The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 CHELSEA - Sat Nov 27, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 27, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: RG Rudd
Attendance:: 12,841
League Week:: 17 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 9 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bradford City (League Tier 2)
Chelsea:: Apr 16, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1112 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 375 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1256 (of 5829)
Total:: 2106 (of 7634)
Played:: 99 years, 9 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Percy Barratt (50') (Pen)
Charlie Jones (55')
Noah Burton (70')
Cyril Stocks (81')

CHELSEA
Manager: David Calderhead
Prior form: WWDDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Pearson (7')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Len Langford
2	D	27	Bill Thompson
3	F	28	Percy Barratt (50')
4	F	31	Jackie Belton
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan
6	F	33	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks (81')
9	F	29	Noah Burton (70')
10	F	26	Charlie Jones (55')
11	F	32	Ted Linley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Sam Millington
2	D	George Smith
3	D	Tommy Law
4	D	Jock Priestley
5	D	George Rodger
6	M	Willie Ferguson
7	M	Jackie Crawford
8	M	Albert Thain
9	M	Andy Wilson
10	F	Billy Brown
11	F	George Pearson

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

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

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	16	9	5	2	32	17	6	2	0	20	6	3	3	2	12	11	15	23	WWWWDD
	2	Preston North End	16	9	5	2	34	25	6	3	0	24	14	3	2	2	10	11	9	23	LDWWDW
	3	Hull City	16	10	2	4	24	10	6	2	1	19	5	4	0	3	5	5	14	22	WWLLWW
	4	Manchester City	16	9	3	4	39	22	7	1	1	28	11	2	2	3	11	11	17	21	LWWLWL
	5	Middlesbrough	16	10	1	5	43	27	6	0	1	28	12	4	1	4	15	15	16	21	LWWWLW
	6	Portsmouth	16	9	3	4	32	21	5	2	1	18	5	4	1	3	14	16	11	21	DWLWWD
	7	Southampton	16	8	5	3	32	25	4	3	1	17	10	4	2	2	15	15	7	21	WWDWWW
	8	Nottingham Forest	16	7	5	4	30	27	4	4	0	19	12	3	1	4	11	15	3	19	WDDWWL
	9	Chelsea	16	7	5	4	24	23	4	3	1	15	9	3	2	3	9	14	1	19	WWDDLD
	10	Oldham Athletic	16	8	2	6	21	20	5	1	1	16	7	3	1	5	5	13	1	18	WLDLWL
	11	Port Vale	17	6	5	6	34	34	5	2	1	20	9	1	3	5	14	25	0	17	LLLWLW
	12	Fulham	16	5	5	6	24	32	5	3	0	16	8	0	2	6	8	24	-8	15	DDDLWL
	13	Reading	17	5	4	8	27	28	5	0	3	17	7	0	4	5	10	21	-1	14	WDWLWD
	14	Darlington	17	6	2	9	33	37	5	0	4	22	21	1	2	5	11	16	-4	14	DLWLWL
	15	Notts County	16	6	1	9	27	40	5	0	3	16	10	1	1	6	11	30	-13	13	LLDWLL
	16	Blackpool	16	5	2	9	25	30	4	1	2	19	9	1	1	7	6	21	-5	12	LLLDWL
	17	Clapton Orient	15	4	4	7	21	32	3	2	3	11	12	1	2	4	10	20	-11	12	LDLLWD
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	3	5	8	24	26	2	3	4	18	15	1	2	4	6	11	-2	11	WDDWLW
	19	South Shields	14	4	2	8	29	25	4	1	2	21	7	0	1	6	8	18	4	10	DWLLLW
	20	Grimsby Town	16	2	6	8	18	28	1	3	3	4	5	1	3	5	14	23	-10	10	LLDDLL
	21	Barnsley	15	3	3	9	19	46	2	2	3	11	12	1	1	6	8	34	-27	9	WLDLLL
	22	Bradford City	17	1	5	11	16	33	1	2	6	9	14	0	3	5	7	19	-17	7	LLDDLD

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	17	10	5	2	33	17	7	2	0	21	6	3	3	2	12	11	16	25	WWWDDW		1-0
1	2	Hull City	17	11	2	4	27	11	6	2	1	19	5	5	0	3	8	6	16	24	WLLWWW		3-1
2	3	Middlesbrough	17	11	1	5	46	28	7	0	1	31	13	4	1	4	15	15	18	23	WWWLWW		3-1
2	4	Portsmouth	17	10	3	4	34	22	6	2	1	20	6	4	1	3	14	16	12	23	WLWWDW		2-1
3	5	Preston North End	16	9	5	2	34	25	6	3	0	24	14	3	2	2	10	11	9	23	LDWWDW
2	6	Manchester City	17	9	3	5	40	24	7	1	2	29	13	2	2	3	11	11	16	21	WWLWLL		1-2
1	7	Nottingham Forest	17	8	5	4	34	28	5	4	0	23	13	3	1	4	11	15	6	21	DDWWLW		4-1
1	8	Southampton	17	8	5	4	33	28	4	3	1	17	10	4	2	3	16	18	5	21	WDWWWL		1-3
1	9	Oldham Athletic	17	9	2	6	26	22	6	1	1	21	9	3	1	5	5	13	4	20	LDLWLW		5-2
1	10	Chelsea	17	7	5	5	25	27	4	3	1	15	9	3	2	4	10	18	-2	19	WDDLDL		1-4
	11	Port Vale	18	6	6	6	36	36	5	2	1	20	9	1	4	5	16	27	0	18	LLWLWD		2-2
	12	Fulham	17	6	5	6	26	32	6	3	0	18	8	0	2	6	8	24	-6	17	DDLWLW		2-0
	13	Reading	17	5	4	8	27	28	5	0	3	17	7	0	4	5	10	21	-1	14	WDWLWD
	14	Darlington	18	6	2	10	34	40	5	0	5	23	24	1	2	5	11	16	-6	14	LWLWLL		1-3
1	15	Blackpool	17	5	3	9	27	32	4	2	2	21	11	1	1	7	6	21	-5	13	LLDWLD		2-2
1	16	Notts County	17	6	1	10	29	45	5	0	3	16	10	1	1	7	13	35	-16	13	LDWLLL		2-5
2	17	South Shields	15	5	2	8	31	26	4	1	2	21	7	1	1	6	10	19	5	12	WLLLWW		2-1
1	18	Clapton Orient	16	4	4	8	21	34	3	2	3	11	12	1	2	5	10	22	-13	12	DLLWDL		0-2
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	3	5	9	25	28	2	3	4	18	15	1	2	5	7	13	-3	11	DDWLWL		1-2
	20	Grimsby Town	16	2	6	8	18	28	1	3	3	4	5	1	3	5	14	23	-10	10	LLDDLL
	21	Barnsley	15	3	3	9	19	46	2	2	3	11	12	1	1	6	8	34	-27	9	WLDLLL
	22	Bradford City	18	1	5	12	16	34	1	2	6	9	14	0	3	6	7	20	-18	7	LDDLDL		0-1