The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 READING - Sat Nov 24, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 24, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: E Wood
Attendance:: 6,223
League Week:: 16 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 17
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 2)
Reading:: Apr 06, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1195 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 458 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1346 (of 5824)
Total:: 2201 (of 7629)
Played:: 97 years, 8 months, 27 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sam Jennings (13')

READING
Manager: Angus Wylie
Prior form: LWLDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alf Messer (33')
Jock Hunter (76')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Arthur Dexter
2	D	29	Bill Thompson
3	F	30	Percy Barratt
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay
5	M	24	Albert Harrison
6	D	23	Tommy Graham
7	M	22	Charles Howie
8	F	23	Cyril Stocks
9	F	29	Sam Jennings (13')
10	F	31	Noah Burton
11	F	27	Eric Hague

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Duckworth
2	D	Percy Thorpe
3	D	Ted Smith
4	D	Sid Chandler
5	D	Alf Messer
6	M	Tommy Meads
7	M	Harry Goodwin
8	M	Bill Baggett
9	M	Bill Johnstone
10	F	Jock Hunter
11	F	Bert Oswald

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 24, 1928)

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

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	15	10	3	2	32	13	6	1	1	18	5	4	2	1	14	8	19	23	WDWWDW
	2	Hull City	16	9	4	3	30	20	5	2	1	19	8	4	2	2	11	12	10	22	WLWWLW
	3	Chelsea	15	8	4	3	23	13	6	2	0	18	5	2	2	3	5	8	10	20	DLDDWL
	4	Southampton	15	6	7	2	30	18	3	2	2	19	10	3	5	0	11	8	12	19	DLDWDD
	5	Middlesbrough	15	8	3	4	36	27	4	1	2	17	11	4	2	2	19	16	9	19	WWLWDW
	6	Preston North End	15	8	2	5	42	32	6	1	1	33	14	2	1	4	9	18	10	18	LDLWLW
	7	Stoke City	15	7	3	5	27	14	5	1	1	16	4	2	2	4	11	10	13	17	LWWDDL
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	6	5	4	31	22	2	4	2	11	11	4	1	2	20	11	9	17	DWDDWD
	9	Grimsby Town	14	7	2	5	32	21	5	1	1	21	8	2	1	4	11	13	11	16	LLWLWW
	10	Millwall	15	6	4	5	27	25	3	2	3	14	14	3	2	2	13	11	2	16	LDWWDW
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	15	7	1	7	38	33	6	0	1	26	10	1	1	6	12	23	5	15	WLWLWD
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	14	7	1	6	24	28	7	0	1	21	13	0	1	5	3	15	-4	15	LWLWLW
	13	Barnsley	14	6	2	6	24	24	4	2	1	16	10	2	0	5	8	14	0	14	WWDLDL
	14	Port Vale	15	7	0	8	28	29	6	0	2	22	13	1	0	6	6	16	-1	14	WWLWLW
	15	Nottingham Forest	15	5	4	6	28	33	2	2	3	8	15	3	2	3	20	18	-5	14	WDLLDL
	16	West Bromwich Albion	15	6	1	8	27	32	5	0	2	16	8	1	1	6	11	24	-5	13	LDWLLL
	17	Blackpool	15	5	2	8	32	36	4	1	2	17	6	1	1	6	15	30	-4	12	WLWLWL
	18	Swansea Town	15	4	4	7	25	35	4	1	2	18	13	0	3	5	7	22	-10	12	WDWLWD
	19	Clapton Orient	15	3	4	8	16	34	2	2	3	8	13	1	2	5	8	21	-18	10	DLLLDL
	20	Bristol City	15	2	4	9	22	35	2	4	2	14	14	0	0	7	8	21	-13	8	LLLLWL
	21	Reading	15	3	2	10	17	41	3	2	3	15	11	0	0	7	2	30	-24	8	LWLDLW
	22	Oldham Athletic	15	3	0	12	11	37	3	0	4	6	13	0	0	8	5	24	-26	6	LWLWLL

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	16	10	3	3	32	14	6	1	1	18	5	4	2	2	14	9	18	23	DWWDWL		0-1
	2	Hull City	17	9	5	3	32	22	5	2	1	19	8	4	3	2	13	14	10	23	LWWLWD		2-2
	3	Chelsea	16	8	5	3	26	16	6	3	0	21	8	2	2	3	5	8	10	21	LDDWLD		3-3
	4	Southampton	16	6	7	3	31	20	3	2	2	19	10	3	5	1	12	10	11	19	LDWDDL		1-2
1	5	Preston North End	16	8	3	5	43	33	6	1	1	33	14	2	2	4	10	19	10	19	DLWLWD		1-1
1	6	Middlesbrough	16	8	3	5	36	30	4	1	2	17	11	4	2	3	19	19	6	19	WLWDWL		0-3
	7	Stoke City	16	7	4	5	28	15	5	2	1	17	5	2	2	4	11	10	13	18	WWDDLD		1-1
1	8	Grimsby Town	15	8	2	5	34	22	6	1	1	23	9	2	1	4	11	13	12	18	LWLWWW		2-1
2	9	Bradford Park Avenue	16	8	1	7	42	34	7	0	1	30	11	1	1	6	12	23	8	17	LWLWDW		4-1
2	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	6	5	5	32	26	2	4	2	11	11	4	1	3	21	15	6	17	WDDWDL		1-4
1	11	Millwall	16	6	4	6	27	28	3	2	3	14	14	3	2	3	13	14	-1	16	DWWDWL		0-3
1	12	Barnsley	15	6	3	6	26	26	4	3	1	18	12	2	0	5	8	14	0	15	WDLDLD		2-2
1	13	Port Vale	16	7	1	8	31	32	6	0	2	22	13	1	1	6	9	19	-1	15	WLWLWD		3-3
2	14	Tottenham Hotspur	15	7	1	7	25	30	7	0	1	21	13	0	1	6	4	17	-5	15	WLWLWL		1-2
2	15	Blackpool	16	6	2	8	35	36	5	1	2	20	6	1	1	6	15	30	-1	14	LWLWLW		3-0
	16	West Bromwich Albion	16	6	2	8	28	33	5	1	2	17	9	1	1	6	11	24	-5	14	DWLLLD		1-1
2	17	Nottingham Forest	16	5	4	7	29	35	2	2	4	9	17	3	2	3	20	18	-6	14	DLLDLL		1-2
	18	Swansea Town	16	5	4	7	26	35	5	1	2	19	13	0	3	5	7	22	-9	14	DWLWDW		1-0
	19	Clapton Orient	16	4	4	8	19	34	3	2	3	11	13	1	2	5	8	21	-15	12	LLLDLW		3-0
	20	Bristol City	16	3	4	9	24	36	3	4	2	16	15	0	0	7	8	21	-12	10	LLLWLW		2-1
	21	Reading	16	4	2	10	19	42	3	2	3	15	11	1	0	7	4	31	-23	10	WLDLWW		2-1
	22	Oldham Athletic	16	3	1	12	12	38	3	0	4	6	13	0	1	8	6	25	-26	7	WLWLLD		1-1