The City Ground

CHELSEA 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 16, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 16, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 16 April 1927

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: DH Asson
Attendance:: 44,855
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 4
Opp Before/After:: 6 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Chelsea:: Nov 19, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1133 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 396 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1279 (of 5828)
Total:: 2129 (of 7633)
Played:: 99 years, 4 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

CHELSEA
Manager: David Calderhead
Prior form: WWLDDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bobby Turnbull (35')
Bobby Turnbull (43')

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
8	F	27	Charlie Jones
9	M	22	Joseph Taylor	Last game
10	F	26	Cliff Price
11	F	29	Joseph Laws	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Sam Millington
2	D	George Smith
3	D	Tommy Law
4	D	Jock Priestley
5	D	Harry Wilding
6	M	Willie Ferguson
7	M	Jackie Crawford
8	M	Albert Thain
9	M	Bobby Turnbull
10	F	Harold Miller
11	F	George Pearson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 16, 1927)

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

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	37	24	7	6	110	56	16	2	1	70	23	8	5	5	40	33	54	55	WWWWWL	Safe
	2	Portsmouth	36	20	7	9	79	45	12	4	3	51	16	8	3	6	28	29	34	47	WLWWWL	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	37	17	13	7	74	46	13	6	0	54	20	4	7	7	20	26	28	47	DLWDWD	Safe
	4	Preston North End	37	19	9	9	70	59	13	4	3	52	28	6	5	6	18	31	11	47	WLLWLW	Safe
	5	Manchester City	36	19	7	10	89	58	12	3	3	49	23	7	4	7	40	35	31	45	WWWLDD	Safe
	6	Chelsea	35	18	9	8	57	44	11	5	1	37	17	7	4	7	20	27	13	45	WWLDDL	Safe
	7	Hull City	37	18	7	12	56	43	11	4	3	37	15	7	3	9	19	28	13	43	DWLWDL	Safe
	8	Port Vale	37	14	12	11	80	70	11	5	3	47	21	3	7	8	33	49	10	40	LWWWDW	Safe
	9	Swansea Town	36	15	9	12	60	58	12	4	2	38	16	3	5	10	22	42	2	39	LLWLWL	Safe
	10	Blackpool	37	16	6	15	82	73	12	4	3	58	24	4	2	12	24	49	9	38	LLWLWW	Safe
	11	Southampton	36	14	9	13	53	51	8	6	3	31	18	6	3	10	22	33	2	37	LLDDLL	Safe
	12	Barnsley	37	14	8	15	76	83	10	5	3	46	22	4	3	12	30	61	-7	36	DWLLWW	Safe
	13	Oldham Athletic	37	15	5	17	62	77	10	2	6	42	32	5	3	11	20	45	-15	35	LWLLWD	Safe
	14	Reading	35	13	6	16	55	63	11	0	5	39	17	2	6	11	16	46	-8	32	LLDWLW
	15	Grimsby Town	37	10	10	17	65	82	5	6	8	31	37	5	4	9	34	45	-17	30	LWWDDL
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	7	16	66	61	8	4	5	49	26	3	3	11	17	35	5	29	WWWLWL
	17	South Shields	35	10	9	16	61	77	9	6	2	43	19	1	3	14	18	58	-16	29	LWLDLL
	18	Notts County	36	12	5	19	60	85	9	4	5	37	22	3	1	14	23	63	-25	29	WWDLWL
	19	Fulham	37	10	8	19	46	83	9	4	6	33	30	1	4	13	13	53	-37	28	DLWLLW
	20	Darlington	37	10	5	22	65	84	8	2	8	40	37	2	3	14	25	47	-19	25	LWLLWD
	21	Clapton Orient	36	8	6	22	49	90	7	3	8	31	32	1	3	14	18	58	-41	22	LWLLLW
	22	Bradford City	36	6	8	22	43	70	5	3	10	23	25	1	5	12	20	45	-27	20	LLWLWW

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	38	25	7	6	113	56	17	2	1	73	23	8	5	5	40	33	57	57	WWWWLW	Safe	3-0
	2	Portsmouth	37	21	7	9	80	45	12	4	3	51	16	9	3	6	29	29	35	49	LWWWLW	Safe	1-0
1	3	Preston North End	38	20	9	9	72	60	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	6	18	31	12	49	LLWLWW	Safe	2-1
1	4	Nottingham Forest	38	17	13	8	74	48	13	6	0	54	20	4	7	8	20	28	26	47	LWDWDL	Safe	0-2
1	5	Chelsea	36	19	9	8	59	44	12	5	1	39	17	7	4	7	20	27	15	47	WLDDLW	Safe	2-0
1	6	Manchester City	37	19	8	10	91	60	12	3	3	49	23	7	5	7	42	37	31	46	WWLDDD	Safe	2-2
	7	Hull City	38	19	7	12	58	44	12	4	3	39	16	7	3	9	19	28	14	45	WLWDLW	Safe	2-1
2	8	Blackpool	38	17	6	15	86	75	12	4	3	58	24	5	2	12	28	51	11	40	LWLWWW	Safe	4-2
1	9	Port Vale	38	14	12	12	82	74	11	5	4	49	25	3	7	8	33	49	8	40	WWWDWL	Safe	2-4
1	10	Swansea Town	37	15	9	13	60	63	12	4	2	38	16	3	5	11	22	47	-3	39	LWLWLL	Safe	0-5
	11	Southampton	37	14	10	13	54	52	8	7	3	32	19	6	3	10	22	33	2	38	LDDLLD	Safe	1-1
1	12	Oldham Athletic	38	16	5	17	64	78	10	2	6	42	32	6	3	11	22	46	-14	37	WLLWDW	Safe	2-1
1	13	Barnsley	38	14	8	16	77	85	10	5	3	46	22	4	3	13	31	63	-8	36	WLLWWL	Safe	1-2
	14	Reading	36	13	7	16	56	64	11	0	5	39	17	2	7	11	17	47	-8	33	LDWLWD	Safe	1-1
2	15	South Shields	36	10	10	16	63	79	9	7	2	45	21	1	3	14	18	58	-16	30	WLDLLD		2-2
1	16	Grimsby Town	38	10	10	18	65	85	5	6	8	31	37	5	4	10	34	48	-20	30	WWDDLL		0-3
2	17	Fulham	38	11	8	19	49	85	9	4	6	33	30	2	4	13	16	55	-36	30	LWLLWW		3-2
2	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	11	7	17	66	62	8	4	6	49	27	3	3	11	17	35	4	29	WWLWLL		0-1
1	19	Notts County	37	12	5	20	61	87	9	4	6	38	24	3	1	14	23	63	-26	29	WDLWLL		1-2
	20	Darlington	38	10	5	23	66	86	8	2	8	40	37	2	3	15	26	49	-20	25	WLLWDL		1-2
1	21	Bradford City	37	7	8	22	48	70	6	3	10	28	25	1	5	12	20	45	-22	22	LWLWWW		5-0
1	22	Clapton Orient	37	8	6	23	51	93	7	3	9	33	35	1	3	14	18	58	-42	22	WLLLWL		2-3