The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 LEEDS UNITED - Sat Jan 21, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 21, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leeds United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 (Draw)

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: JWD Fowler
Attendance:: 13,133
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (FA Cup)
League:: Manchester City
Leeds United:: Dec 05, 1931

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1161 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 424 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1308 (of 5722)
Total:: 2157 (of 7502)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals
Sid Gibson
Cyril Stocks

LEEDS UNITED
Manager: Dick Ray
Prior form: WWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Arthur Dexter
2	D	William 'Bill' Thompson
3	F	Percy Barratt
4	F	Jackie Belton
5	M	Albert Harrison
6	M	Bill Sturton	Only appearance
7	M	Sid Gibson
8	F	Cyril Stocks
9	M	Tommy Roe
10	F	Cliff Price
11	F	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 the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Jan 21, 1928)

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

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
	1	Manchester City	24	16	3	5	61	36	11	0	1	39	14	5	3	4	22	22	1.69444	35	DWWWWW
	2	Chelsea	23	14	6	3	47	21	8	2	0	26	2	6	4	3	21	19	2.23810	34	LWLDDW
	3	Leeds United	24	15	3	6	63	28	10	1	1	39	7	5	2	5	24	21	2.25000	33	WWWWWW
	4	Preston North End	24	13	6	5	48	30	9	1	2	32	13	4	5	3	16	17	1.60000	32	DWWWWL
	5	Oldham Athletic	23	12	6	5	48	26	9	3	0	37	10	3	3	5	11	16	1.84615	30	WDDWDW
	6	Stoke City	24	12	5	7	43	36	6	4	2	18	10	6	1	5	25	26	1.19444	29	LLWWWW
	7	Nottingham Forest	23	12	3	8	57	44	8	2	1	41	19	4	1	7	16	25	1.29545	27	WWDWLW
	8	Bristol City	24	11	4	9	49	42	7	1	4	26	12	4	3	5	23	30	1.16667	26	LWWLLL
	9	West Bromwich Albion	24	9	7	8	52	45	5	4	2	29	18	4	3	6	23	27	1.15556	25	WLDLDW
	10	Grimsby Town	24	9	7	8	44	50	4	4	4	24	26	5	3	4	20	24	.88000	25	LLDWWL
	11	Port Vale	23	11	2	10	41	36	7	2	3	27	12	4	0	7	14	24	1.13889	24	WWWLLL
	12	Swansea Town	24	9	5	10	48	49	8	2	2	30	10	1	3	8	18	39	.97959	23	WLLLWL
	13	Hull City	23	7	9	7	28	32	6	5	1	18	11	1	4	6	10	21	.87500	23	DDDWWD
	14	Notts County	24	7	7	10	41	43	5	3	4	27	15	2	4	6	14	28	.95349	21	DLDWWL
	15	Barnsley	24	7	7	10	36	50	5	4	4	21	19	2	3	6	15	31	.72000	21	WWLLLW
	16	Reading	24	7	6	11	35	47	6	3	3	24	16	1	3	8	11	31	.74468	20	WWLWDW
	17	Clapton Orient	23	8	4	11	37	52	6	1	3	18	12	2	3	8	19	40	.71154	20	LLLLLL
	18	Fulham	23	6	5	12	38	53	6	5	1	26	18	0	0	11	12	35	.71698	17	WLDLLW
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	6	5	13	36	55	6	3	4	27	22	0	2	9	9	33	.65455	17	LWLWLD
	20	Southampton	24	5	6	13	33	50	4	3	5	28	30	1	3	8	5	20	.66000	16	DDLWLL
	21	Blackpool	25	5	5	15	42	65	4	2	7	27	31	1	3	8	15	34	.64615	15	DWLLLL
	22	South Shields	24	2	5	17	35	72	1	3	8	20	31	1	2	9	15	41	.48611	9	LLLLLL

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	Result(s)
	1	Manchester City	25	17	3	5	64	36	12	0	1	42	14	5	3	4	22	22	1.77778	37	WWWWWW	3-0
	2	Chelsea	24	15	6	3	49	22	9	2	0	28	3	6	4	3	21	19	2.22727	36	WLDDWW	2-1
	3	Leeds United	25	15	4	6	65	30	10	1	1	39	7	5	3	5	26	23	2.16667	34	WWWWWD	2-2
	4	Preston North End	25	14	6	5	53	34	10	1	2	37	17	4	5	3	16	17	1.55882	34	WWWWLW	5-4
1	5	Stoke City	25	13	5	7	46	36	7	4	2	21	10	6	1	5	25	26	1.27778	31	LWWWWW	3-0
1	6	Oldham Athletic	24	12	6	6	48	29	9	3	0	37	10	3	3	6	11	19	1.65517	30	DDWDWL	0-3
	7	Nottingham Forest	24	12	4	8	59	46	8	3	1	43	21	4	1	7	16	25	1.28261	28	WDWLWD	2-2
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	25	10	7	8	57	48	6	4	2	34	21	4	3	6	23	27	1.18750	27	LDLDWW	5-3
1	9	Bristol City	25	11	5	9	49	42	7	2	4	26	12	4	3	5	23	30	1.16667	27	WWLLLD	0-0
	10	Grimsby Town	25	9	8	8	44	50	4	4	4	24	26	5	4	4	20	24	.88000	26	LDWWLD	0-0
1	11	Swansea Town	25	10	5	10	51	49	9	2	2	33	10	1	3	8	18	39	1.04082	25	LLLWLW	3-0
1	12	Hull City	24	8	9	7	29	32	7	5	1	19	11	1	4	6	10	21	.90625	25	DDWWDW	1-0
2	13	Port Vale	24	11	2	11	41	37	7	2	3	27	12	4	0	8	14	25	1.10811	24	WWLLLL	0-1
	14	Notts County	25	7	7	11	42	48	5	3	4	27	15	2	4	7	15	33	.87500	21	LDWWLL	1-5
	15	Barnsley	25	7	7	11	36	53	5	4	4	21	19	2	3	7	15	34	.67925	21	WLLLWL	0-3
	16	Reading	25	7	6	12	38	52	6	3	3	24	16	1	3	9	14	36	.73077	20	WLWDWL	3-5
	17	Clapton Orient	24	8	4	12	39	57	6	1	4	20	17	2	3	8	19	40	.68421	20	LLLLLL	2-5
2	18	Southampton	25	6	6	13	38	51	5	3	5	33	31	1	3	8	5	20	.74510	18	DLWLLW	5-1
1	19	Fulham	24	6	5	13	39	55	6	5	1	26	18	0	0	12	13	37	.70909	17	LDLLWL	1-2
1	20	Blackpool	26	6	5	15	47	67	4	2	7	27	31	2	3	8	20	36	.70149	17	WLLLLW	5-2
2	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	6	5	14	40	60	6	3	4	27	22	0	2	10	13	38	.66667	17	WLWLDL	4-5
	22	South Shields	25	2	5	18	35	75	1	3	8	20	31	1	2	10	15	44	.46667	9	LLLLLL	0-3