The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE - Sat Apr 23, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 23, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Plymouth Argyle
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 (Won)

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: EW Vokes
Attendance:: 13,696
Pos Before/After:: 21 18
Opp Before/After:: 15 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chesterfield (League Tier 2)
Plymouth Argyle:: Aug 31, 1938

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1598 (of 4930)
League Tier 2:: 861 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1773 (of 5633)
Total:: 2641 (of 7393)

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

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

Goals:
Meynell Burgin - Meynell Burgin last goal

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Manager: Bob Jack
Prior form: WWDWDW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Alan Todd
2	D	Reg Trim
3	D	John Munro
4	M	Robert Davies
5	D	Tommy Graham
6	M	William Baxter
7	F	Arthur Betts
8	F	Gibson McNaughton
9	F	Meynell Burgin
10	F	Jack Surtees
11	F	Roy Brown

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Cann
2	D	Sam Kirkwood
3	D	Jimmy Rae
4	D	Archie Gorman
5	D	Johnny McNeil
6	M	Tommy Black
7	M	Tommy Dougan
8	M	Fred Mitcheson
9	M	Bill Hullett
10	F	Harry Brown
11	F	Harry Lane

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 23, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-0	Norwich City
Burnley	3-1	Blackburn Rovers
Bury	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Coventry City	0-1	Fulham
Luton Town	5-1	Swansea Town
Manchester United	3-1	Bradford Park Avenue
Newcastle United	3-1	Chesterfield
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Plymouth Argyle
Sheffield United	3-1	West Ham United
Stockport County	1-3	Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur	5-0	Southampton

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	39	22	7	10	66	34	15	2	2	46	12	7	5	8	20	22	1.941	51	WLDWLW
	2	Coventry City	39	20	11	8	64	40	12	5	3	31	14	8	6	5	33	26	1.600	51	DLWWDW
	3	Sheffield United	40	21	9	10	69	53	14	4	2	43	18	7	5	8	26	35	1.302	51	DLDWDW
	4	Manchester United	39	20	9	10	77	48	13	3	3	45	17	7	6	7	32	31	1.604	49	WLDLDW
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	39	18	6	15	69	50	13	3	3	40	14	5	3	12	29	36	1.380	42	WWWLLL
	6	Burnley	40	16	10	14	50	51	14	4	2	32	10	2	6	12	18	41	.980	42	DWWWLL
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	38	16	9	13	64	49	12	4	3	47	20	4	5	10	17	29	1.306	41	LWLWWW
	8	Bury	39	17	5	17	61	54	11	3	6	41	26	6	2	11	20	28	1.130	39	WLWLLW
	9	West Ham United	39	12	14	13	50	49	12	5	3	33	16	0	9	10	17	33	1.020	38	DLLLWL
	10	Norwich City	39	14	10	15	56	69	11	5	4	35	24	3	5	11	21	45	.812	38	LWDWDD
	11	Chesterfield	38	14	9	15	59	59	10	2	6	36	23	4	7	9	23	36	1.000	37	LWDLWL
	12	Fulham	39	13	11	15	53	56	8	7	4	37	22	5	4	11	16	34	.946	37	DWWWWL
	13	Southampton	39	14	9	16	53	67	11	6	3	40	25	3	3	13	13	42	.791	37	LDLLLW
	14	Blackburn Rovers	39	13	10	16	67	73	12	6	2	49	29	1	4	14	18	44	.918	36	LWLWWD
	15	Plymouth Argyle	39	12	12	15	50	63	8	7	4	33	29	4	5	11	17	34	.794	36	WWDWDW
	16	Newcastle United	38	13	8	17	47	49	11	4	5	35	17	2	4	12	12	32	.959	34	WLLLLD
	17	Luton Town	39	12	10	17	76	84	8	6	5	44	34	4	4	12	32	50	.905	34	DLDLLD
	18	Sheffield Wednesday	39	12	10	17	45	52	9	5	6	25	20	3	5	11	20	32	.865	34	DWWWLD
	19	Barnsley	40	11	12	17	48	62	7	9	3	28	18	4	3	14	20	44	.774	34	DLDDDL
	20	Swansea Town	39	11	12	16	41	68	11	6	3	29	21	0	6	13	12	47	.603	34	DWLDWL
	21	Nottingham Forest	39	13	7	19	44	57	11	3	6	28	21	2	4	13	16	36	.772	33	WLLWLD
	22	Stockport County	39	11	8	20	40	62	8	5	6	22	20	3	3	14	18	42	.645	30	LLWWLL

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	Result(s)
	1	Aston Villa	40	23	7	10	69	35	15	2	2	46	12	8	5	8	23	23	1.971	53	LDWLWW	3-1
1	2	Sheffield United	41	22	9	10	72	54	15	4	2	46	19	7	5	8	26	35	1.333	53	LDWDWW	3-1
1	3	Manchester United	40	21	9	10	80	49	14	3	3	48	18	7	6	7	32	31	1.633	51	LDLDWW	3-1
2	4	Coventry City	40	20	11	9	64	41	12	5	4	31	15	8	6	5	33	26	1.561	51	LWWDWL	0-1
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	40	19	6	15	74	50	14	3	3	45	14	5	3	12	29	36	1.480	44	WWLLLW	5-0
	6	Burnley	41	17	10	14	53	52	15	4	2	35	11	2	6	12	18	41	1.019	44	WWWLLW	3-1
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	39	16	9	14	65	52	12	4	3	47	20	4	5	11	18	32	1.250	41	WLWWWL	1-3
	8	Bury	40	18	5	17	63	54	12	3	6	43	26	6	2	11	20	28	1.167	41	LWLLWW	2-0
3	9	Fulham	40	14	11	15	54	56	8	7	4	37	22	6	4	11	17	34	.964	39	WWWWLW	1-0
	10	Norwich City	40	14	11	15	56	69	11	5	4	35	24	3	6	11	21	45	.812	39	WDWDDD	0-0
2	11	West Ham United	40	12	14	14	51	52	12	5	3	33	16	0	9	11	18	36	.981	38	LLLWLL	1-3
1	12	Chesterfield	39	14	9	16	60	62	10	2	6	36	23	4	7	10	24	39	.968	37	WDLWLL	1-3
	13	Southampton	40	14	9	17	53	72	11	6	3	40	25	3	3	14	13	47	.736	37	DLLLWL	0-5
2	14	Newcastle United	39	14	8	17	50	50	12	4	5	38	18	2	4	12	12	32	1.000	36	LLLLDW	3-1
2	15	Luton Town	40	13	10	17	81	85	9	6	5	49	35	4	4	12	32	50	.953	36	LDLLDW	5-1
2	16	Blackburn Rovers	40	13	10	17	68	76	12	6	2	49	29	1	4	15	19	47	.895	36	WLWWDL	1-3
2	17	Plymouth Argyle	40	12	12	16	50	64	8	7	4	33	29	4	5	12	17	35	.781	36	WDWDWL	0-1
3	18	Nottingham Forest	40	14	7	19	45	57	12	3	6	29	21	2	4	13	16	36	.789	35	LLWLDW	1-0
	19	Barnsley	41	11	13	17	48	62	7	10	3	28	18	4	3	14	20	44	.774	35	LDDDLD	0-0
2	20	Sheffield Wednesday	40	12	10	18	45	54	9	5	6	25	20	3	5	12	20	34	.833	34	WWWLDL	0-2
1	21	Swansea Town	40	11	12	17	42	73	11	6	3	29	21	0	6	14	13	52	.575	34	WLDWLL	1-5
	22	Stockport County	40	11	8	21	41	65	8	5	7	23	23	3	3	14	18	42	.631	30	LWWLLL	1-3