The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 0 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - Wed Apr 21, 1937 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Apr 21, 1937 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Tottenham Hotspur
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON

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

Season:: 1936-37
Referee:: G Twist
Attendance:: 14,687
League Week:: 40 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 19
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 2)
Tottenham Hotspur:: Sep 04, 1937

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1556 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 819 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1729 (of 5830)
Total:: 2598 (of 7635)
Played:: 89 years, 5 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Surtees
Jack Surtees
Jack Surtees

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Manager: Jack Tresadern
Prior form: LWWDWD (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
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	Jack Hall
2	D	Ralph Ward
3	D	Billy Whatley
4	D	Les Howe
5	D	Albert Page
6	M	Vic Buckingham
7	M	Jimmy McCormick
8	M	Joe Meek
9	M	Johnny Morrison
10	F	Andy Duncan
11	F	Bill Edrich

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Apr 21, 1937)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Tottenham Hotspur

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

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	Leicester City	40	22	8	10	83	55	12	4	3	50	24	10	4	7	33	31	28	52	DDLWWW	Safe
	3	Bury	41	21	8	12	72	55	12	4	4	44	26	9	4	8	28	29	17	50	WWLWWL	Safe
	4	Plymouth Argyle	40	18	13	9	71	50	11	6	3	42	21	7	7	6	29	29	21	49	WLDDDW	Safe
	5	Newcastle United	41	21	5	15	78	56	10	3	7	43	23	11	2	8	35	33	22	47	LDWWWW	Safe
	6	Sheffield United	40	18	9	13	65	52	16	3	1	47	13	2	6	12	18	39	13	45	DWWLWL	Safe
	7	West Ham United	39	17	10	12	69	53	12	4	2	43	16	5	6	10	26	37	16	44	DWDDWW	Safe
	8	Aston Villa	40	16	12	12	80	63	10	6	5	47	30	6	6	7	33	33	17	44	WWLLLL	Safe
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	40	17	8	15	86	61	13	2	5	56	25	4	6	10	30	36	25	42	WWDWDL	Safe	0-3
	10	Fulham	40	15	12	13	70	58	11	5	4	43	22	4	7	9	27	36	12	42	LDWDLW	Safe
	11	Coventry City	40	15	11	14	59	52	11	5	5	35	19	4	6	9	24	33	7	41	DLLWLL	Safe
	12	Blackburn Rovers	40	15	10	15	67	57	11	3	6	47	27	4	7	9	20	30	10	40	LLWWWL	Safe
	13	Chesterfield	40	16	7	17	82	84	12	3	6	54	34	4	4	11	28	50	-2	39	WWDLLL	Safe
	14	Burnley	40	15	9	16	55	60	11	5	5	37	20	4	4	11	18	40	-5	39	DDWLLW	Safe
	15	Barnsley	40	14	9	17	47	63	10	6	4	28	22	4	3	13	19	41	-16	37	DWDWWL	Safe
	16	Norwich City	40	13	8	19	58	69	7	6	6	33	27	6	2	13	25	42	-11	34	DWLLWL	Safe
	17	Southampton	40	11	12	17	52	72	10	8	2	38	22	1	4	15	14	50	-20	34	LLDWLD	Safe
	18	Swansea Town	40	14	6	20	45	63	13	2	5	36	15	1	4	15	9	48	-18	34	WDLDLL	Safe
1	19	Nottingham Forest	40	11	10	19	64	88	10	6	5	42	30	1	4	14	22	58	-24	32	LWDLWW		3-0
1	20	Bradford Park Avenue	41	12	8	21	51	87	10	3	7	32	32	2	5	14	19	55	-36	32	WLWDWD
	21	Bradford City	41	9	12	20	54	92	8	8	5	36	31	1	4	15	18	61	-38	30	LLDLLW
	22	Doncaster Rovers	40	7	9	24	29	82	6	6	8	18	28	1	3	16	11	54	-53	23	WLLLLD	Relegated