The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 SOUTHAMPTON - Sat Dec 11, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 11, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: TG Bryan
Attendance:: 13,826
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 8 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Port Vale (League Tier 2)
Southampton:: Apr 30, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1114 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 377 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1258 (of 5724)
Total:: 2107 (of 7505)
Played:: 97 years, 4 months, 14 days ago

FOREST
Manager: John Baynes
Prior form: DWWLWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Sid Gibson
Cyril Stocks
Cyril Stocks

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Arthur Chadwick
Prior form: DWWWLD (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Len Langford
2	D		William 'Bill' Thompson
3	F	28	Percy Barratt
4	F	31	Jackie Belton
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan
6	F	33	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson
8	F		Cyril Stocks
9	F	29	Noah Burton
10	F	32	Ted Linley
11	F		Joseph Laws

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 11, 1926)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-0	Bradford City
Blackpool	6-0	Clapton Orient
Darlington	0-1	Preston North End
Fulham	4-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City	1-0	Chelsea
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Southampton
Oldham Athletic	1-1	Hull City
Portsmouth	1-1	South Shields
Swansea Town	2-2	Port Vale

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Hull City	18	12	2	4	29	12	7	2	1	21	6	5	0	3	8	6	2.41667	26	LLWWWW
	2	Swansea Town	18	10	6	2	34	18	7	2	0	21	6	3	4	2	13	12	1.88889	26	WWDDWD
	3	Middlesbrough	18	11	2	5	50	32	7	1	1	35	17	4	1	4	15	15	1.56250	24	WWLWWD
	4	Manchester City	18	10	3	5	44	26	7	1	2	29	13	3	2	3	15	13	1.69231	23	WLWLLW
	5	Portsmouth	18	10	3	5	35	24	6	2	1	20	6	4	1	4	15	18	1.45833	23	LWWDWL
	6	Preston North End	17	9	5	3	36	29	6	3	1	26	18	3	2	2	10	11	1.24138	23	DWWDWL
	7	Nottingham Forest	18	8	6	4	35	29	5	4	0	23	13	3	2	4	12	16	1.20690	22	DWWLWD
	8	Southampton	18	8	6	4	34	29	4	4	1	18	11	4	2	3	16	18	1.17241	22	DWWWLD
	9	Oldham Athletic	18	9	3	6	27	23	6	1	1	21	9	3	2	5	6	14	1.17391	21	DLWLWD
	10	Chelsea	18	8	5	5	29	29	5	3	1	19	11	3	2	4	10	18	1.00000	21	DDLDLW
	11	Port Vale	19	6	7	6	37	37	5	3	1	21	10	1	4	5	16	27	1.00000	19	LWLWDD
	12	Fulham	18	6	5	7	26	36	6	3	0	18	8	0	2	7	8	28	.72222	17	DLWLWL
	13	Reading	18	5	5	8	28	29	5	0	3	17	7	0	5	5	11	22	.96552	15	DWLWDD
	14	Notts County	18	7	1	10	33	45	6	0	3	20	10	1	1	7	13	35	.73333	15	DWLLLW
	15	South Shields	16	6	2	8	32	26	5	1	2	22	7	1	1	6	10	19	1.23077	14	LLLWWW
	16	Blackpool	18	5	4	9	31	36	4	2	2	21	11	1	2	7	10	25	.86111	14	LDWLDD
	17	Darlington	19	6	2	11	34	41	5	0	5	23	24	1	2	6	11	17	.82927	14	WLWLLL
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	3	6	9	26	29	2	4	4	19	16	1	2	5	7	13	.89655	12	DWLWLD
	19	Grimsby Town	17	3	6	8	22	30	1	3	3	4	5	2	3	5	18	25	.73333	12	LDDLLW
	20	Clapton Orient	17	4	4	9	23	38	3	2	4	13	16	1	2	5	10	22	.60526	12	LLWDLL
	21	Barnsley	16	3	3	10	21	50	2	2	3	11	12	1	1	7	10	38	.42000	9	LDLLLL
	22	Bradford City	19	1	6	12	17	35	1	3	6	10	15	0	3	6	7	20	.48571	8	DDLDLD

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Hull City	19	12	3	4	30	13	7	2	1	21	6	5	1	3	9	7	2.30769	27	LWWWWD		1-1
	2	Swansea Town	19	10	7	2	36	20	7	3	0	23	8	3	4	2	13	12	1.80000	27	WDDWDD		2-2
1	3	Manchester City	19	11	3	5	45	26	8	1	2	30	13	3	2	3	15	13	1.73077	25	LWLLWW		1-0
2	4	Preston North End	18	10	5	3	37	29	6	3	1	26	18	4	2	2	11	11	1.27586	25	WWDWLW		1-0
2	5	Middlesbrough	18	11	2	5	50	32	7	1	1	35	17	4	1	4	15	15	1.56250	24	WWLWWD
1	6	Portsmouth	19	10	4	5	36	25	6	3	1	21	7	4	1	4	15	18	1.44000	24	WWDWLD		1-1
	7	Nottingham Forest	19	9	6	4	38	30	6	4	0	26	14	3	2	4	12	16	1.26667	24	WWLWDW		3-1
1	8	Oldham Athletic	19	9	4	6	28	24	6	2	1	22	10	3	2	5	6	14	1.16667	22	LWLWDD		1-1
1	9	Southampton	19	8	6	5	35	32	4	4	1	18	11	4	2	4	17	21	1.09375	22	WWWLDL		1-3
	10	Chelsea	19	8	5	6	29	30	5	3	1	19	11	3	2	5	10	19	.96667	21	DLDLWL		0-1
	11	Port Vale	20	6	8	6	39	39	5	3	1	21	10	1	5	5	18	29	1.00000	20	WLWDDD		2-2
	12	Fulham	19	7	5	7	30	37	7	3	0	22	9	0	2	7	8	28	.81081	19	LWLWLW		4-1
3	13	Blackpool	19	6	4	9	37	36	5	2	2	27	11	1	2	7	10	25	1.02778	16	DWLDDW		6-0
1	14	South Shields	17	6	3	8	33	27	5	1	2	22	7	1	2	6	11	20	1.22222	15	LLWWWD		1-1
2	15	Reading	18	5	5	8	28	29	5	0	3	17	7	0	5	5	11	22	.96552	15	DWLWDD
2	16	Notts County	18	7	1	10	33	45	6	0	3	20	10	1	1	7	13	35	.73333	15	DWLLLW
	17	Darlington	20	6	2	12	34	42	5	0	6	23	25	1	2	6	11	17	.80952	14	LWLLLL		0-1
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	3	6	10	27	33	2	4	4	19	16	1	2	6	8	17	.81818	12	WLWLDL		1-4
	19	Grimsby Town	17	3	6	8	22	30	1	3	3	4	5	2	3	5	18	25	.73333	12	LDDLLW
	20	Clapton Orient	18	4	4	10	23	44	3	2	4	13	16	1	2	6	10	28	.52273	12	LWDLLL		0-6
	21	Barnsley	17	4	3	10	22	50	3	2	3	12	12	1	1	7	10	38	.44000	11	DLLLLW		1-0
	22	Bradford City	20	1	6	13	17	36	1	3	6	10	15	0	3	7	7	21	.47222	8	DLDLDL		0-1