The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 SOUTHAMPTON - Sat Dec 11, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 11, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: TG Bryan
Attendance:: 13,826
League Week:: 19 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 8 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Port Vale (League Tier 2)
Southampton:: Apr 30, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1114 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 377 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1258 (of 5824)
Total:: 2108 (of 7629)
Played:: 99 years, 8 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Cyril Stocks (23')
Cyril Stocks (33')
Sid Gibson (47')

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Arthur Chadwick
Prior form: DWWWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy 'Spud' Murphy (82')

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 (47')
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks (23') (33')
9	F	29	Noah Burton
10	F	32	Ted Linley
11	F	29	Joseph Laws

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tommy Allen
2	D	Ted Hough
3	D	Mike Keeping
4	D	Albert Shelley
5	D	George Harkus
6	M	Stan Woodhouse
7	M	Bill Henderson
8	M	Dick Rowley
9	M	Bill Rawlings
10	F	Sam Taylor
11	F	Billy 'Spud' Murphy

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 11, 1926)

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

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	Hull City	18	12	2	4	29	12	7	2	1	21	6	5	0	3	8	6	17	26	LLWWWW
	2	Swansea Town	18	10	6	2	34	18	7	2	0	21	6	3	4	2	13	12	16	26	WWDDWD
	3	Middlesbrough	18	11	2	5	50	32	7	1	1	35	17	4	1	4	15	15	18	24	WWLWWD
	4	Manchester City	18	10	3	5	44	26	7	1	2	29	13	3	2	3	15	13	18	23	WLWLLW
	5	Portsmouth	18	10	3	5	35	24	6	2	1	20	6	4	1	4	15	18	11	23	LWWDWL
	6	Preston North End	17	9	5	3	36	29	6	3	1	26	18	3	2	2	10	11	7	23	DWWDWL
	7	Nottingham Forest	18	8	6	4	35	29	5	4	0	23	13	3	2	4	12	16	6	22	DWWLWD
	8	Southampton	18	8	6	4	34	29	4	4	1	18	11	4	2	3	16	18	5	22	DWWWLD
	9	Oldham Athletic	18	9	3	6	27	23	6	1	1	21	9	3	2	5	6	14	4	21	DLWLWD
	10	Chelsea	18	8	5	5	29	29	5	3	1	19	11	3	2	4	10	18	0	21	DDLDLW
	11	Port Vale	19	6	7	6	37	37	5	3	1	21	10	1	4	5	16	27	0	19	LWLWDD
	12	Fulham	18	6	5	7	26	36	6	3	0	18	8	0	2	7	8	28	-10	17	DLWLWL
	13	Reading	18	5	5	8	28	29	5	0	3	17	7	0	5	5	11	22	-1	15	DWLWDD
	14	Notts County	18	7	1	10	33	45	6	0	3	20	10	1	1	7	13	35	-12	15	DWLLLW
	15	South Shields	16	6	2	8	32	26	5	1	2	22	7	1	1	6	10	19	6	14	LLLWWW
	16	Blackpool	18	5	4	9	31	36	4	2	2	21	11	1	2	7	10	25	-5	14	LDWLDD
	17	Darlington	19	6	2	11	34	41	5	0	5	23	24	1	2	6	11	17	-7	14	WLWLLL
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	3	6	9	26	29	2	4	4	19	16	1	2	5	7	13	-3	12	DWLWLD
	19	Grimsby Town	17	3	6	8	22	30	1	3	3	4	5	2	3	5	18	25	-8	12	LDDLLW
	20	Clapton Orient	17	4	4	9	23	38	3	2	4	13	16	1	2	5	10	22	-15	12	LLWDLL
	21	Barnsley	16	3	3	10	21	50	2	2	3	11	12	1	1	7	10	38	-29	9	LDLLLL
	22	Bradford City	19	1	6	12	17	35	1	3	6	10	15	0	3	6	7	20	-18	8	DDLDLD

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	Hull City	19	12	3	4	30	13	7	2	1	21	6	5	1	3	9	7	17	27	LWWWWD		1-1
	2	Swansea Town	19	10	7	2	36	20	7	3	0	23	8	3	4	2	13	12	16	27	WDDWDD		2-2
1	3	Manchester City	19	11	3	5	45	26	8	1	2	30	13	3	2	3	15	13	19	25	LWLLWW		1-0
2	4	Preston North End	18	10	5	3	37	29	6	3	1	26	18	4	2	2	11	11	8	25	WWDWLW		1-0
2	5	Middlesbrough	18	11	2	5	50	32	7	1	1	35	17	4	1	4	15	15	18	24	WWLWWD
1	6	Portsmouth	19	10	4	5	36	25	6	3	1	21	7	4	1	4	15	18	11	24	WWDWLD		1-1
	7	Nottingham Forest	19	9	6	4	38	30	6	4	0	26	14	3	2	4	12	16	8	24	WWLWDW		3-1
1	8	Oldham Athletic	19	9	4	6	28	24	6	2	1	22	10	3	2	5	6	14	4	22	LWLWDD		1-1
1	9	Southampton	19	8	6	5	35	32	4	4	1	18	11	4	2	4	17	21	3	22	WWWLDL		1-3
	10	Chelsea	19	8	5	6	29	30	5	3	1	19	11	3	2	5	10	19	-1	21	DLDLWL		0-1
	11	Port Vale	20	6	8	6	39	39	5	3	1	21	10	1	5	5	18	29	0	20	WLWDDD		2-2
	12	Fulham	19	7	5	7	30	37	7	3	0	22	9	0	2	7	8	28	-7	19	LWLWLW		4-1
3	13	Blackpool	19	6	4	9	37	36	5	2	2	27	11	1	2	7	10	25	1	16	DWLDDW		6-0
1	14	South Shields	17	6	3	8	33	27	5	1	2	22	7	1	2	6	11	20	6	15	LLWWWD		1-1
2	15	Reading	18	5	5	8	28	29	5	0	3	17	7	0	5	5	11	22	-1	15	DWLWDD
2	16	Notts County	18	7	1	10	33	45	6	0	3	20	10	1	1	7	13	35	-12	15	DWLLLW
	17	Darlington	20	6	2	12	34	42	5	0	6	23	25	1	2	6	11	17	-8	14	LWLLLL		0-1
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	3	6	10	27	33	2	4	4	19	16	1	2	6	8	17	-6	12	WLWLDL		1-4
	19	Grimsby Town	17	3	6	8	22	30	1	3	3	4	5	2	3	5	18	25	-8	12	LDDLLW
	20	Clapton Orient	18	4	4	10	23	44	3	2	4	13	16	1	2	6	10	28	-21	12	LWDLLL		0-6
	21	Barnsley	17	4	3	10	22	50	3	2	3	12	12	1	1	7	10	38	-28	11	DLLLLW		1-0
	22	Bradford City	20	1	6	13	17	36	1	3	6	10	15	0	3	7	7	21	-19	8	DLDLDL		0-1