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BLACKBURN ROVERS 9 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 10, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 10, 1937 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-9 LOST

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: N Boardman
Attendance:: 11,614
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 13 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Dec 04, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1554 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 817 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1727 (of 5724)
Total:: 2595 (of 7505)
Played:: 87 years, 16 days ago

Notes:: 9-1 is the record defeat

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

Goals
Pryde (OG)

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Reg Taylor
Prior form: WDLLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Percy Ashton
2	M	27	Danny Edgar
3	D		John Munro
4	M	25	Walter Alsford
5	D	32	Tommy Graham
6	F		Robert Pugh
7	F	19	Arthur Betts
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	23	Boy Martin
10	F		Meynell Burgin
11	F	19	Roy Brown

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 Apr 10, 1937)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-0	Fulham
Blackburn Rovers	9-1	Nottingham Forest
Blackpool	1-1	Plymouth Argyle
Bradford Park Avenue	2-0	Burnley
Bury	4-0	Chesterfield
Leicester City	1-0	Aston Villa
Newcastle United	3-0	Southampton
Norwich City	3-0	Swansea Town
Sheffield United	3-1	Doncaster Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Coventry City
West Ham United	4-1	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	Blackpool	39	23	5	11	84	50	13	2	4	47	17	10	3	7	37	33	1.68000	51	WLWLLD	Safe
	2	Leicester City	38	20	8	10	77	53	11	4	3	49	24	9	4	7	28	29	1.45283	48	LWDDLW	Safe
	3	Bury	39	20	8	11	68	54	11	4	4	40	26	9	4	7	28	28	1.25926	48	WLWWLW	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	38	17	12	9	68	49	10	6	3	40	21	7	6	6	28	28	1.38776	46	DLWLDD	Safe
	5	Aston Villa	38	16	12	10	80	60	10	6	4	47	28	6	6	6	33	32	1.33333	44	DWWWLL	Safe
	6	Newcastle United	39	19	5	15	73	55	9	3	7	40	23	10	2	8	33	32	1.32727	43	WWLDWW	Safe
	7	Sheffield United	38	17	9	12	62	47	15	3	1	44	12	2	6	11	18	35	1.31915	43	LWDWWL	Safe
	8	Coventry City	38	15	11	12	57	47	11	5	4	34	17	4	6	8	23	30	1.21277	41	LWDLLW	Safe
	9	West Ham United	37	15	10	12	63	52	11	4	2	39	15	4	6	10	24	37	1.21154	40	DLDWDD	Safe
	10	Fulham	38	14	12	12	66	57	10	5	4	39	22	4	7	8	27	35	1.15789	40	DLLDWD	Safe
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	37	16	7	14	82	56	12	2	5	53	24	4	5	9	29	32	1.46429	39	DWLWWD	Safe
	12	Chesterfield	38	16	7	15	80	75	12	3	5	52	29	4	4	10	28	46	1.06667	39	LLWWDL	Safe
	13	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	10	14	58	54	10	3	6	38	26	4	7	8	20	28	1.07407	38	WDLLWW	Safe
	14	Burnley	38	14	9	15	52	58	10	5	5	34	20	4	4	10	18	38	.89655	37	LWDDWL	Safe
	15	Barnsley	38	13	9	16	46	60	9	6	4	27	22	4	3	12	19	38	.76667	35	WWDWDW	Safe
	16	Swansea Town	38	14	6	18	44	58	13	2	4	35	13	1	4	14	9	45	.75862	34	LWWDLD
	17	Southampton	38	11	11	16	52	69	10	7	2	38	22	1	4	14	14	47	.75362	33	LDLLDW
	18	Norwich City	38	12	8	18	55	67	6	6	6	30	27	6	2	12	25	40	.82090	32	WWDWLL
	19	Bradford Park Avenue	39	11	7	21	49	87	9	3	7	30	32	2	4	14	19	55	.56322	29	DLWLWD
	20	Nottingham Forest	37	9	10	18	59	79	8	6	5	38	30	1	4	13	21	49	.74684	28	LDLLWD
	21	Bradford City	39	8	12	19	51	88	7	8	5	34	31	1	4	14	17	57	.57955	28	LDLLDL
	22	Doncaster Rovers	38	7	8	23	27	78	6	5	8	17	27	1	3	15	10	51	.34615	22	LLWLLL

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	Blackpool	40	23	6	11	85	51	13	3	4	48	18	10	3	7	37	33	1.66667	52	LWLLDD	Safe	1-1
	2	Leicester City	39	21	8	10	78	53	12	4	3	50	24	9	4	7	28	29	1.47170	50	WDDLWW	Safe	1-0
	3	Bury	40	21	8	11	72	54	12	4	4	44	26	9	4	7	28	28	1.33333	50	LWWLWW	Safe	4-0
	4	Plymouth Argyle	39	17	13	9	69	50	10	6	3	40	21	7	7	6	29	29	1.38000	47	LWLDDD	Safe	1-1
1	5	Newcastle United	40	20	5	15	76	55	10	3	7	43	23	10	2	8	33	32	1.38182	45	WLDWWW	Safe	3-0
1	6	Sheffield United	39	18	9	12	65	48	16	3	1	47	13	2	6	11	18	35	1.35417	45	WDWWLW	Safe	3-1
2	7	Aston Villa	39	16	12	11	80	61	10	6	4	47	28	6	6	7	33	33	1.31148	44	WWWLLL	Safe	0-1
1	8	West Ham United	38	16	10	12	67	53	12	4	2	43	16	4	6	10	24	37	1.26415	42	LDWDDW	Safe	4-1
2	9	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	7	14	85	57	13	2	5	56	25	4	5	9	29	32	1.49123	41	WLWWDW	Safe	3-1
2	10	Coventry City	39	15	11	13	58	50	11	5	4	34	17	4	6	9	24	33	1.16000	41	WDLLWL	Safe	1-3
2	11	Blackburn Rovers	39	15	10	14	67	55	11	3	6	47	27	4	7	8	20	28	1.21818	40	DLLWWW	Safe	9-1
2	12	Fulham	39	14	12	13	66	58	10	5	4	39	22	4	7	9	27	36	1.13793	40	LLDWDL	Safe	0-1
1	13	Chesterfield	39	16	7	16	80	79	12	3	5	52	29	4	4	11	28	50	1.01266	39	LWWDLL	Safe	0-4
	14	Burnley	39	14	9	16	52	60	10	5	5	34	20	4	4	11	18	40	.86667	37	WDDWLL	Safe	0-2
	15	Barnsley	39	14	9	16	47	60	10	6	4	28	22	4	3	12	19	38	.78333	37	WDWDWW	Safe	1-0
2	16	Norwich City	39	13	8	18	58	67	7	6	6	33	27	6	2	12	25	40	.86567	34	WDWLLW	Safe	3-0
1	17	Swansea Town	39	14	6	19	44	61	13	2	4	35	13	1	4	15	9	48	.72131	34	WWDLDL	Safe	0-3
1	18	Southampton	39	11	11	17	52	72	10	7	2	38	22	1	4	15	14	50	.72222	33	DLLDWL	Safe	0-3
	19	Bradford Park Avenue	40	12	7	21	51	87	10	3	7	32	32	2	4	14	19	55	.58621	31	LWLWDW		2-0
	20	Nottingham Forest	38	9	10	19	60	88	8	6	5	38	30	1	4	14	22	58	.68182	28	DLLWDL		1-9
	21	Bradford City	40	8	12	20	52	92	7	8	5	34	31	1	4	15	18	61	.56522	28	DLLDLL		1-4
	22	Doncaster Rovers	39	7	8	24	28	81	6	5	8	17	27	1	3	16	11	54	.34568	22	LWLLLL		1-3