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COVENTRY CITY 5 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 28, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 28, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-5 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: FS Milner
Attendance:: 17,927
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 4 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tranmere Rovers (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: Apr 01, 1944

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1625 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 888 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1802 (of 5724)
Total:: 2675 (of 7505)
Played:: 85 years, 2 months, 30 days ago

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

Goals
Harold Crawshaw

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Harry Storer
Prior form: WLLWWW (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	D	25	Reg Trim
3	D		John Munro
4	M	25	Thomas Clark
5	M	25	Robert Davies
6	M	23	George Pritty
7	F	21	Arthur Betts	Last game
8	F	27	Jack Fryer
9	F	26	Harold Crawshaw
10	F	27	Jack Surtees
11	F	24	Len Beaumont

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Jan 28, 1939)

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

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	Blackburn Rovers	27	16	3	8	66	40	10	1	3	42	19	6	2	5	24	21	1.65000	35	WWWLLW
	2	Sheffield United	25	11	10	4	42	26	5	6	2	20	9	6	4	2	22	17	1.61538	32	LWDDDD
	3	Newcastle United	25	13	4	8	44	28	10	2	1	35	9	3	2	7	9	19	1.57143	30	WWWDLL
	4	Coventry City	24	13	4	7	38	27	8	2	1	21	6	5	2	6	17	21	1.40741	30	WLLWWW
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	24	12	5	7	62	43	7	2	3	31	14	5	3	4	31	29	1.44186	29	WWWLWW
	6	West Bromwich Albion	24	13	3	8	62	48	10	0	1	36	16	3	3	7	26	32	1.29167	29	WDLLWD
	7	Fulham	24	11	6	7	37	30	8	3	1	22	9	3	3	6	15	21	1.23333	28	LLLLWW
	8	Manchester City	24	12	3	9	64	50	8	0	4	38	24	4	3	5	26	26	1.28000	27	WLWWWL
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	7	7	40	35	8	5	0	29	14	2	2	7	11	21	1.14286	27	LDLWLW
	10	Luton Town	25	12	3	10	49	43	7	3	3	26	17	5	0	7	23	26	1.13953	27	WWWLWL
	11	Burnley	26	9	8	9	33	37	9	2	2	21	13	0	6	7	12	24	.89189	26	WWLDDW
	12	West Ham United	24	10	5	9	44	33	7	3	3	26	13	3	2	6	18	20	1.33333	25	LLWDWD
	13	Chesterfield	24	10	5	9	38	36	8	1	2	30	13	2	4	7	8	23	1.05556	25	WWDDLW
	14	Bradford Park Avenue	26	8	8	10	45	53	6	5	2	26	19	2	3	8	19	34	.84906	24	DDLLWL
	15	Millwall	24	8	7	9	38	33	6	3	2	23	12	2	4	7	15	21	1.15152	23	WLDDDL
	16	Bury	26	7	9	10	37	45	5	4	5	31	27	2	5	5	6	18	.82222	23	LLDDDW
	17	Plymouth Argyle	24	9	4	11	31	36	5	3	3	13	7	4	1	8	18	29	.86111	22	LLWLLW
	18	Southampton	24	7	5	12	34	49	5	3	4	22	20	2	2	8	12	29	.69388	19	WDLDDL
	19	Swansea Town	24	4	10	10	28	47	3	5	4	19	20	1	5	6	9	27	.59574	18	LWWDWL
	20	Nottingham Forest	24	5	6	13	30	55	3	3	5	18	21	2	3	8	12	34	.54545	16	LWLLDL
	21	Norwich City	22	7	1	14	27	54	7	1	3	24	15	0	0	11	3	39	.50000	15	LWLLLW
	22	Tranmere Rovers	26	4	2	20	28	69	4	2	8	19	28	0	0	12	9	41	.40580	10	LLLWLL

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	Blackburn Rovers	28	16	3	9	68	43	10	1	3	42	19	6	2	6	26	24	1.58140	35	WWLLWL		2-3
	2	Sheffield United	26	11	11	4	44	28	5	7	2	22	11	6	4	2	22	17	1.57143	33	WDDDDD		2-2
1	3	Coventry City	25	14	4	7	43	28	9	2	1	26	7	5	2	6	17	21	1.53571	32	LLWWWW		5-1
1	4	Newcastle United	26	13	5	8	44	28	10	2	1	35	9	3	3	7	9	19	1.57143	31	WWDLLD		0-0
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	25	13	5	7	63	43	7	2	3	31	14	6	3	4	32	29	1.46512	31	WWLWWW		1-0
1	6	Fulham	25	12	6	7	42	31	8	3	1	22	9	4	3	6	20	22	1.35484	30	LLLWWW		5-1
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	25	13	4	8	64	50	10	0	1	36	16	3	4	7	28	34	1.28000	30	DLLWDD		2-2
	8	Manchester City	25	13	3	9	67	52	9	0	4	41	26	4	3	5	26	26	1.28846	29	LWWWLW		3-2
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	25	10	8	7	42	37	8	6	0	31	16	2	2	7	11	21	1.13514	28	DLWLWD		2-2
	10	Luton Town	26	12	4	10	51	45	7	3	3	26	17	5	1	7	25	28	1.13333	28	WWLWLD		2-2
	11	Burnley	27	10	8	9	36	37	10	2	2	24	13	0	6	7	12	24	.97297	28	WLDDWW		3-0
1	12	Chesterfield	25	11	5	9	40	37	9	1	2	32	14	2	4	7	8	23	1.08108	27	WDDLWW		2-1
1	13	West Ham United	25	10	6	9	46	35	7	3	3	26	13	3	3	6	20	22	1.31429	26	LWDWDD		2-2
1	14	Millwall	25	8	8	9	40	35	6	3	2	23	12	2	5	7	17	23	1.14286	24	LDDDLD		2-2
1	15	Bradford Park Avenue	27	8	8	11	46	58	6	5	3	27	24	2	3	8	19	34	.79310	24	DLLWLL		1-5
1	16	Plymouth Argyle	25	9	5	11	33	38	5	4	3	15	9	4	1	8	18	29	.86842	23	LWLLWD		2-2
1	17	Bury	27	7	9	11	38	47	5	4	5	31	27	2	5	6	7	20	.80851	23	LDDDWL		1-2
	18	Southampton	25	7	6	12	34	49	5	4	4	22	20	2	2	8	12	29	.69388	20	DLDDLD		0-0
	19	Swansea Town	25	4	10	11	28	48	3	5	5	19	21	1	5	6	9	27	.58333	18	WWDWLL		0-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	25	5	6	14	31	60	3	3	5	18	21	2	3	9	13	39	.51667	16	WLLDLL		1-5
	21	Norwich City	23	7	1	15	27	57	7	1	3	24	15	0	0	12	3	42	.47368	15	WLLLWL		0-3
	22	Tranmere Rovers	27	4	3	20	30	71	4	3	8	21	30	0	0	12	9	41	.42254	11	LLWLLD		2-2