The City Ground

SOUTHAMPTON 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 30, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 30, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Southampton
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Dell
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 30 April 1927

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: A Ward
Attendance:: 7,136
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 11 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Port Vale (League Tier 2)
Southampton:: Dec 24, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1136 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 399 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1282 (of 5768)
Total:: 2132 (of 7557)
Played:: 98 years, 2 months, 20 days ago

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

Goals

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Arthur Chadwick
Prior form: LLDLDD (Old to recent)

Goals
Dick Rowley (77')

Penalties Missed:
Rawlings

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	M	24	John Saxton	Last game
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
11	F	24	Alf Townsend

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tommy Allen
2	D	Ted Hough
3	D	Mike Keeping
4	D	Albert Shelley
5	D	George Harkus
6	M	Stan Woodhouse
7	M	Bill Henderson
8	M	Dick Rowley
9	M	Bill Rawlings
10	F	Sam Taylor
11	F	Billy 'Spud' Murphy

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 30, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford City	1-1	Barnsley
Chelsea	0-0	Manchester City
Clapton Orient	1-0	Blackpool
Hull City	1-2	Oldham Athletic
Middlesbrough	5-0	Reading
Notts County	3-0	Grimsby Town
Port Vale	1-1	Swansea Town
South Shields	1-0	Portsmouth
Southampton	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-1	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Middlesbrough	40	25	8	7	116	60	17	2	1	73	23	8	6	6	43	37	1.93333	58	WWLWLD	Champions
	2	Portsmouth	39	22	7	10	82	47	13	4	3	53	16	9	3	7	29	31	1.74468	51	WWLWLW	Safe
	3	Manchester City	40	21	9	10	100	61	14	3	3	57	23	7	6	7	43	38	1.63934	51	DDDWWD	Safe
	4	Nottingham Forest	40	18	14	8	80	51	14	6	0	57	20	4	8	8	23	31	1.56863	50	DWDLDW	Safe
	5	Chelsea	39	20	9	10	60	50	13	5	1	40	17	7	4	9	20	33	1.20000	49	DLWWLL	Safe
	6	Preston North End	41	20	9	12	73	67	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	9	19	38	1.08955	49	LWWLLL	Safe
	7	Hull City	40	20	7	13	61	47	13	4	3	42	17	7	3	10	19	30	1.29787	47	WDLWWL	Safe
	8	Blackpool	40	17	8	15	90	79	12	5	3	60	26	5	3	12	30	53	1.13924	42	LWWWDD	Safe
	9	Port Vale	40	15	12	13	84	77	11	5	4	49	25	4	7	9	35	52	1.09091	42	WDWLWL	Safe
	10	Swansea Town	39	16	10	13	66	67	13	5	2	44	20	3	5	11	22	47	.98507	42	LWLLWD	Safe
	11	Southampton	40	14	12	14	58	57	8	8	4	34	22	6	4	10	24	35	1.01754	40	LLDLDD	Safe
	12	Reading	40	16	8	16	64	66	14	1	5	47	19	2	7	11	17	47	.96970	40	WDDWWW	Safe
	13	Barnsley	40	16	8	16	82	85	12	5	3	51	22	4	3	13	31	63	.96471	40	LWWLWW	Safe
	14	Oldham Athletic	40	17	6	17	69	81	11	3	6	47	35	6	3	11	22	46	.85185	40	LWDWDW	Safe
	15	Notts County	40	14	5	21	67	91	10	4	6	42	24	4	1	15	25	67	.73626	33	WLLWWL	Safe
	16	Grimsby Town	40	10	12	18	68	88	5	7	8	33	39	5	5	10	35	49	.77273	32	DDLLDD	Safe
	17	Fulham	40	12	8	20	54	89	10	4	6	36	30	2	4	14	18	59	.60674	32	LLWWLW	Safe
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	12	7	20	69	67	9	4	7	52	29	3	3	13	17	38	1.02985	31	LLLLLW
	19	South Shields	39	10	11	18	67	91	9	8	2	47	23	1	3	16	20	68	.73626	31	LLDDLL
	20	Darlington	40	11	5	24	74	95	9	2	8	48	39	2	3	16	26	56	.77895	27	LWDLLW
	21	Clapton Orient	40	10	7	23	58	96	8	3	9	36	35	2	4	14	22	61	.60417	27	LWLWDW
	22	Bradford City	40	7	8	25	49	79	6	3	11	29	27	1	5	14	20	52	.62025	22	WWWLLL	Relegated

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Middlesbrough	41	26	8	7	121	60	18	2	1	78	23	8	6	6	43	37	2.01667	60	WLWLDW	Champions	5-0
1	2	Manchester City	41	21	10	10	100	61	14	3	3	57	23	7	7	7	43	38	1.63934	52	DDWWDD	Safe	0-0
1	3	Portsmouth	40	22	7	11	82	48	13	4	3	53	16	9	3	8	29	32	1.70833	51	WLWLWL	Safe	0-1
	4	Nottingham Forest	41	18	14	9	80	52	14	6	0	57	20	4	8	9	23	32	1.53846	50	WDLDWL	Safe	0-1
	5	Chelsea	40	20	10	10	60	50	13	6	1	40	17	7	4	9	20	33	1.20000	50	LWWLLD	Safe	0-0
	6	Preston North End	41	20	9	12	73	67	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	9	19	38	1.08955	49	LWWLLL	Safe
	7	Hull City	41	20	7	14	62	49	13	4	4	43	19	7	3	10	19	30	1.26531	47	DLWWLL	Safe	1-2
1	8	Port Vale	41	15	13	13	85	78	11	6	4	50	26	4	7	9	35	52	1.08974	43	DWLWLD	Safe	1-1
1	9	Swansea Town	40	16	11	13	67	68	13	5	2	44	20	3	6	11	23	48	.98529	43	WLLWDD	Safe	1-1
2	10	Blackpool	41	17	8	16	90	80	12	5	3	60	26	5	3	13	30	54	1.12500	42	WWWDDL	Safe	0-1
	11	Southampton	41	15	12	14	59	57	9	8	4	35	22	6	4	10	24	35	1.03509	42	LDLDDW	Safe	1-0
2	12	Oldham Athletic	41	18	6	17	71	82	11	3	6	47	35	7	3	11	24	47	.86585	42	WDWDWW	Safe	2-1
	13	Barnsley	41	16	9	16	83	86	12	5	3	51	22	4	4	13	32	64	.96512	41	WWLWWD	Safe	1-1
2	14	Reading	41	16	8	17	64	71	14	1	5	47	19	2	7	12	17	52	.90141	40	DDWWWL	Safe	0-5
	15	Notts County	41	15	5	21	70	91	11	4	6	45	24	4	1	15	25	67	.76923	35	LLWWLW	Safe	3-0
2	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	13	7	20	71	68	10	4	7	54	30	3	3	13	17	38	1.04412	33	LLLLWW	Safe	2-1
2	17	South Shields	40	11	11	18	68	91	10	8	2	48	23	1	3	16	20	68	.74725	33	LDDLLW	Safe	1-0
2	18	Grimsby Town	41	10	12	19	68	91	5	7	8	33	39	5	5	11	35	52	.74725	32	DLLDDL	Safe	0-3
2	19	Fulham	41	12	8	21	55	91	10	4	6	36	30	2	4	15	19	61	.60440	32	LWWLWL	Safe	1-2
1	20	Clapton Orient	41	11	7	23	59	96	9	3	9	37	35	2	4	14	22	61	.61458	29	WLWDWW		1-0
1	21	Darlington	40	11	5	24	74	95	9	2	8	48	39	2	3	16	26	56	.77895	27	LWDLLW
	22	Bradford City	41	7	9	25	50	80	6	4	11	30	28	1	5	14	20	52	.62500	23	WWLLLD	Relegated	1-1