The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 OLDHAM ATHLETIC - Fri Apr 15, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Apr 15, 1927 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Oldham Athletic
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Saturday 16 April 1927

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: TG Bryan
Attendance:: 19,685
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 13 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (League Tier 2)
Oldham Athletic:: Apr 18, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1132 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 395 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1278 (of 5828)
Total:: 2128 (of 7633)
Played:: 99 years, 4 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Armitage (57') (OG)

OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Manager: Robert Mellor
Prior form: LLWLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Taylor (69')

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	27	Duncan Walker	Last game
10	F	26	Cliff Price
11	F	32	Ted Linley	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Hacking
2	D	Harry Grundy
3	D	Ben Brelsford
4	D	Les Adlam
5	D	Jack Armitage
6	M	Jimmy Naylor
7	M	Jack King
8	M	Albert Pynegar
9	M	George Taylor
10	F	Frank Hargreaves
11	F	Bert Watson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Apr 15, 1927)

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

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	36	24	7	5	109	53	16	2	1	70	23	8	5	4	39	30	56	55	DWWWWW	Safe
	2	Portsmouth	35	20	7	8	78	43	12	4	2	50	14	8	3	6	28	29	35	47	DWLWWW	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	36	17	12	7	73	45	13	5	0	53	19	4	7	7	20	26	28	46	LDLWDW	Safe
	4	Chelsea	35	18	9	8	57	44	11	5	1	37	17	7	4	7	20	27	13	45	WWLDDL	Safe
	5	Preston North End	36	18	9	9	69	59	12	4	3	51	28	6	5	6	18	31	10	45	LWLLWL	Safe
	6	Manchester City	35	19	6	10	87	56	12	3	3	49	23	7	3	7	38	33	31	44	DWWWLD	Safe
	7	Hull City	36	18	7	11	56	42	11	4	3	37	15	7	3	8	19	27	14	43	LDWLWD	Safe
	8	Swansea Town	35	15	9	11	57	54	12	4	2	38	16	3	5	9	19	38	3	39	LLLWLW	Safe
	9	Port Vale	36	13	12	11	77	69	10	5	3	44	20	3	7	8	33	49	8	38	LLWWWD	Safe
	10	Southampton	35	14	9	12	53	50	8	6	3	31	18	6	3	9	22	32	3	37	DLLDDL	Safe
	11	Blackpool	36	15	6	15	76	72	11	4	3	52	23	4	2	12	24	49	4	36	WLLWLW	Safe
	12	Barnsley	36	13	8	15	74	82	10	5	3	46	22	3	3	12	28	60	-8	34	WDWLLW
	13	Oldham Athletic	36	15	4	17	61	76	10	2	6	42	32	5	2	11	19	44	-15	34	LLWLLW
	14	Reading	34	12	6	16	54	63	11	0	5	39	17	1	6	11	15	46	-9	30	LLLDWL
	15	Grimsby Town	36	10	10	16	65	81	5	6	7	31	36	5	4	9	34	45	-16	30	DLWWDD
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	7	16	66	61	8	4	5	49	26	3	3	11	17	35	5	29	WWWLWL
	17	South Shields	34	10	9	15	60	71	9	6	2	43	19	1	3	13	17	52	-11	29	DLWLDL
	18	Notts County	36	12	5	19	60	85	9	4	5	37	22	3	1	14	23	63	-25	29	WWDLWL
	19	Fulham	36	9	8	19	42	80	8	4	6	29	27	1	4	13	13	53	-38	26	LDLWLL
	20	Darlington	36	10	4	22	63	82	8	1	8	38	35	2	3	14	25	47	-19	24	LLWLLW
	21	Bradford City	36	6	8	22	43	70	5	3	10	23	25	1	5	12	20	45	-27	20	LLWLWW
	22	Clapton Orient	35	7	6	22	48	90	6	3	8	30	32	1	3	14	18	58	-42	20	DLWLLL

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	37	24	7	6	110	56	16	2	1	70	23	8	5	5	40	33	54	55	WWWWWL	Safe	1-3
	2	Portsmouth	36	20	7	9	79	45	12	4	3	51	16	8	3	6	28	29	34	47	WLWWWL	Safe	1-2
	3	Nottingham Forest	37	17	13	7	74	46	13	6	0	54	20	4	7	7	20	26	28	47	DLWDWD	Safe	1-1
1	4	Preston North End	37	19	9	9	70	59	13	4	3	52	28	6	5	6	18	31	11	47	WLLWLW	Safe	1-0
1	5	Manchester City	36	19	7	10	89	58	12	3	3	49	23	7	4	7	40	35	31	45	WWWLDD	Safe	2-2
2	6	Chelsea	35	18	9	8	57	44	11	5	1	37	17	7	4	7	20	27	13	45	WWLDDL	Safe
	7	Hull City	37	18	7	12	56	43	11	4	3	37	15	7	3	9	19	28	13	43	DWLWDL	Safe	0-1
1	8	Port Vale	37	14	12	11	80	70	11	5	3	47	21	3	7	8	33	49	10	40	LWWWDW	Safe	3-1
1	9	Swansea Town	36	15	9	12	60	58	12	4	2	38	16	3	5	10	22	42	2	39	LLWLWL	Safe	3-4
1	10	Blackpool	37	16	6	15	82	73	12	4	3	58	24	4	2	12	24	49	9	38	LLWLWW	Safe	6-1
1	11	Southampton	36	14	9	13	53	51	8	6	3	31	18	6	3	10	22	33	2	37	LLDDLL	Safe	0-1
	12	Barnsley	37	14	8	15	76	83	10	5	3	46	22	4	3	12	30	61	-7	36	DWLLWW	Safe	2-1
	13	Oldham Athletic	37	15	5	17	62	77	10	2	6	42	32	5	3	11	20	45	-15	35	LWLLWD	Safe	1-1
	14	Reading	35	13	6	16	55	63	11	0	5	39	17	2	6	11	16	46	-8	32	LLDWLW		1-0
	15	Grimsby Town	37	10	10	17	65	82	5	6	8	31	37	5	4	9	34	45	-17	30	LWWDDL		0-1
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	7	16	66	61	8	4	5	49	26	3	3	11	17	35	5	29	WWWLWL
	17	South Shields	35	10	9	16	61	77	9	6	2	43	19	1	3	14	18	58	-16	29	LWLDLL		1-6
	18	Notts County	36	12	5	19	60	85	9	4	5	37	22	3	1	14	23	63	-25	29	WWDLWL
	19	Fulham	37	10	8	19	46	83	9	4	6	33	30	1	4	13	13	53	-37	28	DLWLLW		4-3
	20	Darlington	37	10	5	22	65	84	8	2	8	40	37	2	3	14	25	47	-19	25	LWLLWD		2-2
1	21	Clapton Orient	36	8	6	22	49	90	7	3	8	31	32	1	3	14	18	58	-41	22	LWLLLW		1-0
1	22	Bradford City	36	6	8	22	43	70	5	3	10	23	25	1	5	12	20	45	-27	20	LLWLWW