The City Ground

PORT VALE 1 - 1 FOREST - Mon Apr 12, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 12, 1926 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Old Recreation Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 13 April 1926
: Staffordshire Sentinel - Tuesday 13 April 1926

Season:: 1925-26
Referee:: ER Westwood
Attendance:: 5,207
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 5 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 2)
Port Vale:: Dec 18, 1926

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1091 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 354 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1235 (of 5829)
Total:: 2084 (of 7634)
Played:: 100 years, 5 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Cyril Stocks (18')

PORT VALE
Manager: Joe Schofield
Prior form: WWWLLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Lowe (60')

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
8	F	20	Cyril Stocks (18')
9	F	29	Noah Burton
10	F	22	Ralph Lynas
11	F	26	Charlie Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tommy Fern
2	D	Billy Wootton
3	D	Jimmy Oakes
4	D	Arden Maddison
5	D	Bob Connelly
6	M	Reginald Jones
7	M	Jack Lowe
8	M	Joe Pointon
9	M	Wilf Kirkham
10	F	Alf Strange
11	F	Fred Smith

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon Apr 12, 1926)

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

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
	2	Derby County	38	23	7	8	73	36	16	2	2	56	17	7	5	6	17	19	37	53	LWDWWW	Safe
	3	Chelsea	38	17	14	7	71	42	9	7	3	40	20	8	7	4	31	22	29	48	DDDDWD	Safe
	4	Swansea Town	38	18	9	11	71	52	12	5	2	46	15	6	4	9	25	37	19	45	WDDDLD	Safe	0-0
	5	Port Vale	39	19	6	14	76	60	15	3	2	53	17	4	3	12	23	43	16	44	WWLLDD	Safe	1-1
	6	Blackpool	39	17	9	13	75	66	12	5	3	41	16	5	4	10	34	50	9	43	LDDWWW	Safe
	7	Middlesbrough	39	20	2	17	74	64	14	1	4	54	24	6	1	13	20	40	10	42	LWWDWL	Safe
	8	South Shields	40	17	8	15	68	60	10	6	4	45	27	7	2	11	23	33	8	42	WDDDDL	Safe
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	17	7	14	67	54	12	4	2	42	12	5	3	12	25	42	13	41	WDLWWD	Safe	0-0
	10	Oldham Athletic	38	16	8	14	64	56	12	4	3	42	20	4	4	11	22	36	8	40	DLDLDL	Safe
	11	Portsmouth	39	15	10	14	72	72	10	4	5	41	26	5	6	9	31	46	0	40	WDDLWD	Safe
	12	Preston North End	39	16	6	17	64	81	15	2	2	48	26	1	4	15	16	55	-17	38	WLDWDL	Safe
	13	Hull City	37	14	9	14	56	50	9	4	6	35	17	5	5	8	21	33	6	37	WDDLLW	Safe
	14	Southampton	40	15	7	18	61	60	11	2	7	38	23	4	5	11	23	37	1	37	WLDWLW	Safe
	15	Darlington	39	13	9	17	65	70	8	5	6	45	25	5	4	11	20	45	-5	35	LWWDLW
	16	Bradford City	38	13	9	16	43	56	9	4	7	26	24	4	5	9	17	32	-13	35	LDLLWW
1	17	Nottingham Forest	38	13	8	17	43	61	10	4	5	33	23	3	4	12	10	38	-18	34	WWWWWD		1-1
1	18	Barnsley	37	11	11	15	50	67	9	7	4	35	21	2	4	11	15	46	-17	33	DWLWLL
	19	Clapton Orient	38	10	8	20	44	59	7	5	7	26	19	3	3	13	18	40	-15	28	DLLLWD		0-0
1	20	Fulham	38	9	10	19	40	74	7	4	7	27	26	2	6	12	13	48	-34	28	LDLLLD		0-0
1	21	Stoke City	38	10	7	21	49	72	7	4	7	29	19	3	3	14	20	53	-23	27	LDWLLL
	22	Stockport County	39	7	8	24	44	92	7	7	6	31	28	0	1	18	13	64	-48	22	DLWLLL