The City Ground

SWANSEA TOWN 2 - 1 FOREST - Thu Mar 10, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Thu Mar 10, 1927 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vetch Field
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: AH Kingscott
Attendance:: 8,735
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 2 2
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leyton Orient (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Oct 15, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1126 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 389 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1272 (of 5827)
Total:: 2122 (of 7632)
Played:: 99 years, 5 months, 24 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Noah Burton (30')

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: None
Prior form: LLWDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Fowler (24')
Wilf Lewis

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 (30')
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
11	F	32	Ted Linley

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alec Ferguson
2	D	Ernie Morley
3	D	Wilf Milne
4	D	Jimmy Collins
5	D	Joe Sykes
6	M	Lacky McPherson
7	M	Billy Hole
8	M	Harry Deacon
9	M	Wilf Lewis
10	F	Jack Fowler
11	F	Jimmy Carr

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Thu Mar 10, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Swansea Town	2-1	Nottingham Forest

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	30	19	6	5	92	50	13	2	1	58	21	6	4	4	34	29	42	44	DWWDWW	Safe
	2	Nottingham Forest	30	15	10	5	60	38	11	4	0	42	17	4	6	5	18	21	22	40	WWWDWL
	3	Preston North End	29	15	9	5	60	44	10	4	2	43	25	5	5	3	17	19	16	39	DWWWLW
	4	Manchester City	30	16	5	9	72	46	10	2	3	39	19	6	3	6	33	27	26	37	WWWWDD
	5	Hull City	30	16	5	9	46	31	9	3	3	30	13	7	2	6	16	18	15	37	WDDWWL
	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	Port Vale	29	10	11	8	58	54	8	5	2	33	16	2	6	6	25	38	4	31	LDDDWW
	11	Blackpool	30	12	6	12	63	57	8	4	3	42	20	4	2	9	21	37	6	30	LLWWWD
	12	Oldham Athletic	31	13	4	14	52	66	9	2	4	35	25	4	2	10	17	41	-14	30	WLWLLL
	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
	15	South Shields	28	9	7	12	54	56	8	5	2	39	18	1	2	10	15	38	-2	25	WDLLDD
	16	Grimsby Town	30	8	7	15	54	71	3	4	7	20	28	5	3	8	34	43	-17	23	LLLWWW
	17	Fulham	30	8	7	15	38	68	7	3	4	26	23	1	4	11	12	45	-30	23	LWLLDD
	18	Notts County	30	9	4	17	51	70	7	3	5	31	20	2	1	12	20	50	-19	22	WLDLDL
	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
	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

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
	2	Nottingham Forest	31	15	10	6	61	40	11	4	0	42	17	4	6	6	19	23	21	40	WWDWLL		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
	4	Manchester City	30	16	5	9	72	46	10	2	3	39	19	6	3	6	33	27	26	37	WWWWDD
	5	Hull City	30	16	5	9	46	31	9	3	3	30	13	7	2	6	16	18	15	37	WDDWWL
	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	29	13	9	7	52	45	10	4	1	34	14	3	5	6	18	31	7	35	LWDLDW		2-1
	9	Southampton	28	13	6	9	48	41	8	4	2	30	16	5	2	7	18	25	7	32	LLLLWW
	10	Port Vale	29	10	11	8	58	54	8	5	2	33	16	2	6	6	25	38	4	31	LDDDWW
	11	Blackpool	30	12	6	12	63	57	8	4	3	42	20	4	2	9	21	37	6	30	LLWWWD
	12	Oldham Athletic	31	13	4	14	52	66	9	2	4	35	25	4	2	10	17	41	-14	30	WLWLLL
	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
	15	South Shields	28	9	7	12	54	56	8	5	2	39	18	1	2	10	15	38	-2	25	WDLLDD
	16	Grimsby Town	30	8	7	15	54	71	3	4	7	20	28	5	3	8	34	43	-17	23	LLLWWW
	17	Fulham	30	8	7	15	38	68	7	3	4	26	23	1	4	11	12	45	-30	23	LWLLDD
	18	Notts County	30	9	4	17	51	70	7	3	5	31	20	2	1	12	20	50	-19	22	WLDLDL
	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
	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