The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 SWANSEA TOWN - Wed Feb 20, 1929 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Feb 20, 1929 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: W Thomas
Attendance:: 5,872
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 11 9
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Nov 30, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1209 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 472 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1361 (of 5827)
Total:: 2216 (of 7632)
Played:: 97 years, 6 months, 16 days ago

Review
Bill Thompson missed a penalty

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

Goal Scorers
Cyril Stocks (44')
Robert Heslop (87')

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Jimmy Thomson
Prior form: LLLWWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jackie Cheetham (15')

Penalties Missed:
Bill Thompson

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	25	Albert Harrison
6	F	36	Bob Wallace
7	M	20	William Lennox
8	F	23	Cyril Stocks (44')
9	F	32	Noah Burton
10	F	22	Robert Heslop (87')
11	F	25	Bob Morton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alec Ferguson
2	D	Ben Williams
3	D	Wilf Milne
4	D	Jimmy Collins
5	D	Joe Sykes
6	M	Lacky McPherson
7	M	George Thomas
8	M	Willie Black
9	M	Jackie Cheetham
10	F	Ken Gunn
11	F	Fred Marson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Feb 20, 1929)

Home	Score	Away
Middlesbrough	1-0	Oldham Athletic
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Swansea Town

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	Middlesbrough	29	15	8	6	72	46	8	3	3	41	22	7	5	3	31	24	26	38	WDLDWW
	2	Chelsea	28	14	9	5	49	34	8	5	1	31	14	6	4	4	18	20	15	37	WLWWWL
	3	Southampton	29	10	14	5	51	36	6	6	2	32	17	4	8	3	19	19	15	34	LDWDLW
	4	Notts County	29	13	8	8	52	40	8	4	3	34	18	5	4	5	18	22	12	34	LWLDWL
	5	Millwall	28	14	6	8	59	49	9	3	3	36	21	5	3	5	23	28	10	34	WWWWWW
	6	Grimsby Town	27	14	5	8	56	45	9	2	3	35	23	5	3	5	21	22	11	33	WWWWWW
	7	Stoke City	29	12	8	9	49	34	8	4	2	28	12	4	4	7	21	22	15	32	WWWLWD
	8	Bradford Park Avenue	27	14	3	10	61	47	12	1	1	44	15	2	2	9	17	32	14	31	LWLDWL
	9	Blackpool	29	12	5	12	59	54	8	3	4	31	14	4	2	8	28	40	5	29	WLLDDL
	10	Preston North End	29	12	5	12	57	54	9	2	3	39	19	3	3	9	18	35	3	29	DLLWLL
	11	Nottingham Forest	28	10	8	10	49	51	5	3	5	18	21	5	5	5	31	30	-2	28	LLDDWW
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	10	7	11	58	55	5	6	4	27	22	5	1	7	31	33	3	27	WWWLLD
	13	Hull City	28	10	7	11	48	51	6	4	3	30	18	4	3	8	18	33	-3	27	LLLLLL
	14	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	6	11	46	54	7	3	3	26	17	3	3	8	20	37	-8	26	WWLLLD
	15	Swansea Town	28	9	7	12	46	54	8	3	4	34	22	1	4	8	12	32	-8	25	LLLWWD
	16	Tottenham Hotspur	28	11	3	14	50	61	11	1	2	36	21	0	2	12	14	40	-11	25	LWLWLW
	17	Reading	27	8	8	11	43	60	6	3	4	30	21	2	5	7	13	39	-17	24	WDWDDL
	18	Bristol City	29	9	5	15	44	57	8	4	3	28	22	1	1	12	16	35	-13	23	WWWLWL
	19	Barnsley	29	9	4	16	40	50	6	4	5	27	23	3	0	11	13	27	-10	22	WWLLLL
	20	Oldham Athletic	28	9	4	15	32	55	9	1	4	22	18	0	3	11	10	37	-23	22	WLWWWD
	21	Port Vale	28	10	1	17	47	58	9	0	5	33	20	1	1	12	14	38	-11	21	LWLLWL
	22	Clapton Orient	28	6	7	15	31	54	4	4	5	17	20	2	3	10	14	34	-23	19	LLLLLW

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	Middlesbrough	30	16	8	6	73	46	9	3	3	42	22	7	5	3	31	24	27	40	DLDWWW		1-0
	2	Chelsea	28	14	9	5	49	34	8	5	1	31	14	6	4	4	18	20	15	37	WLWWWL
	3	Southampton	29	10	14	5	51	36	6	6	2	32	17	4	8	3	19	19	15	34	LDWDLW
	4	Notts County	29	13	8	8	52	40	8	4	3	34	18	5	4	5	18	22	12	34	LWLDWL
	5	Millwall	28	14	6	8	59	49	9	3	3	36	21	5	3	5	23	28	10	34	WWWWWW
	6	Grimsby Town	27	14	5	8	56	45	9	2	3	35	23	5	3	5	21	22	11	33	WWWWWW
	7	Stoke City	29	12	8	9	49	34	8	4	2	28	12	4	4	7	21	22	15	32	WWWLWD
	8	Bradford Park Avenue	27	14	3	10	61	47	12	1	1	44	15	2	2	9	17	32	14	31	LWLDWL
2	9	Nottingham Forest	29	11	8	10	51	52	6	3	5	20	22	5	5	5	31	30	-1	30	LDDWWW		2-1
1	10	Blackpool	29	12	5	12	59	54	8	3	4	31	14	4	2	8	28	40	5	29	WLLDDL
1	11	Preston North End	29	12	5	12	57	54	9	2	3	39	19	3	3	9	18	35	3	29	DLLWLL
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	10	7	11	58	55	5	6	4	27	22	5	1	7	31	33	3	27	WWWLLD
	13	Hull City	28	10	7	11	48	51	6	4	3	30	18	4	3	8	18	33	-3	27	LLLLLL
	14	West Bromwich Albion	27	10	6	11	46	54	7	3	3	26	17	3	3	8	20	37	-8	26	WWLLLD
	15	Swansea Town	29	9	7	13	47	56	8	3	4	34	22	1	4	9	13	34	-9	25	LLWWDL		1-2
	16	Tottenham Hotspur	28	11	3	14	50	61	11	1	2	36	21	0	2	12	14	40	-11	25	LWLWLW
	17	Reading	27	8	8	11	43	60	6	3	4	30	21	2	5	7	13	39	-17	24	WDWDDL
	18	Bristol City	29	9	5	15	44	57	8	4	3	28	22	1	1	12	16	35	-13	23	WWWLWL
	19	Barnsley	29	9	4	16	40	50	6	4	5	27	23	3	0	11	13	27	-10	22	WWLLLL
	20	Oldham Athletic	29	9	4	16	32	56	9	1	4	22	18	0	3	12	10	38	-24	22	LWWWDL		0-1
	21	Port Vale	28	10	1	17	47	58	9	0	5	33	20	1	1	12	14	38	-11	21	LWLLWL
	22	Clapton Orient	28	6	7	15	31	54	4	4	5	17	20	2	3	10	14	34	-23	19	LLLLLW