The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BURNLEY - Sat Dec 26, 1936 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 26, 1936 (2:15 PM)
Opponent:: Burnley
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: HT Wright
Attendance:: 21,340
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 18
Opp Before/After:: 8 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bradford City (League Tier 2)
Burnley:: Sep 11, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1537 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 800 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1709 (of 5828)
Total:: 2578 (of 7633)
Played:: 89 years, 8 months, 11 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harold Wightman
Prior form: LLWDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Gibson McNaughton (56') - Gibson McNaughton first goal

BURNLEY
Manager: None
Prior form: WLDDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Charlie Fletcher (45')
Bob Brocklebank (55')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Arthur Dexter
2	M	26	Danny Edgar
3	D	22	John Munro
4	D	32	Billy McKinlay
5	D	31	Tommy Graham
6	F	27	Robert Pugh
7	M	18	John Getty
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	22	Boy Martin
10	F	25	Gibson McNaughton (56')
11	F	21	Charlie Gardiner

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	31	Arthur Dexter	261		1	1
2	M	26	Danny Edgar	56		1	1
3	D	22	John Munro	4		28	5
4	D	32	Billy McKinlay	350	13	1	1
5	D	31	Tommy Graham	312	6	1	1
6	F	27	Robert Pugh	215	12	1	1
7	M	18	John Getty	4		1	1
8	F	25	Jack Surtees	8	2	1	1
9	F	22	Boy Martin	17	15	1	1
10	F	25	Gibson McNaughton (56')	4		1	1
11	F	21	Charlie Gardiner	18	4	28	5

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tom Hetherington
2	D	Gilbert Richmond
3	D	Harry Hubbick
4	D	Frank Rayner
5	D	Arthur Woodruff
6	M	John Clacher
7	M	Jimmy Stein
8	M	Bob Brocklebank
9	M	Tommy Lawton
10	F	Willie Miller
11	F	Charlie Fletcher

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 26, 1936)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	4-0	Swansea Town
Barnsley	1-0	Newcastle United
Blackburn Rovers	2-3	Bury
Blackpool	6-2	Leicester City
Bradford City	2-3	Bradford Park Avenue
Chesterfield	3-0	Southampton
Coventry City	1-1	Doncaster Rovers
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Burnley
Plymouth Argyle	0-3	Fulham
Sheffield United	2-0	Norwich City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-3	West Ham United

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	Blackpool	21	14	3	4	52	23	6	2	2	23	9	8	1	2	29	14	29	31	WWWWWW
2	Plymouth Argyle	21	11	7	3	44	24	7	3	1	29	11	4	4	2	15	13	20	29	WWLWWD
3	Bury	21	10	7	4	32	24	5	3	1	17	10	5	4	3	15	14	8	27	WWDDLL
4	Coventry City	21	10	6	5	33	21	8	2	2	23	10	2	4	3	10	11	12	26	WDWLLW
5	Leicester City	21	10	5	6	40	26	6	2	2	25	12	4	3	4	15	14	14	25	WWWWWW
6	Newcastle United	21	11	2	8	41	25	6	1	4	25	10	5	1	4	16	15	16	24	WWLWLL
7	Sheffield United	21	9	6	6	35	27	8	2	1	23	8	1	4	5	12	19	8	24	LDDWLW
8	Burnley	21	8	6	7	27	24	6	4	2	18	7	2	2	5	9	17	3	22	WLDDWW
9	Aston Villa	21	7	8	6	38	34	4	4	2	21	13	3	4	4	17	21	4	22	WDLLWL
10	Fulham	21	8	5	8	32	31	5	3	3	20	14	3	2	5	12	17	1	21	LDWLDL
11	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	4	8	43	28	6	1	3	31	15	2	3	5	12	13	15	20	WLLWDW
12	Swansea Town	20	8	3	9	27	28	8	0	2	23	9	0	3	7	4	19	-1	19	LLWLWD
13	Norwich City	21	7	5	9	29	32	4	4	2	18	11	3	1	7	11	21	-3	19	LWLDLW
14	Blackburn Rovers	20	7	5	8	24	27	5	2	3	16	13	2	3	5	8	14	-3	19	DWLLWL
15	Barnsley	21	7	5	9	29	39	5	4	1	18	13	2	1	8	11	26	-10	19	LWLDWL
16	Nottingham Forest	20	6	6	8	28	42	5	4	2	19	15	1	2	6	9	27	-14	18	LLWDLW
17	Chesterfield	20	6	5	9	33	39	5	3	2	21	14	1	2	7	12	25	-6	17	LLDLDW
18	Southampton	21	7	3	11	30	41	7	1	2	23	11	0	2	9	7	30	-11	17	LLWLLL
19	West Ham United	20	6	4	10	25	35	5	1	2	13	8	1	3	8	12	27	-10	16	LWWLDL
20	Bradford City	22	5	6	11	28	45	4	3	3	16	14	1	3	8	12	31	-17	16	LLWDWL
21	Bradford Park Avenue	21	6	4	11	28	47	5	2	5	18	22	1	2	6	10	25	-19	16	WDDWLW
22	Doncaster Rovers	20	2	5	13	11	47	2	4	4	7	13	0	1	9	4	34	-36	9	LLDLLL

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	Blackpool	22	15	3	4	58	25	7	2	2	29	11	8	1	2	29	14	33	33	WWWWWW		6-2
	2	Plymouth Argyle	22	11	7	4	44	27	7	3	2	29	14	4	4	2	15	13	17	29	WLWWDL		0-3
	3	Bury	22	11	7	4	35	26	5	3	1	17	10	6	4	3	18	16	9	29	WDDLLW		3-2
	4	Coventry City	22	10	7	5	34	22	8	3	2	24	11	2	4	3	10	11	12	27	DWLLWD		1-1
2	5	Sheffield United	22	10	6	6	37	27	9	2	1	25	8	1	4	5	12	19	10	26	DDWLWW		2-0
1	6	Leicester City	22	10	5	7	42	32	6	2	2	25	12	4	3	5	17	20	10	25	WWWWWL		2-6
1	7	Newcastle United	22	11	2	9	41	26	6	1	4	25	10	5	1	5	16	16	15	24	WLWLLL		0-1
1	8	Aston Villa	22	8	8	6	42	34	5	4	2	25	13	3	4	4	17	21	8	24	DLLWLW		4-0
1	9	Burnley	22	9	6	7	29	25	6	4	2	18	7	3	2	5	11	18	4	24	LDDWWW		2-1
	10	Fulham	22	9	5	8	35	31	5	3	3	20	14	4	2	5	15	17	4	23	DWLDLW		3-0
4	11	Barnsley	22	8	5	9	30	39	6	4	1	19	13	2	1	8	11	26	-9	21	WLDWLW		1-0
1	12	Tottenham Hotspur	21	8	4	9	45	31	6	1	4	33	18	2	3	5	12	13	14	20	LLWDWL		2-3
4	13	Chesterfield	21	7	5	9	36	39	6	3	2	24	14	1	2	7	12	25	-3	19	LDLDWW		3-0
	14	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	5	9	26	30	5	2	4	18	16	2	3	5	8	14	-4	19	WLLWLL		2-3
2	15	Norwich City	22	7	5	10	29	34	4	4	2	18	11	3	1	8	11	23	-5	19	WLDLWL		0-2
4	16	Swansea Town	21	8	3	10	27	32	8	0	2	23	9	0	3	8	4	23	-5	19	LWLWDL		0-4
2	17	West Ham United	21	7	4	10	28	37	5	1	2	13	8	2	3	8	15	29	-9	18	WWLDLW		3-2
2	18	Nottingham Forest	21	6	6	9	29	44	5	4	3	20	17	1	2	6	9	27	-15	18	LWDLWL		1-2
2	19	Bradford Park Avenue	22	7	4	11	31	49	5	2	5	18	22	2	2	6	13	27	-18	18	DDWLWW		3-2
2	20	Southampton	22	7	3	12	30	44	7	1	2	23	11	0	2	10	7	33	-14	17	LWLLLL		0-3
1	21	Bradford City	23	5	6	12	30	48	4	3	4	18	17	1	3	8	12	31	-18	16	LWDWLL		2-3
	22	Doncaster Rovers	21	2	6	13	12	48	2	4	4	7	13	0	2	9	5	35	-36	10	LDLLLD		1-1