The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 SWANSEA TOWN - Sat Feb 25, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 25, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: WE Rycroft
Attendance:: 11,687
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 11 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (FA Cup)
League:: Preston North End
Swansea Town:: Sep 15, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1165 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 428 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1315 (of 5736)
Total:: 2165 (of 7523)
Played:: 96 years, 8 months, 30 days ago

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

Goals

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Jimmy Thomson
Prior form: WLWWLD (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Arthur Dexter
2	D		William 'Bill' Thompson
3	D		Thomas Hicks
4	F	32	Jackie Belton
5	M	24	Albert Harrison
6	F	35	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	F		Cyril Stocks
9	F	31	Noah Burton
10	F	31	Stuart McMillan
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 Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 25, 1928)

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

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	28	17	6	5	55	28	11	2	0	34	5	6	4	5	21	23	1.96429	40	WWWLWL
	2	Manchester City	27	17	4	6	69	42	12	1	1	45	17	5	3	5	24	25	1.64286	38	WWWWDL
	3	Preston North End	28	16	6	6	64	40	11	1	2	44	19	5	5	4	20	21	1.60000	38	WLWWLW
	4	Leeds United	29	16	5	8	72	40	11	1	2	44	13	5	4	6	28	27	1.80000	37	WDWLLD
	5	Oldham Athletic	28	15	6	7	56	34	12	3	0	44	13	3	3	7	12	21	1.64706	36	WLWLWW
	6	Stoke City	28	15	5	8	52	40	9	4	2	26	11	6	1	6	26	29	1.30000	35	WWWWLW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	29	12	8	9	67	52	8	4	2	41	21	4	4	7	26	31	1.28846	32	WWLWDW
	8	Nottingham Forest	27	13	6	8	65	51	8	4	1	44	22	5	2	7	21	29	1.27451	32	LWDDDW
	9	Bristol City	30	12	6	12	62	56	8	3	4	33	15	4	3	8	29	41	1.10714	30	DLDLLW
	10	Port Vale	28	13	2	13	49	44	9	2	3	33	13	4	0	10	16	31	1.11364	28	LLLWWL
	11	Swansea Town	28	11	6	11	55	53	10	3	2	36	11	1	3	9	19	42	1.03774	28	WLWWLD
	12	Hull City	27	9	10	8	33	35	8	5	1	22	12	1	5	7	11	23	.94286	28	WDWWDL
	13	Grimsby Town	28	10	8	10	45	56	5	4	4	25	26	5	4	6	20	30	.80357	28	WLDLWL
	14	Barnsley	29	9	7	13	49	63	7	4	4	33	25	2	3	9	16	38	.77778	25	WLWLLW
	15	Notts County	29	8	8	13	46	53	6	4	5	31	19	2	4	8	15	34	.86792	24	LLWLDL
	16	Reading	29	8	8	13	43	59	7	4	3	27	18	1	4	10	16	41	.72881	24	WLLDWD
	17	Southampton	29	8	7	14	46	54	7	3	5	40	31	1	4	9	6	23	.85185	23	LWLWDW
	18	Clapton Orient	28	9	5	14	42	63	7	2	4	22	17	2	3	10	20	46	.66667	23	LLLWDL
	19	Blackpool	30	8	6	16	56	75	6	2	7	34	35	2	4	9	22	40	.74667	22	LWWDWL
	20	Fulham	28	8	5	15	53	67	8	5	1	35	18	0	0	14	18	49	.79104	21	WLLWLW
	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	7	5	16	42	72	7	3	4	29	23	0	2	12	13	49	.58333	19	LDLLWL
	22	South Shields	29	4	5	20	41	85	3	3	8	24	32	1	2	12	17	53	.48235	13	LLLWLW

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	29	17	6	6	55	30	11	2	1	34	7	6	4	5	21	23	1.83333	40	WWLWLL		0-2
2	2	Leeds United	30	17	5	8	74	41	12	1	2	46	14	5	4	6	28	27	1.80488	39	DWLLDW		2-1
1	3	Manchester City	28	17	5	6	71	44	12	2	1	47	19	5	3	5	24	25	1.61364	39	WWWDLD		2-2
1	4	Preston North End	29	16	7	6	66	42	11	1	2	44	19	5	6	4	22	23	1.57143	39	LWWLWD		2-2
	5	Oldham Athletic	29	15	6	8	56	35	12	3	0	44	13	3	3	8	12	22	1.60000	36	LWLWWL		0-1
	6	Stoke City	29	15	5	9	54	43	9	4	2	26	11	6	1	7	28	32	1.25581	35	WWWLWL		2-3
	7	West Bromwich Albion	30	12	9	9	67	52	8	5	2	41	21	4	4	7	26	31	1.28846	33	WLWDWD		0-0
	8	Nottingham Forest	28	13	6	9	65	53	8	4	2	44	24	5	2	7	21	29	1.22642	32	WDDDWL		0-2
	9	Bristol City	31	12	7	12	62	56	8	3	4	33	15	4	4	8	29	41	1.10714	31	LDLLWD		0-0
1	10	Swansea Town	29	12	6	11	57	53	10	3	2	36	11	2	3	9	21	42	1.07547	30	LWWLDW		2-0
1	11	Port Vale	29	13	3	13	51	46	9	3	3	35	15	4	0	10	16	31	1.10870	29	LLWWLD		2-2
	12	Hull City	28	9	11	8	34	36	8	5	1	22	12	1	6	7	12	24	.94444	29	DWWDLD		1-1
	13	Grimsby Town	29	10	9	10	46	57	5	5	4	26	27	5	4	6	20	30	.80702	29	LDLWLD		1-1
	14	Barnsley	30	9	8	13	49	63	7	4	4	33	25	2	4	9	16	38	.77778	26	LWLLWD		0-0
1	15	Reading	30	9	8	13	44	59	8	4	3	28	18	1	4	10	16	41	.74576	26	LLDWDW		1-0
1	16	Southampton	30	9	7	14	48	54	7	3	5	40	31	2	4	9	8	23	.88889	25	WLWDWW		2-0
2	17	Notts County	30	8	9	13	49	56	6	4	5	31	19	2	5	8	18	37	.87500	25	LWLDLD		3-3
	18	Clapton Orient	29	10	5	14	45	65	8	2	4	25	19	2	3	10	20	46	.69231	25	LLWDLW		3-2
	19	Blackpool	31	8	7	16	59	78	6	3	7	37	38	2	4	9	22	40	.75641	23	WWDWLD		3-3
	20	Fulham	29	8	5	16	54	69	8	5	1	35	18	0	0	15	19	51	.78261	21	LLWLWL		1-2
	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	7	6	16	44	74	7	3	4	29	23	0	3	12	15	51	.59459	20	DLLWLD		2-2
	22	South Shields	30	4	6	20	41	85	3	4	8	24	32	1	2	12	17	53	.48235	14	LLWLWD		0-0