The City Ground

CHELSEA 1 - 1 FOREST - Wed Dec 26, 1923 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Wed Dec 26, 1923 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 26 December 1923
: Nottingham Journal - Thursday 27 December 1923

Season:: 1923-24
Referee:: GD Nunnerley
Attendance:: 30,000
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 16
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Newcastle United (League Tier 1)
Chelsea:: Aug 31, 1925

GAME COUNT:
League:: 991 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 675 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 1126 (of 5824)
Total:: 1972 (of 7629)
Played:: 102 years, 7 months, 24 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Bob Masters
Prior form: DLLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Duncan Walker (39') (Pen)

CHELSEA
Manager: David Calderhead
Prior form: WDLLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Andy Wilson (48')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	41	Sam Hardy
2	D	33	Harold Bulling
3	D	24	Bill Thompson
4	F	28	Jackie Belton
5	M	24	Gerry Morgan
6	F	30	Bob Wallace
7	M	24	Sid Gibson
8	F	27	Charlie Flood
9	F	24	Duncan Walker (39')
10	F	32	Jack Spaven
11	F	32	Henry Martin

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wilson Marsh
2	D	George Smith
3	D	Jack Harrow
4	D	Jock Priestley
5	D	Harry Wilding
6	M	Tommy Meehan
7	M	Sid Castle
8	M	Jackie Crawford
9	M	Andy Wilson
10	F	Harold Miller
11	F	Willie Ferguson

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Wed Dec 26, 1923)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-0	Manchester City
Cardiff City	3-1	Sheffield United
Chelsea	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Everton	2-3	Sunderland
Huddersfield Town	2-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Middlesbrough	3-0	Burnley
Newcastle United	2-1	Liverpool
Notts County	1-2	Arsenal
Preston North End	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
West Bromwich Albion	0-5	Bolton Wanderers
West Ham United	1-0	Aston Villa

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Cardiff City	21	12	8	1	37	18	7	3	0	19	7	5	5	1	18	11	19	32	DWWWWD
	2	Bolton Wanderers	23	9	10	4	38	19	7	3	1	28	10	2	7	3	10	9	19	28	LDWWDW
	3	Huddersfield Town	21	12	4	5	36	19	8	2	0	21	4	4	2	5	15	15	17	28	WLWWWL
	4	Aston Villa	23	8	11	4	27	18	3	9	0	16	6	5	2	4	11	12	9	27	WDWLDD
	5	Sheffield United	21	9	8	4	34	24	7	4	0	20	5	2	4	4	14	19	10	26	DDWWDD
	6	Sunderland	21	11	4	6	37	28	7	3	1	23	13	4	1	5	14	15	9	26	WLWLWW
	7	Everton	22	10	6	6	32	27	8	3	0	24	6	2	3	6	8	21	5	26	WLWWLW
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	21	9	7	5	23	18	6	3	2	15	7	3	4	3	8	11	5	25	WDLWWW
	9	Newcastle United	22	10	4	8	33	26	7	3	1	19	10	3	1	7	14	16	7	24	WLWLLW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	21	9	5	7	35	28	8	1	2	23	7	1	4	5	12	21	7	23	WDWLLW
	11	Notts County	20	7	8	5	19	22	5	4	1	11	6	2	4	4	8	16	-3	22	DDLWLD
	12	Manchester City	20	8	5	7	25	33	6	3	1	17	9	2	2	6	8	24	-8	21	DDWLWL
	13	West Ham United	21	6	8	7	18	22	5	3	2	12	6	1	5	5	6	16	-4	20	DDLLWD
	14	West Bromwich Albion	21	6	7	8	27	31	6	2	2	26	14	0	5	6	1	17	-4	19	WDWDDL
	15	Burnley	21	5	8	8	30	29	5	3	3	21	14	0	5	5	9	15	1	18	DWLWLD
	16	Liverpool	21	6	4	11	23	28	4	2	5	18	15	2	2	6	5	13	-5	16	LDLLLL
	17	Nottingham Forest	21	6	4	11	26	35	5	3	3	11	7	1	1	8	15	28	-9	16	DLLWLW
	18	Arsenal	20	5	5	10	18	33	3	4	3	13	14	2	1	7	5	19	-15	15	DLDLLL
	19	Chelsea	22	4	7	11	13	28	3	4	3	10	8	1	3	8	3	20	-15	15	WDLLWL
	20	Birmingham City	21	3	8	10	14	30	3	3	5	8	11	0	5	5	6	19	-16	14	DDLLDD
	21	Preston North End	21	4	5	12	25	43	2	4	4	16	15	2	1	8	9	28	-18	13	LDWWWL
	22	Middlesbrough	21	4	4	13	19	30	4	1	5	13	11	0	3	8	6	19	-11	12	LDLLLD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Cardiff City	22	13	8	1	40	19	8	3	0	22	8	5	5	1	18	11	21	34	WWWWDW		3-1
	2	Bolton Wanderers	24	10	10	4	43	19	7	3	1	28	10	3	7	3	15	9	24	30	DWWDWW		5-0
	3	Huddersfield Town	22	13	4	5	38	20	9	2	0	23	5	4	2	5	15	15	18	30	LWWWLW		2-1
2	4	Sunderland	22	12	4	6	40	30	7	3	1	23	13	5	1	5	17	17	10	28	LWLWWW		3-2
1	5	Aston Villa	24	8	11	5	27	19	3	9	0	16	6	5	2	5	11	13	8	27	DWLDDL		0-1
3	6	Newcastle United	23	11	4	8	35	27	8	3	1	21	11	3	1	7	14	16	8	26	LWLLWW		2-1
2	7	Sheffield United	22	9	8	5	35	27	7	4	0	20	5	2	4	5	15	22	8	26	DWWDDL		1-3
1	8	Everton	23	10	6	7	34	30	8	3	1	26	9	2	3	6	8	21	4	26	LWWLWL		2-3
1	9	Blackburn Rovers	22	10	5	7	36	28	8	1	2	23	7	2	4	5	13	21	8	25	DWLLWW		1-0
2	10	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	7	6	24	20	6	3	2	15	7	3	4	4	9	13	4	25	DLWWWL		1-2
2	11	West Ham United	22	7	8	7	19	22	6	3	2	13	6	1	5	5	6	16	-3	22	DLLWDW		1-0
1	12	Notts County	21	7	8	6	20	24	5	4	2	12	8	2	4	4	8	16	-4	22	DLWLDL		1-2
1	13	Manchester City	21	8	5	8	25	36	6	3	1	17	9	2	2	7	8	27	-11	21	DWLWLL		0-3
	14	West Bromwich Albion	22	6	7	9	27	36	6	2	3	26	19	0	5	6	1	17	-9	19	DWDDLL		0-5
	15	Burnley	22	5	8	9	30	32	5	3	3	21	14	0	5	6	9	18	-2	18	WLWLDL		0-3
1	16	Nottingham Forest	22	6	5	11	27	36	5	3	3	11	7	1	2	8	16	29	-9	17	LLWLWD		1-1
1	17	Arsenal	21	6	5	10	20	34	3	4	3	13	14	3	1	7	7	20	-14	17	LDLLLW		2-1
2	18	Liverpool	22	6	4	12	24	30	4	2	5	18	15	2	2	7	6	15	-6	16	DLLLLL		1-2
1	19	Birmingham City	22	4	8	10	17	30	4	3	5	11	11	0	5	5	6	19	-13	16	DLLDDW		3-0
1	20	Chelsea	23	4	8	11	14	29	3	5	3	11	9	1	3	8	3	20	-15	16	DLLWLD		1-1
1	21	Middlesbrough	22	5	4	13	22	30	5	1	5	16	11	0	3	8	6	19	-8	14	DLLLDW		3-0
1	22	Preston North End	22	4	5	13	25	44	2	4	5	16	16	2	1	8	9	28	-19	13	DWWWLL		0-1