The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 NORWICH CITY - Sat Feb 26, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 26, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Norwich City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: CE Argent
Attendance:: 13,551
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 19
Opp Before/After:: 12 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (League Tier 2)
Norwich City:: Sep 07, 1938

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1588 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 851 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1763 (of 5829)
Total:: 2634 (of 7634)
Played:: 88 years, 6 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Gibson McNaughton (55')

NORWICH CITY
Manager: None
Prior form: WLLDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ben Burley (16')
Billy Furness (57')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Percy Ashton
2	D	24	Reg Trim
3	D	23	John Munro
4	M	27	Danny Edgar	100th appearance
5	D	32	Tommy Graham
6	F	28	Robert Pugh
7	F	20	Arthur Betts
8	M		Jimmy Dyson
9	F	24	Boy Martin
10	F	26	Gibson McNaughton (55')
11	F	22	Charlie Gardiner

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Fred Hall
2	D	Tom Halliday
3	D	James Mackrell
4	D	Peter Burke
5	D	Len Reilly
6	M	Harry Proctor
7	M	George Edwards
8	M	Harry Ware
9	M	Les Maskell
10	F	Billy Furness
11	F	Ben Burley

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 26, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-0	West Ham United
Burnley	0-2	Plymouth Argyle
Bury	4-0	Chesterfield
Coventry City	5-0	Swansea Town
Luton Town	4-2	Bradford Park Avenue
Manchester United	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United	2-0	Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Norwich City
Sheffield United	2-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Stockport County	0-0	Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Fulham

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	29	17	6	6	52	24	11	2	1	34	9	6	4	5	18	15	28	40	WLWDWW
	2	Sheffield United	30	18	4	8	59	41	12	1	2	39	16	6	3	6	20	25	18	40	WWWDLW
	3	Coventry City	29	14	9	6	45	33	9	4	2	21	10	5	5	4	24	23	12	37	WLLLWW
	4	Manchester United	29	15	6	8	60	38	9	2	3	34	15	6	4	5	26	23	22	36	WDDWLW
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	29	14	4	11	52	37	10	2	2	30	10	4	2	9	22	27	15	32	WWLDWW
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	28	11	9	8	44	32	8	4	2	34	15	3	5	6	10	17	12	31	WWLLLL
	7	West Ham United	29	10	11	8	40	35	10	4	1	27	10	0	7	7	13	25	5	31	WWLWDL
	8	Burnley	30	11	9	10	40	41	10	4	1	24	8	1	5	9	16	33	-1	31	WDWLWL
	9	Chesterfield	28	11	8	9	48	39	7	2	4	29	17	4	6	5	19	22	9	30	LDWWLL
	10	Bury	29	12	5	12	42	40	7	3	5	26	20	5	2	7	16	20	2	29	WWLWLD
	11	Luton Town	29	11	5	13	61	62	7	3	4	34	24	4	2	9	27	38	-1	27	LLLWWL
	12	Norwich City	29	10	7	12	47	56	9	3	3	30	19	1	4	9	17	37	-9	27	WLLDLW
	13	Southampton	29	10	7	12	41	57	8	5	2	33	21	2	2	10	8	36	-16	27	LLWDWD
	14	Newcastle United	27	10	6	11	35	34	9	3	3	28	12	1	3	8	7	22	1	26	LLWWLW
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	29	9	8	12	33	39	7	4	4	18	14	2	4	8	15	25	-6	26	DWLWLD
	16	Blackburn Rovers	29	9	7	13	50	61	8	5	2	36	25	1	2	11	14	36	-11	25	LWLWLL
	17	Barnsley	30	9	7	14	42	54	6	5	3	25	16	3	2	11	17	38	-12	25	WLDDLD
	18	Fulham	29	8	8	13	40	47	4	6	4	27	20	4	2	9	13	27	-7	24	WWDLWD
	19	Nottingham Forest	29	9	6	14	33	41	8	3	4	23	17	1	3	10	10	24	-8	24	LDLWLL
	20	Swansea Town	29	7	10	12	31	50	7	5	3	20	16	0	5	9	11	34	-19	24	DLWLWW
	21	Stockport County	28	8	7	13	32	46	6	4	3	17	12	2	3	10	15	34	-14	23	LLLDWL
	22	Plymouth Argyle	29	7	7	15	34	54	6	4	4	24	22	1	3	11	10	32	-20	21	WDLDWL

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	1	Sheffield United	31	19	4	8	61	42	13	1	2	41	17	6	3	6	20	25	19	42	WWDLWW		2-1
1	2	Aston Villa	30	17	6	7	52	26	11	2	1	34	9	6	4	6	18	17	26	40	LWDWWL		0-2
	3	Coventry City	30	15	9	6	50	33	10	4	2	26	10	5	5	4	24	23	17	39	LLLWWW		5-0
	4	Manchester United	30	16	6	8	62	39	10	2	3	36	16	6	4	5	26	23	23	38	DDWLWW		2-1
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	30	14	5	11	53	38	10	3	2	31	11	4	2	9	22	27	15	33	WLDWWD		1-1
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	29	11	9	9	46	36	8	4	2	34	15	3	5	7	12	21	10	31	WLLLLL		2-4
3	7	Bury	30	13	5	12	46	40	8	3	5	30	20	5	2	7	16	20	6	31	WLWLDW		4-0
1	8	West Ham United	30	10	11	9	40	36	10	4	1	27	10	0	7	8	13	26	4	31	WLWDLL		0-1
1	9	Burnley	31	11	9	11	40	43	10	4	2	24	10	1	5	9	16	33	-3	31	DWLWLL		0-2
1	10	Chesterfield	29	11	8	10	48	43	7	2	4	29	17	4	6	6	19	26	5	30	DWWLLL		0-4
	11	Luton Town	30	12	5	13	65	64	8	3	4	38	26	4	2	9	27	38	1	29	LLWWLW		4-2
	12	Norwich City	30	11	7	12	49	57	9	3	3	30	19	2	4	9	19	38	-8	29	LLDLWW		2-1
1	13	Newcastle United	28	11	6	11	37	34	10	3	3	30	12	1	3	8	7	22	3	28	LWWLWW		2-0
1	14	Southampton	30	10	8	12	41	57	8	5	2	33	21	2	3	10	8	36	-16	28	LWDWDD		0-0
2	15	Barnsley	31	10	7	14	43	54	7	5	3	26	16	3	2	11	17	38	-11	27	LDDLDW		1-0
1	16	Sheffield Wednesday	30	9	8	13	34	41	7	4	4	18	14	2	4	9	16	27	-7	26	WLWLDL		1-2
1	17	Fulham	30	8	9	13	41	48	4	6	4	27	20	4	3	9	14	28	-7	25	WDLWDD		1-1
2	18	Blackburn Rovers	30	9	7	14	51	63	8	5	2	36	25	1	2	12	15	38	-12	25	WLWLLL		1-2
	19	Nottingham Forest	30	9	6	15	34	43	8	3	5	24	19	1	3	10	10	24	-9	24	DLWLLL		1-2
1	20	Stockport County	29	8	8	13	32	46	6	5	3	17	12	2	3	10	15	34	-14	24	LLDWLD		0-0
1	21	Swansea Town	30	7	10	13	31	55	7	5	3	20	16	0	5	10	11	39	-24	24	LWLWWL		0-5
	22	Plymouth Argyle	30	8	7	15	36	54	6	4	4	24	22	2	3	11	12	32	-18	23	DLDWLW		2-0