The City Ground

PORT VALE 4 - 2 FOREST - Sat Nov 03, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 03, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Port Vale
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Old Recreation Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-4 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: ER Westwood
Attendance:: 9,936
League Week:: 13 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 13
Opp Before/After:: 17 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Port Vale:: Mar 16, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1192 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 455 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1343 (of 5830)
Total:: 2197 (of 7635)
Played:: 97 years, 10 months, 23 days ago

Review
Simms scored 4 for Port Vale

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

Goal Scorers
Sam Jennings (30')
Sam Jennings (77')

PORT VALE
Manager: Joe Schofield
Prior form: LWLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Simms (12')
Jack Simms (35')
Jack Simms (63')
Jack Simms (85')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter
2	D	29	Bill Thompson	200th appearance
3	F	30	Percy Barratt
4	M	26	David Cameron
5	M	24	Albert Harrison
6	D	23	Tommy Graham
7	M	22	Charles Howie
8	D	24	Billy McKinlay
9	F	29	Sam Jennings (30') (77')
10	F	21	Robert Heslop
11	F	31	Noah Burton

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter	36		28	4
2	D	29	Bill Thompson	199	4	7	1
3	F	30	Percy Barratt	216	17	7	1
4	M	26	David Cameron	3		14	2
5	M	24	Albert Harrison	52	3	7	1
6	D	23	Tommy Graham	13		7	1
7	M	22	Charles Howie	1		7	1
8	D	24	Billy McKinlay	21		7	1
9	F	29	Sam Jennings (30') (77')	12	8	7	1
10	F	21	Robert Heslop	1		7	1
11	F	31	Noah Burton	239	45	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alfred Bennett
2	D	Billy Briscoe
3	D	Jimmy Oakes
4	D	George Whitcombe
5	D	Bob Connelly
6	M	Val Rouse
7	M	Jack Mandley
8	M	Harry Anstiss
9	M	Wilf Kirkham
10	F	Bob Gillespie
11	F	Jack Simms

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 03, 1928)

Home	Score	Away
Hull City	4-1	West Bromwich Albion
Middlesbrough	5-3	Bradford Park Avenue
Millwall	3-1	Bristol City
Notts County	4-1	Barnsley
Oldham Athletic	2-1	Swansea Town
Port Vale	4-2	Nottingham Forest
Preston North End	5-2	Grimsby Town
Reading	1-1	Stoke City
Southampton	8-2	Blackpool
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Clapton Orient
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	Chelsea

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	Notts County	12	8	2	2	23	9	4	1	1	11	3	4	1	1	12	6	14	18	WLLWDW
2	Hull City	13	7	4	2	20	13	3	2	1	10	6	4	2	1	10	7	7	18	WWLWLW
3	Chelsea	12	7	3	2	19	9	5	2	0	16	4	2	1	2	3	5	10	17	DWLDLD
4	Stoke City	12	7	1	4	26	12	5	0	1	16	4	2	1	3	10	8	14	15	LLWLWW
5	Southampton	12	5	5	2	19	13	2	1	2	9	6	3	4	0	10	7	6	15	WWDDLD
6	Middlesbrough	12	6	2	4	28	22	2	1	2	11	8	4	1	2	17	14	6	14	LDWWWL
7	Preston North End	12	6	2	4	31	26	4	1	1	23	10	2	1	3	8	16	5	14	WWLLDL
8	Barnsley	11	6	1	4	21	15	4	1	1	14	8	2	0	3	7	7	6	13	WWWWWD
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	5	3	4	28	21	2	2	2	10	10	3	1	2	18	11	7	13	LDWDWD
10	West Bromwich Albion	12	6	1	5	23	21	5	0	1	16	6	1	1	4	7	15	2	13	WWWLDW
11	Nottingham Forest	12	5	3	4	24	26	2	1	3	7	14	3	2	1	17	12	-2	13	WLLWDL
12	Grimsby Town	11	5	2	4	24	15	4	1	1	18	7	1	1	3	6	8	9	12	WLWLLW
13	Bradford Park Avenue	12	6	0	6	28	25	5	0	1	21	9	1	0	5	7	16	3	12	LWLWLW
14	Millwall	12	4	3	5	22	23	1	2	3	9	12	3	1	2	13	11	-1	11	LWWLDW
15	Tottenham Hotspur	11	5	1	5	20	22	5	0	1	17	11	0	1	4	3	11	-2	11	WLWLWL
16	Blackpool	12	4	2	6	22	25	3	1	2	10	6	1	1	4	12	19	-3	10	LLWWLW
17	Port Vale	12	5	0	7	20	24	4	0	2	15	11	1	0	5	5	13	-4	10	LWLWWL
18	Swansea Town	12	3	3	6	20	33	3	1	2	14	13	0	2	4	6	20	-13	9	LLLWDW
19	Clapton Orient	12	3	3	6	11	25	2	1	3	6	11	1	2	3	5	14	-14	9	WWLDLL
20	Bristol City	12	1	4	7	14	27	1	4	2	8	14	0	0	5	6	13	-13	6	DLDLLL
21	Reading	12	2	1	9	11	30	2	1	3	9	7	0	0	6	2	23	-19	5	LLWLWL
22	Oldham Athletic	12	2	0	10	9	27	2	0	3	4	9	0	0	7	5	18	-18	4	LLLLWL

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	Notts County	13	9	2	2	27	10	5	1	1	15	4	4	1	1	12	6	17	20	LLWDWW		4-1
	2	Hull City	14	8	4	2	24	14	4	2	1	14	7	4	2	1	10	7	10	20	WLWLWW		4-1
	3	Chelsea	13	7	4	2	20	10	5	2	0	16	4	2	2	2	4	6	10	18	WLDLDD		1-1
1	4	Southampton	13	6	5	2	27	15	3	1	2	17	8	3	4	0	10	7	12	17	WDDLDW		8-2
1	5	Stoke City	13	7	2	4	27	13	5	0	1	16	4	2	2	3	11	9	14	16	LWLWWD		1-1
	6	Middlesbrough	13	7	2	4	33	25	3	1	2	16	11	4	1	2	17	14	8	16	DWWWLW		5-3
	7	Preston North End	13	7	2	4	36	28	5	1	1	28	12	2	1	3	8	16	8	16	WLLDLW		5-2
1	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	5	4	4	29	22	2	3	2	11	11	3	1	2	18	11	7	14	DWDWDD		1-1
1	9	Barnsley	12	6	1	5	22	19	4	1	1	14	8	2	0	4	8	11	3	13	WWWWDL		1-4
4	10	Millwall	13	5	3	5	25	24	2	2	3	12	13	3	1	2	13	11	1	13	WWLDWW		3-1
1	11	West Bromwich Albion	13	6	1	6	24	25	5	0	1	16	6	1	1	5	8	19	-1	13	WWLDWL		1-4
3	12	Tottenham Hotspur	12	6	1	5	22	23	6	0	1	19	12	0	1	4	3	11	-1	13	LWLWLW		2-1
2	13	Nottingham Forest	13	5	3	5	26	30	2	1	3	7	14	3	2	2	19	16	-4	13	LLWDLL		2-4
2	14	Grimsby Town	12	5	2	5	26	20	4	1	1	18	7	1	1	4	8	13	6	12	LWLLWL		2-5
2	15	Bradford Park Avenue	13	6	0	7	31	30	5	0	1	21	9	1	0	6	10	21	1	12	WLWLWL		3-5
1	16	Port Vale	13	6	0	7	24	26	5	0	2	19	13	1	0	5	5	13	-2	12	WLWWLW		4-2
1	17	Blackpool	13	4	2	7	24	33	3	1	2	10	6	1	1	5	14	27	-9	10	LWWLWL		2-8
	18	Swansea Town	13	3	3	7	21	35	3	1	2	14	13	0	2	5	7	22	-14	9	LLWDWL		1-2
	19	Clapton Orient	13	3	3	7	12	27	2	1	3	6	11	1	2	4	6	16	-15	9	WLDLLL		1-2
	20	Bristol City	13	1	4	8	15	30	1	4	2	8	14	0	0	6	7	16	-15	6	LDLLLL		1-3
1	21	Oldham Athletic	13	3	0	10	11	28	3	0	3	6	10	0	0	7	5	18	-17	6	LLLWLW		2-1
1	22	Reading	13	2	2	9	12	31	2	2	3	10	8	0	0	6	2	23	-19	6	LWLWLD		1-1