The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 2 GRIMSBY TOWN - Sat Oct 29, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 29, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Grimsby Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-2 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: WF Burnell
Attendance:: 14,546
Pos Before/After:: 12 11
Opp Before/After:: 15 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Grimsby Town:: Mar 10, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1149 (of 5029)
League Tier 2:: 412 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1295 (of 5748)
Total:: 2146 (of 7536)
Played:: 97 years, 2 months, 25 days ago

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

Goals
Ernest McLachlan - Ernest McLachlan last goal
Noah Burton
Noah Burton
Charlie Jones
Charlie Jones

GRIMSBY TOWN
Manager: Wilf Gillow
Prior form: DDLLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Len Langford
2	D	28	William 'Bill' Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	F	32	Jackie Belton
5	M	23	Albert Harrison
6	M	28	Gerry Morgan
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	M	24	Ernest McLachlan
9	F	30	Noah Burton
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
11	F	29	Harold Wadsworth

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 Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 29, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-3	Bristol City
Fulham	3-1	West Bromwich Albion
Hull City	2-2	Blackpool
Leeds United	1-0	Oldham Athletic
Manchester City	4-1	Reading
Nottingham Forest	5-2	Grimsby Town
Port Vale	4-0	Southampton
Preston North End	0-3	Chelsea
South Shields	2-3	Notts County
Swansea Town	5-0	Clapton Orient
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-2	Stoke City

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	Chelsea	11	7	3	1	22	8	4	1	0	12	1	3	2	1	10	7	2.75000	17	DDWWWW
	2	Manchester City	11	7	2	2	28	21	5	0	0	15	7	2	2	2	13	14	1.33333	16	WWWWLD
	3	Preston North End	11	6	3	2	25	15	4	0	1	15	5	2	3	1	10	10	1.66667	15	WWWLWD
	4	Stoke City	11	5	4	2	20	11	3	3	0	8	1	2	1	2	12	10	1.81818	14	DDWLWD
	5	Oldham Athletic	11	6	2	3	25	18	4	2	0	17	6	2	0	3	8	12	1.38889	14	LDLWWD
	6	West Bromwich Albion	11	6	2	3	29	21	4	0	1	20	11	2	2	2	9	10	1.38095	14	WDWLWW
	7	Clapton Orient	11	6	2	3	21	17	4	1	0	12	4	2	1	3	9	13	1.23529	14	WLLWLD
	8	Bristol City	11	6	1	4	25	21	4	1	1	14	4	2	0	3	11	17	1.19048	13	LLDLLW
	9	Leeds United	11	5	2	4	26	16	4	1	0	15	2	1	1	4	11	14	1.62500	12	WLLWDL
	10	Barnsley	11	3	6	2	18	17	2	4	0	12	9	1	2	2	6	8	1.05882	12	WWDLDD
	11	Swansea Town	11	5	2	4	32	31	5	0	0	21	7	0	2	4	11	24	1.03226	12	WLWLWL
	12	Nottingham Forest	11	5	1	5	27	21	4	0	1	23	9	1	1	4	4	12	1.28571	11	WLLWLW
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	4	3	4	20	25	4	1	1	15	9	0	2	3	5	16	.80000	11	LWDWWL
	14	Hull City	11	4	2	5	11	13	3	1	1	5	1	1	1	4	6	12	.84615	10	WLWLLL
	15	Grimsby Town	11	2	5	4	18	23	1	3	2	12	15	1	2	2	6	8	.78261	9	DDLLWW
	16	Port Vale	11	4	1	6	17	23	3	1	1	12	6	1	0	5	5	17	.73913	9	WWLWLW
	17	Fulham	11	3	3	5	16	22	3	3	0	13	5	0	0	5	3	17	.72727	9	WLWLDL
	18	Southampton	11	2	3	6	17	23	2	1	3	15	16	0	2	3	2	7	.73913	7	WDDLLW
	19	Notts County	11	2	3	6	12	22	2	1	3	9	10	0	2	3	3	12	.54545	7	DWLDWL
	20	Blackpool	11	2	2	7	16	29	2	2	2	12	9	0	0	5	4	20	.55172	6	LWLWLD
	21	Reading	11	0	5	6	13	26	0	3	3	7	13	0	2	3	6	13	.50000	5	LDDDLL
	22	South Shields	11	1	3	7	15	30	1	1	3	7	12	0	2	4	8	18	.50000	5	LLLWDD

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	Chelsea	12	8	3	1	25	8	4	1	0	12	1	4	2	1	13	7	3.12500	19	DWWWWW		3-0
	2	Manchester City	12	8	2	2	32	22	6	0	0	19	8	2	2	2	13	14	1.45455	18	WWWLDW		4-1
1	3	Stoke City	12	6	4	2	22	12	3	3	0	8	1	3	1	2	14	11	1.83333	16	DWLWDW		2-1
1	4	Preston North End	12	6	3	3	25	18	4	0	2	15	8	2	3	1	10	10	1.38889	15	WWLWDL		0-3
3	5	Bristol City	12	7	1	4	28	23	4	1	1	14	4	3	0	3	14	19	1.21739	15	LDLLWW		3-2
3	6	Leeds United	12	6	2	4	27	16	5	1	0	16	2	1	1	4	11	14	1.68750	14	LLWDLW		1-0
2	7	Oldham Athletic	12	6	2	4	25	19	4	2	0	17	6	2	0	4	8	13	1.31579	14	DLWWDL		0-1
2	8	West Bromwich Albion	12	6	2	4	30	24	4	0	1	20	11	2	2	3	10	13	1.25000	14	DWLWWL		1-3
2	9	Swansea Town	12	6	2	4	37	31	6	0	0	26	7	0	2	4	11	24	1.19355	14	LWLWLW		5-0
3	10	Clapton Orient	12	6	2	4	21	22	4	1	0	12	4	2	1	4	9	18	.95455	14	LLWLDL		0-5
1	11	Nottingham Forest	12	6	1	5	32	23	5	0	1	28	11	1	1	4	4	12	1.39130	13	LLWLWW		5-2
2	12	Barnsley	12	3	6	3	20	20	2	4	1	14	12	1	2	2	6	8	1.00000	12	WDLDDL		2-3
3	13	Port Vale	12	5	1	6	21	23	4	1	1	16	6	1	0	5	5	17	.91304	11	WLWLWW		4-0
	14	Hull City	12	4	3	5	13	15	3	2	1	7	3	1	1	4	6	12	.86667	11	LWLLLD		2-2
2	15	Fulham	12	4	3	5	19	23	4	3	0	16	6	0	0	5	3	17	.82609	11	LWLDLW		3-1
3	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	4	3	5	21	27	4	1	2	16	11	0	2	3	5	16	.77778	11	WDWWLL		1-2
2	17	Grimsby Town	12	2	5	5	20	28	1	3	2	12	15	1	2	3	8	13	.71429	9	DLLWWL		2-5
1	18	Notts County	12	3	3	6	15	24	2	1	3	9	10	1	2	3	6	14	.62500	9	WLDWLW		3-2
1	19	Southampton	12	2	3	7	17	27	2	1	3	15	16	0	2	4	2	11	.62963	7	DDLLWL		0-4
	20	Blackpool	12	2	3	7	18	31	2	2	2	12	9	0	1	5	6	22	.58065	7	WLWLDD		2-2
1	21	South Shields	12	1	3	8	17	33	1	1	4	9	15	0	2	4	8	18	.51515	5	LLWDDL		2-3
1	22	Reading	12	0	5	7	14	30	0	3	3	7	13	0	2	4	7	17	.46667	5	DDDLLL		1-4