The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 1 DARLINGTON - Sat Feb 26, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 26, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Darlington
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-1 WON

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: AE Caseley
Attendance:: 14,813
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 2)
Darlington:: Apr 24, 1983

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1124 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 387 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1270 (of 5724)
Total:: 2119 (of 7505)
Played:: 97 years, 2 months, 12 days ago

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

Goals
Sid Gibson
Randolph Galloway - Randolph Galloway last goal
Charlie Jones
Ted Linley - Ted Linley last goal
MacLachlan (OG)

DARLINGTON
Manager: Jack English
Prior form: LLWLLL (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	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson
8	F		Cyril Stocks
9	F	30	Randolph Galloway
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
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 Feb 26, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Manchester City
Blackpool	0-0	Fulham
Bradford City	1-2	Hull City
Chelsea	4-1	South Shields
Grimsby Town	5-2	Preston North End
Middlesbrough	6-0	Clapton Orient
Nottingham Forest	5-1	Darlington
Port Vale	6-2	Notts County
Reading	6-1	Oldham Athletic
Southampton	1-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Swansea Town	1-1	Portsmouth

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	28	17	6	5	85	50	11	2	1	51	21	6	4	4	34	29	1.70000	40	DDDWWD
	2	Nottingham Forest	28	14	10	4	55	36	10	4	0	37	16	4	6	4	18	20	1.52778	38	DDWWWD
	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	Manchester City	29	16	4	9	71	45	10	2	3	39	19	6	2	6	32	26	1.57778	36	WWWWWD
	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	28	15	5	8	42	27	9	3	2	28	10	6	2	6	14	17	1.55556	35	LLWDDW
	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
	11	Blackpool	29	12	5	12	63	57	8	3	3	42	20	4	2	9	21	37	1.10526	29	DLLWWW
	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	Barnsley	27	10	5	12	53	66	7	3	3	31	18	3	2	9	22	48	.80303	25	WWWDLW
	15	South Shields	25	9	5	11	49	48	8	3	2	35	14	1	2	9	14	34	1.02083	23	LWLWDL
	16	Notts County	29	9	4	16	49	64	7	3	5	31	20	2	1	11	18	44	.76563	22	LWLDLD
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	7	7	13	52	50	5	4	5	39	24	2	3	8	13	26	1.04000	21	WWLWDL
	18	Fulham	28	8	5	15	37	67	7	3	4	26	23	1	2	11	11	44	.55224	21	LLLWLL
	19	Grimsby Town	28	6	7	15	46	67	2	4	7	15	26	4	3	8	31	41	.68657	19	LLLLLW
	20	Darlington	28	7	4	17	52	64	6	1	7	32	31	1	3	10	20	33	.81250	18	LLWLLL
	21	Clapton Orient	28	6	5	17	37	67	5	3	6	23	23	1	2	11	14	44	.55224	17	DLLWLL
	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	29	18	6	5	91	50	12	2	1	57	21	6	4	4	34	29	1.82000	42	DDWWDW		6-0
	2	Nottingham Forest	29	15	10	4	60	37	11	4	0	42	17	4	6	4	18	20	1.62162	40	DWWWDW		5-1
3	3	Hull City	29	16	5	8	44	28	9	3	2	28	10	7	2	6	16	18	1.57143	37	LWDDWW		2-1
	4	Manchester City	30	16	5	9	72	46	10	2	3	39	19	6	3	6	33	27	1.56522	37	WWWWDD		1-1
2	5	Preston North End	28	14	9	5	55	42	9	4	2	38	23	5	5	3	17	19	1.30952	37	DDWWWL		2-5
1	6	Portsmouth	28	15	6	7	55	35	9	4	1	35	12	6	2	6	20	23	1.57143	36	WWWWLD		1-1
	7	Chelsea	27	14	7	6	46	37	9	4	1	33	17	5	3	5	13	20	1.24324	35	WWDWWW		4-1
	8	Swansea Town	28	12	9	7	50	44	9	4	1	32	13	3	5	6	18	31	1.13636	33	LLWDLD		1-1
	9	Southampton	28	13	6	9	48	41	8	4	2	30	16	5	2	7	18	25	1.17073	32	LLLLWW		1-0
1	10	Blackpool	30	12	6	12	63	57	8	4	3	42	20	4	2	9	21	37	1.10526	30	LLWWWD		0-0
1	11	Oldham Athletic	30	13	4	13	50	61	9	2	4	35	25	4	2	9	15	36	.81967	30	LWLWLL		1-6
	12	Port Vale	28	9	11	8	55	52	7	5	2	30	14	2	6	6	25	38	1.05769	29	WLDDDW		6-2
	13	Reading	27	11	5	11	48	46	10	0	3	33	10	1	5	8	15	36	1.04348	27	WWLLWW		6-1
	14	Barnsley	28	10	6	12	54	67	7	4	3	32	19	3	2	9	22	48	.80597	26	WWDLWD		1-1
	15	South Shields	26	9	5	12	50	52	8	3	2	35	14	1	2	10	15	38	.96154	23	WLWDLL		1-4
	16	Notts County	30	9	4	17	51	70	7	3	5	31	20	2	1	12	20	50	.72857	22	WLDLDL		2-6
1	17	Fulham	29	8	6	15	37	67	7	3	4	26	23	1	3	11	11	44	.55224	22	LLWLLD		0-0
1	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	7	7	14	52	51	5	4	5	39	24	2	3	9	13	27	1.01961	21	WLWDLL		0-1
	19	Grimsby Town	29	7	7	15	51	69	3	4	7	20	28	4	3	8	31	41	.73913	21	LLLLWW		5-2
	20	Darlington	29	7	4	18	53	69	6	1	7	32	31	1	3	11	21	38	.76812	18	LWLLLL		1-5
	21	Clapton Orient	29	6	5	18	37	73	5	3	6	23	23	1	2	12	14	50	.50685	17	LLWLLL		0-6
	22	Bradford City	29	3	7	19	30	58	3	3	9	18	23	0	4	10	12	35	.51724	13	DWLLLL		1-2