The City Ground

DARLINGTON 4 - 2 FOREST - Sat Oct 09, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 09, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Darlington
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Feethams
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: RG Rudd
Attendance:: 5,754
League Week:: 10 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 10
Opp Before/After:: 18 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 2)
Darlington:: Feb 26, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1105 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 368 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1249 (of 5824)
Total:: 2099 (of 7629)
Played:: 99 years, 10 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Noah Burton (76')
Sid Gibson (80')

DARLINGTON
Manager: Jack English
Prior form: LLDLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Joe Scott (26')
Mark Hooper (46')
Joe Scott (60')
Tom Ruddy (65')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Len Langford
2	D	24	Henry Marsden
3	F	28	Percy Barratt
4	M	23	John Saxton
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan
6	F	33	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson (80')
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks
9	F	29	Noah Burton (76')
10	F	26	Charlie Jones
11	F	32	Ted Linley

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Len Langford	57		2	1
2	D	24	Henry Marsden	7		2	1
3	F	28	Percy Barratt	126	6	2	1
4	M	23	John Saxton	9		2	1
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan	153	6	2	1
6	F	33	Bob Wallace	134		2	1
7	M	27	Sid Gibson (80')	197	25	2	1
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks	31	10	14	3
9	F	29	Noah Burton (76')	165	20	2	1
10	F	26	Charlie Jones	46	3	2	1
11	F	32	Ted Linley	4		2	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	John Maughan
2	D	Tommy Greaves
3	D	Martin Joyce
4	D	Hughie Dickson
5	D	Billy Robinson
6	M	Jimmy McKinnell
7	M	Mark Hooper
8	M	Joe Scott
9	M	Tom Ruddy
10	F	Sandy Cochrane
11	F	Joe Little

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 09, 1926)

Home	Score	Away
Clapton Orient	2-3	Middlesbrough
Darlington	4-2	Nottingham Forest
Fulham	1-0	Blackpool
Hull City	4-0	Bradford City
Manchester City	1-1	Barnsley
Notts County	2-1	Port Vale
Oldham Athletic	3-1	Reading
Portsmouth	1-0	Swansea Town
Preston North End	3-2	Grimsby Town
South Shields	5-1	Chelsea
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-2	Southampton

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	Manchester City	9	6	2	1	23	11	5	0	0	16	4	1	2	1	7	7	12	14	WWLWWD
2	Swansea Town	9	5	3	1	22	11	4	1	0	16	4	1	2	1	6	7	11	13	DDWWLW
3	Preston North End	9	5	3	1	21	13	3	2	0	15	9	2	1	1	6	4	8	13	DWDWWL
4	Port Vale	10	4	5	1	22	17	3	2	0	11	6	1	3	1	11	11	5	13	DWWDWD
5	Hull City	9	5	2	2	10	4	3	2	0	8	1	2	0	2	2	3	6	12	WWLDDW
6	Chelsea	9	5	2	2	15	11	3	1	1	11	6	2	1	1	4	5	4	12	WLLWDW
7	Nottingham Forest	9	4	3	2	15	13	2	3	0	10	6	2	0	2	5	7	2	11	DDWWDW
8	Middlesbrough	9	5	1	3	14	13	3	0	1	10	7	2	1	2	4	6	1	11	DWWWWW
9	Oldham Athletic	9	5	1	3	9	9	2	0	1	5	3	3	1	2	4	6	0	11	LWDLWL
10	Portsmouth	7	4	1	2	12	7	3	0	0	10	1	1	1	2	2	6	5	9	LLWDWW
11	Blackpool	9	4	1	4	14	14	3	1	0	12	3	1	0	4	2	11	0	9	WLDLLW
12	Southampton	9	3	3	3	12	14	1	3	1	5	5	2	0	2	7	9	-2	9	WDDWLL
13	Grimsby Town	9	2	4	3	11	12	1	2	1	4	3	1	2	2	7	9	-1	8	DWDDLW
14	Clapton Orient	8	3	2	3	10	12	2	1	1	4	2	1	1	2	6	10	-2	8	WWLWLL
15	Notts County	9	4	0	5	14	18	3	0	1	10	3	1	0	4	4	15	-4	8	LWWLWL
16	Fulham	9	3	2	4	10	15	3	1	0	6	3	0	1	4	4	12	-5	8	LWDDLL
17	Reading	10	2	2	6	12	17	2	0	3	6	4	0	2	3	6	13	-5	6	DLWDLL
18	Darlington	8	2	1	5	15	20	2	0	2	10	9	0	1	3	5	11	-5	5	LLDLWL
19	Barnsley	8	2	1	5	8	18	1	1	2	4	6	1	0	3	4	12	-10	5	LDLLLW
20	Bradford City	10	1	2	7	11	17	1	0	5	5	9	0	2	2	6	8	-6	4	LLLLLW
21	South Shields	7	1	1	5	9	12	1	1	1	6	2	0	0	4	3	10	-3	3	LLDLLL
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	0	2	7	5	16	0	1	4	4	10	0	1	3	1	6	-11	2	LLLLLD

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	Manchester City	10	6	3	1	24	12	5	1	0	17	5	1	2	1	7	7	12	15	WLWWDD		1-1
1	2	Preston North End	10	6	3	1	24	15	4	2	0	18	11	2	1	1	6	4	9	15	WDWWLW		3-2
2	3	Hull City	10	6	2	2	14	4	4	2	0	12	1	2	0	2	2	3	10	14	WLDDWW		4-0
2	4	Swansea Town	10	5	3	2	22	12	4	1	0	16	4	1	2	2	6	8	10	13	DWWLWL		0-1
1	5	Port Vale	11	4	5	2	23	19	3	2	0	11	6	1	3	2	12	13	4	13	WWDWDL		1-2
3	6	Oldham Athletic	10	6	1	3	12	10	3	0	1	8	4	3	1	2	4	6	2	13	WDLWLW		3-1
1	7	Middlesbrough	10	6	1	3	17	15	3	0	1	10	7	3	1	2	7	8	2	13	WWWWWW		3-2
2	8	Chelsea	10	5	2	3	16	16	3	1	1	11	6	2	1	2	5	10	0	12	LLWDWL		1-5
1	9	Portsmouth	8	5	1	2	13	7	4	0	0	11	1	1	1	2	2	6	6	11	LWDWWW		1-0
3	10	Nottingham Forest	10	4	3	3	17	17	2	3	0	10	6	2	0	3	7	11	0	11	DWWDWL		2-4
1	11	Southampton	10	3	4	3	14	16	1	3	1	5	5	2	1	2	9	11	-2	10	DDWLLD		2-2
3	12	Notts County	10	5	0	5	16	19	4	0	1	12	4	1	0	4	4	15	-3	10	WWLWLW		2-1
3	13	Fulham	10	4	2	4	11	15	4	1	0	7	3	0	1	4	4	12	-4	10	WDDLLW		1-0
3	14	Blackpool	10	4	1	5	14	15	3	1	0	12	3	1	0	5	2	12	-1	9	LDLLWL		0-1
2	15	Grimsby Town	10	2	4	4	13	15	1	2	1	4	3	1	2	3	9	12	-2	8	WDDLWL		2-3
2	16	Clapton Orient	9	3	2	4	12	15	2	1	2	6	5	1	1	2	6	10	-3	8	WLWLLL		2-3
1	17	Darlington	9	3	1	5	19	22	3	0	2	14	11	0	1	3	5	11	-3	7	LDLWLW		4-2
1	18	Reading	11	2	2	7	13	20	2	0	3	6	4	0	2	4	7	16	-7	6	LWDLLL		1-3
	19	Barnsley	9	2	2	5	9	19	1	1	2	4	6	1	1	3	5	13	-10	6	DLLLWD		1-1
1	20	South Shields	8	2	1	5	14	13	2	1	1	11	3	0	0	4	3	10	1	5	LDLLLW		5-1
1	21	Bradford City	11	1	2	8	11	21	1	0	5	5	9	0	2	3	6	12	-10	4	LLLLWL		0-4
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	0	3	7	7	18	0	2	4	6	12	0	1	3	1	6	-11	3	LLLLDD		2-2