The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 2 - 5 FOREST - Sat Oct 13, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 13, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-2 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: J Rennie
Attendance:: 14,039
Pos Before/After:: 10 7
Opp Before/After:: 18 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Feb 23, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1189 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 452 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1340 (of 5768)
Total:: 2194 (of 7556)
Played:: 96 years, 8 months, 26 days ago

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

Goals
Billy Dickinson (6')
Sam Jennings (50')
Sam Jennings (70')
Cyril Stocks (80')
Sam Jennings (85')

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: Alex Raisbeck
Prior form: DWLDLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Cecil Blakemore (40')
John Paul (57')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Len Langford
2	D	29	Bill Thompson
3	F	30	Percy Barratt
4	M	26	David Cameron
5	M	24	Albert Harrison
6	D	23	Tommy Graham
7	F	23	Cyril Stocks (80')
8	D	24	Billy McKinlay
9	F	29	Sam Jennings (50') (70') (85')
10	F	22	Billy Dickinson (6')
11	F	31	Noah Burton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Coggins
2	D	Jack Walsh
3	D	Ernest Glenn
4	D	Stan Barber
5	D	Allan Sliman
6	M	Andy Smailes
7	M	Cyril Gilhespy
8	M	John Paul
9	M	Billy Hick
10	F	Cecil Blakemore
11	F	Arthur Johnson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 13, 1928)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-0	West Bromwich Albion
Blackpool	2-0	Stoke City
Bradford Park Avenue	4-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Bristol City	2-5	Nottingham Forest
Chelsea	2-2	Clapton Orient
Hull City	3-0	Reading
Millwall	2-3	Middlesbrough
Notts County	2-0	Oldham Athletic
Port Vale	3-2	Preston North End
Swansea Town	2-1	Grimsby Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	Southampton

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	Status
	1	Chelsea	9	7	1	1	16	5	5	0	0	13	1	2	1	1	3	4	3.20000	15	WWWDWL
	2	Hull City	10	5	4	1	14	10	2	2	0	6	3	3	2	1	8	7	1.40000	14	DDDWWL
	3	Notts County	9	6	1	2	16	8	3	0	1	8	2	3	1	1	8	6	2.00000	13	WDWWLL
	4	Preston North End	9	6	1	2	25	14	4	0	1	21	8	2	1	1	4	6	1.78571	13	DWLWWL
	5	Southampton	9	5	3	1	16	9	2	1	1	8	4	3	2	0	8	5	1.77778	13	WWWWWD
	6	Stoke City	9	5	1	3	21	9	4	0	1	14	4	1	1	2	7	5	2.33333	11	DLWLLW
	7	Grimsby Town	8	4	2	2	18	11	3	1	1	14	7	1	1	1	4	4	1.63636	10	DLWWLW
	8	Middlesbrough	9	4	2	3	21	17	1	1	2	7	7	3	1	1	14	10	1.23529	10	LDWLDW
	9	West Bromwich Albion	9	5	0	4	18	16	4	0	1	13	5	1	0	3	5	11	1.12500	10	LWLWWW
	10	Nottingham Forest	9	4	2	3	18	19	2	1	2	7	10	2	1	1	11	9	.94737	10	DWWWLL
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	4	1	4	23	17	1	1	2	7	8	3	0	2	16	9	1.35294	9	WLWLDW
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	8	4	1	3	17	15	4	0	1	15	10	0	1	2	2	5	1.13333	9	DWLWLW
	13	Barnsley	8	4	0	4	15	12	3	0	1	10	6	1	0	3	5	6	1.25000	8	LWLWWW
	14	Bradford Park Avenue	9	4	0	5	17	18	3	0	1	10	6	1	0	4	7	12	.94444	8	LLWLWL
	15	Millwall	9	3	2	4	14	18	1	1	2	5	7	2	1	2	9	11	.77778	8	LLDLWW
	16	Clapton Orient	9	3	2	4	9	18	2	1	2	6	9	1	1	2	3	9	.50000	8	DWLWWL
	17	Blackpool	9	2	2	5	15	21	1	1	2	4	6	1	1	3	11	15	.71429	6	DLWLLW
	18	Bristol City	9	1	4	4	11	16	1	4	0	6	5	0	0	4	5	11	.68750	6	DWLDLD
	19	Port Vale	9	3	0	6	13	19	2	0	2	9	9	1	0	4	4	10	.68421	6	WLLLWL
	20	Swansea Town	9	1	2	6	14	30	1	1	2	10	12	0	1	4	4	18	.46667	4	DLLLLL
	21	Reading	9	1	1	7	7	23	1	1	3	5	7	0	0	4	2	16	.30435	3	DLLLLW
	22	Oldham Athletic	9	1	0	8	8	21	1	0	3	3	9	0	0	5	5	12	.38095	2	LLLLLL

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Chelsea	10	7	2	1	18	7	5	1	0	15	3	2	1	1	3	4	2.57143	16	WWDWLD		2-2
	2	Hull City	11	6	4	1	17	10	3	2	0	9	3	3	2	1	8	7	1.70000	16	DDWWLW		3-0
	3	Notts County	10	7	1	2	18	8	4	0	1	10	2	3	1	1	8	6	2.25000	15	DWWLLW		2-0
1	4	Southampton	10	5	4	1	17	10	2	1	1	8	4	3	3	0	9	6	1.70000	14	WWWWDD		1-1
1	5	Preston North End	10	6	1	3	27	17	4	0	1	21	8	2	1	2	6	9	1.58824	13	WLWWLL		2-3
2	6	Middlesbrough	10	5	2	3	24	19	1	1	2	7	7	4	1	1	17	12	1.26316	12	DWLDWW		3-2
3	7	Nottingham Forest	10	5	2	3	23	21	2	1	2	7	10	3	1	1	16	11	1.09524	12	WWWLLW		5-2
2	8	Stoke City	10	5	1	4	21	11	4	0	1	14	4	1	1	3	7	7	1.90909	11	LWLLWL		0-2
2	9	Grimsby Town	9	4	2	3	19	13	3	1	1	14	7	1	1	2	5	6	1.46154	10	LWWLWL		1-2
3	10	Barnsley	9	5	0	4	17	12	4	0	1	12	6	1	0	3	5	6	1.41667	10	WLWWWW		2-0
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	2	4	24	18	1	2	2	8	9	3	0	2	16	9	1.33333	10	LWLDWD		1-1
2	12	Bradford Park Avenue	10	5	0	5	21	19	4	0	1	14	7	1	0	4	7	12	1.10526	10	LWLWLW		4-1
4	13	West Bromwich Albion	10	5	0	5	18	18	4	0	1	13	5	1	0	4	5	13	1.00000	10	WLWWWL		0-2
2	14	Tottenham Hotspur	9	4	1	4	18	19	4	0	1	15	10	0	1	3	3	9	.94737	9	WLWLWL		1-4
1	15	Clapton Orient	10	3	3	4	11	20	2	1	2	6	9	1	2	2	5	11	.55000	9	WLWWLD		2-2
1	16	Blackpool	10	3	2	5	17	21	2	1	2	6	6	1	1	3	11	15	.80952	8	LWLLWW		2-0
2	17	Millwall	10	3	2	5	16	21	1	1	3	7	10	2	1	2	9	11	.76190	8	LDLWWL		2-3
1	18	Port Vale	10	4	0	6	16	21	3	0	2	12	11	1	0	4	4	10	.76190	8	LLLWLW		3-2
1	19	Bristol City	10	1	4	5	13	21	1	4	1	8	10	0	0	4	5	11	.61905	6	WLDLDL		2-5
	20	Swansea Town	10	2	2	6	16	31	2	1	2	12	13	0	1	4	4	18	.51613	6	LLLLLW		2-1
	21	Reading	10	1	1	8	7	26	1	1	3	5	7	0	0	5	2	19	.26923	3	LLLLWL		0-3
	22	Oldham Athletic	10	1	0	9	8	23	1	0	3	3	9	0	0	6	5	14	.34783	2	LLLLLL		0-2