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WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 2 - 3 FOREST - Tue Dec 25, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Dec 25, 1928 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Molineux
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: E Wood
Attendance:: 14,455
League Week:: 20 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 14
Opp Before/After:: 11 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 2)
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Dec 26, 1928

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1200 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 463 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1351 (of 5829)
Total:: 2206 (of 7634)
Played:: 97 years, 8 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Charles Howie (10') - Charles Howie first goal
Berty Heathcock (42')
Berty Heathcock (56')

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Manager: Major Frank Buckley
Prior form: DLDLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Martin Johnson (40')
Frank Green (47')

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 (10')
8	F	29	Sam Jennings
9	M	25	Berty Heathcock (42') (56')
10	F	21	Robert Heslop
11	F	25	Bob Morton

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Len Langford	119		3	1
2	D	29	Bill Thompson	207	4	3	1
3	F	30	Percy Barratt	224	17	3	1
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay	29		3	1
5	M	29	Gerry Morgan	208	6	3	1
6	D	23	Tommy Graham	20		3	1
7	M	22	Charles Howie (10')	9		3	1
8	F	29	Sam Jennings	20	13	3	1
9	M	25	Berty Heathcock (42') (56')	4	4	3	1
10	F	21	Robert Heslop	5		3	1
11	F	25	Bob Morton	8	3	3	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Norman Lewis
2	D	Len Williams
3	D	Harry Shaw
4	D	Bill Brown
5	D	Reg Hollingworth
6	M	Albert Kay
7	M	Billy Richards
8	M	Frank Green
9	M	Martin Johnson
10	F	Wilf Chadwick
11	F	Tom Baxter

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Dec 25, 1928)

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

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	20	11	6	3	39	20	7	2	1	22	8	4	4	2	17	12	19	28	WLDDWD
2	Chelsea	20	8	9	3	33	23	6	5	0	23	10	2	4	3	10	13	10	25	LDDDDD
3	Middlesbrough	20	10	5	5	45	34	5	2	2	21	13	5	3	3	24	21	11	25	WLDDWW
4	Hull City	21	9	7	5	37	30	5	4	1	22	11	4	3	4	15	19	7	25	WDDLDL
5	Bradford Park Avenue	20	11	2	7	52	37	9	0	1	36	11	2	2	6	16	26	15	24	DWDWWW
6	Preston North End	20	10	4	6	49	38	8	1	1	38	17	2	3	5	11	21	11	24	WDWLWD
7	Southampton	20	6	11	3	34	23	3	4	2	20	11	3	7	1	14	12	11	23	DLDDDD
8	Stoke City	20	8	6	6	33	20	6	3	1	22	9	2	3	5	11	11	13	22	LDDWLD
9	Millwall	20	8	5	7	36	35	5	2	3	21	15	3	3	4	15	20	1	21	WLWLWD
10	Grimsby Town	19	8	4	7	40	34	6	2	2	26	15	2	2	5	14	19	6	20	WWDDLL
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	7	6	7	40	37	3	5	2	16	15	4	1	5	24	22	3	20	DLDLWL
12	Blackpool	20	9	2	9	42	39	7	1	2	25	7	2	1	7	17	32	3	20	LWLWWW
13	West Bromwich Albion	20	8	4	8	34	37	7	1	2	21	11	1	3	6	13	26	-3	20	LDDWDW
14	Tottenham Hotspur	19	8	2	9	31	36	8	0	2	24	15	0	2	7	7	21	-5	18	WLWDLL
15	Swansea Town	20	6	6	8	30	40	6	2	2	22	14	0	4	6	8	26	-10	18	DWLWDD
16	Port Vale	20	8	1	11	33	37	7	0	3	23	14	1	1	8	10	23	-4	17	WDWLLL
17	Nottingham Forest	19	6	5	8	35	40	3	3	4	13	19	3	2	4	22	21	-5	17	DLLLDW
18	Barnsley	19	6	4	9	31	35	4	4	2	22	17	2	0	7	9	18	-4	16	LDLLLD
19	Reading	20	6	4	10	28	49	4	3	3	20	15	2	1	7	8	34	-21	16	WWWWDD
20	Clapton Orient	20	4	7	9	24	40	3	4	3	13	15	1	3	6	11	25	-16	15	LWDDLD
21	Bristol City	20	5	4	11	29	42	5	4	2	19	16	0	0	9	10	26	-13	14	LWLWLW
22	Oldham Athletic	19	3	2	14	13	42	3	1	4	7	14	0	1	10	6	28	-29	8	LLDDLL

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	21	11	7	3	40	21	7	3	1	23	9	4	4	2	17	12	19	29	LDDWDD		1-1
	2	Chelsea	21	9	9	3	34	23	6	5	0	23	10	3	4	3	11	13	11	27	DDDDDW		1-0
	3	Middlesbrough	21	11	5	5	50	35	6	2	2	26	14	5	3	3	24	21	15	27	LDDWWW		5-1
	4	Hull City	22	10	7	5	42	31	6	4	1	27	12	4	3	4	15	19	11	27	DDLDLW		5-1
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	21	12	2	7	55	38	10	0	1	39	12	2	2	6	16	26	17	26	WDWWWW		3-1
1	6	Southampton	21	6	12	3	35	24	3	4	2	20	11	3	8	1	15	13	11	24	LDDDDD		1-1
1	7	Preston North End	21	10	4	7	50	43	8	1	1	38	17	2	3	6	12	26	7	24	DWLWDL		1-5
	8	Stoke City	21	8	6	7	33	21	6	3	2	22	10	2	3	5	11	11	12	22	DDWLDL		0-1
3	9	Blackpool	21	10	2	9	46	40	7	1	2	25	7	3	1	7	21	33	6	22	WLWWWW		4-1
1	10	Millwall	21	8	6	7	39	38	5	3	3	24	18	3	3	4	15	20	1	22	LWLWDD		3-3
2	11	West Bromwich Albion	21	8	5	8	35	38	7	2	2	22	12	1	3	6	13	26	-3	21	DDWDWD		1-1
2	12	Grimsby Town	20	8	4	8	41	38	6	2	3	27	19	2	2	5	14	19	3	20	WDDLLL		1-4
2	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	7	6	8	42	40	3	5	3	18	18	4	1	5	24	22	2	20	LDLWLL		2-3
3	14	Nottingham Forest	20	7	5	8	38	42	3	3	4	13	19	4	2	4	25	23	-4	19	LLLDWW		3-2
1	15	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	3	9	33	38	8	1	2	26	17	0	2	7	7	21	-5	19	LWDLLD		2-2
1	16	Swansea Town	21	6	6	9	31	43	6	2	2	22	14	0	4	7	9	29	-12	18	WLWDDL		1-3
1	17	Port Vale	21	8	1	12	34	42	7	0	3	23	14	1	1	9	11	28	-8	17	DWLLLL		1-5
2	18	Clapton Orient	21	5	7	9	27	41	4	4	3	16	16	1	3	6	11	25	-14	17	WDDLDW		3-1
	19	Reading	21	6	5	10	30	51	4	3	3	20	15	2	2	7	10	36	-21	17	WWWDDD		2-2
2	20	Barnsley	20	6	4	10	32	38	4	4	2	22	17	2	0	8	10	21	-6	16	DLLLDL		1-3
	21	Bristol City	21	5	5	11	30	43	5	4	2	19	16	0	1	9	11	27	-13	15	WLWLWD		1-1
	22	Oldham Athletic	20	3	3	14	16	45	3	1	4	7	14	0	2	10	9	31	-29	9	LDDLLD		3-3