The City Ground

BLACKPOOL 5 - 3 FOREST - Sat Mar 24, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 24, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-5 (Lost)

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: Capt. Prince-Cox
Attendance:: 8,977
Pos Before/After:: 9 10
Opp Before/After:: 20 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Reading (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Sep 22, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1169 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 432 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1320 (of 5679)
Total:: 2169 (of 7451)

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

Review:
Hampson scored four for Blackpool

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

Goals:
William 'Bill' Thompson (Pen)
Clive German
Thomas Barnett (OG)

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

Goals:
Hampson
Hampson
Hampson
Hampson
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Arthur Dexter
2	D	William 'Bill' Thompson
3	F	Percy Barratt
4	D	Billy McKinlay
5	M	Albert Harrison
6	M	Gerry Morgan
7	M	Sid Gibson
8	F	Cyril Stocks
9	F	Clive German
10	F	Charlie Jones
11	F	Alf Townsend

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 Mar 24, 1928)

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

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	Chelsea	33	20	7	6	63	31	13	2	1	40	8	7	5	5	23	23	2.03226	47	LLWWWD
	2	Leeds United	33	19	6	8	81	41	13	2	2	52	14	6	4	6	29	27	1.97561	44	LDWDWW
	3	Manchester City	31	19	6	6	78	46	14	2	1	53	20	5	4	5	25	26	1.69565	44	DLDWDW
	4	Preston North End	33	18	8	7	74	45	13	2	2	51	20	5	6	5	23	25	1.64444	44	WDDWLW
	5	Stoke City	33	16	7	10	59	49	9	5	2	28	13	7	2	8	31	36	1.20408	39	WLWDDL
	6	Oldham Athletic	32	16	6	10	60	38	12	3	1	44	14	4	3	9	16	24	1.57895	38	WWLWLL
	7	West Bromwich Albion	33	14	9	10	77	57	9	5	2	45	21	5	4	8	32	36	1.35088	37	DWDLWW
	8	Port Vale	32	15	4	13	57	47	10	4	3	38	15	5	0	10	19	32	1.21277	34	WLDWWD
	9	Nottingham Forest	31	14	6	11	68	61	9	4	2	46	25	5	2	9	22	36	1.11475	34	DWLLLW
	10	Swansea Town	32	13	8	11	61	56	11	4	2	39	13	2	4	9	22	43	1.08929	34	LDWWDD
	11	Bristol City	34	13	7	14	66	66	9	3	4	35	15	4	4	10	31	51	1.00000	33	LWDLWL
	12	Grimsby Town	34	11	10	13	49	66	6	5	5	29	30	5	5	8	20	36	.74242	32	DDLWLL
	13	Hull City	31	9	11	11	35	41	8	5	3	22	15	1	6	8	13	26	.85366	29	DLDLLL
	14	Reading	32	10	9	13	46	60	8	5	3	29	19	2	4	10	17	41	.76667	29	DWDWDW
	15	Barnsley	33	10	8	15	54	70	8	4	5	38	30	2	4	10	16	40	.77143	28	LWDLLW
	16	Notts County	33	9	9	15	53	66	7	4	5	35	20	2	5	10	18	46	.80303	27	DLDLWL
	17	Clapton Orient	32	10	7	15	46	68	8	3	4	26	20	2	4	11	20	48	.67647	27	DLWDDL
	18	Southampton	33	9	7	17	51	61	7	3	6	41	34	2	4	11	10	27	.83607	25	DWWLLL
	19	Fulham	32	10	5	17	61	73	10	5	1	42	18	0	0	16	19	55	.83562	25	LWLWLW
	20	Blackpool	34	9	7	18	63	85	7	3	7	39	39	2	4	11	24	46	.74118	25	WLDLWL
	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	9	7	16	53	79	9	3	4	36	26	0	4	12	17	53	.67089	25	WLDWDW
	22	South Shields	33	5	6	22	44	93	4	4	9	26	36	1	2	13	18	57	.47312	16	LWDLLW

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	Chelsea	34	20	7	7	63	32	13	2	2	40	9	7	5	5	23	23	1.96875	47	LWWWDL	0-1
	2	Leeds United	34	20	6	8	82	41	13	2	2	52	14	7	4	6	30	27	2.00000	46	DWDWWW	1-0
	3	Manchester City	32	20	6	6	79	46	14	2	1	53	20	6	4	5	26	26	1.71739	46	LDWDWW	1-0
	4	Preston North End	34	19	8	7	78	47	13	2	2	51	20	6	6	5	27	27	1.65957	46	DDWLWW	4-2
	5	Stoke City	34	17	7	10	64	50	10	5	2	33	14	7	2	8	31	36	1.28000	41	LWDDLW	5-1
	6	Oldham Athletic	33	17	6	10	64	39	13	3	1	48	15	4	3	9	16	24	1.64103	40	WLWLLW	4-1
	7	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	9	11	79	61	9	5	3	47	25	5	4	8	32	36	1.29508	37	WDLWWL	2-4
3	8	Bristol City	35	14	7	14	68	67	10	3	4	37	16	4	4	10	31	51	1.01493	35	WDLWLW	2-1
1	9	Port Vale	33	15	4	14	58	51	10	4	3	38	15	5	0	11	20	36	1.13725	34	LDWWDL	1-4
1	10	Nottingham Forest	32	14	6	12	71	66	9	4	2	46	25	5	2	10	25	41	1.07576	34	WLLLWL	3-5
1	11	Swansea Town	33	13	8	12	62	58	11	4	2	39	13	2	4	10	23	45	1.06897	34	DWWDDL	1-2
	12	Grimsby Town	35	12	10	13	53	67	7	5	5	33	31	5	5	8	20	36	.79104	34	DLWLLW	4-1
	13	Hull City	32	9	12	11	35	41	8	5	3	22	15	1	7	8	13	26	.85366	30	LDLLLD	0-0
	14	Reading	33	10	9	14	46	61	8	5	4	29	20	2	4	10	17	41	.75410	29	WDWDWL	0-1
	15	Barnsley	34	10	8	16	55	76	8	4	5	38	30	2	4	11	17	46	.72368	28	WDLLWL	1-6
1	16	Clapton Orient	33	10	8	15	46	68	8	4	4	26	20	2	4	11	20	48	.67647	28	LWDDLD	0-0
1	17	Southampton	34	10	7	17	57	62	8	3	6	47	35	2	4	11	10	27	.91935	27	WWLLLW	6-1
2	18	Notts County	34	9	9	16	54	68	7	4	6	36	22	2	5	10	18	46	.79412	27	LDLWLL	1-2
1	19	Blackpool	35	10	7	18	68	88	8	3	7	44	42	2	4	11	24	46	.77273	27	LDLWLW	5-3
1	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	10	7	16	55	80	9	3	4	36	26	1	4	12	19	54	.68750	27	LDWDWW	2-1
2	21	Fulham	33	10	5	18	62	78	10	5	1	42	18	0	0	17	20	60	.79487	25	WLWLWL	1-5
	22	South Shields	34	5	6	23	45	97	4	4	9	26	36	1	2	14	19	61	.46392	16	WDLLWL	1-4