The City Ground

SWANSEA TOWN 3 - 5 FOREST - Sat Sep 15, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 15, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vetch Field
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-3 WON
: Half-time: 3-1

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: A Haworth
Attendance:: 12,204
League Week:: 6 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 6
Opp Before/After:: 15 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackpool (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Jan 12, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1185 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 448 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1336 (of 5824)
Total:: 2190 (of 7629)
Played:: 97 years, 11 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Billy Dickinson (7') - Billy Dickinson first goal
Sam Jennings (27')
Sam Jennings (43')
Sam Jennings (48')
Billy Dickinson (77')

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Jimmy Thomson
Prior form: LDWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Harry Deacon (18')
Lacky McPherson (63') (Pen)
Billy Hole (83')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Len Langford
2	D	28	Bill Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay
5	M	24	Albert Harrison
6	D	23	Tommy Graham
7	F	23	Cyril Stocks
8	F	22	Billy Dickinson (7') (77')	Debut
9	F	29	Sam Jennings (27') (43') (48')
10	F	23	Norman Thompson
11	F	31	Noah Burton

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Len Langford	109		7	1
2	D	28	Bill Thompson	192	4	7	1
3	F	29	Percy Barratt	211	17	7	1
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay	14		7	1
5	M	24	Albert Harrison	45	2	7	1
6	D	23	Tommy Graham	6		7	1
7	F	23	Cyril Stocks	105	40	7	1
8	F	22	Billy Dickinson (7') (77')	Debut
9	F	29	Sam Jennings (27') (43') (48')	5	1	7	1
10	F	23	Norman Thompson	2		140	10
11	F	31	Noah Burton	232	45	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Davies
2	D	Bill Sampy
3	D	Wilf Milne
4	D	Jimmy Collins
5	D	Joe Sykes
6	M	Lacky McPherson
7	M	Billy Hole
8	M	Harry Deacon
9	M	Wilf Lewis
10	F	Willie Black
11	F	Dai Nicholas

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 15, 1928)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	2-1	Bristol City
Bradford Park Avenue	4-1	West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea	1-0	Barnsley
Grimsby Town	6-1	Clapton Orient
Millwall	0-0	Hull City
Notts County	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Oldham Athletic	1-3	Middlesbrough
Southampton	4-0	Preston North End
Stoke City	2-1	Port Vale
Swansea Town	3-5	Nottingham Forest
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Reading

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	5	5	0	0	12	2	3	0	0	9	1	2	0	0	3	1	10	10	WWWWW
2	Notts County	5	4	1	0	11	3	2	0	0	6	1	2	1	0	5	2	8	9	WWWWD
3	Preston North End	5	4	1	0	16	5	3	0	0	13	3	1	1	0	3	2	11	9	WWWDW
4	Hull City	6	3	3	0	10	6	1	2	0	4	3	2	1	0	6	3	4	9	DWWWDD
5	Stoke City	5	3	1	1	12	4	2	0	0	6	1	1	1	1	6	3	8	7	WWWDL
6	Nottingham Forest	5	2	2	1	10	10	1	1	1	4	7	1	1	0	6	3	0	6	LWDDW
7	Tottenham Hotspur	4	2	1	1	10	9	2	0	1	9	8	0	1	0	1	1	1	5	WLDW
8	Middlesbrough	5	2	1	2	11	10	0	1	1	3	4	2	0	1	8	6	1	5	WWLLD
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	2	0	3	13	9	0	0	2	2	5	2	0	1	11	4	4	4	WLLWL
10	Grimsby Town	4	1	2	1	6	6	1	1	0	4	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	4	DWDL
11	Southampton	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	1	1	2	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	4	DLDW
12	Bradford Park Avenue	5	2	0	3	9	11	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	2	5	7	-2	4	WLWLL
13	Port Vale	4	2	0	2	8	10	1	0	1	6	6	1	0	1	2	4	-2	4	LWLW
14	Bristol City	5	1	2	2	7	9	1	2	0	5	4	0	0	2	2	5	-2	4	DLLDW
15	Swansea Town	5	1	2	2	10	14	1	1	0	7	6	0	1	2	3	8	-4	4	LDWDL
16	West Bromwich Albion	5	2	0	3	7	11	2	0	1	5	4	0	0	2	2	7	-4	4	WLLLW
17	Clapton Orient	5	1	2	2	4	8	1	1	1	3	5	0	1	1	1	3	-4	4	LLDDW
18	Millwall	5	1	1	3	4	12	0	0	2	0	6	1	1	1	4	6	-8	3	LWDLL
19	Barnsley	4	1	0	3	6	7	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	2	2	4	-1	2	LLLW
20	Blackpool	5	0	2	3	9	14	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	2	7	11	-5	2	LDLDL
21	Oldham Athletic	5	1	0	4	5	10	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	3	3	8	-5	2	LLWLL
22	Reading	5	0	1	4	3	13	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	2	1	9	-10	1	LLLDL

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	6	6	0	0	13	2	4	0	0	10	1	2	0	0	3	1	11	12	WWWWWW		1-0
	2	Notts County	6	5	1	0	13	3	3	0	0	8	1	2	1	0	5	2	10	11	WWWWDW		2-0
1	3	Hull City	7	3	4	0	10	6	1	2	0	4	3	2	2	0	6	3	4	10	WWWDDD		0-0
1	4	Stoke City	6	4	1	1	14	5	3	0	0	8	2	1	1	1	6	3	9	9	WWWDLW		2-1
2	5	Preston North End	6	4	1	1	16	9	3	0	0	13	3	1	1	1	3	6	7	9	WWWDWL		0-4
	6	Nottingham Forest	6	3	2	1	15	13	1	1	1	4	7	2	1	0	11	6	2	8	LWDDWW		5-3
1	7	Middlesbrough	6	3	1	2	14	11	0	1	1	3	4	3	0	1	11	7	3	7	WWLLDW		3-1
3	8	Southampton	5	2	2	1	9	5	1	1	1	6	3	1	1	0	3	2	4	6	DLDWW		4-0
1	9	Grimsby Town	5	2	2	1	12	7	2	1	0	10	4	0	1	1	2	3	5	6	DWDLW		6-1
1	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	3	0	3	15	9	1	0	2	4	5	2	0	1	11	4	6	6	WLLWLW		2-0
1	11	Bradford Park Avenue	6	3	0	3	13	12	2	0	1	8	5	1	0	2	5	7	1	6	WLWLLW		4-1
5	12	Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	1	2	10	11	2	0	1	9	8	0	1	1	1	3	-1	5	WLDWL		0-2
	13	Port Vale	5	2	0	3	9	12	1	0	1	6	6	1	0	2	3	6	-3	4	LWLWL		1-2
6	14	Blackpool	6	1	2	3	11	15	1	1	1	4	4	0	1	2	7	11	-4	4	LDLDLW		2-1
1	15	Bristol City	6	1	2	3	8	11	1	2	0	5	4	0	0	3	3	7	-3	4	DLLDWL		1-2
1	16	Swansea Town	6	1	2	3	13	19	1	1	1	10	11	0	1	2	3	8	-6	4	LDWDLL		3-5
1	17	West Bromwich Albion	6	2	0	4	8	15	2	0	1	5	4	0	0	3	3	11	-7	4	WLLLWL		1-4
1	18	Clapton Orient	6	1	2	3	5	14	1	1	1	3	5	0	1	2	2	9	-9	4	LLDDWL		1-6
1	19	Millwall	6	1	2	3	4	12	0	1	2	0	6	1	1	1	4	6	-8	4	LWDLLD		0-0
1	20	Barnsley	5	1	0	4	6	8	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	3	2	5	-2	2	LLLWL		0-1
	21	Oldham Athletic	6	1	0	5	6	13	1	0	2	3	5	0	0	3	3	8	-7	2	LLWLLL		1-3
	22	Reading	6	0	1	5	3	15	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	3	1	11	-12	1	LLLDLL		0-2