The City Ground

PORTSMOUTH 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Dec 25, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 25, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Portsmouth
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Fratton Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: WR Jennings
Attendance:: 19,729
Pos Before/After:: 5 4
Opp Before/After:: 4 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Portsmouth (League Tier 2)
Portsmouth:: Dec 27, 1926

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1116 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 379 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1260 (of 5724)
Total:: 2109 (of 7505)
Played:: 97 years, 4 months, 1 day ago

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

Goals

PORTSMOUTH
Manager: John McCartney
Prior form: WDWLDW (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	27	Ebor Reed
7	M	27	Sid Gibson
8	F		Cyril Stocks
9	F	30	Noah Burton
10	F	26	Cliff Price	Debut
11	F	32	Ted Linley

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 25, 1926)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	1-0	Hull City
Clapton Orient	1-2	Port Vale
Darlington	3-3	Barnsley
Grimsby Town	2-1	Blackpool
Manchester City	3-5	Middlesbrough
Notts County	0-1	Southampton
Oldham Athletic	5-2	Swansea Town
Portsmouth	0-0	Nottingham Forest
Reading	2-0	Fulham
South Shields	1-1	Preston North End
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7-2	Bradford City

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	20	13	3	4	32	13	8	2	1	23	6	5	1	3	9	7	2.46154	29	WWWWDW
	2	Swansea Town	20	10	7	3	37	27	7	3	0	23	8	3	4	3	14	19	1.37037	27	DDWDDL
	3	Middlesbrough	19	12	2	5	57	33	8	1	1	42	18	4	1	4	15	15	1.72727	26	WLWWDW
	4	Portsmouth	20	11	4	5	38	26	6	3	1	21	7	5	1	4	17	19	1.46154	26	WDWLDW
	5	Nottingham Forest	20	10	6	4	40	30	6	4	0	26	14	4	2	4	14	16	1.33333	26	WLWDWW
	6	Manchester City	20	11	3	6	48	30	8	1	2	30	13	3	2	4	18	17	1.60000	25	WLLWWL
	7	Preston North End	19	10	5	4	38	31	6	3	2	27	20	4	2	2	11	11	1.22581	25	WDWLWL
	8	Southampton	20	9	6	5	38	33	5	4	1	21	12	4	2	4	17	21	1.15152	24	WWLDLW
	9	Oldham Athletic	20	9	4	7	29	28	6	2	1	22	10	3	2	6	7	18	1.03571	22	WLWDDL
	10	Chelsea	20	8	6	6	31	32	5	4	1	21	13	3	2	5	10	19	.96875	22	LDLWLD
	11	Port Vale	21	6	8	7	39	41	5	3	2	21	12	1	5	5	18	29	.95122	20	LWDDDL
	12	Fulham	20	7	5	8	30	39	7	3	0	22	9	0	2	8	8	30	.76923	19	WLWLWL
	13	Blackpool	20	7	4	9	40	38	5	2	2	27	11	2	2	7	13	27	1.05263	18	WLDDWW
	14	South Shields	18	7	3	8	37	28	6	1	2	26	8	1	2	6	11	20	1.32143	17	LWWWDW
	15	Reading	19	5	5	9	29	34	5	0	3	17	7	0	5	6	12	27	.85294	15	WLWDDL
	16	Darlington	21	6	3	12	36	44	5	0	6	23	25	1	3	6	13	19	.81818	15	WLLLLD
	17	Notts County	19	7	1	11	35	48	6	0	4	22	13	1	1	7	13	35	.72917	15	WLLLWL
	18	Grimsby Town	18	4	6	8	26	33	1	3	3	4	5	3	3	5	22	28	.78788	14	DDLLWW
	19	Clapton Orient	19	5	4	10	28	45	4	2	4	18	17	1	2	6	10	28	.62222	14	WDLLLW
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	3	6	11	30	37	2	4	5	22	20	1	2	6	8	17	.81081	12	LWLDLL
	21	Barnsley	18	4	3	11	23	53	3	2	3	12	12	1	1	8	11	41	.43396	11	LLLLWL
	22	Bradford City	21	2	6	13	21	39	2	3	6	14	18	0	3	7	7	21	.53846	10	LDLDLW

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	21	13	3	5	32	14	8	2	1	23	6	5	1	4	9	8	2.28571	29	WWWDWL		0-1
1	2	Middlesbrough	20	13	2	5	62	36	8	1	1	42	18	5	1	4	20	18	1.72222	28	LWWDWW		5-3
1	3	Portsmouth	21	11	5	5	38	26	6	4	1	21	7	5	1	4	17	19	1.46154	27	DWLDWD		0-0
1	4	Nottingham Forest	21	10	7	4	40	30	6	4	0	26	14	4	3	4	14	16	1.33333	27	LWDWWD		0-0
3	5	Swansea Town	21	10	7	4	39	32	7	3	0	23	8	3	4	4	16	24	1.21875	27	DWDDLL		2-5
1	6	Preston North End	20	10	6	4	39	32	6	3	2	27	20	4	3	2	12	12	1.21875	26	DWLWLD		1-1
1	7	Southampton	21	10	6	5	39	33	5	4	1	21	12	5	2	4	18	21	1.18182	26	WLDLWW		1-0
2	8	Manchester City	21	11	3	7	51	35	8	1	3	33	18	3	2	4	18	17	1.45714	25	LLWWLL		3-5
	9	Oldham Athletic	21	10	4	7	34	30	7	2	1	27	12	3	2	6	7	18	1.13333	24	LWDDLW		5-2
	10	Chelsea	21	9	6	6	32	32	6	4	1	22	13	3	2	5	10	19	1.00000	24	DLWLDW		1-0
	11	Port Vale	22	7	8	7	41	42	5	3	2	21	12	2	5	5	20	30	.97619	22	WDDDLW		2-1
	12	Fulham	21	7	5	9	30	41	7	3	0	22	9	0	2	9	8	32	.73171	19	LWLWLL		0-2
1	13	South Shields	19	7	4	8	38	29	6	2	2	27	9	1	2	6	11	20	1.31034	18	WWWDWD		1-1
1	14	Blackpool	21	7	4	10	41	40	5	2	2	27	11	2	2	8	14	29	1.02500	18	LDDWWL		1-2
	15	Reading	20	6	5	9	31	34	6	0	3	19	7	0	5	6	12	27	.91176	17	LWDDLW		2-0
	16	Darlington	22	6	4	12	39	47	5	1	6	26	28	1	3	6	13	19	.82979	16	LLLLDD		3-3
1	17	Grimsby Town	19	5	6	8	28	34	2	3	3	6	6	3	3	5	22	28	.82353	16	DLLWWW		2-1
1	18	Notts County	20	7	1	12	35	49	6	0	5	22	14	1	1	7	13	35	.71429	15	LLLWLL		0-1
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	4	6	11	37	39	3	4	5	29	22	1	2	6	8	17	.94872	14	WLDLLW		7-2
1	20	Clapton Orient	20	5	4	11	29	47	4	2	5	19	19	1	2	6	10	28	.61702	14	DLLLWL		1-2
	21	Barnsley	19	4	4	11	26	56	3	2	3	12	12	1	2	8	14	44	.46429	12	LLLWLD		3-3
	22	Bradford City	22	2	6	14	23	46	2	3	6	14	18	0	3	8	9	28	.50000	10	DLDLWL		2-7