The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 SWANSEA TOWN - Sat Feb 27, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 27, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Staffordshire Sentinel - Saturday 27 February 1926

Season:: 1925-26
Referee:: AE Fogg
Attendance:: 13,354
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 6 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bolton Wanderers (FA Cup)
League:: Middlesbrough
Swansea Town:: Sep 11, 1926

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1082 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 345 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1223 (of 5824)
Total:: 2072 (of 7629)
Played:: 100 years, 5 months, 23 days ago

Review
Gerry Morgan went off injured with 3 stitches above his eye after 20 minutes

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

Goal Scorers

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Joe Bradshaw
Prior form: WLWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Harry Deacon (39')
Harry Deacon (65')

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	33	Bob Wallace
7	M	26	Sid Gibson
8	F	29	Charlie Flood
9	F	26	Duncan Walker
10	F	29	Noah Burton
11	F	26	Charlie Jones

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jock Denoon
2	D	Albert Langford
3	D	Wilf Milne
4	D	Val Rouse
5	D	Joe Sykes
6	M	Lacky McPherson
7	M	Billy Hole
8	M	Harry Deacon
9	M	Jack Fowler
10	F	Len Thompson
11	F	Dai Nicholas

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 27, 1926)

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

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	The Wednesday	29	20	3	6	69	33	14	0	1	50	15	6	3	5	19	18	36	43	LWWWWW
	2	Derby County	29	17	6	6	58	30	12	2	1	43	13	5	4	5	15	17	28	40	LWWLLD
	3	Chelsea	29	15	8	6	63	36	8	3	3	34	17	7	5	3	29	19	27	38	WWWLWW
	4	Oldham Athletic	28	14	5	9	53	39	10	2	3	36	18	4	3	6	17	21	14	33	LWLLWW
	5	South Shields	28	15	3	10	56	42	8	3	2	36	17	7	0	8	20	25	14	33	WWLWWL
	6	Swansea Town	27	14	4	9	59	41	9	1	2	36	9	5	3	7	23	32	18	32	WLWWWW
	7	Middlesbrough	31	16	0	15	60	55	12	0	4	45	20	4	0	11	15	35	5	32	LLWLWL
	8	Port Vale	29	14	3	12	58	51	11	1	2	40	15	3	2	10	18	36	7	31	WLWLWW
	9	Blackpool	30	13	5	12	56	51	9	2	3	30	10	4	3	9	26	41	5	31	WLWLWL
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	12	4	12	48	43	8	3	2	31	11	4	1	10	17	32	5	28	WLLWLW
	11	Darlington	30	10	8	12	53	54	6	5	4	38	20	4	3	8	15	34	-1	28	LWDWWL
	12	Portsmouth	29	11	6	12	55	62	8	3	4	33	23	3	3	8	22	39	-7	28	LLWLLL
	13	Bradford City	29	10	8	11	34	43	6	3	6	18	20	4	5	5	16	23	-9	28	WWLLDD
	14	Hull City	28	11	5	12	40	38	7	3	5	28	14	4	2	7	12	24	2	27	LWLDDL
	15	Preston North End	29	12	3	14	48	65	11	1	2	34	19	1	2	12	14	46	-17	27	WLLWDW
	16	Southampton	30	10	6	14	47	47	7	2	6	27	19	3	4	8	20	28	0	26	WWWWLL
	17	Barnsley	29	9	8	12	43	56	9	4	2	32	16	0	4	10	11	40	-13	26	LLDDLW
	18	Stoke City	29	9	6	14	41	58	6	4	4	22	14	3	2	10	19	44	-17	24	WLLWLL
	19	Fulham	28	8	6	14	32	59	7	3	5	24	20	1	3	9	8	39	-27	22	WLWLWW
	20	Nottingham Forest	28	7	7	14	30	50	6	4	4	25	20	1	3	10	5	30	-20	21	WLLLLD
	21	Clapton Orient	27	8	3	16	33	48	5	2	6	16	14	3	1	10	17	34	-15	19	LWLDWL
	22	Stockport County	30	6	5	19	37	72	6	5	5	27	24	0	0	14	10	48	-35	17	WLLLDL

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	The Wednesday	30	20	3	7	70	37	14	0	1	50	15	6	3	6	20	22	33	43	WWWWWL		1-4
	2	Derby County	30	18	6	6	62	31	13	2	1	47	14	5	4	5	15	17	31	42	WWLLDW		4-1
	3	Chelsea	30	15	9	6	63	36	8	4	3	34	17	7	5	3	29	19	27	39	WWLWWD		0-0
2	4	Swansea Town	28	15	4	9	61	41	9	1	2	36	9	6	3	7	25	32	20	34	LWWWWW		2-0
	5	South Shields	29	15	4	10	56	42	8	3	2	36	17	7	1	8	20	25	14	34	WLWWLD		0-0
1	6	Middlesbrough	32	17	0	15	62	55	12	0	4	45	20	5	0	11	17	35	7	34	LWLWLW		2-0
3	7	Oldham Athletic	29	14	5	10	53	42	10	2	3	36	18	4	3	7	17	24	11	33	WLLWWL		0-3
	8	Port Vale	30	15	3	12	61	51	12	1	2	43	15	3	2	10	18	36	10	33	LWLWWW		3-0
	9	Blackpool	31	13	6	12	58	53	9	3	3	32	12	4	3	9	26	41	5	32	LWLWLD		2-2
3	10	Bradford City	30	11	8	11	36	44	7	3	6	20	21	4	5	5	16	23	-8	30	WLLDDW		2-1
1	11	Portsmouth	30	11	7	12	57	64	8	3	4	33	23	3	4	8	24	41	-7	29	LWLLLD		2-2
2	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	12	4	13	50	47	8	3	2	31	11	4	1	11	19	36	3	28	LLWLWL		2-4
1	13	Hull City	29	11	6	12	41	39	7	4	5	29	15	4	2	7	12	24	2	28	WLDDLD		1-1
2	14	Southampton	31	11	6	14	51	49	8	2	6	31	21	3	4	8	20	28	2	28	WWWLLW		4-2
4	15	Darlington	31	10	8	13	53	56	6	5	5	38	22	4	3	8	15	34	-3	28	WDWWLL		0-2
1	16	Preston North End	30	12	4	14	49	66	11	1	2	34	19	1	3	12	15	47	-17	28	LLWDWD		1-1
	17	Barnsley	30	9	9	12	44	57	9	5	2	33	17	0	4	10	11	40	-13	27	LDDLWD		1-1
	18	Stoke City	30	9	6	15	42	60	6	4	4	22	14	3	2	11	20	46	-18	24	LLWLLL		1-2
	19	Fulham	29	8	7	14	33	60	7	3	5	24	20	1	4	9	9	40	-27	23	LWLWWD		1-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	29	7	7	15	30	52	6	4	5	25	22	1	3	10	5	30	-22	21	LLLLDL		0-2
	21	Clapton Orient	28	8	4	16	34	49	5	3	6	17	15	3	1	10	17	34	-15	20	WLDWLD		1-1
	22	Stockport County	31	6	6	19	38	73	6	5	5	27	24	0	1	14	11	49	-35	18	LLLDLD		1-1