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:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Sid Gibson (17 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1926-27

SEASON END TABLE								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	2.03333	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	1.77551	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	1.77049	54		3-3	1-1
4	Chelsea	42	20	12	10	62	52	13	7	1	40	17	7	5	9	22	35	1.19231	52		4-1	0-2
5	Nottingham Forest	42	18	14	10	80	55	14	6	1	57	23	4	8	9	23	32	1.45455	50
6	Preston North End	42	20	9	13	74	72	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	10	20	43	1.02778	49		7-0	0-1
7	Hull City	42	20	7	15	63	52	13	4	4	43	19	7	3	11	20	33	1.21154	47		3-1	2-1
8	Port Vale	42	16	13	13	88	78	11	6	4	50	26	5	7	9	38	52	1.12821	45		0-3	2-0
9	Blackpool	42	18	8	16	95	80	13	5	3	65	26	5	3	13	30	54	1.18750	44		2-0	2-2
10	Oldham Athletic	42	19	6	17	74	84	12	3	6	50	37	7	3	11	24	47	.88095	44		1-1	3-3
11	Barnsley	42	17	9	16	88	87	13	5	3	56	23	4	4	13	32	64	1.01149	43		3-1	2-0
12	Swansea Town	42	16	11	15	68	72	13	5	3	44	21	3	6	12	24	51	.94444	43		2-2	1-2
13	Southampton	42	15	12	15	60	62	9	8	4	35	22	6	4	11	25	40	.96774	42		3-1	0-1
14	Reading	42	16	8	18	64	72	14	1	6	47	20	2	7	12	17	52	.88889	40		5-1	0-4
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	7	21	73	75	10	4	7	54	30	4	3	14	19	45	.97333	35		1-1	0-2
16	Notts County	42	15	5	22	70	96	11	4	6	45	24	4	1	16	25	72	.72917	35		2-0	2-1
17	Grimsby Town	42	11	12	19	74	91	6	7	8	39	39	5	5	11	35	52	.81319	34		1-1	1-1
18	Fulham	42	13	8	21	58	92	11	4	6	39	31	2	4	15	19	61	.63043	34		2-0	1-2
19	South Shields	42	11	11	20	71	96	10	8	3	49	25	1	3	17	22	71	.73958	33		4-2	1-1
20	Clapton Orient	42	12	7	23	60	96	9	3	9	37	35	3	4	14	23	61	.62500	31		1-1	2-2
21	Darlington	42	12	6	24	79	98	10	3	8	53	42	2	3	16	26	56	.80612	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	.56818	23	Relegated	3-0	1-1

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 44
Competitive Goals:: 82
Goals per game:: 1.9
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 50 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 59.5%

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

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	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	Manchester City (3-3), Middlesbrough (0-1)
2	49	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	46	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	20	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	2	1	1	-	6	2	3	Reading (5-1), Oldham Athletic (1-1)
14	7	14	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Fulham (1-2), 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 (Portsmouth)
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,659 (Grimsby Town)
Average League Attendance:: 12,764
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISCELLANEOUS

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

GAMES

Manager for all games: John Baynes
League

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

FA Cup

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

Friendly

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

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: John Baynes
Sat Aug 28, 1926	League Tier 2	Blackpool		H	2-0	11,542	Burton (?, ?)
Mon Aug 30, 1926	League Tier 2	Fulham		A	1-2	12,166	Barratt (?)
Sat Sep 04, 1926	League Tier 2	Reading		A	0-4	17,548
Mon Sep 06, 1926	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town		H	1-1	4,659	Burton (?)
Sat Sep 11, 1926	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		H	2-2	10,716	Barratt (?), Jones (?)
Sat Sep 18, 1926	League Tier 2	Notts County		A	2-1	18,539	Stocks (?, ?)
Sat Sep 25, 1926	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	2-0	4,829	Gibson (?), Burton (?)
Sat Oct 02, 1926	League Tier 2	Manchester City		H	3-3	15,121	Laws (?), Burton (?), Jones (?)
Thu Oct 07, 1926	League Tier 2	Fulham		H	2-0	7,489	Gibson (?, ?)
Sat Oct 09, 1926	League Tier 2	Darlington		A	2-4	5,754	Gibson (?), Burton (?)
Sat Oct 16, 1926	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough		H	4-3	11,262	Barratt (?), Gibson (?), Jones (?, ?)
Sat Oct 23, 1926	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient		A	2-2	12,709	Jones (?), Linley (?)
Sat Oct 30, 1926	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	1-1	10,913	Linley (?)
Sat Nov 06, 1926	League Tier 2	Hull City		A	2-1	7,256	Stocks (?), Linley (?)
Sat Nov 13, 1926	League Tier 2	South Shields		H	4-2	8,054	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Jones (?)
Sat Nov 20, 1926	League Tier 2	Preston North End		A	0-1	15,834
Sat Nov 27, 1926	League Tier 2	Chelsea		H	4-1	12,841	Barratt (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?), Jones (?)
Sat Dec 04, 1926	League Tier 2	Bradford City		A	1-1	14,371	Linley (?)
Sat Dec 11, 1926	League Tier 2	Southampton		H	3-1	13,826	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?)
Sat Dec 18, 1926	League Tier 2	Port Vale		A	2-0	8,046	Gibson (?), Stocks (?)
Sat Dec 25, 1926	League Tier 2	Portsmouth		A	0-0	19,729
Mon Dec 27, 1926	League Tier 2	Portsmouth		H	1-0	30,616	Price (?)
Sat Jan 01, 1927	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town		A	1-1	13,406	Burton (?)
Sat Jan 08, 1927	FA Cup	Ashington	3	A	2-0	-	Stocks (?), Burton (?)
Sat Jan 15, 1927	League Tier 2	Blackpool		A	2-2	7,536	Barratt (?), Burton (?)
Sat Jan 22, 1927	League Tier 2	Reading		H	5-1	11,458	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Burton (?), Price (?)
Sat Jan 29, 1927	FA Cup	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	A	0-2	-
Sat Feb 05, 1927	League Tier 2	Notts County		H	2-0	25,578	Barratt (?), Gibson (?)
Sat Feb 12, 1927	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	3-1	11,298	Barratt (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?)
Sat Feb 19, 1927	League Tier 2	Manchester City		A	1-1	48,689	Gibson (?)
Sat Feb 26, 1927	League Tier 2	Darlington		H	5-1	14,813	Gibson (?), Galloway (?), Jones (?), Linley (?), MacLachlan (? OG)
Sat Mar 05, 1927	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough		A	0-1	33,354
Thu Mar 10, 1927	League Tier 2	Swansea Town		A	1-2	8,735	Burton (?)
Sat Mar 12, 1927	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient		H	1-1	11,784	Jones (?)
Sat Mar 19, 1927	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	0-2	15,534		Safe
Sat Mar 26, 1927	League Tier 2	Hull City		H	3-1	10,007	Gibson (?), Price (?), Jones (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 02, 1927	League Tier 2	South Shields		A	1-1	5,458	Gibson (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 09, 1927	League Tier 2	Preston North End		H	7-0	13,946	Barratt (? pen), Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Walker (?, ?), Price (?)	Safe
Fri Apr 15, 1927	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic		H	1-1	19,685	Armitage (? OG)	Safe
Sat Apr 16, 1927	League Tier 2	Chelsea		A	0-2	44,855		Safe
Mon Apr 18, 1927	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic		A	3-3	13,153	Gibson (?), Belton (?), Price (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 23, 1927	League Tier 2	Bradford City		H	3-0	6,981	Gibson (?), Jones (?), Townsend (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 30, 1927	League Tier 2	Southampton		A	0-1	7,136		Safe
Sat May 07, 1927	League Tier 2	Port Vale		H	0-3	5,455		Safe
Mon May 09, 1927	Friendly	Northampton Town		A	1-0	-	Stocks (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (8) - £0				Out (8) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Harold Wadsworth	Bought			Duncan Walker	Retired
	Joseph Laws	Bought			John Saxton	Sold
	Ted Linley	Bought			Joseph Laws	Sold
	Tom Turner	Bought			Joseph Taylor	Sold
1926	Cliff Price	Bought			Ralph Lynas	Sold
May 01, 1926	Alf Townsend	Bought			Randolph Galloway	Sold
May 01, 1926	Ebor Reed	Bought			Ted Linley	Sold
May 01, 1927	Albert Harrison	Bought		1927	Ebor Reed	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Len Langford	England	27	44	19	14	11
Defenders
D		Henry Marsden		24	2	1		1
D		William 'Bill' Thompson			42	18	14	10
Midfielders
M		Albert Harrison	England	22
M		Gerry Morgan	N. Ireland	27	44	19	14	11
M		John Saxton			10	3	4	3
M		Joseph Taylor			1			1
M		Sid Gibson	England	27	43	19	13	11	17
M		Tom Turner
Forwards
F		Alf Townsend			8	3	3	2	1
F		Bob Wallace	Scotland	33	41	18	12	11
F		Charlie Jones	Wales	26	32	14	8	10	11
F		Cliff Price	England	26	15	6	6	3	5
F		Cyril Stocks			40	18	12	10	15
F		Duncan Walker	Scotland	26	2	1	1		2
F		Ebor Reed	England	26	5	1	2	2
F		Harold Wadsworth	England	27
F		Jackie Belton	England	31	35	16	11	8	1
F		Joseph Laws			6	2	3	1	1
F		Noah Burton	England	29	35	16	11	8	13
F		Percy Barratt	England	27	44	19	14	11	8
F		Ralph Lynas			1	1
F		Randolph Galloway	England	29	3	1	2		1
F		Ted Linley	England	31	31	14	10	7	5

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 14

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
17	Sid Gibson	43
15	Cyril Stocks	40
13	Noah Burton	35
11	Charlie Jones	32
8 (1)	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 (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

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

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score