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SWANSEA TOWN 1 - 0 FOREST - Fri Mar 26, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Fri Mar 26, 1937 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Vetch Field
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Nottingham Journal - Saturday 27 March 1937

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: Capt. Hamilton-Jones
Attendance:: 11,745
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Mar 29, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1550 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 813 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1723 (of 5824)
Total:: 2592 (of 7629)
Played:: 89 years, 5 months, 3 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Neil Harris
Prior form: LWLDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Harry Lewis (5')

Lineup


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

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Stan Moore
2	D	Sid Lawrence
3	D	Tommy Caldwell
4	D	Jack Warner
5	D	Reuben Simons
6	M	Joe Lloyd
7	M	Idris Lewis
8	M	Ron Williams
9	M	Joe Brain
10	F	Harry Lewis
11	F	Jack Pears

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Fri Mar 26, 1937)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	2-0	Blackburn Rovers
Burnley	3-3	Coventry City
Bury	5-3	Tottenham Hotspur
Chesterfield	7-1	Bradford City
Doncaster Rovers	2-1	Fulham
Newcastle United	0-2	Aston Villa
Plymouth Argyle	3-1	Southampton
Swansea Town	1-0	Nottingham Forest
West Ham United	0-0	Barnsley

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

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	36	23	4	9	83	46	13	2	3	47	16	10	2	6	36	30	37	50	LWDWLW	Safe	2-0
	2	Leicester City	35	19	7	9	74	50	11	3	2	48	22	8	4	7	26	28	24	45	WWWLWD	Safe
	3	Plymouth Argyle	35	17	10	8	66	45	10	5	3	38	19	7	5	5	28	26	21	44	WWDDLW	Safe	3-1
	4	Bury	36	18	8	10	59	52	10	4	4	35	26	8	4	6	24	26	7	44	LDWWLW	Safe	5-3
	5	Aston Villa	35	15	12	8	76	51	10	6	2	47	22	5	6	6	29	29	25	42	WWWDWW	Safe	2-0
	6	Sheffield United	35	15	9	11	58	44	14	3	1	42	12	1	6	10	16	32	14	39	LLWLWD	Safe
	7	Coventry City	35	14	11	10	55	43	10	5	3	32	16	4	6	7	23	27	12	39	LLDLWD	Safe	3-3
	8	Newcastle United	36	17	4	15	67	54	9	2	7	39	22	8	2	8	28	32	13	38	LDWWWL		0-2
	9	Fulham	35	13	10	12	64	56	9	4	4	38	22	4	6	8	26	34	8	36	DDWDLL		1-2
	10	West Ham United	34	14	8	12	59	52	10	4	2	35	15	4	4	10	24	37	7	36	LWWDLD		0-0
1	11	Chesterfield	35	15	6	14	77	69	12	3	4	52	25	3	3	10	25	44	8	36	WWWLLW		7-1
1	12	Tottenham Hotspur	34	14	6	14	76	53	10	2	5	49	23	4	4	9	27	30	23	34	LWDDWL		3-5
	13	Blackburn Rovers	35	12	10	13	49	50	9	3	5	33	22	3	7	8	16	28	-1	34	DWDWDL		0-2
	14	Burnley	35	13	8	14	49	53	10	5	4	34	17	3	3	10	15	36	-4	34	WLLLWD		3-3
	15	Swansea Town	35	14	4	17	43	52	13	1	4	35	13	1	3	13	8	39	-9	32	WLDLWW		1-0
	16	Southampton	35	10	10	15	49	64	9	6	2	35	21	1	4	13	14	43	-15	30	WLDLDL		1-3
1	17	Barnsley	35	11	8	16	42	60	8	5	4	24	22	3	3	12	18	38	-18	30	WLLWWD		0-0
1	18	Norwich City	34	11	7	16	49	60	5	5	6	25	24	6	2	10	24	36	-11	29	LWLDWW
	19	Bradford City	36	8	11	17	48	79	7	7	4	31	27	1	4	13	17	52	-31	27	WLDLDL		1-7
	20	Nottingham Forest	34	8	9	17	51	75	7	5	5	31	28	1	4	12	20	47	-24	25	LWLLDL		0-1
	21	Bradford Park Avenue	35	9	6	20	46	84	7	3	7	28	32	2	3	13	18	52	-38	24	LLLLDL
	22	Doncaster Rovers	35	7	8	20	27	75	6	5	7	17	26	1	3	13	10	49	-48	22	WLLLLW		2-1