The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 STOKE CITY - Sat Apr 24, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 24, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1925-26
Referee:: DH Asson
Attendance:: 8,027
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Dec 17, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1094 (of 5020)
League Tier 2:: 357 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1238 (of 5738)
Total:: 2086 (of 7525)
Played:: 98 years, 7 months, 7 days ago

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

Goals
Cyril Stocks

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

Goals
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Len Langford
2	D		William 'Bill' Thompson
3	F	27	Percy Barratt
4	F	30	Jackie Belton
5	M	26	Gerry Morgan
6	M	22	Arthur Tilford
7	M	26	Sid Gibson
8	F		Cyril Stocks
9	F	29	Noah Burton
10	F		Ralph Lynas
11	F	26	Charlie Jones

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 Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 24, 1926)

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

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	The Wednesday	40	25	6	9	84	47	18	0	2	59	17	7	6	7	25	30	1.78723	56	LWWWDW	Safe
	2	Derby County	39	24	7	8	75	37	16	2	2	56	17	8	5	6	19	20	2.02703	55	WDWWWW	Safe
	3	Chelsea	39	18	14	7	74	43	9	7	3	40	20	9	7	4	34	23	1.72093	50	DDDWDW	Safe
	4	Swansea Town	39	19	9	11	74	52	13	5	2	49	15	6	4	9	25	37	1.42308	47	DDDLDW	Safe
	5	Port Vale	40	19	6	15	77	63	15	3	2	53	17	4	3	13	24	46	1.22222	44	WLLDDL	Safe
	6	Blackpool	40	17	10	13	76	67	12	5	3	41	16	5	5	10	35	51	1.13433	44	DDWWWD	Safe
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	18	7	14	70	55	13	4	2	45	13	5	3	12	25	42	1.27273	43	DLWWDW	Safe
	8	Oldham Athletic	39	17	8	14	66	57	13	4	3	44	21	4	4	11	22	36	1.15789	42	LDLDLW	Safe
	9	Middlesbrough	40	20	2	18	75	66	14	1	5	55	26	6	1	13	20	40	1.13636	42	WWDWLL	Safe
	10	South Shields	40	17	8	15	68	60	10	6	4	45	27	7	2	11	23	33	1.13333	42	WDDDDL	Safe
	11	Portsmouth	40	16	10	14	75	73	11	4	5	44	27	5	6	9	31	46	1.02740	42	DDLWDW	Safe
	12	Preston North End	40	17	6	17	66	81	16	2	2	50	26	1	4	15	16	55	.81481	40	LDWDLW	Safe
	13	Hull City	39	14	9	16	57	56	9	4	6	35	17	5	5	10	22	39	1.01786	37	DLLWLL	Safe
	14	Southampton	40	15	7	18	61	60	11	2	7	38	23	4	5	11	23	37	1.01667	37	WLDWLW	Safe
	15	Darlington	40	14	9	17	68	72	9	5	6	48	27	5	4	11	20	45	.94444	37	WWDLWW	Safe
	16	Nottingham Forest	40	14	8	18	47	63	11	4	5	37	23	3	4	13	10	40	.74603	36	WWWDLW	Safe
	17	Bradford City	40	13	9	18	45	62	9	4	7	26	24	4	5	11	19	38	.72581	35	LLWWLL	Safe
	18	Barnsley	39	11	12	16	52	72	9	7	4	35	21	2	5	12	17	51	.72222	34	LWLLLD	Safe
	19	Clapton Orient	40	11	8	21	47	63	8	5	7	29	20	3	3	14	18	43	.74603	30	LLWDLW
	20	Fulham	40	9	12	19	43	77	7	6	7	30	29	2	6	12	13	48	.55844	30	LLLDDD
	21	Stoke City	39	10	7	22	50	75	7	4	8	30	22	3	3	14	20	53	.66667	27	DWLLLL
	22	Stockport County	40	7	8	25	46	95	7	7	6	31	28	0	1	19	15	67	.48421	22	LWLLLL	Relegated

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	The Wednesday	41	26	6	9	86	48	18	0	2	59	17	8	6	7	27	31	1.79167	58	WWWDWW	Promoted	2-1
	2	Derby County	40	25	7	8	76	37	17	2	2	57	17	8	5	6	19	20	2.05405	57	DWWWWW	Promoted	1-0
	3	Chelsea	40	18	14	8	74	44	9	7	4	40	21	9	7	4	34	23	1.68182	50	DDWDWL	Safe	0-1
	4	Swansea Town	40	19	10	11	74	52	13	5	2	49	15	6	5	9	25	37	1.42308	48	DDLDWD	Safe	0-0
2	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	19	7	14	74	58	13	4	2	45	13	6	3	12	29	45	1.27586	45	LWWDWW	Safe	4-3
	6	Blackpool	41	17	11	13	76	67	12	6	3	41	16	5	5	10	35	51	1.13433	45	DWWWDD	Safe	0-0
2	7	Port Vale	41	19	6	16	77	64	15	3	3	53	18	4	3	13	24	46	1.20313	44	LLDDLL	Safe	0-1
1	8	Middlesbrough	41	21	2	18	76	66	14	1	5	55	26	7	1	13	21	40	1.15152	44	WDWLLW	Safe	1-0
1	9	Oldham Athletic	40	17	8	15	66	58	13	4	3	44	21	4	4	12	22	37	1.13793	42	DLDLWL	Safe	0-1
	10	South Shields	41	17	8	16	69	63	10	6	4	45	27	7	2	12	24	36	1.09524	42	DDDDLL	Safe	1-3
	11	Portsmouth	41	16	10	15	75	74	11	4	5	44	27	5	6	10	31	47	1.01351	42	DLWDWL	Safe	0-1
	12	Preston North End	41	17	7	17	67	82	16	2	2	50	26	1	5	15	17	56	.81707	41	DWDLWD	Safe	1-1
	13	Hull City	40	15	9	16	58	56	10	4	6	36	17	5	5	10	22	39	1.03571	39	LLWLLW	Safe	1-0
	14	Southampton	41	15	7	19	62	62	11	2	8	39	25	4	5	11	23	37	1.00000	37	LDWLWL	Safe	1-2
	15	Darlington	41	14	9	18	71	76	9	5	7	51	31	5	4	11	20	45	.93421	37	WDLWWL	Safe	3-4
2	16	Barnsley	40	12	12	16	55	73	10	7	4	38	22	2	5	12	17	51	.75342	36	WLLLDW	Safe	3-1
1	17	Nottingham Forest	41	14	8	19	48	65	11	4	6	38	25	3	4	13	10	40	.73846	36	WWDLWL	Safe	1-2
1	18	Bradford City	41	13	10	18	47	64	9	5	7	28	26	4	5	11	19	38	.73438	36	LWWLLD	Safe	2-2
1	19	Fulham	41	10	12	19	44	77	7	6	7	30	29	3	6	12	14	48	.57143	32	LLDDDW		1-0
1	20	Clapton Orient	41	11	9	21	48	64	8	6	7	30	21	3	3	14	18	43	.75000	31	LWDLWD		1-1
	21	Stoke City	40	11	7	22	52	76	7	4	8	30	22	4	3	14	22	54	.68421	29	WLLLLW		2-1
	22	Stockport County	41	7	9	25	48	97	7	7	6	31	28	0	2	19	17	69	.49485	23	WLLLLD	Relegated	2-2