The City Ground

FOREST 0 - 3 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Dec 19, 1936 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 19, 1936 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-3 (Lost)

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: DG Kirby
Attendance:: 24,015
Pos Before/After:: 17 18
Opp Before/After:: 7 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bradford City (League Tier 2)
Leicester City:: Apr 24, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1535 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 798 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1707 (of 5679)
Total:: 2573 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

FOREST
Manager: Harold Wightman
Prior form: LWLLWD (Old to recent)

Goals:

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Frank Womack
Prior form: DDWWWW (Old to recent)

Goals:
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Penalties Missed:
William Simpson

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Arthur Dexter
2	M	Daniel Edgar
3	M	Alex Wood
4	D	Billy McKinlay
5	D	Tommy Graham
6	F	Robert Pugh
7	M	John Getty
8	F	Jack Surtees
9	F	Johnny Dent	Last game
10	F	Boy Martin
11	F	William Simpson

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 19, 1936)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-0	Norwich City
Bradford City	2-0	Newcastle United
Burnley	1-0	Sheffield United
Chesterfield	1-1	West Ham United
Coventry City	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Doncaster Rovers	0-4	Blackpool
Fulham	3-3	Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest	0-3	Leicester City
Plymouth Argyle	3-0	Bury
Southampton	1-3	Barnsley
Swansea Town	3-0	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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Blackpool	19	12	3	4	45	23	6	2	2	23	9	6	1	2	22	14	1.957	27	WLWWWW
	2	Bury	19	10	7	2	32	20	5	3	1	17	10	5	4	1	15	10	1.600	27	LWWWDD
	3	Plymouth Argyle	19	10	6	3	41	24	6	2	1	26	11	4	4	2	15	13	1.708	26	WWWWLW
	4	Newcastle United	19	11	2	6	41	22	6	1	3	25	9	5	1	3	16	13	1.864	24	DWWWLW
	5	Coventry City	19	9	6	4	31	20	7	2	1	21	9	2	4	3	10	11	1.550	24	DWWDWL
	6	Sheffield United	19	8	6	5	34	26	7	2	1	22	8	1	4	4	12	18	1.308	22	DWLDDW
	7	Leicester City	19	8	5	6	32	25	5	2	2	20	11	3	3	4	12	14	1.280	21	DDWWWW
	8	Fulham	19	8	4	7	29	25	5	2	2	17	8	3	2	5	12	17	1.160	20	WLLDWL
	9	Aston Villa	19	6	8	5	35	33	3	4	2	18	13	3	4	3	17	20	1.061	20	DDWDLL
	10	Burnley	19	6	6	7	23	24	4	4	2	14	7	2	2	5	9	17	.958	18	DWWLDD
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	18	7	3	8	36	25	6	1	3	31	15	1	2	5	5	10	1.440	17	WDWLLW
	12	Blackburn Rovers	18	6	5	7	23	23	5	2	2	16	9	1	3	5	7	14	1.000	17	LWDWLL
	13	Norwich City	19	6	5	8	28	29	4	4	2	18	11	2	1	6	10	18	.966	17	WWLWLD
	14	Southampton	19	7	3	9	29	36	7	1	1	22	8	0	2	8	7	28	.806	17	WDLLWL
	15	Barnsley	19	6	5	8	25	33	5	4	1	18	13	1	1	7	7	20	.758	17	LLLWLD
	16	Swansea Town	18	7	2	9	24	28	7	0	2	20	9	0	2	7	4	19	.857	16	WLLLWL
	17	Nottingham Forest	18	5	6	7	26	38	4	4	1	17	11	1	2	6	9	27	.684	16	LWLLWD
	18	West Ham United	18	6	3	9	23	32	5	1	2	13	8	1	2	7	10	24	.719	15	WLLWWL
	19	Chesterfield	18	5	4	9	31	38	4	2	2	19	13	1	2	7	12	25	.816	14	DLLLDL
	20	Bradford Park Avenue	19	5	4	10	26	43	4	2	5	16	21	1	2	5	10	22	.605	14	LLWDDW
	21	Bradford City	20	4	6	10	25	43	3	3	3	14	14	1	3	7	11	29	.581	14	DLLLWD
	22	Doncaster Rovers	18	2	5	11	11	40	2	4	3	7	9	0	1	8	4	31	.275	9	LLLLDL

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	Result(s)
	1	Blackpool	20	13	3	4	49	23	6	2	2	23	9	7	1	2	26	14	2.130	29	LWWWWW	4-0
1	2	Plymouth Argyle	20	11	6	3	44	24	7	2	1	29	11	4	4	2	15	13	1.833	28	WWWLWW	3-0
1	3	Bury	20	10	7	3	32	23	5	3	1	17	10	5	4	2	15	13	1.391	27	WWWDDL	0-3
	4	Newcastle United	20	11	2	7	41	24	6	1	3	25	9	5	1	4	16	15	1.708	24	WWWLWL	0-2
	5	Coventry City	20	9	6	5	31	21	7	2	2	21	10	2	4	3	10	11	1.476	24	WWDWLL	0-1
1	6	Leicester City	20	9	5	6	35	25	5	2	2	20	11	4	3	4	15	14	1.400	23	DWWWWW	3-0
1	7	Sheffield United	20	8	6	6	34	27	7	2	1	22	8	1	4	5	12	19	1.259	22	WLDDWL	0-1
1	8	Aston Villa	20	7	8	5	38	33	4	4	2	21	13	3	4	3	17	20	1.152	22	DWDLLW	3-0
1	9	Fulham	20	8	5	7	32	28	5	3	2	20	11	3	2	5	12	17	1.143	21	LLDWLD	3-3
	10	Burnley	20	7	6	7	24	24	5	4	2	15	7	2	2	5	9	17	1.000	20	WWLDDW	1-0
1	11	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	5	7	24	23	5	2	2	16	9	2	3	5	8	14	1.043	19	WDWLLW	1-0
3	12	Barnsley	20	7	5	8	28	34	5	4	1	18	13	2	1	7	10	21	.824	19	LLWLDW	3-1
2	13	Tottenham Hotspur	19	7	4	8	39	28	6	1	3	31	15	1	3	5	8	13	1.393	18	DWLLWD	3-3
2	14	Swansea Town	19	8	2	9	27	28	8	0	2	23	9	0	2	7	4	19	.964	18	LLLWLW	3-0
2	15	Norwich City	20	6	5	9	28	32	4	4	2	18	11	2	1	7	10	21	.875	17	WLWLDL	0-3
2	16	Southampton	20	7	3	10	30	39	7	1	2	23	11	0	2	8	7	28	.769	17	DLLWLL	1-3
1	17	West Ham United	19	6	4	9	24	33	5	1	2	13	8	1	3	7	11	25	.727	16	LLWWLD	1-1
1	18	Nottingham Forest	19	5	6	8	26	41	4	4	2	17	14	1	2	6	9	27	.634	16	WLLWDL	0-3
2	19	Bradford City	21	5	6	10	27	43	4	3	3	16	14	1	3	7	11	29	.628	16	LLLWDW	2-0
1	20	Chesterfield	19	5	5	9	32	39	4	3	2	20	14	1	2	7	12	25	.821	15	LLLDLD	1-1
1	21	Bradford Park Avenue	20	5	4	11	26	46	4	2	5	16	21	1	2	6	10	25	.565	14	LWDDWL	0-3
	22	Doncaster Rovers	19	2	5	12	11	44	2	4	4	7	13	0	1	8	4	31	.250	9	LLLDLL	0-4