The City Ground

SEASON: 1927-28

Prev Season: 1926-27
This Season: 1927-28
Next Season: 1928-29

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: John Baynes
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Sheffield United (A) 0-3)
League Cup:: Did not exist

Top Goalscorer:: Cyril Stocks, Noah Burton (15 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1927-28

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Manchester City	42	25	9	8	100	59	18	2	1	70	27	7	7	7	30	32	1.69492	59	Promoted as Champions	4-5	3-3
2	Leeds United	42	25	7	10	98	49	16	2	3	63	15	9	5	7	35	34	2.00000	57	Promoted	2-2	0-4
3	Chelsea	42	23	8	11	75	45	15	2	4	46	15	8	6	7	29	30	1.66667	54		2-2	1-2
4	Preston North End	42	22	9	11	100	66	15	3	3	62	24	7	6	8	38	42	1.51515	53		3-1	0-5
5	Stoke City	42	22	8	12	78	59	14	5	2	44	17	8	3	10	34	42	1.32203	52		0-2	3-1
6	Swansea Town	42	18	12	12	75	63	13	6	2	46	17	5	6	10	29	46	1.19048	48		0-2	0-2
7	Oldham Athletic	42	19	8	15	75	51	15	3	3	55	18	4	5	12	20	33	1.47059	46		2-1	1-4
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	12	13	90	70	10	7	4	50	28	7	5	9	40	42	1.28571	46		0-2	3-2
9	Port Vale	42	18	8	16	68	57	11	6	4	45	20	7	2	12	23	37	1.19298	44		0-2	2-2
10	Nottingham Forest	42	15	10	17	83	84	10	6	5	54	37	5	4	12	29	47	.98810	40
11	Grimsby Town	42	14	12	16	69	83	8	6	7	41	41	6	6	9	28	42	.83133	40		5-2	1-2
12	Bristol City	42	15	9	18	76	79	11	5	5	42	18	4	4	13	34	61	.96203	39		1-1	0-0
13	Barnsley	42	14	11	17	65	85	10	5	6	43	36	4	6	11	22	49	.76471	39		1-1	1-2
14	Hull City	42	12	15	15	41	54	9	8	4	25	19	3	7	11	16	35	.75926	39		1-1	0-2
15	Notts County	42	13	12	17	68	74	10	4	7	47	26	3	8	10	21	48	.91892	38		2-1	2-1
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	10	19	63	91	11	5	5	43	31	2	5	14	20	60	.69231	36		3-2	0-1
17	Southampton	42	14	7	21	68	77	11	3	7	54	40	3	4	14	14	37	.88312	35		1-1	1-2
18	Reading	42	11	13	18	53	75	9	8	4	32	22	2	5	14	21	53	.70667	35		5-3	2-0
19	Blackpool	42	13	8	21	83	101	11	3	7	55	43	2	5	14	28	58	.82178	34		4-1	3-5
20	Clapton Orient	42	11	12	19	55	85	9	7	5	32	25	2	5	14	23	60	.64706	34		4-3	2-2
21	Fulham	42	13	7	22	68	89	12	7	2	46	22	1	0	20	22	67	.76404	33	Relegated	7-0	0-2
22	South Shields	42	7	9	26	56	111	5	5	11	30	41	2	4	15	26	70	.50450	23	Relegated	7-2	4-3

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 47
Competitive Goals:: 88
Goals per game:: 1.9
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 40 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 47.6%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	10 times	10 times	6 times	4 times	4 times
Conceded	12 times	19 times	5 times	2 times	3 times
Won By	9 times	5 times	2 times		2 times
Lost By	6 times	8 times	2 times	1 time	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	Chelsea (1-2), Chelsea (2-2)
2	2	2	2	1	1	-	6	4	3	Preston North End (3-1), Manchester City (3-3)
3	2	3	2	-	1	1	6	7	1	Manchester City (4-5), Leeds United (2-2)
4	3	4	1	-	-	1	0	5	0	Preston North End (0-5)
5	2	5	2	1	-	1	2	3	2	Oldham Athletic (2-1), Stoke City (0-2)
6	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	49	7	6	3	1	2	12	15	7	Leeds United (0-4), Oldham Athletic (1-4), Bristol City (1-1), West Bromwich Albion (3-2), Clapton Orient (4
8	44	8	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	West Bromwich Albion (0-2)
9	14	9	2	1	-	1	7	2	2	Fulham (7-0), Port Vale (0-2)
10	33	10	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Bristol City (0-0)
11	56	11	3	-	1	2	1	5	1	Swansea Town (0-2), Hull City (1-1), Swansea Town (0-2)
12	9	12	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Hull City (0-2), Grimsby Town (1-2)
13	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	14	14	1	1	-	-	5	3	2	Reading (5-3)
15		15	2	2	-	-	7	3	4	Grimsby Town (5-2), Notts County (2-1)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		17	3	-	1	2	2	5	1	Fulham (0-2), Barnsley (1-1), Barnsley (1-2)
18		18	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Southampton (1-1), Southampton (1-2)
19		19	2	1	1	-	6	3	3	Blackpool (4-1), Clapton Orient (2-2)
20		20	3	2	-	1	8	7	4	Reading (2-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-2), Blackpool (3-5)
21		21	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1)
22		22	3	3	-	-	13	6	6	South Shields (7-2), Notts County (2-1), South Shields (4-3)

Not included: Week 1 game against Port Vale (2-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 21,957 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 2,572 (Reading)
Average League Attendance:: 10,478
Highest Cup Attendance:: 35,625 (Derby County)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 35,625 (Derby County)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 6
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 2 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 2
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: John Baynes
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 27, 1927	Port Vale	A	2-2	14,524	13	Stocks (?), Wadsworth (?)
2	Mon Aug 29, 1927	Fulham	H	7-0	11,430	2	Barratt (? pen), Stocks (?), Burton (?, ?, ?), Jones (?, ?)
3	Sat Sep 03, 1927	South Shields	H	7-2	16,714	3	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Burton (?, ?), Jones (?, ?)
4	Sat Sep 10, 1927	Leeds United	A	0-4	19,478	11
5	Thu Sep 15, 1927	Fulham	A	0-2	9,446	11
6	Sat Sep 17, 1927	Notts County	H	2-1	21,957	11	Barratt (?), Gibson (?)
7	Sat Sep 24, 1927	Manchester City	H	4-5	12,893	12	Roe (?, ?, ?), Jones (?)
8	Sat Oct 01, 1927	Hull City	A	0-2	8,274	14
9	Sat Oct 08, 1927	Preston North End	H	3-1	17,056	13	Gibson (?, ?), Burton (?)
10	Sat Oct 15, 1927	Swansea Town	A	0-2	14,844	14
11	Sat Oct 22, 1927	Reading	A	2-0	7,785	12	McLachlan (?), Wadsworth (?)
12	Sat Oct 29, 1927	Grimsby Town	H	5-2	14,546	11	McLachlan (?), Burton (?, ?), Jones (?, ?)
13	Sat Nov 05, 1927	Oldham Athletic	A	1-4	6,032	11	Barratt (?)
14	Sat Nov 12, 1927	Blackpool	H	4-1	8,602	10	Barratt (?), Gibson (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?)
15	Sat Nov 19, 1927	Chelsea	A	1-2	28,743	11	Gibson (?)
16	Sat Nov 26, 1927	Bristol City	H	1-1	10,040	11	Burton (?)
17	Sat Dec 03, 1927	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-2	16,674	10	Burton (?), Wadsworth (?, ?)
18	Sat Dec 10, 1927	Clapton Orient	H	4-3	7,802	8	Barratt (? pen), Gibson (?, ?), Galbraith (? OG)
19	Sat Dec 17, 1927	Stoke City	A	3-1	9,093	6	Burton (?), Wadsworth (?, ?)
20	Sat Dec 24, 1927	Southampton	H	1-1	5,572	8	Burton (?)
21	Mon Dec 26, 1927	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-2	12,530	7	Gibson (?, ?), Burton (?)
22	Tue Dec 27, 1927	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	15,982	7
23	Sat Jan 07, 1928	South Shields	A	4-3	4,723	7	Stocks (?, ?), Wadsworth (?, ?)
24	Sat Jan 21, 1928	Leeds United	H	2-2	13,133	7	Gibson (?), Stocks (?)
25	Sat Feb 04, 1928	Manchester City	A	3-3	30,037	7	Stocks (?, ?), Jones (?)
26	Sat Feb 11, 1928	Hull City	H	1-1	6,617	7	Wadsworth (?)
27	Wed Feb 22, 1928	Notts County	A	2-1	13,241	8	Gibson (?), German (?)
28	Sat Feb 25, 1928	Swansea Town	H	0-2	11,687	8
29	Mon Mar 05, 1928	Preston North End	A	0-5	10,036	8
30	Sat Mar 10, 1928	Grimsby Town	A	1-2	7,466	11	Burton (?)
31	Sat Mar 17, 1928	Oldham Athletic	H	2-1	9,045	9	Thompson (?), Harrison (?)
32	Sat Mar 24, 1928	Blackpool	A	3-5	8,977	10	Thompson (? pen), German (?), Barnett (? OG)
33	Thu Mar 29, 1928	Reading	H	5-3	2,572	8	Harrison (?), Stocks (?, ?), Townsend (?, ?)
34	Sat Mar 31, 1928	Chelsea	H	2-2	10,959	8	Thompson (?), Townsend (?)
35	Sat Apr 07, 1928	Bristol City	A	0-0	14,575	9		Safe
36	Mon Apr 09, 1928	Barnsley	H	1-1	11,640	8	Jones (?)	Safe
37	Tue Apr 10, 1928	Barnsley	A	1-2	7,688	9	Roe (?)	Safe
38	Sat Apr 14, 1928	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	6,158	11		Safe
39	Sat Apr 21, 1928	Clapton Orient	A	2-2	9,451	10	Wallace (?), Stocks (?)	Safe
40	Thu Apr 26, 1928	Port Vale	H	0-2	3,713	10		Safe
41	Sat Apr 28, 1928	Stoke City	H	0-2	5,382	10		Safe
42	Sat May 05, 1928	Southampton	A	1-2	8,244	10	Jones (?)	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 14, 1928	Tranmere Rovers	3		H	1-0	-	Wadsworth (?)
Sat Jan 28, 1928	Derby County	4		A	0-0	22,594
Wed Feb 01, 1928	Derby County	4	1	H	2-0	35,625	Gibson (?), Stocks (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1928	Cardiff City	5		H	2-1	-	Thompson (?), Stocks (?)
Sat Mar 03, 1928	Sheffield United	Quarter		A	0-3	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu May 03, 1928	Derby County	England	N	1-1	-	Price (?)
Mon May 07, 1928	Northampton Town	England	A	2-3	-	? (?, ?)
Tue May 08, 1928	Kettering Town	England	A	1-7	-	? (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: John Baynes
Sat Aug 27, 1927	League Tier 2	Port Vale			A	2-2	14,524	Stocks (?), Wadsworth (?)
Mon Aug 29, 1927	League Tier 2	Fulham			H	7-0	11,430	Barratt (? pen), Stocks (?), Burton (?, ?, ?), Jones (?, ?)
Sat Sep 03, 1927	League Tier 2	South Shields			H	7-2	16,714	Gibson (?), Stocks (?, ?), Burton (?, ?), Jones (?, ?)
Sat Sep 10, 1927	League Tier 2	Leeds United			A	0-4	19,478
Thu Sep 15, 1927	League Tier 2	Fulham			A	0-2	9,446
Sat Sep 17, 1927	League Tier 2	Notts County			H	2-1	21,957	Barratt (?), Gibson (?)
Sat Sep 24, 1927	League Tier 2	Manchester City			H	4-5	12,893	Roe (?, ?, ?), Jones (?)
Sat Oct 01, 1927	League Tier 2	Hull City			A	0-2	8,274
Sat Oct 08, 1927	League Tier 2	Preston North End			H	3-1	17,056	Gibson (?, ?), Burton (?)
Sat Oct 15, 1927	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			A	0-2	14,844
Sat Oct 22, 1927	League Tier 2	Reading			A	2-0	7,785	McLachlan (?), Wadsworth (?)
Sat Oct 29, 1927	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			H	5-2	14,546	McLachlan (?), Burton (?, ?), Jones (?, ?)
Sat Nov 05, 1927	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			A	1-4	6,032	Barratt (?)
Sat Nov 12, 1927	League Tier 2	Blackpool			H	4-1	8,602	Barratt (?), Gibson (?), Stocks (?), Burton (?)
Sat Nov 19, 1927	League Tier 2	Chelsea			A	1-2	28,743	Gibson (?)
Sat Nov 26, 1927	League Tier 2	Bristol City			H	1-1	10,040	Burton (?)
Sat Dec 03, 1927	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			A	3-2	16,674	Burton (?), Wadsworth (?, ?)
Sat Dec 10, 1927	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			H	4-3	7,802	Barratt (? pen), Gibson (?, ?), Galbraith (? OG)
Sat Dec 17, 1927	League Tier 2	Stoke City			A	3-1	9,093	Burton (?), Wadsworth (?, ?)
Sat Dec 24, 1927	League Tier 2	Southampton			H	1-1	5,572	Burton (?)
Mon Dec 26, 1927	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	3-2	12,530	Gibson (?, ?), Burton (?)
Tue Dec 27, 1927	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	0-1	15,982
Sat Jan 07, 1928	League Tier 2	South Shields			A	4-3	4,723	Stocks (?, ?), Wadsworth (?, ?)
Sat Jan 14, 1928	FA Cup	Tranmere Rovers	3		H	1-0	-	Wadsworth (?)
Sat Jan 21, 1928	League Tier 2	Leeds United			H	2-2	13,133	Gibson (?), Stocks (?)
Sat Jan 28, 1928	FA Cup	Derby County	4		A	0-0	22,594
Wed Feb 01, 1928	FA Cup	Derby County	4	1	H	2-0	35,625	Gibson (?), Stocks (?)
Sat Feb 04, 1928	League Tier 2	Manchester City			A	3-3	30,037	Stocks (?, ?), Jones (?)
Sat Feb 11, 1928	League Tier 2	Hull City			H	1-1	6,617	Wadsworth (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1928	FA Cup	Cardiff City	5		H	2-1	-	Thompson (?), Stocks (?)
Wed Feb 22, 1928	League Tier 2	Notts County			A	2-1	13,241	Gibson (?), German (?)
Sat Feb 25, 1928	League Tier 2	Swansea Town			H	0-2	11,687
Sat Mar 03, 1928	FA Cup	Sheffield United	Quarter		A	0-3	-
Mon Mar 05, 1928	League Tier 2	Preston North End			A	0-5	10,036
Sat Mar 10, 1928	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town			A	1-2	7,466	Burton (?)
Sat Mar 17, 1928	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic			H	2-1	9,045	Thompson (?), Harrison (?)
Sat Mar 24, 1928	League Tier 2	Blackpool			A	3-5	8,977	Thompson (? pen), German (?), Barnett (? OG)
Thu Mar 29, 1928	League Tier 2	Reading			H	5-3	2,572	Harrison (?), Stocks (?, ?), Townsend (?, ?)
Sat Mar 31, 1928	League Tier 2	Chelsea			H	2-2	10,959	Thompson (?), Townsend (?)
Sat Apr 07, 1928	League Tier 2	Bristol City			A	0-0	14,575		Safe
Mon Apr 09, 1928	League Tier 2	Barnsley			H	1-1	11,640	Jones (?)	Safe
Tue Apr 10, 1928	League Tier 2	Barnsley			A	1-2	7,688	Roe (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 14, 1928	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			H	0-2	6,158		Safe
Sat Apr 21, 1928	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient			A	2-2	9,451	Wallace (?), Stocks (?)	Safe
Thu Apr 26, 1928	League Tier 2	Port Vale			H	0-2	3,713		Safe
Sat Apr 28, 1928	League Tier 2	Stoke City			H	0-2	5,382		Safe
Thu May 03, 1928	Friendly	Derby County			N	1-1	-	Price (?)
Sat May 05, 1928	League Tier 2	Southampton			A	1-2	8,244	Jones (?)	Safe
Mon May 07, 1928	Friendly	Northampton Town			A	2-3	-	? (?, ?)
Tue May 08, 1928	Friendly	Kettering Town			A	1-7	-	? (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (10) - £0				Out (13) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Bill Sturton	Bought			Alf Townsend	Sold
	Billy McKinlay	Bought			Bill Sturton	Sold
	Ernest McLachlan	Bought			Ernest McLachlan	Sold
	Lee Gordon	Bought			Harold Wadsworth	Sold
	Leonard Boot	Bought			Hugh McKenna	Sold
	Stuart McMillan	Bought			Lee Gordon	Sold
	Thomas Hicks	Bought			Leonard Boot	Sold
	Tommy Roe	Bought			Stuart McMillan	Sold
Oct 28, 1927	Hugh McKenna	Bought			Thomas Hicks	Sold
Jan 1928	Clive German	Bought			Tommy Roe	Sold
				1928	Cliff Price	Sold
				1928	Jackie Belton	Sold
				May 01, 1928	Charlie Jones	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Arthur Dexter	England		33	12	10	11
GK		Len Langford	England	28	12	6	1	5
GK		Leonard Boot	England	27	2			2
Defenders
D		Billy McKinlay	Scotland	22	13	3	3	7
D		Henry Marsden		25	3		2	1
D		Thomas Hicks			8	2		6
D		Tommy Graham	England	22	2		2
D		William 'Bill' Thompson			38	16	9	13	4
Midfielders
M		Albert Harrison	England	23	41	16	10	15	2
M		Bill Sturton			1		1
M		Ernest McLachlan			8	5	1	2	2
M		Gerry Morgan	N. Ireland	28	15	8	2	5
M		Hugh McKenna	Scotland		1			1
M		Lee Gordon			2			2
M		Sid Gibson	England	28	43	18	10	15	13
M		Tom Turner
M		Tommy Roe	England	26	9	1	1	7	4
M		Harold Green			4	2	1	1
Forwards
F		Alf Townsend			7	2	3	2	3
F		Bob Wallace	Scotland	34	34	13	8	13	1
F		Charlie Jones	Wales	27	41	16	10	15	10
F		Cliff Price	England	27	5		2	3
F		Clive German	England	22	2	1		1	2
F		Cyril Stocks			36	11	10	15	15
F		Harold Wadsworth	England	28	35	16	7	12	10
F		Jackie Belton	England	32	30	12	7	11
F		Noah Burton	England	30	36	16	9	11	15
F		Norman Thompson			1			1
F		Percy Barratt	England	28	45	18	11	16	5
F		Stuart McMillan	England	30	10	4	1	5

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 14

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
15	Cyril Stocks	36
15	Noah Burton	36
13	Sid Gibson	43
10	Charlie Jones	41
10	Harold Wadsworth	35
5 (2)	Percy Barratt	45
4	Tommy Roe	9
4 (1)	William 'Bill' Thompson	38
3	Alf Townsend	7
2	Albert Harrison	41
2	Clive German	2
2	Ernest McLachlan	8
2	Own Goals	47
1	Bob Wallace	34

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Notts County	Sat Sep 17, 1927	Home	2-1	Wed Feb 22, 1928	Away	2-1
Reading	Sat Oct 22, 1927	Away	2-0	Thu Mar 29, 1928	Home	5-3
South Shields	Sat Sep 03, 1927	Home	7-2	Sat Jan 07, 1928	Away	4-3

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Swansea Town	Sat Oct 15, 1927	Away	0-2		Sat Feb 25, 1928	Home	0-2