The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 OLDHAM ATHLETIC - Sat Mar 17, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 17, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Oldham Athletic
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: WF Burnell
Attendance:: 9,045
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 9
Opp Before/After:: 5 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackpool (League Tier 2)
Oldham Athletic:: Dec 15, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1168 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 431 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1319 (of 5824)
Total:: 2170 (of 7629)
Played:: 98 years, 5 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Albert Harrison (61') - Albert Harrison first goal
Bill Thompson (89') (Pen)

OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Manager: Andrew Wilson
Prior form: LWWLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bert Watson (8')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter
2	D	28	Bill Thompson (89')
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	D	23	Billy McKinlay
5	M	24	Albert Harrison (61')
6	M	28	Gerry Morgan	200th appearance
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	F	31	Stuart McMillan
9	F	31	Noah Burton
10	F	28	Charlie Jones	100th appearance
11	F	25	Alf Townsend

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter	23		14	3
2	D	28	Bill Thompson (89')	175	1	7	1
3	F	29	Percy Barratt	194	17	7	1
4	D	23	Billy McKinlay	4		7	1
5	M	24	Albert Harrison (61')	30		7	1
6	M	28	Gerry Morgan	199	6	14	3
7	M	28	Sid Gibson	266	53	7	1
8	F	31	Stuart McMillan	6		7	1
9	F	31	Noah Burton	219	43	7	1
10	F	28	Charlie Jones	99	20	7	1
11	F	25	Alf Townsend	8	1	315	37

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Hacking
2	D	Harry Grundy
3	D	Teddy Ivill
4	D	Les Adlam
5	D	Ted Malpas
6	M	Jimmy Naylor
7	M	Jack King
8	M	George Taylor
9	M	Neil Harris
10	F	Albert Pynegar
11	F	Bert Watson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 17, 1928)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-4	West Bromwich Albion
Fulham	2-0	Clapton Orient
Hull City	0-1	Reading
Leeds United	6-0	Notts County
Manchester City	2-0	Grimsby Town
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Oldham Athletic
Port Vale	0-0	Stoke City
Preston North End	2-1	Blackpool
South Shields	2-1	Southampton
Swansea Town	0-0	Chelsea
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5-2	Bristol 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	32	20	6	6	63	31	13	2	1	40	8	7	4	5	23	23	32	46	WLLWWW	Safe
2	Leeds United	32	18	6	8	75	41	12	2	2	46	14	6	4	6	29	27	34	42	LLDWDW
3	Manchester City	30	18	6	6	76	46	13	2	1	51	20	5	4	5	25	26	30	42	WDLDWD
4	Preston North End	32	17	8	7	72	44	12	2	2	49	19	5	6	5	23	25	28	42	LWDDWL
5	Oldham Athletic	31	16	6	9	59	36	12	3	1	44	14	4	3	8	15	22	23	38	LWWLWL
6	Stoke City	31	16	6	9	58	46	9	5	2	28	13	7	1	7	30	33	12	38	WLWLWD
7	West Bromwich Albion	32	13	9	10	73	55	9	5	2	45	21	4	4	8	28	34	18	35	WDWDLW
8	Port Vale	31	15	3	13	57	47	10	3	3	38	15	5	0	10	19	32	10	33	WWLDWW
9	Swansea Town	31	13	7	11	61	56	11	3	2	39	13	2	4	9	22	43	5	33	WLDWWD
10	Bristol City	33	13	7	13	64	61	9	3	4	35	15	4	4	9	29	46	3	33	LLWDLW
11	Nottingham Forest	30	13	6	11	66	60	8	4	2	44	24	5	2	9	22	36	6	32	DDWLLL
12	Grimsby Town	33	11	10	12	49	64	6	5	5	29	30	5	5	7	20	34	-15	32	LDDLWL
13	Hull City	30	9	11	10	35	40	8	5	2	22	14	1	6	8	13	26	-5	29	WDLDLL
14	Notts County	32	9	9	14	53	60	7	4	5	35	20	2	5	9	18	40	-7	27	LDLDLW
15	Reading	31	9	9	13	45	60	8	5	3	29	19	1	4	10	16	41	-15	27	LDWDWD
16	Clapton Orient	31	10	7	14	46	66	8	3	4	26	20	2	4	10	20	46	-20	27	WDLWDD
17	Barnsley	31	9	8	14	49	65	7	4	4	33	25	2	4	10	16	40	-16	26	WLLWDL
18	Southampton	32	9	7	16	50	59	7	3	6	41	34	2	4	10	9	25	-9	25	WDWWLL
19	Blackpool	33	9	7	17	62	83	7	3	7	39	39	2	4	10	23	44	-21	25	DWLDLW
20	Fulham	31	9	5	17	59	73	9	5	1	40	18	0	0	16	19	55	-14	23	WLWLWL
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	8	7	16	48	77	8	3	4	31	24	0	4	12	17	53	-29	23	LWLDWD
22	South Shields	32	4	6	22	42	92	3	4	9	24	35	1	2	13	18	57	-50	14	WLWDLL

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	33	20	7	6	63	31	13	2	1	40	8	7	5	5	23	23	32	47	LLWWWD	Safe	0-0
	2	Leeds United	33	19	6	8	81	41	13	2	2	52	14	6	4	6	29	27	40	44	LDWDWW	Safe	6-0
	3	Manchester City	31	19	6	6	78	46	14	2	1	53	20	5	4	5	25	26	32	44	DLDWDW	Safe	2-0
	4	Preston North End	33	18	8	7	74	45	13	2	2	51	20	5	6	5	23	25	29	44	WDDWLW	Safe	2-1
1	5	Stoke City	32	16	7	9	58	46	9	5	2	28	13	7	2	7	30	33	12	39	LWLWDD		0-0
1	6	Oldham Athletic	32	16	6	10	60	38	12	3	1	44	14	4	3	9	16	24	22	38	WWLWLL		1-2
	7	West Bromwich Albion	33	14	9	10	77	57	9	5	2	45	21	5	4	8	32	36	20	37	DWDLWW		4-2
	8	Port Vale	32	15	4	13	57	47	10	4	3	38	15	5	0	10	19	32	10	34	WLDWWD		0-0
2	9	Nottingham Forest	31	14	6	11	68	61	9	4	2	46	25	5	2	9	22	36	7	34	DWLLLW		2-1
1	10	Swansea Town	32	13	8	11	61	56	11	4	2	39	13	2	4	9	22	43	5	34	LDWWDD		0-0
1	11	Bristol City	34	13	7	14	66	66	9	3	4	35	15	4	4	10	31	51	0	33	LWDLWL		2-5
	12	Grimsby Town	34	11	10	13	49	66	6	5	5	29	30	5	5	8	20	36	-17	32	DDLWLL		0-2
	13	Hull City	31	9	11	11	35	41	8	5	3	22	15	1	6	8	13	26	-6	29	DLDLLL		0-1
1	14	Reading	32	10	9	13	46	60	8	5	3	29	19	2	4	10	17	41	-14	29	DWDWDW		1-0
1	15	Notts County	33	9	9	15	53	66	7	4	5	35	20	2	5	10	18	46	-13	27	DLDLWL		0-6
	16	Clapton Orient	32	10	7	15	46	68	8	3	4	26	20	2	4	11	20	48	-22	27	DLWDDL		0-2
	17	Barnsley	32	9	8	15	51	69	7	4	5	35	29	2	4	10	16	40	-18	26	LLWDLL		2-4
	18	Southampton	33	9	7	17	51	61	7	3	6	41	34	2	4	11	10	27	-10	25	DWWLLL		1-2
1	19	Fulham	32	10	5	17	61	73	10	5	1	42	18	0	0	16	19	55	-12	25	LWLWLW		2-0
1	20	Blackpool	34	9	7	18	63	85	7	3	7	39	39	2	4	11	24	46	-22	25	WLDLWL		1-2
	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	9	7	16	53	79	9	3	4	36	26	0	4	12	17	53	-26	25	WLDWDW		5-2
	22	South Shields	33	5	6	22	44	93	4	4	9	26	36	1	2	13	18	57	-49	16	LWDLLW		2-1