The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 3 PORT VALE - Sat May 07, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat May 07, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 07 May 1927

Season:: 1926-27
Referee:: AE Caseley
Attendance:: 5,455
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 5
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Northampton Town (Friendly)
League:: Port Vale
Port Vale:: Aug 27, 1927

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1137 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 400 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1283 (of 5829)
Total:: 2133 (of 7634)
Played:: 99 years, 4 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

PORT VALE
Manager: Joe Schofield
Prior form: DWLWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Harry Anstiss (43')
Wilf Kirkham (58')
Alf Townsend (74') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Len Langford
2	D	27	Bill Thompson
3	F	28	Percy Barratt
4	F	32	Jackie Belton
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan
6	F	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	27	Sid Gibson
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks
9	F	26	Cliff Price
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
11	F	24	Alf Townsend

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	27	Len Langford	91		7	1
2	D	27	Bill Thompson	148		7	1
3	F	28	Percy Barratt	160	12	7	1
4	F	32	Jackie Belton	317	16	7	1
5	M	27	Gerry Morgan	187	6	7	1
6	F	34	Bob Wallace	165		7	1
7	M	27	Sid Gibson	230	39	7	1
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks	63	23	7	1
9	F	26	Cliff Price	14	5	14	2
10	F	27	Charlie Jones	68	12	7	1
11	F	24	Alf Townsend	7	1	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Howard Matthews
2	D	Jack Maddock
3	D	Jimmy Oakes
4	D	George Whitcombe
5	D	Bob Connelly
6	M	Billy Briscoe
7	M	Jack Lowe
8	M	Harry Anstiss
9	M	Wilf Kirkham
10	F	Tom Page
11	F	Jack Simms

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat May 07, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	5-1	Southampton
Blackpool	5-0	Notts County
Darlington	2-2	Chelsea
Fulham	3-1	Hull City
Grimsby Town	6-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City	8-0	Bradford City
Nottingham Forest	0-3	Port Vale
Oldham Athletic	3-2	South Shields
Portsmouth	5-1	Preston North End
Reading	0-1	Clapton Orient
Swansea Town	0-1	Middlesbrough

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	41	26	8	7	121	60	18	2	1	78	23	8	6	6	43	37	61	60	WLWLDW	Champions
2	Portsmouth	41	22	8	11	82	48	13	4	3	53	16	9	4	8	29	32	34	52	LWLWLD	Safe
3	Manchester City	41	21	10	10	100	61	14	3	3	57	23	7	7	7	43	38	39	52	DDWWDD	Safe
4	Chelsea	41	20	11	10	60	50	13	7	1	40	17	7	4	9	20	33	10	51	WWLLDD	Safe
5	Nottingham Forest	41	18	14	9	80	52	14	6	0	57	20	4	8	9	23	32	28	50	WDLDWL	Safe
6	Preston North End	41	20	9	12	73	67	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	9	19	38	6	49	LWWLLL	Safe
7	Hull City	41	20	7	14	62	49	13	4	4	43	19	7	3	10	19	30	13	47	DLWWLL	Safe
8	Port Vale	41	15	13	13	85	78	11	6	4	50	26	4	7	9	35	52	7	43	DWLWLD	Safe
9	Swansea Town	41	16	11	14	68	71	13	5	2	44	20	3	6	12	24	51	-3	43	LLWDDL	Safe
10	Blackpool	41	17	8	16	90	80	12	5	3	60	26	5	3	13	30	54	10	42	WWWDDL	Safe
11	Southampton	41	15	12	14	59	57	9	8	4	35	22	6	4	10	24	35	2	42	LDLDDW	Safe
12	Oldham Athletic	41	18	6	17	71	82	11	3	6	47	35	7	3	11	24	47	-11	42	WDWDWW	Safe
13	Barnsley	41	16	9	16	83	86	12	5	3	51	22	4	4	13	32	64	-3	41	WWLWWD	Safe
14	Reading	41	16	8	17	64	71	14	1	5	47	19	2	7	12	17	52	-7	40	DDWWWL	Safe
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	14	7	20	73	69	10	4	7	54	30	4	3	13	19	39	4	35	LLLWWW	Safe
16	Notts County	41	15	5	21	70	91	11	4	6	45	24	4	1	15	25	67	-21	35	LLWWLW	Safe
17	South Shields	41	11	11	19	69	93	10	8	3	49	25	1	3	16	20	68	-24	33	DDLLWL	Safe
18	Grimsby Town	41	10	12	19	68	91	5	7	8	33	39	5	5	11	35	52	-23	32	DLLDDL	Safe
19	Fulham	41	12	8	21	55	91	10	4	6	36	30	2	4	15	19	61	-36	32	LWWLWL	Safe
20	Darlington	41	12	5	24	77	96	10	2	8	51	40	2	3	16	26	56	-19	29	WDLLWW
21	Clapton Orient	41	11	7	23	59	96	9	3	9	37	35	2	4	14	22	61	-37	29	WLWDWW
22	Bradford City	41	7	9	25	50	80	6	4	11	30	28	1	5	14	20	52	-30	23	WWLLLD	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Middlesbrough	42	27	8	7	122	60	18	2	1	78	23	9	6	6	44	37	62	62	LWLDWW	Promoted	1-0
	2	Portsmouth	42	23	8	11	87	49	14	4	3	58	17	9	4	8	29	32	38	54	WLWLDW	Promoted	5-1
	3	Manchester City	42	22	10	10	108	61	15	3	3	65	23	7	7	7	43	38	47	54	DWWDDW	Safe	8-0
	4	Chelsea	42	20	12	10	62	52	13	7	1	40	17	7	5	9	22	35	10	52	WLLDDD	Safe	2-2
	5	Nottingham Forest	42	18	14	10	80	55	14	6	1	57	23	4	8	9	23	32	25	50	DLDWLL	Safe	0-3
	6	Preston North End	42	20	9	13	74	72	14	4	3	54	29	6	5	10	20	43	2	49	WWLLLL	Safe	1-5
	7	Hull City	42	20	7	15	63	52	13	4	4	43	19	7	3	11	20	33	11	47	LWWLLL	Safe	1-3
	8	Port Vale	42	16	13	13	88	78	11	6	4	50	26	5	7	9	38	52	10	45	WLWLDW	Safe	3-0
1	9	Blackpool	42	18	8	16	95	80	13	5	3	65	26	5	3	13	30	54	15	44	WWDDLW	Safe	5-0
2	10	Oldham Athletic	42	19	6	17	74	84	12	3	6	50	37	7	3	11	24	47	-10	44	DWDWWW	Safe	3-2
2	11	Barnsley	42	17	9	16	88	87	13	5	3	56	23	4	4	13	32	64	1	43	WLWWDW	Safe	5-1
3	12	Swansea Town	42	16	11	15	68	72	13	5	3	44	21	3	6	12	24	51	-4	43	LWDDLL	Safe	0-1
2	13	Southampton	42	15	12	15	60	62	9	8	4	35	22	6	4	11	25	40	-2	42	DLDDWL	Safe	1-5
	14	Reading	42	16	8	18	64	72	14	1	6	47	20	2	7	12	17	52	-8	40	DWWWLL	Safe	0-1
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	7	21	73	75	10	4	7	54	30	4	3	14	19	45	-2	35	LLWWWL	Safe	0-6
	16	Notts County	42	15	5	22	70	96	11	4	6	45	24	4	1	16	25	72	-26	35	LWWLWL	Safe	0-5
1	17	Grimsby Town	42	11	12	19	74	91	6	7	8	39	39	5	5	11	35	52	-17	34	LLDDLW	Safe	6-0
1	18	Fulham	42	13	8	21	58	92	11	4	6	39	31	2	4	15	19	61	-34	34	WWLWLW	Safe	3-1
2	19	South Shields	42	11	11	20	71	96	10	8	3	49	25	1	3	17	22	71	-25	33	DLLWLL	Safe	2-3
1	20	Clapton Orient	42	12	7	23	60	96	9	3	9	37	35	3	4	14	23	61	-36	31	LWDWWW	Safe	1-0
1	21	Darlington	42	12	6	24	79	98	10	3	8	53	42	2	3	16	26	56	-19	30	DLLWWD	Relegated	2-2
	22	Bradford City	42	7	9	26	50	88	6	4	11	30	28	1	5	15	20	60	-38	23	WLLLDL	Relegated	0-8