The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 SOUTHAMPTON - Sat Mar 26, 1938 (League Tier 2)

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

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

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: L Brown
Attendance:: 10,131
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 16
Opp Before/After:: 8 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Southampton:: Sep 17, 1938

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1592 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 855 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1767 (of 5827)
Total:: 2638 (of 7632)
Played:: 88 years, 5 months, 6 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Boy Martin (62')
Meynell Burgin (7')

SOUTHAMPTON
Manager: Tom Parker
Prior form: WDDWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Arthur Holt (49')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	28	Percy Ashton
2	M	27	Danny Edgar	Last game
3	D	23	John Munro
4	M	22	Bob McCall
5	M	24	Robert Davies
6	D	33	Tommy Graham
7	F	20	Arthur Betts
8	M		Jimmy Dyson
9	F	24	Boy Martin (62')
10	F	26	Jack Surtees
11	F	26	Meynell Burgin (7')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Sam Warhurst
2	D	Doug Henderson
3	D	Charlie Sillett
4	D	Cyril King
5	D	Dave Affleck
6	M	Frank Hill
7	M	Billy Bevis
8	M	Ted Bates
9	M	Ray Parkin
10	F	Arthur Holt
11	F	Harry Osman

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

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-0	Fulham
Bury	5-1	Bradford Park Avenue
Coventry City	1-1	West Ham United
Luton Town	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Manchester United	4-1	Chesterfield
Newcastle United	2-0	Blackburn Rovers
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Southampton
Stockport County	1-3	Plymouth Argyle
Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	Norwich City

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	33	19	6	8	56	29	12	2	2	37	12	7	4	6	19	17	27	44	WWLLWW
	2	Sheffield United	34	19	6	9	62	44	13	2	2	41	17	6	4	7	21	27	18	44	LWWDDL
	3	Manchester United	33	18	7	8	67	41	11	2	3	37	16	7	5	5	30	25	26	43	LWWWWD
	4	Coventry City	33	17	9	7	53	34	10	4	3	26	11	7	5	4	27	23	19	43	WWWWLW
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	33	15	6	12	59	43	11	3	2	33	11	4	3	10	26	32	16	36	WWDDWL
	6	West Ham United	33	11	13	9	44	39	11	5	1	29	11	0	8	8	15	28	5	35	DLLDDW
	7	Burnley	34	13	9	12	43	44	11	4	2	26	10	2	5	10	17	34	-1	35	WLLWWL
	8	Southampton	33	13	8	12	47	58	10	5	2	36	21	3	3	10	11	37	-11	34	WDDWWW
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	32	12	9	11	48	38	9	4	3	36	16	3	5	8	12	22	10	33	LLLWLL
	10	Bury	33	14	5	14	50	44	9	3	5	33	21	5	2	9	17	23	6	33	LDWLWL
	11	Chesterfield	32	12	8	12	49	46	8	2	5	30	18	4	6	7	19	28	3	32	LLLLLW
	12	Newcastle United	32	12	7	13	42	40	10	4	3	32	14	2	3	10	10	26	2	31	WWWLDL
	13	Luton Town	33	12	7	14	68	69	8	3	5	39	29	4	4	9	29	40	-1	31	WLWDLD
	14	Norwich City	33	12	7	14	51	62	10	3	4	31	21	2	4	10	20	41	-11	31	LWWLLW
	15	Barnsley	34	11	8	15	44	56	7	6	3	26	16	4	2	12	18	40	-12	30	LDWLDW
	16	Blackburn Rovers	33	10	9	14	56	65	9	6	2	41	27	1	3	12	15	38	-9	29	LLLWDD
	17	Fulham	33	9	10	14	44	50	5	7	4	30	21	4	3	10	14	29	-6	28	WDDDLW
	18	Nottingham Forest	33	11	6	16	38	46	9	3	5	25	19	2	3	11	13	27	-8	28	LLLWWL
	19	Swansea Town	33	9	10	14	35	59	9	5	3	24	18	0	5	11	11	41	-24	28	WWLWLW
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	33	9	8	16	36	47	7	4	6	19	18	2	4	10	17	29	-11	26	LDLLLL
	21	Plymouth Argyle	33	8	10	15	39	57	6	6	4	27	25	2	4	11	12	32	-18	26	WLWDDD
	22	Stockport County	33	9	8	16	35	55	7	5	4	20	16	2	3	12	15	39	-20	26	LDLLWL

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)
2	1	Manchester United	34	19	7	8	71	42	12	2	3	41	17	7	5	5	30	25	29	45	WWWWDW	Safe	4-1
1	2	Aston Villa	33	19	6	8	56	29	12	2	2	37	12	7	4	6	19	17	27	44	WWLLWW	Safe
1	3	Coventry City	34	17	10	7	54	35	10	5	3	27	12	7	5	4	27	23	19	44	WWWLWD	Safe	1-1
2	4	Sheffield United	34	19	6	9	62	44	13	2	2	41	17	6	4	7	21	27	18	44	LWWDDL	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	34	16	6	12	63	43	12	3	2	37	11	4	3	10	26	32	20	38	WDDWLW		4-0
	6	West Ham United	34	11	14	9	45	40	11	5	1	29	11	0	9	8	16	29	5	36	LLDDWD		1-1
3	7	Bury	34	15	5	14	55	45	10	3	5	38	22	5	2	9	17	23	10	35	DWLWLW		5-1
1	8	Burnley	34	13	9	12	43	44	11	4	2	26	10	2	5	10	17	34	-1	35	WLLWWL
1	9	Southampton	34	13	8	13	48	60	10	5	2	36	21	3	3	11	12	39	-12	34	DDWWWL		1-2
1	10	Bradford Park Avenue	33	12	9	12	49	43	9	4	3	36	16	3	5	9	13	27	6	33	LLWLLL		1-5
1	11	Newcastle United	33	13	7	13	44	40	11	4	3	34	14	2	3	10	10	26	4	33	WWLDLW		2-0
1	12	Chesterfield	33	12	8	13	50	50	8	2	5	30	18	4	6	8	20	32	0	32	LLLLWL		1-4
	13	Luton Town	34	12	8	14	70	71	8	4	5	41	31	4	4	9	29	40	-1	32	LWDLDD		2-2
1	14	Barnsley	35	11	9	15	44	56	7	7	3	26	16	4	2	12	18	40	-12	31	DWLDWD		0-0
1	15	Norwich City	34	12	7	15	51	66	10	3	4	31	21	2	4	11	20	45	-15	31	WWLLWL		0-4
2	16	Nottingham Forest	34	12	6	16	40	47	10	3	5	27	20	2	3	11	13	27	-7	30	LLWWLW		2-1
	17	Fulham	34	9	11	14	44	50	5	7	4	30	21	4	4	10	14	29	-6	29	DDDLWD		0-0
2	18	Blackburn Rovers	34	10	9	15	56	67	9	6	2	41	27	1	3	13	15	40	-11	29	LLWDDL		0-2
2	19	Plymouth Argyle	34	9	10	15	42	58	6	6	4	27	25	3	4	11	15	33	-16	28	LWDDDW		3-1
1	20	Swansea Town	33	9	10	14	35	59	9	5	3	24	18	0	5	11	11	41	-24	28	WWLWLW
1	21	Sheffield Wednesday	34	9	9	16	38	49	7	4	6	19	18	2	5	10	19	31	-11	27	DLLLLD		2-2
	22	Stockport County	34	9	8	17	36	58	7	5	5	21	19	2	3	12	15	39	-22	26	DLLWLL		1-3