The City Ground

PRESTON NORTH END 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 17, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 17, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Deepdale
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1925-26
Referee:: E Pinckston
Attendance:: 8,450
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 12 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Hull City (League Tier 2)
Preston North End:: Nov 20, 1926

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1092 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 355 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1236 (of 5828)
Total:: 2085 (of 7633)
Played:: 100 years, 4 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: Frank Richards
Prior form: WLDWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Willie Aitken (41')
Willie Aitken (79')

Penalties Missed:
George Harrison (44')

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	F	19	Vincent Hodgkinson	Last game
7	F	34	Jack Spaven	Last game
8	F	20	Cyril Stocks
9	F	29	Charlie Flood	Last game
10	F	22	Ralph Lynas
11	F	26	Charlie Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Norman Wharton
2	D	Bill Wade
3	D	Tommy Hamilton
4	D	Jim Forrest
5	D	David Morris
6	M	Bobby Crawford
7	M	Tom Gillespie
8	M	Willie Russell
9	M	Willie Aitken
10	F	Alex James
11	F	George Harrison

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 17, 1926)

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

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	38	18	9	11	71	52	12	5	2	46	15	6	4	9	25	37	19	45	WDDDLD	Safe
	5	Port Vale	39	19	6	14	76	60	15	3	2	53	17	4	3	12	23	43	16	44	WWLLDD	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	38	17	7	14	67	54	12	4	2	42	12	5	3	12	25	42	13	41	WDLWWD	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	Nottingham Forest	38	13	8	17	43	61	10	4	5	33	23	3	4	12	10	38	-18	34	WWWWWD
	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
	20	Fulham	38	9	10	19	40	74	7	4	7	27	26	2	6	12	13	48	-34	28	LDLLLD
	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

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	40	25	6	9	84	47	18	0	2	59	17	7	6	7	25	30	37	56	LWWWDW	Safe	3-0
	2	Derby County	39	24	7	8	75	37	16	2	2	56	17	8	5	6	19	20	38	55	WDWWWW	Safe	2-1
	3	Chelsea	39	18	14	7	74	43	9	7	3	40	20	9	7	4	34	23	31	50	DDDWDW	Safe	3-1
	4	Swansea Town	39	19	9	11	74	52	13	5	2	49	15	6	4	9	25	37	22	47	DDDLDW	Safe	3-0
	5	Port Vale	40	19	6	15	77	63	15	3	2	53	17	4	3	13	24	46	14	44	WLLDDL	Safe	1-3
	6	Blackpool	40	17	10	13	76	67	12	5	3	41	16	5	5	10	35	51	9	44	DDWWWD	Safe	1-1
2	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	18	7	14	70	55	13	4	2	45	13	5	3	12	25	42	15	43	DLWWDW	Safe	3-1
2	8	Oldham Athletic	39	17	8	14	66	57	13	4	3	44	21	4	4	11	22	36	9	42	LDLDLW	Safe	2-1
2	9	Middlesbrough	40	20	2	18	75	66	14	1	5	55	26	6	1	13	20	40	9	42	WWDWLL	Safe	1-2
2	10	South Shields	40	17	8	15	68	60	10	6	4	45	27	7	2	11	23	33	8	42	WDDDDL	Safe
	11	Portsmouth	40	16	10	14	75	73	11	4	5	44	27	5	6	9	31	46	2	42	DDLWDW	Safe	3-1
	12	Preston North End	40	17	6	17	66	81	16	2	2	50	26	1	4	15	16	55	-15	40	LDWDLW	Safe	2-0
	13	Hull City	38	14	9	15	57	52	9	4	6	35	17	5	5	9	22	35	5	37	DDLLWL	Safe	1-2
	14	Southampton	40	15	7	18	61	60	11	2	7	38	23	4	5	11	23	37	1	37	WLDWLW	Safe
	15	Darlington	40	14	9	17	68	72	9	5	6	48	27	5	4	11	20	45	-4	37	WWDLWW	Safe	3-2
	16	Bradford City	39	13	9	17	44	59	9	4	7	26	24	4	5	10	18	35	-15	35	DLLWWL	Safe	1-3
	17	Nottingham Forest	39	13	8	18	43	63	10	4	5	33	23	3	4	13	10	40	-20	34	WWWWDL	Safe	0-2
	18	Barnsley	38	11	11	16	50	70	9	7	4	35	21	2	4	12	15	49	-20	33	WLWLLL		0-3
1	19	Fulham	39	9	11	19	41	75	7	5	7	28	27	2	6	12	13	48	-34	29	DLLLDD		1-1
1	20	Clapton Orient	39	10	8	21	44	62	7	5	7	26	19	3	3	14	18	43	-18	28	LLLWDL		0-3
	21	Stoke City	39	10	7	22	50	75	7	4	8	30	22	3	3	14	20	53	-25	27	DWLLLL		1-3
	22	Stockport County	40	7	8	25	46	95	7	7	6	31	28	0	1	19	15	67	-49	22	LWLLLL	Relegated	2-3