The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 CHELSEA - Sat Mar 31, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 31, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: I Caswell
Attendance:: 10,959
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 1 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 2)
Chelsea:: Sep 29, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1171 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 434 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1322 (of 5824)
Total:: 2173 (of 7629)
Played:: 98 years, 4 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Alf Townsend (4') - Alf Townsend last goal
Bill Thompson (42') (Pen)

CHELSEA
Manager: David Calderhead
Prior form: LWWWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Thompson (55')
Billy Jackson (67')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter
2	D	28	Bill Thompson (42')
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	F	32	Jackie Belton
5	M	28	Gerry Morgan
6	F	35	Bob Wallace
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks
9	M	24	Albert Harrison
10	F	28	Charlie Jones
11	F	25	Alf Townsend (4')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter	26		2	1
2	D	28	Bill Thompson (42')	178	3	2	1
3	F	29	Percy Barratt	197	17	2	1
4	F	32	Jackie Belton	344	16	26	5
5	M	28	Gerry Morgan	201	6	7	2
6	F	35	Bob Wallace	194		2	1
7	M	28	Sid Gibson	269	53	2	1
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks	92	36	2	1
9	M	24	Albert Harrison	33	2	2	1
10	F	28	Charlie Jones	102	20	2	1
11	F	25	Alf Townsend (4')	11	3	2	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Sam Millington
2	D	George Smith
3	D	Leslie Odell
4	D	Sam Irving
5	D	George Rodger
6	M	Willie Ferguson
7	M	Jackie Crawford
8	M	Albert Thain
9	M	Jimmy Thompson
10	F	Harold Miller
11	F	Billy Jackson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 31, 1928)

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

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	34	20	7	7	63	32	13	2	2	40	9	7	5	5	23	23	31	47	LWWWDL	Safe
2	Leeds United	34	20	6	8	82	41	13	2	2	52	14	7	4	6	30	27	41	46	DWDWWW	Safe
3	Manchester City	32	20	6	6	79	46	14	2	1	53	20	6	4	5	26	26	33	46	LDWDWW	Safe
4	Preston North End	34	19	8	7	78	47	13	2	2	51	20	6	6	5	27	27	31	46	DDWLWW	Safe
5	Stoke City	34	17	7	10	64	50	10	5	2	33	14	7	2	8	31	36	14	41	LWDDLW
6	Oldham Athletic	33	17	6	10	64	39	13	3	1	48	15	4	3	9	16	24	25	40	WLWLLW
7	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	9	11	79	61	9	5	3	47	25	5	4	8	32	36	18	37	WDLWWL
8	Nottingham Forest	33	15	6	12	76	69	10	4	2	51	28	5	2	10	25	41	7	36	LLLWLW
9	Bristol City	35	14	7	14	68	67	10	3	4	37	16	4	4	10	31	51	1	35	WDLWLW
10	Port Vale	33	15	4	14	58	51	10	4	3	38	15	5	0	11	20	36	7	34	LDWWDL
11	Swansea Town	33	13	8	12	62	58	11	4	2	39	13	2	4	10	23	45	4	34	DWWDDL
12	Grimsby Town	35	12	10	13	53	67	7	5	5	33	31	5	5	8	20	36	-14	34	DLWLLW
13	Hull City	33	10	12	11	37	41	8	5	3	22	15	2	7	8	15	26	-4	32	DLLLDW
14	Reading	34	10	9	15	49	66	8	5	4	29	20	2	4	11	20	46	-17	29	DWDWLL
15	Barnsley	34	10	8	16	55	76	8	4	5	38	30	2	4	11	17	46	-21	28	WDLLWL
16	Clapton Orient	33	10	8	15	46	68	8	4	4	26	20	2	4	11	20	48	-22	28	LWDDLD
17	Southampton	34	10	7	17	57	62	8	3	6	47	35	2	4	11	10	27	-5	27	WWLLLW
18	Notts County	34	9	9	16	54	68	7	4	6	36	22	2	5	10	18	46	-14	27	LDLWLL
19	Blackpool	35	10	7	18	68	88	8	3	7	44	42	2	4	11	24	46	-20	27	LDLWLW
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	10	7	16	55	80	9	3	4	36	26	1	4	12	19	54	-25	27	LDWDWW
21	Fulham	34	10	5	19	62	80	10	5	2	42	20	0	0	17	20	60	-18	25	LWLWLL
22	South Shields	34	5	6	23	45	97	4	4	9	26	36	1	2	14	19	61	-52	16	WDLLWL

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	1	Leeds United	35	21	6	8	86	41	14	2	2	56	14	7	4	6	30	27	45	48	WDWWWW	Safe	4-0
1	2	Chelsea	35	20	8	7	65	34	13	2	2	40	9	7	6	5	25	25	31	48	WWWDLD	Safe	2-2
1	3	Preston North End	35	20	8	7	83	48	14	2	2	56	21	6	6	5	27	27	35	48	DWLWWW	Safe	5-1
1	4	Manchester City	33	21	6	6	84	49	15	2	1	58	23	6	4	5	26	26	35	48	DWDWWW	Safe	5-3
	5	Stoke City	35	17	8	10	65	51	10	5	2	33	14	7	3	8	32	37	14	42	WDDLWD	Safe	1-1
	6	Oldham Athletic	34	17	6	11	65	42	13	3	1	48	15	4	3	10	17	27	23	40	LWLLWL	Safe	1-3
	7	West Bromwich Albion	35	14	10	11	80	62	9	5	3	47	25	5	5	8	33	37	18	38	DLWWLD		1-1
	8	Nottingham Forest	34	15	7	12	78	71	10	5	2	53	30	5	2	10	25	41	7	37	LLWLWD		2-2
1	9	Port Vale	34	15	5	14	60	53	10	5	3	40	17	5	0	11	20	36	7	35	DWWDLD		2-2
1	10	Swansea Town	34	13	9	12	63	59	11	5	2	40	14	2	4	10	23	45	4	35	WWDDLD		1-1
2	11	Bristol City	36	14	7	15	69	72	10	3	4	37	16	4	4	11	32	56	-3	35	DLWLWL		1-5
	12	Grimsby Town	36	12	11	13	55	69	7	5	5	33	31	5	6	8	22	38	-14	35	LWLLWD		2-2
	13	Hull City	34	10	13	11	38	42	8	6	3	23	16	2	7	8	15	26	-4	33	LLLDWD		1-1
	14	Reading	35	10	10	15	49	66	8	5	4	29	20	2	5	11	20	46	-17	30	WDWLLD		0-0
	15	Barnsley	35	10	9	16	55	76	8	5	5	38	30	2	4	11	17	46	-21	29	DLLWLD		0-0
4	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	7	16	58	81	10	3	4	39	27	1	4	12	19	54	-23	29	DWDWWW		3-1
1	17	Notts County	35	9	10	16	54	68	7	4	6	36	22	2	6	10	18	46	-14	28	DLWLLD		0-0
2	18	Clapton Orient	34	10	8	16	49	73	8	4	4	26	20	2	4	12	23	53	-24	28	WDDLDL		3-5
2	19	Southampton	35	10	7	18	57	63	8	3	6	47	35	2	4	12	10	28	-6	27	WLLLWL		0-1
1	20	Fulham	35	11	5	19	63	80	11	5	2	43	20	0	0	17	20	60	-17	27	WLWLLW		1-0
2	21	Blackpool	36	10	7	19	68	92	8	3	7	44	42	2	4	12	24	50	-24	27	DLWLWL		0-4
	22	South Shields	35	5	7	23	45	97	4	5	9	26	36	1	2	14	19	61	-52	17	DLLWLD		0-0