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)

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: J Stubbs
Attendance:: 8,054
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 4969)
League Tier 2:: 373 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1254 (of 5679)
Total:: 2102 (of 7451)

Notes:: Percy Barratt benefit

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

Review:
This was also Percy Barratt's benefit game

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

Goals:
Sid Gibson
Cyril Stocks
Cyril Stocks
Charlie Jones

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

Goals:
?
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Len Langford
2	D	William 'Bill' Thompson
3	F	Percy Barratt
4	F	Jackie Belton
5	M	Gerry Morgan
6	F	Bob Wallace
7	M	Sid Gibson
8	F	Cyril Stocks
9	F	Noah Burton
10	F	Charlie Jones
11	F	Ted Linley

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 the 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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Swansea Town	14	9	3	2	30	15	6	1	0	20	6	3	2	2	10	9	2.00000	21	WLWWWW
	2	Preston North End	14	8	4	2	33	25	5	3	0	23	14	3	1	2	10	11	1.32000	20	LWLDWW
	3	Manchester City	14	8	3	3	35	18	6	1	1	26	10	2	2	2	9	8	1.94444	19	DDLWWL
	4	Middlesbrough	14	9	1	4	36	24	5	0	1	22	11	4	1	3	14	13	1.50000	19	WWLWWW
	5	Hull City	14	8	2	4	19	7	5	2	1	16	3	3	0	3	3	4	2.71429	18	WWWWLL
	6	Portsmouth	14	8	2	4	28	18	5	1	1	17	4	3	1	3	11	14	1.55556	18	LWDWLW
	7	Chelsea	14	7	4	3	21	19	4	2	1	13	7	3	2	2	8	12	1.10526	18	WLWWDD
	8	Southampton	14	6	5	3	26	22	3	3	1	12	7	3	2	2	14	15	1.18182	17	LDWWDW
	9	Nottingham Forest	14	6	5	3	26	24	3	4	0	15	10	3	1	3	11	14	1.08333	17	WLWDDW
	10	Oldham Athletic	14	7	2	5	18	16	4	1	1	14	6	3	1	4	4	10	1.12500	16	LWWLDL
	11	Port Vale	15	5	5	5	26	27	4	2	1	14	8	1	3	4	12	19	.96296	15	DLLLLW
	12	Fulham	14	4	5	5	17	24	4	3	0	10	6	0	2	5	7	18	.70833	13	LWDDDL
	13	Notts County	14	6	1	7	23	33	5	0	2	14	7	1	1	5	9	26	.69697	13	LWLLDW
	14	Darlington	15	5	2	8	28	33	4	0	4	18	19	1	2	4	10	14	.84848	12	WLDLWL
	15	Reading	15	4	3	8	24	26	4	0	3	15	6	0	3	5	9	20	.92308	11	LLWDWL
	16	Grimsby Town	14	2	6	6	17	21	1	3	2	4	4	1	3	4	13	17	.80952	10	WLLLDD
	17	Blackpool	14	4	2	8	19	25	3	1	2	16	9	1	1	6	3	16	.76000	10	WLLLLD
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	2	5	7	21	23	1	3	4	16	14	1	2	3	5	9	.91304	9	DDWDDW
	19	Clapton Orient	13	3	3	7	17	30	2	2	3	8	11	1	1	4	9	19	.56667	9	LLLDLL
	20	Barnsley	13	3	3	7	17	37	2	2	2	10	10	1	1	5	7	27	.45946	9	WDWLDL
	21	South Shields	12	3	2	7	20	20	3	1	2	14	6	0	1	5	6	14	1.00000	8	LWDWLL
	22	Bradford City	15	1	4	10	15	29	1	1	6	8	13	0	3	4	7	16	.51724	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Swansea Town	15	9	4	2	30	15	6	2	0	20	6	3	2	2	10	9	2.00000	22	LWWWWD	0-0
1	2	Manchester City	15	9	3	3	37	19	7	1	1	28	11	2	2	2	9	8	1.94737	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	1.32000	21	WLDWWD	0-0
1	4	Hull City	15	9	2	4	21	8	5	2	1	16	3	4	0	3	5	5	2.62500	20	WWWLLW	2-1
1	5	Middlesbrough	15	9	1	5	37	26	5	0	1	22	11	4	1	4	15	15	1.42308	19	WLWWWL	1-2
2	6	Southampton	15	7	5	3	27	22	3	3	1	12	7	4	2	2	15	15	1.22727	19	DWWDWW	1-0
2	7	Nottingham Forest	15	7	5	3	30	26	4	4	0	19	12	3	1	3	11	14	1.15385	19	LWDDWW	4-2
2	8	Portsmouth	14	8	2	4	28	18	5	1	1	17	4	3	1	3	11	14	1.55556	18	LWDWLW
1	9	Oldham Athletic	15	8	2	5	20	17	5	1	1	16	7	3	1	4	4	10	1.17647	18	WWLDLW	2-1
3	10	Chelsea	15	7	4	4	22	21	4	2	1	13	7	3	2	3	9	14	1.04762	18	LWWDDL	1-2
1	11	Fulham	15	5	5	5	23	26	5	3	0	16	8	0	2	5	7	18	.88462	15	WDDDLW	6-2
1	12	Port Vale	16	5	5	6	28	33	4	2	1	14	8	1	3	5	14	25	.84848	15	LLLLWL	2-6
1	13	Darlington	16	6	2	8	32	35	5	0	4	22	21	1	2	4	10	14	.91429	14	LDLWLW	4-2
1	14	Reading	16	5	3	8	26	27	5	0	3	17	7	0	3	5	9	20	.96296	13	LWDWLW	2-1
2	15	Notts County	15	6	1	8	25	37	5	0	2	14	7	1	1	6	11	30	.67568	13	WLLDWL	2-4
1	16	Blackpool	15	5	2	8	22	25	4	1	2	19	9	1	1	6	3	16	.88000	12	LLLLDW	3-0
1	17	Grimsby Town	15	2	6	7	17	22	1	3	3	4	5	1	3	4	13	17	.77273	10	LLLDDL	0-1
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	2	5	8	22	25	1	3	4	16	14	1	2	4	6	11	.88000	9	DWDDWL	1-2
	19	Clapton Orient	13	3	3	7	17	30	2	2	3	8	11	1	1	4	9	19	.56667	9	LLLDLL
	20	Barnsley	14	3	3	8	18	39	2	2	3	11	12	1	1	5	7	27	.46154	9	DWLDLL	1-2
	21	South Shields	13	3	2	8	22	24	3	1	2	14	6	0	1	6	8	18	.91667	8	WDWLLL	2-4
	22	Bradford City	16	1	4	11	15	32	1	1	6	8	13	0	3	5	7	19	.46875	6	LLLDDL	0-3