The City Ground

FOREST 7 - 2 SOUTH SHIELDS - Sat Sep 03, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 03, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: South Shields
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 7-2 WON
: Half-time: 4-1

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: I Baker
Attendance:: 16,714
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 22 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leeds United (League Tier 2)
South Shields:: Jan 07, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1140 (of 5036)
League Tier 2:: 403 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1286 (of 5757)
Total:: 2137 (of 7545)
Played:: 97 years, 6 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Charlie Jones (10')
Cyril Stocks (13')
Cyril Stocks (35')
Noah Burton (44')
Noah Burton (46')
Sid Gibson (52')
Charlie Jones (72')

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

Goals
George Scott (41')
Jack Oxberry (87')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Len Langford
2	D	27	Bill Thompson
3	F	28	Percy Barratt
4	M	23	Harold Green
5	M	23	Albert Harrison
6	F	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson (52')
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks (13') (35')
9	F	30	Noah Burton (44') (46')
10	F	27	Charlie Jones (10') (72')
11	F	28	Harold Wadsworth

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Shevlin
2	D	Frank Atkinson
3	D	James Phizacklea
4	D	Jimmy Davies
5	D	Harry Wilson
6	M	Alan Grenyer
7	M	Tommy Matthewson
8	M	Jack Smith
9	M	Thomas Gibson
10	F	Jack Oxberry
11	F	George Scott

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 03, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	2-1	Oldham Athletic
Chelsea	3-0	Blackpool
Clapton Orient	3-0	Reading
Hull City	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leeds United	2-0	Southampton
Manchester City	1-0	Port Vale
Nottingham Forest	7-2	South Shields
Preston North End	1-2	Barnsley
Stoke City	3-0	Notts County
Swansea Town	2-1	Fulham
West Bromwich Albion	3-1	Grimsby Town

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Bristol City	2	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	6.00000	4	WW
	2	Oldham Athletic	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	2.50000	4	WW
	3	Stoke City	2	2	0	0	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	5	2.00000	4	WW
	4	Nottingham Forest	2	1	1	0	9	2	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	2	2	4.50000	3	DW
	5	Leeds United	2	1	1	0	7	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	5	1	2.33333	3	WD
	6	Clapton Orient	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	2.00000	3	DW
	7	Manchester City	2	1	1	0	9	6	1	0	0	7	4	0	1	0	2	2	1.50000	3	DW
	8	Preston North End	2	1	1	0	6	4	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	2	2	1.50000	3	DW
	9	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2.00000	2	W
	10	Barnsley	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	2	DD
	11	Grimsby Town	2	0	2	0	5	5	0	2	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	2	DD
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D
	13	Reading	2	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	3	.80000	1	LD
	14	Blackpool	2	0	1	1	3	4	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.75000	1	DL
	15	Swansea Town	2	0	1	1	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	9	.66667	1	DL
	16	Hull City	2	0	1	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	.60000	1	DL
	17	Port Vale	2	0	1	1	2	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	4	.33333	1	DL
	18	Fulham	2	0	1	1	2	9	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	7	.22222	1	DL
	19	Notts County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.50000	0	L
	20	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	0	2	3	7	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	1	3	.42857	0	LL
	21	Southampton	2	0	0	2	3	8	0	0	1	3	6	0	0	1	0	2	.37500	0	LL
	22	South Shields	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.20000	0	L

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Bristol City	3	3	0	0	8	2	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	4.00000	6	WWW		2-1
1	2	Stoke City	3	3	0	0	13	5	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	10	5	2.60000	6	WWW		3-0
1	3	Nottingham Forest	3	2	1	0	16	4	2	0	0	14	2	0	1	0	2	2	4.00000	5	DWW		7-2
2	4	Clapton Orient	3	2	1	0	7	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	2	2	3.50000	5	DWW		3-0
	5	Leeds United	3	2	1	0	9	3	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	5	1	3.00000	5	WDW		2-0
1	6	Manchester City	3	2	1	0	10	6	2	0	0	8	4	0	1	0	2	2	1.66667	5	DWW		1-0
2	7	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	5.00000	4	WW		3-0
6	8	Oldham Athletic	3	2	0	1	6	4	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	3	3	1.50000	4	WWL		1-2
1	9	Barnsley	3	1	2	0	5	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	4	3	1.25000	4	DDW		2-1
2	10	Preston North End	3	1	1	1	7	6	1	0	1	5	4	0	1	0	2	2	1.16667	3	DWL		1-2
5	11	Hull City	3	1	1	1	5	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	5	1.00000	3	DLW		2-0
3	12	Swansea Town	3	1	1	1	8	10	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	6	9	.80000	3	DLW		2-1
2	13	Grimsby Town	3	0	2	1	6	8	0	2	0	5	5	0	0	1	1	3	.75000	2	DDL		1-3
6	14	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	0	2	6	8	1	0	1	5	5	0	0	1	1	3	.75000	2	LLW		3-1
2	15	Reading	3	0	1	2	4	8	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	3	6	.50000	1	LDL		0-3
4	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	.50000	1	DL		0-2
3	17	Blackpool	3	0	1	2	3	7	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	3	.42857	1	DLL		0-3
1	18	Port Vale	3	0	1	2	2	7	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	.28571	1	DLL		0-1
1	19	Fulham	3	0	1	2	3	11	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	9	.27273	1	DLL		1-2
1	20	Southampton	3	0	0	3	3	10	0	0	1	3	6	0	0	2	0	4	.30000	0	LLL		0-2
1	21	South Shields	2	0	0	2	3	12	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	2	7	.25000	0	LL		2-7
3	22	Notts County	2	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	3	.20000	0	LL		0-3