The City Ground

STOKE CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 29, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 29, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: WP Harper
Attendance:: 8,146
Pos Before/After:: 13 14
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Nov 09, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1202 (of 5018)
League Tier 2:: 465 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1353 (of 5736)
Total:: 2207 (of 7523)
Played:: 95 years, 10 months, 24 days ago

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

Goals
Robert Heslop - Robert Heslop first goal

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

Goals
?

Penalties Missed:
Sellars

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Len Langford
2	D		William 'Bill' Thompson
3	F	30	Percy Barratt
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay
5	M	29	Gerry Morgan
6	D	23	Tommy Graham
7	F	32	Noah Burton
8	F	30	Sam Jennings
9	M		Joe Heathcock
10	F		Robert Heslop
11	F	25	Bob Morton

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 Dec 29, 1928)

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

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	Notts County	22	11	7	4	40	25	7	3	1	23	9	4	4	3	17	16	1.60000	29	DDWDDL
	2	Chelsea	22	10	9	3	37	24	7	5	0	26	11	3	4	3	11	13	1.54167	29	DDDDWW
	3	Middlesbrough	22	12	5	5	53	37	6	2	2	26	14	6	3	3	27	23	1.43243	29	DDWWWW
	4	Hull City	23	10	7	6	42	32	6	4	1	27	12	4	3	5	15	20	1.31250	27	DLDLWL
	5	Southampton	22	7	12	3	39	24	4	4	2	24	11	3	8	1	15	13	1.62500	26	DDDDDW
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	22	12	2	8	56	41	10	0	1	39	12	2	2	7	17	29	1.36585	26	DWWWWL
	7	Preston North End	22	11	4	7	51	43	9	1	1	39	17	2	3	6	12	26	1.18605	26	WLWDLW
	8	Blackpool	22	10	3	9	47	41	7	2	2	26	8	3	1	7	21	33	1.14634	23	LWWWWD
	9	West Bromwich Albion	22	9	5	8	38	40	7	2	2	22	12	2	3	6	16	28	.95000	23	DWDWDW
	10	Stoke City	22	8	6	8	34	24	6	3	2	22	10	2	3	6	12	14	1.41667	22	DWLDLL
	11	Millwall	22	8	6	8	40	42	5	3	3	24	18	3	3	5	16	24	.95238	22	WLWDDL
	12	Grimsby Town	21	8	5	8	42	39	6	2	3	27	19	2	3	5	15	20	1.07692	21	DDLLLD
	13	Nottingham Forest	21	8	5	8	40	43	4	3	4	15	20	4	2	4	25	23	.93023	21	LLDWWW
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	7	6	9	43	42	3	5	3	18	18	4	1	6	25	24	1.02381	20	DLWLLL
	15	Swansea Town	22	7	6	9	34	44	7	2	2	25	15	0	4	7	9	29	.77273	20	LWDDLW
	16	Tottenham Hotspur	21	8	3	10	36	42	8	1	2	26	17	0	2	8	10	25	.85714	19	WDLLDL
	17	Reading	22	7	5	10	34	54	5	3	3	24	18	2	2	7	10	36	.62963	19	WWDDDW
	18	Barnsley	21	7	4	10	34	38	5	4	2	24	17	2	0	8	10	21	.89474	18	LLLDLW
	19	Port Vale	22	8	1	13	36	45	7	0	4	25	17	1	1	9	11	28	.80000	17	WLLLLL
	20	Clapton Orient	22	5	7	10	27	43	4	4	3	16	16	1	3	7	11	27	.62791	17	DDLDWL
	21	Bristol City	22	5	5	12	32	46	5	4	3	21	19	0	1	9	11	27	.69565	15	LWLWDL
	22	Oldham Athletic	21	4	3	14	20	46	4	1	4	11	15	0	2	10	9	31	.43478	11	DDLLDW

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	1	Chelsea	23	11	9	3	38	24	7	5	0	26	11	4	4	3	12	13	1.58333	31	DDDWWW		1-0
1	2	Middlesbrough	23	12	6	5	53	37	6	3	2	26	14	6	3	3	27	23	1.43243	30	DWWWWD		0-0
2	3	Notts County	23	11	7	5	44	30	7	3	2	27	14	4	4	3	17	16	1.46667	29	DWDDLL		4-5
1	4	Southampton	23	8	12	3	42	26	5	4	2	27	13	3	8	1	15	13	1.61538	28	DDDDWW		3-2
1	5	Bradford Park Avenue	23	13	2	8	58	42	11	0	1	41	13	2	2	7	17	29	1.38095	28	WWWWLW		2-1
2	6	Hull City	24	10	7	7	44	35	6	4	1	27	12	4	3	6	17	23	1.25714	27	LDLWLL		2-3
	7	Preston North End	23	11	4	8	53	46	9	1	1	39	17	2	3	7	14	29	1.15217	26	LWDLWL		2-3
	8	Blackpool	23	11	3	9	50	43	8	2	2	29	10	3	1	7	21	33	1.16279	25	WWWWDW		3-2
	9	West Bromwich Albion	23	10	5	8	40	40	7	2	2	22	12	3	3	6	18	28	1.00000	25	WDWDWW		2-0
1	10	Millwall	23	9	6	8	45	46	5	3	3	24	18	4	3	5	21	28	.97826	24	LWDDLW		5-4
1	11	Stoke City	23	8	7	8	35	25	6	4	2	23	11	2	3	6	12	14	1.40000	23	WLDLLD		1-1
	12	Grimsby Town	22	9	5	8	45	41	7	2	3	30	21	2	3	5	15	20	1.09756	23	DLLLDW		3-2
1	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	8	6	9	47	42	4	5	3	22	18	4	1	6	25	24	1.11905	22	LWLLLW		4-0
1	14	Nottingham Forest	22	8	6	8	41	44	4	3	4	15	20	4	3	4	26	24	.93182	22	LDWWWD		1-1
	15	Swansea Town	23	7	6	10	34	45	7	2	3	25	16	0	4	7	9	29	.75556	20	WDDLWL		0-1
1	16	Reading	23	7	6	10	34	54	5	3	3	24	18	2	3	7	10	36	.62963	20	WDDDWD		0-0
1	17	Tottenham Hotspur	22	8	3	11	37	45	8	1	2	26	17	0	2	9	11	28	.82222	19	DLLDLL		1-3
	18	Barnsley	22	7	4	11	35	40	5	4	2	24	17	2	0	9	11	23	.87500	18	LLDLWL		1-2
	19	Port Vale	23	8	1	14	36	49	7	0	4	25	17	1	1	10	11	32	.73469	17	LLLLLL		0-4
	20	Clapton Orient	23	5	7	11	27	45	4	4	4	16	18	1	3	7	11	27	.60000	17	DLDWLL		0-2
	21	Bristol City	23	5	5	13	34	49	5	4	3	21	19	0	1	10	13	30	.69388	15	WLWDLL		2-3
	22	Oldham Athletic	22	5	3	14	23	47	5	1	4	14	16	0	2	10	9	31	.48936	13	DLLDWW		3-1