The City Ground

PORT VALE 0 - 2 FOREST - Sat Dec 18, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 18, 1926 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Old Recreation Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 18 December 1926

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: A Ward
Attendance:: 8,046
Pos Before/After:: 7 5
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Portsmouth (League Tier 2)
Port Vale:: May 07, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1115 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 378 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1259 (of 5768)
Total:: 2109 (of 7556)
Played:: 98 years, 6 months, 25 days ago

Review
Maddock (Port Vale) missed 2 penalties

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

Goals
Cyril Stocks (37')
Sid Gibson (63')

PORT VALE
Manager: Joe Schofield
Prior form: WLWDDD (Old to recent)

Goals

Penalties Missed:
Jack Maddock
Jack Maddock

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 (63')
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks (37')
9	F	30	Noah Burton
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
11	F	32	Ted Linley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Howard Matthews
2	D	Jack Maddock
3	D	Jimmy Oakes
4	D	Herbert Smith
5	D	Bob Connelly
6	M	Val Rouse
7	M	Jack Lowe
8	M	Tom Page
9	M	Wilf Kirkham
10	F	Alf Strange
11	F	Jack Simms

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 18, 1926)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford City	4-3	Manchester City
Chelsea	2-2	Darlington
Clapton Orient	5-1	Reading
Hull City	2-0	Fulham
Middlesbrough	7-1	Swansea Town
Notts County	2-3	Blackpool
Port Vale	0-2	Nottingham Forest
Preston North End	1-2	Portsmouth
South Shields	4-1	Oldham Athletic
Southampton	3-1	Barnsley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-4	Grimsby Town

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	Status
	1	Hull City	19	12	3	4	30	13	7	2	1	21	6	5	1	3	9	7	2.30769	27	LWWWWD
	2	Swansea Town	19	10	7	2	36	20	7	3	0	23	8	3	4	2	13	12	1.80000	27	WDDWDD
	3	Manchester City	19	11	3	5	45	26	8	1	2	30	13	3	2	3	15	13	1.73077	25	LWLLWW
	4	Preston North End	18	10	5	3	37	29	6	3	1	26	18	4	2	2	11	11	1.27586	25	WWDWLW
	5	Middlesbrough	18	11	2	5	50	32	7	1	1	35	17	4	1	4	15	15	1.56250	24	WWLWWD
	6	Portsmouth	19	10	4	5	36	25	6	3	1	21	7	4	1	4	15	18	1.44000	24	WWDWLD
	7	Nottingham Forest	19	9	6	4	38	30	6	4	0	26	14	3	2	4	12	16	1.26667	24	WWLWDW
	8	Oldham Athletic	19	9	4	6	28	24	6	2	1	22	10	3	2	5	6	14	1.16667	22	LWLWDD
	9	Southampton	19	8	6	5	35	32	4	4	1	18	11	4	2	4	17	21	1.09375	22	WWWLDL
	10	Chelsea	19	8	5	6	29	30	5	3	1	19	11	3	2	5	10	19	.96667	21	DLDLWL
	11	Port Vale	20	6	8	6	39	39	5	3	1	21	10	1	5	5	18	29	1.00000	20	WLWDDD
	12	Fulham	19	7	5	7	30	37	7	3	0	22	9	0	2	7	8	28	.81081	19	LWLWLW
	13	Blackpool	19	6	4	9	37	36	5	2	2	27	11	1	2	7	10	25	1.02778	16	DWLDDW
	14	South Shields	17	6	3	8	33	27	5	1	2	22	7	1	2	6	11	20	1.22222	15	LLWWWD
	15	Reading	18	5	5	8	28	29	5	0	3	17	7	0	5	5	11	22	.96552	15	DWLWDD
	16	Notts County	18	7	1	10	33	45	6	0	3	20	10	1	1	7	13	35	.73333	15	DWLLLW
	17	Darlington	20	6	2	12	34	42	5	0	6	23	25	1	2	6	11	17	.80952	14	LWLLLL
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	3	6	10	27	33	2	4	4	19	16	1	2	6	8	17	.81818	12	WLWLDL
	19	Grimsby Town	17	3	6	8	22	30	1	3	3	4	5	2	3	5	18	25	.73333	12	LDDLLW
	20	Clapton Orient	18	4	4	10	23	44	3	2	4	13	16	1	2	6	10	28	.52273	12	LWDLLL
	21	Barnsley	17	4	3	10	22	50	3	2	3	12	12	1	1	7	10	38	.44000	11	DLLLLW
	22	Bradford City	20	1	6	13	17	36	1	3	6	10	15	0	3	7	7	21	.47222	8	DLDLDL

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Hull City	20	13	3	4	32	13	8	2	1	23	6	5	1	3	9	7	2.46154	29	WWWWDW		2-0
	2	Swansea Town	20	10	7	3	37	27	7	3	0	23	8	3	4	3	14	19	1.37037	27	DDWDDL		1-7
2	3	Middlesbrough	19	12	2	5	57	33	8	1	1	42	18	4	1	4	15	15	1.72727	26	WLWWDW		7-1
2	4	Portsmouth	20	11	4	5	38	26	6	3	1	21	7	5	1	4	17	19	1.46154	26	WDWLDW		2-1
2	5	Nottingham Forest	20	10	6	4	40	30	6	4	0	26	14	4	2	4	14	16	1.33333	26	WLWDWW		2-0
3	6	Manchester City	20	11	3	6	48	30	8	1	2	30	13	3	2	4	18	17	1.60000	25	WLLWWL		3-4
3	7	Preston North End	19	10	5	4	38	31	6	3	2	27	20	4	2	2	11	11	1.22581	25	WDWLWL		1-2
1	8	Southampton	20	9	6	5	38	33	5	4	1	21	12	4	2	4	17	21	1.15152	24	WWLDLW		3-1
1	9	Oldham Athletic	20	9	4	7	29	28	6	2	1	22	10	3	2	6	7	18	1.03571	22	WLWDDL		1-4
	10	Chelsea	20	8	6	6	31	32	5	4	1	21	13	3	2	5	10	19	.96875	22	LDLWLD		2-2
	11	Port Vale	21	6	8	7	39	41	5	3	2	21	12	1	5	5	18	29	.95122	20	LWDDDL		0-2
	12	Fulham	20	7	5	8	30	39	7	3	0	22	9	0	2	8	8	30	.76923	19	WLWLWL		0-2
	13	Blackpool	20	7	4	9	40	38	5	2	2	27	11	2	2	7	13	27	1.05263	18	WLDDWW		3-2
	14	South Shields	18	7	3	8	37	28	6	1	2	26	8	1	2	6	11	20	1.32143	17	LWWWDW		4-1
	15	Reading	19	5	5	9	29	34	5	0	3	17	7	0	5	6	12	27	.85294	15	WLWDDL		1-5
1	16	Darlington	21	6	3	12	36	44	5	0	6	23	25	1	3	6	13	19	.81818	15	WLLLLD		2-2
1	17	Notts County	19	7	1	11	35	48	6	0	4	22	13	1	1	7	13	35	.72917	15	WLLLWL		2-3
1	18	Grimsby Town	18	4	6	8	26	33	1	3	3	4	5	3	3	5	22	28	.78788	14	DDLLWW		4-3
1	19	Clapton Orient	19	5	4	10	28	45	4	2	4	18	17	1	2	6	10	28	.62222	14	WDLLLW		5-1
2	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	3	6	11	30	37	2	4	5	22	20	1	2	6	8	17	.81081	12	LWLDLL		3-4
	21	Barnsley	18	4	3	11	23	53	3	2	3	12	12	1	1	8	11	41	.43396	11	LLLLWL		1-3
	22	Bradford City	21	2	6	13	21	39	2	3	6	14	18	0	3	7	7	21	.53846	10	LDLDLW		4-3