The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 1 BLACKPOOL - Sat Apr 03, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 03, 1937 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: AH Stockbridge
Attendance:: 18,674
League Week:: 37 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 20
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Oct 26, 1957

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1553 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 816 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1726 (of 5824)
Total:: 2595 (of 7629)
Played:: 89 years, 4 months, 18 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Boy Martin (47')

BLACKPOOL
Manager: Joe Smith
Prior form: DWLWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Dickie Watmough (34')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Percy Ashton
2	M	27	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
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	23	Boy Martin (47')
10	F	25	Meynell Burgin
11	F	19	Roy Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jock Wallace
2	D	Danny Blair
3	D	Dick Witham
4	D	George Farrow
5	D	Louis Cardwell
6	M	Sammy Jones
7	M	Dickie Watmough
8	M	Jimmy Hampson
9	M	Bobby Finan
10	F	Tom Lyon
11	F	Frank Hill

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 03, 1937)

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

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	38	23	4	11	83	49	13	2	4	47	17	10	2	7	36	32	34	50	DWLWLL	Safe
	2	Leicester City	37	19	8	10	75	52	11	4	3	49	24	8	4	7	26	28	23	46	WLWDDL	Safe
	3	Bury	38	19	8	11	64	54	11	4	4	40	26	8	4	7	24	28	10	46	WWLWWL	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	37	17	11	9	66	47	10	5	3	38	19	7	6	6	28	28	19	45	DDLWLD	Safe
	5	Aston Villa	37	16	12	9	80	56	10	6	3	47	24	6	6	6	33	32	24	44	WDWWWL	Safe
	6	Sheffield United	37	17	9	11	62	45	15	3	1	44	12	2	6	10	18	33	17	43	WLWDWW	Safe
	7	Newcastle United	38	18	5	15	70	55	9	3	7	40	23	9	2	8	30	32	15	41	WWWLDW	Safe
	8	West Ham United	36	15	9	12	63	52	11	4	2	39	15	4	5	10	24	37	11	39	WDLDWD	Safe
	9	Coventry City	37	14	11	12	55	47	10	5	4	32	17	4	6	8	23	30	8	39	DLWDLL	Safe
	10	Fulham	37	14	11	12	66	57	10	4	4	39	22	4	7	8	27	35	9	39	WDLLDW	Safe
	11	Chesterfield	37	16	7	14	80	71	12	3	4	52	25	4	4	10	28	46	9	39	WLLWWD	Safe
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	36	16	6	14	80	54	12	2	5	53	24	4	4	9	27	30	26	38	DDWLWW	Safe
	13	Burnley	37	14	9	14	52	55	10	5	4	34	17	4	4	10	18	38	-3	37	LLWDDW	Safe
	14	Blackburn Rovers	37	13	10	14	54	54	10	3	6	38	26	3	7	8	16	28	0	36	DWDLLW
	15	Swansea Town	37	14	5	18	44	58	13	1	4	35	13	1	4	14	9	45	-14	33	DLWWDL
	16	Barnsley	37	12	9	16	45	60	9	6	4	27	22	3	3	12	18	38	-15	33	LWWDWD
	17	Norwich City	37	12	8	17	54	64	6	6	6	30	27	6	2	11	24	37	-10	32	DWWDWL
	18	Southampton	37	10	11	16	49	68	9	7	2	35	21	1	4	14	14	47	-19	31	DLDLLD
	19	Bradford City	38	8	12	18	50	86	7	8	4	33	29	1	4	14	17	57	-36	28	DLDLLD
	20	Bradford Park Avenue	38	11	6	21	49	87	9	3	7	30	32	2	3	14	19	55	-38	28	LDLWLW
	21	Nottingham Forest	36	9	9	18	58	78	8	5	5	37	29	1	4	13	21	49	-20	27	LLDLLW
	22	Doncaster Rovers	37	7	8	22	27	77	6	5	7	17	26	1	3	15	10	51	-50	22	LLLWLL

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	39	23	5	11	84	50	13	2	4	47	17	10	3	7	37	33	34	51	WLWLLD	Safe	1-1
	2	Leicester City	38	20	8	10	77	53	11	4	3	49	24	9	4	7	28	29	24	48	LWDDLW	Safe	2-1
	3	Bury	39	20	8	11	68	54	11	4	4	40	26	9	4	7	28	28	14	48	WLWWLW	Safe	4-0
	4	Plymouth Argyle	38	17	12	9	68	49	10	6	3	40	21	7	6	6	28	28	19	46	DLWLDD	Safe	2-2
	5	Aston Villa	38	16	12	10	80	60	10	6	4	47	28	6	6	6	33	32	20	44	DWWWLL	Safe	0-4
1	6	Newcastle United	39	19	5	15	73	55	9	3	7	40	23	10	2	8	33	32	18	43	WWLDWW	Safe	3-0
1	7	Sheffield United	38	17	9	12	62	47	15	3	1	44	12	2	6	11	18	35	15	43	LWDWWL	Safe	0-2
1	8	Coventry City	38	15	11	12	57	47	11	5	4	34	17	4	6	8	23	30	10	41	LWDLLW	Safe	2-0
1	9	West Ham United	37	15	10	12	63	52	11	4	2	39	15	4	6	10	24	37	11	40	DLDWDD	Safe	0-0
	10	Fulham	38	14	12	12	66	57	10	5	4	39	22	4	7	8	27	35	9	40	DLLDWD	Safe	0-0
1	11	Tottenham Hotspur	37	16	7	14	82	56	12	2	5	53	24	4	5	9	29	32	26	39	DWLWWD	Safe	2-2
1	12	Chesterfield	38	16	7	15	80	75	12	3	5	52	29	4	4	10	28	46	5	39	LLWWDL	Safe	0-4
1	13	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	10	14	58	54	10	3	6	38	26	4	7	8	20	28	4	38	WDLLWW	Safe	4-0
1	14	Burnley	38	14	9	15	52	58	10	5	5	34	20	4	4	10	18	38	-6	37	LWDDWL	Safe	0-3
1	15	Barnsley	38	13	9	16	46	60	9	6	4	27	22	4	3	12	19	38	-14	35	WWDWDW	Safe	1-0
1	16	Swansea Town	38	14	6	18	44	58	13	2	4	35	13	1	4	14	9	45	-14	34	LWWDLD		0-0
1	17	Southampton	38	11	11	16	52	69	10	7	2	38	22	1	4	14	14	47	-17	33	LDLLDW		3-1
1	18	Norwich City	38	12	8	18	55	67	6	6	6	30	27	6	2	12	25	40	-12	32	WWDWLL		1-3
1	19	Bradford Park Avenue	39	11	7	21	49	87	9	3	7	30	32	2	4	14	19	55	-38	29	DLWLWD		0-0
1	20	Nottingham Forest	37	9	10	18	59	79	8	6	5	38	30	1	4	13	21	49	-20	28	LDLLWD		1-1
2	21	Bradford City	39	8	12	19	51	88	7	8	5	34	31	1	4	14	17	57	-37	28	LDLLDL		1-2
	22	Doncaster Rovers	38	7	8	23	27	78	6	5	8	17	27	1	3	15	10	51	-51	22	LLWLLL		0-1