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)

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: CE Argent
Attendance:: 13,551
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 5007)
League Tier 2:: 851 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1763 (of 5721)
Total:: 2631 (of 7500)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals
Gibson McNaughton

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

Goals
?
?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Percy Ashton
2	D	Reg Trim
3	D	John Munro
4	M	Daniel Edgar	100th appearance
5	D	Tommy Graham
6	F	Robert Pugh
7	F	Arthur Betts
8	M	Jimmy Dyson
9	F	Boy Martin
10	F	Gibson McNaughton
11	F	Charlie Gardiner

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the 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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Aston Villa	29	17	6	6	52	24	11	2	1	34	9	6	4	5	18	15	2.16667	40	WLWDWW
	2	Sheffield United	30	18	4	8	59	41	12	1	2	39	16	6	3	6	20	25	1.43902	40	WWWDLW
	3	Coventry City	29	14	9	6	45	33	9	4	2	21	10	5	5	4	24	23	1.36364	37	WLLLWW
	4	Manchester United	29	15	6	8	60	38	9	2	3	34	15	6	4	5	26	23	1.57895	36	WDDWLW
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	29	14	4	11	52	37	10	2	2	30	10	4	2	9	22	27	1.40541	32	WWLDWW
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	28	11	9	8	44	32	8	4	2	34	15	3	5	6	10	17	1.37500	31	WWLLLL
	7	West Ham United	29	10	11	8	40	35	10	4	1	27	10	0	7	7	13	25	1.14286	31	WWLWDL
	8	Burnley	30	11	9	10	40	41	10	4	1	24	8	1	5	9	16	33	.97561	31	WDWLWL
	9	Chesterfield	28	11	8	9	48	39	7	2	4	29	17	4	6	5	19	22	1.23077	30	LDWWLL
	10	Bury	29	12	5	12	42	40	7	3	5	26	20	5	2	7	16	20	1.05000	29	WWLWLD
	11	Luton Town	29	11	5	13	61	62	7	3	4	34	24	4	2	9	27	38	.98387	27	LLLWWL
	12	Norwich City	29	10	7	12	47	56	9	3	3	30	19	1	4	9	17	37	.83929	27	WLLDLW
	13	Southampton	29	10	7	12	41	57	8	5	2	33	21	2	2	10	8	36	.71930	27	LLWDWD
	14	Newcastle United	27	10	6	11	35	34	9	3	3	28	12	1	3	8	7	22	1.02941	26	LLWWLW
	15	Sheffield Wednesday	29	9	8	12	33	39	7	4	4	18	14	2	4	8	15	25	.84615	26	DWLWLD
	16	Blackburn Rovers	29	9	7	13	50	61	8	5	2	36	25	1	2	11	14	36	.81967	25	LWLWLL
	17	Barnsley	30	9	7	14	42	54	6	5	3	25	16	3	2	11	17	38	.77778	25	WLDDLD
	18	Fulham	29	8	8	13	40	47	4	6	4	27	20	4	2	9	13	27	.85106	24	WWDLWD
	19	Nottingham Forest	29	9	6	14	33	41	8	3	4	23	17	1	3	10	10	24	.80488	24	LDLWLL
	20	Swansea Town	29	7	10	12	31	50	7	5	3	20	16	0	5	9	11	34	.62000	24	DLWLWW
	21	Stockport County	28	8	7	13	32	46	6	4	3	17	12	2	3	10	15	34	.69565	23	LLLDWL
	22	Plymouth Argyle	29	7	7	15	34	54	6	4	4	24	22	1	3	11	10	32	.62963	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
1	1	Sheffield United	31	19	4	8	61	42	13	1	2	41	17	6	3	6	20	25	1.45238	42	WWDLWW	2-1
1	2	Aston Villa	30	17	6	7	52	26	11	2	1	34	9	6	4	6	18	17	2.00000	40	LWDWWL	0-2
	3	Coventry City	30	15	9	6	50	33	10	4	2	26	10	5	5	4	24	23	1.51515	39	LLLWWW	5-0
	4	Manchester United	30	16	6	8	62	39	10	2	3	36	16	6	4	5	26	23	1.58974	38	DDWLWW	2-1
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	30	14	5	11	53	38	10	3	2	31	11	4	2	9	22	27	1.39474	33	WLDWWD	1-1
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	29	11	9	9	46	36	8	4	2	34	15	3	5	7	12	21	1.27778	31	WLLLLL	2-4
3	7	Bury	30	13	5	12	46	40	8	3	5	30	20	5	2	7	16	20	1.15000	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	1.11111	31	WLWDLL	0-1
1	9	Burnley	31	11	9	11	40	43	10	4	2	24	10	1	5	9	16	33	.93023	31	DWLWLL	0-2
1	10	Chesterfield	29	11	8	10	48	43	7	2	4	29	17	4	6	6	19	26	1.11628	30	DWWLLL	0-4
	11	Luton Town	30	12	5	13	65	64	8	3	4	38	26	4	2	9	27	38	1.01563	29	LLWWLW	4-2
	12	Norwich City	30	11	7	12	49	57	9	3	3	30	19	2	4	9	19	38	.85965	29	LLDLWW	2-1
1	13	Newcastle United	28	11	6	11	37	34	10	3	3	30	12	1	3	8	7	22	1.08824	28	LWWLWW	2-0
1	14	Southampton	30	10	8	12	41	57	8	5	2	33	21	2	3	10	8	36	.71930	28	LWDWDD	0-0
2	15	Barnsley	31	10	7	14	43	54	7	5	3	26	16	3	2	11	17	38	.79630	27	LDDLDW	1-0
1	16	Sheffield Wednesday	30	9	8	13	34	41	7	4	4	18	14	2	4	9	16	27	.82927	26	WLWLDL	1-2
1	17	Fulham	30	8	9	13	41	48	4	6	4	27	20	4	3	9	14	28	.85417	25	WDLWDD	1-1
2	18	Blackburn Rovers	30	9	7	14	51	63	8	5	2	36	25	1	2	12	15	38	.80952	25	WLWLLL	1-2
	19	Nottingham Forest	30	9	6	15	34	43	8	3	5	24	19	1	3	10	10	24	.79070	24	DLWLLL	1-2
1	20	Stockport County	29	8	8	13	32	46	6	5	3	17	12	2	3	10	15	34	.69565	24	LLDWLD	0-0
1	21	Swansea Town	30	7	10	13	31	55	7	5	3	20	16	0	5	10	11	39	.56364	24	LWLWWL	0-5
	22	Plymouth Argyle	30	8	7	15	36	54	6	4	4	24	22	2	3	11	12	32	.66667	23	DLDWLW	2-0