The City Ground

SEASON: 1925-26

Prev Season: 1924-25
This Season: 1925-26
Next Season: 1926-27

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: John Baynes
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Bolton Wanderers (N) 0-1)
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Sid Gibson (11 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1925-26								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	The Wednesday	42	27	6	9	88	48	19	0	2	61	17	8	6	7	27	31	1.833	60	Promoted as Champions	2-0	0-2
2	Derby County	42	25	7	10	77	42	17	2	2	57	17	8	5	8	20	25	1.833	57	Promoted	1-2	0-2
3	Chelsea	42	19	14	9	76	49	10	7	4	42	22	9	7	5	34	27	1.551	52		1-5	0-0
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	21	7	14	84	60	15	4	2	55	15	6	3	12	29	45	1.400	49		1-4	0-4
5	Swansea Town	42	19	11	12	77	57	13	6	2	50	16	6	5	10	27	41	1.351	49		0-2	0-3
6	Blackpool	42	17	11	14	76	69	12	6	3	41	16	5	5	11	35	53	1.101	45		1-1	0-3
7	Oldham Athletic	42	18	8	16	74	62	14	4	3	52	24	4	4	13	22	38	1.194	44		1-1	3-8
8	Port Vale	42	19	6	17	79	69	15	3	3	53	18	4	3	14	26	51	1.145	44		2-0	1-1
9	South Shields	42	18	8	16	74	65	11	6	4	50	29	7	2	12	24	36	1.138	44		4-1	1-3
10	Middlesbrough	42	21	2	19	77	68	14	1	6	56	28	7	1	13	21	40	1.132	44		1-0	0-1
11	Portsmouth	42	17	10	15	79	74	12	4	5	48	27	5	6	10	31	47	1.068	44		3-1	1-5
12	Preston North End	42	18	7	17	71	84	17	2	2	54	28	1	5	15	17	56	.845	43		4-0	0-2
13	Hull City	42	16	9	17	63	61	11	4	6	40	19	5	5	11	23	42	1.033	41		4-0	1-4
14	Southampton	42	15	8	19	63	63	11	2	8	39	25	4	6	11	24	38	1.000	38		1-2	0-2
15	Darlington	42	14	10	18	72	77	9	5	7	51	31	5	5	11	21	46	.935	38		2-0	0-0
16	Bradford City	42	13	10	19	47	66	9	5	7	28	26	4	5	12	19	40	.712	36		0-0	1-0
17	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	51	73	11	4	6	38	25	3	4	14	13	48	.699	36
18	Barnsley	42	12	12	18	58	84	10	7	4	38	22	2	5	14	20	62	.690	36		4-2	1-4
19	Fulham	42	11	12	19	46	77	8	6	7	32	29	3	6	12	14	48	.597	34		2-2	2-0
20	Clapton Orient	42	12	9	21	50	65	8	6	7	30	21	4	3	14	20	44	.769	33		1-0	1-0
21	Stoke City	42	12	8	22	54	77	8	5	8	32	23	4	3	14	22	54	.701	32	Relegated	1-2	1-1
22	Stockport County	42	8	9	25	51	97	8	7	6	34	28	0	2	19	17	69	.526	25	Relegated	2-0	0-3

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Competitive Games:: 48
Competitive Goals:: 57
Goals per game:: 1.2
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 36 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 42.9%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	19 times	8 times	2 times	4 times
Conceded	8 times	11 times	4 times	4 times	3 times
Won By	6 times	8 times	1 time	2 times
Lost By	5 times	6 times	6 times	3 times	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	5	-	1	4	1	10	1	Chelsea (1-5), Chelsea (0-0), Middlesbrough (0-1), Derby County (0-2), The Wednesday (0-2)
2		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3		3	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	The Wednesday (2-0)
4		4	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Oldham Athletic (1-1)
5		5	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Port Vale (1-1)
6		6	3	2	-	1	6	3	4	Port Vale (2-0), Swansea Town (0-2), South Shields (4-1)
7		7	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Middlesbrough (1-0)
8		8	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Blackpool (0-3)
9		9	3	1	-	2	8	12	2	Hull City (1-4), Preston North End (4-0), Oldham Athletic (3-8)
10		10	4	1	1	2	4	8	3	Blackpool (1-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-4), Bradford City (1-0), South Shields (1-3)
11		11	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Derby County (1-2)
12		12	2	-	-	2	1	7	0	Portsmouth (1-5), Preston North End (0-2)
13	2	13	2	1	-	1	4	3	2	Swansea Town (0-3), Hull City (4-0)
14		14	1	-	-	1	0	4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-4)
15	10	15	2	1	1	-	3	1	3	Portsmouth (3-1), Bradford City (0-0)
16	8	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	35	17	2	2	-	-	6	2	4	Barnsley (4-2), Darlington (2-0)
18	39	18	3	-	1	2	3	7	1	Stoke City (1-1), Barnsley (1-4), Southampton (1-2)
19	96	19	2	2	-	-	3	0	4	Clapton Orient (1-0), Fulham (2-0)
20	30	20	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Fulham (2-2)
21	25	21	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Clapton Orient (1-0), Stoke City (1-2)
22		22	3	1	-	2	2	5	2	Southampton (0-2), Stockport County (0-3), Stockport County (2-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Darlington (0-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 19,549 (Derby County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 3,460 (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Average League Attendance:: 8,965
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 18
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: John Baynes
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 29, 1925	Darlington	A	0-0	Draw	13,478	13
2	Mon Aug 31, 1925	Chelsea	H	1-5	Loss	9,981	15	Harrow (? OG)
3	Sat Sep 05, 1925	Blackpool	H	1-1	Draw	8,683	17	Galloway (?)
4	Mon Sep 07, 1925	Chelsea	A	0-0	Draw	22,352	15
5	Sat Sep 12, 1925	Southampton	A	0-2	Loss	9,304	17
6	Sat Sep 19, 1925	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-4	Loss	3,460	19	Marshall (?)
7	Sat Sep 26, 1925	Derby County	H	1-2	Loss	19,549	20	Burton (?)
8	Sat Oct 03, 1925	Bradford City	A	1-0	Win	16,338	18	Gibson (?)
9	Sat Oct 10, 1925	Port Vale	H	2-0	Win	10,642	19	Galloway (?), Flood (?)
10	Mon Oct 12, 1925	Hull City	A	1-4	Loss	4,839	19	Gibson (?)
11	Sat Oct 17, 1925	Swansea Town	A	0-3	Loss	16,845	19
12	Sat Oct 24, 1925	The Wednesday	H	2-0	Win	12,244	19	Spaven (?), Burton (?)
13	Sat Oct 31, 1925	Middlesbrough	A	0-1	Loss	16,490	19
14	Sat Nov 07, 1925	Portsmouth	H	3-1	Win	4,120	18	Morgan (?), Galloway (?), Flood (?)
15	Sat Nov 14, 1925	Stockport County	A	0-3	Loss	7,706	18
16	Sat Nov 21, 1925	Fulham	H	2-2	Draw	6,481	19	Gibson (?), Spaven (?)
17	Sat Nov 28, 1925	South Shields	A	1-3	Loss	4,293	19	Stocks (?)
18	Sat Dec 05, 1925	Preston North End	H	4-0	Win	6,648	19	Morgan (?), Gibson (?, ?), Hodgkinson (?)
19	Sat Dec 12, 1925	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	9,082	19	Gibson (?)
20	Sat Dec 19, 1925	Oldham Athletic	H	1-1	Draw	7,209	18	Gibson (?)
21	Fri Dec 25, 1925	Barnsley	H	4-2	Win	10,537	17	Morgan (?), Walker (?, ?), Galloway (?)
22	Mon Dec 28, 1925	Barnsley	A	1-4	Loss	6,047	18	Jones (?)
23	Sat Jan 02, 1926	Darlington	H	2-0	Win	8,703	17	Walker (?), Galloway (?)
24	Sat Jan 16, 1926	Blackpool	A	0-3	Loss	6,686	19
25	Sat Jan 23, 1926	Southampton	H	1-2	Loss	6,781	19	Barratt (?)
26	Sat Feb 06, 1926	Derby County	A	0-2	Loss	19,076	19
27	Mon Feb 08, 1926	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-4	Loss	4,940	19
28	Sat Feb 13, 1926	Bradford City	H	0-0	Draw	8,036	20
29	Sat Feb 27, 1926	Swansea Town	H	0-2	Loss	13,354	20
30	Sat Mar 13, 1926	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	Win	10,675	21	Flood (?)
31	Sat Mar 20, 1926	Portsmouth	A	1-5	Loss	12,474	21	Flood (?)
32	Mon Mar 22, 1926	The Wednesday	A	0-2	Loss	9,975	21
33	Sat Mar 27, 1926	Stockport County	H	2-0	Win	6,913	21	Barratt (?), Flood (?)
34	Fri Apr 02, 1926	Clapton Orient	A	1-0	Win	15,695	18	Gibson (?)
35	Sat Apr 03, 1926	Fulham	A	2-0	Win	19,346	18	Barratt (?), Gibson (?)
36	Mon Apr 05, 1926	Clapton Orient	H	1-0	Win	13,376	18	Lynas (?)
37	Sat Apr 10, 1926	South Shields	H	4-1	Win	8,156	18	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Burton (?)
38	Mon Apr 12, 1926	Port Vale	A	1-1	Draw	5,207	17	Stocks (?)
39	Sat Apr 17, 1926	Preston North End	A	0-2	Loss	8,450	17
40	Wed Apr 21, 1926	Hull City	H	4-0	Win	4,706	16	Barratt (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?), Lynas (?)
41	Sat Apr 24, 1926	Stoke City	H	1-2	Loss	8,027	17	Stocks (?)
42	Sat May 01, 1926	Oldham Athletic	A	3-8	Loss	3,966	17	Stocks (?), Burton (?, ?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 09, 1926	Bradford City	3			H	1-0	Win	-	Gibson (?)
Sat Jan 30, 1926	Swindon Town	4			H	2-0	Win	-	Walker (?, ?)
Sat Feb 20, 1926	Southend United	5			A	1-0	Win	-	Walker (?)
Sat Mar 06, 1926	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter			H	2-2	Draw	-	Stocks (?), Burton (?)
Wed Mar 10, 1926	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter	Y	1	A	0-0	Draw	-
Mon Mar 15, 1926	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter	Y	2	N	0-1	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Oct 28, 1925	Notts County	England	A	2-2	Draw	-	Galloway (?, ?)
Mon May 03, 1926	Northampton Town	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	Stocks (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: John Baynes
Sat Aug 29, 1925	League Tier 2	Darlington			A	0-0	13,478
Mon Aug 31, 1925	League Tier 2	Chelsea			H	1-5	9,981	Harrow (? OG)
Sat Sep 05, 1925	League Tier 2	Blackpool			H	1-1	8,683	Galloway (?)
Mon Sep 07, 1925	League Tier 2	Chelsea			A	0-0	22,352
Sat Sep 12, 1925	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	0-2	9,304
Sat Sep 19, 1925	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	1-4	3,460	Marshall (?)
Sat Sep 26, 1925	League Tier 2	Derby County			H	1-2	19,549	Burton (?)
Sat Oct 03, 1925	League Tier 2	Bradford City			A	1-0	16,338	Gibson (?)
Sat Oct 10, 1925	League Tier 2	Port Vale			H	2-0	10,642	Galloway (?), Flood (?)
Mon Oct 12, 1925	League Tier 2	Hull City			A	1-4	4,839	Gibson (?)
Sat Oct 17, 1925	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			A	0-3	16,845
Sat Oct 24, 1925	League Tier 2	The Wednesday			H	2-0	12,244	Spaven (?), Burton (?)
Wed Oct 28, 1925	Friendly	Notts County			A	2-2	-	Galloway (?, ?)
Sat Oct 31, 1925	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough			A	0-1	16,490
Sat Nov 07, 1925	League Tier 2	Portsmouth			H	3-1	4,120	Morgan (?), Galloway (?), Flood (?)
Sat Nov 14, 1925	League Tier 2	Stockport County			A	0-3	7,706
Sat Nov 21, 1925	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	2-2	6,481	Gibson (?), Spaven (?)
Sat Nov 28, 1925	League Tier 2	South Shields			A	1-3	4,293	Stocks (?)
Sat Dec 05, 1925	League Tier 2	Preston North End			H	4-0	6,648	Morgan (?), Gibson (?, ?), Hodgkinson (?)
Sat Dec 12, 1925	League Tier 2	Stoke City			A	1-1	9,082	Gibson (?)
Sat Dec 19, 1925	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			H	1-1	7,209	Gibson (?)
Fri Dec 25, 1925	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	4-2	10,537	Morgan (?), Walker (?, ?), Galloway (?)
Mon Dec 28, 1925	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	1-4	6,047	Jones (?)
Sat Jan 02, 1926	League Tier 2	Darlington			H	2-0	8,703	Walker (?), Galloway (?)
Sat Jan 09, 1926	FA Cup	Bradford City	3		H	1-0	-	Gibson (?)
Sat Jan 16, 1926	League Tier 2	Blackpool			A	0-3	6,686
Sat Jan 23, 1926	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	1-2	6,781	Barratt (?)
Sat Jan 30, 1926	FA Cup	Swindon Town	4		H	2-0	-	Walker (?, ?)
Sat Feb 06, 1926	League Tier 2	Derby County			A	0-2	19,076
Mon Feb 08, 1926	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	0-4	4,940
Sat Feb 13, 1926	League Tier 2	Bradford City			H	0-0	8,036
Sat Feb 20, 1926	FA Cup	Southend United	5		A	1-0	-	Walker (?)
Sat Feb 27, 1926	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			H	0-2	13,354
Sat Mar 06, 1926	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter		H	2-2	-	Stocks (?), Burton (?)
Wed Mar 10, 1926	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter	1	A	0-0	-
Sat Mar 13, 1926	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough			H	1-0	10,675	Flood (?)
Mon Mar 15, 1926	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter	2	N	0-1	-
Sat Mar 20, 1926	League Tier 2	Portsmouth			A	1-5	12,474	Flood (?)
Mon Mar 22, 1926	League Tier 2	The Wednesday			A	0-2	9,975
Sat Mar 27, 1926	League Tier 2	Stockport County			H	2-0	6,913	Barratt (?), Flood (?)
Fri Apr 02, 1926	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			A	1-0	15,695	Gibson (?)
Sat Apr 03, 1926	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	2-0	19,346	Barratt (?), Gibson (?)
Mon Apr 05, 1926	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			H	1-0	13,376	Lynas (?)
Sat Apr 10, 1926	League Tier 2	South Shields			H	4-1	8,156	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Burton (?)
Mon Apr 12, 1926	League Tier 2	Port Vale			A	1-1	5,207	Stocks (?)
Sat Apr 17, 1926	League Tier 2	Preston North End			A	0-2	8,450
Wed Apr 21, 1926	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	4-0	4,706	Barratt (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?), Lynas (?)
Sat Apr 24, 1926	League Tier 2	Stoke City			H	1-2	8,027	Stocks (?)
Sat May 01, 1926	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			A	3-8	3,966	Stocks (?), Burton (?, ?)
Mon May 03, 1926	Friendly	Northampton Town			A	1-1	-	Stocks (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (8)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Henry Marsden	Bought			Arthur Tilford	Sold
	J Scott (1926)	Bought			Harry Marshall	Sold
	Joseph Ashworth	Bought			J Scott (1926)	Sold
	Joseph Taylor	Bought		1926	Jack Spaven	Sold
	Ralph Lynas	Bought			Joseph Ashworth	Sold
	Vincent Hodgkinson	Bought			Vincent Hodgkinson	Sold
Jun 01, 1925	Charlie Jones	Bought		Apr 17, 1926	Charlie Flood	Sold
				May 01, 1927	Alfred Bennett	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Alfred Bennett	2		1	1
GK		Len Langford	46	17	9	20
Defenders
D		Fred Parker	4		2	2
D		Henry Marsden	6	1	1	4
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	43	16	9	18
Midfielders
M		Arthur Tilford	7	3	1	3
M		Gerry Morgan	43	17	8	18	3
M		J Scott (1926)	1			1
M		John Saxton	3		2	1
M		Joseph Taylor	1			1
M		Sid Gibson	46	17	10	19	11
Forwards
F		Bob Wallace	38	14	9	15
F		Charlie Flood	23	6	3	14	5
F		Charlie Jones	37	16	7	14	1
F		Cyril Stocks	21	10	3	8	8
F		Duncan Walker	9	5	2	2	6
F		Harry Marshall	3	1		2	1
F		Jack Spaven	11	2	3	6	2
F		Jackie Belton	47	17	9	21
F		Joseph Ashworth	3		2	1
F		Noah Burton	28	9	6	13	7
F		Percy Barratt	47	17	10	20	4
F		Ralph Lynas	21	8	4	9	2
F		Randolph Galloway	29	10	7	12	5
F		Vincent Hodgkinson	9	1	2	6	1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
11	Sid Gibson	46
8	Cyril Stocks	21
7	Noah Burton	28
6	Duncan Walker	9
5	Charlie Flood	23
5	Randolph Galloway	29
4	Percy Barratt	47
3	Gerry Morgan	43
2	Jack Spaven	11
2	Ralph Lynas	21
1	Charlie Jones	37
1	Harry Marshall	3
1	Own Goals	48
1	Vincent Hodgkinson	9

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Clapton Orient	Fri Apr 02, 1926	Away	1-0		Mon Apr 05, 1926	Home	1-0