The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 NOTTS COUNTY - Sat Feb 05, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 05, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: WR Jennings
Attendance:: 25,578
League Week:: 26 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 16 18

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Notts County:: Sep 17, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1121 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 384 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1267 (of 5828)
Total:: 2117 (of 7633)
Played:: 99 years, 7 months, 5 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Percy Barratt (12') (Pen)
Sid Gibson (16')

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: Albert Fisher
Prior form: LLDWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Len Langford
2	D	27	Bill Thompson
3	F	28	Percy Barratt (12')
4	F	31	Jackie Belton
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan
6	F	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson (16')
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks
9	F	30	Noah Burton
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
11	F	32	Ted Linley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Hopkins
2	D	William Smith
3	D	Charlie Bisby
4	D	Fred Hilton
5	D	Norman Dinsdale
6	M	Haydn Kemp
7	M	Peter Kelly
8	M	Neil Harris (1920)
9	M	Alf Widdowson
10	F	Arthur Davis
11	F	Len Barry

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 05, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Swansea Town
Chelsea	5-2	Bradford City
Darlington	1-3	Blackpool
Hull City	3-3	Middlesbrough
Manchester City	3-0	Reading
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Notts County
Oldham Athletic	2-3	Fulham
Portsmouth	5-2	Grimsby Town
Preston North End	1-0	Southampton
South Shields	3-3	Port Vale
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5-0	Clapton Orient

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	24	15	4	5	71	41	10	2	1	49	21	5	2	4	22	20	30	34	WWWWDD
	2	Portsmouth	25	14	5	6	49	30	8	4	1	30	10	6	1	5	19	20	19	33	WDLWWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	25	12	9	4	49	34	8	4	0	32	15	4	5	4	17	19	15	33	WDWDDW
	4	Hull City	25	14	3	8	37	23	9	2	2	25	7	5	1	6	12	16	14	31	WLLLLW
	5	Manchester City	26	14	3	9	64	43	9	1	3	35	18	5	2	6	29	25	21	31	LLLWWW
	6	Preston North End	24	11	9	4	47	36	7	4	2	33	22	4	5	2	14	14	11	31	LDWDDD
	7	Swansea Town	25	12	7	6	47	39	9	3	0	30	9	3	4	6	17	30	8	31	LLWLLW
	8	Chelsea	24	11	7	6	35	33	7	4	1	24	14	4	3	5	11	19	2	29	LDWWWD
	9	Southampton	25	11	6	8	41	38	6	4	2	23	14	5	2	6	18	24	3	28	WWWLLL
	10	Oldham Athletic	26	12	4	10	41	47	9	2	2	32	19	3	2	8	9	28	-6	28	WLLWLW
	11	Port Vale	25	8	9	8	46	47	6	4	2	24	12	2	5	6	22	35	-1	25	DLWWLD
	12	Blackpool	26	9	5	12	55	55	7	3	3	40	20	2	2	9	15	35	0	23	LWWDLL
	13	Reading	24	9	5	10	38	40	8	0	3	23	7	1	5	7	15	33	-2	23	LWWWWL
	14	South Shields	23	9	4	10	44	39	8	2	2	32	11	1	2	8	12	28	5	22	WDLWLW
	15	Barnsley	24	9	4	11	47	60	6	2	3	26	15	3	2	8	21	45	-13	22	DWWWWW
	16	Notts County	25	9	2	14	44	56	7	1	5	27	16	2	1	9	17	40	-12	20	LLDWLW
	17	Fulham	25	7	5	13	33	58	7	3	2	25	16	0	2	11	8	42	-25	19	LLLLLL
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	6	6	12	45	46	4	4	5	34	24	2	2	7	11	22	-1	18	LLWWWL
	19	Darlington	25	7	4	14	48	53	6	1	6	31	28	1	3	8	17	25	-5	18	LDDLLW
	20	Grimsby Town	24	5	7	12	33	50	2	4	5	9	14	3	3	7	24	36	-17	17	WLDLLL
	21	Clapton Orient	24	5	5	14	32	55	4	3	5	20	20	1	2	9	12	35	-23	15	WLLLDL
	22	Bradford City	26	3	7	16	27	50	3	3	7	17	20	0	4	9	10	30	-23	13	WLLDWL

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	1	Portsmouth	26	15	5	6	54	32	9	4	1	35	12	6	1	5	19	20	22	35	DLWWWW		5-2
1	2	Middlesbrough	25	15	5	5	74	44	10	2	1	49	21	5	3	4	25	23	30	35	WWWDDD		3-3
	3	Nottingham Forest	26	13	9	4	51	34	9	4	0	34	15	4	5	4	17	19	17	35	DWDDWW		2-0
1	4	Manchester City	27	15	3	9	67	43	10	1	3	38	18	5	2	6	29	25	24	33	LLWWWW		3-0
1	5	Preston North End	25	12	9	4	48	36	8	4	2	34	22	4	5	2	14	14	12	33	DWDDDW		1-0
2	6	Hull City	26	14	4	8	40	26	9	3	2	28	10	5	1	6	12	16	14	32	LLLLWD		3-3
	7	Swansea Town	26	12	8	6	48	40	9	3	0	30	9	3	5	6	18	31	8	32	LWLLWD		1-1
	8	Chelsea	25	12	7	6	40	35	8	4	1	29	16	4	3	5	11	19	5	31	DWWWDW		5-2
	9	Southampton	26	11	6	9	41	39	6	4	2	23	14	5	2	7	18	25	2	28	WWLLLL		0-1
	10	Oldham Athletic	27	12	4	11	43	50	9	2	3	34	22	3	2	8	9	28	-7	28	LLWLWL		2-3
	11	Port Vale	26	8	10	8	49	50	6	4	2	24	12	2	6	6	25	38	-1	26	LWWLDD		3-3
	12	Blackpool	27	10	5	12	58	56	7	3	3	40	20	3	2	9	18	36	2	25	WWDLLW		3-1
1	13	South Shields	24	9	5	10	47	42	8	3	2	35	14	1	2	8	12	28	5	23	DLWLWD		3-3
1	14	Reading	25	9	5	11	38	43	8	0	3	23	7	1	5	8	15	36	-5	23	WWWWLL		0-3
	15	Barnsley	25	9	5	11	48	61	6	3	3	27	16	3	2	8	21	45	-13	23	WWWWWD		1-1
1	16	Fulham	26	8	5	13	36	60	7	3	2	25	16	1	2	11	11	44	-24	21	LLLLLW		3-2
1	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	7	6	12	50	46	5	4	5	39	24	2	2	7	11	22	4	20	LWWWLW		5-0
2	18	Notts County	26	9	2	15	44	58	7	1	5	27	16	2	1	10	17	42	-14	20	LDWLWL		0-2
	19	Darlington	26	7	4	15	49	56	6	1	7	32	31	1	3	8	17	25	-7	18	DDLLWL		1-3
	20	Grimsby Town	25	5	7	13	35	55	2	4	5	9	14	3	3	8	26	41	-20	17	LDLLLL		2-5
	21	Clapton Orient	25	5	5	15	32	60	4	3	5	20	20	1	2	10	12	40	-28	15	LLLDLL		0-5
	22	Bradford City	27	3	7	17	29	55	3	3	7	17	20	0	4	10	12	35	-26	13	LLDWLL		2-5