The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 4 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Nov 26, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 26, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-4 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: B Ames
Attendance:: 15,727
League Week:: 16 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 15 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bradford Park Avenue (League Tier 2)
Manchester City:: Apr 01, 1939

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1616 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 879 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1791 (of 5827)
Total:: 2665 (of 7632)
Played:: 87 years, 9 months, 8 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Arthur Betts (4') - Arthur Betts last goal
Harold Crawshaw (82')
Harold Crawshaw (85')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Wilf Wild
Prior form: DWLWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Eric Brook (29')
Eric Brook (50')
Eric Brook (75')
Alec Herd (80')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Alan Todd
2	M	22	Bob McCall
3	D	24	John Munro
4	D	28	Lewis Stoker
5	D	33	Tommy Graham
6	M	25	Thomas Clark	Debut
7	M	20	John Getty
8	F	21	Arthur Betts (4')
9	F	26	Harold Crawshaw (82') (85')
10	F	27	Gibson McNaughton
11	F	23	Len Beaumont

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Alan Todd	13		7	1
2	M	22	Bob McCall	21		7	1
3	D	24	John Munro	69		7	1
4	D	28	Lewis Stoker	7		14	2
5	D	33	Tommy Graham	377	7	7	1
6	M	25	Thomas Clark	Debut
7	M	20	John Getty	7		399	52
8	F	21	Arthur Betts (4')	59	9	7	1
9	F	26	Harold Crawshaw (82') (85')	11	5	28	5
10	F	27	Gibson McNaughton	66	13	7	1
11	F	23	Len Beaumont	13	1	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Frank Swift
2	D	Bert Sproston
3	D	Eric Westwood
4	D	Jack Percival
5	D	Larry Cardwell
6	M	Les McDowall
7	M	Ernie Toseland
8	M	Alec Herd
9	M	Jack Milsom
10	F	Peter Doherty
11	F	Eric Brook

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 26, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	3-1	Tranmere Rovers
Coventry City	3-1	Bradford Park Avenue
Luton Town	1-5	Sheffield Wednesday
Newcastle United	2-2	Millwall
Norwich City	3-3	Fulham
Nottingham Forest	3-4	Manchester City
Plymouth Argyle	0-1	Bury
Sheffield United	3-1	West Ham United
Southampton	4-1	Swansea Town
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	Chesterfield
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	Blackburn Rovers

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	Fulham	16	8	5	3	27	15	5	3	0	17	6	3	2	3	10	9	12	21	LDDDLW
2	Newcastle United	16	9	2	5	29	19	8	0	0	23	6	1	2	5	6	13	10	20	WDWWWL
3	Blackburn Rovers	16	9	2	5	35	24	5	1	2	20	11	4	1	3	15	13	11	20	LWDLWW
4	Sheffield United	15	7	5	3	23	15	2	4	1	7	3	5	1	2	16	12	8	19	WLDWDW
5	West Bromwich Albion	16	9	1	6	40	32	7	0	1	27	12	2	1	5	13	20	8	19	WLWDWL
6	Millwall	15	7	3	5	31	15	5	2	1	19	5	2	1	4	12	10	16	17	LDWLLW
7	West Ham United	16	7	3	6	34	24	5	1	2	23	11	2	2	4	11	13	10	17	DDLWWW
8	Tottenham Hotspur	15	6	5	4	25	23	5	3	0	17	10	1	2	4	8	13	2	17	WLWLDD
9	Luton Town	15	7	3	5	26	25	3	3	1	10	7	4	0	4	16	18	1	17	DWDWLW
10	Bradford Park Avenue	15	6	5	4	26	26	4	3	1	17	13	2	2	3	9	13	0	17	DDLDDW
11	Sheffield Wednesday	15	6	4	5	32	26	5	2	1	20	6	1	2	4	12	20	6	16	LDDLLW
12	Coventry City	15	6	4	5	17	19	5	2	0	10	2	1	2	5	7	17	-2	16	DDWWWL
13	Plymouth Argyle	15	6	3	6	21	19	5	2	0	13	3	1	1	6	8	16	2	15	DDDLWL
14	Burnley	16	5	5	6	21	26	5	1	2	13	11	0	4	4	8	15	-5	15	WDLDDL
15	Manchester City	15	6	2	7	32	33	4	0	4	20	19	2	2	3	12	14	-1	14	DWLWWW
16	Chesterfield	15	6	2	7	17	22	5	0	2	12	9	1	2	5	5	13	-5	14	LWLWDW
17	Bury	15	4	5	6	21	27	3	2	3	16	16	1	3	3	5	11	-6	13	DWWDLL
18	Southampton	15	5	2	8	22	28	4	1	2	15	12	1	1	6	7	16	-6	12	WDWWLL
19	Norwich City	15	5	0	10	19	33	5	0	3	17	11	0	0	7	2	22	-14	10	WLLLWL
20	Nottingham Forest	15	3	4	8	15	29	3	1	3	8	8	0	3	5	7	21	-14	10	DLLDLL
21	Swansea Town	15	1	8	6	17	33	0	5	2	10	12	1	3	4	7	21	-16	10	LLWLDD
22	Tranmere Rovers	15	3	1	11	17	34	3	1	4	11	9	0	0	7	6	25	-17	7	LWLLLL

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	Fulham	17	8	6	3	30	18	5	3	0	17	6	3	3	3	13	12	12	22	DDDLWD		3-3
2	2	Sheffield United	16	8	5	3	26	16	3	4	1	10	4	5	1	2	16	12	10	21	LDWDWW		3-1
1	3	Newcastle United	17	9	3	5	31	21	8	1	0	25	8	1	2	5	6	13	10	21	DWWWLD		2-2
1	4	West Bromwich Albion	17	10	1	6	42	32	8	0	1	29	12	2	1	5	13	20	10	21	LWDWLW		2-0
2	5	Blackburn Rovers	17	9	2	6	35	26	5	1	2	20	11	4	1	4	15	15	9	20	WDLWWL		0-2
	6	Millwall	16	7	4	5	33	17	5	2	1	19	5	2	2	4	14	12	16	18	DWLLWD		2-2
4	7	Sheffield Wednesday	16	7	4	5	37	27	5	2	1	20	6	2	2	4	17	21	10	18	DDLLWW		5-1
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	16	6	6	4	27	25	5	4	0	19	12	1	2	4	8	13	2	18	LWLDDD		2-2
3	9	Coventry City	16	7	4	5	20	20	6	2	0	13	3	1	2	5	7	17	0	18	DWWWLW		3-1
3	10	West Ham United	17	7	3	7	35	27	5	1	2	23	11	2	2	5	12	16	8	17	DLWWWL		1-3
1	11	Bradford Park Avenue	16	6	5	5	27	29	4	3	1	17	13	2	2	4	10	16	-2	17	DLDDWL		1-3
3	12	Luton Town	16	7	3	6	27	30	3	3	2	11	12	4	0	4	16	18	-3	17	WDWLWL		1-5
1	13	Burnley	17	6	5	6	24	27	6	1	2	16	12	0	4	4	8	15	-3	17	DLDDLW		3-1
1	14	Manchester City	16	7	2	7	36	36	4	0	4	20	19	3	2	3	16	17	0	16	WLWWWW		4-3
2	15	Plymouth Argyle	16	6	3	7	21	20	5	2	1	13	4	1	1	6	8	16	1	15	DDLWLL		0-1
1	16	Bury	16	5	5	6	22	27	3	2	3	16	16	2	3	3	6	11	-5	15	WWDLLW		1-0
1	17	Chesterfield	16	6	3	7	19	24	5	0	2	12	9	1	3	5	7	15	-5	15	WLWDWD		2-2
	18	Southampton	16	6	2	8	26	29	5	1	2	19	13	1	1	6	7	16	-3	14	DWWLLW		4-1
	19	Norwich City	16	5	1	10	22	36	5	1	3	20	14	0	0	7	2	22	-14	11	LLLWLD		3-3
	20	Nottingham Forest	16	3	4	9	18	33	3	1	4	11	12	0	3	5	7	21	-15	10	LLDLLL		3-4
	21	Swansea Town	16	1	8	7	18	37	0	5	2	10	12	1	3	5	8	25	-19	10	LWLDDL		1-4
	22	Tranmere Rovers	16	3	1	12	18	37	3	1	4	11	9	0	0	8	7	28	-19	7	WLLLLL		1-3