The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 0 BLACKPOOL - Sat Sep 22, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Sep 22, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: CE Lines
Attendance:: 12,615
League Week:: 7 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 5
Opp Before/After:: 14 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Feb 02, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1186 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 449 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1337 (of 5829)
Total:: 2191 (of 7634)
Played:: 97 years, 11 months, 26 days ago

Review
Sam Jennings was off the field for 15 minutes with a leg injury

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

Goal Scorers
Sam Jennings (22')
Billy Dickinson (76')

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Harry Evans
Prior form: LDLDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Len Langford
2	D	29	Bill Thompson
3	F	29	Percy Barratt
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay
5	M	24	Albert Harrison
6	D	23	Tommy Graham
7	F	23	Cyril Stocks
8	F	22	Billy Dickinson (76')
9	F	29	Sam Jennings (22')
10	F	23	Norman Thompson
11	F	31	Noah Burton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Mercer
2	D	Jimmy Hamilton
3	D	Arthur Tilford
4	D	Albert Watson
5	D	William Grant
6	M	Billy Benton
7	M	Mark Crook
8	M	Jack Oxberry
9	M	Jimmy Hampson
10	F	Syd Tuffnell
11	F	Alex Ritchie

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Sep 22, 1928)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-1	Oldham Athletic
Bristol City	0-0	Chelsea
Clapton Orient	1-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Hull City	2-0	Port Vale
Middlesbrough	1-2	Southampton
Nottingham Forest	2-0	Blackpool
Preston North End	5-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Reading	1-2	Notts County
Stoke City	1-2	Grimsby Town
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Millwall
West Bromwich Albion	5-1	Swansea Town

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	6	6	0	0	13	2	4	0	0	10	1	2	0	0	3	1	11	12	WWWWWW
	2	Notts County	6	5	1	0	13	3	3	0	0	8	1	2	1	0	5	2	10	11	WWWWDW
	3	Hull City	7	3	4	0	10	6	1	2	0	4	3	2	2	0	6	3	4	10	WWWDDD
	4	Stoke City	6	4	1	1	14	5	3	0	0	8	2	1	1	1	6	3	9	9	WWWDLW
	5	Preston North End	6	4	1	1	16	9	3	0	0	13	3	1	1	1	3	6	7	9	WWWDWL
	6	Nottingham Forest	6	3	2	1	15	13	1	1	1	4	7	2	1	0	11	6	2	8	LWDDWW
	7	Middlesbrough	6	3	1	2	14	11	0	1	1	3	4	3	0	1	11	7	3	7	WWLLDW
	8	Southampton	5	2	2	1	9	5	1	1	1	6	3	1	1	0	3	2	4	6	DLDWW
	9	Grimsby Town	5	2	2	1	12	7	2	1	0	10	4	0	1	1	2	3	5	6	DWDLW
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	3	0	3	15	9	1	0	2	4	5	2	0	1	11	4	6	6	WLLWLW
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	6	3	0	3	13	12	2	0	1	8	5	1	0	2	5	7	1	6	WLWLLW
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	1	2	10	11	2	0	1	9	8	0	1	1	1	3	-1	5	WLDWL
	13	Port Vale	5	2	0	3	9	12	1	0	1	6	6	1	0	2	3	6	-3	4	LWLWL
	14	Blackpool	6	1	2	3	11	15	1	1	1	4	4	0	1	2	7	11	-4	4	LDLDLW
	15	Bristol City	6	1	2	3	8	11	1	2	0	5	4	0	0	3	3	7	-3	4	DLLDWL
	16	Swansea Town	6	1	2	3	13	19	1	1	1	10	11	0	1	2	3	8	-6	4	LDWDLL
	17	West Bromwich Albion	6	2	0	4	8	15	2	0	1	5	4	0	0	3	3	11	-7	4	WLLLWL
	18	Clapton Orient	6	1	2	3	5	14	1	1	1	3	5	0	1	2	2	9	-9	4	LLDDWL
	19	Millwall	6	1	2	3	4	12	0	1	2	0	6	1	1	1	4	6	-8	4	LWDLLD
	20	Barnsley	5	1	0	4	6	8	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	3	2	5	-2	2	LLLWL
	21	Oldham Athletic	6	1	0	5	6	13	1	0	2	3	5	0	0	3	3	8	-7	2	LLWLLL
	22	Reading	6	0	1	5	3	15	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	3	1	11	-12	1	LLLDLL

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	7	6	1	0	13	2	4	0	0	10	1	2	1	0	3	1	11	13	WWWWWD		0-0
	2	Notts County	7	6	1	0	15	4	3	0	0	8	1	3	1	0	7	3	11	13	WWWDWW		2-1
	3	Hull City	8	4	4	0	12	6	2	2	0	6	3	2	2	0	6	3	6	12	WWDDDW		2-0
1	4	Preston North End	7	5	1	1	21	10	4	0	0	18	4	1	1	1	3	6	11	11	WWDWLW		5-1
1	5	Nottingham Forest	7	4	2	1	17	13	2	1	1	6	7	2	1	0	11	6	4	10	WDDWWW		2-0
2	6	Stoke City	7	4	1	2	15	7	3	0	1	9	4	1	1	1	6	3	8	9	WWDLWL		1-2
1	7	Southampton	6	3	2	1	11	6	1	1	1	6	3	2	1	0	5	3	5	8	DLDWWW		2-1
1	8	Grimsby Town	6	3	2	1	14	8	2	1	0	10	4	1	1	1	4	4	6	8	DWDLWW		2-1
2	9	Middlesbrough	7	3	1	3	15	13	0	1	2	4	6	3	0	1	11	7	2	7	WLLDWL		1-2
2	10	Tottenham Hotspur	6	3	1	2	12	12	3	0	1	11	9	0	1	1	1	3	0	7	WLDWLW		2-1
1	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	3	0	4	16	14	1	0	2	4	5	2	0	2	12	9	2	6	LLWLWL		1-5
1	12	Bradford Park Avenue	7	3	0	4	13	13	2	0	1	8	5	1	0	3	5	8	0	6	LWLLWL		0-1
4	13	West Bromwich Albion	7	3	0	4	13	16	3	0	1	10	5	0	0	3	3	11	-3	6	LLLWLW		5-1
4	14	Clapton Orient	7	2	2	3	6	14	2	1	1	4	5	0	1	2	2	9	-8	6	LDDWLW		1-0
	15	Bristol City	7	1	3	3	8	11	1	3	0	5	4	0	0	3	3	7	-3	5	LLDWLD		0-0
4	16	Barnsley	6	2	0	4	8	9	2	0	1	6	4	0	0	3	2	5	-1	4	LLLWLW		2-1
3	17	Blackpool	7	1	2	4	11	17	1	1	1	4	4	0	1	3	7	13	-6	4	DLDLWL		0-2
5	18	Port Vale	6	2	0	4	9	14	1	0	1	6	6	1	0	3	3	8	-5	4	LWLWLL		0-2
3	19	Swansea Town	7	1	2	4	14	24	1	1	1	10	11	0	1	3	4	13	-10	4	DWDLLL		1-5
1	20	Millwall	7	1	2	4	5	14	0	1	2	0	6	1	1	2	5	8	-9	4	WDLLDL		1-2
	21	Oldham Athletic	7	1	0	6	7	15	1	0	2	3	5	0	0	4	4	10	-8	2	LWLLLL		1-2
	22	Reading	7	0	1	6	4	17	0	1	3	3	6	0	0	3	1	11	-13	1	LLDLLL		1-2