The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION - Sat Apr 14, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 14, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: N Shuker
Attendance:: 6,158
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 9 11
Opp Before/After:: 8 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leyton Orient (League Tier 2)
West Bromwich Albion:: Mar 29, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1175 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 438 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1326 (of 5824)
Total:: 2177 (of 7629)
Played:: 98 years, 4 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Jimmy Cookson (25')
Joe Carter (38')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter
2	D	28	Bill Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	F	32	Jackie Belton
5	M	24	Albert Harrison
6	F	31	Noah Burton
7	M	28	Sid Gibson
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks
9	M	27	Tommy Roe
10	F	28	Charlie Jones
11	F	29	Harold Wadsworth	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harold Pearson
2	D	Bob Finch
3	D	George Shaw
4	D	Tommy Magee
5	D	Edward Rooke
6	M	Nelson Howarth
7	M	George Bytheway
8	M	Joe Carter
9	M	Jimmy Cookson
10	F	Harry Chambers
11	F	Enos Bromage

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 14, 1928)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-4	Grimsby Town
Fulham	1-1	Oldham Athletic
Hull City	1-0	Stoke City
Leeds United	4-0	Clapton Orient
Manchester City	4-2	Bristol City
Nottingham Forest	0-2	West Bromwich Albion
Port Vale	3-0	Blackpool
Preston North End	1-2	Southampton
South Shields	2-1	Chelsea
Swansea Town	1-1	Notts County
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-1	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Leeds United	38	23	7	8	90	41	15	2	2	59	14	8	5	6	31	27	49	53	WWWWDW	Safe
	2	Chelsea	38	22	8	8	69	37	15	2	2	43	10	7	6	6	26	27	32	52	DLDWWL	Safe
	3	Manchester City	36	22	7	7	87	53	16	2	1	60	24	6	5	6	27	29	34	51	WWWWLD	Safe
	4	Preston North End	38	21	8	9	90	56	15	2	2	60	21	6	6	7	30	35	34	50	WWWWLL	Safe
	5	Stoke City	38	19	8	11	68	55	12	5	2	36	14	7	3	9	32	41	13	46	LWDLWW	Safe
	6	Oldham Athletic	37	18	6	13	68	46	14	3	2	50	17	4	3	11	18	29	22	42	LWLLLW	Safe
	7	Swansea Town	37	16	9	12	68	59	12	5	2	42	14	4	4	10	26	45	9	41	DLDWWW	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	38	15	10	13	84	67	10	5	4	49	27	5	5	9	35	40	17	40	WLDLLW	Safe
	9	Nottingham Forest	37	15	9	13	80	74	10	6	2	54	31	5	3	11	26	43	6	39	LWDDDL	Safe
	10	Bristol City	39	15	8	16	73	73	11	4	4	41	16	4	4	12	32	57	0	38	LWLWDL	Safe
	11	Grimsby Town	38	13	12	13	59	72	8	6	5	37	34	5	6	8	22	38	-13	38	LLWDDW	Safe
	12	Port Vale	37	16	5	16	63	57	10	5	4	42	20	6	0	12	21	37	6	37	DLDLLW	Safe
	13	Notts County	38	12	10	16	64	70	9	4	6	45	24	3	6	10	19	46	-6	34	LLDWWW
	14	Hull City	37	10	13	14	38	48	8	6	4	23	18	2	7	10	15	30	-10	33	DWDLLL
	15	Barnsley	38	11	11	16	59	79	9	5	5	40	31	2	6	11	19	48	-20	33	WLDDDW
	16	Reading	38	11	11	16	52	72	9	6	4	32	22	2	5	12	20	50	-20	33	LLDLDW
	17	Southampton	38	12	7	19	63	67	10	3	6	52	37	2	4	13	11	30	-4	31	LWLWWL
	18	Blackpool	38	11	8	19	74	95	9	3	7	47	42	2	5	12	27	53	-21	30	WLWLDW
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	11	8	18	58	87	10	4	4	39	27	1	4	14	19	60	-29	30	WWWLDL
	20	Clapton Orient	37	10	9	18	51	79	8	5	5	28	23	2	4	13	23	56	-28	29	LDLLDL
	21	Fulham	38	11	6	21	65	84	11	6	2	44	21	0	0	19	21	63	-19	28	LLWLLD
	22	South Shields	38	6	8	24	50	102	4	5	10	26	37	2	3	14	24	65	-52	20	WLDWDL	Relegated

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	Leeds United	39	24	7	8	94	41	16	2	2	63	14	8	5	6	31	27	53	55	WWWDWW	Safe	4-0
1	2	Manchester City	37	23	7	7	91	55	17	2	1	64	26	6	5	6	27	29	36	53	WWWLDW	Safe	4-2
1	3	Chelsea	39	22	8	9	70	39	15	2	2	43	10	7	6	7	27	29	31	52	LDWWLL	Safe	1-2
	4	Preston North End	39	21	8	10	91	58	15	2	3	61	23	6	6	7	30	35	33	50	WWWLLL	Safe	1-2
	5	Stoke City	39	19	8	12	68	56	12	5	2	36	14	7	3	10	32	42	12	46	WDLWWL	Safe	0-1
	6	Oldham Athletic	38	18	7	13	69	47	14	3	2	50	17	4	4	11	19	30	22	43	WLLLWD	Safe	1-1
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	39	16	10	13	86	67	10	5	4	49	27	6	5	9	37	40	19	42	LDLLWW	Safe	2-0
1	8	Swansea Town	38	16	10	12	69	60	12	6	2	43	15	4	4	10	26	45	9	42	LDWWWD	Safe	1-1
2	9	Grimsby Town	39	14	12	13	63	73	8	6	5	37	34	6	6	8	26	39	-10	40	LWDDWW	Safe	4-1
2	10	Port Vale	38	17	5	16	66	57	11	5	4	45	20	6	0	12	21	37	9	39	LDLLWW	Safe	3-0
2	11	Nottingham Forest	38	15	9	14	80	76	10	6	3	54	33	5	3	11	26	43	4	39	WDDDLL	Safe	0-2
2	12	Bristol City	40	15	8	17	75	77	11	4	4	41	16	4	4	13	34	61	-2	38	WLWDLL	Safe	2-4
	13	Notts County	39	12	11	16	65	71	9	4	6	45	24	3	7	10	20	47	-6	35	LDWWWD		1-1
	14	Hull City	38	11	13	14	39	48	9	6	4	24	18	2	7	10	15	30	-9	35	WDLLLW		1-0
2	15	Southampton	39	13	7	19	65	68	10	3	6	52	37	3	4	13	13	31	-3	33	WLWWLW		2-1
1	16	Barnsley	39	11	11	17	60	83	9	5	6	41	35	2	6	11	19	48	-23	33	LDDDWL		1-4
1	17	Reading	39	11	11	17	53	74	9	6	4	32	22	2	5	13	21	52	-21	33	LDLDWL		1-2
1	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	12	8	18	60	88	11	4	4	41	28	1	4	14	19	60	-28	32	WWLDLW		2-1
1	19	Blackpool	39	11	8	20	74	98	9	3	7	47	42	2	5	13	27	56	-24	30	LWLDWL		0-3
1	20	Fulham	39	11	7	21	66	85	11	7	2	45	22	0	0	19	21	63	-19	29	LWLLDD		1-1
1	21	Clapton Orient	38	10	9	19	51	83	8	5	5	28	23	2	4	14	23	60	-32	29	DLLDLL		0-4
	22	South Shields	39	7	8	24	52	103	5	5	10	28	38	2	3	14	24	65	-51	22	LDWDLW	Relegated	2-1