The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 BRADFORD CITY - Fri Dec 25, 1936 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Dec 25, 1936 (11:00 AM)
Opponent:: Bradford City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 26 December 1936

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: GT Davies
Attendance:: 17,379
League Week:: 20 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 16
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Burnley (League Tier 2)
Bradford City:: Dec 28, 1936

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1536 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 799 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1708 (of 5824)
Total:: 2577 (of 7629)
Played:: 89 years, 7 months, 27 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Boy Martin (2')
Boy Martin (35')

BRADFORD CITY
Manager: Dick Ray
Prior form: LLLWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Harry Travis (50')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Arthur Dexter
2	M	26	Danny Edgar
3	D	35	Jimmy Barrington	Last game
4	D	32	Billy McKinlay
5	D	31	Tommy Graham
6	F	27	Robert Pugh
7	M	18	John Getty
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	22	Boy Martin (2') (35')
10	F	25	Gibson McNaughton
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wilson Parker
2	D	Laurie Scott
3	D	Charlie McDermott
4	D	John Mackie
5	D	Sam Cowan
6	M	Charlie Moore
7	M	Alf Whittingham
8	M	Jack Gallon
9	M	Harry Travis
10	F	George 'Spud' Murphy
11	F	Roland Bartholomew

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Dec 25, 1936)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	0-4	Tottenham Hotspur
Bradford Park Avenue	2-1	West Ham United
Burnley	3-0	Doncaster Rovers
Chesterfield	1-0	Aston Villa
Coventry City	2-0	Southampton
Fulham	0-3	Blackpool
Leicester City	5-1	Barnsley
Newcastle United	0-1	Norwich City
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Bradford City
Plymouth Argyle	0-0	Swansea Town
Sheffield United	1-0	Bury

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	Blackpool	20	13	3	4	49	23	6	2	2	23	9	7	1	2	26	14	26	29	LWWWWW
	2	Plymouth Argyle	20	11	6	3	44	24	7	2	1	29	11	4	4	2	15	13	20	28	WWWLWW
	3	Bury	20	10	7	3	32	23	5	3	1	17	10	5	4	2	15	13	9	27	WWWDDL
	4	Newcastle United	20	11	2	7	41	24	6	1	3	25	9	5	1	4	16	15	17	24	WWWLWL
	5	Coventry City	20	9	6	5	31	21	7	2	2	21	10	2	4	3	10	11	10	24	WWDWLL
	6	Leicester City	20	9	5	6	35	25	5	2	2	20	11	4	3	4	15	14	10	23	DWWWWW
	7	Sheffield United	20	8	6	6	34	27	7	2	1	22	8	1	4	5	12	19	7	22	WLDDWL
	8	Aston Villa	20	7	8	5	38	33	4	4	2	21	13	3	4	3	17	20	5	22	DWDLLW
	9	Fulham	20	8	5	7	32	28	5	3	2	20	11	3	2	5	12	17	4	21	LLDWLD
	10	Burnley	20	7	6	7	24	24	5	4	2	15	7	2	2	5	9	17	0	20	WWLDDW
	11	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	5	7	24	23	5	2	2	16	9	2	3	5	8	14	1	19	WDWLLW
	12	Barnsley	20	7	5	8	28	34	5	4	1	18	13	2	1	7	10	21	-6	19	LLWLDW
	13	Tottenham Hotspur	19	7	4	8	39	28	6	1	3	31	15	1	3	5	8	13	11	18	DWLLWD
	14	Swansea Town	19	8	2	9	27	28	8	0	2	23	9	0	2	7	4	19	-1	18	LLLWLW
	15	Norwich City	20	6	5	9	28	32	4	4	2	18	11	2	1	7	10	21	-4	17	WLWLDL
	16	Southampton	20	7	3	10	30	39	7	1	2	23	11	0	2	8	7	28	-9	17	DLLWLL
	17	West Ham United	19	6	4	9	24	33	5	1	2	13	8	1	3	7	11	25	-9	16	LLWWLD
	18	Nottingham Forest	19	5	6	8	26	41	4	4	2	17	14	1	2	6	9	27	-15	16	WLLWDL
	19	Bradford City	21	5	6	10	27	43	4	3	3	16	14	1	3	7	11	29	-16	16	LLLWDW
	20	Chesterfield	19	5	5	9	32	39	4	3	2	20	14	1	2	7	12	25	-7	15	LLLDLD
	21	Bradford Park Avenue	20	5	4	11	26	46	4	2	5	16	21	1	2	6	10	25	-20	14	LWDDWL
	22	Doncaster Rovers	19	2	5	12	11	44	2	4	4	7	13	0	1	8	4	31	-33	9	LLLDLL

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	Blackpool	21	14	3	4	52	23	6	2	2	23	9	8	1	2	29	14	29	31	WWWWWW		3-0
	2	Plymouth Argyle	21	11	7	3	44	24	7	3	1	29	11	4	4	2	15	13	20	29	WWLWWD		0-0
	3	Bury	21	10	7	4	32	24	5	3	1	17	10	5	4	3	15	14	8	27	WWDDLL		0-1
1	4	Coventry City	21	10	6	5	33	21	8	2	2	23	10	2	4	3	10	11	12	26	WDWLLW		2-0
1	5	Leicester City	21	10	5	6	40	26	6	2	2	25	12	4	3	4	15	14	14	25	WWWWWW		5-1
2	6	Newcastle United	21	11	2	8	41	25	6	1	4	25	10	5	1	4	16	15	16	24	WWLWLL		0-1
	7	Sheffield United	21	9	6	6	35	27	8	2	1	23	8	1	4	5	12	19	8	24	LDDWLW		1-0
2	8	Burnley	21	8	6	7	27	24	6	4	2	18	7	2	2	5	9	17	3	22	WLDDWW		3-0
1	9	Aston Villa	21	7	8	6	38	34	4	4	2	21	13	3	4	4	17	21	4	22	WDLLWL		0-1
1	10	Fulham	21	8	5	8	32	31	5	3	3	20	14	3	2	5	12	17	1	21	LDWLDL		0-3
2	11	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	4	8	43	28	6	1	3	31	15	2	3	5	12	13	15	20	WLLWDW		4-0
2	12	Swansea Town	20	8	3	9	27	28	8	0	2	23	9	0	3	7	4	19	-1	19	LLWLWD		0-0
2	13	Norwich City	21	7	5	9	29	32	4	4	2	18	11	3	1	7	11	21	-3	19	LWLDLW		1-0
3	14	Blackburn Rovers	20	7	5	8	24	27	5	2	3	16	13	2	3	5	8	14	-3	19	DWLLWL		0-4
3	15	Barnsley	21	7	5	9	29	39	5	4	1	18	13	2	1	8	11	26	-10	19	LWLDWL		1-5
2	16	Nottingham Forest	20	6	6	8	28	42	5	4	2	19	15	1	2	6	9	27	-14	18	LLWDLW		2-1
3	17	Chesterfield	20	6	5	9	33	39	5	3	2	21	14	1	2	7	12	25	-6	17	LLDLDW		1-0
2	18	Southampton	21	7	3	11	30	41	7	1	2	23	11	0	2	9	7	30	-11	17	LLWLLL		0-2
2	19	West Ham United	20	6	4	10	25	35	5	1	2	13	8	1	3	8	12	27	-10	16	LWWLDL		1-2
1	20	Bradford City	22	5	6	11	28	45	4	3	3	16	14	1	3	8	12	31	-17	16	LLWDWL		1-2
	21	Bradford Park Avenue	21	6	4	11	28	47	5	2	5	18	22	1	2	6	10	25	-19	16	WDDWLW		2-1
	22	Doncaster Rovers	20	2	5	13	11	47	2	4	4	7	13	0	1	9	4	34	-36	9	LLDLLL		0-3