The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 SOUTHAMPTON - Sat Dec 24, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 24, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: I Caswell
Attendance:: 5,572
Pos Before/After:: 6 8
Opp Before/After:: 18 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 2)
Southampton:: May 05, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1157 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 420 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1303 (of 5724)
Total:: 2153 (of 7505)
Played:: 96 years, 3 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Noah Burton

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Arthur Chadwick
Prior form: WWLDLD (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Arthur Dexter
2	D		William 'Bill' Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	F	32	Jackie Belton
5	M	23	Albert Harrison
6	F	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	M		Ernest McLachlan
9	F	31	Noah Burton
10	F	28	Charlie Jones
11	F	29	Harold Wadsworth

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 24, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-1	Chelsea
Fulham	2-2	Blackpool
Hull City	2-2	Oldham Athletic
Leeds United	5-1	Stoke City
Manchester City	3-1	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Southampton
Port Vale	4-1	West Bromwich Albion
Preston North End	3-0	Grimsby Town
South Shields	1-3	Bristol City
Swansea Town	0-1	Reading
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5-3	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	Chelsea	19	13	4	2	41	15	8	1	0	26	2	5	3	2	15	13	2.73333	30	WWDWLW
	2	Manchester City	19	11	3	5	43	31	8	0	1	26	10	3	3	4	17	21	1.38710	25	LWWLWD
	3	Oldham Athletic	19	10	4	5	37	23	7	3	0	28	9	3	1	5	9	14	1.60870	24	LWDWWD
	4	Preston North End	19	9	6	4	38	26	6	1	2	24	11	3	5	2	14	15	1.46154	24	DWWDWD
	5	Leeds United	19	10	3	6	46	25	7	1	1	28	6	3	2	5	18	19	1.84000	23	WWLLWW
	6	Nottingham Forest	19	10	2	7	49	37	7	1	1	37	16	3	1	6	12	21	1.32432	22	WLDWWW
	7	Port Vale	19	10	2	7	35	28	6	2	1	21	7	4	0	6	14	21	1.25000	22	WLDWWW
	8	Bristol City	19	9	4	6	39	32	6	1	3	22	10	3	3	3	17	22	1.21875	22	DLDWDL
	9	Stoke City	19	8	5	6	32	26	4	4	2	13	8	4	1	4	19	18	1.23077	21	WDLWLL
	10	West Bromwich Albion	19	8	5	6	43	36	5	2	2	27	16	3	3	4	16	20	1.19444	21	DDWLLW
	11	Swansea Town	19	8	5	6	43	40	7	2	0	29	8	1	3	6	14	32	1.07500	21	DDDLWW
	12	Grimsby Town	19	7	6	6	36	35	4	3	3	23	19	3	3	3	13	16	1.02857	20	WWDWWL
	13	Clapton Orient	19	8	4	7	33	36	6	1	2	17	10	2	3	5	16	26	.91667	20	DLDWLL
	14	Hull City	19	5	7	7	20	26	4	4	1	11	6	1	3	6	9	20	.76923	17	DDWLDD
	15	Barnsley	19	5	7	7	27	36	3	4	3	16	14	2	3	4	11	22	.75000	17	LLWLLW
	16	Notts County	19	5	6	8	32	35	4	3	3	23	13	1	3	5	9	22	.91429	16	DWLWLD
	17	Fulham	19	5	4	10	31	45	5	4	1	21	14	0	0	9	10	31	.68889	14	LLDLWL
	18	Southampton	19	4	5	10	27	38	3	3	4	24	24	1	2	6	3	14	.71053	13	WWLDLD
	19	Reading	19	4	5	10	28	44	4	3	3	19	16	0	2	7	9	28	.63636	13	LWLWLW
	20	Blackpool	19	4	4	11	31	51	3	2	5	18	21	1	2	6	13	30	.60784	12	LLWLDL
	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	4	4	11	27	45	4	2	4	20	18	0	2	7	7	27	.60000	12	DLLLLL
	22	South Shields	19	2	5	12	28	56	1	3	5	14	21	1	2	7	14	35	.50000	9	LLDLDL

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)
	1	Chelsea	20	13	4	3	42	18	8	1	0	26	2	5	3	3	16	16	2.33333	30	WDWLWL		1-3
	2	Manchester City	20	12	3	5	46	32	9	0	1	29	11	3	3	4	17	21	1.43750	27	WWLWDW		3-1
1	3	Preston North End	20	10	6	4	41	26	7	1	2	27	11	3	5	2	14	15	1.57692	26	WWDWDW		3-0
1	4	Leeds United	20	11	3	6	51	26	8	1	1	33	7	3	2	5	18	19	1.96154	25	WLLWWW		5-1
2	5	Oldham Athletic	20	10	5	5	39	25	7	3	0	28	9	3	2	5	11	16	1.56000	25	WDWWDD		2-2
1	6	Port Vale	20	11	2	7	39	29	7	2	1	25	8	4	0	6	14	21	1.34483	24	LDWWWW		4-1
1	7	Bristol City	20	10	4	6	42	33	6	1	3	22	10	4	3	3	20	23	1.27273	24	LDWDLW		3-1
2	8	Nottingham Forest	20	10	3	7	50	38	7	2	1	38	17	3	1	6	12	21	1.31579	23	LDWWWD		1-1
1	9	West Bromwich Albion	20	8	5	7	44	40	5	2	2	27	16	3	3	5	17	24	1.10000	21	DWLLWL		1-4
1	10	Stoke City	20	8	5	7	33	31	4	4	2	13	8	4	1	5	20	23	1.06452	21	DLWLLL		1-5
	11	Swansea Town	20	8	5	7	43	41	7	2	1	29	9	1	3	6	14	32	1.04878	21	DDLWWL		0-1
	12	Grimsby Town	20	7	6	7	36	38	4	3	3	23	19	3	3	4	13	19	.94737	20	WDWWLL		0-3
	13	Clapton Orient	20	8	4	8	36	41	6	1	2	17	10	2	3	6	19	31	.87805	20	LDWLLL		3-5
1	14	Barnsley	20	6	7	7	30	37	4	4	3	19	15	2	3	4	11	22	.81081	19	LWLLWW		3-1
1	15	Hull City	20	5	8	7	22	28	4	5	1	13	8	1	3	6	9	20	.78571	18	DWLDDD		2-2
	16	Notts County	20	5	6	9	33	38	4	3	3	23	13	1	3	6	10	25	.86842	16	WLWLDL		1-3
	17	Fulham	20	5	5	10	33	47	5	5	1	23	16	0	0	9	10	31	.70213	15	LDLWLD		2-2
1	18	Reading	20	5	5	10	29	44	4	3	3	19	16	1	2	7	10	28	.65909	15	WLWLWW		1-0
1	19	Southampton	20	4	6	10	28	39	3	3	4	24	24	1	3	6	4	15	.71795	14	WLDLDD		1-1
1	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	5	4	11	32	48	5	2	4	25	21	0	2	7	7	27	.66667	14	LLLLLW		5-3
1	21	Blackpool	20	4	5	11	33	53	3	2	5	18	21	1	3	6	15	32	.62264	13	LWLDLD		2-2
	22	South Shields	20	2	5	13	29	59	1	3	6	15	24	1	2	7	14	35	.49153	9	LDLDLL		1-3