The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 07, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 07, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: WE Russell
Attendance:: 14,575
Pos Before/After:: 9 9
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Oct 13, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1172 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 435 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1323 (of 5768)
Total:: 2174 (of 7556)
Played:: 97 years, 2 months, 24 days ago

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

Goals

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Alex Raisbeck
Prior form: LWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter
2	D	28	Bill Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	F	32	Jackie Belton
5	M	24	Albert Harrison
6	D	23	Tommy Graham	Debut
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks
9	F	31	Noah Burton
10	F	28	Charlie Jones
11	F	25	Alf Townsend

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Coggins
2	D	Dick Hughes
3	D	Ernest Glenn
4	D	John Paul
5	D	Walter Wadsworth
6	M	Andy Smailes
7	M	Jackie Foster
8	M	Bertie Williams
9	M	Percy Cherrett
10	F	Albert Keating
11	F	Arthur Rankin

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 07, 1928)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bristol City	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Chelsea	1-0	Port Vale
Clapton Orient	2-2	South Shields
Grimsby Town	1-0	Fulham
Notts County	6-2	Preston North End
Oldham Athletic	0-1	Swansea Town
Reading	1-1	Barnsley
Southampton	2-0	Hull City
Stoke City	2-0	Manchester City
West Bromwich Albion	0-1	Leeds United

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	36	21	8	7	67	35	14	2	2	42	10	7	6	5	25	25	1.91429	50	WWDLDW	Safe
	2	Preston North End	36	21	8	7	87	48	15	2	2	60	21	6	6	5	27	27	1.81250	50	WLWWWW	Safe
	3	Manchester City	34	22	6	6	86	50	16	2	1	60	24	6	4	5	26	26	1.72000	50	WDWWWW	Safe
	4	Leeds United	35	21	6	8	86	41	14	2	2	56	14	7	4	6	30	27	2.09756	48	WDWWWW	Safe
	5	Stoke City	36	17	8	11	65	55	10	5	2	33	14	7	3	9	32	41	1.18182	42	DDLWDL	Safe
	6	Oldham Athletic	35	17	6	12	66	44	13	3	1	48	15	4	3	11	18	29	1.50000	40	WLLWLL	Safe
	7	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	10	11	80	62	9	5	3	47	25	5	5	8	33	37	1.29032	38	DLWWLD
	8	Swansea Town	35	14	9	12	65	59	11	5	2	40	14	3	4	10	25	45	1.10169	37	WDDLDW
	9	Nottingham Forest	34	15	7	12	78	71	10	5	2	53	30	5	2	10	25	41	1.09859	37	LLWLWD
	10	Bristol City	37	15	7	15	73	72	11	3	4	41	16	4	4	11	32	56	1.01389	37	LWLWLW
	11	Grimsby Town	37	12	12	13	58	72	7	6	5	36	34	5	6	8	22	38	.80556	36	WLLWDD
	12	Port Vale	35	15	5	15	62	56	10	5	4	42	20	5	0	11	20	36	1.10714	35	WWDLDL
	13	Hull City	35	10	13	12	38	44	8	6	4	23	18	2	7	8	15	26	.86364	33	LLDWDL
	14	Notts County	36	10	10	16	57	68	8	4	6	39	22	2	6	10	18	46	.83824	30	LWLLDW
	15	Reading	36	10	10	16	49	70	8	5	4	29	20	2	5	12	20	50	.70000	30	DWLLDL
	16	Barnsley	35	10	9	16	55	76	8	5	5	38	30	2	4	11	17	46	.72368	29	DLLWLD
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	7	16	58	81	10	3	4	39	27	1	4	12	19	54	.71605	29	DWDWWW
	18	Blackpool	37	10	8	19	71	95	8	3	7	44	42	2	5	12	27	53	.74737	28	LWLWLD
	19	Clapton Orient	35	10	8	17	49	76	8	4	4	26	20	2	4	13	23	56	.64474	28	DDLDLL
	20	Southampton	35	10	7	18	57	63	8	3	6	47	35	2	4	12	10	28	.90476	27	WLLLWL
	21	Fulham	36	11	5	20	64	82	11	5	2	43	20	0	0	18	21	62	.78049	27	LWLLWL
	22	South Shields	36	6	7	23	48	99	4	5	9	26	36	2	2	14	22	63	.48485	19	LLWLDW

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	37	22	8	7	68	35	15	2	2	43	10	7	6	5	25	25	1.94286	52	WDLDWW	Safe	1-0
2	2	Leeds United	36	22	6	8	87	41	14	2	2	56	14	8	4	6	31	27	2.12195	50	DWWWWW	Safe	1-0
	3	Manchester City	35	22	6	7	86	52	16	2	1	60	24	6	4	6	26	28	1.65385	50	DWWWWL	Safe	0-2
2	4	Preston North End	37	21	8	8	89	54	15	2	2	60	21	6	6	6	29	33	1.64815	50	LWWWWL	Safe	2-6
	5	Stoke City	37	18	8	11	67	55	11	5	2	35	14	7	3	9	32	41	1.21818	44	DLWDLW	Safe	2-0
	6	Oldham Athletic	36	17	6	13	66	45	13	3	2	48	16	4	3	11	18	29	1.46667	40	LLWLLL	Safe	0-1
1	7	Swansea Town	36	15	9	12	66	59	11	5	2	40	14	4	4	10	26	45	1.11864	39	DDLDWW	Safe	1-0
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	36	14	10	12	80	63	9	5	4	47	26	5	5	8	33	37	1.26984	38	LWWLDL	Safe	0-1
	9	Nottingham Forest	35	15	8	12	78	71	10	5	2	53	30	5	3	10	25	41	1.09859	38	LWLWDD	Safe	0-0
	10	Bristol City	38	15	8	15	73	72	11	4	4	41	16	4	4	11	32	56	1.01389	38	WLWLWD	Safe	0-0
	11	Grimsby Town	38	13	12	13	59	72	8	6	5	37	34	5	6	8	22	38	.81944	38	LLWDDW	Safe	1-0
	12	Port Vale	36	15	5	16	62	57	10	5	4	42	20	5	0	12	20	37	1.08772	35	WDLDLL		0-1
	13	Hull City	36	10	13	13	38	46	8	6	4	23	18	2	7	9	15	28	.82609	33	LDWDLL		0-2
	14	Notts County	37	11	10	16	63	70	9	4	6	45	24	2	6	10	18	46	.90000	32	WLLDWW		6-2
	15	Reading	37	10	11	16	50	71	8	6	4	30	21	2	5	12	20	50	.70423	31	WLLDLD		1-1
2	16	Blackpool	38	11	8	19	74	95	9	3	7	47	42	2	5	12	27	53	.77895	30	WLWLDW		3-0
1	17	Barnsley	36	10	10	16	56	77	8	5	5	38	30	2	5	11	18	47	.72727	30	LLWLDD		1-1
2	18	Southampton	36	11	7	18	59	63	9	3	6	49	35	2	4	12	10	28	.93651	29	LLLWLW		2-0
2	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	11	7	17	58	84	10	3	4	39	27	1	4	13	19	57	.69048	29	WDWWWL		0-3
1	20	Clapton Orient	36	10	9	17	51	78	8	5	4	28	22	2	4	13	23	56	.65385	29	DLDLLD		2-2
	21	Fulham	37	11	5	21	64	83	11	5	2	43	20	0	0	19	21	63	.77108	27	WLLWLL		0-1
	22	South Shields	37	6	8	23	50	101	4	5	9	26	36	2	3	14	24	65	.49505	20	LWLDWD		2-2