The City Ground

MIDDLESBROUGH 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 05, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 05, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ayresome Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: RG Rudd
Attendance:: 33,354
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Middlesbrough:: Dec 08, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1125 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 388 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1271 (of 5828)
Total:: 2121 (of 7633)
Played:: 99 years, 6 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Herbert Bamlett
Prior form: DDWWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Birrell (64')

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
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks
9	F	30	Noah Burton
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
11	F	32	Ted Linley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Mathieson
2	D	Frank Twine
3	D	Reg Freeman
4	D	Joe Miller
5	D	Robert Ferguson
6	M	Don Ashman
7	M	Billy Pease
8	M	Billy Birrell
9	M	George Camsell
10	F	Jackie Carr
11	F	Owen Williams

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 05, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford City	0-1	Darlington
Hull City	2-3	Grimsby Town
Middlesbrough	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Port Vale	3-2	Barnsley
Preston North End	5-2	Oldham Athletic
South Shields	1-1	Fulham

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

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	30	19	6	5	92	50	13	2	1	58	21	6	4	4	34	29	42	44	DWWDWW	Safe	1-0
	2	Nottingham Forest	30	15	10	5	60	38	11	4	0	42	17	4	6	5	18	21	22	40	WWWDWL		0-1
2	3	Preston North End	29	15	9	5	60	44	10	4	2	43	25	5	5	3	17	19	16	39	DWWWLW		5-2
	4	Manchester City	30	16	5	9	72	46	10	2	3	39	19	6	3	6	33	27	26	37	WWWWDD
2	5	Hull City	30	16	5	9	46	31	9	3	3	30	13	7	2	6	16	18	15	37	WDDWWL		2-3
	6	Portsmouth	28	15	6	7	55	35	9	4	1	35	12	6	2	6	20	23	20	36	WWWWLD
	7	Chelsea	27	14	7	6	46	37	9	4	1	33	17	5	3	5	13	20	9	35	WWDWWW
	8	Swansea Town	28	12	9	7	50	44	9	4	1	32	13	3	5	6	18	31	6	33	LLWDLD
	9	Southampton	28	13	6	9	48	41	8	4	2	30	16	5	2	7	18	25	7	32	LLLLWW
2	10	Port Vale	29	10	11	8	58	54	8	5	2	33	16	2	6	6	25	38	4	31	LDDDWW		3-2
1	11	Blackpool	30	12	6	12	63	57	8	4	3	42	20	4	2	9	21	37	6	30	LLWWWD
1	12	Oldham Athletic	31	13	4	14	52	66	9	2	4	35	25	4	2	10	17	41	-14	30	WLWLLL		2-5
	13	Reading	27	11	5	11	48	46	10	0	3	33	10	1	5	8	15	36	2	27	WWLLWW
	14	Barnsley	29	10	6	13	56	70	7	4	3	32	19	3	2	10	24	51	-14	26	WDLWDL		2-3
	15	South Shields	28	9	7	12	54	56	8	5	2	39	18	1	2	10	15	38	-2	25	WDLLDD		1-1
3	16	Grimsby Town	30	8	7	15	54	71	3	4	7	20	28	5	3	8	34	43	-17	23	LLLWWW		3-2
	17	Fulham	30	8	7	15	38	68	7	3	4	26	23	1	4	11	12	45	-30	23	LWLLDD		1-1
2	18	Notts County	30	9	4	17	51	70	7	3	5	31	20	2	1	12	20	50	-19	22	WLDLDL
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	7	7	14	52	51	5	4	5	39	24	2	3	9	13	27	1	21	WLWDLL
	20	Darlington	30	8	4	18	54	69	6	1	7	32	31	2	3	11	22	38	-15	20	WLLLLW		1-0
	21	Clapton Orient	29	6	5	18	37	73	5	3	6	23	23	1	2	12	14	50	-36	17	LLWLLL
	22	Bradford City	31	3	8	20	33	62	3	3	10	18	24	0	5	10	15	38	-29	14	LLLLDL		0-1