The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 SOUTH SHIELDS - Sat Apr 10, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 10, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: South Shields
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 WON
: Half-time: 3-0

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

Season:: 1925-26
Referee:: E Wood
Attendance:: 8,156
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 6 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Port Vale (League Tier 2)
South Shields:: Nov 13, 1926

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1090 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 353 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1234 (of 5824)
Total:: 2083 (of 7629)
Played:: 100 years, 4 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sid Gibson (18')
Cyril Stocks (23')
Cyril Stocks (34')
Noah Burton (74')

SOUTH SHIELDS
Manager:
Prior form: LWDDDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Guyan (79')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Len Langford
2	D	24	Henry Marsden
3	F	27	Percy Barratt
4	F	30	Jackie Belton
5	M	26	Gerry Morgan
6	M	22	Arthur Tilford
7	M	26	Sid Gibson (18')
8	F	20	Cyril Stocks (23') (34')
9	F	29	Noah Burton (74')
10	F	22	Ralph Lynas
11	F	26	Charlie Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Charlie Pearson
2	D	Mick Ridley
3	D	Harry Wilson
4	D	Alex Hird
5	D	Cyril Hunter
6	M	Jim Metcalf
7	M	Tommy Matthewson
8	M	Jack Smith
9	M	George Guyan
10	F	Sam Henderson
11	F	Sandy Trotter

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 10, 1926)

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

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	38	24	5	9	81	47	17	0	2	56	17	7	5	7	25	30	34	53	LWLWWW	Safe
	2	Derby County	37	22	7	8	71	36	15	2	2	54	17	7	5	6	17	19	35	51	LLWDWW	Safe
	3	Chelsea	37	17	13	7	71	42	9	6	3	40	20	8	7	4	31	22	29	47	WDDDDW	Safe
	4	Swansea Town	36	18	8	10	71	50	12	4	2	46	15	6	4	8	25	35	21	44	WWWDDD	Safe
	5	Port Vale	37	19	4	14	74	58	15	1	2	51	15	4	3	12	23	43	16	42	WWWWLL	Safe
	6	South Shields	39	17	8	14	67	56	10	6	4	45	27	7	2	10	22	29	11	42	LWDDDD	Safe
	7	Middlesbrough	38	20	2	16	74	62	14	1	4	54	24	6	1	12	20	38	12	42	DLWWDW	Safe
	8	Blackpool	38	16	9	13	71	65	11	5	3	37	15	5	4	10	34	50	6	41	WLDDWW	Safe
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	17	6	14	67	54	12	3	2	42	12	5	3	12	25	42	13	40	WWDLWW	Safe
	10	Oldham Athletic	37	16	8	13	64	55	12	4	3	42	20	4	4	10	22	35	9	40	WDLDLD	Safe
	11	Portsmouth	38	15	9	14	71	71	10	4	5	41	26	5	5	9	30	45	0	39	LWDDLW	Safe
	12	Preston North End	38	16	6	16	64	79	15	2	2	48	26	1	4	14	16	53	-15	38	WWLDWD	Safe
	13	Hull City	36	13	9	14	55	50	8	4	6	34	17	5	5	8	21	33	5	35	DWDDLL
	14	Southampton	39	14	7	18	59	60	10	2	7	36	23	4	5	11	23	37	-1	35	LWLDWL
	15	Darlington	38	12	9	17	64	70	7	5	6	44	25	5	4	11	20	45	-6	33	LLWWDL
	16	Barnsley	37	11	11	15	50	67	9	7	4	35	21	2	4	11	15	46	-17	33	DWLWLL
	17	Bradford City	37	12	9	16	41	56	8	4	7	24	24	4	5	9	17	32	-15	33	LLDLLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	36	12	7	17	38	59	9	4	5	29	22	3	3	12	9	37	-21	31	LLWWWW
	19	Stoke City	37	10	7	20	49	71	7	4	7	29	19	3	3	13	20	52	-22	27	LLDWLL
	20	Fulham	36	9	9	18	40	72	7	4	7	27	26	2	5	11	13	46	-32	27	DLLDLL
	21	Clapton Orient	36	9	7	20	42	59	6	5	7	24	19	3	2	13	18	40	-17	25	DLDLLL
	22	Stockport County	38	7	8	23	43	88	7	7	6	31	28	0	1	17	12	60	-45	22	LDLWLL

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	39	24	6	9	81	47	17	0	2	56	17	7	6	7	25	30	34	54	WLWWWD	Safe	0-0
	2	Derby County	38	23	7	8	73	36	16	2	2	56	17	7	5	6	17	19	37	53	LWDWWW	Safe	2-0
	3	Chelsea	38	17	14	7	71	42	9	7	3	40	20	8	7	4	31	22	29	48	DDDDWD	Safe	0-0
	4	Swansea Town	37	18	8	11	71	52	12	4	2	46	15	6	4	9	25	37	19	44	WWDDDL	Safe	0-2
	5	Port Vale	38	19	5	14	75	59	15	2	2	52	16	4	3	12	23	43	16	43	WWWLLD	Safe	1-1
2	6	Blackpool	39	17	9	13	75	66	12	5	3	41	16	5	4	10	34	50	9	43	LDDWWW	Safe	4-1
	7	Middlesbrough	39	20	2	17	74	64	14	1	4	54	24	6	1	13	20	40	10	42	LWWDWL	Safe	0-2
2	8	South Shields	40	17	8	15	68	60	10	6	4	45	27	7	2	11	23	33	8	42	WDDDDL	Safe	1-4
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	17	6	14	67	54	12	3	2	42	12	5	3	12	25	42	13	40	WWDLWW	Safe
	10	Oldham Athletic	38	16	8	14	64	56	12	4	3	42	20	4	4	11	22	36	8	40	DLDLDL	Safe	0-1
	11	Portsmouth	39	15	10	14	72	72	10	4	5	41	26	5	6	9	31	46	0	40	WDDLWD	Safe	1-1
	12	Preston North End	39	16	6	17	64	81	15	2	2	48	26	1	4	15	16	55	-17	38	WLDWDL	Safe	0-2
	13	Hull City	37	14	9	14	56	50	9	4	6	35	17	5	5	8	21	33	6	37	WDDLLW	Safe	1-0
	14	Southampton	40	15	7	18	61	60	11	2	7	38	23	4	5	11	23	37	1	37	WLDWLW	Safe	2-0
	15	Darlington	39	13	9	17	65	70	8	5	6	45	25	5	4	11	20	45	-5	35	LWWDLW		1-0
1	16	Bradford City	38	13	9	16	43	56	9	4	7	26	24	4	5	9	17	32	-13	35	LDLLWW		2-0
1	17	Barnsley	37	11	11	15	50	67	9	7	4	35	21	2	4	11	15	46	-17	33	DWLWLL
	18	Nottingham Forest	37	13	7	17	42	60	10	4	5	33	23	3	3	12	9	37	-18	33	LWWWWW		4-1
2	19	Clapton Orient	37	10	7	20	44	59	7	5	7	26	19	3	2	13	18	40	-15	27	LDLLLW		2-0
1	20	Stoke City	38	10	7	21	49	72	7	4	7	29	19	3	3	14	20	53	-23	27	LDWLLL		0-1
1	21	Fulham	37	9	9	19	40	74	7	4	7	27	26	2	5	12	13	48	-34	27	LLDLLL		0-2
	22	Stockport County	39	7	8	24	44	92	7	7	6	31	28	0	1	18	13	64	-48	22	DLWLLL		1-4