The City Ground

CHELSEA 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Nov 19, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 19, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: GS Osell
Attendance:: 28,743
League Week:: 15 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 10 11
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 2)
Chelsea:: Mar 31, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1152 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 415 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1298 (of 5828)
Total:: 2149 (of 7633)
Played:: 98 years, 9 months, 23 days ago

Review
Barratt missed a penalty

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

Goal Scorers
Sid Gibson (47')

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

Goal Scorers
Albert Thain (18')
Jimmy Thompson (82')

Penalties Missed:
Percy Barratt

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Arthur Dexter
2	D	28	Bill Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	F	32	Jackie Belton
5	M	23	Albert Harrison
6	F	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson (47')
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks
9	F	30	Noah Burton
10	F	27	Cliff Price
11	F	27	Charlie Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Sam Millington
2	D	George Smith
3	D	Tommy Law
4	D	Jock Priestley
5	D	Jack Townrow
6	M	Willie Ferguson
7	M	Jackie Crawford
8	M	Albert Thain
9	M	Jimmy Thompson
10	F	Andy Wilson
11	F	George Pearson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 19, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	0-2	Leeds United
Bristol City	1-3	Preston North End
Chelsea	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Clapton Orient	0-2	Manchester City
Grimsby Town	3-0	Port Vale
Notts County	9-0	Barnsley
Oldham Athletic	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Reading	5-1	South Shields
Southampton	5-2	Fulham
Stoke City	1-1	Swansea Town
West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Hull 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	Chelsea	14	10	3	1	30	8	5	1	0	16	1	5	2	1	14	7	22	23	WWWWWW
	2	Stoke City	14	7	4	3	27	15	3	3	1	8	3	4	1	2	19	12	12	18	LWDWLW
	3	Bristol City	14	8	2	4	33	25	5	1	1	18	5	3	1	3	15	20	8	18	LLWWWD
	4	Manchester City	14	8	2	4	33	27	6	0	1	19	9	2	2	3	14	18	6	18	WLDWLL
	5	Leeds United	14	7	3	4	35	20	6	1	0	22	4	1	2	4	13	16	15	17	WDLWDW
	6	Clapton Orient	14	7	3	4	26	26	5	1	0	15	6	2	2	4	11	20	0	17	WLDLWD
	7	Oldham Athletic	14	7	2	5	29	21	5	2	0	21	7	2	0	5	8	14	8	16	WWDLWL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	14	6	4	4	34	28	4	1	1	21	12	2	3	3	13	16	6	16	LWWLDD
	9	Preston North End	14	6	4	4	29	25	4	1	2	18	11	2	3	2	11	14	4	16	LWDLLD
	10	Nottingham Forest	14	7	1	6	37	28	6	0	1	32	12	1	1	5	5	16	9	15	WLWWLW
	11	Swansea Town	14	6	3	5	38	36	6	1	0	27	8	0	2	5	11	28	2	15	LWLWLD
	12	Port Vale	14	7	1	6	24	23	5	1	1	17	6	2	0	5	7	17	1	15	WLWWWW
	13	Barnsley	14	3	7	4	21	22	2	4	2	14	13	1	3	2	7	9	-1	13	LDDLDL
	14	Grimsby Town	14	4	5	5	26	30	2	3	2	16	16	2	2	3	10	14	-4	13	LWWLWW
	15	Hull City	14	4	4	6	15	20	3	3	1	9	5	1	1	5	6	15	-5	12	LLLDLD
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	4	4	6	24	33	4	2	2	18	13	0	2	4	6	20	-9	12	WWLLLD
	17	Fulham	14	4	3	7	22	31	4	3	1	17	11	0	0	6	5	20	-9	11	LDLWLL
	18	Notts County	14	3	5	6	19	28	2	2	3	11	12	1	3	3	8	16	-9	11	DWLWDD
	19	Southampton	14	3	3	8	21	32	2	1	4	18	21	1	2	4	3	11	-11	9	LLWLLW
	20	Blackpool	14	3	3	8	23	36	3	2	2	16	10	0	1	6	7	26	-13	9	WLDDWL
	21	South Shields	14	2	3	9	23	38	1	1	5	10	17	1	2	4	13	21	-15	7	WDDLWL
	22	Reading	14	1	5	8	19	36	1	3	3	10	13	0	2	5	9	23	-17	7	DLLLWL

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	Chelsea	15	11	3	1	32	9	6	1	0	18	2	5	2	1	14	7	23	25	WWWWWW		2-1
2	2	Manchester City	15	9	2	4	35	27	6	0	1	19	9	3	2	3	16	18	8	20	LDWLLW		2-0
2	3	Leeds United	15	8	3	4	37	20	6	1	0	22	4	2	2	4	15	16	17	19	DLWDWW		2-0
2	4	Stoke City	15	7	5	3	28	16	3	4	1	9	4	4	1	2	19	12	12	19	WDWLWD		1-1
2	5	Oldham Athletic	15	8	2	5	32	21	6	2	0	24	7	2	0	5	8	14	11	18	WDLWLW		3-0
3	6	Preston North End	15	7	4	4	32	26	4	1	2	18	11	3	3	2	14	15	6	18	WDLLDW		3-1
4	7	Bristol City	15	8	2	5	34	28	5	1	2	19	8	3	1	3	15	20	6	18	LWWWDL		1-3
	8	West Bromwich Albion	15	6	5	4	35	29	4	2	1	22	13	2	3	3	13	16	6	17	WWLDDD		1-1
3	9	Clapton Orient	15	7	3	5	26	28	5	1	1	15	8	2	2	4	11	20	-2	17	LDLWDL		0-2
1	10	Swansea Town	15	6	4	5	39	37	6	1	0	27	8	0	3	5	12	29	2	16	WLWLDD		1-1
1	11	Nottingham Forest	15	7	1	7	38	30	6	0	1	32	12	1	1	6	6	18	8	15	LWWLWL		1-2
2	12	Grimsby Town	15	5	5	5	29	30	3	3	2	19	16	2	2	3	10	14	-1	15	WWLWWW		3-0
1	13	Port Vale	15	7	1	7	24	26	5	1	1	17	6	2	0	6	7	20	-2	15	LWWWWL		0-3
4	14	Notts County	15	4	5	6	28	28	3	2	3	20	12	1	3	3	8	16	0	13	WLWDDW		9-0
	15	Hull City	15	4	5	6	16	21	3	3	1	9	5	1	2	5	7	16	-5	13	LLDLDD		1-1
3	16	Barnsley	15	3	7	5	21	31	2	4	2	14	13	1	3	3	7	18	-10	13	DDLDLL		0-9
1	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	4	4	7	24	36	4	2	2	18	13	0	2	5	6	23	-12	12	WLLLDL		0-3
1	18	Southampton	15	4	3	8	26	34	3	1	4	23	23	1	2	4	3	11	-8	11	LWLLWW		5-2
2	19	Fulham	15	4	3	8	24	36	4	3	1	17	11	0	0	7	7	25	-12	11	DLWLLL		2-5
2	20	Reading	15	2	5	8	24	37	2	3	3	15	14	0	2	5	9	23	-13	9	LLLWLW		5-1
1	21	Blackpool	15	3	3	9	23	38	3	2	3	16	12	0	1	6	7	26	-15	9	LDDWLL		0-2
1	22	South Shields	15	2	3	10	24	43	1	1	5	10	17	1	2	5	14	26	-19	7	DDLWLL		1-5