The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 1 DARLINGTON - Sat Feb 26, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 26, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Darlington
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-1 WON
: Half-time: 3-0

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: AE Caseley
Attendance:: 14,813
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 20 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Middlesbrough (League Tier 2)
Darlington:: Apr 24, 1983

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1124 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 387 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1270 (of 5828)
Total:: 2120 (of 7633)
Played:: 99 years, 6 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Charlie Jones (10')
Sid Gibson (26')
Alex McLachlan (41') (OG)
Ted Linley (75') - Ted Linley last goal
Randolph Galloway (79') - Randolph Galloway last goal

DARLINGTON
Manager: Jack English
Prior form: LLWLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Harold Crockford (51')

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	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson (26')
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks
9	F	30	Randolph Galloway (79')
10	F	27	Charlie Jones (10')
11	F	32	Ted Linley (75')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Len Langford	78		7	1
2	D	27	Bill Thompson	135		7	1
3	F	28	Percy Barratt	147	11	7	1
4	F	31	Jackie Belton	304	15	7	1
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan	174	6	7	1
6	F	34	Bob Wallace	152		7	1
7	M	27	Sid Gibson (26')	217	33	7	1
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks	52	21	7	1
9	F	30	Randolph Galloway (79')	40	7	357	47
10	F	27	Charlie Jones (10')	57	8	7	1
11	F	32	Ted Linley (75')	25	4	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Des Fawcett
2	D	Tommy Greaves
3	D	Martin Joyce
4	D	Alex McLachlan
5	D	Jimmy Waugh
6	M	Jimmy McKinnell
7	M	Billy Race
8	M	Harold Crockford
9	M	Geordie Henderson
10	F	Sandy Cochrane
11	F	Joe Little

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 26, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Manchester City
Blackpool	0-0	Fulham
Bradford City	1-2	Hull City
Chelsea	4-1	South Shields
Grimsby Town	5-2	Preston North End
Middlesbrough	6-0	Clapton Orient
Nottingham Forest	5-1	Darlington
Port Vale	6-2	Notts County
Reading	6-1	Oldham Athletic
Southampton	1-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Swansea Town	1-1	Portsmouth

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	Middlesbrough	28	17	6	5	85	50	11	2	1	51	21	6	4	4	34	29	35	40	DDDWWD
2	Nottingham Forest	28	14	10	4	55	36	10	4	0	37	16	4	6	4	18	20	19	38	DDWWWD
3	Preston North End	27	14	9	4	53	37	9	4	2	38	23	5	5	2	15	14	16	37	DDDWWW
4	Manchester City	29	16	4	9	71	45	10	2	3	39	19	6	2	6	32	26	26	36	WWWWWD
5	Portsmouth	27	15	5	7	54	34	9	4	1	35	12	6	1	6	19	22	20	35	LWWWWL
6	Hull City	28	15	5	8	42	27	9	3	2	28	10	6	2	6	14	17	15	35	LLWDDW
7	Chelsea	26	13	7	6	42	36	8	4	1	29	16	5	3	5	13	20	6	33	WWWDWW
8	Swansea Town	27	12	8	7	49	43	9	3	1	31	12	3	5	6	18	31	6	32	WLLWDL
9	Southampton	27	12	6	9	47	41	7	4	2	29	16	5	2	7	18	25	6	30	WLLLLW
10	Oldham Athletic	29	13	4	12	49	55	9	2	4	35	25	4	2	8	14	30	-6	30	WLWLWL
11	Blackpool	29	12	5	12	63	57	8	3	3	42	20	4	2	9	21	37	6	29	DLLWWW
12	Port Vale	27	8	11	8	49	50	6	5	2	24	12	2	6	6	25	38	-1	27	WWLDDD
13	Reading	26	10	5	11	42	45	9	0	3	27	9	1	5	8	15	36	-3	25	WWWLLW
14	Barnsley	27	10	5	12	53	66	7	3	3	31	18	3	2	9	22	48	-13	25	WWWDLW
15	South Shields	25	9	5	11	49	48	8	3	2	35	14	1	2	9	14	34	1	23	LWLWDL
16	Notts County	29	9	4	16	49	64	7	3	5	31	20	2	1	11	18	44	-15	22	LWLDLD
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	7	7	13	52	50	5	4	5	39	24	2	3	8	13	26	2	21	WWLWDL
18	Fulham	28	8	5	15	37	67	7	3	4	26	23	1	2	11	11	44	-30	21	LLLWLL
19	Grimsby Town	28	6	7	15	46	67	2	4	7	15	26	4	3	8	31	41	-21	19	LLLLLW
20	Darlington	28	7	4	17	52	64	6	1	7	32	31	1	3	10	20	33	-12	18	LLWLLL
21	Clapton Orient	28	6	5	17	37	67	5	3	6	23	23	1	2	11	14	44	-30	17	DLLWLL
22	Bradford City	28	3	7	18	29	56	3	3	8	17	21	0	4	10	12	35	-27	13	LDWLLL

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	Middlesbrough	29	18	6	5	91	50	12	2	1	57	21	6	4	4	34	29	41	42	DDWWDW		6-0
	2	Nottingham Forest	29	15	10	4	60	37	11	4	0	42	17	4	6	4	18	20	23	40	DWWWDW		5-1
3	3	Hull City	29	16	5	8	44	28	9	3	2	28	10	7	2	6	16	18	16	37	LWDDWW		2-1
	4	Manchester City	30	16	5	9	72	46	10	2	3	39	19	6	3	6	33	27	26	37	WWWWDD		1-1
2	5	Preston North End	28	14	9	5	55	42	9	4	2	38	23	5	5	3	17	19	13	37	DDWWWL		2-5
1	6	Portsmouth	28	15	6	7	55	35	9	4	1	35	12	6	2	6	20	23	20	36	WWWWLD		1-1
	7	Chelsea	27	14	7	6	46	37	9	4	1	33	17	5	3	5	13	20	9	35	WWDWWW		4-1
	8	Swansea Town	28	12	9	7	50	44	9	4	1	32	13	3	5	6	18	31	6	33	LLWDLD		1-1
	9	Southampton	28	13	6	9	48	41	8	4	2	30	16	5	2	7	18	25	7	32	LLLLWW		1-0
1	10	Blackpool	30	12	6	12	63	57	8	4	3	42	20	4	2	9	21	37	6	30	LLWWWD		0-0
1	11	Oldham Athletic	30	13	4	13	50	61	9	2	4	35	25	4	2	9	15	36	-11	30	LWLWLL		1-6
	12	Port Vale	28	9	11	8	55	52	7	5	2	30	14	2	6	6	25	38	3	29	WLDDDW		6-2
	13	Reading	27	11	5	11	48	46	10	0	3	33	10	1	5	8	15	36	2	27	WWLLWW		6-1
	14	Barnsley	28	10	6	12	54	67	7	4	3	32	19	3	2	9	22	48	-13	26	WWDLWD		1-1
	15	South Shields	26	9	5	12	50	52	8	3	2	35	14	1	2	10	15	38	-2	23	WLWDLL		1-4
	16	Notts County	30	9	4	17	51	70	7	3	5	31	20	2	1	12	20	50	-19	22	WLDLDL		2-6
1	17	Fulham	29	8	6	15	37	67	7	3	4	26	23	1	3	11	11	44	-30	22	LLWLLD		0-0
1	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	7	7	14	52	51	5	4	5	39	24	2	3	9	13	27	1	21	WLWDLL		0-1
	19	Grimsby Town	29	7	7	15	51	69	3	4	7	20	28	4	3	8	31	41	-18	21	LLLLWW		5-2
	20	Darlington	29	7	4	18	53	69	6	1	7	32	31	1	3	11	21	38	-16	18	LWLLLL		1-5
	21	Clapton Orient	29	6	5	18	37	73	5	3	6	23	23	1	2	12	14	50	-36	17	LLWLLL		0-6
	22	Bradford City	29	3	7	19	30	58	3	3	9	18	23	0	4	10	12	35	-28	13	DWLLLL		1-2