The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 9 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 10, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 10, 1937 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-9 LOST
: Half-time: 1-7

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: N Boardman
Attendance:: 11,614
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 13 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Dec 04, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1554 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 817 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1727 (of 5768)
Total:: 2596 (of 7556)
Played:: 88 years, 2 months, 26 days ago

Notes:: 9-1 is the record defeat

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

Goals
Bob Pryde (15') (OG)

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

Goals
Len Butt (4')
Billy Guest (8')
Billy Guest (9')
Billy Guest (20')
Charlie Calladine (32')
Len Butt (43')
Billy Guest (44')
Tommy Sale (62')
Tommy Sale (86')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Percy Ashton
2	M	27	Danny Edgar
3	D	22	John Munro
4	M	25	Walter Alsford
5	D	32	Tommy Graham
6	F	27	Robert Pugh
7	F	19	Arthur Betts
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	23	Boy Martin
10	F	25	Meynell Burgin
11	F	19	Roy Brown

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Percy Ashton	115		7	1
2	M	27	Danny Edgar	74		7	1
3	D	22	John Munro	13		7	1
4	M	25	Walter Alsford	14		7	1
5	D	32	Tommy Graham	323	6	7	1
6	F	27	Robert Pugh	229	17	7	1
7	F	19	Arthur Betts	8	3	7	1
8	F	25	Jack Surtees	26	4	7	1
9	F	23	Boy Martin	35	31	7	1
10	F	25	Meynell Burgin	5	3	7	1
11	F	19	Roy Brown	3	1	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Hughes
2	D	Ernie Lanceley
3	D	Walter Crook
4	D	Arnold Whiteside
5	D	Bob Pryde
6	M	Jock Wightman
7	M	Jack Bruton
8	M	Len Butt
9	M	Tommy Sale
10	F	Charlie Calladine
11	F	Billy Guest

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 10, 1937)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-0	Fulham
Blackburn Rovers	9-1	Nottingham Forest
Blackpool	1-1	Plymouth Argyle
Bradford Park Avenue	2-0	Burnley
Bury	4-0	Chesterfield
Leicester City	1-0	Aston Villa
Newcastle United	3-0	Southampton
Norwich City	3-0	Swansea Town
Sheffield United	3-1	Doncaster Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Coventry City
West Ham United	4-1	Bradford 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	Blackpool	39	23	5	11	84	50	13	2	4	47	17	10	3	7	37	33	1.68000	51	WLWLLD	Safe
2	Leicester City	38	20	8	10	77	53	11	4	3	49	24	9	4	7	28	29	1.45283	48	LWDDLW	Safe
3	Bury	39	20	8	11	68	54	11	4	4	40	26	9	4	7	28	28	1.25926	48	WLWWLW	Safe
4	Plymouth Argyle	38	17	12	9	68	49	10	6	3	40	21	7	6	6	28	28	1.38776	46	DLWLDD	Safe
5	Aston Villa	38	16	12	10	80	60	10	6	4	47	28	6	6	6	33	32	1.33333	44	DWWWLL	Safe
6	Newcastle United	39	19	5	15	73	55	9	3	7	40	23	10	2	8	33	32	1.32727	43	WWLDWW	Safe
7	Sheffield United	38	17	9	12	62	47	15	3	1	44	12	2	6	11	18	35	1.31915	43	LWDWWL	Safe
8	Coventry City	38	15	11	12	57	47	11	5	4	34	17	4	6	8	23	30	1.21277	41	LWDLLW	Safe
9	West Ham United	37	15	10	12	63	52	11	4	2	39	15	4	6	10	24	37	1.21154	40	DLDWDD	Safe
10	Fulham	38	14	12	12	66	57	10	5	4	39	22	4	7	8	27	35	1.15789	40	DLLDWD	Safe
11	Tottenham Hotspur	37	16	7	14	82	56	12	2	5	53	24	4	5	9	29	32	1.46429	39	DWLWWD	Safe
12	Chesterfield	38	16	7	15	80	75	12	3	5	52	29	4	4	10	28	46	1.06667	39	LLWWDL	Safe
13	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	10	14	58	54	10	3	6	38	26	4	7	8	20	28	1.07407	38	WDLLWW	Safe
14	Burnley	38	14	9	15	52	58	10	5	5	34	20	4	4	10	18	38	.89655	37	LWDDWL	Safe
15	Barnsley	38	13	9	16	46	60	9	6	4	27	22	4	3	12	19	38	.76667	35	WWDWDW	Safe
16	Swansea Town	38	14	6	18	44	58	13	2	4	35	13	1	4	14	9	45	.75862	34	LWWDLD
17	Southampton	38	11	11	16	52	69	10	7	2	38	22	1	4	14	14	47	.75362	33	LDLLDW
18	Norwich City	38	12	8	18	55	67	6	6	6	30	27	6	2	12	25	40	.82090	32	WWDWLL
19	Bradford Park Avenue	39	11	7	21	49	87	9	3	7	30	32	2	4	14	19	55	.56322	29	DLWLWD
20	Nottingham Forest	37	9	10	18	59	79	8	6	5	38	30	1	4	13	21	49	.74684	28	LDLLWD
21	Bradford City	39	8	12	19	51	88	7	8	5	34	31	1	4	14	17	57	.57955	28	LDLLDL
22	Doncaster Rovers	38	7	8	23	27	78	6	5	8	17	27	1	3	15	10	51	.34615	22	LLWLLL

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	Blackpool	40	23	6	11	85	51	13	3	4	48	18	10	3	7	37	33	1.66667	52	LWLLDD	Safe	1-1
	2	Leicester City	39	21	8	10	78	53	12	4	3	50	24	9	4	7	28	29	1.47170	50	WDDLWW	Safe	1-0
	3	Bury	40	21	8	11	72	54	12	4	4	44	26	9	4	7	28	28	1.33333	50	LWWLWW	Safe	4-0
	4	Plymouth Argyle	39	17	13	9	69	50	10	6	3	40	21	7	7	6	29	29	1.38000	47	LWLDDD	Safe	1-1
1	5	Newcastle United	40	20	5	15	76	55	10	3	7	43	23	10	2	8	33	32	1.38182	45	WLDWWW	Safe	3-0
1	6	Sheffield United	39	18	9	12	65	48	16	3	1	47	13	2	6	11	18	35	1.35417	45	WDWWLW	Safe	3-1
2	7	Aston Villa	39	16	12	11	80	61	10	6	4	47	28	6	6	7	33	33	1.31148	44	WWWLLL	Safe	0-1
1	8	West Ham United	38	16	10	12	67	53	12	4	2	43	16	4	6	10	24	37	1.26415	42	LDWDDW	Safe	4-1
2	9	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	7	14	85	57	13	2	5	56	25	4	5	9	29	32	1.49123	41	WLWWDW	Safe	3-1
2	10	Coventry City	39	15	11	13	58	50	11	5	4	34	17	4	6	9	24	33	1.16000	41	WDLLWL	Safe	1-3
2	11	Blackburn Rovers	39	15	10	14	67	55	11	3	6	47	27	4	7	8	20	28	1.21818	40	DLLWWW	Safe	9-1
2	12	Fulham	39	14	12	13	66	58	10	5	4	39	22	4	7	9	27	36	1.13793	40	LLDWDL	Safe	0-1
1	13	Chesterfield	39	16	7	16	80	79	12	3	5	52	29	4	4	11	28	50	1.01266	39	LWWDLL	Safe	0-4
	14	Burnley	39	14	9	16	52	60	10	5	5	34	20	4	4	11	18	40	.86667	37	WDDWLL	Safe	0-2
	15	Barnsley	39	14	9	16	47	60	10	6	4	28	22	4	3	12	19	38	.78333	37	WDWDWW	Safe	1-0
2	16	Norwich City	39	13	8	18	58	67	7	6	6	33	27	6	2	12	25	40	.86567	34	WDWLLW	Safe	3-0
1	17	Swansea Town	39	14	6	19	44	61	13	2	4	35	13	1	4	15	9	48	.72131	34	WWDLDL	Safe	0-3
1	18	Southampton	39	11	11	17	52	72	10	7	2	38	22	1	4	15	14	50	.72222	33	DLLDWL	Safe	0-3
	19	Bradford Park Avenue	40	12	7	21	51	87	10	3	7	32	32	2	4	14	19	55	.58621	31	LWLWDW		2-0
	20	Nottingham Forest	38	9	10	19	60	88	8	6	5	38	30	1	4	14	22	58	.68182	28	DLLWDL		1-9
	21	Bradford City	40	8	12	20	52	92	7	8	5	34	31	1	4	15	18	61	.56522	28	DLLDLL		1-4
	22	Doncaster Rovers	39	7	8	24	28	81	6	5	8	17	27	1	3	16	11	54	.34568	22	LWLLLL		1-3