The City Ground

MIDDLESBROUGH 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Oct 31, 1925 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 31, 1925 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ayresome Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1925-26
Referee:: T Brown
Attendance:: 16,490
League Week:: 13 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Portsmouth (League Tier 2)
Middlesbrough:: Mar 13, 1926

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1066 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 329 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1204 (of 5829)
Total:: 2053 (of 7634)
Played:: 100 years, 10 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Herbert Bamlett
Prior form: WLWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Birrell (70')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Len Langford
2	D	26	Bill Thompson
3	F	27	Percy Barratt
4	F	30	Jackie Belton
5	M	26	Gerry Morgan
6	F	32	Bob Wallace	100th appearance
7	M	26	Sid Gibson
8	F	33	Jack Spaven
9	F	28	Randolph Galloway
10	F	29	Charlie Flood
11	F	28	Noah Burton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Clough
2	D	Walter Holmes
3	D	Reg Freeman
4	D	Billy McAllister
5	D	Maurice Webster
6	M	Robert Ferguson
7	M	George Jones
8	M	Billy Birrell
9	M	George Camsell
10	F	Norman Thompson
11	F	Owen Williams

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 31, 1925)

Home	Score	Away
Fulham	4-0	Darlington
Middlesbrough	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Oldham Athletic	1-1	Chelsea
Portsmouth	2-2	Derby County
Preston North End	2-2	Southampton
South Shields	3-4	Blackpool
Stockport County	0-1	Hull City
Stoke City	0-0	Clapton Orient
Swansea Town	1-0	Port Vale
The Wednesday	3-0	Barnsley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Middlesbrough	13	10	0	3	32	21	6	0	0	20	7	4	0	3	12	14	11	20	WLWWWW
	2	Chelsea	11	8	3	0	32	5	5	1	0	18	2	3	2	0	14	3	27	19	WWWDDW
	3	Derby County	11	7	3	1	26	11	3	2	1	17	8	4	1	0	9	3	15	17	WWWDWW
	4	South Shields	12	7	3	2	23	14	3	3	0	14	5	4	0	2	9	9	9	17	LWWDWW
	5	The Wednesday	12	7	2	3	28	18	5	0	1	22	10	2	2	2	6	8	10	16	WWWWLL
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	7	1	4	26	19	4	0	1	14	4	3	1	3	12	15	7	15	WLWDWL
	7	Port Vale	12	6	2	4	24	19	4	1	1	15	8	2	1	3	9	11	5	14	WDDLLW
	8	Darlington	14	5	4	5	25	26	2	4	2	16	12	3	0	3	9	14	-1	14	WWLDLW
	9	Oldham Athletic	11	5	3	3	23	15	5	1	1	21	11	0	2	2	2	4	8	13	DWLLWD
	10	Hull City	12	6	1	5	19	16	4	1	2	15	6	2	0	3	4	10	3	13	WLLWLL
	11	Preston North End	14	6	1	7	27	36	6	0	0	19	7	0	1	7	8	29	-9	13	LLWLWL
	12	Swansea Town	12	5	1	6	25	22	4	0	2	20	6	1	1	4	5	16	3	11	WLLLWL
	13	Bradford City	12	4	3	5	11	12	2	1	3	6	7	2	2	2	5	5	-1	11	WLLDLD
	14	Barnsley	12	3	5	4	16	19	3	2	0	9	4	0	3	4	7	15	-3	11	WDWDDD
	15	Portsmouth	12	5	1	6	23	32	3	1	1	10	7	2	0	5	13	25	-9	11	WWWWLL
	16	Blackpool	13	4	2	7	20	19	3	1	3	14	9	1	1	4	6	10	1	10	WDLWLW
	17	Southampton	13	3	3	7	18	25	3	1	3	12	9	0	2	4	6	16	-7	9	LDWDLW
	18	Stoke City	12	4	1	7	17	27	3	1	2	8	4	1	0	5	9	23	-10	9	LWLDWL
	19	Nottingham Forest	12	3	3	6	10	21	2	1	3	8	12	1	2	3	2	9	-11	9	LWWLLW
	20	Clapton Orient	12	3	0	9	13	21	1	0	5	6	10	2	0	4	7	11	-8	6	LLWLWL
	21	Stockport County	12	2	1	9	13	29	2	1	2	7	6	0	0	7	6	23	-16	5	LWLLDL
	22	Fulham	12	2	1	9	10	34	2	0	4	6	10	0	1	5	4	24	-24	5	LLLWLD

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Middlesbrough	14	11	0	3	33	21	7	0	0	21	7	4	0	3	12	14	12	22	LWWWWW		1-0
	2	Chelsea	12	8	4	0	33	6	5	1	0	18	2	3	3	0	15	4	27	20	WWDDWD		1-1
	3	Derby County	12	7	4	1	28	13	3	2	1	17	8	4	2	0	11	5	15	18	WWDWWD		2-2
1	4	The Wednesday	13	8	2	3	31	18	6	0	1	25	10	2	2	2	6	8	13	18	WWWLLW		3-0
1	5	South Shields	13	7	3	3	26	18	3	3	1	17	9	4	0	2	9	9	8	17	WWDWWL		3-4
	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	7	2	4	27	20	4	1	1	15	5	3	1	3	12	15	7	16	LWDWLD		1-1
3	7	Hull City	13	7	1	5	20	16	4	1	2	15	6	3	0	3	5	10	4	15	LLWLLW		1-0
1	8	Oldham Athletic	12	5	4	3	24	16	5	2	1	22	12	0	2	2	2	4	8	14	WLLWDD		1-1
2	9	Port Vale	13	6	2	5	24	20	4	1	1	15	8	2	1	4	9	12	4	14	DDLLWL		0-1
2	10	Darlington	15	5	4	6	25	30	2	4	2	16	12	3	0	4	9	18	-5	14	WLDLWL		0-4
	11	Preston North End	15	6	2	7	29	38	6	1	0	21	9	0	1	7	8	29	-9	14	LWLWLD		2-2
	12	Swansea Town	13	6	1	6	26	22	5	0	2	21	6	1	1	4	5	16	4	13	LLLWLW		1-0
3	13	Blackpool	14	5	2	7	24	22	3	1	3	14	9	2	1	4	10	13	2	12	DLWLWW		4-3
1	14	Bradford City	13	4	4	5	12	13	2	1	3	6	7	2	3	2	6	6	-1	12	LLDLDD		1-1
	15	Portsmouth	13	5	2	6	25	34	3	2	1	12	9	2	0	5	13	25	-9	12	WWWLLD		2-2
2	16	Barnsley	13	3	5	5	16	22	3	2	0	9	4	0	3	5	7	18	-6	11	DWDDDL		0-3
	17	Southampton	14	3	4	7	20	27	3	1	3	12	9	0	3	4	8	18	-7	10	DWDLWD		2-2
	18	Stoke City	13	4	2	7	17	27	3	2	2	8	4	1	0	5	9	23	-10	10	WLDWLD		0-0
	19	Nottingham Forest	13	3	3	7	10	22	2	1	3	8	12	1	2	4	2	10	-12	9	WWLLWL		0-1
	20	Clapton Orient	13	3	1	9	13	21	1	0	5	6	10	2	1	4	7	11	-8	7	LWLWLD		0-0
1	21	Fulham	13	3	1	9	14	34	3	0	4	10	10	0	1	5	4	24	-20	7	LLWLDW		4-0
1	22	Stockport County	13	2	1	10	13	30	2	1	3	7	7	0	0	7	6	23	-17	5	WLLDLL		0-1