The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 BLACKPOOL - Sat Nov 12, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 12, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: WE Russell
Attendance:: 8,602
League Week:: 14 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 10
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Mar 24, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1151 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 414 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1297 (of 5829)
Total:: 2148 (of 7634)
Played:: 98 years, 10 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Noah Burton (8')
Cyril Stocks (54')
Percy Barratt (56') (Pen)
Sid Gibson (86')

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Sydney Beaumont
Prior form: LWLDDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Hampson (29')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Arthur Dexter
2	D	28	Bill Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt (56')
4	M	23	Albert Harrison
5	M	28	Gerry Morgan
6	F	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson (86')
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks (54')
9	F	30	Noah Burton (8')
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
11	F	29	Harold Wadsworth

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Fred Mobbs
2	D	Laurie Barnett
3	D	Arthur Tilford
4	D	Albert Watson
5	D	Percy Thorpe
6	M	Billy Benton
7	M	Jack Meredith
8	M	Bert Fishwick
9	M	Jimmy Hampson
10	F	Syd Tuffnell
11	F	Dick Neal

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 12, 1927)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-1	Southampton
Fulham	1-5	Stoke City
Hull City	2-2	Clapton Orient
Leeds United	6-2	Reading
Manchester City	0-1	Chelsea
Nottingham Forest	4-1	Blackpool
Port Vale	1-0	Oldham Athletic
Preston North End	3-3	West Bromwich Albion
South Shields	1-2	Grimsby Town
Swansea Town	1-1	Bristol City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-2	Notts County

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	Chelsea	13	9	3	1	29	8	5	1	0	16	1	4	2	1	13	7	21	21	WWWWWW
	2	Manchester City	13	8	2	3	33	26	6	0	0	19	8	2	2	3	14	18	7	18	WWLDWL
	3	Bristol City	13	8	1	4	32	24	5	1	1	18	5	3	0	3	14	19	8	17	DLLWWW
	4	Stoke City	13	6	4	3	22	14	3	3	1	8	3	3	1	2	14	11	8	16	WLWDWL
	5	Oldham Athletic	13	7	2	4	29	20	5	2	0	21	7	2	0	4	8	13	9	16	LWWDLW
	6	Clapton Orient	13	7	2	4	24	24	5	1	0	15	6	2	1	4	9	18	0	16	LWLDLW
	7	Leeds United	13	6	3	4	29	18	5	1	0	16	2	1	2	4	13	16	11	15	LWDLWD
	8	West Bromwich Albion	13	6	3	4	31	25	4	1	1	21	12	2	2	3	10	13	6	15	WLWWLD
	9	Preston North End	13	6	3	4	26	22	4	0	2	15	8	2	3	2	11	14	4	15	WLWDLL
	10	Swansea Town	13	6	2	5	37	35	6	0	0	26	7	0	2	5	11	28	2	14	WLWLWL
	11	Nottingham Forest	13	6	1	6	33	27	5	0	1	28	11	1	1	5	5	16	6	13	LWLWWL
	12	Barnsley	13	3	7	3	21	21	2	4	1	14	12	1	3	2	7	9	0	13	DLDDLD
	13	Port Vale	13	6	1	6	23	23	4	1	1	16	6	2	0	5	7	17	0	13	LWLWWW
	14	Grimsby Town	13	3	5	5	24	29	2	3	2	16	16	1	2	3	8	13	-5	11	LLWWLW
	15	Fulham	13	4	3	6	21	26	4	3	0	16	6	0	0	6	5	20	-5	11	WLDLWL
	16	Hull City	13	4	3	6	13	18	3	2	1	7	3	1	1	5	6	15	-5	11	WLLLDL
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	4	3	6	22	31	4	1	2	16	11	0	2	4	6	20	-9	11	DWWLLL
	18	Notts County	13	3	4	6	17	26	2	2	3	11	12	1	2	3	6	14	-9	10	LDWLWD
	19	Blackpool	13	3	3	7	22	32	3	2	2	16	10	0	1	5	6	22	-10	9	LWLDDW
	20	Southampton	13	2	3	8	20	32	2	1	4	18	21	0	2	4	2	11	-12	7	DLLWLL
	21	South Shields	13	2	3	8	22	36	1	1	4	9	15	1	2	4	13	21	-14	7	LWDDLW
	22	Reading	13	1	5	7	17	30	1	3	3	10	13	0	2	4	7	17	-13	7	DDLLLW

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	Chelsea	14	10	3	1	30	8	5	1	0	16	1	5	2	1	14	7	22	23	WWWWWW		1-0
2	2	Stoke City	14	7	4	3	27	15	3	3	1	8	3	4	1	2	19	12	12	18	LWDWLW		5-1
	3	Bristol City	14	8	2	4	33	25	5	1	1	18	5	3	1	3	15	20	8	18	LLWWWD		1-1
2	4	Manchester City	14	8	2	4	33	27	6	0	1	19	9	2	2	3	14	18	6	18	WLDWLL		0-1
2	5	Leeds United	14	7	3	4	35	20	6	1	0	22	4	1	2	4	13	16	15	17	WDLWDW		6-2
	6	Clapton Orient	14	7	3	4	26	26	5	1	0	15	6	2	2	4	11	20	0	17	WLDLWD		2-2
2	7	Oldham Athletic	14	7	2	5	29	21	5	2	0	21	7	2	0	5	8	14	8	16	WWDLWL		0-1
	8	West Bromwich Albion	14	6	4	4	34	28	4	1	1	21	12	2	3	3	13	16	6	16	LWWLDD		3-3
	9	Preston North End	14	6	4	4	29	25	4	1	2	18	11	2	3	2	11	14	4	16	LWDLLD		3-3
1	10	Nottingham Forest	14	7	1	6	37	28	6	0	1	32	12	1	1	5	5	16	9	15	WLWWLW		4-1
1	11	Swansea Town	14	6	3	5	38	36	6	1	0	27	8	0	2	5	11	28	2	15	LWLWLD		1-1
1	12	Port Vale	14	7	1	6	24	23	5	1	1	17	6	2	0	5	7	17	1	15	WLWWWW		1-0
1	13	Barnsley	14	3	7	4	21	22	2	4	2	14	13	1	3	2	7	9	-1	13	LDDLDL		0-1
	14	Grimsby Town	14	4	5	5	26	30	2	3	2	16	16	2	2	3	10	14	-4	13	LWWLWW		2-1
1	15	Hull City	14	4	4	6	15	20	3	3	1	9	5	1	1	5	6	15	-5	12	LLLDLD		2-2
1	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	4	4	6	24	33	4	2	2	18	13	0	2	4	6	20	-9	12	WWLLLD		2-2
2	17	Fulham	14	4	3	7	22	31	4	3	1	17	11	0	0	6	5	20	-9	11	LDLWLL		1-5
	18	Notts County	14	3	5	6	19	28	2	2	3	11	12	1	3	3	8	16	-9	11	DWLWDD		2-2
1	19	Southampton	14	3	3	8	21	32	2	1	4	18	21	1	2	4	3	11	-11	9	LLWLLW		1-0
1	20	Blackpool	14	3	3	8	23	36	3	2	2	16	10	0	1	6	7	26	-13	9	WLDDWL		1-4
	21	South Shields	14	2	3	9	23	38	1	1	5	10	17	1	2	4	13	21	-15	7	WDDLWL		1-2
	22	Reading	14	1	5	8	19	36	1	3	3	10	13	0	2	5	9	23	-17	7	DLLLWL		2-6