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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 27, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 27, 1937 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Tottenham Hotspur
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: White Hart Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: G Twist
Attendance:: 23,801
League Week:: 35 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 21
Opp Before/After:: 12 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Tottenham Hotspur:: Apr 21, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1551 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 814 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1724 (of 5824)
Total:: 2593 (of 7629)
Played:: 89 years, 4 months, 25 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Arthur Betts (12')

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Manager: Jack Tresadern
Prior form: LWDDWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Hunt (30')
George Hunt (65')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Arthur Dexter	Last game
2	M	26	Danny Edgar
3	D	22	John Munro
4	M	25	Walter Alsford
5	D	32	Tommy Graham
6	F	27	Robert Pugh
7	F	19	Arthur Betts (12')
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	23	Boy Martin
10	F	25	Meynell Burgin
11	F	25	Gibson McNaughton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Hall
2	D	Bert Ringrose
3	D	Billy Whatley
4	D	Vic Buckingham
5	D	Albert Page
6	M	Frank Grice
7	M	Jimmy McCormick
8	M	Joe Meek
9	M	George Hunt
10	F	Andy Duncan
11	F	Les Miller

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 27, 1937)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-0	Coventry City
Blackburn Rovers	3-4	Aston Villa
Blackpool	0-1	Chesterfield
Bradford Park Avenue	1-0	Doncaster Rovers
Bury	5-0	Bradford City
Leicester City	0-0	Swansea Town
Newcastle United	1-1	Fulham
Norwich City	2-2	Burnley
Sheffield United	2-0	Plymouth Argyle
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Nottingham Forest
West Ham United	4-0	Southampton

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	36	23	4	9	83	46	13	2	3	47	16	10	2	6	36	30	37	50	LWDWLW	Safe
	2	Leicester City	35	19	7	9	74	50	11	3	2	48	22	8	4	7	26	28	24	45	WWWLWD	Safe
	3	Plymouth Argyle	35	17	10	8	66	45	10	5	3	38	19	7	5	5	28	26	21	44	WWDDLW	Safe
	4	Bury	36	18	8	10	59	52	10	4	4	35	26	8	4	6	24	26	7	44	LDWWLW	Safe
	5	Aston Villa	35	15	12	8	76	51	10	6	2	47	22	5	6	6	29	29	25	42	WWWDWW	Safe
	6	Sheffield United	35	15	9	11	58	44	14	3	1	42	12	1	6	10	16	32	14	39	LLWLWD	Safe
	7	Coventry City	35	14	11	10	55	43	10	5	3	32	16	4	6	7	23	27	12	39	LLDLWD	Safe
	8	Newcastle United	36	17	4	15	67	54	9	2	7	39	22	8	2	8	28	32	13	38	LDWWWL
	9	Fulham	35	13	10	12	64	56	9	4	4	38	22	4	6	8	26	34	8	36	DDWDLL
	10	West Ham United	34	14	8	12	59	52	10	4	2	35	15	4	4	10	24	37	7	36	LWWDLD
	11	Chesterfield	35	15	6	14	77	69	12	3	4	52	25	3	3	10	25	44	8	36	WWWLLW
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	34	14	6	14	76	53	10	2	5	49	23	4	4	9	27	30	23	34	LWDDWL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	35	12	10	13	49	50	9	3	5	33	22	3	7	8	16	28	-1	34	DWDWDL
	14	Burnley	35	13	8	14	49	53	10	5	4	34	17	3	3	10	15	36	-4	34	WLLLWD
	15	Swansea Town	35	14	4	17	43	52	13	1	4	35	13	1	3	13	8	39	-9	32	WLDLWW
	16	Southampton	35	10	10	15	49	64	9	6	2	35	21	1	4	13	14	43	-15	30	WLDLDL
	17	Barnsley	35	11	8	16	42	60	8	5	4	24	22	3	3	12	18	38	-18	30	WLLWWD
	18	Norwich City	34	11	7	16	49	60	5	5	6	25	24	6	2	10	24	36	-11	29	LWLDWW
	19	Bradford City	36	8	11	17	48	79	7	7	4	31	27	1	4	13	17	52	-31	27	WLDLDL
	20	Nottingham Forest	34	8	9	17	51	75	7	5	5	31	28	1	4	12	20	47	-24	25	LWLLDL
	21	Bradford Park Avenue	35	9	6	20	46	84	7	3	7	28	32	2	3	13	18	52	-38	24	LLLLDL
	22	Doncaster Rovers	35	7	8	20	27	75	6	5	7	17	26	1	3	13	10	49	-48	22	WLLLLW

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	37	23	4	10	83	47	13	2	4	47	17	10	2	6	36	30	36	50	WDWLWL	Safe	0-1
	2	Leicester City	36	19	8	9	74	50	11	4	2	48	22	8	4	7	26	28	24	46	WWLWDD	Safe	0-0
1	3	Bury	37	19	8	10	64	52	11	4	4	40	26	8	4	6	24	26	12	46	DWWLWW	Safe	5-0
1	4	Aston Villa	36	16	12	8	80	54	10	6	2	47	22	6	6	6	33	32	26	44	WWDWWW	Safe	4-3
2	5	Plymouth Argyle	36	17	10	9	66	47	10	5	3	38	19	7	5	6	28	28	19	44	WDDLWL	Safe	0-2
	6	Sheffield United	36	16	9	11	60	44	15	3	1	44	12	1	6	10	16	32	16	41	LWLWDW	Safe	2-0
1	7	Newcastle United	37	17	5	15	68	55	9	3	7	40	23	8	2	8	28	32	13	39	DWWWLD	Safe	1-1
1	8	Coventry City	36	14	11	11	55	46	10	5	3	32	16	4	6	8	23	30	9	39	LDLWDL	Safe	0-3
1	9	West Ham United	35	15	8	12	63	52	11	4	2	39	15	4	4	10	24	37	11	38	WWDLDW	Safe	4-0
1	10	Chesterfield	36	16	6	14	78	69	12	3	4	52	25	4	3	10	26	44	9	38	WWLLWW	Safe	1-0
2	11	Fulham	36	13	11	12	65	57	9	4	4	38	22	4	7	8	27	35	8	37	DWDLLD		1-1
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	35	15	6	14	78	54	11	2	5	51	24	4	4	9	27	30	24	36	WDDWLW		2-1
1	13	Burnley	36	13	9	14	51	55	10	5	4	34	17	3	4	10	17	38	-4	35	LLLWDD		2-2
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	36	12	10	14	52	54	9	3	6	36	26	3	7	8	16	28	-2	34	WDWDLL		3-4
	15	Swansea Town	36	14	5	17	43	52	13	1	4	35	13	1	4	13	8	39	-9	33	LDLWWD		0-0
1	16	Barnsley	36	12	8	16	45	60	9	5	4	27	22	3	3	12	18	38	-15	32	LLWWDW		3-0
1	17	Norwich City	35	11	8	16	51	62	5	6	6	27	26	6	2	10	24	36	-11	30	WLDWWD		2-2
2	18	Southampton	36	10	10	16	49	68	9	6	2	35	21	1	4	14	14	47	-19	30	LDLDLL		0-4
	19	Bradford City	37	8	11	18	48	84	7	7	4	31	27	1	4	14	17	57	-36	27	LDLDLL		0-5
1	20	Bradford Park Avenue	36	10	6	20	47	84	8	3	7	29	32	2	3	13	18	52	-37	26	LLLDLW		1-0
1	21	Nottingham Forest	35	8	9	18	52	77	7	5	5	31	28	1	4	13	21	49	-25	25	WLLDLL		1-2
	22	Doncaster Rovers	36	7	8	21	27	76	6	5	7	17	26	1	3	14	10	50	-49	22	LLLLWL		0-1