The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 ASTON VILLA - Sat Oct 23, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 23, 1937 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: EW Baker
Attendance:: 24,254
League Week:: 12 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 14
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bradford Park Avenue (League Tier 2)
Aston Villa:: Mar 09, 1938

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1570 (of 5061)
League Tier 2:: 833 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1743 (of 5791)
Total:: 2613 (of 7586)
Played:: 88 years, 1 month, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Jimmy Hogan
Prior form: LWWWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Eric Houghton (72')
Frank Broome (58')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Percy Ashton
2	D	24	Reg Trim
3	D	23	John Munro
4	M	27	Danny Edgar
5	D	32	Tommy Graham
6	M	25	Walter Alsford
7	M	19	John Getty
8	F	26	Jack Surtees
9	F	25	Meynell Burgin
10	F	25	Tom Peacock
11	F	30	Eric Oakton

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Percy Ashton	130		7	1
2	D	24	Reg Trim	11		7	1
3	D	23	John Munro	27		7	1
4	M	27	Danny Edgar	87	1	14	3
5	D	32	Tommy Graham	335	6	7	1
6	M	25	Walter Alsford	28		7	1
7	M	19	John Getty	6		294	33
8	F	26	Jack Surtees	42	9	7	1
9	F	25	Meynell Burgin	9	7	52	11
10	F	25	Tom Peacock	96	56	392	50
11	F	30	Eric Oakton	2		52	11

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Fred Biddlestone
2	D	George Cummings
3	D	Ernie Callaghan
4	D	Jimmy Allen
5	D	Alex Massie
6	M	Eric Houghton
7	M	Ronnie Starling
8	M	Bob Iverson
9	M	Freddie Haycock
10	F	Frank Broome
11	F	Tommy Clayton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 23, 1937)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-2	Southampton
Burnley	0-2	Chesterfield
Bury	0-0	Swansea Town
Coventry City	2-0	Norwich City
Luton Town	2-2	West Ham United
Manchester United	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Newcastle United	3-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Nottingham Forest	0-2	Aston Villa
Sheffield United	2-1	Fulham
Stockport County	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur	3-2	Plymouth Argyle

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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