The City Ground

MANCHESTER CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 19, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 19, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Maine Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: RG Rudd
Attendance:: 48,689
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 3 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Darlington (League Tier 2)
Manchester City:: Sep 24, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1123 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 386 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1269 (of 5724)
Total:: 2118 (of 7505)
Played:: 97 years, 2 months, 6 days ago

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

Goals
Sid Gibson

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Peter Hodge
Prior form: LWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Billy Cowan

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	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson
8	F		Cyril Stocks
9	F	30	Noah Burton
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
11	F	32	Ted Linley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bert Gray
2	D	Sammy Cookson
3	D	Phil McCloy
4	D	Chris Pringle
5	D	Sam Cowan
6	M	Jimmy McMullan
7	M	Peter Bell
8	M	Billy Cowan
9	M	Frank Roberts
10	F	Tommy Johnson
11	F	George Hicks

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 19, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	4-2	Clapton Orient
Fulham	0-5	Grimsby Town
Manchester City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Oldham Athletic	1-3	Blackpool
Preston North End	4-1	Darlington

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	Middlesbrough	27	17	5	5	83	48	11	2	1	51	21	6	3	4	32	27	1.72917	39	WDDDWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	27	14	9	4	54	35	10	4	0	37	16	4	5	4	17	19	1.54286	37	WDDWWW
	3	Manchester City	28	16	3	9	70	44	10	1	3	38	18	6	2	6	32	26	1.59091	35	LWWWWW
	4	Portsmouth	27	15	5	7	54	34	9	4	1	35	12	6	1	6	19	22	1.58824	35	LWWWWL
	5	Preston North End	26	13	9	4	49	36	8	4	2	34	22	5	5	2	15	14	1.36111	35	WDDDWW
	6	Hull City	27	14	5	8	40	26	9	3	2	28	10	5	2	6	12	16	1.53846	33	LLLWDD
	7	Chelsea	26	13	7	6	42	36	8	4	1	29	16	5	3	5	13	20	1.16667	33	WWWDWW
	8	Swansea Town	27	12	8	7	49	43	9	3	1	31	12	3	5	6	18	31	1.13953	32	WLLWDL
	9	Southampton	27	12	6	9	47	41	7	4	2	29	16	5	2	7	18	25	1.14634	30	WLLLLW
	10	Oldham Athletic	28	13	4	11	48	52	9	2	3	34	22	4	2	8	14	30	.92308	30	LWLWLW
	11	Blackpool	28	11	5	12	60	56	8	3	3	42	20	3	2	9	18	36	1.07143	27	WDLLWW
	12	Port Vale	27	8	11	8	49	50	6	5	2	24	12	2	6	6	25	38	.98000	27	WWLDDD
	13	Reading	26	10	5	11	42	45	9	0	3	27	9	1	5	8	15	36	.93333	25	WWWLLW
	14	South Shields	25	9	5	11	49	48	8	3	2	35	14	1	2	9	14	34	1.02083	23	LWLWDL
	15	Barnsley	26	9	5	12	49	64	6	3	3	27	16	3	2	9	22	48	.76563	23	WWWWDL
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	7	7	13	52	50	5	4	5	39	24	2	3	8	13	26	1.04000	21	WWLWDL
	17	Notts County	28	9	3	16	47	62	7	2	5	29	18	2	1	11	18	44	.75806	21	WLWLDL
	18	Fulham	27	8	5	14	37	62	7	3	3	26	18	1	2	11	11	44	.59677	21	LLLLWL
	19	Darlington	27	7	4	16	51	60	6	1	7	32	31	1	3	9	19	29	.85000	18	DLLWLL
	20	Grimsby Town	27	5	7	15	41	67	2	4	7	15	26	3	3	8	26	41	.61194	17	LLLLLL
	21	Clapton Orient	26	6	5	15	34	61	5	3	5	22	21	1	2	10	12	40	.55738	17	LLDLLW
	22	Bradford City	28	3	7	18	29	56	3	3	8	17	21	0	4	10	12	35	.51786	13	LDWLLL

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	Middlesbrough	27	17	5	5	83	48	11	2	1	51	21	6	3	4	32	27	1.72917	39	WDDDWW
	2	Nottingham Forest	28	14	10	4	55	36	10	4	0	37	16	4	6	4	18	20	1.52778	38	DDWWWD		1-1
2	3	Preston North End	27	14	9	4	53	37	9	4	2	38	23	5	5	2	15	14	1.43243	37	DDDWWW		4-1
1	4	Manchester City	29	16	4	9	71	45	10	2	3	39	19	6	2	6	32	26	1.57778	36	WWWWWD		1-1
1	5	Portsmouth	27	15	5	7	54	34	9	4	1	35	12	6	1	6	19	22	1.58824	35	LWWWWL
	6	Hull City	27	14	5	8	40	26	9	3	2	28	10	5	2	6	12	16	1.53846	33	LLLWDD
	7	Chelsea	26	13	7	6	42	36	8	4	1	29	16	5	3	5	13	20	1.16667	33	WWWDWW
	8	Swansea Town	27	12	8	7	49	43	9	3	1	31	12	3	5	6	18	31	1.13953	32	WLLWDL
	9	Southampton	27	12	6	9	47	41	7	4	2	29	16	5	2	7	18	25	1.14634	30	WLLLLW
	10	Oldham Athletic	29	13	4	12	49	55	9	2	4	35	25	4	2	8	14	30	.89091	30	WLWLWL		1-3
	11	Blackpool	29	12	5	12	63	57	8	3	3	42	20	4	2	9	21	37	1.10526	29	DLLWWW		3-1
	12	Port Vale	27	8	11	8	49	50	6	5	2	24	12	2	6	6	25	38	.98000	27	WWLDDD
	13	Reading	26	10	5	11	42	45	9	0	3	27	9	1	5	8	15	36	.93333	25	WWWLLW
1	14	Barnsley	27	10	5	12	53	66	7	3	3	31	18	3	2	9	22	48	.80303	25	WWWDLW		4-2
1	15	South Shields	25	9	5	11	49	48	8	3	2	35	14	1	2	9	14	34	1.02083	23	LWLWDL
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	7	7	13	52	50	5	4	5	39	24	2	3	8	13	26	1.04000	21	WWLWDL
	17	Notts County	28	9	3	16	47	62	7	2	5	29	18	2	1	11	18	44	.75806	21	WLWLDL
	18	Fulham	28	8	5	15	37	67	7	3	4	26	23	1	2	11	11	44	.55224	21	LLLWLL		0-5
1	19	Grimsby Town	28	6	7	15	46	67	2	4	7	15	26	4	3	8	31	41	.68657	19	LLLLLW		5-0
1	20	Darlington	28	7	4	17	52	64	6	1	7	32	31	1	3	10	20	33	.81250	18	LLWLLL		1-4
	21	Clapton Orient	27	6	5	16	36	65	5	3	5	22	21	1	2	11	14	44	.55385	17	LDLLWL		2-4
	22	Bradford City	28	3	7	18	29	56	3	3	8	17	21	0	4	10	12	35	.51786	13	LDWLLL