The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 PORTSMOUTH - Mon Dec 27, 1926 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Dec 27, 1926 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Portsmouth
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Nottingham Evening Post�-�Monday 27 December 1926

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: CE Lines
Attendance:: 30,616
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 3
Opp Before/After:: 3 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Grimsby Town (League Tier 2)
Portsmouth:: Jan 12, 1946

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1117 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 380 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1261 (of 5829)
Total:: 2111 (of 7634)
Played:: 99 years, 8 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Cliff Price (64') - Cliff Price first goal

PORTSMOUTH
Manager: John McCartney
Prior form: DWLDWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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	27	Ebor Reed
7	M	27	Sid Gibson
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks
9	F	30	Noah Burton
10	F	26	Cliff Price (64')
11	F	32	Ted Linley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dan McPhail
2	D	George Clifford
3	D	John McColgan
4	D	Reg Davies
5	D	Harry Foxall
6	M	Billy Moffat
7	M	Harry Goodwin
8	M	Jerry Mackie
9	M	Billy Haines
10	F	David Watson
11	F	Fred Cook

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon Dec 27, 1926)

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

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	21	13	3	5	32	14	8	2	1	23	6	5	1	4	9	8	18	29	WWWDWL
	2	Middlesbrough	20	13	2	5	62	36	8	1	1	42	18	5	1	4	20	18	26	28	LWWDWW
	3	Portsmouth	21	11	5	5	38	26	6	4	1	21	7	5	1	4	17	19	12	27	DWLDWD
	4	Nottingham Forest	21	10	7	4	40	30	6	4	0	26	14	4	3	4	14	16	10	27	LWDWWD
	5	Swansea Town	21	10	7	4	39	32	7	3	0	23	8	3	4	4	16	24	7	27	DWDDLL
	6	Preston North End	20	10	6	4	39	32	6	3	2	27	20	4	3	2	12	12	7	26	DWLWLD
	7	Southampton	21	10	6	5	39	33	5	4	1	21	12	5	2	4	18	21	6	26	WLDLWW
	8	Manchester City	21	11	3	7	51	35	8	1	3	33	18	3	2	4	18	17	16	25	LLWWLL
	9	Oldham Athletic	21	10	4	7	34	30	7	2	1	27	12	3	2	6	7	18	4	24	LWDDLW
	10	Chelsea	21	9	6	6	32	32	6	4	1	22	13	3	2	5	10	19	0	24	DLWLDW
	11	Port Vale	22	7	8	7	41	42	5	3	2	21	12	2	5	5	20	30	-1	22	WDDDLW
	12	Fulham	21	7	5	9	30	41	7	3	0	22	9	0	2	9	8	32	-11	19	LWLWLL
	13	South Shields	19	7	4	8	38	29	6	2	2	27	9	1	2	6	11	20	9	18	WWWDWD
	14	Blackpool	21	7	4	10	41	40	5	2	2	27	11	2	2	8	14	29	1	18	LDDWWL
	15	Reading	20	6	5	9	31	34	6	0	3	19	7	0	5	6	12	27	-3	17	LWDDLW
	16	Darlington	22	6	4	12	39	47	5	1	6	26	28	1	3	6	13	19	-8	16	LLLLDD
	17	Grimsby Town	19	5	6	8	28	34	2	3	3	6	6	3	3	5	22	28	-6	16	DLLWWW
	18	Notts County	20	7	1	12	35	49	6	0	5	22	14	1	1	7	13	35	-14	15	LLLWLL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	4	6	11	37	39	3	4	5	29	22	1	2	6	8	17	-2	14	WLDLLW
	20	Clapton Orient	20	5	4	11	29	47	4	2	5	19	19	1	2	6	10	28	-18	14	DLLLWL
	21	Barnsley	19	4	4	11	26	56	3	2	3	12	12	1	2	8	14	44	-30	12	LLLWLD
	22	Bradford City	22	2	6	14	23	46	2	3	6	14	18	0	3	8	9	28	-23	10	DLDLWL

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	1	Middlesbrough	21	14	2	5	64	37	9	1	1	44	19	5	1	4	20	18	27	30	WWDWWW		2-1
1	2	Hull City	22	13	3	6	32	15	8	2	2	23	7	5	1	4	9	8	17	29	WWDWLL		0-1
1	3	Nottingham Forest	22	11	7	4	41	30	7	4	0	27	14	4	3	4	14	16	11	29	WDWWDW		1-0
1	4	Swansea Town	22	11	7	4	42	32	8	3	0	26	8	3	4	4	16	24	10	29	WDDLLW		3-0
1	5	Preston North End	21	11	6	4	43	32	7	3	2	31	20	4	3	2	12	12	11	28	WLWLDW		4-0
1	6	Southampton	22	11	6	5	41	33	6	4	1	23	12	5	2	4	18	21	8	28	LDLWWW		2-0
4	7	Portsmouth	22	11	5	6	38	27	6	4	1	21	7	5	1	5	17	20	11	27	WLDWDL		0-1
2	8	Chelsea	22	10	6	6	33	32	6	4	1	22	13	4	2	5	11	19	1	26	LWLDWW		1-0
1	9	Manchester City	22	11	3	8	52	37	8	1	3	33	18	3	2	5	19	19	15	25	LWWLLL		1-2
1	10	Port Vale	23	8	8	7	44	42	6	3	2	24	12	2	5	5	20	30	2	24	DDDLWW		3-0
2	11	Oldham Athletic	22	10	4	8	34	33	7	2	1	27	12	3	2	7	7	21	1	24	WDDLWL		0-3
2	12	Blackpool	22	8	4	10	47	42	6	2	2	33	13	2	2	8	14	29	5	20	DDWWLW		6-2
2	13	Reading	21	7	5	9	33	35	6	0	3	19	7	1	5	6	14	28	-2	19	WDDLWW		2-1
2	14	Fulham	22	7	5	10	31	43	7	3	1	23	11	0	2	9	8	32	-12	19	WLWLLL		1-2
2	15	South Shields	20	7	4	9	38	33	6	2	2	27	9	1	2	7	11	24	5	18	WWDWDL		0-4
3	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	5	6	11	39	40	3	4	5	29	22	2	2	6	10	18	-1	16	LDLLWW		2-1
1	17	Darlington	23	6	4	13	41	50	5	1	6	26	28	1	3	7	15	22	-9	16	LLLDDL		2-3
1	18	Grimsby Town	20	5	6	9	30	40	2	3	3	6	6	3	3	6	24	34	-10	16	LLWWWL		2-6
1	19	Notts County	21	7	1	13	35	51	6	0	5	22	14	1	1	8	13	37	-16	15	LLWLLL		0-2
	20	Clapton Orient	21	5	4	12	29	50	4	2	5	19	19	1	2	7	10	31	-21	14	LLLWLL		0-3
	21	Barnsley	20	5	4	11	29	58	4	2	3	15	14	1	2	8	14	44	-29	14	LLWLDW		3-2
	22	Bradford City	23	2	6	15	24	48	2	3	7	15	20	0	3	8	9	28	-24	10	LDLWLL		1-2