The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 24, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 24, 1937 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
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:: DG Kirby
Attendance:: 24,267
League Week:: 41 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Leicester City:: Dec 26, 1939

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1557 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 820 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1730 (of 5828)
Total:: 2599 (of 7633)
Played:: 89 years, 4 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Robert Pugh (80')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Frank Womack
Prior form: DDLWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Bowers (31')
Arthur Maw (49')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Percy Ashton
2	M	27	Danny Edgar
3	D	22	John Munro
4	M	25	Walter Alsford
5	D	32	Tommy Graham
6	F	27	Robert Pugh (80')
7	F	19	Arthur Betts
8	M	21	William Hardy	Only appearance
9	F	25	Jack Surtees
10	F	25	Gibson McNaughton
11	F	19	Roy Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Sandy McLaren
2	D	Billy Frame
3	D	Dai Jones
4	D	Sep Smith
5	D	Fred Sharman
6	M	Percy Grosvenor
7	M	Tony Carroll
8	M	Arthur Maw
9	M	Jack Bowers
10	F	Danny Liddle
11	F	Eric Stubbs

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 24, 1937)

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

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	41	24	6	11	87	52	13	3	4	48	18	11	3	7	39	34	35	54	WLLDDW	Promoted
	2	Leicester City	40	22	8	10	83	55	12	4	3	50	24	10	4	7	33	31	28	52	DDLWWW	Safe
	3	Bury	41	21	8	12	72	55	12	4	4	44	26	9	4	8	28	29	17	50	WWLWWL	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	40	18	13	9	71	50	11	6	3	42	21	7	7	6	29	29	21	49	WLDDDW	Safe
	5	Newcastle United	41	21	5	15	78	56	10	3	7	43	23	11	2	8	35	33	22	47	LDWWWW	Safe
	6	Sheffield United	40	18	9	13	65	52	16	3	1	47	13	2	6	12	18	39	13	45	DWWLWL	Safe
	7	West Ham United	39	17	10	12	69	53	12	4	2	43	16	5	6	10	26	37	16	44	DWDDWW	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	40	16	12	12	80	63	10	6	5	47	30	6	6	7	33	33	17	44	WWLLLL	Safe
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	40	17	8	15	86	61	13	2	5	56	25	4	6	10	30	36	25	42	WWDWDL	Safe
	10	Fulham	40	15	12	13	70	58	11	5	4	43	22	4	7	9	27	36	12	42	LDWDLW	Safe
	11	Coventry City	40	15	11	14	59	52	11	5	5	35	19	4	6	9	24	33	7	41	DLLWLL	Safe
	12	Blackburn Rovers	40	15	10	15	67	57	11	3	6	47	27	4	7	9	20	30	10	40	LLWWWL	Safe
	13	Chesterfield	40	16	7	17	82	84	12	3	6	54	34	4	4	11	28	50	-2	39	WWDLLL	Safe
	14	Burnley	40	15	9	16	55	60	11	5	5	37	20	4	4	11	18	40	-5	39	DDWLLW	Safe
	15	Barnsley	40	14	9	17	47	63	10	6	4	28	22	4	3	13	19	41	-16	37	DWDWWL	Safe
	16	Norwich City	40	13	8	19	58	69	7	6	6	33	27	6	2	13	25	42	-11	34	DWLLWL	Safe
	17	Southampton	40	11	12	17	52	72	10	8	2	38	22	1	4	15	14	50	-20	34	LLDWLD	Safe
	18	Swansea Town	40	14	6	20	45	63	13	2	5	36	15	1	4	15	9	48	-18	34	WDLDLL	Safe
	19	Nottingham Forest	40	11	10	19	64	88	10	6	5	42	30	1	4	14	22	58	-24	32	LWDLWW
	20	Bradford Park Avenue	41	12	8	21	51	87	10	3	7	32	32	2	5	14	19	55	-36	32	WLWDWD
	21	Bradford City	41	9	12	20	54	92	8	8	5	36	31	1	4	15	18	61	-38	30	LLDLLW
	22	Doncaster Rovers	40	7	9	24	29	82	6	6	8	18	28	1	3	16	11	54	-53	23	WLLLLD	Relegated

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	42	24	7	11	88	53	13	4	4	49	19	11	3	7	39	34	35	55	LLDDWD	Promoted	1-1
	2	Leicester City	41	23	8	10	85	56	13	4	3	52	25	10	4	7	33	31	29	54	DLWWWW	Promoted	2-1
	3	Bury	42	22	8	12	74	55	13	4	4	46	26	9	4	8	28	29	19	52	WLWWLW	Safe	2-0
1	4	Newcastle United	42	22	5	15	80	56	11	3	7	45	23	11	2	8	35	33	24	49	DWWWWW	Safe	2-0
1	5	Plymouth Argyle	41	18	13	10	71	52	11	6	3	42	21	7	7	7	29	31	19	49	LDDDWL	Safe	0-2
	6	Sheffield United	41	18	10	13	66	53	16	4	1	48	14	2	6	12	18	39	13	46	WWLWLD	Safe	1-1
	7	West Ham United	40	17	11	12	70	54	12	5	2	44	17	5	6	10	26	37	16	45	WDDWWD	Safe	1-1
	8	Aston Villa	41	16	12	13	81	68	10	6	5	47	30	6	6	8	34	38	13	44	WLLLLL	Safe	1-5
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	41	17	9	15	87	62	13	3	5	57	26	4	6	10	30	36	25	43	WDWDLD	Safe	1-1
	10	Fulham	41	15	13	13	71	59	11	5	4	43	22	4	8	9	28	37	12	43	DWDLWD	Safe	1-1
	11	Coventry City	41	16	11	14	64	54	11	5	5	35	19	5	6	9	29	35	10	43	LLWLLW	Safe	5-2
	12	Blackburn Rovers	41	15	10	16	69	62	11	3	7	49	32	4	7	9	20	30	7	40	LWWWLL	Safe	2-5
	13	Chesterfield	41	16	8	17	83	85	12	3	6	54	34	4	5	11	29	51	-2	40	WDLLLD	Safe	1-1
	14	Burnley	41	15	10	16	56	61	11	5	5	37	20	4	5	11	19	41	-5	40	DWLLWD	Safe	1-1
	15	Barnsley	41	15	9	17	49	64	11	6	4	30	23	4	3	13	19	41	-15	39	WDWWLW	Safe	2-1
	16	Norwich City	41	14	8	19	63	70	8	6	6	38	28	6	2	13	25	42	-7	36	WLLWLW	Safe	5-1
1	17	Swansea Town	41	14	7	20	46	64	13	2	5	36	15	1	5	15	10	49	-18	35	DLDLLD	Safe	1-1
1	18	Southampton	41	11	12	18	53	74	10	8	2	38	22	1	4	16	15	52	-21	34	LDWLDL	Safe	1-2
1	19	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	9	21	52	88	10	4	7	33	33	2	5	14	19	55	-36	33	LWDWDD	Safe	1-1
1	20	Nottingham Forest	41	11	10	20	65	90	10	6	5	42	30	1	4	15	23	60	-25	32	WDLWWL	Safe	1-2
	21	Bradford City	42	9	12	21	54	94	8	8	5	36	31	1	4	16	18	63	-40	30	LDLLWL	Relegated	0-2
	22	Doncaster Rovers	41	7	10	24	30	83	6	6	8	18	28	1	4	16	12	55	-53	24	LLLLDD	Relegated	1-1