The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 SHEFFIELD UNITED - Sat Mar 20, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 20, 1937 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield United
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: AW Barton
Attendance:: 14,718
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Sheffield United:: Aug 28, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1549 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 812 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1722 (of 5828)
Total:: 2591 (of 7633)
Played:: 89 years, 5 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Arthur Betts (3') - Arthur Betts first goal

SHEFFIELD UNITED
Manager: Teddy Davison
Prior form: DLLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jock Dodds (59')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Arthur Dexter
2	M	26	Danny Edgar
3	M	29	Alex Wood
4	D	32	Billy McKinlay
5	M	23	Robert Davies
6	M	25	Walter Alsford
7	F	19	Arthur Betts (3')
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	23	Boy Martin
10	F	25	Gibson McNaughton
11	F		William Simpson

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Smith
2	D	Ben Clarke
3	D	Albert Cox
4	D	Ernie Jackson
5	D	Tom Johnson
6	M	Ernie Marshall
7	M	Harold Barton
8	M	Norman Thompson
9	M	Jock Dodds
10	F	Jack Pickering
11	F	Teddy Ashton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 20, 1937)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	4-0	Blackpool
Bradford City	2-2	Blackburn Rovers
Burnley	2-1	West Ham United
Chesterfield	1-3	Tottenham Hotspur
Coventry City	4-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Doncaster Rovers	1-2	Newcastle United
Fulham	2-3	Norwich City
Nottingham Forest	1-1	Sheffield United
Plymouth Argyle	1-2	Barnsley
Southampton	1-1	Leicester City
Swansea Town	2-0	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	34	22	4	8	81	42	12	2	3	45	16	10	2	5	36	26	39	48	WLLWDW	Safe
	2	Leicester City	34	19	6	9	73	49	11	3	2	48	22	8	3	7	25	27	24	44	WWWWLW	Safe
	3	Plymouth Argyle	33	16	10	7	62	42	9	5	2	34	16	7	5	5	28	26	20	42	DLWWDD	Safe
	4	Bury	34	17	8	9	54	47	9	4	4	30	23	8	4	5	24	24	7	42	WWLDWW	Safe
	5	Aston Villa	33	13	12	8	70	51	9	6	2	43	22	4	6	6	27	29	19	38	LWWWWD
	6	Sheffield United	34	15	8	11	57	43	14	3	1	42	12	1	5	10	15	31	14	38	DLLWLW
	7	Newcastle United	34	16	4	14	65	51	9	2	6	39	20	7	2	8	26	31	14	36	LLLDWW
	8	Coventry City	33	13	10	10	48	40	9	5	3	28	16	4	5	7	20	24	8	36	WLLLDL
	9	Fulham	33	13	10	10	61	51	9	4	3	36	19	4	6	7	25	32	10	36	WDDDWD
	10	West Ham United	32	14	7	11	58	50	10	3	2	35	15	4	4	9	23	35	8	35	DWLWWD
	11	Chesterfield	33	14	6	13	69	65	11	3	3	44	21	3	3	10	25	44	4	34	DWWWWL
	12	Blackburn Rovers	33	12	9	12	47	46	9	3	5	33	22	3	6	7	14	24	1	33	WDDWDW
	13	Tottenham Hotspur	32	13	6	13	70	47	10	2	5	49	23	3	4	8	21	24	23	32	LWLWDD
	14	Burnley	33	12	7	14	44	49	9	4	4	29	13	3	3	10	15	36	-5	31	LLWLLL
	15	Southampton	33	10	9	14	47	60	9	5	2	34	20	1	4	12	13	40	-13	29	DDWLDL
	16	Swansea Town	33	12	4	17	40	52	11	1	4	32	13	1	3	13	8	39	-12	28	WLWLDL
	17	Norwich City	33	10	7	16	46	58	5	5	6	25	24	5	2	10	21	34	-12	27	LLWLDW
	18	Barnsley	33	10	7	16	40	59	8	5	4	24	22	2	2	12	16	37	-19	27	DLWLLW
	19	Bradford City	34	8	10	16	45	70	7	6	4	29	25	1	4	12	16	45	-25	26	DWWLDL
	20	Nottingham Forest	32	8	8	16	50	73	7	4	5	30	27	1	4	11	20	46	-23	24	DLLWLL
	21	Bradford Park Avenue	34	9	6	19	46	80	7	3	7	28	32	2	3	12	18	48	-34	24	LLLLLD
	22	Doncaster Rovers	33	6	8	19	24	72	5	5	6	14	23	1	3	13	10	49	-48	20	DWWLLL

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	35	22	4	9	81	46	12	2	3	45	16	10	2	6	36	30	35	48	LLWDWL	Safe	0-4
	2	Leicester City	35	19	7	9	74	50	11	3	2	48	22	8	4	7	26	28	24	45	WWWLWD	Safe	1-1
	3	Plymouth Argyle	34	16	10	8	63	44	9	5	3	35	18	7	5	5	28	26	19	42	LWWDDL	Safe	1-2
	4	Bury	35	17	8	10	54	49	9	4	4	30	23	8	4	6	24	26	5	42	WLDWWL	Safe	0-2
	5	Aston Villa	34	14	12	8	74	51	10	6	2	47	22	4	6	6	27	29	23	40	WWWWDW	Safe	4-0
	6	Sheffield United	35	15	9	11	58	44	14	3	1	42	12	1	6	10	16	32	14	39	LLWLWD	Safe	1-1
1	7	Coventry City	34	14	10	10	52	40	10	5	3	32	16	4	5	7	20	24	12	38	LLLDLW		4-0
1	8	Newcastle United	35	17	4	14	67	52	9	2	6	39	20	8	2	8	28	32	15	38	LLDWWW		2-1
	9	Fulham	34	13	10	11	63	54	9	4	4	38	22	4	6	7	25	32	9	36	DDDWDL		2-3
	10	West Ham United	33	14	7	12	59	52	10	3	2	35	15	4	4	10	24	37	7	35	WLWWDL		1-2
2	11	Tottenham Hotspur	33	14	6	13	73	48	10	2	5	49	23	4	4	8	24	25	25	34	WLWDDW		3-1
1	12	Chesterfield	34	14	6	14	70	68	11	3	4	45	24	3	3	10	25	44	2	34	WWWWLL		1-3
1	13	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	10	12	49	48	9	3	5	33	22	3	7	7	16	26	1	34	DDWDWD		2-2
	14	Burnley	34	13	7	14	46	50	10	4	4	31	14	3	3	10	15	36	-4	33	LWLLLW		2-1
1	15	Swansea Town	34	13	4	17	42	52	12	1	4	34	13	1	3	13	8	39	-10	30	LWLDLW		2-0
1	16	Southampton	34	10	10	14	48	61	9	6	2	35	21	1	4	12	13	40	-13	30	DWLDLD		1-1
	17	Norwich City	34	11	7	16	49	60	5	5	6	25	24	6	2	10	24	36	-11	29	LWLDWW		3-2
	18	Barnsley	34	11	7	16	42	60	8	5	4	24	22	3	2	12	18	38	-18	29	LWLLWW		2-1
	19	Bradford City	35	8	11	16	47	72	7	7	4	31	27	1	4	12	16	45	-25	27	WWLDLD		2-2
	20	Nottingham Forest	33	8	9	16	51	74	7	5	5	31	28	1	4	11	20	46	-23	25	LLWLLD		1-1
	21	Bradford Park Avenue	35	9	6	20	46	84	7	3	7	28	32	2	3	13	18	52	-38	24	LLLLDL		0-4
	22	Doncaster Rovers	34	6	8	20	25	74	5	5	7	15	25	1	3	13	10	49	-49	20	WWLLLL		1-2