The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 1 GRIMSBY TOWN - Sat Jan 05, 1929 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 05, 1929 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Grimsby Town
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 05 January 1929

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: FH Harris
Attendance:: 7,361
Pos Before/After:: 14 14
Opp Before/After:: 9 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (FA Cup)
League:: Bradford Park Avenue
Grimsby Town:: Aug 27, 1932

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1204 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 467 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1355 (of 5768)
Total:: 2210 (of 7556)
Played:: 96 years, 5 months, 27 days ago

Review
Len Langford suffered a broken finger and Percy Barratt went off injured

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

Goals

GRIMSBY TOWN
Manager: Wilf Gillow
Prior form: LLLDWW (Old to recent)

Goals
Joe Robson (75')

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	F	23	Cyril Stocks
8	F	32	Noah Burton
9	M	25	Berty Heathcock
10	F	21	Robert Heslop
11	F	25	Bob Morton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tommy Read
2	D	James Calderwood
3	D	Hughie Jacobson
4	D	Charlie Wilson
5	D	Harry Swaby
6	M	Billy Powell
7	M	Jack Prior
8	M	Jackie Bestall
9	M	Joe Robson
10	F	Joe Cooper
11	F	Billy Marshall

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 05, 1929)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-1	Swansea Town
Bristol City	1-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Chelsea	2-3	Blackpool
Hull City	1-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Millwall	2-0	Clapton Orient
Nottingham Forest	0-1	Grimsby Town
Port Vale	3-0	Notts County
Preston North End	0-0	Middlesbrough
Reading	6-1	Oldham Athletic
Tottenham Hotspur	3-2	Southampton
West Bromwich Albion	2-3	Stoke City

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Middlesbrough	24	13	6	5	56	37	7	3	2	29	14	6	3	3	27	23	1.51351	32	WWWWDW
	2	Chelsea	23	11	9	3	38	24	7	5	0	26	11	4	4	3	12	13	1.58333	31	DDDWWW
	3	Notts County	23	11	7	5	44	30	7	3	2	27	14	4	4	3	17	16	1.46667	29	DWDDLL
	4	Southampton	23	8	12	3	42	26	5	4	2	27	13	3	8	1	15	13	1.61538	28	DDDDWW
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	23	13	2	8	58	42	11	0	1	41	13	2	2	7	17	29	1.38095	28	WWWWLW
	6	Hull City	24	10	7	7	44	35	6	4	1	27	12	4	3	6	17	23	1.25714	27	LDLWLL
	7	Preston North End	23	11	4	8	53	46	9	1	1	39	17	2	3	7	14	29	1.15217	26	LWDLWL
	8	Blackpool	23	11	3	9	50	43	8	2	2	29	10	3	1	7	21	33	1.16279	25	WWWWDW
	9	Grimsby Town	23	10	5	8	47	41	7	2	3	30	21	3	3	5	17	20	1.14634	25	LLLDWW
	10	West Bromwich Albion	23	10	5	8	40	40	7	2	2	22	12	3	3	6	18	28	1.00000	25	WDWDWW
	11	Millwall	23	9	6	8	45	46	5	3	3	24	18	4	3	5	21	28	.97826	24	LWDDLW
	12	Stoke City	23	8	7	8	35	25	6	4	2	23	11	2	3	6	12	14	1.40000	23	WLDLLD
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	8	6	9	47	42	4	5	3	22	18	4	1	6	25	24	1.11905	22	LWLLLW
	14	Nottingham Forest	23	8	6	9	41	46	4	3	4	15	20	4	3	5	26	26	.89130	22	DWWWDL
	15	Swansea Town	23	7	6	10	34	45	7	2	3	25	16	0	4	7	9	29	.75556	20	WDDLWL
	16	Reading	23	7	6	10	34	54	5	3	3	24	18	2	3	7	10	36	.62963	20	WDDDWD
	17	Tottenham Hotspur	23	8	3	12	37	48	8	1	2	26	17	0	2	10	11	31	.77083	19	LLDLLL
	18	Barnsley	23	7	4	12	35	42	5	4	3	24	19	2	0	9	11	23	.83333	18	LDLWLL
	19	Port Vale	23	8	1	14	36	49	7	0	4	25	17	1	1	10	11	32	.73469	17	LLLLLL
	20	Clapton Orient	23	5	7	11	27	45	4	4	4	16	18	1	3	7	11	27	.60000	17	DLDWLL
	21	Bristol City	23	5	5	13	34	49	5	4	3	21	19	0	1	10	13	30	.69388	15	WLWDLL
	22	Oldham Athletic	23	6	3	14	25	47	6	1	4	16	16	0	2	10	9	31	.53191	15	LLDWWW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Middlesbrough	25	13	7	5	56	37	7	3	2	29	14	6	4	3	27	23	1.51351	33	WWWDWD		0-0
	2	Chelsea	24	11	9	4	40	27	7	5	1	28	14	4	4	3	12	13	1.48148	31	DDWWWL		2-3
	3	Notts County	24	11	7	6	44	33	7	3	2	27	14	4	4	4	17	19	1.33333	29	WDDLLL		0-3
	4	Southampton	24	8	12	4	44	29	5	4	2	27	13	3	8	2	17	16	1.51724	28	DDDWWL		2-3
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	24	13	2	9	58	43	11	0	1	41	13	2	2	8	17	30	1.34884	28	WWWLWL		0-1
	6	Hull City	25	10	7	8	45	38	6	4	2	28	15	4	3	6	17	23	1.18421	27	DLWLLL		1-3
1	7	Blackpool	24	12	3	9	53	45	8	2	2	29	10	4	1	7	24	35	1.17778	27	WWWDWW		3-2
1	8	Grimsby Town	24	11	5	8	48	41	7	2	3	30	21	4	3	5	18	20	1.17073	27	LLDWWW		1-0
2	9	Preston North End	24	11	5	8	53	46	9	2	1	39	17	2	3	7	14	29	1.15217	27	WDLWLD		0-0
1	10	Millwall	24	10	6	8	47	46	6	3	3	26	18	4	3	5	21	28	1.02174	26	WDDLWW		2-0
1	11	Stoke City	24	9	7	8	38	27	6	4	2	23	11	3	3	6	15	16	1.40741	25	LDLLDW		3-2
2	12	West Bromwich Albion	24	10	5	9	42	43	7	2	3	24	15	3	3	6	18	28	.97674	25	DWDWWL		2-3
	13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	9	6	9	50	43	4	5	3	22	18	5	1	6	28	25	1.16279	24	WLLLWW		3-1
	14	Nottingham Forest	24	8	6	10	41	47	4	3	5	15	21	4	3	5	26	26	.87234	22	WWWDLL		0-1
1	15	Reading	24	8	6	10	40	55	6	3	3	30	19	2	3	7	10	36	.72727	22	DDDWDW		6-1
1	16	Tottenham Hotspur	24	9	3	12	40	50	9	1	2	29	19	0	2	10	11	31	.80000	21	LDLLLW		3-2
1	17	Barnsley	24	8	4	12	37	43	6	4	3	26	20	2	0	9	11	23	.86047	20	DLWLLW		2-1
3	18	Swansea Town	24	7	6	11	35	47	7	2	3	25	16	0	4	8	10	31	.74468	20	DDLWLL		1-2
	19	Port Vale	24	9	1	14	39	49	8	0	4	28	17	1	1	10	11	32	.79592	19	LLLLLW		3-0
1	20	Bristol City	24	6	5	13	35	49	6	4	3	22	19	0	1	10	13	30	.71429	17	LWDLLW		1-0
1	21	Clapton Orient	24	5	7	12	27	47	4	4	4	16	18	1	3	8	11	29	.57447	17	LDWLLL		0-2
	22	Oldham Athletic	24	6	3	15	26	53	6	1	4	16	16	0	2	11	10	37	.49057	15	LDWWWL		1-6