The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 2 BRISTOL CITY - Sat Dec 21, 1929 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 21, 1929 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-2 (Won)

Season:: 1929-30
Referee:: E Pinckston
Attendance:: 6,905
Pos Before/After:: 15 13
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Apr 26, 1930

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1242 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 505 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1394 (of 5676)
Total:: 2249 (of 7448)

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

Review:
Bristol City were down to only 10 men for the majority of the second half

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

Goals:
Clive German
Clive German
Clive German
Johnny Dent
Leo Loftus

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Joe Bradshaw
Prior form: LWLWDL (Old to recent)

Goals:
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Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Arthur Dexter
2	D	William 'Bill' Thompson
3	D	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	Billy McKinlay
5	D	Tommy Graham
6	F	Bob Wallace
7	M	John Scott
8	F	Clive German () () ()
9	F	Johnny Dent ()
10	F	Leo Loftus ()
11	F	Noah Burton

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 21, 1929)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-1	Bradford City
Blackpool	3-0	Swansea Town
Bradford Park Avenue	0-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bury	4-2	Cardiff City
Chelsea	5-0	Preston North End
Millwall	3-1	Reading
Nottingham Forest	5-2	Bristol City
Oldham Athletic	2-2	Notts County
Southampton	2-0	Charlton Athletic
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	Hull City
West Bromwich Albion	2-3	Stoke 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
	1	Blackpool	18	14	1	3	54	31	9	0	1	33	14	5	1	2	21	17	1.742	29	WWLWWD
	2	Oldham Athletic	18	12	3	3	42	21	6	2	1	24	10	6	1	2	18	11	2.000	27	WWWLLW
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	10	4	6	41	33	9	1	1	32	11	1	3	5	9	22	1.242	24	LWDWLW
	4	Cardiff City	20	10	3	7	30	26	7	2	1	20	6	3	1	6	10	20	1.154	23	WWLWLW
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	19	10	3	6	39	34	7	1	1	27	14	3	2	5	12	20	1.147	23	WDWLWL
	6	Chelsea	18	9	4	5	31	21	8	1	1	22	6	1	3	4	9	15	1.476	22	WDDWWL
	7	Bury	18	10	2	6	38	32	5	1	2	17	13	5	1	4	21	19	1.188	22	DWWLLW
	8	Charlton Athletic	19	7	7	5	30	28	4	4	1	17	12	3	3	4	13	16	1.071	21	DLLWDW
	9	West Bromwich Albion	18	8	4	6	46	31	6	1	1	25	9	2	3	5	21	22	1.484	20	WLWDDL
	10	Southampton	19	8	4	7	41	39	6	2	1	23	14	2	2	6	18	25	1.051	20	WLLLDD
	11	Hull City	19	8	3	8	26	33	6	1	3	15	11	2	2	5	11	22	.788	19	LLWWLW
	12	Stoke City	20	6	6	8	37	37	6	3	2	23	11	0	3	6	14	26	1.000	18	LDLLLW
	13	Reading	19	5	7	7	23	26	4	3	2	12	7	1	4	5	11	19	.885	17	LWLDDD
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	19	6	5	8	23	30	3	5	1	13	10	3	0	7	10	20	.767	17	LLWWDL
	15	Nottingham Forest	19	6	5	8	22	36	3	2	4	10	16	3	3	4	12	20	.611	17	WLWDWW
	16	Bradford City	19	5	6	8	30	35	3	3	4	18	17	2	3	4	12	18	.857	16	DLLLWD
	17	Notts County	20	4	8	8	27	35	4	4	2	18	12	0	4	6	9	23	.771	16	DDLLDD
	18	Preston North End	19	6	3	10	31	38	4	1	4	25	19	2	2	6	6	19	.816	15	LWWWWL
	19	Bristol City	19	6	3	10	31	46	6	1	3	22	17	0	2	7	9	29	.674	15	LWLWDL
	20	Millwall	19	2	9	8	28	40	2	5	3	16	19	0	4	5	12	21	.700	13	DLWLDD
	21	Barnsley	18	4	4	10	24	32	4	3	1	15	10	0	1	9	9	22	.750	12	DLWLWL
	22	Swansea Town	19	3	4	12	26	36	3	3	4	20	15	0	1	8	6	21	.722	10	LWLDLL

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	Result(s)
	1	Blackpool	19	15	1	3	57	31	10	0	1	36	14	5	1	2	21	17	1.839	31	WLWWDW	3-0
	2	Oldham Athletic	19	12	4	3	44	23	6	3	1	26	12	6	1	2	18	11	1.913	28	WWLLWD	2-2
	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	10	5	6	41	33	9	1	1	32	11	1	4	5	9	22	1.242	25	WDWLWD	0-0
2	4	Chelsea	19	10	4	5	36	21	9	1	1	27	6	1	3	4	9	15	1.714	24	DDWWLW	5-0
2	5	Bury	19	11	2	6	42	34	6	1	2	21	15	5	1	4	21	19	1.235	24	WWLLWW	4-2
1	6	Bradford Park Avenue	20	10	4	6	39	34	7	2	1	27	14	3	2	5	12	20	1.147	24	DWLWLD	0-0
3	7	Cardiff City	21	10	3	8	32	30	7	2	1	20	6	3	1	7	12	24	1.067	23	WLWLWL	2-4
2	8	Southampton	20	9	4	7	43	39	7	2	1	25	14	2	2	6	18	25	1.103	22	LLLDDW	2-0
1	9	Charlton Athletic	20	7	7	6	30	30	4	4	1	17	12	3	3	5	13	18	1.000	21	LLWDWL	0-2
1	10	West Bromwich Albion	19	8	4	7	48	34	6	1	2	27	12	2	3	5	21	22	1.412	20	LWDDLL	2-3
1	11	Stoke City	21	7	6	8	40	39	6	3	2	23	11	1	3	6	17	28	1.026	20	DLLLWW	3-2
1	12	Hull City	20	8	4	8	28	35	6	1	3	15	11	2	3	5	13	24	.800	20	LWWLWD	2-2
2	13	Nottingham Forest	20	7	5	8	27	38	4	2	4	15	18	3	3	4	12	20	.711	19	LWDWWW	5-2
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	20	6	6	8	25	32	3	6	1	15	12	3	0	7	10	20	.781	18	LWWDLD	2-2
2	15	Reading	20	5	7	8	24	29	4	3	2	12	7	1	4	6	12	22	.828	17	WLDDDL	1-3
1	16	Notts County	21	4	9	8	29	37	4	4	2	18	12	0	5	6	11	25	.784	17	DLLDDD	2-2
1	17	Bradford City	20	5	6	9	31	37	3	3	4	18	17	2	3	5	13	20	.838	16	LLLWDL	1-2
2	18	Millwall	20	3	9	8	31	41	3	5	3	19	20	0	4	5	12	21	.756	15	LWLDDW	3-1
1	19	Preston North End	20	6	3	11	31	43	4	1	4	25	19	2	2	7	6	24	.721	15	WWWWLL	0-5
1	20	Bristol City	20	6	3	11	33	51	6	1	3	22	17	0	2	8	11	34	.647	15	WLWDLL	2-5
	21	Barnsley	19	5	4	10	26	33	5	3	1	17	11	0	1	9	9	22	.788	14	LWLWLW	2-1
	22	Swansea Town	20	3	4	13	26	39	3	3	4	20	15	0	1	9	6	24	.667	10	WLDLLL	0-3