The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2 - 3 FOREST - Sat Dec 03, 1927 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 03, 1927 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: HE Gray
Attendance:: 16,674
League Week:: 17 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 10
Opp Before/After:: 7 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leyton Orient (League Tier 2)
West Bromwich Albion:: Apr 14, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1154 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 417 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1300 (of 5828)
Total:: 2151 (of 7633)
Played:: 98 years, 9 months, 6 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Harold Wadsworth (49')
Harold Wadsworth (68')
Noah Burton (88')

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Fred Everiss
Prior form: WLDDDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Joe Carter (16')
Tommy Glidden (51')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Arthur Dexter
2	D	28	Bill Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	F	32	Jackie Belton
5	M	23	Albert Harrison
6	F	34	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	M	24	Ernest McLachlan
9	F	30	Noah Burton (88')
10	F	27	Charlie Jones
11	F	29	Harold Wadsworth (49') (68')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	George Ashmore
2	D	Bob Finch
3	D	George Shaw
4	D	Tommy Magee
5	D	Joseph Evans
6	M	Edward Fryer
7	M	George Bytheway
8	M	Joe Carter
9	M	Tommy Glidden
10	F	Charlie Wilson
11	F	Jimmy Poxton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 03, 1927)

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

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	16	11	4	1	33	10	6	1	0	18	2	5	3	1	15	8	23	26	WWWWWD
	2	Manchester City	16	10	2	4	39	27	7	0	1	23	9	3	2	3	16	18	12	22	DWLLWW
	3	Preston North End	16	8	4	4	36	26	5	1	2	22	11	3	3	2	14	15	10	20	DLLDWW
	4	Leeds United	16	8	3	5	38	22	6	1	1	23	6	2	2	4	15	16	16	19	LWDWWL
	5	Oldham Athletic	16	8	3	5	32	21	6	2	0	24	7	2	1	5	8	14	11	19	DLWLWD
	6	Stoke City	16	7	5	4	28	20	3	4	1	9	4	4	1	3	19	16	8	19	DWLWDL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	16	7	5	4	37	30	4	2	1	22	13	3	3	3	15	17	7	19	WLDDDW
	8	Bristol City	16	8	3	5	35	29	5	1	2	19	8	3	2	3	16	21	6	19	WWWDLD
	9	Clapton Orient	16	7	4	5	28	30	5	1	1	15	8	2	3	4	13	22	-2	18	DLWDLD
	10	Swansea Town	16	6	5	5	39	37	6	2	0	27	8	0	3	5	12	29	2	17	LWLDDD
	11	Nottingham Forest	16	7	2	7	39	31	6	1	1	33	13	1	1	6	6	18	8	16	WWLWLD
	12	Grimsby Town	16	5	6	5	31	32	3	3	2	19	16	2	3	3	12	16	-1	16	WLWWWD
	13	Port Vale	16	7	2	7	25	27	5	2	1	18	7	2	0	6	7	20	-2	16	WWWWLD
	14	Hull City	16	5	5	6	17	21	4	3	1	10	5	1	2	5	7	16	-4	15	LDLDDW
	15	Barnsley	16	4	7	5	23	31	3	4	2	16	13	1	3	3	7	18	-8	15	DLDLLW
	16	Notts County	16	4	5	7	28	32	3	2	3	20	12	1	3	4	8	20	-4	13	LWDDWL
	17	Fulham	16	4	4	8	26	38	4	4	1	19	13	0	0	7	7	25	-12	12	LWLLLD
	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	4	4	8	26	40	4	2	3	20	17	0	2	5	6	23	-14	12	LLLDLL
	19	Southampton	16	4	3	9	26	35	3	1	4	23	23	1	2	5	3	12	-9	11	WLLWWL
	20	Blackpool	16	4	3	9	27	40	3	2	3	16	12	1	1	6	11	28	-13	11	DDWLLW
	21	Reading	16	2	5	9	24	39	2	3	3	15	14	0	2	6	9	25	-15	9	LLWLWL
	22	South Shields	16	2	4	10	26	45	1	2	5	12	19	1	2	5	14	26	-19	8	DLWLLD

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	17	12	4	1	39	10	7	1	0	24	2	5	3	1	15	8	29	28	WWWWDW		6-0
	2	Manchester City	17	10	2	5	39	29	7	0	1	23	9	3	2	4	16	20	10	22	WLLWWL		0-2
2	3	Oldham Athletic	17	9	3	5	36	23	7	2	0	28	9	2	1	5	8	14	13	21	LWLWDW		4-2
2	4	Stoke City	17	8	5	4	31	21	4	4	1	12	5	4	1	3	19	16	10	21	WLWDLW		3-1
2	5	Preston North End	17	8	5	4	36	26	5	1	2	22	11	3	4	2	14	15	10	21	LLDWWD		0-0
2	6	Bristol City	17	9	3	5	37	29	6	1	2	21	8	3	2	3	16	21	8	21	WWDLDW		2-0
2	7	Clapton Orient	17	8	4	5	30	31	6	1	1	17	9	2	3	4	13	22	-1	20	LWDLDW		2-1
4	8	Leeds United	17	8	3	6	39	24	6	1	1	23	6	2	2	5	16	18	15	19	WDWWLL		1-2
2	9	West Bromwich Albion	17	7	5	5	39	33	4	2	2	24	16	3	3	3	15	17	6	19	LDDDWL		2-3
1	10	Nottingham Forest	17	8	2	7	42	33	6	1	1	33	13	2	1	6	9	20	9	18	WLWLDW		3-2
2	11	Port Vale	17	8	2	7	31	28	5	2	1	18	7	3	0	6	13	21	3	18	WWWLDW		6-1
	12	Grimsby Town	17	6	6	5	34	33	4	3	2	22	17	2	3	3	12	16	1	18	LWWWDW		3-1
3	13	Swansea Town	17	6	5	6	39	39	6	2	0	27	8	0	3	6	12	31	0	17	WLDDDL		0-2
2	14	Notts County	17	5	5	7	30	32	4	2	3	22	12	1	3	4	8	20	-2	15	WDDWLW		2-0
1	15	Hull City	17	5	5	7	18	24	4	3	1	10	5	1	2	6	8	19	-6	15	DLDDWL		1-3
1	16	Barnsley	17	4	7	6	24	34	3	4	2	16	13	1	3	4	8	21	-10	15	LDLLWL		1-3
2	17	Southampton	17	4	4	9	26	35	3	2	4	23	23	1	2	5	3	12	-9	12	LLWWLD		0-0
1	18	Fulham	17	4	4	9	28	42	4	4	1	19	13	0	0	8	9	29	-14	12	WLLLDL		2-4
1	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	4	4	9	27	42	4	2	3	20	17	0	2	6	7	25	-15	12	LLDLLL		1-2
1	20	Reading	17	3	5	9	26	40	3	3	3	17	15	0	2	6	9	25	-14	11	LWLWLW		2-1
1	21	Blackpool	17	4	3	10	28	46	3	2	4	17	18	1	1	6	11	28	-18	11	DWLLWL		1-6
	22	South Shields	17	2	4	11	26	51	1	2	5	12	19	1	2	6	14	32	-25	8	LWLLDL		0-6