The City Ground

SOUTHAMPTON 0 - 3 FOREST - Sat May 01, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat May 01, 1937 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Dell
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: AJ Jewell
Attendance:: 4,609
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 18
Opp Before/After:: 18 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (League Tier 2)
Southampton:: Nov 13, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1558 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 821 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1731 (of 5828)
Total:: 2600 (of 7633)
Played:: 89 years, 4 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Meynell Burgin (75')
Meynell Burgin (85')
Meynell Burgin (87')

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: George Goss
Prior form: LDWLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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
7	F	19	Arthur Betts
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	25	Meynell Burgin (75') (85') (87')
10	F	25	Gibson McNaughton
11	F	19	Roy Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bert Scriven
2	D	Charlie Sillett
3	D	Lionel Bowen
4	D	Cyril King
5	D	Doug Henderson
6	M	Billy Kingdon
7	M	Wilf Mayer
8	M	Sidney Gueran
9	M	Arthur Holt
10	F	Peter 'Tosh' Withers
11	F	Fred Smallwood

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat May 01, 1937)

Home	Score	Away
Doncaster Rovers	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Fulham	0-2	Coventry City
Leicester City	4-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Norwich City	0-1	Barnsley
Plymouth Argyle	0-1	Burnley
Southampton	0-3	Nottingham Forest
Swansea Town	4-1	Chesterfield
West Ham United	1-0	Sheffield 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	42	24	7	11	88	53	13	4	4	49	19	11	3	7	39	34	35	55	LLDDWD	Promoted
	2	Leicester City	41	23	8	10	85	56	13	4	3	52	25	10	4	7	33	31	29	54	DLWWWW	Promoted
	3	Bury	42	22	8	12	74	55	13	4	4	46	26	9	4	8	28	29	19	52	WLWWLW	Safe
	4	Newcastle United	42	22	5	15	80	56	11	3	7	45	23	11	2	8	35	33	24	49	DWWWWW	Safe
	5	Plymouth Argyle	41	18	13	10	71	52	11	6	3	42	21	7	7	7	29	31	19	49	LDDDWL	Safe
	6	West Ham United	41	18	11	12	72	55	13	5	2	46	18	5	6	10	26	37	17	47	DDWWDW	Safe
	7	Sheffield United	41	18	10	13	66	53	16	4	1	48	14	2	6	12	18	39	13	46	WWLWLD	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	42	16	12	14	82	70	10	6	5	47	30	6	6	9	35	40	12	44	LLLLLL	Safe
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	41	17	9	15	87	62	13	3	5	57	26	4	6	10	30	36	25	43	WDWDLD	Safe
	10	Fulham	41	15	13	13	71	59	11	5	4	43	22	4	8	9	28	37	12	43	DWDLWD	Safe
	11	Coventry City	41	16	11	14	64	54	11	5	5	35	19	5	6	9	29	35	10	43	LLWLLW	Safe
	12	Blackburn Rovers	41	15	10	16	69	62	11	3	7	49	32	4	7	9	20	30	7	40	LWWWLL	Safe
	13	Chesterfield	41	16	8	17	83	85	12	3	6	54	34	4	5	11	29	51	-2	40	WDLLLD	Safe
	14	Burnley	41	15	10	16	56	61	11	5	5	37	20	4	5	11	19	41	-5	40	DWLLWD	Safe
	15	Barnsley	41	15	9	17	49	64	11	6	4	30	23	4	3	13	19	41	-15	39	WDWWLW	Safe
	16	Norwich City	41	14	8	19	63	70	8	6	6	38	28	6	2	13	25	42	-7	36	WLLWLW	Safe
	17	Swansea Town	41	14	7	20	46	64	13	2	5	36	15	1	5	15	10	49	-18	35	DLDLLD	Safe
	18	Southampton	41	11	12	18	53	74	10	8	2	38	22	1	4	16	15	52	-21	34	LDWLDL	Safe
	19	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	9	21	52	88	10	4	7	33	33	2	5	14	19	55	-36	33	LWDWDD	Safe
	20	Nottingham Forest	41	11	10	20	65	90	10	6	5	42	30	1	4	15	23	60	-25	32	WDLWWL	Safe
	21	Bradford City	42	9	12	21	54	94	8	8	5	36	31	1	4	16	18	63	-40	30	LDLLWL	Relegated
	22	Doncaster Rovers	41	7	10	24	30	83	6	6	8	18	28	1	4	16	12	55	-53	24	LLLLDD	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	1	Leicester City	42	24	8	10	89	57	14	4	3	56	26	10	4	7	33	31	32	56	LWWWWW	Promoted	4-1
1	2	Blackpool	42	24	7	11	88	53	13	4	4	49	19	11	3	7	39	34	35	55	LLDDWD	Promoted
	3	Bury	42	22	8	12	74	55	13	4	4	46	26	9	4	8	28	29	19	52	WLWWLW	Safe
	4	Newcastle United	42	22	5	15	80	56	11	3	7	45	23	11	2	8	35	33	24	49	DWWWWW	Safe
	5	Plymouth Argyle	42	18	13	11	71	53	11	6	4	42	22	7	7	7	29	31	18	49	DDDWLL	Safe	0-1
	6	West Ham United	42	19	11	12	73	55	14	5	2	47	18	5	6	10	26	37	18	49	DWWDWW	Safe	1-0
	7	Sheffield United	42	18	10	14	66	54	16	4	1	48	14	2	6	13	18	40	12	46	WLWLDL	Safe	0-1
3	8	Coventry City	42	17	11	14	66	54	11	5	5	35	19	6	6	9	31	35	12	45	LWLLWW	Safe	2-0
1	9	Aston Villa	42	16	12	14	82	70	10	6	5	47	30	6	6	9	35	40	12	44	LLLLLL	Safe
1	10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	9	16	88	66	13	3	5	57	26	4	6	11	31	40	22	43	DWDLDL	Safe	1-4
1	11	Fulham	42	15	13	14	71	61	11	5	5	43	24	4	8	9	28	37	10	43	WDLWDL	Safe	0-2
	12	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	10	16	70	62	11	3	7	49	32	5	7	9	21	30	8	42	WWWLLW	Safe	1-0
1	13	Burnley	42	16	10	16	57	61	11	5	5	37	20	5	5	11	20	41	-4	42	WLLWDW	Safe	1-0
1	14	Barnsley	42	16	9	17	50	64	11	6	4	30	23	5	3	13	20	41	-14	41	DWWLWW	Safe	1-0
2	15	Chesterfield	42	16	8	18	84	89	12	3	6	54	34	4	5	12	30	55	-5	40	DLLLDL	Safe	1-4
1	16	Swansea Town	42	15	7	20	50	65	14	2	5	40	16	1	5	15	10	49	-15	37	LDLLDW	Safe	4-1
1	17	Norwich City	42	14	8	20	63	71	8	6	7	38	29	6	2	13	25	42	-8	36	LLWLWL	Safe	0-1
2	18	Nottingham Forest	42	12	10	20	68	90	10	6	5	42	30	2	4	15	26	60	-22	34	DLWWLW	Safe	3-0
1	19	Southampton	42	11	12	19	53	77	10	8	3	38	25	1	4	16	15	52	-24	34	DWLDLL	Safe	0-3
1	20	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	9	21	52	88	10	4	7	33	33	2	5	14	19	55	-36	33	LWDWDD	Safe
	21	Bradford City	42	9	12	21	54	94	8	8	5	36	31	1	4	16	18	63	-40	30	LDLLWL	Relegated
	22	Doncaster Rovers	42	7	10	25	30	84	6	6	9	18	29	1	4	16	12	55	-54	24	LLLDDL	Relegated	0-1