The City Ground

BURY 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Jan 29, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 29, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

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

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: L Dale
Attendance:: 6,735
League Week:: 26 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 10 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 2)
Bury:: Oct 22, 1938

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1584 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 847 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1759 (of 5828)
Total:: 2630 (of 7633)
Played:: 88 years, 7 months, 13 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
George Davies (33')
Jack Acquroff (36')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Percy Ashton
2	D	24	Reg Trim
3	D	23	John Munro
4	D	32	Tommy Graham
5	M	24	Robert Davies
6	F	28	Robert Pugh
7	F	22	Charlie Gardiner
8	F	26	Gibson McNaughton
9	F	23	Boy Martin
10	F	25	Tom Peacock
11	F	20	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	Billy Whitfield
7	M	Eddie Kilshaw
8	M	George Bargh
9	M	George Davies
10	F	Jack Acquroff
11	F	Jack Ormandy

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 29, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	4-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Bradford Park Avenue	7-1	Blackburn Rovers
Burnley	2-1	Newcastle United
Bury	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Chesterfield	4-0	Coventry City
Manchester United	3-1	Stockport County
Norwich City	1-2	Fulham
Sheffield United	6-3	Barnsley
Swansea Town	1-0	Plymouth Argyle
Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Luton Town
West Ham United	3-1	Southampton

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	Aston Villa	25	14	5	6	43	20	9	2	1	27	6	5	3	5	16	14	23	33	WWWDWL
	2	Coventry City	25	12	9	4	39	26	8	4	2	20	10	4	5	2	19	16	13	33	LDWLWL
	3	Sheffield United	25	15	3	7	45	31	11	1	1	32	11	4	2	6	13	20	14	33	WWWDLW
	4	Bradford Park Avenue	23	10	9	4	35	25	7	4	1	26	12	3	5	3	9	13	10	29	DWWLWW
	5	Manchester United	23	12	4	7	46	30	7	2	2	27	13	5	2	5	19	17	16	28	WLWWDW
	6	Burnley	26	9	9	8	35	34	8	4	1	21	7	1	5	7	14	27	1	27	DWLLWD
	7	West Ham United	24	8	10	6	34	27	8	4	1	23	9	0	6	5	11	18	7	26	LDDDLW
	8	Chesterfield	24	9	8	7	39	35	5	2	3	21	15	4	6	4	18	20	4	26	LDWLLD
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	24	11	3	10	45	35	8	2	2	25	10	3	1	8	20	25	10	25	LWWLLW
	10	Bury	24	10	4	10	31	31	5	3	4	17	14	5	1	6	14	17	0	24	LLWWLW
	11	Norwich City	25	9	6	10	43	51	8	3	2	27	16	1	3	8	16	35	-8	24	DDDLWL
	12	Luton Town	24	9	5	10	51	48	6	3	2	28	16	3	2	8	23	32	3	23	DDWLWL
	13	Blackburn Rovers	25	8	7	10	45	49	7	5	1	32	21	1	2	9	13	28	-4	23	LDLWLW
	14	Sheffield Wednesday	25	8	7	10	29	34	6	3	4	17	14	2	4	6	12	20	-5	23	DWDWDW
	15	Nottingham Forest	25	8	6	11	30	34	7	3	4	21	16	1	3	7	9	18	-4	22	WLLWLD
	16	Barnsley	25	9	4	12	34	42	6	2	3	20	11	3	2	9	14	31	-8	22	LLWLLW
	17	Southampton	24	8	5	11	34	50	6	4	2	27	17	2	1	9	7	33	-16	21	LDDWLL
	18	Newcastle United	22	7	6	9	29	30	6	3	3	23	11	1	3	6	6	19	-1	20	WWWDDL
	19	Stockport County	24	7	6	11	27	39	5	3	3	13	10	2	3	8	14	29	-12	20	LLDLLL
	20	Fulham	24	6	6	12	32	39	4	4	4	25	18	2	2	8	7	21	-7	18	LLWLWW
	21	Plymouth Argyle	25	6	6	13	32	49	5	3	4	22	21	1	3	9	10	28	-17	18	LLDWWD
	22	Swansea Town	25	4	10	11	27	46	4	5	3	17	16	0	5	8	10	30	-19	18	LDDLDL

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	Aston Villa	26	15	5	6	47	23	10	2	1	31	9	5	3	5	16	14	24	35	WWDWLW		4-3
1	2	Sheffield United	26	16	3	7	51	34	12	1	1	38	14	4	2	6	13	20	17	35	WWDLWW		6-3
1	3	Coventry City	26	12	9	5	39	30	8	4	2	20	10	4	5	3	19	20	9	33	DWLWLL		0-4
	4	Bradford Park Avenue	24	11	9	4	42	26	8	4	1	33	13	3	5	3	9	13	16	31	WWLWWW		7-1
	5	Manchester United	24	13	4	7	49	31	8	2	2	30	14	5	2	5	19	17	18	30	LWWDWW		3-1
	6	Burnley	27	10	9	8	37	35	9	4	1	23	8	1	5	7	14	27	2	29	WLLWDW		2-1
	7	West Ham United	25	9	10	6	37	28	9	4	1	26	10	0	6	5	11	18	9	28	DDDLWW		3-1
	8	Chesterfield	25	10	8	7	43	35	6	2	3	25	15	4	6	4	18	20	8	28	DWLLDW		4-0
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	25	12	3	10	48	35	9	2	2	28	10	3	1	8	20	25	13	27	WWLLWW		3-0
	10	Bury	25	11	4	10	33	31	6	3	4	19	14	5	1	6	14	17	2	26	LWWLWW		2-0
	11	Norwich City	26	9	6	11	44	53	8	3	3	28	18	1	3	8	16	35	-9	24	DDLWLL		1-2
	12	Luton Town	25	9	5	11	51	51	6	3	2	28	16	3	2	9	23	35	0	23	DWLWLL		0-3
1	13	Sheffield Wednesday	26	8	7	11	32	38	6	3	4	17	14	2	4	7	15	24	-6	23	WDWDWL		3-4
1	14	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	7	11	46	56	7	5	1	32	21	1	2	10	14	35	-10	23	DLWLWL		1-7
	15	Nottingham Forest	26	8	6	12	30	36	7	3	4	21	16	1	3	8	9	20	-6	22	LLWLDL		0-2
	16	Barnsley	26	9	4	13	37	48	6	2	3	20	11	3	2	10	17	37	-11	22	LWLLWL		3-6
	17	Southampton	25	8	5	12	35	53	6	4	2	27	17	2	1	10	8	36	-18	21	DDWLLL		1-3
	18	Newcastle United	23	7	6	10	30	32	6	3	3	23	11	1	3	7	7	21	-2	20	WWDDLL		1-2
1	19	Fulham	25	7	6	12	34	40	4	4	4	25	18	3	2	8	9	22	-6	20	LWLWWW		2-1
1	20	Stockport County	25	7	6	12	28	42	5	3	3	13	10	2	3	9	15	32	-14	20	LDLLLL		1-3
1	21	Swansea Town	26	5	10	11	28	46	5	5	3	18	16	0	5	8	10	30	-18	20	DDLDLW		1-0
1	22	Plymouth Argyle	26	6	6	14	32	50	5	3	4	22	21	1	3	10	10	29	-18	18	LDWWDL		0-1