The City Ground

SWANSEA TOWN 3 - 5 FOREST - Sat Sep 15, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 15, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vetch Field
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-3 WON

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: A Haworth
Attendance:: 12,204
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 15 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackpool (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Jan 12, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1185 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 448 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1336 (of 5724)
Total:: 2189 (of 7505)
Played:: 95 years, 7 months, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Billy Dickinson - Billy Dickinson first goal
Billy Dickinson
Sam Jennings
Sam Jennings
Sam Jennings

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

Goals
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Len Langford
2	D		William 'Bill' Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay
5	M	24	Albert Harrison
6	D	23	Tommy Graham
7	F		Cyril Stocks
8	F	22	Billy Dickinson	Debut
9	F	29	Sam Jennings
10	F		Norman Thompson
11	F	31	Noah Burton

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 Sep 15, 1928)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	2-1	Bristol City
Bradford Park Avenue	4-1	West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea	1-0	Barnsley
Grimsby Town	6-1	Clapton Orient
Millwall	0-0	Hull City
Notts County	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Oldham Athletic	1-3	Middlesbrough
Southampton	4-0	Preston North End
Stoke City	2-1	Port Vale
Swansea Town	3-5	Nottingham Forest
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Reading

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	5	5	0	0	12	2	3	0	0	9	1	2	0	0	3	1	6.00000	10	WWWWW
	2	Notts County	5	4	1	0	11	3	2	0	0	6	1	2	1	0	5	2	3.66667	9	WWWWD
	3	Preston North End	5	4	1	0	16	5	3	0	0	13	3	1	1	0	3	2	3.20000	9	WWWDW
	4	Hull City	6	3	3	0	10	6	1	2	0	4	3	2	1	0	6	3	1.66667	9	DWWWDD
	5	Stoke City	5	3	1	1	12	4	2	0	0	6	1	1	1	1	6	3	3.00000	7	WWWDL
	6	Nottingham Forest	5	2	2	1	10	10	1	1	1	4	7	1	1	0	6	3	1.00000	6	LWDDW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	4	2	1	1	10	9	2	0	1	9	8	0	1	0	1	1	1.11111	5	WLDW
	8	Middlesbrough	5	2	1	2	11	10	0	1	1	3	4	2	0	1	8	6	1.10000	5	WWLLD
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	2	0	3	13	9	0	0	2	2	5	2	0	1	11	4	1.44444	4	WLLWL
	10	Grimsby Town	4	1	2	1	6	6	1	1	0	4	3	0	1	1	2	3	1.00000	4	DWDL
	11	Southampton	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	1	1	2	3	1	1	0	3	2	1.00000	4	DLDW
	12	Bradford Park Avenue	5	2	0	3	9	11	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	2	5	7	.81818	4	WLWLL
	13	Port Vale	4	2	0	2	8	10	1	0	1	6	6	1	0	1	2	4	.80000	4	LWLW
	14	Bristol City	5	1	2	2	7	9	1	2	0	5	4	0	0	2	2	5	.77778	4	DLLDW
	15	Swansea Town	5	1	2	2	10	14	1	1	0	7	6	0	1	2	3	8	.71429	4	LDWDL
	16	West Bromwich Albion	5	2	0	3	7	11	2	0	1	5	4	0	0	2	2	7	.63636	4	WLLLW
	17	Clapton Orient	5	1	2	2	4	8	1	1	1	3	5	0	1	1	1	3	.50000	4	LLDDW
	18	Millwall	5	1	1	3	4	12	0	0	2	0	6	1	1	1	4	6	.33333	3	LWDLL
	19	Barnsley	4	1	0	3	6	7	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	2	2	4	.85714	2	LLLW
	20	Blackpool	5	0	2	3	9	14	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	2	7	11	.64286	2	LDLDL
	21	Oldham Athletic	5	1	0	4	5	10	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	3	3	8	.50000	2	LLWLL
	22	Reading	5	0	1	4	3	13	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	2	1	9	.23077	1	LLLDL

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	6	6	0	0	13	2	4	0	0	10	1	2	0	0	3	1	6.50000	12	WWWWWW		1-0
	2	Notts County	6	5	1	0	13	3	3	0	0	8	1	2	1	0	5	2	4.33333	11	WWWWDW		2-0
1	3	Hull City	7	3	4	0	10	6	1	2	0	4	3	2	2	0	6	3	1.66667	10	WWWDDD		0-0
1	4	Stoke City	6	4	1	1	14	5	3	0	0	8	2	1	1	1	6	3	2.80000	9	WWWDLW		2-1
2	5	Preston North End	6	4	1	1	16	9	3	0	0	13	3	1	1	1	3	6	1.77778	9	WWWDWL		0-4
	6	Nottingham Forest	6	3	2	1	15	13	1	1	1	4	7	2	1	0	11	6	1.15385	8	LWDDWW		5-3
1	7	Middlesbrough	6	3	1	2	14	11	0	1	1	3	4	3	0	1	11	7	1.27273	7	WWLLDW		3-1
3	8	Southampton	5	2	2	1	9	5	1	1	1	6	3	1	1	0	3	2	1.80000	6	DLDWW		4-0
1	9	Grimsby Town	5	2	2	1	12	7	2	1	0	10	4	0	1	1	2	3	1.71429	6	DWDLW		6-1
1	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	3	0	3	15	9	1	0	2	4	5	2	0	1	11	4	1.66667	6	WLLWLW		2-0
1	11	Bradford Park Avenue	6	3	0	3	13	12	2	0	1	8	5	1	0	2	5	7	1.08333	6	WLWLLW		4-1
5	12	Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	1	2	10	11	2	0	1	9	8	0	1	1	1	3	.90909	5	WLDWL		0-2
	13	Port Vale	5	2	0	3	9	12	1	0	1	6	6	1	0	2	3	6	.75000	4	LWLWL		1-2
6	14	Blackpool	6	1	2	3	11	15	1	1	1	4	4	0	1	2	7	11	.73333	4	LDLDLW		2-1
1	15	Bristol City	6	1	2	3	8	11	1	2	0	5	4	0	0	3	3	7	.72727	4	DLLDWL		1-2
1	16	Swansea Town	6	1	2	3	13	19	1	1	1	10	11	0	1	2	3	8	.68421	4	LDWDLL		3-5
1	17	West Bromwich Albion	6	2	0	4	8	15	2	0	1	5	4	0	0	3	3	11	.53333	4	WLLLWL		1-4
1	18	Clapton Orient	6	1	2	3	5	14	1	1	1	3	5	0	1	2	2	9	.35714	4	LLDDWL		1-6
1	19	Millwall	6	1	2	3	4	12	0	1	2	0	6	1	1	1	4	6	.33333	4	LWDLLD		0-0
1	20	Barnsley	5	1	0	4	6	8	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	3	2	5	.75000	2	LLLWL		0-1
	21	Oldham Athletic	6	1	0	5	6	13	1	0	2	3	5	0	0	3	3	8	.46154	2	LLWLLL		1-3
	22	Reading	6	0	1	5	3	15	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	3	1	11	.20000	1	LLLDLL		0-2