The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 CHELSEA - Sat Feb 09, 1929 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 09, 1929 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: CE Lines
Attendance:: 10,829
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 14 13
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Chelsea:: Aug 31, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1207 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 470 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1359 (of 5824)
Total:: 2214 (of 7629)
Played:: 97 years, 6 months, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Cyril Stocks (13')
Cyril Stocks (46')
Noah Burton (50')

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

Goal Scorers

Penalties Missed:
Law

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Len Langford
2	D	29	Bill Thompson
3	D	23	Tommy Graham
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay
5	M	29	Gerry Morgan
6	F	36	Bob Wallace
7	M	20	William Lennox
8	F	23	Cyril Stocks (13') (46')
9	F	32	Noah Burton (50')
10	F	22	Robert Heslop
11	F	25	Bob Morton

Lineup

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

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 09, 1929)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol City	3-1	Barnsley
Clapton Orient	1-2	Swansea Town
Hull City	2-3	Grimsby Town
Middlesbrough	8-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Chelsea
Oldham Athletic	3-1	Southampton
Preston North End	0-1	Notts County
Reading	0-2	Millwall
Stoke City	2-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Tottenham Hotspur	4-2	Port Vale
West Bromwich Albion	2-2	Blackpool

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	27	14	9	4	49	31	8	5	1	31	14	6	4	3	18	17	18	37	WWLWWW
	2	Middlesbrough	27	13	8	6	61	43	7	3	3	33	19	6	5	3	28	24	18	34	WDWDLD
	3	Southampton	27	9	14	4	48	32	5	6	2	30	16	4	8	2	18	16	16	32	WWLDWD
	4	Notts County	27	12	8	7	51	37	8	4	2	34	15	4	4	5	17	22	14	32	LLLWLD
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	26	14	3	9	61	45	12	1	1	44	15	2	2	8	17	30	16	31	WLWLDW
	6	Grimsby Town	26	13	5	8	53	43	9	2	3	35	23	4	3	5	18	20	10	31	DWWWWW
	7	Millwall	26	12	6	8	54	48	8	3	3	33	20	4	3	5	21	28	6	30	DLWWWW
	8	Stoke City	27	11	7	9	44	31	7	4	2	26	12	4	3	7	18	19	13	29	LDWWWL
	9	Preston North End	27	12	5	10	56	50	9	2	2	39	18	3	3	8	17	32	6	29	WLDLLW
	10	Blackpool	27	12	4	11	57	51	8	3	3	31	13	4	1	8	26	38	6	28	DWWLLD
	11	Hull City	27	10	7	10	46	48	6	4	2	28	15	4	3	8	18	33	-2	27	WLLLLL
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	10	6	10	55	47	5	5	4	27	22	5	1	6	28	25	8	26	LLWWWL
	13	West Bromwich Albion	26	10	5	11	44	52	7	2	3	24	15	3	3	8	20	37	-8	25	DWWLLL
	14	Nottingham Forest	26	8	8	10	44	50	4	3	5	15	21	4	5	5	29	29	-6	24	WDLLDD
	15	Reading	26	8	8	10	43	58	6	3	3	30	19	2	5	7	13	39	-15	24	DWDWDD
	16	Tottenham Hotspur	27	10	3	14	46	59	10	1	2	32	19	0	2	12	14	40	-13	23	LLWLWL
	17	Barnsley	27	9	4	14	38	45	6	4	4	26	21	3	0	10	12	24	-7	22	LLWWLL
	18	Swansea Town	26	8	6	12	41	50	8	2	4	31	19	0	4	8	10	31	-9	22	LWLLLW
	19	Port Vale	27	10	1	16	45	54	9	0	5	33	20	1	1	11	12	34	-9	21	LLWLLW
	20	Bristol City	27	8	5	14	40	54	7	4	3	25	21	1	1	11	15	33	-14	21	LLWWWL
	21	Oldham Athletic	26	8	3	15	29	54	8	1	4	19	17	0	2	11	10	37	-25	19	WWWLWW
	22	Clapton Orient	26	5	7	14	29	52	4	4	4	16	18	1	3	10	13	34	-23	17	WLLLLL

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	28	14	9	5	49	34	8	5	1	31	14	6	4	4	18	20	15	37	WLWWWL		0-3
	2	Middlesbrough	28	14	8	6	69	46	8	3	3	41	22	6	5	3	28	24	23	36	DWDLDW		8-3
1	3	Notts County	28	13	8	7	52	37	8	4	2	34	15	5	4	5	18	22	15	34	LLWLDW		1-0
2	4	Grimsby Town	27	14	5	8	56	45	9	2	3	35	23	5	3	5	21	22	11	33	WWWWWW		3-2
2	5	Southampton	28	9	14	5	49	35	5	6	2	30	16	4	8	3	19	19	14	32	WLDWDL		1-3
1	6	Millwall	27	13	6	8	56	48	8	3	3	33	20	5	3	5	23	28	8	32	LWWWWW		2-0
1	7	Stoke City	28	12	7	9	46	31	8	4	2	28	12	4	3	7	18	19	15	31	DWWWLW		2-0
3	8	Bradford Park Avenue	27	14	3	10	61	47	12	1	1	44	15	2	2	9	17	32	14	31	LWLDWL		0-2
1	9	Blackpool	28	12	5	11	59	53	8	3	3	31	13	4	2	8	28	40	6	29	WWLLDD		2-2
1	10	Preston North End	28	12	5	11	56	51	9	2	3	39	19	3	3	8	17	32	5	29	LDLLWL		0-1
	11	Hull City	28	10	7	11	48	51	6	4	3	30	18	4	3	8	18	33	-3	27	LLLLLL		2-3
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	10	6	11	58	55	5	5	4	27	22	5	1	7	31	33	3	26	LWWWLL		3-8
1	13	Nottingham Forest	27	9	8	10	47	50	5	3	5	18	21	4	5	5	29	29	-3	26	DLLDDW		3-0
1	14	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	6	11	46	54	7	3	3	26	17	3	3	8	20	37	-8	26	WWLLLD		2-2
1	15	Tottenham Hotspur	28	11	3	14	50	61	11	1	2	36	21	0	2	12	14	40	-11	25	LWLWLW		4-2
2	16	Swansea Town	27	9	6	12	43	51	8	2	4	31	19	1	4	8	12	32	-8	24	WLLLWW		2-1
2	17	Reading	27	8	8	11	43	60	6	3	4	30	21	2	5	7	13	39	-17	24	WDWDDL		0-2
2	18	Bristol City	28	9	5	14	43	55	8	4	3	28	22	1	1	11	15	33	-12	23	LWWWLW		3-1
2	19	Barnsley	28	9	4	15	39	48	6	4	4	26	21	3	0	11	13	27	-9	22	LWWLLL		1-3
1	20	Port Vale	28	10	1	17	47	58	9	0	5	33	20	1	1	12	14	38	-11	21	LWLLWL		2-4
	21	Oldham Athletic	27	9	3	15	32	55	9	1	4	22	18	0	2	11	10	37	-23	21	WWLWWW		3-1
	22	Clapton Orient	27	5	7	15	30	54	4	4	5	17	20	1	3	10	13	34	-24	17	LLLLLL		1-2