FOREST 2 - 1 SWANSEA TOWN - Sat Oct 02, 1937 (League Tier 2)
- Date:
- Sat Oct 02, 1937 (3:00 PM)
- Opponent:
- Swansea Town
- Home/Away:
- Home
- Ground:
- City Ground
- Game Type:
- League Tier 2
- Score:
- 2-1 (Won)
- Attendance:
- 16,794
- Position Before:
- 12
- Position After:
- 11
- Referee:
- Season:
- 1937-38
- NEXT GAMES:
- League Tier 2:
- Newcastle United
- GAME COUNT:
- League:
- 1567 (of 4786)
- League Tier 2
- 830 (of 2369)
- Competitive:
- 1740 (of 5476)
- Total:
- 2598 (of 7210)
- Sources:
- AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
Swansea Town Goals:
Forest:
Manager: Harold Wightman
| Num | Pos | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Alan Todd | Debut |
| 2 | D | Reg Trim | |
| 3 | D | John Munro | |
| 4 | M | Daniel Edgar  | |
| 5 | M | Robert Davies | |
| 6 | M | Walter Alsford | |
| 7 | F | Arthur Betts | |
| 8 | F | Jack Surtees | |
| 9 | F | David Martin | |
| 10 | F | Gibson McNaughton | |
| 11 | F | Roy Brown |
TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME
Other league games on this day (Sat Oct 02, 1937)
Table before:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Coventry City | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| 2 | West Ham United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |
| 4 | Bradford Park Avenue | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 5 | Norwich City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 11 | |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -2 | 11 | |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | |
| 8 | Chesterfield | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 10 | |
| 9 | Burnley | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| 10 | Swansea City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| 11 | Stockport County | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 9 | |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| 13 | Manchester United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 7 | |
| 15 | Barnsley | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 7 | |
| 16 | Luton Town | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 6 | |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 5 | |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 5 | |
| 19 | Bury | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 5 | |
| 20 | Southampton | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 5 | |
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 5 | |
| 22 | Fulham | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 3 | |
Table after:
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Coventry City | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |
| ⇧ | 2 | Aston Villa | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| ⇧ | 3 | Sheffield United | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| ⇧ | 4 | Chesterfield | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 12 |
| ⇩ | 5 | Bradford Park Avenue | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| ⇩ | 6 | West Ham United | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| ⇩ | 7 | Norwich City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 11 |
| ⇧ | 8 | Burnley | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| ⇧ | 9 | Stockport County | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| ⇩ | 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| ⇧ | 11 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| ⇧ | 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| ⇩ | 13 | Swansea City | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| ⇧ | 14 | Barnsley | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 8 |
| ⇩ | 15 | Manchester United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| ⇧ | 16 | Bury | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| ⇧ | 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| ⇩ | 18 | Luton Town | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 6 |
| ⇩ | 19 | Newcastle United | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -8 | 5 |
| ⇩ | 21 | Southampton | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 5 |
| 22 | Fulham | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 4 | |