The City Ground

FOREST 7 - 0 PRESTON NORTH END - Sat Apr 09, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 09, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Preston North End
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 7-0 WON
: Half-time: 5-0

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: GS Osell
Attendance:: 13,946
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 3
Opp Before/After:: 4 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Preston North End:: Oct 08, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1131 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 394 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1277 (of 5824)
Total:: 2127 (of 7629)
Played:: 99 years, 4 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Percy Barratt (8') (Pen)
Duncan Walker (17')
Cyril Stocks (20')
Duncan Walker (35') - Duncan Walker last goal
Sid Gibson (43')
Cyril Stocks (62')
Cliff Price (88')

PRESTON NORTH END
Manager: Frank Richards
Prior form: WLWLLW (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 (8')
4	F	31	Jackie Belton
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan
6	F	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson (43')
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks (20') (62')
9	F	27	Duncan Walker (17') (35')
10	F	26	Cliff Price (88')
11	F	32	Ted Linley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tony Carr
2	D	Bill Wade
3	D	Jasper Kerr
4	D	Willie Russell
5	D	David Morris
6	M	Bobby Crawford
7	M	Wattie Jackson
8	M	Sid Chandler
9	M	Norman Robson
10	F	Alex James
11	F	George Harrison

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 09, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	6-1	South Shields
Blackpool	3-2	Southampton
Darlington	3-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham	0-3	Middlesbrough
Grimsby Town	4-4	Port Vale
Manchester City	2-2	Hull City
Nottingham Forest	7-0	Preston North End
Oldham Athletic	5-2	Clapton Orient
Portsmouth	9-1	Notts County
Reading	2-3	Bradford City
Swansea Town	2-1	Chelsea

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

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	36	24	7	5	109	53	16	2	1	70	23	8	5	4	39	30	56	55	DWWWWW	Safe	3-0
	2	Portsmouth	35	20	7	8	78	43	12	4	2	50	14	8	3	6	28	29	35	47	DWLWWW	Safe	9-1
2	3	Nottingham Forest	36	17	12	7	73	45	13	5	0	53	19	4	7	7	20	26	28	46	LDLWDW	Safe	7-0
1	4	Chelsea	35	18	9	8	57	44	11	5	1	37	17	7	4	7	20	27	13	45	WWLDDL	Safe	1-2
1	5	Preston North End	36	18	9	9	69	59	12	4	3	51	28	6	5	6	18	31	10	45	LWLLWL	Safe	0-7
	6	Manchester City	35	19	6	10	87	56	12	3	3	49	23	7	3	7	38	33	31	44	DWWWLD	Safe	2-2
	7	Hull City	36	18	7	11	56	42	11	4	3	37	15	7	3	8	19	27	14	43	LDWLWD	Safe	2-2
2	8	Swansea Town	35	15	9	11	57	54	12	4	2	38	16	3	5	9	19	38	3	39	LLLWLW	Safe	2-1
1	9	Port Vale	36	13	12	11	77	69	10	5	3	44	20	3	7	8	33	49	8	38	LLWWWD	Safe	4-4
1	10	Southampton	35	14	9	12	53	50	8	6	3	31	18	6	3	9	22	32	3	37	DLLDDL	Safe	2-3
	11	Blackpool	36	15	6	15	76	72	11	4	3	52	23	4	2	12	24	49	4	36	WLLWLW	Safe	3-2
	12	Barnsley	36	13	8	15	74	82	10	5	3	46	22	3	3	12	28	60	-8	34	WDWLLW		6-1
	13	Oldham Athletic	36	15	4	17	61	76	10	2	6	42	32	5	2	11	19	44	-15	34	LLWLLW		5-2
	14	Reading	34	12	6	16	54	63	11	0	5	39	17	1	6	11	15	46	-9	30	LLLDWL		2-3
2	15	Grimsby Town	36	10	10	16	65	81	5	6	7	31	36	5	4	9	34	45	-16	30	DLWWDD		4-4
1	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	7	16	66	61	8	4	5	49	26	3	3	11	17	35	5	29	WWWLWL		1-3
1	17	South Shields	34	10	9	15	60	71	9	6	2	43	19	1	3	13	17	52	-11	29	DLWLDL		1-6
	18	Notts County	36	12	5	19	60	85	9	4	5	37	22	3	1	14	23	63	-25	29	WWDLWL		1-9
	19	Fulham	36	9	8	19	42	80	8	4	6	29	27	1	4	13	13	53	-38	26	LDLWLL		0-3
	20	Darlington	36	10	4	22	63	82	8	1	8	38	35	2	3	14	25	47	-19	24	LLWLLW		3-1
1	21	Bradford City	36	6	8	22	43	70	5	3	10	23	25	1	5	12	20	45	-27	20	LLWLWW		3-2
1	22	Clapton Orient	35	7	6	22	48	90	6	3	8	30	32	1	3	14	18	58	-42	20	DLWLLL		2-5