The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 SOUTHAMPTON - Sat Mar 26, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 26, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 (Won)

Attendance:: 10,131
Pos Before/After:: 18/16
Opp Before/After:: 8/9
Referee:
Season:: 1937-38
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Fulham

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1592 (of 4849)
League Tier 2:: 855 (of 2432)
Competitive:: 1767 (of 5544)
Total:: 2629 (of 7292)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
David Martin
Meynell Burgin

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager:
Prior form: WDDWWW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Percy Ashton
2	M	Daniel Edgar	Last game
3	D	John Munro
4	M	Bob McCall
5	M	Robert Davies
6	F	Tommy Graham
7	F	Arthur Betts
8	M	Jimmy Dyson
9	F	David Martin
10	F	Jack Surtees
11	F	Meynell Burgin

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Mar 26, 1938)

Home	F	A	Away
Barnsley	0	0	Fulham
Bury	5	1	Bradford Park Avenue
Coventry City	1	1	West Ham United
Luton Town	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday
Manchester United	4	1	Chesterfield
Newcastle United	2	0	Blackburn Rovers
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Southampton
Stockport County	1	3	Plymouth Argyle
Tottenham Hotspur	4	0	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
	1	Aston Villa	33	19	6	8	56	29	12	2	2	37	12	7	4	6	19	17	1.931	44	WWLLWW
	2	Sheffield United	34	19	6	9	62	44	13	2	2	41	17	6	4	7	21	27	1.409	44	LWWDDL
	3	Manchester United	33	18	7	8	67	41	11	2	3	37	16	7	5	5	30	25	1.634	43	LWWWWD
	4	Coventry City	33	17	9	7	53	34	10	4	3	26	11	7	5	4	27	23	1.559	43	WWWWLW
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	33	15	6	12	59	43	11	3	2	33	11	4	3	10	26	32	1.372	36	WWDDWL
	6	West Ham United	33	11	13	9	44	39	11	5	1	29	11	0	8	8	15	28	1.128	35	DLLDDW
	7	Burnley	34	13	9	12	43	44	11	4	2	26	10	2	5	10	17	34	.977	35	WLLWWL
	8	Southampton	33	13	8	12	47	58	10	5	2	36	21	3	3	10	11	37	.810	34	WDDWWW
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	32	12	9	11	48	38	9	4	3	36	16	3	5	8	12	22	1.263	33	LLLWLL
	10	Bury	33	14	5	14	50	44	9	3	5	33	21	5	2	9	17	23	1.136	33	LDWLWL
	11	Chesterfield	32	12	8	12	49	46	8	2	5	30	18	4	6	7	19	28	1.065	32	LLLLLW
	12	Newcastle United	32	12	7	13	42	40	10	4	3	32	14	2	3	10	10	26	1.050	31	WWWLDL
	13	Luton Town	33	12	7	14	68	69	8	3	5	39	29	4	4	9	29	40	.986	31	WLWDLD
	14	Norwich City	33	12	7	14	51	62	10	3	4	31	21	2	4	10	20	41	.823	31	LWWLLW
	15	Barnsley	34	11	8	15	44	56	7	6	3	26	16	4	2	12	18	40	.786	30	LDWLDW
	16	Blackburn Rovers	33	10	9	14	56	65	9	6	2	41	27	1	3	12	15	38	.862	29	LLLWDD
	17	Fulham	33	9	10	14	44	50	5	7	4	30	21	4	3	10	14	29	.880	28	WDDDLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	33	11	6	16	38	46	9	3	5	25	19	2	3	11	13	27	.826	28	LLLWWL
	19	Swansea Town	33	9	10	14	35	59	9	5	3	24	18	0	5	11	11	41	.593	28	WWLWLW
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	33	9	8	16	36	47	7	4	6	19	18	2	4	10	17	29	.766	26	LDLLLL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	33	8	10	15	39	57	6	6	4	27	25	2	4	11	12	32	.684	26	WLWDDD
	22	Stockport County	33	9	8	16	35	55	7	5	4	20	16	2	3	12	15	39	.636	26	LDLLWL

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
2	1	Manchester United	34	19	7	8	71	42	12	2	3	41	17	7	5	5	30	25	1.690	45	WWWWDW
1	2	Aston Villa	33	19	6	8	56	29	12	2	2	37	12	7	4	6	19	17	1.931	44	WWLLWW
1	3	Coventry City	34	17	10	7	54	35	10	5	3	27	12	7	5	4	27	23	1.543	44	WWWLWD
2	4	Sheffield United	34	19	6	9	62	44	13	2	2	41	17	6	4	7	21	27	1.409	44	LWWDDL
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	34	16	6	12	63	43	12	3	2	37	11	4	3	10	26	32	1.465	38	WDDWLW
	6	West Ham United	34	11	14	9	45	40	11	5	1	29	11	0	9	8	16	29	1.125	36	LLDDWD
3	7	Bury	34	15	5	14	55	45	10	3	5	38	22	5	2	9	17	23	1.222	35	DWLWLW
1	8	Burnley	34	13	9	12	43	44	11	4	2	26	10	2	5	10	17	34	.977	35	WLLWWL
1	9	Southampton	34	13	8	13	48	60	10	5	2	36	21	3	3	11	12	39	.800	34	DDWWWL
1	10	Bradford Park Avenue	33	12	9	12	49	43	9	4	3	36	16	3	5	9	13	27	1.140	33	LLWLLL
1	11	Newcastle United	33	13	7	13	44	40	11	4	3	34	14	2	3	10	10	26	1.100	33	WWLDLW
1	12	Chesterfield	33	12	8	13	50	50	8	2	5	30	18	4	6	8	20	32	1.000	32	LLLLWL
	13	Luton Town	34	12	8	14	70	71	8	4	5	41	31	4	4	9	29	40	.986	32	LWDLDD
1	14	Barnsley	35	11	9	15	44	56	7	7	3	26	16	4	2	12	18	40	.786	31	DWLDWD
1	15	Norwich City	34	12	7	15	51	66	10	3	4	31	21	2	4	11	20	45	.773	31	WWLLWL
2	16	Nottingham Forest	34	12	6	16	40	47	10	3	5	27	20	2	3	11	13	27	.851	30	LLWWLW
	17	Fulham	34	9	11	14	44	50	5	7	4	30	21	4	4	10	14	29	.880	29	DDDLWD
2	18	Blackburn Rovers	34	10	9	15	56	67	9	6	2	41	27	1	3	13	15	40	.836	29	LLWDDL
2	19	Plymouth Argyle	34	9	10	15	42	58	6	6	4	27	25	3	4	11	15	33	.724	28	LWDDDW
1	20	Swansea Town	33	9	10	14	35	59	9	5	3	24	18	0	5	11	11	41	.593	28	WWLWLW
1	21	Sheffield Wednesday	34	9	9	16	38	49	7	4	6	19	18	2	5	10	19	31	.776	27	DLLLLD
	22	Stockport County	34	9	8	17	36	58	7	5	5	21	19	2	3	12	15	39	.621	26	DLLWLL