The City Ground

FOREST 6 - 1 SWANSEA TOWN - Mon Mar 29, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Mar 29, 1937 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 6-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: Capt. Hamilton-Jones
Attendance:: 17,368
League Week:: 36 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 20
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackpool (League Tier 2)
Swansea Town:: Oct 02, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1552 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 815 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1725 (of 5828)
Total:: 2594 (of 7633)
Played:: 89 years, 5 months, 13 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Arthur Betts (6')
Meynell Burgin (15')
Boy Martin (47')
Roy Brown (50') - Roy Brown first goal
Boy Martin (52')
Meynell Burgin (56')

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

Goal Scorers
Sid Lawrence (80')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Percy Ashton
2	M	26	Danny Edgar
3	D	22	John Munro
4	M	25	Walter Alsford
5	D	32	Tommy Graham
6	F	27	Robert Pugh
7	F	19	Arthur Betts (6')
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	23	Boy Martin (47') (52')
10	F	25	Meynell Burgin (15') (56')
11	F	19	Roy Brown (50')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wilf Milne
2	D	Sid Lawrence
3	D	Tommy Caldwell
4	D	John Harris
5	D	Reuben Simons
6	M	Joe Lloyd
7	M	Idris Lewis
8	M	Ron Williams
9	M	Tom Foster
10	F	Harry Lewis
11	F	Jack Pears

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon Mar 29, 1937)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-0	West Ham United
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Blackpool
Bradford City	2-2	Chesterfield
Fulham	1-0	Doncaster Rovers
Leicester City	1-2	Sheffield United
Norwich City	3-1	Bradford Park Avenue
Nottingham Forest	6-1	Swansea Town
Southampton	0-0	Plymouth Argyle
Tottenham Hotspur	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	37	23	4	10	83	47	13	2	4	47	17	10	2	6	36	30	36	50	WDWLWL	Safe
	2	Leicester City	36	19	8	9	74	50	11	4	2	48	22	8	4	7	26	28	24	46	WWLWDD	Safe
	3	Bury	37	19	8	10	64	52	11	4	4	40	26	8	4	6	24	26	12	46	DWWLWW	Safe
	4	Aston Villa	36	16	12	8	80	54	10	6	2	47	22	6	6	6	33	32	26	44	WWDWWW	Safe
	5	Plymouth Argyle	36	17	10	9	66	47	10	5	3	38	19	7	5	6	28	28	19	44	WDDLWL	Safe
	6	Sheffield United	36	16	9	11	60	44	15	3	1	44	12	1	6	10	16	32	16	41	LWLWDW	Safe
	7	Newcastle United	37	17	5	15	68	55	9	3	7	40	23	8	2	8	28	32	13	39	DWWWLD	Safe
	8	Coventry City	36	14	11	11	55	46	10	5	3	32	16	4	6	8	23	30	9	39	LDLWDL	Safe
	9	West Ham United	35	15	8	12	63	52	11	4	2	39	15	4	4	10	24	37	11	38	WWDLDW	Safe
	10	Chesterfield	36	16	6	14	78	69	12	3	4	52	25	4	3	10	26	44	9	38	WWLLWW	Safe
	11	Fulham	36	13	11	12	65	57	9	4	4	38	22	4	7	8	27	35	8	37	DWDLLD
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	35	15	6	14	78	54	11	2	5	51	24	4	4	9	27	30	24	36	WDDWLW
	13	Burnley	36	13	9	14	51	55	10	5	4	34	17	3	4	10	17	38	-4	35	LLLWDD
	14	Blackburn Rovers	36	12	10	14	52	54	9	3	6	36	26	3	7	8	16	28	-2	34	WDWDLL
	15	Swansea Town	36	14	5	17	43	52	13	1	4	35	13	1	4	13	8	39	-9	33	LDLWWD
	16	Barnsley	36	12	8	16	45	60	9	5	4	27	22	3	3	12	18	38	-15	32	LLWWDW
	17	Norwich City	35	11	8	16	51	62	5	6	6	27	26	6	2	10	24	36	-11	30	WLDWWD
	18	Southampton	36	10	10	16	49	68	9	6	2	35	21	1	4	14	14	47	-19	30	LDLDLL
	19	Bradford City	37	8	11	18	48	84	7	7	4	31	27	1	4	14	17	57	-36	27	LDLDLL
	20	Bradford Park Avenue	36	10	6	20	47	84	8	3	7	29	32	2	3	13	18	52	-37	26	LLLDLW
	21	Nottingham Forest	35	8	9	18	52	77	7	5	5	31	28	1	4	13	21	49	-25	25	WLLDLL
	22	Doncaster Rovers	36	7	8	21	27	76	6	5	7	17	26	1	3	14	10	50	-49	22	LLLLWL

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	38	23	4	11	83	49	13	2	4	47	17	10	2	7	36	32	34	50	DWLWLL	Safe	0-2
	2	Leicester City	37	19	8	10	75	52	11	4	3	49	24	8	4	7	26	28	23	46	WLWDDL	Safe	1-2
	3	Bury	38	19	8	11	64	54	11	4	4	40	26	8	4	7	24	28	10	46	WWLWWL	Safe	0-2
1	4	Plymouth Argyle	37	17	11	9	66	47	10	5	3	38	19	7	6	6	28	28	19	45	DDLWLD	Safe	0-0
1	5	Aston Villa	36	16	12	8	80	54	10	6	2	47	22	6	6	6	33	32	26	44	WWDWWW	Safe
	6	Sheffield United	37	17	9	11	62	45	15	3	1	44	12	2	6	10	18	33	17	43	WLWDWW	Safe	2-1
	7	Newcastle United	37	17	5	15	68	55	9	3	7	40	23	8	2	8	28	32	13	39	DWWWLD	Safe
1	8	West Ham United	36	15	9	12	63	52	11	4	2	39	15	4	5	10	24	37	11	39	WDLDWD	Safe	0-0
1	9	Coventry City	36	14	11	11	55	46	10	5	3	32	16	4	6	8	23	30	9	39	LDLWDL	Safe
1	10	Fulham	37	14	11	12	66	57	10	4	4	39	22	4	7	8	27	35	9	39	WDLLDW	Safe	1-0
1	11	Chesterfield	37	16	7	14	80	71	12	3	4	52	25	4	4	10	28	46	9	39	WLLWWD	Safe	2-2
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	36	16	6	14	80	54	12	2	5	53	24	4	4	9	27	30	26	38	DDWLWW	Safe	2-0
1	13	Blackburn Rovers	37	13	10	14	54	54	10	3	6	38	26	3	7	8	16	28	0	36	DWDLLW		2-0
1	14	Burnley	36	13	9	14	51	55	10	5	4	34	17	3	4	10	17	38	-4	35	LLLWDD
	15	Swansea Town	37	14	5	18	44	58	13	1	4	35	13	1	4	14	9	45	-14	33	DLWWDL		1-6
	16	Barnsley	37	12	9	16	45	60	9	6	4	27	22	3	3	12	18	38	-15	33	LWWDWD		0-0
	17	Norwich City	36	12	8	16	54	63	6	6	6	30	27	6	2	10	24	36	-9	32	LDWWDW		3-1
	18	Southampton	37	10	11	16	49	68	9	7	2	35	21	1	4	14	14	47	-19	31	DLDLLD		0-0
	19	Bradford City	38	8	12	18	50	86	7	8	4	33	29	1	4	14	17	57	-36	28	DLDLLD		2-2
1	20	Nottingham Forest	36	9	9	18	58	78	8	5	5	37	29	1	4	13	21	49	-20	27	LLDLLW		6-1
1	21	Bradford Park Avenue	37	10	6	21	48	87	8	3	7	29	32	2	3	14	19	55	-39	26	LLDLWL		1-3
	22	Doncaster Rovers	37	7	8	22	27	77	6	5	7	17	26	1	3	15	10	51	-50	22	LLLWLL		0-1