The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 3 CLAPTON ORIENT - Sat Dec 10, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 10, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Clapton Orient
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-3 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: FH Burton
Attendance:: 7,802
League Week:: 18 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 8
Opp Before/After:: 7 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 2)
Clapton Orient:: Apr 21, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1155 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 418 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1301 (of 5828)
Total:: 2152 (of 7633)
Played:: 98 years, 9 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Galbraith (5') (OG)
Sid Gibson (44')
Percy Barratt (47') (Pen) - Percy Barratt last goal
Sid Gibson (74')

CLAPTON ORIENT
Manager: Peter Proudfoot
Prior form: LWDLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Elvet Collins (15')
Percy Whipp (65')
Percy Whipp (82')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Arthur Dexter
2	D	28	Bill Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt (47')
4	F	32	Jackie Belton
5	M	23	Albert Harrison
6	F	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson (44') (74')
8	M	24	Ernest McLachlan
9	F	30	Noah Burton
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
11	F	29	Harold Wadsworth

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	22	Arthur Dexter	7		7	1
2	D	28	Bill Thompson	159		7	1
3	F	29	Percy Barratt (47')	178	16	7	1
4	F	32	Jackie Belton	330	16	7	1
5	M	23	Albert Harrison	16		7	1
6	F	34	Bob Wallace	181		7	1
7	M	28	Sid Gibson (44') (74')	248	45	7	1
8	M	24	Ernest McLachlan	4	2	7	1
9	F	30	Noah Burton	204	39	7	1
10	F	27	Charlie Jones	86	19	7	1
11	F	29	Harold Wadsworth	15	4	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Arthur Wood
2	D	Bob MacDonald
3	D	Bert Lyons
4	D	Billy Broadbent
5	D	Jack Galbraith
6	M	Jim Spence
7	M	Elvet Collins
8	M	Percy Whipp
9	M	Bobby Kerr
10	F	Bob Dennison
11	F	Steve Smith

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 10, 1927)

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

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Chelsea	17	12	4	1	39	10	7	1	0	24	2	5	3	1	15	8	29	28	WWWWDW
2	Manchester City	17	10	2	5	39	29	7	0	1	23	9	3	2	4	16	20	10	22	WLLWWL
3	Oldham Athletic	17	9	3	5	36	23	7	2	0	28	9	2	1	5	8	14	13	21	LWLWDW
4	Stoke City	17	8	5	4	31	21	4	4	1	12	5	4	1	3	19	16	10	21	WLWDLW
5	Preston North End	17	8	5	4	36	26	5	1	2	22	11	3	4	2	14	15	10	21	LLDWWD
6	Bristol City	17	9	3	5	37	29	6	1	2	21	8	3	2	3	16	21	8	21	WWDLDW
7	Clapton Orient	17	8	4	5	30	31	6	1	1	17	9	2	3	4	13	22	-1	20	LWDLDW
8	Leeds United	17	8	3	6	39	24	6	1	1	23	6	2	2	5	16	18	15	19	WDWWLL
9	West Bromwich Albion	17	7	5	5	39	33	4	2	2	24	16	3	3	3	15	17	6	19	LDDDWL
10	Nottingham Forest	17	8	2	7	42	33	6	1	1	33	13	2	1	6	9	20	9	18	WLWLDW
11	Port Vale	17	8	2	7	31	28	5	2	1	18	7	3	0	6	13	21	3	18	WWWLDW
12	Grimsby Town	17	6	6	5	34	33	4	3	2	22	17	2	3	3	12	16	1	18	LWWWDW
13	Swansea Town	17	6	5	6	39	39	6	2	0	27	8	0	3	6	12	31	0	17	WLDDDL
14	Notts County	17	5	5	7	30	32	4	2	3	22	12	1	3	4	8	20	-2	15	WDDWLW
15	Hull City	17	5	5	7	18	24	4	3	1	10	5	1	2	6	8	19	-6	15	DLDDWL
16	Barnsley	17	4	7	6	24	34	3	4	2	16	13	1	3	4	8	21	-10	15	LDLLWL
17	Southampton	17	4	4	9	26	35	3	2	4	23	23	1	2	5	3	12	-9	12	LLWWLD
18	Fulham	17	4	4	9	28	42	4	4	1	19	13	0	0	8	9	29	-14	12	WLLLDL
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	4	4	9	27	42	4	2	3	20	17	0	2	6	7	25	-15	12	LLDLLL
20	Reading	17	3	5	9	26	40	3	3	3	17	15	0	2	6	9	25	-14	11	LWLWLW
21	Blackpool	17	4	3	10	28	46	3	2	4	17	18	1	1	6	11	28	-18	11	DWLLWL
22	South Shields	17	2	4	11	26	51	1	2	5	12	19	1	2	6	14	32	-25	8	LWLLDL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Chelsea	18	12	4	2	39	15	7	1	0	24	2	5	3	2	15	13	24	28	WWWDWL		0-5
	2	Manchester City	18	11	2	5	42	30	8	0	1	26	10	3	2	4	16	20	12	24	LLWWLW		3-1
	3	Oldham Athletic	18	10	3	5	37	23	7	2	0	28	9	3	1	5	9	14	14	23	WLWDWW		1-0
1	4	Preston North End	18	9	5	4	38	26	6	1	2	24	11	3	4	2	14	15	12	23	LDWWDW		2-0
1	5	Bristol City	18	9	4	5	38	30	6	1	2	21	8	3	3	3	17	22	8	22	WDLDWD		1-1
2	6	Leeds United	18	9	3	6	44	24	7	1	1	28	6	2	2	5	16	18	20	21	DWWLLW		5-0
3	7	Stoke City	18	8	5	5	31	23	4	4	1	12	5	4	1	4	19	18	8	21	LWDLWL		0-2
2	8	Nottingham Forest	18	9	2	7	46	36	7	1	1	37	16	2	1	6	9	20	10	20	LWLDWW		4-3
2	9	Port Vale	18	9	2	7	34	28	6	2	1	21	7	3	0	6	13	21	6	20	WWLDWW		3-0
2	10	Grimsby Town	18	7	6	5	35	33	4	3	2	22	17	3	3	3	13	16	2	20	WWWDWW		1-0
4	11	Clapton Orient	18	8	4	6	33	35	6	1	1	17	9	2	3	5	16	26	-2	20	WDLDWL		3-4
3	12	West Bromwich Albion	18	7	5	6	40	36	4	2	2	24	16	3	3	4	16	20	4	19	DDDWLL		1-3
	13	Swansea Town	18	7	5	6	41	39	7	2	0	29	8	0	3	6	12	31	2	19	LDDDLW		2-0
1	14	Hull City	18	5	6	7	19	25	4	4	1	11	6	1	2	6	8	19	-6	16	LDDWLD		1-1
1	15	Notts County	18	5	5	8	31	34	4	2	3	22	12	1	3	5	9	22	-3	15	DDWLWL		1-2
	16	Barnsley	18	4	7	7	24	35	3	4	3	16	14	1	3	4	8	21	-11	15	DLLWLL		0-1
1	17	Fulham	18	5	4	9	30	43	5	4	1	21	14	0	0	8	9	29	-13	14	LLLDLW		2-1
1	18	Southampton	18	4	4	10	26	37	3	2	4	23	23	1	2	6	3	14	-11	12	LWWLDL		0-2
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	4	4	10	27	43	4	2	4	20	18	0	2	6	7	25	-16	12	LDLLLL		0-1
1	20	Blackpool	18	4	4	10	30	48	3	2	4	17	18	1	2	6	13	30	-18	12	WLLWLD		2-2
1	21	Reading	18	3	5	10	26	43	3	3	3	17	15	0	2	7	9	28	-17	11	WLWLWL		0-3
	22	South Shields	18	2	5	11	28	53	1	3	5	14	21	1	2	6	14	32	-25	9	WLLDLD		2-2