The City Ground

SOUTH SHIELDS 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 02, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 02, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: South Shields
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Horsley Hill
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: E Pinckston
Attendance:: 5,458
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 14 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 2)
South Shields:: Sep 03, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1130 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 393 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1276 (of 5824)
Total:: 2126 (of 7629)
Played:: 99 years, 4 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sid Gibson (10')

SOUTH SHIELDS
Manager:
Prior form: DDDLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Oxberry (30')

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 (10')
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks
9	F	30	Randolph Galloway	Last game
10	F	26	Cliff Price
11	F	27	Charlie Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Allan Taylor
2	D	Harry Wilson
3	D	James Phizacklea
4	D	Jim Metcalf
5	D	Alex Hird
6	M	Sandy Trotter
7	M	Tommy Matthewson
8	M	Jack Smith
9	M	Reg Parker
10	F	Jack Oxberry
11	F	George Scott

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 02, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford City	4-1	Blackpool
Chelsea	0-0	Reading
Clapton Orient	4-5	Portsmouth
Hull City	5-1	Barnsley
Middlesbrough	3-1	Oldham Athletic
Notts County	3-1	Darlington
Port Vale	7-1	Fulham
Preston North End	4-0	Swansea Town
South Shields	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Southampton	0-0	Grimsby Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4-1	Manchester 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	34	22	7	5	103	52	15	2	1	67	22	7	5	4	36	30	51	51	WWDWWW	Safe
	2	Portsmouth	33	18	7	8	64	38	11	4	2	41	13	7	3	6	23	25	26	43	DWDWLW	Safe
	3	Manchester City	33	19	5	9	84	50	12	2	3	47	21	7	3	6	37	29	34	43	WDDWWW	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	34	16	11	7	65	44	12	5	0	46	19	4	6	7	19	25	21	43	WLLDLW	Safe
	5	Chelsea	32	18	7	7	55	41	11	4	1	37	17	7	3	6	18	24	14	43	WWWWWL	Safe
	6	Preston North End	34	17	9	8	65	52	11	4	3	47	28	6	5	5	18	24	13	43	WWLWLL	Safe
	7	Hull City	34	17	6	11	49	39	10	4	3	32	14	7	2	8	17	25	10	40	WLLDWL	Safe
	8	Swansea Town	33	14	9	10	55	49	11	4	2	36	15	3	5	8	19	34	6	37	DWLLLW
	9	Southampton	32	14	7	11	50	46	8	4	3	30	17	6	3	8	20	29	4	35	WWWDLL
	10	Port Vale	34	12	11	11	66	64	9	5	3	37	19	3	6	8	29	45	2	35	WLLLWW
	11	Blackpool	34	14	6	14	72	66	10	4	3	49	21	4	2	11	23	45	6	34	WDWLLW
	12	Barnsley	33	12	8	13	65	73	9	5	3	40	21	3	3	10	25	52	-8	32	DLDWDW
	13	Oldham Athletic	34	14	4	16	55	71	9	2	6	37	30	5	2	10	18	41	-16	32	LLLLWL
	14	South Shields	32	10	8	14	58	64	9	5	2	42	18	1	3	12	16	46	-6	28	DDDLWL
	15	Grimsby Town	34	10	8	16	61	77	5	5	7	27	32	5	3	9	34	45	-16	28	WWDLWW
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	10	7	15	61	57	7	4	5	45	25	3	3	10	16	32	4	27	LLWWWL
	17	Reading	31	11	5	15	49	58	10	0	4	34	12	1	5	11	15	46	-9	27	WWLLLL
	18	Notts County	34	11	5	18	56	75	8	4	5	34	21	3	1	13	22	54	-19	27	DLWWDL
	19	Fulham	34	9	8	17	41	70	8	4	5	29	24	1	4	12	12	46	-29	26	DDLDLW
	20	Darlington	34	9	4	21	59	78	7	1	8	35	34	2	3	13	24	44	-19	22	LWLLWL
	21	Clapton Orient	33	7	6	20	42	80	6	3	7	26	27	1	3	13	16	53	-38	20	LLDLWL
	22	Bradford City	34	4	8	22	36	67	4	3	10	19	24	0	5	12	17	43	-31	16	LDLLWL

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	35	23	7	5	106	53	16	2	1	70	23	7	5	4	36	30	53	53	WDWWWW	Safe	3-1
	2	Portsmouth	34	19	7	8	69	42	11	4	2	41	13	8	3	6	28	29	27	45	WDWLWW	Safe	5-4
3	3	Preston North End	35	18	9	8	69	52	12	4	3	51	28	6	5	5	18	24	17	45	WLWLLW	Safe	4-0
	4	Nottingham Forest	35	16	12	7	66	45	12	5	0	46	19	4	7	7	20	26	21	44	LLDLWD	Safe	1-1
	5	Chelsea	33	18	8	7	55	41	11	5	1	37	17	7	3	6	18	24	14	44	WWWWLD	Safe	0-0
3	6	Manchester City	34	19	5	10	85	54	12	2	3	47	21	7	3	7	38	33	31	43	DDWWWL	Safe	1-4
	7	Hull City	35	18	6	11	54	40	11	4	3	37	15	7	2	8	17	25	14	42	LLDWLW	Safe	5-1
2	8	Port Vale	35	13	11	11	73	65	10	5	3	44	20	3	6	8	29	45	8	37	LLLWWW	Safe	7-1
1	9	Swansea Town	34	14	9	11	55	53	11	4	2	36	15	3	5	9	19	38	2	37	WLLLWL	Safe	0-4
1	10	Southampton	33	14	8	11	50	46	8	5	3	30	17	6	3	8	20	29	4	36	WWDLLD		0-0
	11	Blackpool	35	14	6	15	73	70	10	4	3	49	21	4	2	12	24	49	3	34	DWLLWL		1-4
	12	Barnsley	34	12	8	14	66	78	9	5	3	40	21	3	3	11	26	57	-12	32	LDWDWL		1-5
	13	Oldham Athletic	35	14	4	17	56	74	9	2	6	37	30	5	2	11	19	44	-18	32	LLLWLL		1-3
2	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	11	7	15	65	58	8	4	5	49	26	3	3	10	16	32	7	29	LWWWLW		4-1
1	15	South Shields	33	10	9	14	59	65	9	6	2	43	19	1	3	12	16	46	-6	29	DDLWLD		1-1
1	16	Grimsby Town	35	10	9	16	61	77	5	5	7	27	32	5	4	9	34	45	-16	29	WDLWWD		0-0
1	17	Notts County	35	12	5	18	59	76	9	4	5	37	22	3	1	13	22	54	-17	29	LWWDLW		3-1
1	18	Reading	32	11	6	15	49	58	10	0	4	34	12	1	6	11	15	46	-9	28	WLLLLD		0-0
	19	Fulham	35	9	8	18	42	77	8	4	5	29	24	1	4	13	13	53	-35	26	DLDLWL		1-7
	20	Darlington	35	9	4	22	60	81	7	1	8	35	34	2	3	14	25	47	-21	22	WLLWLL		1-3
	21	Clapton Orient	34	7	6	21	46	85	6	3	8	30	32	1	3	13	16	53	-39	20	LDLWLL		4-5
	22	Bradford City	35	5	8	22	40	68	5	3	10	23	25	0	5	12	17	43	-28	18	DLLWLW		4-1