The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 2 BRADFORD PARK AVENUE - Sat Mar 06, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 06, 1937 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bradford Park Avenue
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: G Hewitt
Attendance:: 10,809
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 20
Opp Before/After:: 20 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Bradford Park Avenue:: Oct 30, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1546 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 809 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1719 (of 5824)
Total:: 2588 (of 7629)
Played:: 89 years, 5 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Boy Martin (12')
Boy Martin (68')
Gibson McNaughton (80')

BRADFORD PARK AVENUE
Manager: David Steele
Prior form: WLLLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Martin (15')
Jimmy Robertson (53')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Arthur Dexter
2	M	26	Danny Edgar
3	M	29	Alex Wood
4	M	25	Walter Alsford
5	M	23	Robert Davies	Debut
6	F	27	Robert Pugh
7	F	21	Charlie Gardiner
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	23	Boy Martin (12') (68')
10	F	25	Gibson McNaughton (80')
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Chick Farr
2	D	Wilf Sharp
3	D	Bob Johnstone
4	D	George Stabb
5	D	Bob Danskin
6	M	George Flowers
7	M	Sam Doran
8	M	Jimmy Robertson
9	M	Tony MacPhee
10	F	Billy Martin
11	F	Tommy Lewis

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 06, 1937)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-1	Sheffield United
Burnley	1-2	Bury
Chesterfield	2-1	Barnsley
Coventry City	1-1	Norwich City
Doncaster Rovers	1-4	West Ham United
Fulham	2-0	Leicester City
Nottingham Forest	3-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Plymouth Argyle	1-1	Newcastle United
Southampton	2-2	Blackburn Rovers
Swansea Town	1-1	Blackpool

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	Blackpool	32	21	3	8	76	39	11	2	3	41	14	10	1	5	35	25	37	45	WWWLLW	Safe
	2	Leicester City	32	18	6	8	66	44	10	3	2	41	19	8	3	6	25	25	22	42	WDWWWW
	3	Plymouth Argyle	31	16	8	7	61	41	9	4	2	33	15	7	4	5	28	26	20	40	LWDLWW
	4	Bury	32	15	8	9	50	45	8	4	4	28	22	7	4	5	22	23	5	38	LWWWLD
	5	Sheffield United	32	14	8	10	51	41	13	3	1	37	12	1	5	9	14	29	10	36	DWDLLW
	6	Aston Villa	31	12	11	8	66	48	8	6	2	41	21	4	5	6	25	27	18	35	LDLWWW
	7	Coventry City	31	13	9	9	45	35	9	4	3	27	15	4	5	6	18	20	10	35	DWWLLL
	8	Fulham	31	12	9	10	56	48	8	4	3	34	19	4	5	7	22	29	8	33	WDWDDD
	9	Chesterfield	31	13	6	12	67	59	10	3	3	42	20	3	3	9	25	39	8	32	WLDWWW
	10	West Ham United	30	13	6	11	51	46	10	2	2	32	12	3	4	9	19	34	5	32	WDDWLW
	11	Newcastle United	31	14	3	14	57	46	7	2	6	32	16	7	1	8	25	30	11	31	WLLLLL
	12	Burnley	31	12	7	12	40	40	9	4	3	28	11	3	3	9	12	29	0	31	WLLLWL
	13	Tottenham Hotspur	30	13	4	13	66	43	10	1	5	47	21	3	3	8	19	22	23	30	LWLWLW
	14	Blackburn Rovers	31	11	8	12	43	43	8	3	5	31	21	3	5	7	12	22	0	30	DWWDDW
	15	Southampton	31	10	8	13	44	56	9	4	2	32	18	1	4	11	12	38	-12	28	WWDDWL
	16	Swansea Town	31	12	3	16	38	49	11	0	4	31	12	1	3	12	7	37	-11	27	LLWLWL
	17	Barnsley	31	9	7	15	38	57	7	5	4	23	22	2	2	11	15	35	-19	25	DLDLWL
	18	Bradford City	32	8	9	15	41	64	7	5	4	27	23	1	4	11	14	41	-23	25	LDDWWL
	19	Norwich City	31	9	6	16	43	56	4	5	6	23	23	5	1	10	20	33	-13	24	DLLLWL
	20	Bradford Park Avenue	32	9	5	18	44	77	7	2	7	28	32	2	3	11	16	45	-33	23	WLLLLL
	21	Nottingham Forest	29	7	8	14	45	67	6	4	5	27	25	1	4	9	18	42	-22	22	WDLDLL
	22	Doncaster Rovers	31	6	8	17	22	66	5	5	5	13	19	1	3	12	9	47	-44	20	LDDWWL

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	Blackpool	33	21	4	8	77	40	11	2	3	41	14	10	2	5	36	26	37	46	WWLLWD	Safe	1-1
	2	Leicester City	33	18	6	9	66	46	10	3	2	41	19	8	3	7	25	27	20	42	DWWWWL	Safe	0-2
	3	Plymouth Argyle	32	16	9	7	62	42	9	5	2	34	16	7	4	5	28	26	20	41	WDLWWD		1-1
	4	Bury	33	16	8	9	52	46	8	4	4	28	22	8	4	5	24	24	6	40	WWWLDW		2-1
1	5	Aston Villa	32	13	11	8	68	49	9	6	2	43	22	4	5	6	25	27	19	37	DLWWWW		2-1
1	6	Coventry City	32	13	10	9	46	36	9	5	3	28	16	4	5	6	18	20	10	36	WWLLLD		1-1
2	7	Sheffield United	33	14	8	11	52	43	13	3	1	37	12	1	5	10	15	31	9	36	WDLLWL		1-2
	8	Fulham	32	13	9	10	58	48	9	4	3	36	19	4	5	7	22	29	10	35	DWDDDW		2-0
1	9	West Ham United	31	14	6	11	55	47	10	2	2	32	12	4	4	9	23	35	8	34	DDWLWW		4-1
1	10	Chesterfield	32	14	6	12	69	60	11	3	3	44	21	3	3	9	25	39	9	34	LDWWWW		2-1
	11	Newcastle United	32	14	4	14	58	47	7	2	6	32	16	7	2	8	26	31	11	32	LLLLLD		1-1
2	12	Blackburn Rovers	32	11	9	12	45	45	8	3	5	31	21	3	6	7	14	24	0	31	WWDDWD		2-2
1	13	Burnley	32	12	7	13	41	42	9	4	4	29	13	3	3	9	12	29	-1	31	LLLWLL		1-2
1	14	Tottenham Hotspur	30	13	4	13	66	43	10	1	5	47	21	3	3	8	19	22	23	30	LWLWLW
	15	Southampton	32	10	9	13	46	58	9	5	2	34	20	1	4	11	12	38	-12	29	WDDWLD		2-2
	16	Swansea Town	32	12	4	16	39	50	11	1	4	32	13	1	3	12	7	37	-11	28	LWLWLD		1-1
2	17	Norwich City	32	9	7	16	44	57	4	5	6	23	23	5	2	10	21	34	-13	25	LLLWLD		1-1
1	18	Barnsley	32	9	7	16	39	59	7	5	4	23	22	2	2	12	16	37	-20	25	LDLWLL		1-2
1	19	Bradford City	32	8	9	15	41	64	7	5	4	27	23	1	4	11	14	41	-23	25	LDDWWL
1	20	Nottingham Forest	30	8	8	14	48	69	7	4	5	30	27	1	4	9	18	42	-21	24	DLDLLW		3-2
1	21	Bradford Park Avenue	33	9	5	19	46	80	7	2	7	28	32	2	3	12	18	48	-34	23	LLLLLL		2-3
	22	Doncaster Rovers	32	6	8	18	23	70	5	5	6	14	23	1	3	12	9	47	-47	20	DDWWLL		1-4