The City Ground

GRIMSBY TOWN 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 01, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 01, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Grimsby Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Blundell Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: GT Gould
Attendance:: 13,406
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 2
Opp Before/After:: 18 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ashington (FA Cup)
League:: Blackpool
Grimsby Town:: Oct 29, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1118 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 381 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1262 (of 5830)
Total:: 2112 (of 7635)
Played:: 99 years, 8 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Noah Burton (78')

GRIMSBY TOWN
Manager: Wilf Gillow
Prior form: LLWWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jackie Bestall (14')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Len Langford
2	D	27	Bill Thompson
3	F	28	Percy Barratt
4	F	31	Jackie Belton
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan
6	F	27	Ebor Reed	Last game
7	M	27	Sid Gibson
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks
9	F	30	Noah Burton (78')
10	F	26	Cliff Price
11	F	32	Ted Linley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Prout
2	D	Ernest Jackson
3	D	Hughie Jacobson
4	D	Billy Newton
5	D	Charlie Wrack
6	M	John Pugsley
7	M	John Ferguson
8	M	Jackie Bestall
9	M	Joe Robson
10	F	Joe Cooper
11	F	Billy Marshall

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 01, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	3-1	Swansea Town
Chelsea	2-1	Clapton Orient
Grimsby Town	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough	5-2	Port Vale
Notts County	1-1	Preston North End
Oldham Athletic	0-4	Barnsley
Portsmouth	2-1	Manchester City
Reading	1-0	Southampton
South Shields	3-1	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	Middlesbrough	21	14	2	5	64	37	9	1	1	44	19	5	1	4	20	18	27	30	WWDWWW
	2	Hull City	22	13	3	6	32	15	8	2	2	23	7	5	1	4	9	8	17	29	WWDWLL
	3	Nottingham Forest	22	11	7	4	41	30	7	4	0	27	14	4	3	4	14	16	11	29	WDWWDW
	4	Swansea Town	22	11	7	4	42	32	8	3	0	26	8	3	4	4	16	24	10	29	WDDLLW
	5	Preston North End	21	11	6	4	43	32	7	3	2	31	20	4	3	2	12	12	11	28	WLWLDW
	6	Southampton	22	11	6	5	41	33	6	4	1	23	12	5	2	4	18	21	8	28	LDLWWW
	7	Portsmouth	22	11	5	6	38	27	6	4	1	21	7	5	1	5	17	20	11	27	WLDWDL
	8	Chelsea	22	10	6	6	33	32	6	4	1	22	13	4	2	5	11	19	1	26	LWLDWW
	9	Manchester City	22	11	3	8	52	37	8	1	3	33	18	3	2	5	19	19	15	25	LWWLLL
	10	Port Vale	23	8	8	7	44	42	6	3	2	24	12	2	5	5	20	30	2	24	DDDLWW
	11	Oldham Athletic	22	10	4	8	34	33	7	2	1	27	12	3	2	7	7	21	1	24	WDDLWL
	12	Blackpool	22	8	4	10	47	42	6	2	2	33	13	2	2	8	14	29	5	20	DDWWLW
	13	Reading	21	7	5	9	33	35	6	0	3	19	7	1	5	6	14	28	-2	19	WDDLWW
	14	Fulham	23	7	5	11	31	48	7	3	1	23	11	0	2	10	8	37	-17	19	LWLLLL
	15	South Shields	20	7	4	9	38	33	6	2	2	27	9	1	2	7	11	24	5	18	WWDWDL
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	5	6	11	39	40	3	4	5	29	22	2	2	6	10	18	-1	16	LDLLWW
	17	Darlington	23	6	4	13	41	50	5	1	6	26	28	1	3	7	15	22	-9	16	LLLDDL
	18	Grimsby Town	20	5	6	9	30	40	2	3	3	6	6	3	3	6	24	34	-10	16	LLWWWL
	19	Barnsley	21	6	4	11	34	58	5	2	3	20	14	1	2	8	14	44	-24	16	LWLDWW
	20	Notts County	21	7	1	13	35	51	6	0	5	22	14	1	1	8	13	37	-16	15	LLWLLL
	21	Clapton Orient	21	5	4	12	29	50	4	2	5	19	19	1	2	7	10	31	-21	14	LLLWLL
	22	Bradford City	23	2	6	15	24	48	2	3	7	15	20	0	3	8	9	28	-24	10	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	Middlesbrough	22	15	2	5	69	39	10	1	1	49	21	5	1	4	20	18	30	32	WDWWWW		5-2
1	2	Nottingham Forest	23	11	8	4	42	31	7	4	0	27	14	4	4	4	15	17	11	30	DWWDWD		1-1
1	3	Hull City	23	13	3	7	33	18	8	2	2	23	7	5	1	5	10	11	15	29	WDWLLL		1-3
3	4	Portsmouth	23	12	5	6	40	28	7	4	1	23	8	5	1	5	17	20	12	29	LDWDLW		2-1
	5	Preston North End	22	11	7	4	44	33	7	3	2	31	20	4	4	2	13	13	11	29	LWLDWD		1-1
2	6	Swansea Town	23	11	7	5	43	35	8	3	0	26	8	3	4	5	17	27	8	29	DDLLWL		1-3
1	7	Southampton	23	11	6	6	41	34	6	4	1	23	12	5	2	5	18	22	7	28	DLWWWL		0-1
	8	Chelsea	23	11	6	6	35	33	7	4	1	24	14	4	2	5	11	19	2	28	WLDWWW		2-1
	9	Manchester City	23	11	3	9	53	39	8	1	3	33	18	3	2	6	20	21	14	25	WWLLLL		1-2
	10	Port Vale	24	8	8	8	46	47	6	3	2	24	12	2	5	6	22	35	-1	24	DDLWWL		2-5
	11	Oldham Athletic	23	10	4	9	34	37	7	2	2	27	16	3	2	7	7	21	-3	24	DDLWLL		0-4
	12	Blackpool	23	9	4	10	50	43	7	2	2	36	14	2	2	8	14	29	7	22	DWWLWW		3-1
	13	Reading	22	8	5	9	34	35	7	0	3	20	7	1	5	6	14	28	-1	21	DDLWWW		1-0
1	14	South Shields	21	8	4	9	41	34	7	2	2	30	10	1	2	7	11	24	7	20	WDWDLW		3-1
1	15	Fulham	23	7	5	11	31	48	7	3	1	23	11	0	2	10	8	37	-17	19	LWLLLL
3	16	Barnsley	22	7	4	11	38	58	5	2	3	20	14	2	2	8	18	44	-20	18	WLDWWW		4-0
1	17	Grimsby Town	21	5	7	9	31	41	2	4	3	7	7	3	3	6	24	34	-10	17	LWWWLD		1-1
2	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	5	6	11	39	40	3	4	5	29	22	2	2	6	10	18	-1	16	LDLLWW
2	19	Darlington	23	6	4	13	41	50	5	1	6	26	28	1	3	7	15	22	-9	16	LLLDDL
	20	Notts County	22	7	2	13	36	52	6	1	5	23	15	1	1	8	13	37	-16	16	LWLLLD		1-1
	21	Clapton Orient	22	5	4	13	30	52	4	2	5	19	19	1	2	8	11	33	-22	14	LLWLLL		1-2
	22	Bradford City	23	2	6	15	24	48	2	3	7	15	20	0	3	8	9	28	-24	10	LDLWLL