The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 2 SOUTH SHIELDS - Sat Nov 13, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 13, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: South Shields
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: J Stubbs
Attendance:: 8,054
League Week:: 15 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 9 7
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 2)
South Shields:: Apr 02, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1110 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 373 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1254 (of 5824)
Total:: 2104 (of 7629)
Played:: 99 years, 9 months, 8 days ago

Review
This was also Percy Barratt's benefit game

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

Goal Scorers
Charlie Jones (16')
Cyril Stocks (47')
Cyril Stocks (60')
Sid Gibson (65')

SOUTH SHIELDS
Manager:
Prior form: LWDWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Matthewson (70')
Jack Smith (73')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Len Langford
2	D	27	Bill Thompson
3	F	28	Percy Barratt
4	F	31	Jackie Belton
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan
6	F	33	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson (65')
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks (47') (60')
9	F	29	Noah Burton
10	F	26	Charlie Jones (16')
11	F	32	Ted Linley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tom McKenna
2	D	Mick Ridley
3	D	James Phizacklea
4	D	Jim Metcalf
5	D	Alex Hird
6	M	Harry Wilson
7	M	Tommy Matthewson
8	M	Jack Smith
9	M	Reg Parker
10	F	Jack Oxberry
11	F	Sandy Trotter

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 13, 1926)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-2	Hull City
Blackpool	3-0	Bradford City
Darlington	4-2	Notts County
Fulham	6-2	Port Vale
Grimsby Town	0-1	Southampton
Manchester City	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	4-2	South Shields
Oldham Athletic	2-1	Middlesbrough
Reading	2-1	Chelsea
Swansea Town	0-0	Preston North End

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	Swansea Town	14	9	3	2	30	15	6	1	0	20	6	3	2	2	10	9	15	21	WLWWWW
	2	Preston North End	14	8	4	2	33	25	5	3	0	23	14	3	1	2	10	11	8	20	LWLDWW
	3	Manchester City	14	8	3	3	35	18	6	1	1	26	10	2	2	2	9	8	17	19	DDLWWL
	4	Middlesbrough	14	9	1	4	36	24	5	0	1	22	11	4	1	3	14	13	12	19	WWLWWW
	5	Hull City	14	8	2	4	19	7	5	2	1	16	3	3	0	3	3	4	12	18	WWWWLL
	6	Portsmouth	14	8	2	4	28	18	5	1	1	17	4	3	1	3	11	14	10	18	LWDWLW
	7	Chelsea	14	7	4	3	21	19	4	2	1	13	7	3	2	2	8	12	2	18	WLWWDD
	8	Southampton	14	6	5	3	26	22	3	3	1	12	7	3	2	2	14	15	4	17	LDWWDW
	9	Nottingham Forest	14	6	5	3	26	24	3	4	0	15	10	3	1	3	11	14	2	17	WLWDDW
	10	Oldham Athletic	14	7	2	5	18	16	4	1	1	14	6	3	1	4	4	10	2	16	LWWLDL
	11	Port Vale	15	5	5	5	26	27	4	2	1	14	8	1	3	4	12	19	-1	15	DLLLLW
	12	Fulham	14	4	5	5	17	24	4	3	0	10	6	0	2	5	7	18	-7	13	LWDDDL
	13	Notts County	14	6	1	7	23	33	5	0	2	14	7	1	1	5	9	26	-10	13	LWLLDW
	14	Darlington	15	5	2	8	28	33	4	0	4	18	19	1	2	4	10	14	-5	12	WLDLWL
	15	Reading	15	4	3	8	24	26	4	0	3	15	6	0	3	5	9	20	-2	11	LLWDWL
	16	Grimsby Town	14	2	6	6	17	21	1	3	2	4	4	1	3	4	13	17	-4	10	WLLLDD
	17	Blackpool	14	4	2	8	19	25	3	1	2	16	9	1	1	6	3	16	-6	10	WLLLLD
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	2	5	7	21	23	1	3	4	16	14	1	2	3	5	9	-2	9	DDWDDW
	19	Clapton Orient	13	3	3	7	17	30	2	2	3	8	11	1	1	4	9	19	-13	9	LLLDLL
	20	Barnsley	13	3	3	7	17	37	2	2	2	10	10	1	1	5	7	27	-20	9	WDWLDL
	21	South Shields	12	3	2	7	20	20	3	1	2	14	6	0	1	5	6	14	0	8	LWDWLL
	22	Bradford City	15	1	4	10	15	29	1	1	6	8	13	0	3	4	7	16	-14	6	WLLLDD

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	Swansea Town	15	9	4	2	30	15	6	2	0	20	6	3	2	2	10	9	15	22	LWWWWD		0-0
1	2	Manchester City	15	9	3	3	37	19	7	1	1	28	11	2	2	2	9	8	18	21	DLWWLW		2-1
1	3	Preston North End	15	8	5	2	33	25	5	3	0	23	14	3	2	2	10	11	8	21	WLDWWD		0-0
1	4	Hull City	15	9	2	4	21	8	5	2	1	16	3	4	0	3	5	5	13	20	WWWLLW		2-1
1	5	Middlesbrough	15	9	1	5	37	26	5	0	1	22	11	4	1	4	15	15	11	19	WLWWWL		1-2
2	6	Southampton	15	7	5	3	27	22	3	3	1	12	7	4	2	2	15	15	5	19	DWWDWW		1-0
2	7	Nottingham Forest	15	7	5	3	30	26	4	4	0	19	12	3	1	3	11	14	4	19	LWDDWW		4-2
2	8	Portsmouth	14	8	2	4	28	18	5	1	1	17	4	3	1	3	11	14	10	18	LWDWLW
1	9	Oldham Athletic	15	8	2	5	20	17	5	1	1	16	7	3	1	4	4	10	3	18	WWLDLW		2-1
3	10	Chelsea	15	7	4	4	22	21	4	2	1	13	7	3	2	3	9	14	1	18	LWWDDL		1-2
1	11	Fulham	15	5	5	5	23	26	5	3	0	16	8	0	2	5	7	18	-3	15	WDDDLW		6-2
1	12	Port Vale	16	5	5	6	28	33	4	2	1	14	8	1	3	5	14	25	-5	15	LLLLWL		2-6
1	13	Darlington	16	6	2	8	32	35	5	0	4	22	21	1	2	4	10	14	-3	14	LDLWLW		4-2
1	14	Reading	16	5	3	8	26	27	5	0	3	17	7	0	3	5	9	20	-1	13	LWDWLW		2-1
2	15	Notts County	15	6	1	8	25	37	5	0	2	14	7	1	1	6	11	30	-12	13	WLLDWL		2-4
1	16	Blackpool	15	5	2	8	22	25	4	1	2	19	9	1	1	6	3	16	-3	12	LLLLDW		3-0
1	17	Grimsby Town	15	2	6	7	17	22	1	3	3	4	5	1	3	4	13	17	-5	10	LLLDDL		0-1
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	2	5	8	22	25	1	3	4	16	14	1	2	4	6	11	-3	9	DWDDWL		1-2
	19	Clapton Orient	13	3	3	7	17	30	2	2	3	8	11	1	1	4	9	19	-13	9	LLLDLL
	20	Barnsley	14	3	3	8	18	39	2	2	3	11	12	1	1	5	7	27	-21	9	DWLDLL		1-2
	21	South Shields	13	3	2	8	22	24	3	1	2	14	6	0	1	6	8	18	-2	8	WDWLLL		2-4
	22	Bradford City	16	1	4	11	15	32	1	1	6	8	13	0	3	5	7	19	-17	6	LLLDDL		0-3