The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 STOKE CITY - Sat Apr 28, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 28, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: N Shuker
Attendance:: 5,382
League Week:: 41 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (Friendly)
League:: Southampton
Stoke City:: Aug 25, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1178 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 441 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1329 (of 5830)
Total:: 2180 (of 7635)
Played:: 98 years, 4 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

STOKE CITY
Manager: Tom Mather
Prior form: DLWWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Charlie Wilson (35')
Harry Davies (55')

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	Last game
5	M	24	Albert Harrison
6	F	35	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	D	23	Billy McKinlay
9	M	23	Hugh McKenna	Only appearance
10	F	23	Norman Thompson
11	F	31	Noah Burton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bob Dixon
2	D	Bob McGrory
3	D	Billy Spencer
4	D	Len Armitage
5	D	Tom Williamson
6	M	Harry Sellars
7	M	Ernie Cull
8	M	Walter Bussey
9	M	Charlie Wilson
10	F	Harry Davies
11	F	Bobby Archibald

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 28, 1928)

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

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	Leeds United	41	25	7	9	97	44	16	2	3	63	15	9	5	6	34	29	53	57	WDWWWL	Promoted
	2	Manchester City	40	24	9	7	93	56	17	2	1	64	26	7	7	6	29	30	37	57	LDWDDW	Promoted
	3	Chelsea	40	22	8	10	72	42	15	2	3	45	13	7	6	7	27	29	30	52	DWWLLL	Safe
	4	Preston North End	40	21	8	11	93	61	15	2	3	61	23	6	6	8	32	38	32	50	WWLLLL	Safe
	5	Stoke City	40	20	8	12	71	58	13	5	2	39	16	7	3	10	32	42	13	48	DLWWLW	Safe
	6	Swansea Town	39	17	10	12	71	60	12	6	2	43	15	5	4	10	28	45	11	44	DWWWDW	Safe
	7	Oldham Athletic	40	18	7	15	69	50	14	3	3	50	18	4	4	12	19	32	19	43	LLWDLL	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	40	16	11	13	87	68	10	6	4	50	28	6	5	9	37	40	19	43	DLLWWD	Safe
	9	Port Vale	40	18	6	16	68	57	11	5	4	45	20	7	1	12	23	37	11	42	LLWWDW	Safe
	10	Nottingham Forest	40	15	10	15	82	80	10	6	4	54	35	5	4	11	28	45	2	40	DDLLDL	Safe
	11	Grimsby Town	40	14	12	14	63	74	8	6	6	37	35	6	6	8	26	39	-11	40	WDDWWL	Safe
	12	Bristol City	41	15	8	18	75	78	11	4	5	41	17	4	4	13	34	61	-3	38	LWDLLL	Safe
	13	Hull City	40	12	14	14	40	48	9	7	4	24	18	3	7	10	16	30	-8	38	LLLWDW	Safe
	14	Notts County	40	12	11	17	65	72	9	4	7	45	25	3	7	10	20	47	-7	35	DWWWDL
	15	Barnsley	40	12	11	17	61	83	9	5	6	41	35	3	6	11	20	48	-22	35	DDDWLW
	16	Reading	40	11	12	17	53	74	9	7	4	32	22	2	5	13	21	52	-21	34	DLDWLD
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	13	8	18	61	88	11	4	4	41	28	2	4	14	20	60	-27	34	WLDLWW
	18	Southampton	40	13	7	20	65	70	10	3	7	52	39	3	4	13	13	31	-5	33	LWWLWL
	19	Blackpool	40	12	8	20	78	99	10	3	7	51	43	2	5	13	27	56	-21	32	WLDWLW
	20	Clapton Orient	40	11	10	19	55	85	9	6	5	32	25	2	4	14	23	60	-30	32	LDLLWD
	21	Fulham	40	12	7	21	67	85	11	7	2	45	22	1	0	19	22	63	-18	31	WLLDDW
	22	South Shields	40	7	8	25	53	107	5	5	10	28	38	2	3	15	25	69	-54	22	DWDLWL	Relegated

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	1	Manchester City	41	25	9	7	99	57	18	2	1	70	27	7	7	6	29	30	42	59	DWDDWW	Promoted	6-1
1	2	Leeds United	41	25	7	9	97	44	16	2	3	63	15	9	5	6	34	29	53	57	WDWWWL	Promoted
	3	Chelsea	41	23	8	10	74	43	15	2	3	45	13	8	6	7	29	30	31	54	WWLLLW	Safe	2-1
	4	Preston North End	41	21	9	11	94	62	15	3	3	62	24	6	6	8	32	38	32	51	WLLLLD	Safe	1-1
	5	Stoke City	41	21	8	12	73	58	13	5	2	39	16	8	3	10	34	42	15	50	LWWLWW	Safe	2-0
	6	Swansea Town	40	18	10	12	74	62	13	6	2	46	17	5	4	10	28	45	12	46	WWWDWW	Safe	3-2
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	41	17	11	13	90	70	10	6	4	50	28	7	5	9	40	42	20	45	LLWWDW	Safe	3-2
1	8	Oldham Athletic	41	18	8	15	70	51	14	3	3	50	18	4	5	12	20	33	19	44	LWDLLD	Safe	1-1
	9	Port Vale	41	18	7	16	68	57	11	6	4	45	20	7	1	12	23	37	11	43	LWWDWD	Safe	0-0
	10	Nottingham Forest	41	15	10	16	82	82	10	6	5	54	37	5	4	11	28	45	0	40	DLLDLL	Safe	0-2
	11	Grimsby Town	41	14	12	15	65	77	8	6	6	37	35	6	6	9	28	42	-12	40	DDWWLL	Safe	2-3
1	12	Hull City	41	12	15	14	41	49	9	8	4	25	19	3	7	10	16	30	-8	39	LLWDWD	Safe	1-1
1	13	Bristol City	41	15	8	18	75	78	11	4	5	41	17	4	4	13	34	61	-3	38	LWDLLL	Safe
1	14	Barnsley	41	13	11	17	63	84	10	5	6	43	36	3	6	11	20	48	-21	37	DDWLWW	Safe	2-1
1	15	Notts County	41	12	12	17	66	73	9	4	7	45	25	3	8	10	21	48	-7	36	WWWDLD	Safe	1-1
	16	Reading	41	11	12	18	53	75	9	7	4	32	22	2	5	14	21	53	-22	34	LDWLDL		0-1
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	13	8	19	62	90	11	4	5	42	30	2	4	14	20	60	-28	34	LDLWWL		1-2
	18	Southampton	41	13	7	21	66	76	10	3	7	52	39	3	4	14	14	37	-10	33	WWLWLL		1-6
2	19	Fulham	41	13	7	21	68	85	12	7	2	46	22	1	0	19	22	63	-17	33	LLDDWW		1-0
	20	Clapton Orient	41	11	11	19	55	85	9	6	5	32	25	2	5	14	23	60	-30	33	DLLWDD		0-0
2	21	Blackpool	41	12	8	21	79	101	10	3	7	51	43	2	5	14	28	58	-22	32	LDWLWL		1-2
	22	South Shields	41	7	8	26	55	110	5	5	11	30	41	2	3	15	25	69	-55	22	WDLWLL	Relegated	2-3