The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 5 MANCHESTER CITY - Sat Sep 24, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 24, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Manchester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-5 LOST
: Half-time: 1-4

Sources:: StatCity.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: ER Westwood
Attendance:: 12,893
League Week:: 7 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 12
Opp Before/After:: 3 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Hull City (League Tier 2)
Manchester City:: Feb 04, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1144 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 407 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1290 (of 5829)
Total:: 2141 (of 7634)
Played:: 98 years, 11 months, 24 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Roe (43') - Tommy Roe first goal
Charlie Jones (57')
Tommy Roe (75')
Tommy Roe (81')

MANCHESTER CITY
Manager: Peter Hodge
Prior form: DWWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Johnson (7')
Tommy Johnson (9')
Charlie Broadhurst (30')
George Hicks (40')
George Hicks (47')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Len Langford
2	F	28	Percy Barratt
3	D	26	Thomas Hicks
4	F	32	Jackie Belton
5	M	28	Gerry Morgan
6	F	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks
9	M	26	Tommy Roe (43') (75') (81')
10	F	27	Charlie Jones (57')
11	F	28	Harold Wadsworth

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	28	Len Langford	98		7	1
2	F	28	Percy Barratt	167	14	7	1
3	D	26	Thomas Hicks	2		7	1
4	F	32	Jackie Belton	320	16	7	1
5	M	28	Gerry Morgan	188	6	140	8
6	F	34	Bob Wallace	172		7	1
7	M	28	Sid Gibson	237	41	7	1
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks	70	27	7	1
9	M	26	Tommy Roe (43') (75') (81')	1		9	2
10	F	27	Charlie Jones (57')	75	16	7	1
11	F	28	Harold Wadsworth	6	1	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bert Gray
2	D	Micky Ridley
3	D	Phil McCloy
4	D	Chris Pringle
5	D	Sam Cowan
6	M	Jimmy McMullan
7	M	Peter Bell
8	M	Matt Barrass
9	M	Charlie Broadhurst
10	F	Tommy Johnson
11	F	George Hicks

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 24, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	4-2	Clapton Orient
Blackpool	6-2	Bristol City
Chelsea	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
Grimsby Town	2-2	Southampton
Leeds United	2-0	Hull City
Nottingham Forest	4-5	Manchester City
Oldham Athletic	0-0	Notts County
Port Vale	2-0	Swansea Town
Reading	1-1	Stoke City
South Shields	2-3	Preston North End
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-1	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Clapton Orient	6	5	1	0	13	4	3	0	0	7	1	2	1	0	6	3	9	11	DWWWWW
2	Bristol City	6	5	0	1	17	9	3	0	0	10	2	2	0	1	7	7	8	10	WWWWWL
3	Manchester City	6	4	1	1	16	12	3	0	0	10	5	1	1	1	6	7	4	9	DWWLWW
4	Preston North End	6	3	2	1	14	8	2	0	1	9	4	1	2	0	5	4	6	8	DWLDWW
5	Oldham Athletic	6	4	0	2	17	10	3	0	0	12	2	1	0	2	5	8	7	8	WWLWWL
6	Stoke City	6	3	2	1	15	9	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	1	11	8	6	8	WWWDLD
7	Swansea Town	6	3	2	1	22	16	3	0	0	13	4	0	2	1	9	12	6	8	DLWWDW
8	Hull City	6	3	2	1	8	6	2	1	0	3	0	1	1	1	5	6	2	8	DLWDWW
9	Chelsea	5	3	1	1	12	4	2	0	0	8	0	1	1	1	4	4	8	7	WWWDL
10	Leeds United	5	3	1	1	14	5	2	1	0	8	2	1	0	1	6	3	9	7	WDWWL
11	Nottingham Forest	6	3	1	2	18	11	3	0	0	16	3	0	1	2	2	8	7	7	DWWLLW
12	West Bromwich Albion	6	3	1	2	17	13	2	0	1	11	8	1	1	1	6	5	4	7	LLWDWW
13	Fulham	6	2	2	2	9	13	2	2	0	8	4	0	0	2	1	9	-4	6	DLLDWW
14	Barnsley	5	1	3	1	9	10	0	2	0	4	4	1	1	1	5	6	-1	5	DDWDL
15	Grimsby Town	6	0	4	2	9	14	0	2	1	6	9	0	2	1	3	5	-5	4	DDLLDD
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	1	2	3	8	16	1	1	1	6	6	0	1	2	2	10	-8	4	DLWLDL
17	Southampton	6	1	1	4	9	15	1	0	2	9	11	0	1	2	0	4	-6	3	LLLLDW
18	Port Vale	6	1	1	4	8	14	1	1	1	8	5	0	0	3	0	9	-6	3	DLLLLW
19	Reading	6	0	2	4	8	18	0	1	2	4	8	0	1	2	4	10	-10	2	LDLLDL
20	South Shields	6	0	1	5	6	18	0	1	2	3	8	0	0	3	3	10	-12	1	LLLLDL
21	Blackpool	6	0	1	5	6	20	0	1	2	3	5	0	0	3	3	15	-14	1	DLLLLL
22	Notts County	5	0	1	4	2	12	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	10	-10	1	LLLDL

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	Clapton Orient	7	5	1	1	15	8	3	0	0	7	1	2	1	1	8	7	7	11	WWWWWL		2-4
1	2	Manchester City	7	5	1	1	21	16	3	0	0	10	5	2	1	1	11	11	5	11	WWLWWW		5-4
1	3	Preston North End	7	4	2	1	17	10	2	0	1	9	4	2	2	0	8	6	7	10	WLDWWW		3-2
2	4	Bristol City	7	5	0	2	19	15	3	0	0	10	2	2	0	2	9	13	4	10	WWWWLL		2-6
5	5	Leeds United	6	4	1	1	16	5	3	1	0	10	2	1	0	1	6	3	11	9	WDWWLW		2-0
1	6	Oldham Athletic	7	4	1	2	17	10	3	1	0	12	2	1	0	2	5	8	7	9	WLWWLD		0-0
1	7	Stoke City	7	3	3	1	16	10	1	2	0	4	1	2	1	1	12	9	6	9	WWDLDD		1-1
1	8	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	13	5	2	1	0	9	1	1	1	1	4	4	8	8	WWWDLD		1-1
3	9	West Bromwich Albion	7	3	2	2	18	14	2	0	1	11	8	1	2	1	7	6	4	8	LWDWWD		1-1
3	10	Swansea Town	7	3	2	2	22	18	3	0	0	13	4	0	2	2	9	14	4	8	LWWDWL		0-2
3	11	Hull City	7	3	2	2	8	8	2	1	0	3	0	1	1	2	5	8	0	8	LWDWWL		0-2
1	12	Nottingham Forest	7	3	1	3	22	16	3	0	1	20	8	0	1	2	2	8	6	7	WWLLWL		4-5
1	13	Barnsley	6	2	3	1	13	12	1	2	0	8	6	1	1	1	5	6	1	7	DDWDLW		4-2
2	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	2	2	3	11	17	2	1	1	9	7	0	1	2	2	10	-6	6	LWLDLW		3-1
2	15	Fulham	7	2	2	3	10	16	2	2	0	8	4	0	0	3	2	12	-6	6	LLDWWL		1-3
2	16	Port Vale	7	2	1	4	10	14	2	1	1	10	5	0	0	3	0	9	-4	5	LLLLWW		2-0
2	17	Grimsby Town	7	0	5	2	11	16	0	3	1	8	11	0	2	1	3	5	-5	5	DLLDDD		2-2
1	18	Southampton	7	1	2	4	11	17	1	0	2	9	11	0	2	2	2	6	-6	4	LLLDWD		2-2
2	19	Blackpool	7	1	1	5	12	22	1	1	2	9	7	0	0	3	3	15	-10	3	LLLLLW		6-2
1	20	Reading	7	0	3	4	9	19	0	2	2	5	9	0	1	2	4	10	-10	3	DLLDLD		1-1
1	21	Notts County	6	0	2	4	2	12	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	3	1	10	-10	2	LLLDLD		0-0
2	22	South Shields	7	0	1	6	8	21	0	1	3	5	11	0	0	3	3	10	-13	1	LLLDLL		2-3