The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS - Wed Dec 26, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Dec 26, 1928 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: G Hewitt
Attendance:: 18,811
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 14 13
Opp Before/After:: 13 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 2)
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Nov 16, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1201 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 464 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1352 (of 5829)
Total:: 2207 (of 7634)
Played:: 97 years, 8 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Berty Heathcock (22')
Bob Morton (71') - Bob Morton last goal

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

Goal Scorers
Frank Green (58')

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	30	Sam Jennings
9	M	25	Berty Heathcock (22')
10	F	21	Robert Heslop
11	F	25	Bob Morton (71')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Len Langford	120		1	1
2	D	29	Bill Thompson	208	4	1	1
3	F	30	Percy Barratt	225	17	1	1
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay	30		1	1
5	M	29	Gerry Morgan	209	6	1	1
6	D	23	Tommy Graham	21		1	1
7	M	22	Charles Howie	10	1	1	1
8	F	30	Sam Jennings	21	13	1	1
9	M	25	Berty Heathcock (22')	5	6	1	1
10	F	21	Robert Heslop	6		1	1
11	F	25	Bob Morton (71')	9	3	1	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Norman Lewis
2	D	Len Williams
3	D	Harry Shaw
4	D	Ted Thorpe
5	D	Tommy Pritchard
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 (Wed Dec 26, 1928)

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

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

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	22	11	7	4	40	25	7	3	1	23	9	4	4	3	17	16	15	29	DDWDDL		0-4
	2	Chelsea	22	10	9	3	37	24	7	5	0	26	11	3	4	3	11	13	13	29	DDDDWW		3-1
	3	Middlesbrough	22	12	5	5	53	37	6	2	2	26	14	6	3	3	27	23	16	29	DDWWWW		3-2
	4	Hull City	23	10	7	6	42	32	6	4	1	27	12	4	3	5	15	20	10	27	DLDLWL		0-1
1	5	Southampton	22	7	12	3	39	24	4	4	2	24	11	3	8	1	15	13	15	26	DDDDDW		4-0
1	6	Bradford Park Avenue	22	12	2	8	56	41	10	0	1	39	12	2	2	7	17	29	15	26	DWWWWL		1-3
	7	Preston North End	22	11	4	7	51	43	9	1	1	39	17	2	3	6	12	26	8	26	WLWDLW		1-0
1	8	Blackpool	22	10	3	9	47	41	7	2	2	26	8	3	1	7	21	33	6	23	LWWWWD		1-1
2	9	West Bromwich Albion	22	9	5	8	38	40	7	2	2	22	12	2	3	6	16	28	-2	23	DWDWDW		3-2
2	10	Stoke City	22	8	6	8	34	24	6	3	2	22	10	2	3	6	12	14	10	22	DWLDLL		1-3
1	11	Millwall	22	8	6	8	40	42	5	3	3	24	18	3	3	5	16	24	-2	22	WLWDDL		1-4
	12	Grimsby Town	21	8	5	8	42	39	6	2	3	27	19	2	3	5	15	20	3	21	DDLLLD		1-1
1	13	Nottingham Forest	21	8	5	8	40	43	4	3	4	15	20	4	2	4	25	23	-3	21	LLDWWW		2-1
1	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	7	6	9	43	42	3	5	3	18	18	4	1	6	25	24	1	20	DLWLLL		1-2
1	15	Swansea Town	22	7	6	9	34	44	7	2	2	25	15	0	4	7	9	29	-10	20	LWDDLW		3-1
1	16	Tottenham Hotspur	21	8	3	10	36	42	8	1	2	26	17	0	2	8	10	25	-6	19	WDLLDL		3-4
2	17	Reading	22	7	5	10	34	54	5	3	3	24	18	2	2	7	10	36	-20	19	WWDDDW		4-3
2	18	Barnsley	21	7	4	10	34	38	5	4	2	24	17	2	0	8	10	21	-4	18	LLLDLW		2-0
2	19	Port Vale	22	8	1	13	36	45	7	0	4	25	17	1	1	9	11	28	-9	17	WLLLLL		2-3
2	20	Clapton Orient	22	5	7	10	27	43	4	4	3	16	16	1	3	7	11	27	-16	17	DDLDWL		0-2
	21	Bristol City	22	5	5	12	32	46	5	4	3	21	19	0	1	9	11	27	-14	15	LWLWDL		2-3
	22	Oldham Athletic	21	4	3	14	20	46	4	1	4	11	15	0	2	10	9	31	-26	11	DDLLDW		4-1