The City Ground

SEASON: 1926-27

Prev Season: 1925-26
This Season: 1926-27
Next Season: 1927-28

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: John Baynes
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Sid Gibson (17 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	12 times	6 times	3 times	3 times
Conceded	19 times	9 times	4 times	2 times
Won By	4 times	10 times	2 times	2 times	1 time
Lost By	5 times	4 times	1 time	1 time

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	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	Manchester City (3-3), Middlesbrough (0-1)
2	49	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	44	3	4	2	1	1	4	3	5	Hull City (2-1), Preston North End (0-1), Portsmouth (1-0), Manchester City (1-1)
4	22	4	2	1	1	-	7	0	3	Portsmouth (0-0), Preston North End (7-0)
5	17	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	10	6	2	-	1	1	2	4	1	Swansea Town (2-2), Chelsea (0-2)
7	30	7	2	2	-	-	7	4	4	Middlesbrough (4-3), Hull City (3-1)
8	12	8	3	1	-	2	4	6	2	Southampton (3-1), Swansea Town (1-2), Port Vale (0-3)
9	20	9	1	1	-	-	4	1	2	Chelsea (4-1)
10	22	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	5	11	3	2	-	1	4	2	4	Notts County (2-1), Port Vale (2-0), Southampton (0-1)
12	5	12	2	-	2	-	5	5	2	Blackpool (2-2), Oldham Athletic (3-3)
13	2	13	3	1	1	1	7	4	3	Fulham (1-2), Reading (5-1), Oldham Athletic (1-1)
14	7	14	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	South Shields (1-1)
15	5	15	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Barnsley (3-1)
16	2	16	2	2	-	-	4	0	4	Fulham (2-0), Notts County (2-0)
17		17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18		18	3	-	2	1	5	7	2	Darlington (2-4), Clapton Orient (2-2), Grimsby Town (1-1)
19		19	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-2)
20		20	4	2	1	1	8	6	5	Reading (0-4), Grimsby Town (1-1), Barnsley (2-0), Darlington (5-1)
21		21	3	1	2	-	6	4	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-1), South Shields (4-2), Clapton Orient (1-1)
22		22	2	1	1	-	4	1	3	Bradford City (1-1), Bradford City (3-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Blackpool (2-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 30,616
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,659
Average League Attendance:: 12,764
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 10
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 2 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 3
Penalties saved:: 3

END OF SEASON TABLE (1926-27)

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2)								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	Middlesbrough	42	27	8	7	122	60	18	2	1	78	23	9	6	6	44	37	2.033	62	Promoted as Champions	4-3	0-1
2	Portsmouth	42	23	8	11	87	49	14	4	3	58	17	9	4	8	29	32	1.776	54	Promoted	1-0	0-0
3	Manchester City	42	22	10	10	108	61	15	3	3	65	23	7	7	7	43	38	1.770	54		3-3	1-1
4	Chelsea	42	20	12	10	62	52	13	7	1	40	17	7	5	9	22	35	1.192	52		4-1	0-2
5	Nottingham Forest	42	18	14	10	80	55	14	6	1	57	23	4	8	9	23	32	1.455	50
6	Preston North End	42	20	9	13	74	72	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	10	20	43	1.028	49		7-0	0-1
7	Hull City	42	20	7	15	63	52	13	4	4	43	19	7	3	11	20	33	1.212	47		3-1	2-1
8	Port Vale	42	16	13	13	88	78	11	6	4	50	26	5	7	9	38	52	1.128	45		0-3	2-0
9	Blackpool	42	18	8	16	95	80	13	5	3	65	26	5	3	13	30	54	1.188	44		2-0	2-2
10	Oldham Athletic	42	19	6	17	74	84	12	3	6	50	37	7	3	11	24	47	.881	44		1-1	3-3
11	Barnsley	42	17	9	16	88	87	13	5	3	56	23	4	4	13	32	64	1.011	43		3-1	2-0
12	Swansea Town	42	16	11	15	68	72	13	5	3	44	21	3	6	12	24	51	.944	43		2-2	1-2
13	Southampton	42	15	12	15	60	62	9	8	4	35	22	6	4	11	25	40	.968	42		3-1	0-1
14	Reading	42	16	8	18	64	72	14	1	6	47	20	2	7	12	17	52	.889	40		5-1	0-4
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	7	21	73	75	10	4	7	54	30	4	3	14	19	45	.973	35		1-1	0-2
16	Notts County	42	15	5	22	70	96	11	4	6	45	24	4	1	16	25	72	.729	35		2-0	2-1
17	Grimsby Town	42	11	12	19	74	91	6	7	8	39	39	5	5	11	35	52	.813	34		1-1	1-1
18	Fulham	42	13	8	21	58	92	11	4	6	39	31	2	4	15	19	61	.630	34		2-0	1-2
19	South Shields	42	11	11	20	71	96	10	8	3	49	25	1	3	17	22	71	.740	33		4-2	1-1
20	Clapton Orient	42	12	7	23	60	96	9	3	9	37	35	3	4	14	23	61	.625	31		1-1	2-2
21	Darlington	42	12	6	24	79	98	10	3	8	53	42	2	3	16	26	56	.806	30	Relegated	5-1	2-4
22	Bradford City	42	7	9	26	50	88	6	4	11	30	28	1	5	15	20	60	.568	23	Relegated	3-0	1-1

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GAMES
Manager for all games: John Baynes

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 28, 1926	Blackpool	H	2-0	Win	11,542	4	Burton (?, ?)
2	Mon Aug 30, 1926	Fulham	A	1-2	Loss	12,166	9	Barratt (?)
3	Sat Sep 04, 1926	Reading	A	0-4	Loss	17,548	16
4	Mon Sep 06, 1926	Grimsby Town	H	1-1	Draw	4,659	12	Burton (?)
5	Sat Sep 11, 1926	Swansea Town	H	2-2	Draw	10,716	14	Barratt (?), Jones (?)
6	Sat Sep 18, 1926	Notts County	A	2-1	Win	18,539	13	Stocks (?, ?)
7	Sat Sep 25, 1926	Barnsley	A	2-0	Win	4,829	9	Gibson (?), Burton (?)
8	Sat Oct 02, 1926	Manchester City	H	3-3	Draw	15,121	11	Laws (?), Burton (?), Jones (?)
9	Thu Oct 07, 1926	Fulham	H	2-0	Win	7,489	7	Gibson (?, ?)
10	Sat Oct 09, 1926	Darlington	A	2-4	Loss	5,754	10	Gibson (?), Burton (?)
11	Sat Oct 16, 1926	Middlesbrough	H	4-3	Win	11,262	9	Barratt (?), Gibson (?), Jones (?, ?)
12	Sat Oct 23, 1926	Clapton Orient	A	2-2	Draw	12,709	9	Jones (?), Linley (?)
13	Sat Oct 30, 1926	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	10,913	10	Linley (?)
14	Sat Nov 06, 1926	Hull City	A	2-1	Win	7,256	8	Stocks (?), Linley (?)
15	Sat Nov 13, 1926	South Shields	H	4-2	Win	8,054	7	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Jones (?)
16	Sat Nov 20, 1926	Preston North End	A	0-1	Loss	15,834	8
17	Sat Nov 27, 1926	Chelsea	H	4-1	Win	12,841	7	Barratt (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?), Jones (?)
18	Sat Dec 04, 1926	Bradford City	A	1-1	Draw	14,371	7	Linley (?)
19	Sat Dec 11, 1926	Southampton	H	3-1	Win	13,826	7	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?)
20	Sat Dec 18, 1926	Port Vale	A	2-0	Win	8,046	5	Gibson (?), Stocks (?)
21	Sat Dec 25, 1926	Portsmouth	A	0-0	Draw	19,729	4
22	Mon Dec 27, 1926	Portsmouth	H	1-0	Win	30,616	3	Price (?)
23	Sat Jan 01, 1927	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	Draw	13,406	2	Burton (?)
24	Sat Jan 15, 1927	Blackpool	A	2-2	Draw	7,536	3	Barratt (?), Burton (?)
25	Sat Jan 22, 1927	Reading	H	5-1	Win	11,458	3	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Burton (?), Price (?)
26	Sat Feb 05, 1927	Notts County	H	2-0	Win	25,578	3	Barratt (?), Gibson (?)
27	Sat Feb 12, 1927	Barnsley	H	3-1	Win	11,298	2	Barratt (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?)
28	Sat Feb 19, 1927	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	48,689	2	Gibson (?)
29	Sat Feb 26, 1927	Darlington	H	5-1	Win	14,813	2	Gibson (?), Galloway (?), Jones (?), Linley (?), MacLachlan (? OG)
30	Sat Mar 05, 1927	Middlesbrough	A	0-1	Loss	33,354	2
31	Thu Mar 10, 1927	Swansea Town	A	1-2	Loss	8,735	2	Burton (?)
32	Sat Mar 12, 1927	Clapton Orient	H	1-1	Draw	11,784	2	Jones (?)
33	Sat Mar 19, 1927	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	15,534	5
34	Sat Mar 26, 1927	Hull City	H	3-1	Win	10,007	3	Gibson (?), Price (?), Jones (?)
35	Sat Apr 02, 1927	South Shields	A	1-1	Draw	5,458	4	Gibson (?)
36	Sat Apr 09, 1927	Preston North End	H	7-0	Win	13,946	3	Barratt (? pen), Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Walker (?, ?), Price (?)
37	Fri Apr 15, 1927	Oldham Athletic	H	1-1	Draw	19,685	3	Armitage (? OG)
38	Sat Apr 16, 1927	Chelsea	A	0-2	Loss	44,855	4
39	Mon Apr 18, 1927	Oldham Athletic	A	3-3	Draw	13,153	6	Gibson (?), Belton (?), Price (?)
40	Sat Apr 23, 1927	Bradford City	H	3-0	Win	6,981	4	Gibson (?), Jones (?), Townsend (?)
41	Sat Apr 30, 1927	Southampton	A	0-1	Loss	7,136	4
42	Sat May 07, 1927	Port Vale	H	0-3	Loss	5,455	5

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 08, 1927	Ashington	3			A	2-0	Win	-	Stocks (?), Burton (?)
Sat Jan 29, 1927	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4			A	0-2	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon May 09, 1927	Northampton Town	England	A	1-0	Win	-	Stocks (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8)				Out (8)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
1926	Cliff Price	Bought			Duncan Walker	Retired
	Harold Wadsworth	Bought		1927	Ebor Reed	Sold
	Joseph Laws	Bought			John Saxton	Sold
	Ted Linley	Bought			Joseph Laws	Sold
	Tom Turner	Bought			Joseph Taylor	Sold
May 01, 1926	Alf Townsend	Bought			Ralph Lynas	Sold
May 01, 1926	Ebor Reed	Bought			Randolph Galloway	Sold
Aug 27, 1927	Albert Harrison	Bought			Ted Linley	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		Len Langford	44	19	14	11
Defenders
D		Henry Marsden	2	1		1
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	42	18	14	10
Midfielders
M		Albert Harrison
M		Gerry Morgan	44	19	14	11
M		John Saxton	10	3	4	3
M		Joseph Taylor	1			1
M		Sid Gibson	43	19	13	11	17
M		Tom Turner
Forwards
F		Alf Townsend	8	3	3	2	1
F		Bob Wallace	41	18	12	11
F		Charlie Jones	32	14	8	10	11
F		Cliff Price	15	6	6	3	5
F		Cyril Stocks	40	18	12	10	15
F		Duncan Walker	2	1	1		2
F		Ebor Reed	5	1	2	2
F		Harold Wadsworth
F		Jackie Belton	35	16	11	8	1
F		Joseph Laws	6	2	3	1	1
F		Noah Burton	35	16	11	8	13
F		Percy Barratt	44	19	14	11	8
F		Ralph Lynas	1	1
F		Randolph Galloway	3	1	2		1
F		Ted Linley	31	14	10	7	5

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
17	Sid Gibson	43
15	Cyril Stocks	40
13	Noah Burton	35
11	Charlie Jones	32
8	Percy Barratt	44
5	Cliff Price	15
5	Ted Linley	31
2	Duncan Walker	2
2	Own Goals	44
1	Alf Townsend	8
1	Jackie Belton	35
1	Joseph Laws	6
1	Randolph Galloway	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1926-27

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Barnsley	Sat Sep 25, 1926	A	2-0	Sat Feb 12, 1927	H	3-1
Hull City	Sat Nov 06, 1926	A	2-1	Sat Mar 26, 1927	H	3-1
Notts County	Sat Sep 18, 1926	A	2-1	Sat Feb 05, 1927	H	2-0