The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 MIDDLESBROUGH - Sat Dec 08, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 08, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Middlesbrough
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: T Crew
Attendance:: 8,837
League Week:: 18 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 18
Opp Before/After:: 6 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Oldham Athletic (League Tier 2)
Middlesbrough:: Apr 20, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1197 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 460 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1348 (of 5827)
Total:: 2203 (of 7632)
Played:: 97 years, 8 months, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Berty Heathcock (9') - Berty Heathcock first goal

MIDDLESBROUGH
Manager: Peter McWilliam
Prior form: LWDWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Pease (53')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Len Langford
2	D	29	Bill Thompson
3	F	30	Percy Barratt
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay
5	M	29	Gerry Morgan
6	D	23	Tommy Graham
7	M	22	Charles Howie
8	F	21	Robert Heslop
9	M	25	Berty Heathcock (9')
10	F	29	Sam Jennings
11	F	25	Bob Morton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Mathieson
2	D	Reg Freeman
3	D	Jock Smith
4	D	Joe Miller
5	D	Maurice Webster
6	M	Joe Peacock
7	M	Billy Pease
8	M	Jock McKay
9	M	George Camsell
10	F	Bobbie Bruce
11	F	Owen Williams

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 08, 1928)

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

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	17	10	4	3	35	17	6	2	1	21	8	4	2	2	14	9	18	24	WWDWLD
	2	Hull City	18	9	6	3	34	24	5	3	1	21	10	4	3	2	13	14	10	24	WWLWDD
	3	Chelsea	17	8	6	3	28	18	6	3	0	21	8	2	3	3	7	10	10	22	DDWLDD
	4	Preston North End	17	9	3	5	46	35	7	1	1	36	16	2	2	4	10	19	11	21	LWLWDW
	5	Southampton	17	6	8	3	31	20	3	3	2	19	10	3	5	1	12	10	11	20	DWDDLD
	6	Middlesbrough	17	8	4	5	37	31	4	2	2	18	12	4	2	3	19	19	6	20	LWDWLD
	7	Stoke City	17	7	5	5	28	15	5	2	1	17	5	2	3	4	11	10	13	19	WDDLDD
	8	Grimsby Town	16	8	3	5	36	24	6	1	1	23	9	2	2	4	13	15	12	19	WLWWWD
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	17	8	2	7	45	37	7	0	1	30	11	1	2	6	15	26	8	18	WLWDWD
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	6	6	5	34	28	2	5	2	13	13	4	1	3	21	15	6	18	DDWDLD
	11	Millwall	17	7	4	6	30	28	4	2	3	17	14	3	2	3	13	14	2	18	WWDWLW
	12	Port Vale	17	8	1	8	32	32	7	0	2	23	13	1	1	6	9	19	0	17	LWLWDW
	13	Tottenham Hotspur	16	8	1	7	27	30	8	0	1	23	13	0	1	6	4	17	-3	17	LWLWLW
	14	Barnsley	16	6	3	7	26	28	4	3	1	18	12	2	0	6	8	16	-2	15	DLDLDL
	15	West Bromwich Albion	17	6	3	8	29	34	5	1	2	17	9	1	2	6	12	25	-5	15	WLLLDD
	16	Blackpool	17	6	2	9	35	37	5	1	2	20	6	1	1	7	15	31	-2	14	WLWLWL
	17	Nottingham Forest	17	5	4	8	31	38	2	2	4	9	17	3	2	4	22	21	-7	14	LLDLLL
	18	Swansea Town	17	5	4	8	26	38	5	1	2	19	13	0	3	6	7	25	-12	14	WLWDWL
	19	Clapton Orient	17	4	5	8	20	35	3	2	3	11	13	1	3	5	9	22	-15	13	LLDLWD
	20	Reading	17	5	2	10	21	43	4	2	3	17	12	1	0	7	4	31	-22	12	LDLWWW
	21	Bristol City	17	3	4	10	25	38	3	4	2	16	15	0	0	8	9	23	-13	10	LLWLWL
	22	Oldham Athletic	17	3	2	12	13	39	3	1	4	7	14	0	1	8	6	25	-26	8	LWLLDD

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	18	10	5	3	37	19	6	2	1	21	8	4	3	2	16	11	18	25	WDWLDD		2-2
	2	Hull City	19	9	6	4	35	26	5	3	1	21	10	4	3	3	14	16	9	24	WLWDDL		1-2
	3	Chelsea	18	8	7	3	29	19	6	4	0	22	9	2	3	3	7	10	10	23	DWLDDD		1-1
3	4	Stoke City	18	8	5	5	32	18	6	2	1	21	8	2	3	4	11	10	14	21	DDLDDW		4-3
	5	Southampton	18	6	9	3	32	21	3	3	2	19	10	3	6	1	13	11	11	21	WDDLDD		1-1
2	6	Preston North End	18	9	3	6	46	36	7	1	1	36	16	2	2	5	10	20	10	21	WLWDWL		0-1
1	7	Middlesbrough	18	8	5	5	38	32	4	2	2	18	12	4	3	3	20	20	6	21	WDWLDD		1-1
	8	Grimsby Town	17	8	4	5	38	26	6	2	1	25	11	2	2	4	13	15	12	20	LWWWDD		2-2
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	18	9	2	7	49	37	8	0	1	34	11	1	2	6	15	26	12	20	LWDWDW		4-0
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	6	6	6	37	32	2	5	2	13	13	4	1	4	24	19	5	18	DWDLDL		3-4
	11	Millwall	18	7	4	7	30	32	4	2	3	17	14	3	2	4	13	18	-2	18	WDWLWL		0-4
1	12	Tottenham Hotspur	17	8	2	7	28	31	8	0	1	23	13	0	2	6	5	18	-3	18	WLWLWD		1-1
1	13	Port Vale	18	8	1	9	32	34	7	0	2	23	13	1	1	7	9	21	-2	17	WLWDWL		0-2
1	14	West Bromwich Albion	18	7	3	8	30	34	6	1	2	18	9	1	2	6	12	25	-4	17	LLLDDW		1-0
1	15	Blackpool	18	7	2	9	37	38	6	1	2	22	7	1	1	7	15	31	-1	16	LWLWLW		2-1
2	16	Swansea Town	18	6	4	8	28	38	6	1	2	21	13	0	3	6	7	25	-10	16	LWDWLW		2-0
3	17	Barnsley	17	6	3	8	28	31	4	3	2	20	15	2	0	6	8	16	-3	15	LDLDLL		2-3
1	18	Nottingham Forest	18	5	5	8	32	39	2	3	4	10	18	3	2	4	22	21	-7	15	LDLLLD		1-1
	19	Clapton Orient	18	4	6	8	21	36	3	3	3	12	14	1	3	5	9	22	-15	14	LDLWDD		1-1
	20	Reading	18	6	2	10	24	45	4	2	3	17	12	2	0	7	7	33	-21	14	DLWWWW		3-2
	21	Bristol City	18	4	4	10	26	38	4	4	2	17	15	0	0	8	9	23	-12	12	LWLWLW		1-0
	22	Oldham Athletic	18	3	2	13	13	40	3	1	4	7	14	0	1	9	6	26	-27	8	WLLDDL		0-1