The City Ground

BRADFORD CITY 2 - 1 FOREST - Mon Dec 28, 1936 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Dec 28, 1936 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bradford City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Valley Parade
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 28 December 1936

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: GT Davies
Attendance:: 6,864
League Week:: 22 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 20
Opp Before/After:: 21 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Bradford City:: Nov 19, 1986

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1538 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 801 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1710 (of 5824)
Total:: 2579 (of 7629)
Played:: 89 years, 7 months, 24 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Boy Martin (16')

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

Goal Scorers
Harry Smith (12') (OG)
Alf Jeffries (65')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Arthur Dexter
2	M	26	Danny Edgar
3	D	22	John Munro
4	M	28	Harry Smith
5	D	31	Tommy Graham
6	F	27	Robert Pugh
7	F	19	Arthur Betts	Debut
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	22	Boy Martin (16')
10	F	21	Charlie Gardiner
11	F		Dick Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Sam Warhurst
2	D	Laurie Scott
3	D	Charlie McDermott
4	D	John Mackie
5	D	Alf Peachey
6	M	Joseph Dalton
7	M	Alf Jeffries
8	M	Walter Bruce
9	M	Harry Travis
10	F	George 'Spud' Murphy
11	F	Roland Bartholomew

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon Dec 28, 1936)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	6-2	Chesterfield
Barnsley	1-2	Leicester City
Blackpool	3-1	Fulham
Bradford City	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Bury	2-0	Sheffield United
Doncaster Rovers	2-0	Burnley
Norwich City	1-5	Newcastle United
Southampton	1-1	Coventry City
Swansea Town	0-1	Plymouth Argyle
Tottenham Hotspur	5-1	Blackburn Rovers
West Ham United	1-0	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Blackpool	22	15	3	4	58	25	7	2	2	29	11	8	1	2	29	14	33	33	WWWWWW
	2	Plymouth Argyle	22	11	7	4	44	27	7	3	2	29	14	4	4	2	15	13	17	29	WLWWDL
	3	Bury	22	11	7	4	35	26	5	3	1	17	10	6	4	3	18	16	9	29	WDDLLW
	4	Coventry City	22	10	7	5	34	22	8	3	2	24	11	2	4	3	10	11	12	27	DWLLWD
	5	Sheffield United	22	10	6	6	37	27	9	2	1	25	8	1	4	5	12	19	10	26	DDWLWW
	6	Leicester City	22	10	5	7	42	32	6	2	2	25	12	4	3	5	17	20	10	25	WWWWWL
	7	Newcastle United	22	11	2	9	41	26	6	1	4	25	10	5	1	5	16	16	15	24	WLWLLL
	8	Aston Villa	22	8	8	6	42	34	5	4	2	25	13	3	4	4	17	21	8	24	DLLWLW
	9	Burnley	22	9	6	7	29	25	6	4	2	18	7	3	2	5	11	18	4	24	LDDWWW
	10	Fulham	22	9	5	8	35	31	5	3	3	20	14	4	2	5	15	17	4	23	DWLDLW
	11	Barnsley	22	8	5	9	30	39	6	4	1	19	13	2	1	8	11	26	-9	21	WLDWLW
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	21	8	4	9	45	31	6	1	4	33	18	2	3	5	12	13	14	20	LLWDWL
	13	Chesterfield	21	7	5	9	36	39	6	3	2	24	14	1	2	7	12	25	-3	19	LDLDWW
	14	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	5	9	26	30	5	2	4	18	16	2	3	5	8	14	-4	19	WLLWLL
	15	Norwich City	22	7	5	10	29	34	4	4	2	18	11	3	1	8	11	23	-5	19	WLDLWL
	16	Swansea Town	21	8	3	10	27	32	8	0	2	23	9	0	3	8	4	23	-5	19	LWLWDL
	17	West Ham United	21	7	4	10	28	37	5	1	2	13	8	2	3	8	15	29	-9	18	WWLDLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	21	6	6	9	29	44	5	4	3	20	17	1	2	6	9	27	-15	18	LWDLWL
	19	Bradford Park Avenue	22	7	4	11	31	49	5	2	5	18	22	2	2	6	13	27	-18	18	DDWLWW
	20	Southampton	22	7	3	12	30	44	7	1	2	23	11	0	2	10	7	33	-14	17	LWLLLL
	21	Bradford City	23	5	6	12	30	48	4	3	4	18	17	1	3	8	12	31	-18	16	LWDWLL
	22	Doncaster Rovers	21	2	6	13	12	48	2	4	4	7	13	0	2	9	5	35	-36	10	LDLLLD

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	23	16	3	4	61	26	8	2	2	32	12	8	1	2	29	14	35	35	WWWWWW		3-1
	2	Plymouth Argyle	23	12	7	4	45	27	7	3	2	29	14	5	4	2	16	13	18	31	LWWDLW		1-0
	3	Bury	23	12	7	4	37	26	6	3	1	19	10	6	4	3	18	16	11	31	DDLLWW		2-0
	4	Coventry City	23	10	8	5	35	23	8	3	2	24	11	2	5	3	11	12	12	28	WLLWDD		1-1
1	5	Leicester City	23	11	5	7	44	33	6	2	2	25	12	5	3	5	19	21	11	27	WWWWLW		2-1
1	6	Newcastle United	23	12	2	9	46	27	6	1	4	25	10	6	1	5	21	17	19	26	LWLLLW		5-1
1	7	Aston Villa	23	9	8	6	48	36	6	4	2	31	15	3	4	4	17	21	12	26	LLWLWW		6-2
3	8	Sheffield United	23	10	6	7	37	29	9	2	1	25	8	1	4	6	12	21	8	26	DWLWWL		0-2
	9	Burnley	23	9	6	8	29	27	6	4	2	18	7	3	2	6	11	20	2	24	DDWWWL		0-2
	10	Fulham	23	9	5	9	36	34	5	3	3	20	14	4	2	6	16	20	2	23	WLDLWL		1-3
1	11	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	4	9	50	32	7	1	4	38	19	2	3	5	12	13	18	22	LWDWLW		5-1
1	12	Barnsley	23	8	5	10	31	41	6	4	2	20	15	2	1	8	11	26	-10	21	LDWLWL		1-2
4	13	West Ham United	22	8	4	10	29	37	6	1	2	14	8	2	3	8	15	29	-8	20	WLDLWW		1-0
1	14	Chesterfield	22	7	5	10	38	45	6	3	2	24	14	1	2	8	14	31	-7	19	DLDWWL		2-6
1	15	Swansea Town	22	8	3	11	27	33	8	0	3	23	10	0	3	8	4	23	-6	19	WLWDLL		0-1
2	16	Blackburn Rovers	22	7	5	10	27	35	5	2	4	18	16	2	3	6	9	19	-8	19	LLWLLL		1-5
2	17	Norwich City	23	7	5	11	30	39	4	4	3	19	16	3	1	8	11	23	-9	19	LDLWLL		1-5
2	18	Southampton	23	7	4	12	31	45	7	2	2	24	12	0	2	10	7	33	-14	18	WLLLLD		1-1
2	19	Bradford City	24	6	6	12	32	49	5	3	4	20	18	1	3	8	12	31	-17	18	WDWLLW		2-1
2	20	Nottingham Forest	22	6	6	10	30	46	5	4	3	20	17	1	2	7	10	29	-16	18	WDLWLL		1-2
2	21	Bradford Park Avenue	23	7	4	12	31	50	5	2	5	18	22	2	2	7	13	28	-19	18	DWLWWL		0-1
	22	Doncaster Rovers	22	3	6	13	14	48	3	4	4	9	13	0	2	9	5	35	-34	12	DLLLDW		2-0