The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 0 BURY - Sat Apr 17, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 17, 1937 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: E Wood
Attendance:: 8,484
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 3 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Sep 18, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1555 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 818 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1728 (of 5828)
Total:: 2597 (of 7633)
Played:: 89 years, 4 months, 24 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Arthur Betts (53')

BURY
Manager: Norman Bullock
Prior form: LWWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

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 (53')
8	F	25	Jack Surtees
9	F	23	Boy Martin
10	F	25	Gibson McNaughton
11	F	19	Roy Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Alec Ferguson
2	D	Bill Gorman
3	D	Jimmy Gemmell
4	D	Davy Jones
5	D	George Matthewson
6	M	Jack Cope
7	M	Jimmy Boyd
8	M	George Bargh
9	M	Ernie Matthews
10	F	Billy Graham
11	F	Jack Ormandy

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 17, 1937)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	0-2	West Ham United
Bradford City	2-0	Norwich City
Burnley	3-0	Barnsley
Chesterfield	2-5	Leicester City
Coventry City	1-2	Blackpool
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham	4-0	Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Bury
Plymouth Argyle	2-0	Blackburn Rovers
Southampton	0-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Swansea Town	1-2	Newcastle 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	40	23	6	11	85	51	13	3	4	48	18	10	3	7	37	33	34	52	LWLLDD	Safe
	2	Leicester City	39	21	8	10	78	53	12	4	3	50	24	9	4	7	28	29	25	50	WDDLWW	Safe
	3	Bury	40	21	8	11	72	54	12	4	4	44	26	9	4	7	28	28	18	50	LWWLWW	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	39	17	13	9	69	50	10	6	3	40	21	7	7	6	29	29	19	47	LWLDDD	Safe
	5	Newcastle United	40	20	5	15	76	55	10	3	7	43	23	10	2	8	33	32	21	45	WLDWWW	Safe
	6	Sheffield United	39	18	9	12	65	48	16	3	1	47	13	2	6	11	18	35	17	45	WDWWLW	Safe
	7	Aston Villa	39	16	12	11	80	61	10	6	4	47	28	6	6	7	33	33	19	44	WWWLLL	Safe
	8	West Ham United	38	16	10	12	67	53	12	4	2	43	16	4	6	10	24	37	14	42	LDWDDW	Safe
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	7	14	85	57	13	2	5	56	25	4	5	9	29	32	28	41	WLWWDW	Safe
	10	Coventry City	39	15	11	13	58	50	11	5	4	34	17	4	6	9	24	33	8	41	WDLLWL	Safe
	11	Blackburn Rovers	39	15	10	14	67	55	11	3	6	47	27	4	7	8	20	28	12	40	DLLWWW	Safe
	12	Fulham	39	14	12	13	66	58	10	5	4	39	22	4	7	9	27	36	8	40	LLDWDL	Safe
	13	Chesterfield	39	16	7	16	80	79	12	3	5	52	29	4	4	11	28	50	1	39	LWWDLL	Safe
	14	Burnley	39	14	9	16	52	60	10	5	5	34	20	4	4	11	18	40	-8	37	WDDWLL	Safe
	15	Barnsley	39	14	9	16	47	60	10	6	4	28	22	4	3	12	19	38	-13	37	WDWDWW	Safe
	16	Norwich City	39	13	8	18	58	67	7	6	6	33	27	6	2	12	25	40	-9	34	WDWLLW	Safe
	17	Swansea Town	39	14	6	19	44	61	13	2	4	35	13	1	4	15	9	48	-17	34	WWDLDL	Safe
	18	Southampton	39	11	11	17	52	72	10	7	2	38	22	1	4	15	14	50	-20	33	DLLDWL	Safe
	19	Bradford Park Avenue	40	12	7	21	51	87	10	3	7	32	32	2	4	14	19	55	-36	31	LWLWDW
	20	Nottingham Forest	38	9	10	19	60	88	8	6	5	38	30	1	4	14	22	58	-28	28	DLLWDL
	21	Bradford City	40	8	12	20	52	92	7	8	5	34	31	1	4	15	18	61	-40	28	DLLDLL
	22	Doncaster Rovers	39	7	8	24	28	81	6	5	8	17	27	1	3	16	11	54	-53	22	LWLLLL

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	41	24	6	11	87	52	13	3	4	48	18	11	3	7	39	34	35	54	WLLDDW	Promoted	2-1
	2	Leicester City	40	22	8	10	83	55	12	4	3	50	24	10	4	7	33	31	28	52	DDLWWW	Safe	5-2
	3	Bury	41	21	8	12	72	55	12	4	4	44	26	9	4	8	28	29	17	50	WWLWWL	Safe	0-1
	4	Plymouth Argyle	40	18	13	9	71	50	11	6	3	42	21	7	7	6	29	29	21	49	WLDDDW	Safe	2-0
	5	Newcastle United	41	21	5	15	78	56	10	3	7	43	23	11	2	8	35	33	22	47	LDWWWW	Safe	2-1
	6	Sheffield United	40	18	9	13	65	52	16	3	1	47	13	2	6	12	18	39	13	45	DWWLWL	Safe	0-4
1	7	West Ham United	39	17	10	12	69	53	12	4	2	43	16	5	6	10	26	37	16	44	DWDDWW	Safe	2-0
1	8	Aston Villa	40	16	12	12	80	63	10	6	5	47	30	6	6	7	33	33	17	44	WWLLLL	Safe	0-2
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	39	17	8	14	86	58	13	2	5	56	25	4	6	9	30	33	28	42	LWWDWD	Safe	1-1
2	10	Fulham	40	15	12	13	70	58	11	5	4	43	22	4	7	9	27	36	12	42	LDWDLW	Safe	4-0
1	11	Coventry City	40	15	11	14	59	52	11	5	5	35	19	4	6	9	24	33	7	41	DLLWLL	Safe	1-2
1	12	Blackburn Rovers	40	15	10	15	67	57	11	3	6	47	27	4	7	9	20	30	10	40	LLWWWL	Safe	0-2
	13	Chesterfield	40	16	7	17	82	84	12	3	6	54	34	4	4	11	28	50	-2	39	WWDLLL	Safe	2-5
	14	Burnley	40	15	9	16	55	60	11	5	5	37	20	4	4	11	18	40	-5	39	DDWLLW	Safe	3-0
	15	Barnsley	40	14	9	17	47	63	10	6	4	28	22	4	3	13	19	41	-16	37	DWDWWL	Safe	0-3
	16	Norwich City	40	13	8	19	58	69	7	6	6	33	27	6	2	13	25	42	-11	34	DWLLWL	Safe	0-2
1	17	Southampton	40	11	12	17	52	72	10	8	2	38	22	1	4	15	14	50	-20	34	LLDWLD	Safe	0-0
1	18	Swansea Town	40	14	6	20	45	63	13	2	5	36	15	1	4	15	9	48	-18	34	WDLDLL	Safe	1-2
	19	Bradford Park Avenue	41	12	8	21	51	87	10	3	7	32	32	2	5	14	19	55	-36	32	WLWDWD		0-0
	20	Nottingham Forest	39	10	10	19	61	88	9	6	5	39	30	1	4	14	22	58	-27	30	LLWDLW		1-0
	21	Bradford City	41	9	12	20	54	92	8	8	5	36	31	1	4	15	18	61	-38	30	LLDLLW		2-0
	22	Doncaster Rovers	40	7	9	24	29	82	6	6	8	18	28	1	3	16	11	54	-53	23	WLLLLD	Relegated	1-1