The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 HULL CITY - Sat Mar 26, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 26, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Hull City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: GS Osell
Attendance:: 10,007
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 3
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: South Shields (League Tier 2)
Hull City:: Oct 01, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1129 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 392 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1275 (of 5824)
Total:: 2125 (of 7629)
Played:: 99 years, 4 months, 24 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Cliff Price (22')
Sid Gibson (44')
Charlie Jones (55')

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

Goal Scorers
George Martin (58')

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	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson (44')
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks
9	F	30	Noah Burton
10	F	26	Cliff Price (22')
11	F	27	Charlie Jones (55')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Geordie Maddison
2	D	Matt Bell
3	D	Gordon Wilson
4	D	Chris Swan
5	D	Tommy Bleakley
6	M	Con Sullivan
7	M	Tommy Wyper
8	M	George Martin
9	M	George Guyan
10	F	Jimmy Howieson
11	F	Billy Taylor

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 26, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	4-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Blackpool	3-1	Chelsea
Darlington	2-1	Clapton Orient
Grimsby Town	4-2	Bradford City
Manchester City	4-1	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Hull City
Oldham Athletic	1-3	Port Vale
Portsmouth	0-1	Middlesbrough
Swansea Town	2-0	South Shields

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	33	21	7	5	102	52	15	2	1	67	22	6	5	4	35	30	50	49	DWWDWW	Safe
	2	Chelsea	31	18	7	6	54	38	11	4	1	37	17	7	3	5	17	21	16	43	WWWWWW	Safe
	3	Preston North End	33	17	9	7	65	50	11	4	3	47	28	6	5	4	18	22	15	43	LWWLWL	Safe
	4	Manchester City	32	18	5	9	80	49	11	2	3	43	20	7	3	6	37	29	31	41	WWDDWW	Safe
	5	Portsmouth	31	17	7	7	59	37	10	4	1	36	12	7	3	6	23	25	22	41	WLDWDW	Safe
	6	Nottingham Forest	33	15	11	7	62	43	11	5	0	43	18	4	6	7	19	25	19	41	DWLLDL	Safe
	7	Hull City	33	17	6	10	48	36	10	4	3	32	14	7	2	7	16	22	12	40	WWLLDW
	8	Southampton	31	14	7	10	50	43	8	4	3	30	17	6	3	7	20	26	7	35	LWWWDL
	9	Swansea Town	32	13	9	10	53	49	10	4	2	34	15	3	5	8	19	34	4	35	LDWLLL
	10	Blackpool	33	13	6	14	69	65	9	4	3	46	20	4	2	11	23	45	4	32	WWDWLL
	11	Oldham Athletic	33	14	4	15	54	68	9	2	5	36	27	5	2	10	18	41	-14	32	WLLLLW
	12	Port Vale	32	10	11	11	61	63	8	5	3	35	19	2	6	8	26	44	-2	31	DWWLLL
	13	Barnsley	32	11	8	13	61	72	8	5	3	36	20	3	3	10	25	52	-11	30	WDLDWD
	14	South Shields	31	10	8	13	58	62	9	5	2	42	18	1	3	11	16	44	-4	28	LDDDLW
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	10	7	14	60	53	7	4	5	45	25	3	3	9	15	28	7	27	DLLWWW
	16	Reading	30	11	5	14	49	53	10	0	4	34	12	1	5	10	15	41	-4	27	LWWLLL
	17	Notts County	33	11	5	17	55	71	8	4	5	34	21	3	1	12	21	50	-16	27	LDLWWD
	18	Grimsby Town	32	8	8	16	55	74	3	5	7	21	29	5	3	9	34	45	-19	24	LWWWDL
	19	Fulham	33	8	8	17	38	70	7	4	5	26	24	1	4	12	12	46	-32	24	LDDLDL
	20	Darlington	32	8	4	20	56	75	6	1	8	33	33	2	3	12	23	42	-19	20	LLLWLL
	21	Clapton Orient	32	7	6	19	41	78	6	3	7	26	27	1	3	12	15	51	-37	20	LLLDLW
	22	Bradford City	33	4	8	21	34	63	4	3	10	19	24	0	5	11	15	39	-29	16	LLDLLW

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	34	22	7	5	103	52	15	2	1	67	22	7	5	4	36	30	51	51	WWDWWW	Safe	1-0
2	2	Manchester City	33	19	5	9	84	50	12	2	3	47	21	7	3	6	37	29	34	43	WDDWWW	Safe	4-1
3	3	Nottingham Forest	34	16	11	7	65	44	12	5	0	46	19	4	6	7	19	25	21	43	WLLDLW	Safe	3-1
2	4	Chelsea	32	18	7	7	55	41	11	4	1	37	17	7	3	6	18	24	14	43	WWWWWL	Safe	1-3
2	5	Preston North End	33	17	9	7	65	50	11	4	3	47	28	6	5	4	18	22	15	43	LWWLWL	Safe
1	6	Portsmouth	32	17	7	8	59	38	10	4	2	36	13	7	3	6	23	25	21	41	LDWDWL	Safe	0-1
	7	Hull City	34	17	6	11	49	39	10	4	3	32	14	7	2	8	17	25	10	40	WLLDWL	Safe	1-3
1	8	Swansea Town	33	14	9	10	55	49	11	4	2	36	15	3	5	8	19	34	6	37	DWLLLW		2-0
1	9	Southampton	31	14	7	10	50	43	8	4	3	30	17	6	3	7	20	26	7	35	LWWWDL
	10	Blackpool	34	14	6	14	72	66	10	4	3	49	21	4	2	11	23	45	6	34	WDWLLW		3-1
1	11	Port Vale	33	11	11	11	64	64	8	5	3	35	19	3	6	8	29	45	0	33	WWLLLW		3-1
1	12	Barnsley	33	12	8	13	65	73	9	5	3	40	21	3	3	10	25	52	-8	32	DLDWDW		4-1
2	13	Oldham Athletic	34	14	4	16	55	71	9	2	6	37	30	5	2	10	18	41	-16	32	LLLLWL		1-3
	14	South Shields	32	10	8	14	58	64	9	5	2	42	18	1	3	12	16	46	-6	28	DDDLWL		0-2
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	10	7	15	61	57	7	4	5	45	25	3	3	10	16	32	4	27	LLWWWL		1-4
	16	Reading	30	11	5	14	49	53	10	0	4	34	12	1	5	10	15	41	-4	27	LWWLLL
	17	Notts County	34	11	5	18	56	75	8	4	5	34	21	3	1	13	22	54	-19	27	DLWWDL		1-4
	18	Grimsby Town	33	9	8	16	59	76	4	5	7	25	31	5	3	9	34	45	-17	26	WWWDLW		4-2
	19	Fulham	33	8	8	17	38	70	7	4	5	26	24	1	4	12	12	46	-32	24	LDDLDL
	20	Darlington	33	9	4	20	58	76	7	1	8	35	34	2	3	12	23	42	-18	22	LLWLLW		2-1
	21	Clapton Orient	33	7	6	20	42	80	6	3	7	26	27	1	3	13	16	53	-38	20	LLDLWL		1-2
	22	Bradford City	34	4	8	22	36	67	4	3	10	19	24	0	5	12	17	43	-31	16	LDLLWL		2-4