The City Ground

BLACKPOOL 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Feb 02, 1929 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 02, 1929 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: CE Lines
Attendance:: 6,997
League Week:: 26 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 14 14
Opp Before/After:: 9 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chelsea (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Sep 09, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1206 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 469 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1358 (of 5829)
Total:: 2213 (of 7634)
Played:: 97 years, 7 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Noah Burton (83')
Cyril Stocks (85')

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Harry Evans
Prior form: WDWWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Billy Benton (30') (Pen)
Jimmy Hampson (60')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Len Langford
2	D	29	Bill Thompson
3	D	23	Tommy Graham
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay
5	M	29	Gerry Morgan
6	M	22	Tom Turner	Only appearance
7	M	20	William Lennox
8	F	23	Cyril Stocks (85')
9	M	25	Berty Heathcock
10	F	32	Noah Burton (83')
11	F	25	Bob Morton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Arthur Purdy
2	D	William Grant
3	D	Jimmy Hamilton
4	D	Albert Watson
5	D	Harry Wilson
6	M	Billy Benton
7	M	Dick Neal
8	M	Joe Taylor
9	M	Jimmy Hampson
10	F	Syd Brookes
11	F	Percy Downes

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 02, 1929)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Bradford Park Avenue	2-1	Clapton Orient
Chelsea	3-0	Bristol City
Grimsby Town	2-1	Stoke City
Millwall	5-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Notts County	1-1	Reading
Oldham Athletic	1-0	Barnsley
Port Vale	4-1	Hull City
Southampton	1-1	Middlesbrough
Swansea Town	6-1	West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-2	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	Chelsea	26	13	9	4	46	31	7	5	1	28	14	6	4	3	18	17	15	35	WWWLWW
	2	Middlesbrough	26	13	7	6	60	42	7	3	3	33	19	6	4	3	27	23	18	33	WWDWDL
	3	Southampton	26	9	13	4	47	31	5	5	2	29	15	4	8	2	18	16	16	31	DWWLDW
	4	Notts County	26	12	7	7	50	36	8	3	2	33	14	4	4	5	17	22	14	31	DLLLWL
	5	Stoke City	26	11	7	8	43	29	7	4	2	26	12	4	3	6	17	17	14	29	LLDWWW
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	25	13	3	9	59	44	11	1	1	42	14	2	2	8	17	30	15	29	WWLWLD
	7	Grimsby Town	25	12	5	8	51	42	8	2	3	33	22	4	3	5	18	20	9	29	LDWWWW
	8	Millwall	25	11	6	8	49	47	7	3	3	28	19	4	3	5	21	28	2	28	DDLWWW
	9	Blackpool	26	12	3	11	55	49	8	2	3	29	11	4	1	8	26	38	6	27	WDWWLL
	10	Preston North End	26	11	5	10	54	49	9	2	2	39	18	2	3	8	15	31	5	27	LWLDLL
	11	Hull City	26	10	7	9	45	44	6	4	2	28	15	4	3	7	17	29	1	27	LWLLLL
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	10	6	9	54	45	5	5	3	26	20	5	1	6	28	25	9	26	LLLWWW
	13	West Bromwich Albion	25	10	5	10	43	46	7	2	3	24	15	3	3	7	19	31	-3	25	WDWWLL
	14	Nottingham Forest	25	8	7	10	42	48	4	3	5	15	21	4	4	5	27	27	-6	23	WWDLLD
	15	Tottenham Hotspur	26	10	3	13	45	54	10	1	2	32	19	0	2	11	13	35	-9	23	LLLWLW
	16	Reading	25	8	7	10	42	57	6	3	3	30	19	2	4	7	12	38	-15	23	DDWDWD
	17	Barnsley	26	9	4	13	38	44	6	4	4	26	21	3	0	9	12	23	-6	22	WLLWWL
	18	Bristol City	26	8	5	13	40	51	7	4	3	25	21	1	1	10	15	30	-11	21	DLLWWW
	19	Swansea Town	25	7	6	12	35	49	7	2	4	25	18	0	4	8	10	31	-14	20	DLWLLL
	20	Port Vale	26	9	1	16	41	53	8	0	5	29	19	1	1	11	12	34	-12	19	LLLWLL
	21	Clapton Orient	25	5	7	13	28	50	4	4	4	16	18	1	3	9	12	32	-22	17	DWLLLL
	22	Oldham Athletic	25	7	3	15	28	54	7	1	4	18	17	0	2	11	10	37	-26	17	DWWWLW

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	Chelsea	27	14	9	4	49	31	8	5	1	31	14	6	4	3	18	17	18	37	WWLWWW		3-0
	2	Middlesbrough	27	13	8	6	61	43	7	3	3	33	19	6	5	3	28	24	18	34	WDWDLD		1-1
	3	Southampton	27	9	14	4	48	32	5	6	2	30	16	4	8	2	18	16	16	32	WWLDWD		1-1
	4	Notts County	27	12	8	7	51	37	8	4	2	34	15	4	4	5	17	22	14	32	LLLWLD		1-1
1	5	Bradford Park Avenue	26	14	3	9	61	45	12	1	1	44	15	2	2	8	17	30	16	31	WLWLDW		2-1
1	6	Grimsby Town	26	13	5	8	53	43	9	2	3	35	23	4	3	5	18	20	10	31	DWWWWW		2-1
1	7	Millwall	26	12	6	8	54	48	8	3	3	33	20	4	3	5	21	28	6	30	DLWWWW		5-1
3	8	Stoke City	27	11	7	9	44	31	7	4	2	26	12	4	3	7	18	19	13	29	LDWWWL		1-2
1	9	Preston North End	27	12	5	10	56	50	9	2	2	39	18	3	3	8	17	32	6	29	WLDLLW		2-1
1	10	Blackpool	27	12	4	11	57	51	8	3	3	31	13	4	1	8	26	38	6	28	DWWLLD		2-2
	11	Hull City	27	10	7	10	46	48	6	4	2	28	15	4	3	8	18	33	-2	27	WLLLLL		1-4
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	10	6	10	55	47	5	5	4	27	22	5	1	6	28	25	8	26	LLWWWL		1-2
	13	West Bromwich Albion	26	10	5	11	44	52	7	2	3	24	15	3	3	8	20	37	-8	25	DWWLLL		1-6
	14	Nottingham Forest	26	8	8	10	44	50	4	3	5	15	21	4	5	5	29	29	-6	24	WDLLDD		2-2
1	15	Reading	26	8	8	10	43	58	6	3	3	30	19	2	5	7	13	39	-15	24	DWDWDD		1-1
1	16	Tottenham Hotspur	27	10	3	14	46	59	10	1	2	32	19	0	2	12	14	40	-13	23	LLWLWL		1-5
	17	Barnsley	27	9	4	14	38	45	6	4	4	26	21	3	0	10	12	24	-7	22	LLWWLL		0-1
1	18	Swansea Town	26	8	6	12	41	50	8	2	4	31	19	0	4	8	10	31	-9	22	LWLLLW		6-1
1	19	Port Vale	27	10	1	16	45	54	9	0	5	33	20	1	1	11	12	34	-9	21	LLWLLW		4-1
2	20	Bristol City	27	8	5	14	40	54	7	4	3	25	21	1	1	11	15	33	-14	21	LLWWWL		0-3
1	21	Oldham Athletic	26	8	3	15	29	54	8	1	4	19	17	0	2	11	10	37	-25	19	WWWLWW		1-0
1	22	Clapton Orient	26	5	7	14	29	52	4	4	4	16	18	1	3	10	13	34	-23	17	WLLLLL		1-2