The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Dec 05, 1936 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 05, 1936 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: S Boardman
Attendance:: 10,699
Pos Before/After:: 19 18
Opp Before/After:: 9 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Apr 10, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1533 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 796 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1705 (of 5724)
Total:: 2573 (of 7505)
Played:: 87 years, 4 months, 20 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harold Wightman
Prior form: LLLWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Johnny Dent
Johnny Dent

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Reg Taylor
Prior form: DWLWDW (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Arthur Dexter
2	M	26	Danny Edgar
3	M	29	Alex Wood
4	D	32	Billy McKinlay
5	D	31	Tommy Graham
6	F		Robert Pugh
7	M	18	John Getty	Debut
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	33	Johnny Dent
10	F	30	Henry Race	Last game
11	F		William Simpson

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 Dec 05, 1936)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-3	Leicester City
Bradford City	2-1	West Ham United
Burnley	2-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Chesterfield	1-1	Bury
Coventry City	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Sheffield United
Fulham	1-0	Barnsley
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Blackburn Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	1-3	Blackpool
Southampton	2-0	Newcastle United
Swansea Town	2-1	Norwich 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	Status
	1	Bury	17	10	5	2	30	18	5	2	1	16	9	5	3	1	14	9	1.66667	25	DWLWWW
	2	Plymouth Argyle	17	9	6	2	37	19	6	2	0	25	8	3	4	2	12	11	1.94737	24	WDWWWW
	3	Blackpool	17	10	3	4	39	22	5	2	2	20	9	5	1	2	19	13	1.77273	23	LWWLWW
	4	Newcastle United	17	10	2	5	36	19	5	1	3	20	8	5	1	2	16	11	1.89474	22	WDDWWW
	5	Coventry City	17	8	6	3	30	17	6	2	1	20	9	2	4	2	10	8	1.76471	22	WWDWWD
	6	Aston Villa	18	6	8	4	34	30	3	4	1	17	10	3	4	3	17	20	1.13333	20	LDDWDL
	7	Sheffield United	17	7	5	5	31	25	6	2	1	20	8	1	3	4	11	17	1.24000	19	LWDWLD
	8	Fulham	17	7	4	6	28	23	4	2	2	16	8	3	2	4	12	15	1.21739	18	DLWLLD
	9	Blackburn Rovers	16	6	5	5	21	18	5	2	1	14	6	1	3	4	7	12	1.16667	17	DWLWDW
	10	Leicester City	17	6	5	6	26	23	4	2	2	17	10	2	3	4	9	13	1.13043	17	DWDDWW
	11	Norwich City	17	6	4	7	27	27	4	3	2	18	11	2	1	5	9	16	1.00000	16	LLWWLW
	12	Burnley	17	6	4	7	20	21	4	3	2	12	5	2	1	5	8	16	.95238	16	DLDWWL
	13	Barnsley	17	6	4	7	24	31	5	3	1	17	12	1	1	6	7	19	.77419	16	LDLLLW
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	16	6	3	7	34	24	5	1	3	29	15	1	2	4	5	9	1.41667	15	WLWDWL
	15	Southampton	17	6	3	8	26	33	6	1	1	20	8	0	2	7	6	25	.78788	15	WLWDLL
	16	West Ham United	17	6	3	8	22	30	5	1	2	13	8	1	2	6	9	22	.73333	15	LWLLWW
	17	Swansea Town	16	6	2	8	21	22	6	0	2	18	8	0	2	6	3	14	.95455	14	WLWLLL
	18	Chesterfield	16	5	3	8	29	34	4	1	2	18	12	1	2	6	11	22	.85294	13	WDDLLL
	19	Nottingham Forest	16	4	5	7	23	37	3	4	1	15	11	1	1	6	8	26	.62162	13	LLLWLL
	20	Bradford City	18	3	5	10	23	42	2	3	3	12	13	1	2	7	11	29	.54762	11	LLDLLL
	21	Bradford Park Avenue	17	4	3	10	21	40	3	2	5	13	20	1	1	5	8	20	.52500	11	LWLLWD
	22	Doncaster Rovers	16	2	4	10	10	37	2	3	3	6	8	0	1	7	4	29	.27027	8	DLLLLL

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	Bury	18	10	6	2	31	19	5	2	1	16	9	5	4	1	15	10	1.63158	26	WLWWWD		1-1
1	2	Blackpool	18	11	3	4	42	23	5	2	2	20	9	6	1	2	22	14	1.82609	25	WWLWWW		3-1
2	3	Coventry City	18	9	6	3	31	17	7	2	1	21	9	2	4	2	10	8	1.82353	24	WDWWDW		1-0
2	4	Plymouth Argyle	18	9	6	3	38	22	6	2	1	26	11	3	4	2	12	11	1.72727	24	DWWWWL		1-3
1	5	Newcastle United	18	10	2	6	36	21	5	1	3	20	8	5	1	3	16	13	1.71429	22	DDWWWL		0-2
2	6	Fulham	18	8	4	6	29	23	5	2	2	17	8	3	2	4	12	15	1.26087	20	LWLLDW		1-0
	7	Sheffield United	18	7	6	5	32	26	6	2	1	20	8	1	4	4	12	18	1.23077	20	WDWLDD		1-1
2	8	Aston Villa	19	6	8	5	35	33	3	4	2	18	13	3	4	3	17	20	1.06061	20	DDWDLL		1-3
1	9	Leicester City	18	7	5	6	29	24	4	2	2	17	10	3	3	4	12	14	1.20833	19	WDDWWW		3-1
1	10	Blackburn Rovers	17	6	5	6	21	20	5	2	1	14	6	1	3	5	7	14	1.05000	17	WLWDWL		0-2
1	11	Burnley	18	6	5	7	22	23	4	4	2	14	7	2	1	5	8	16	.95652	17	LDWWLD		2-2
3	12	Southampton	18	7	3	8	28	33	7	1	1	22	8	0	2	7	6	25	.84848	17	LWDLLW		2-0
4	13	Swansea Town	17	7	2	8	23	23	7	0	2	20	9	0	2	6	3	14	1.00000	16	LWLLLW		2-1
3	14	Norwich City	18	6	4	8	28	29	4	3	2	18	11	2	1	6	10	18	.96552	16	LWWLWL		1-2
2	15	Barnsley	18	6	4	8	24	32	5	3	1	17	12	1	1	7	7	20	.75000	16	DLLLWL		0-1
2	16	Tottenham Hotspur	17	6	3	8	34	25	5	1	3	29	15	1	2	5	5	10	1.36000	15	LWDWLL		0-1
1	17	West Ham United	18	6	3	9	23	32	5	1	2	13	8	1	2	7	10	24	.71875	15	WLLWWL		1-2
1	18	Nottingham Forest	17	5	5	7	25	37	4	4	1	17	11	1	1	6	8	26	.67568	15	LLWLLW		2-0
1	19	Chesterfield	17	5	4	8	30	35	4	2	2	19	13	1	2	6	11	22	.85714	14	DDLLLD		1-1
	20	Bradford City	19	4	5	10	25	43	3	3	3	14	14	1	2	7	11	29	.58140	13	LDLLLW		2-1
	21	Bradford Park Avenue	18	4	4	10	23	42	3	2	5	13	20	1	2	5	10	22	.54762	12	WLLWDD		2-2
	22	Doncaster Rovers	17	2	5	10	11	38	2	4	3	7	9	0	1	7	4	29	.28947	9	LLLLLD		1-1