The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 0 HULL CITY - Wed Apr 21, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Apr 21, 1926 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Hull City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 17 April 1926
: Daily Express - Thursday 22 April 1926

Season:: 1925-26
Referee:: Capt. Prince-Cox
Attendance:: 4,706
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 16
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 2)
Hull City:: Nov 06, 1926

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1093 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 356 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1237 (of 5828)
Total:: 2086 (of 7633)
Played:: 100 years, 4 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Noah Burton (31')
Ralph Lynas (53') - Ralph Lynas last goal
Cyril Stocks (65')
Percy Barratt (71') (Pen)

HULL CITY
Manager: Billy McCracken
Prior form: DDLLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Len Langford
2	D	26	Bill Thompson
3	F	27	Percy Barratt (71')
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 (65')
9	F	29	Noah Burton (31')
10	F	22	Ralph Lynas (53')
11	F	26	Charlie Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Geordie Maddison
2	D	Jock Gibson
3	D	Jock McGee
4	D	Ronnie Mitchell
5	D	Mick O'Brien
6	M	Tommy Bleakley
7	M	Alf Horne
8	M	George Martin
9	M	George Whitworth
10	F	Pat Lee
11	F	Alec Thom

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Apr 21, 1926)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Hull City

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

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
	2	Derby County	39	24	7	8	75	37	16	2	2	56	17	8	5	6	19	20	38	55	WDWWWW	Safe
	3	Chelsea	39	18	14	7	74	43	9	7	3	40	20	9	7	4	34	23	31	50	DDDWDW	Safe
	4	Swansea Town	39	19	9	11	74	52	13	5	2	49	15	6	4	9	25	37	22	47	DDDLDW	Safe
	5	Port Vale	40	19	6	15	77	63	15	3	2	53	17	4	3	13	24	46	14	44	WLLDDL	Safe
	6	Blackpool	40	17	10	13	76	67	12	5	3	41	16	5	5	10	35	51	9	44	DDWWWD	Safe
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	18	7	14	70	55	13	4	2	45	13	5	3	12	25	42	15	43	DLWWDW	Safe
	8	Oldham Athletic	39	17	8	14	66	57	13	4	3	44	21	4	4	11	22	36	9	42	LDLDLW	Safe
	9	Middlesbrough	40	20	2	18	75	66	14	1	5	55	26	6	1	13	20	40	9	42	WWDWLL	Safe
	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
	12	Preston North End	40	17	6	17	66	81	16	2	2	50	26	1	4	15	16	55	-15	40	LDWDLW	Safe
	13	Hull City	39	14	9	16	57	56	9	4	6	35	17	5	5	10	22	39	1	37	DLLWLL	Safe	0-4
	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
2	16	Nottingham Forest	40	14	8	18	47	63	11	4	5	37	23	3	4	13	10	40	-16	36	WWWDLW	Safe	4-0
1	17	Bradford City	40	13	9	18	45	62	9	4	7	26	24	4	5	11	19	38	-17	35	LLWWLL	Safe
1	18	Barnsley	39	11	12	16	52	72	9	7	4	35	21	2	5	12	17	51	-20	34	LWLLLD	Safe
	19	Clapton Orient	40	11	8	21	47	63	8	5	7	29	20	3	3	14	18	43	-16	30	LLWDLW
	20	Fulham	40	9	12	19	43	77	7	6	7	30	29	2	6	12	13	48	-34	30	LLLDDD
	21	Stoke City	39	10	7	22	50	75	7	4	8	30	22	3	3	14	20	53	-25	27	DWLLLL
	22	Stockport County	40	7	8	25	46	95	7	7	6	31	28	0	1	19	15	67	-49	22	LWLLLL	Relegated