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OLDHAM ATHLETIC 3 - 3 FOREST - Mon Apr 18, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Apr 18, 1927 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Oldham Athletic
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Boundary Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-3 (Draw)

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: RG Rudd
Attendance:: 13,153
Pos Before/After:: 4 6
Opp Before/After:: 12 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bradford City (League Tier 2)
Oldham Athletic:: Nov 05, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1134 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 397 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1280 (of 5679)
Total:: 2128 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Review:
Percy Barratt missed a penalty by hitting the post on 78 minutes

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

Goals:
Sid Gibson
Jackie Belton - Jackie Belton last goal
Cliff Price - Cliff Price last goal

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

Goals:
?
?
?

Penalties Missed:
Percy Barratt (78)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Len Langford
2	D	William 'Bill' Thompson
3	F	Percy Barratt
4	M	John Saxton
5	M	Gerry Morgan
6	F	Bob Wallace
7	M	Sid Gibson
8	F	Jackie Belton
9	F	Cliff Price
10	F	Charlie Jones
11	F	Alf Townsend

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Mon Apr 18, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-0	Portsmouth
Chelsea	1-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Hull City	3-1	Preston North End
Manchester City	7-0	Darlington
Notts County	4-0	Bradford City
Oldham Athletic	3-3	Nottingham Forest
Reading	1-1	Grimsby Town
South Shields	2-2	Blackpool
Southampton	1-2	Clapton Orient
Swansea Town	4-2	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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Middlesbrough	38	25	7	6	113	56	17	2	1	73	23	8	5	5	40	33	2.01786	57	WWWWLW
	2	Portsmouth	37	21	7	9	80	45	12	4	3	51	16	9	3	6	29	29	1.77778	49	LWWWLW
	3	Preston North End	38	20	9	9	72	60	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	6	18	31	1.20000	49	LLWLWW
	4	Nottingham Forest	38	17	13	8	74	48	13	6	0	54	20	4	7	8	20	28	1.54167	47	LWDWDL
	5	Chelsea	36	19	9	8	59	44	12	5	1	39	17	7	4	7	20	27	1.34091	47	WLDDLW
	6	Manchester City	37	19	8	10	91	60	12	3	3	49	23	7	5	7	42	37	1.51667	46	WWLDDD
	7	Hull City	38	19	7	12	58	44	12	4	3	39	16	7	3	9	19	28	1.31818	45	WLWDLW
	8	Blackpool	38	17	6	15	86	75	12	4	3	58	24	5	2	12	28	51	1.14667	40	LWLWWW
	9	Port Vale	38	14	12	12	82	74	11	5	4	49	25	3	7	8	33	49	1.10811	40	WWWDWL
	10	Swansea Town	37	15	9	13	60	63	12	4	2	38	16	3	5	11	22	47	.95238	39	LWLWLL
	11	Southampton	37	14	10	13	54	52	8	7	3	32	19	6	3	10	22	33	1.03846	38	LDDLLD
	12	Oldham Athletic	38	16	5	17	64	78	10	2	6	42	32	6	3	11	22	46	.82051	37	WLLWDW
	13	Barnsley	38	14	8	16	77	85	10	5	3	46	22	4	3	13	31	63	.90588	36	WLLWWL
	14	Reading	36	13	7	16	56	64	11	0	5	39	17	2	7	11	17	47	.87500	33	LDWLWD
	15	South Shields	36	10	10	16	63	79	9	7	2	45	21	1	3	14	18	58	.79747	30	WLDLLD
	16	Grimsby Town	38	10	10	18	65	85	5	6	8	31	37	5	4	10	34	48	.76471	30	WWDDLL
	17	Fulham	38	11	8	19	49	85	9	4	6	33	30	2	4	13	16	55	.57647	30	LWLLWW
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	11	7	17	66	62	8	4	6	49	27	3	3	11	17	35	1.06452	29	WWLWLL
	19	Notts County	37	12	5	20	61	87	9	4	6	38	24	3	1	14	23	63	.70115	29	WDLWLL
	20	Darlington	38	10	5	23	66	86	8	2	8	40	37	2	3	15	26	49	.76744	25	WLLWDL
	21	Bradford City	37	7	8	22	48	70	6	3	10	28	25	1	5	12	20	45	.68571	22	LWLWWW
	22	Clapton Orient	37	8	6	23	51	93	7	3	9	33	35	1	3	14	18	58	.54839	22	WLLLWL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Middlesbrough	38	25	7	6	113	56	17	2	1	73	23	8	5	5	40	33	2.01786	57	WWWWLW
	2	Portsmouth	38	21	7	10	80	47	12	4	3	51	16	9	3	7	29	31	1.70213	49	WWWLWL	0-2
2	3	Chelsea	37	20	9	8	60	44	13	5	1	40	17	7	4	7	20	27	1.36364	49	LDDLWW	1-0
1	4	Preston North End	39	20	9	10	73	63	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	7	19	34	1.15873	49	LWLWWL	1-3
1	5	Manchester City	38	20	8	10	98	60	13	3	3	56	23	7	5	7	42	37	1.63333	48	WLDDDW	7-0
2	6	Nottingham Forest	39	17	14	8	77	51	13	6	0	54	20	4	8	8	23	31	1.50980	48	WDWDLD	3-3
	7	Hull City	39	20	7	12	61	45	13	4	3	42	17	7	3	9	19	28	1.35556	47	LWDLWW	3-1
	8	Blackpool	39	17	7	15	88	77	12	4	3	58	24	5	3	12	30	53	1.14286	41	WLWWWD	2-2
1	9	Swansea Town	38	16	9	13	64	65	13	4	2	42	18	3	5	11	22	47	.98462	41	WLWLLW	4-2
1	10	Port Vale	38	14	12	12	82	74	11	5	4	49	25	3	7	8	33	49	1.10811	40	WWWDWL
	11	Southampton	38	14	10	14	55	54	8	7	4	33	21	6	3	10	22	33	1.01852	38	DDLLDL	1-2
1	12	Barnsley	39	15	8	16	79	85	11	5	3	48	22	4	3	13	31	63	.92941	38	LLWWLW	2-0
1	13	Oldham Athletic	39	16	6	17	67	81	10	3	6	45	35	6	3	11	22	46	.82716	38	LLWDWD	3-3
	14	Reading	37	13	8	16	57	65	11	1	5	40	18	2	7	11	17	47	.87692	34	DWLWDD	1-1
	15	South Shields	37	10	11	16	65	81	9	8	2	47	23	1	3	14	18	58	.80247	31	LDLLDD	2-2
	16	Grimsby Town	39	10	11	18	66	86	5	6	8	31	37	5	5	10	35	49	.76744	31	WDDLLD	1-1
2	17	Notts County	38	13	5	20	65	87	10	4	6	42	24	3	1	14	23	63	.74713	31	DLWLLW	4-0
1	18	Fulham	39	11	8	20	51	89	9	4	6	33	30	2	4	14	18	59	.57303	30	WLLWWL	2-4
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	11	7	18	66	63	8	4	6	49	27	3	3	12	17	36	1.04762	29	WLWLLL	0-1
	20	Darlington	39	10	5	24	66	93	8	2	8	40	37	2	3	16	26	56	.70968	25	LLWDLL	0-7
1	21	Clapton Orient	38	9	6	23	53	94	7	3	9	33	35	2	3	14	20	59	.56383	24	LLLWLW	2-1
1	22	Bradford City	38	7	8	23	48	74	6	3	10	28	25	1	5	13	20	49	.64865	22	WLWWWL	0-4