes
| 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 |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Other league games on this day (Sat Oct 22, 1927)
Table before:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Chelsea | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 15 | |
| 2 | Manchester City | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 15 | |
| 3 | Preston North End | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 14 | |
| 4 | Stoke City | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 | |
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 13 | |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 13 | |
| 7 | Leeds United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | |
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 12 | |
| 9 | Swansea City | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 12 | |
| 10 | Barnsley | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 11 | |
| 11 | Bristol City | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 11 | |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 11 | |
| 13 | Hull City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | |
| 15 | Fulham | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -3 | 9 | |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 7 | |
| 17 | Port Vale | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | -8 | 7 | |
| 18 | Notts County | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 7 | |
| 19 | Southampton | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 5 | |
| 20 | Reading | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 5 | |
| 21 | Blackpool | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | -13 | 5 | |
| 22 | South Shields | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 4 | |
Table after:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Chelsea | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 17 | |
| 2 | Manchester City | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 16 | |
| 3 | Preston North End | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | |
| 4 | Stoke City | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 14 | |
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 14 | |
| ⇧ | 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 14 |
| ⇩ | 7 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 14 |
| ⇧ | 8 | Bristol City | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 13 |
| ⇩ | 9 | Leeds United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 | |
| ⇩ | 11 | Swansea City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 12 |
| ⇧ | 12 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 11 |
| ⇩ | 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -5 | 11 |
| ⇩ | 14 | Hull City | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 10 |
| ⇧ | 15 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| ⇧ | 16 | Port Vale | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -6 | 9 |
| ⇩ | 17 | Fulham | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -6 | 9 |
| ⇧ | 18 | Southampton | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| ⇩ | 19 | Notts County | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 7 |
| ⇧ | 20 | Blackpool | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | -13 | 6 |
| ⇧ | 21 | South Shields | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 22 | Reading | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 5 |