The City Ground

CLAPTON ORIENT 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 21, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 21, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Clapton Orient
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Millfields Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1927-28
Referee:: GS Osell
Attendance:: 9,451
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 10
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Port Vale (League Tier 2)
Clapton Orient:: Aug 27, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1176 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 439 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1327 (of 5824)
Total:: 2178 (of 7629)
Played:: 98 years, 4 months, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Bob Wallace (35') - Bob Wallace first goal
Cyril Stocks (66')

CLAPTON ORIENT
Manager: Peter Proudfoot
Prior form: LLDLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Percy Whipp (50')
Bobby Kerr (52')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter
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 (35')
7	F	31	Stuart McMillan
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks (66')
9	F	31	Noah Burton
10	F	28	Charlie Jones
11	F	25	Alf Townsend

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter	31		7	1
2	D	28	Bill Thompson	183	4	7	1
3	F	29	Percy Barratt	202	17	7	1
4	D	23	Billy McKinlay	9		11	2
5	M	24	Albert Harrison	37	2	7	1
6	F	35	Bob Wallace (35')	196		11	2
7	F	31	Stuart McMillan	7		35	8
8	F	22	Cyril Stocks (66')	97	36	7	1
9	F	31	Noah Burton	224	43	7	1
10	F	28	Charlie Jones	107	21	7	1
11	F	25	Alf Townsend	13	4	14	4

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Arthur Wood
2	D	Bob MacDonald
3	D	Bert Lyons
4	D	Billy Broadbent
5	D	Jack Galbraith
6	M	Barney Duffy
7	M	Les Ames
8	M	Percy Whipp
9	M	Bobby Kerr
10	F	Bob Dennison
11	F	Billy Corkindale

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 21, 1928)

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

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	39	24	7	8	94	41	16	2	2	63	14	8	5	6	31	27	53	55	WWWDWW	Safe
2	Manchester City	38	23	8	7	91	55	17	2	1	64	26	6	6	6	27	29	36	54	WWLDWD	Safe
3	Chelsea	39	22	8	9	70	39	15	2	2	43	10	7	6	7	27	29	31	52	LDWWLL	Safe
4	Preston North End	39	21	8	10	91	58	15	2	3	61	23	6	6	7	30	35	33	50	WWWLLL	Safe
5	Stoke City	39	19	8	12	68	56	12	5	2	36	14	7	3	10	32	42	12	46	WDLWWL	Safe
6	Oldham Athletic	39	18	7	14	69	49	14	3	2	50	17	4	4	12	19	32	20	43	LLLWDL	Safe
7	West Bromwich Albion	39	16	10	13	86	67	10	5	4	49	27	6	5	9	37	40	19	42	LDLLWW	Safe
8	Swansea Town	38	16	10	12	69	60	12	6	2	43	15	4	4	10	26	45	9	42	LDWWWD	Safe
9	Grimsby Town	39	14	12	13	63	73	8	6	5	37	34	6	6	8	26	39	-10	40	LWDDWW	Safe
10	Port Vale	38	17	5	16	66	57	11	5	4	45	20	6	0	12	21	37	9	39	LDLLWW	Safe
11	Nottingham Forest	38	15	9	14	80	76	10	6	3	54	33	5	3	11	26	43	4	39	WDDDLL	Safe
12	Bristol City	40	15	8	17	75	77	11	4	4	41	16	4	4	13	34	61	-2	38	WLWDLL	Safe
13	Hull City	39	11	14	14	39	48	9	7	4	24	18	2	7	10	15	30	-9	36	DLLLWD	Safe
14	Notts County	39	12	11	16	65	71	9	4	6	45	24	3	7	10	20	47	-6	35	LDWWWD
15	Southampton	39	13	7	19	65	68	10	3	6	52	37	3	4	13	13	31	-3	33	WLWWLW
16	Barnsley	39	11	11	17	60	83	9	5	6	41	35	2	6	11	19	48	-23	33	LDDDWL
17	Reading	39	11	11	17	53	74	9	6	4	32	22	2	5	13	21	52	-21	33	LDLDWL
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	12	8	18	60	88	11	4	4	41	28	1	4	14	19	60	-28	32	WWLDLW
19	Clapton Orient	39	11	9	19	53	83	9	5	5	30	23	2	4	14	23	60	-30	31	LLDLLW
20	Blackpool	39	11	8	20	74	98	9	3	7	47	42	2	5	13	27	56	-24	30	LWLDWL
21	Fulham	39	11	7	21	66	85	11	7	2	45	22	0	0	19	21	63	-19	29	LWLLDD
22	South Shields	39	7	8	24	52	103	5	5	10	28	38	2	3	14	24	65	-51	22	LDWDLW	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	40	25	7	8	97	43	16	2	2	63	14	9	5	6	34	29	54	57	WWDWWW	Promoted	3-2
	2	Manchester City	39	23	9	7	92	56	17	2	1	64	26	6	7	6	28	30	36	55	WLDWDD	Safe	1-1
	3	Chelsea	40	22	8	10	72	42	15	2	3	45	13	7	6	7	27	29	30	52	DWWLLL	Safe	2-3
	4	Preston North End	40	21	8	11	93	61	15	2	3	61	23	6	6	8	32	38	32	50	WWLLLL	Safe	2-3
	5	Stoke City	40	20	8	12	71	58	13	5	2	39	16	7	3	10	32	42	13	48	DLWWLW	Safe	3-2
2	6	Swansea Town	39	17	10	12	71	60	12	6	2	43	15	5	4	10	28	45	11	44	DWWWDW	Safe	2-0
1	7	Oldham Athletic	40	18	7	15	69	50	14	3	3	50	18	4	4	12	19	32	19	43	LLWDLL	Safe	0-1
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	40	16	11	13	87	68	10	6	4	50	28	6	5	9	37	40	19	43	DLLWWD	Safe	1-1
1	9	Port Vale	39	17	6	16	66	57	11	5	4	45	20	6	1	12	21	37	9	40	DLLWWD	Safe	0-0
1	10	Nottingham Forest	39	15	10	14	82	78	10	6	3	54	33	5	4	11	28	45	4	40	DDDLLD	Safe	2-2
2	11	Grimsby Town	40	14	12	14	63	74	8	6	6	37	35	6	6	8	26	39	-11	40	WDDWWL	Safe	0-1
	12	Bristol City	41	15	8	18	75	78	11	4	5	41	17	4	4	13	34	61	-3	38	LWDLLL	Safe	0-1
	13	Hull City	40	12	14	14	40	48	9	7	4	24	18	3	7	10	16	30	-8	38	LLLWDW	Safe	1-0
	14	Notts County	40	12	11	17	65	72	9	4	7	45	25	3	7	10	20	47	-7	35	DWWWDL		0-1
1	15	Barnsley	40	12	11	17	61	83	9	5	6	41	35	3	6	11	20	48	-22	35	DDDWLW		1-0
1	16	Reading	40	11	12	17	53	74	9	7	4	32	22	2	5	13	21	52	-21	34	DLDWLD		0-0
1	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	13	8	18	61	88	11	4	4	41	28	2	4	14	20	60	-27	34	WLDLWW		1-0
3	18	Southampton	40	13	7	20	65	70	10	3	7	52	39	3	4	13	13	31	-5	33	LWWLWL		0-2
1	19	Blackpool	40	12	8	20	78	99	10	3	7	51	43	2	5	13	27	56	-21	32	WLDWLW		4-1
1	20	Clapton Orient	40	11	10	19	55	85	9	6	5	32	25	2	4	14	23	60	-30	32	LDLLWD		2-2
	21	Fulham	40	12	7	21	67	85	11	7	2	45	22	1	0	19	22	63	-18	31	WLLDDW		1-0
	22	South Shields	40	7	8	25	53	107	5	5	10	28	38	2	3	15	25	69	-54	22	DWDLWL	Relegated	1-4