The City Ground

GRIMSBY TOWN 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 10, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 10, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Grimsby Town
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Blundell Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: GW Newby
Attendance:: 7,466
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 11
Opp Before/After:: 12 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Grimsby Town:: Sep 01, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1167 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 430 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1318 (of 5829)
Total:: 2169 (of 7634)
Played:: 98 years, 6 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Noah Burton (77')

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

Goal Scorers
Joe Robson (42')
Joe Robson (70')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Leonard Boot	Last game
2	D	28	Bill Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	D	23	Billy McKinlay
5	M	24	Albert Harrison
6	F	35	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	F	31	Stuart McMillan
9	F	31	Noah Burton (77')
10	F	28	Charlie Jones
11	F	22	Cyril Stocks

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tommy Read
2	D	Cecil Harris
3	D	Hughie Jacobson
4	D	James Calderwood
5	D	Charlie Wrack
6	M	Billy Powell
7	M	Jack Prior
8	M	Jackie Bestall
9	M	Joe Robson
10	F	Steve Coglin
11	F	Norman Wright

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 10, 1928)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	2-1	Hull City
Bristol City	2-0	Barnsley
Chelsea	2-1	Preston North End
Clapton Orient	1-1	Swansea Town
Grimsby Town	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	4-1	South Shields
Oldham Athletic	0-1	Leeds United
Reading	1-1	Manchester City
Southampton	1-3	Port Vale
Stoke City	2-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	4-0	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	Chelsea	30	18	6	6	57	30	11	2	1	34	7	7	4	5	23	23	27	42	WLWLLW
	2	Preston North End	31	17	8	6	71	42	12	2	2	49	19	5	6	4	22	23	29	42	WLWDDW
	3	Manchester City	29	18	5	6	75	45	13	2	1	51	20	5	3	5	24	25	30	41	WWDLDW
	4	Leeds United	31	17	6	8	74	41	12	2	2	46	14	5	4	6	28	27	33	40	WLLDWD
	5	Oldham Athletic	30	16	6	8	59	35	12	3	0	44	13	4	3	8	15	22	24	38	WLWWLW
	6	Stoke City	30	16	5	9	56	44	9	4	2	26	11	7	1	7	30	33	12	37	WWLWLW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	31	12	9	10	69	55	8	5	2	41	21	4	4	8	28	34	14	33	LWDWDL
	8	Nottingham Forest	29	13	6	10	65	58	8	4	2	44	24	5	2	8	21	34	7	32	DDDWLL
	9	Swansea Town	30	13	6	11	60	55	11	3	2	39	13	2	3	9	21	42	5	32	WWLDWW
	10	Port Vale	30	14	3	13	54	46	10	3	3	38	15	4	0	10	16	31	8	31	LWWLDW
	11	Bristol City	32	12	7	13	62	61	8	3	4	33	15	4	4	9	29	46	1	31	DLLWDL
	12	Grimsby Town	31	10	10	11	47	59	5	5	5	27	29	5	5	6	20	30	-12	30	LWLDDL
	13	Hull City	29	9	11	9	34	38	8	5	2	22	14	1	6	7	12	24	-4	29	WWDLDL
	14	Barnsley	30	9	8	13	49	63	7	4	4	33	25	2	4	9	16	38	-14	26	LWLLWD
	15	Reading	30	9	8	13	44	59	8	4	3	28	18	1	4	10	16	41	-15	26	LLDWDW
	16	Clapton Orient	30	10	6	14	45	65	8	2	4	25	19	2	4	10	20	46	-20	26	LWDLWD
	17	Southampton	31	9	7	15	49	56	7	3	5	40	31	2	4	10	9	25	-7	25	LWDWWL
	18	Notts County	31	8	9	14	49	59	6	4	5	31	19	2	5	9	18	40	-10	25	WLDLDL
	19	Fulham	30	9	5	16	59	69	9	5	1	40	18	0	0	15	19	51	-10	23	LWLWLW
	20	Blackpool	32	8	7	17	60	82	6	3	7	37	38	2	4	10	23	44	-22	23	WDWLDL
	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	8	6	16	46	75	8	3	4	31	24	0	3	12	15	51	-29	22	LLWLDW
	22	South Shields	31	4	6	21	41	88	3	4	9	24	35	1	2	12	17	53	-47	14	LWLWDL

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	31	19	6	6	59	31	12	2	1	36	8	7	4	5	23	23	28	44	LWLLWW	Safe	2-1
2	2	Leeds United	32	18	6	8	75	41	12	2	2	46	14	6	4	6	29	27	34	42	LLDWDW		1-0
	3	Manchester City	30	18	6	6	76	46	13	2	1	51	20	5	4	5	25	26	30	42	WDLDWD		1-1
2	4	Preston North End	32	17	8	7	72	44	12	2	2	49	19	5	6	5	23	25	28	42	LWDDWL		1-2
	5	Oldham Athletic	31	16	6	9	59	36	12	3	1	44	14	4	3	8	15	22	23	38	LWWLWL		0-1
	6	Stoke City	31	16	6	9	58	46	9	5	2	28	13	7	1	7	30	33	12	38	WLWLWD		2-2
	7	West Bromwich Albion	32	13	9	10	73	55	9	5	2	45	21	4	4	8	28	34	18	35	WDWDLW		4-0
2	8	Port Vale	31	15	3	13	57	47	10	3	3	38	15	5	0	10	19	32	10	33	WWLDWW		3-1
	9	Swansea Town	31	13	7	11	61	56	11	3	2	39	13	2	4	9	22	43	5	33	WLDWWD		1-1
1	10	Bristol City	33	13	7	13	64	61	9	3	4	35	15	4	4	9	29	46	3	33	LLWDLW		2-0
3	11	Nottingham Forest	30	13	6	11	66	60	8	4	2	44	24	5	2	9	22	36	6	32	DDWLLL		1-2
	12	Grimsby Town	32	11	10	11	49	60	6	5	5	29	30	5	5	6	20	30	-11	32	WLDDLW		2-1
	13	Hull City	30	9	11	10	35	40	8	5	2	22	14	1	6	8	13	26	-5	29	WDLDLL		1-2
4	14	Notts County	32	9	9	14	53	60	7	4	5	35	20	2	5	9	18	40	-7	27	LDLDLW		4-1
	15	Reading	31	9	9	13	45	60	8	5	3	29	19	1	4	10	16	41	-15	27	LDWDWD		1-1
	16	Clapton Orient	31	10	7	14	46	66	8	3	4	26	20	2	4	10	20	46	-20	27	WDLWDD		1-1
3	17	Barnsley	31	9	8	14	49	65	7	4	4	33	25	2	4	10	16	40	-16	26	WLLWDL		0-2
1	18	Southampton	32	9	7	16	50	59	7	3	6	41	34	2	4	10	9	25	-9	25	WDWWLL		1-3
1	19	Blackpool	33	9	7	17	62	83	7	3	7	39	39	2	4	10	23	44	-21	25	DWLDLW		2-1
1	20	Fulham	31	9	5	17	59	73	9	5	1	40	18	0	0	16	19	55	-14	23	WLWLWL		0-4
	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	8	7	16	48	77	8	3	4	31	24	0	4	12	17	53	-29	23	LWLDWD		2-2
	22	South Shields	32	4	6	22	42	92	3	4	9	24	35	1	2	13	18	57	-50	14	WLWDLL		1-4