The City Ground

STOKE CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 12, 1925 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 12, 1925 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1925-26
Referee:: GW Smillie
Attendance:: 9,082
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 18 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Apr 24, 1926

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1072 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 335 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1210 (of 5768)
Total:: 2059 (of 7556)
Played:: 99 years, 6 months, 21 days ago

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

Goals
Sid Gibson (69')

STOKE CITY
Manager: Tom Mather
Prior form: DLLWWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Bobby Archibald (31')

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
7	M	26	Sid Gibson (69')
8	F	19	Vincent Hodgkinson
9	F	28	Randolph Galloway
10	F	21	Ralph Lynas
11	F	26	Charlie Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bob Dixon
2	D	Bob McGrory
3	D	Alec Milne
4	D	Jack Walker
5	D	Alex McClure
6	M	Sam Johnson
7	M	Len Armitage
8	M	Harry Davies
9	M	Dick Johnson
10	F	Joe Clennell
11	F	Bobby Archibald

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 12, 1925)

Home	Score	Away
Fulham	3-3	Port Vale
Middlesbrough	1-2	Chelsea
Portsmouth	2-2	Hull City
Preston North End	4-1	Clapton Orient
South Shields	3-0	Barnsley
Stockport County	1-1	Bradford City
Stoke City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
The Wednesday	2-1	Southampton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	Blackpool

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	Derby County	17	10	5	2	36	16	6	2	1	23	8	4	3	1	13	8	2.25000	25	DWDWLW
	2	The Wednesday	18	11	3	4	43	23	8	0	1	33	11	3	3	3	10	12	1.86957	25	WLWWWD
	3	Chelsea	17	9	6	2	39	16	6	2	1	23	8	3	4	1	16	8	2.43750	24	DWDLLD
	4	Middlesbrough	19	12	0	7	41	35	8	0	1	28	12	4	0	6	13	23	1.17143	24	WLWLLL
	5	Oldham Athletic	16	9	4	3	32	20	7	2	1	26	14	2	2	2	6	6	1.60000	22	DDWWWW
	6	South Shields	19	9	3	7	34	32	4	3	2	21	13	5	0	5	13	19	1.06250	21	LLLWWL
	7	Portsmouth	19	9	3	7	39	45	6	2	1	22	15	3	1	6	17	30	.86667	21	LWDWWW
	8	Port Vale	18	9	2	7	37	30	7	1	1	26	11	2	1	6	11	19	1.23333	20	LWLWLW
	9	Bradford City	17	7	4	6	22	17	3	1	4	8	8	4	3	2	14	9	1.29412	18	DDWWWL
	10	Blackpool	19	8	2	9	37	31	5	1	3	19	10	3	1	6	18	21	1.19355	18	WWWLLW
	11	Preston North End	20	8	2	10	36	48	8	1	0	27	10	0	1	10	9	38	.75000	18	DLWLWL
	12	Swansea Town	16	8	1	7	31	25	6	0	2	23	6	2	1	5	8	19	1.24000	17	WLWWWL
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	7	3	7	28	27	4	2	1	15	5	3	1	6	13	22	1.03704	17	LDLDLL
	14	Hull City	18	8	1	9	23	24	5	1	4	17	9	3	0	5	6	15	.95833	17	WWLLLL
	15	Darlington	19	6	5	8	31	38	3	4	3	21	15	3	1	5	10	23	.81579	17	WLWLLD
	16	Barnsley	17	5	6	6	22	30	5	3	0	15	7	0	3	6	7	23	.73333	16	DLWLDW
	17	Southampton	19	5	5	9	27	31	5	1	4	18	11	0	4	5	9	20	.87097	15	DWLWDL
	18	Stoke City	18	6	3	9	25	35	4	2	3	12	8	2	1	6	13	27	.71429	15	DLLWWD
	19	Nottingham Forest	18	5	4	9	20	31	4	2	3	17	15	1	2	6	3	16	.64516	14	LWLDLW
	20	Clapton Orient	17	4	2	11	18	27	2	1	6	9	13	2	1	5	9	14	.66667	10	LDLLWD
	21	Stockport County	18	4	2	12	23	40	4	2	3	15	11	0	0	9	8	29	.57500	10	LLWLWD
	22	Fulham	18	3	4	11	18	41	3	2	4	12	12	0	2	7	6	29	.43902	10	WLDDDL

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	1	The Wednesday	19	12	3	4	45	24	9	0	1	35	12	3	3	3	10	12	1.87500	27	LWWWDW		2-1
1	2	Chelsea	18	10	6	2	41	17	6	2	1	23	8	4	4	1	18	9	2.41176	26	WDLLDW		2-1
2	3	Derby County	17	10	5	2	36	16	6	2	1	23	8	4	3	1	13	8	2.25000	25	DWDWLW
	4	Middlesbrough	20	12	0	8	42	37	8	0	2	29	14	4	0	6	13	23	1.13514	24	LWLLLL		1-2
1	5	South Shields	20	10	3	7	37	32	5	3	2	24	13	5	0	5	13	19	1.15625	23	LLWWLW		3-0
1	6	Oldham Athletic	16	9	4	3	32	20	7	2	1	26	14	2	2	2	6	6	1.60000	22	DDWWWW
	7	Portsmouth	20	9	4	7	41	47	6	3	1	24	17	3	1	6	17	30	.87234	22	WDWWWD		2-2
	8	Port Vale	19	9	3	7	40	33	7	1	1	26	11	2	2	6	14	22	1.21212	21	WLWLWD		3-3
2	9	Preston North End	21	9	2	10	40	49	9	1	0	31	11	0	1	10	9	38	.81633	20	LWLWLW		4-1
1	10	Bradford City	18	7	5	6	23	18	3	1	4	8	8	4	4	2	15	10	1.27778	19	DWWWLD		1-1
1	11	Blackpool	20	8	3	9	37	31	5	1	3	19	10	3	2	6	18	21	1.19355	19	WWLLWD		0-0
1	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	4	7	28	27	4	3	1	15	5	3	1	6	13	22	1.03704	18	DLDLLD		0-0
1	13	Hull City	19	8	2	9	25	26	5	1	4	17	9	3	1	5	8	17	.96154	18	WLLLLD		2-2
2	14	Swansea Town	16	8	1	7	31	25	6	0	2	23	6	2	1	5	8	19	1.24000	17	WLWWWL
	15	Darlington	19	6	5	8	31	38	3	4	3	21	15	3	1	5	10	23	.81579	17	WLWLLD
2	16	Stoke City	19	6	4	9	26	36	4	3	3	13	9	2	1	6	13	27	.72222	16	LLWWDD		1-1
1	17	Barnsley	18	5	6	7	22	33	5	3	0	15	7	0	3	7	7	26	.66667	16	LWLDWL		0-3
1	18	Southampton	20	5	5	10	28	33	5	1	4	18	11	0	4	6	10	22	.84848	15	WLWDLL		1-2
	19	Nottingham Forest	19	5	5	9	21	32	4	2	3	17	15	1	3	6	4	17	.65625	15	WLDLWD		1-1
1	20	Stockport County	19	4	3	12	24	41	4	3	3	16	12	0	0	9	8	29	.58537	11	LWLWDD		1-1
1	21	Fulham	19	3	5	11	21	44	3	3	4	15	15	0	2	7	6	29	.47727	11	LDDDLD		3-3
2	22	Clapton Orient	18	4	2	12	19	31	2	1	6	9	13	2	1	6	10	18	.61290	10	DLLWDL		1-4