The City Ground

PORTSMOUTH 5 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 20, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 20, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Portsmouth
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Fratton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-5 LOST
: Half-time: 0-3

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1925-26
Referee:: A Timmins
Attendance:: 12,474
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 12 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Portsmouth:: Dec 25, 1926

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1084 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 347 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1228 (of 5824)
Total:: 2077 (of 7629)
Played:: 100 years, 5 months, 1 day ago

Review
Havelock scored 4 goals for Portsmouth

FOREST
Manager: John Baynes
Prior form: LLLDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Charlie Flood (84')

PORTSMOUTH
Manager: John McCartney
Prior form: LLDWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Harry Havelock (9')
Harry Havelock (24')
Harry Havelock (34')
Harry Havelock (49')
Jerry Mackie (85')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Len Langford
2	D	26	Bill Thompson	100th appearance
3	F	27	Percy Barratt
4	F	30	Jackie Belton
5	M	26	Gerry Morgan
6	F	33	Bob Wallace
7	M	26	Sid Gibson
8	F	20	Cyril Stocks
9	F	29	Charlie Flood (84')
10	F	29	Noah Burton
11	F	26	Charlie Jones

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Len Langford	36		5	1
2	D	26	Bill Thompson	99		5	1
3	F	27	Percy Barratt	106	1	5	1
4	F	30	Jackie Belton	271	15	5	1
5	M	26	Gerry Morgan	132	6	5	1
6	F	33	Bob Wallace	120		5	1
7	M	26	Sid Gibson	178	19	5	1
8	F	20	Cyril Stocks	12	2	7	2
9	F	29	Charlie Flood (84')	98	19	5	1
10	F	29	Noah Burton	146	11	7	2
11	F	26	Charlie Jones	25	1	5	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dan McPhail
2	D	George Clifford
3	D	John McColgan
4	D	Reg Davies
5	D	Harry Foxall
6	M	Billy Moffat
7	M	Harry Goodwin
8	M	Jerry Mackie
9	M	Harry Havelock
10	F	David Watson
11	F	Jimmy Martin

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 20, 1926)

Home	Score	Away
Fulham	1-1	Hull City
Middlesbrough	3-0	Southampton
Oldham Athletic	1-1	Clapton Orient
Portsmouth	5-1	Nottingham Forest
Preston North End	6-4	Blackpool
South Shields	2-4	Darlington
Stockport County	0-0	Chelsea
Stoke City	1-2	Barnsley
Swansea Town	1-0	Bradford City
The Wednesday	0-2	Port Vale
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Derby County

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	The Wednesday	32	20	5	7	73	40	14	0	1	50	15	6	5	6	23	25	33	45	WWWLDD	Safe
2	Derby County	32	19	6	7	63	33	13	2	2	47	16	6	4	5	16	17	30	44	LLDWWL
3	Chelsea	32	16	9	7	67	39	9	4	3	37	17	7	5	4	30	22	28	41	LWWDLW
4	Swansea Town	31	16	5	10	64	46	10	2	2	39	11	6	3	8	25	35	18	37	WWWDLW
5	Oldham Athletic	32	16	5	11	58	46	12	2	3	41	19	4	3	8	17	27	12	37	WWLWLW
6	South Shields	33	16	4	13	60	48	9	3	3	39	20	7	1	10	21	28	12	36	LDLWLL
7	Port Vale	32	16	4	12	66	53	13	1	2	46	15	3	3	10	20	38	13	36	LWWWDW
8	Blackpool	33	14	7	12	61	55	10	3	3	33	12	4	4	9	28	43	6	35	LWLDDW
9	Middlesbrough	34	17	1	16	65	59	12	1	4	48	23	5	0	12	17	36	6	35	LWLWDL
10	Hull City	32	13	7	12	51	43	8	4	5	33	15	5	3	7	18	28	8	33	DLDWDW
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	14	5	13	54	49	9	3	2	32	11	5	2	11	22	38	5	33	LWLWDW
12	Portsmouth	33	13	7	13	61	65	9	3	4	35	23	4	4	9	26	42	-4	33	LLDWWL
13	Southampton	33	12	6	15	53	51	9	2	6	33	21	3	4	9	20	30	2	30	WLLWLW
14	Bradford City	32	11	8	13	37	49	7	3	7	21	23	4	5	6	16	26	-12	30	LDDWLL
15	Preston North End	32	13	4	15	52	69	12	1	2	37	20	1	3	13	15	49	-17	30	WDWDWL
16	Barnsley	32	9	11	12	46	59	9	7	2	35	19	0	4	10	11	40	-13	29	DLWDDD
17	Darlington	34	10	8	16	54	61	6	5	6	39	24	4	3	10	15	37	-7	28	WLLLLL
18	Fulham	30	9	7	14	35	61	7	3	5	24	20	2	4	9	11	41	-26	25	WLWWDW
19	Stoke City	32	9	6	17	42	65	6	4	5	22	15	3	2	12	20	50	-23	24	WLLLLL
20	Clapton Orient	30	9	5	16	40	51	6	4	6	23	17	3	1	10	17	34	-11	23	DWLDDW
21	Nottingham Forest	30	8	7	15	31	52	7	4	5	26	22	1	3	10	5	30	-21	23	LLLDLW
22	Stockport County	33	6	7	20	40	79	6	6	5	29	26	0	1	15	11	53	-39	19	LDLDDL

Table after:

	SECOND 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	The Wednesday	33	20	5	8	73	42	14	0	2	50	17	6	5	6	23	25	31	45	WWLDDL	Safe	0-2
	2	Derby County	33	19	6	8	63	35	13	2	2	47	16	6	4	6	16	19	28	44	LDWWLL	Safe	0-2
	3	Chelsea	33	16	10	7	67	39	9	4	3	37	17	7	6	4	30	22	28	42	WWDLWD		0-0
	4	Swansea Town	32	17	5	10	65	46	11	2	2	40	11	6	3	8	25	35	19	39	WWDLWW		1-0
2	5	Port Vale	33	17	4	12	68	53	13	1	2	46	15	4	3	10	22	38	15	38	WWWDWW		2-0
1	6	Oldham Athletic	33	16	6	11	59	47	12	3	3	42	20	4	3	8	17	27	12	38	WLWLWD		1-1
2	7	Middlesbrough	35	18	1	16	68	59	13	1	4	51	23	5	0	12	17	36	9	37	WLWDLW		3-0
2	8	South Shields	34	16	4	14	62	52	9	3	4	41	24	7	1	10	21	28	10	36	DLWLLL		2-4
2	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	15	5	13	56	49	10	3	2	34	11	5	2	11	22	38	7	35	WLWDWW		2-0
2	10	Blackpool	34	14	7	13	65	61	10	3	3	33	12	4	4	10	32	49	4	35	WLDDWL		4-6
1	11	Portsmouth	34	14	7	13	66	66	10	3	4	40	24	4	4	9	26	42	0	35	LDWWLW		5-1
2	12	Hull City	33	13	8	12	52	44	8	4	5	33	15	5	4	7	19	29	8	34	LDWDWD		1-1
2	13	Preston North End	33	14	4	15	58	73	13	1	2	43	24	1	3	13	15	49	-15	32	DWDWLW		6-4
2	14	Barnsley	33	10	11	12	48	60	9	7	2	35	19	1	4	10	13	41	-12	31	LWDDDW		2-1
2	15	Southampton	34	12	6	16	53	54	9	2	6	33	21	3	4	10	20	33	-1	30	LLWLWL		0-3
1	16	Darlington	35	11	8	16	58	63	6	5	6	39	24	5	3	10	19	39	-5	30	LLLLLW		4-2
3	17	Bradford City	33	11	8	14	37	50	7	3	7	21	23	4	5	7	16	27	-13	30	DDWLLL		0-1
	18	Fulham	31	9	8	14	36	62	7	4	5	25	21	2	4	9	11	41	-26	26	LWWDWD		1-1
1	19	Clapton Orient	31	9	6	16	41	52	6	4	6	23	17	3	2	10	18	35	-11	24	WLDDWD		1-1
1	20	Stoke City	33	9	6	18	43	67	6	4	6	23	17	3	2	12	20	50	-24	24	LLLLLL		1-2
	21	Nottingham Forest	31	8	7	16	32	57	7	4	5	26	22	1	3	11	6	35	-25	23	LLDLWL		1-5
	22	Stockport County	34	6	8	20	40	79	6	7	5	29	26	0	1	15	11	53	-39	20	DLDDLD		0-0