The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 BRADFORD CITY - Sat Apr 23, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 23, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bradford City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: CE Lines
Attendance:: 6,981
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 4
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Bradford City:: Nov 23, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1135 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 398 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1281 (of 5829)
Total:: 2131 (of 7634)
Played:: 99 years, 4 months, 30 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Charlie Jones (4')
Alf Townsend (77') - Alf Townsend first goal
Sid Gibson (85')

BRADFORD CITY
Manager: Colin Veitch
Prior form: LWWWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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 (85')
8	F	21	Cyril Stocks
9	F	26	Cliff Price
10	F	27	Charlie Jones (4')
11	F	24	Alf Townsend (77')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy McLaren
2	D	Sam Russell
3	D	Willie Watson
4	D	Billy Tyler
5	D	Arthur Bancroft
6	M	Jack Poole
7	M	Albert Pickles
8	M	Stuart McMillan
9	M	Bertie Smith
10	F	Bert Batten
11	F	Fred Moore

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 23, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-0	Chelsea
Blackpool	2-2	Middlesbrough
Darlington	8-2	South Shields
Fulham	3-0	Notts County
Grimsby Town	2-2	Clapton Orient
Manchester City	1-0	Preston North End
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Bradford City
Oldham Athletic	2-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Portsmouth	2-0	Hull City
Reading	2-0	Port Vale
Swansea Town	2-2	Southampton

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	39	25	7	7	114	58	17	2	1	73	23	8	5	6	41	35	56	57	WWWLWL	Safe
	2	Portsmouth	38	21	7	10	80	47	12	4	3	51	16	9	3	7	29	31	33	49	WWWLWL	Safe
	3	Chelsea	37	20	9	8	60	44	13	5	1	40	17	7	4	7	20	27	16	49	LDDLWW	Safe
	4	Preston North End	39	20	9	10	73	63	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	7	19	34	10	49	LWLWWL	Safe
	5	Manchester City	38	20	8	10	98	60	13	3	3	56	23	7	5	7	42	37	38	48	WLDDDW	Safe
	6	Nottingham Forest	39	17	14	8	77	51	13	6	0	54	20	4	8	8	23	31	26	48	WDWDLD	Safe
	7	Hull City	39	20	7	12	61	45	13	4	3	42	17	7	3	9	19	28	16	47	LWDLWW	Safe
	8	Port Vale	39	15	12	12	84	75	11	5	4	49	25	4	7	8	35	50	9	42	WWDWLW	Safe
	9	Blackpool	39	17	7	15	88	77	12	4	3	58	24	5	3	12	30	53	11	41	WLWWWD	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	38	16	9	13	64	65	13	4	2	42	18	3	5	11	22	47	-1	41	WLWLLW	Safe
	11	Southampton	38	14	10	14	55	54	8	7	4	33	21	6	3	10	22	33	1	38	DDLLDL	Safe
	12	Barnsley	39	15	8	16	79	85	11	5	3	48	22	4	3	13	31	63	-6	38	LLWWLW	Safe
	13	Oldham Athletic	39	16	6	17	67	81	10	3	6	45	35	6	3	11	22	46	-14	38	LLWDWD	Safe
	14	Reading	38	14	8	16	59	66	12	1	5	42	19	2	7	11	17	47	-7	36	WLWDDW	Safe
	15	Notts County	39	14	5	20	67	88	10	4	6	42	24	4	1	14	25	64	-21	33	LWLLWW	Safe
	16	South Shields	37	10	11	16	65	81	9	8	2	47	23	1	3	14	18	58	-16	31	LDLLDD
	17	Grimsby Town	39	10	11	18	66	86	5	6	8	31	37	5	5	10	35	49	-20	31	WDDLLD
	18	Fulham	39	11	8	20	51	89	9	4	6	33	30	2	4	14	18	59	-38	30	WLLWWL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	11	7	19	67	65	8	4	7	50	29	3	3	12	17	36	2	29	LWLLLL
	20	Darlington	39	10	5	24	66	93	8	2	8	40	37	2	3	16	26	56	-27	25	LLWDLL
	21	Clapton Orient	38	9	6	23	53	94	7	3	9	33	35	2	3	14	20	59	-41	24	LLLWLW
	22	Bradford City	39	7	8	24	49	76	6	3	11	29	27	1	5	13	20	49	-27	22	LWWWLL

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	40	25	8	7	116	60	17	2	1	73	23	8	6	6	43	37	56	58	WWLWLD	Champions	2-2
	2	Portsmouth	39	22	7	10	82	47	13	4	3	53	16	9	3	7	29	31	35	51	WWLWLW	Safe	2-0
2	3	Manchester City	39	21	8	10	99	60	14	3	3	57	23	7	5	7	42	37	39	50	LDDDWW	Safe	1-0
2	4	Nottingham Forest	40	18	14	8	80	51	14	6	0	57	20	4	8	8	23	31	29	50	DWDLDW	Safe	3-0
2	5	Chelsea	38	20	9	9	60	47	13	5	1	40	17	7	4	8	20	30	13	49	DDLWWL	Safe	0-3
2	6	Preston North End	40	20	9	11	73	64	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	8	19	35	9	49	WLWWLL	Safe	0-1
	7	Hull City	40	20	7	13	61	47	13	4	3	42	17	7	3	10	19	30	14	47	WDLWWL	Safe	0-2
1	8	Blackpool	40	17	8	15	90	79	12	5	3	60	26	5	3	12	30	53	11	42	LWWWDD	Safe	2-2
1	9	Port Vale	40	15	12	13	84	77	11	5	4	49	25	4	7	9	35	52	7	42	WDWLWL	Safe	0-2
	10	Swansea Town	39	16	10	13	66	67	13	5	2	44	20	3	5	11	22	47	-1	42	LWLLWD	Safe	2-2
1	11	Barnsley	40	16	8	16	82	85	12	5	3	51	22	4	3	13	31	63	-3	40	LWWLWW	Safe	3-0
1	12	Oldham Athletic	40	17	6	17	69	81	11	3	6	47	35	6	3	11	22	46	-12	40	LWDWDW	Safe	2-0
2	13	Southampton	39	14	11	14	57	56	8	7	4	33	21	6	4	10	24	35	1	39	DLLDLD	Safe	2-2
	14	Reading	39	15	8	16	61	66	13	1	5	44	19	2	7	11	17	47	-5	38	LWDDWW	Safe	2-0
	15	Notts County	40	14	5	21	67	91	10	4	6	42	24	4	1	15	25	67	-24	33	WLLWWL	Safe	0-3
1	16	Grimsby Town	40	10	12	18	68	88	5	7	8	33	39	5	5	10	35	49	-20	32	DDLLDD	Safe	2-2
1	17	Fulham	40	12	8	20	54	89	10	4	6	36	30	2	4	14	18	59	-35	32	LLWWLW	Safe	3-0
2	18	South Shields	38	10	11	17	67	89	9	8	2	47	23	1	3	15	20	66	-22	31	DLLDDL		2-8
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	11	7	20	67	67	8	4	7	50	29	3	3	13	17	38	0	29	WLLLLL		0-2
	20	Darlington	40	11	5	24	74	95	9	2	8	48	39	2	3	16	26	56	-21	27	LWDLLW		8-2
	21	Clapton Orient	39	9	7	23	55	96	7	3	9	33	35	2	4	14	22	61	-41	25	LLWLWD		2-2
	22	Bradford City	40	7	8	25	49	79	6	3	11	29	27	1	5	14	20	52	-30	22	WWWLLL	Relegated	0-3