The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 SWANSEA TOWN - Sat Oct 29, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 29, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Swansea Town
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

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

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: FJ Lowe
Attendance:: 11,669
League Week:: 12 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 22 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Mansfield Town (County Cup)
League:: Fulham
Swansea Town:: Mar 04, 1939

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1612 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 875 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1787 (of 5824)
Total:: 2660 (of 7629)
Played:: 87 years, 9 months, 27 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Arthur Betts (22')

SWANSEA TOWN
Manager: Neil Harris
Prior form: DDDLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Bamford (10')
Tommy Bamford (17')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	D	25	Reg Trim
3	D	24	John Munro
4	M	22	Bob McCall
5	D	33	Tommy Graham
6	F	27	Gibson McNaughton
7	F	21	Arthur Betts (22')
8	F	24	Boy Martin
9	F	26	Harold Crawshaw
10	F	27	Jack Surtees
11	F	26	Tom Peacock

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roy John
2	D	Sid Lawrence
3	D	Albert Roberts
4	D	Dickie Rhodes
5	D	Bill Imrie
6	M	Joe Lloyd
7	M	Ernest Richardson
8	M	Tommy Paton
9	M	Tommy Bamford
10	F	Jack Connor
11	F	John Millington

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

Home	Score	Away
Burnley	0-1	Bury
Coventry City	2-0	Chesterfield
Luton Town	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Newcastle United	1-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Norwich City	0-2	Millwall
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Swansea Town
Plymouth Argyle	0-0	Fulham
Sheffield United	0-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton	3-1	Tranmere Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion	3-1	Manchester 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	Fulham	12	7	3	2	21	11	4	2	0	12	4	3	1	2	9	7	10	17	DWWWLD
	2	Blackburn Rovers	12	7	1	4	28	20	4	1	1	17	9	3	0	3	11	11	8	15	WDLLLW
	3	Newcastle United	12	6	2	4	24	15	6	0	0	20	5	0	2	4	4	10	9	14	LWLWWD
	4	West Bromwich Albion	12	7	0	5	29	24	5	0	1	19	10	2	0	4	10	14	5	14	WWLWWL
	5	Millwall	11	5	3	3	23	12	4	2	0	14	4	1	1	3	9	8	11	13	WWWLLD
	6	Sheffield United	11	5	3	3	18	13	2	2	1	6	2	3	1	2	12	11	5	13	WLLWWL
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	11	5	3	3	24	19	4	2	0	13	4	1	1	3	11	15	5	13	LDLWLD
	8	Tottenham Hotspur	11	5	3	3	20	17	4	2	0	13	7	1	1	3	7	10	3	13	WLWDWL
	9	Bradford Park Avenue	11	5	3	3	20	20	3	2	1	13	10	2	1	2	7	10	0	13	WLWWDD
	10	Burnley	12	5	3	4	16	19	5	0	1	12	9	0	3	3	4	10	-3	13	LLWLWD
	11	Plymouth Argyle	11	5	2	4	16	13	4	1	0	10	2	1	1	4	6	11	3	12	WLWWDD
	12	Luton Town	11	5	2	4	16	18	3	2	0	8	4	2	0	4	8	14	-2	12	LWLDDW
	13	West Ham United	12	4	3	5	27	20	3	1	2	19	10	1	2	3	8	10	7	11	LWLWDD
	14	Bury	11	3	4	4	14	16	3	1	2	11	8	0	3	2	3	8	-2	10	LWDLDW
	15	Coventry City	11	3	4	4	11	15	3	2	0	6	1	0	2	4	5	14	-4	10	LLWLDD
	16	Nottingham Forest	11	3	3	5	11	17	3	1	1	6	3	0	2	4	5	14	-6	9	DWDLDL
	17	Chesterfield	11	4	1	6	10	16	3	0	2	6	6	1	1	4	4	10	-6	9	WLWWLW
	18	Manchester City	11	3	2	6	24	29	2	0	4	15	19	1	2	2	9	10	-5	8	LDLLDW
	19	Norwich City	11	4	0	7	16	21	4	0	2	14	8	0	0	5	2	13	-5	8	LWLWWL
	20	Southampton	11	3	2	6	16	23	3	1	1	11	9	0	1	5	5	14	-7	8	DLWLWD
	21	Tranmere Rovers	11	3	1	7	13	23	3	1	2	9	4	0	0	5	4	19	-10	7	LLDLLW
	22	Swansea Town	11	0	6	5	12	28	0	4	1	8	9	0	2	4	4	19	-16	6	DDDLLL

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	Fulham	13	7	4	2	21	11	4	2	0	12	4	3	2	2	9	7	10	18	WWWLDD		0-0
1	2	Newcastle United	13	7	2	4	25	15	7	0	0	21	5	0	2	4	4	10	10	16	WLWWDW		1-0
1	3	Blackburn Rovers	13	7	2	4	29	21	4	1	1	17	9	3	1	3	12	12	8	16	DLLLWD		1-1
	4	West Bromwich Albion	13	8	0	5	32	25	6	0	1	22	11	2	0	4	10	14	7	16	WLWWLW		3-1
	5	Millwall	12	6	3	3	25	12	4	2	0	14	4	2	1	3	11	8	13	15	WWLLDW		2-0
2	6	Tottenham Hotspur	12	6	3	3	22	18	5	2	0	15	8	1	1	3	7	10	4	15	LWDWLW		2-1
1	7	Sheffield United	12	5	4	3	18	13	2	3	1	6	2	3	1	2	12	11	5	14	LLWWLD		0-0
1	8	Sheffield Wednesday	12	5	4	3	24	19	4	2	0	13	4	1	2	3	11	15	5	14	DLWLDD		0-0
2	9	Plymouth Argyle	12	5	3	4	16	13	4	2	0	10	2	1	1	4	6	11	3	13	LWWDDD		0-0
1	10	Bradford Park Avenue	12	5	3	4	20	21	3	2	1	13	10	2	1	3	7	11	-1	13	LWWDDL		0-1
1	11	Luton Town	12	5	3	4	17	19	3	3	0	9	5	2	0	4	8	14	-2	13	WLDDWD		1-1
2	12	Burnley	13	5	3	5	16	20	5	0	2	12	10	0	3	3	4	10	-4	13	LWLWDL		0-1
1	13	Bury	12	4	4	4	15	16	3	1	2	11	8	1	3	2	4	8	-1	12	WDLDWW		1-0
1	14	Coventry City	12	4	4	4	13	15	4	2	0	8	1	0	2	4	5	14	-2	12	LWLDDW		2-0
2	15	West Ham United	13	4	3	6	28	22	3	1	2	19	10	1	2	4	9	12	6	11	WLWDDL		1-2
4	16	Southampton	12	4	2	6	19	24	4	1	1	14	10	0	1	5	5	14	-5	10	LWLWDW		3-1
1	17	Nottingham Forest	12	3	3	6	12	19	3	1	2	7	5	0	2	4	5	14	-7	9	WDLDLL		1-2
1	18	Chesterfield	12	4	1	7	10	18	3	0	2	6	6	1	1	5	4	12	-8	9	LWWLWL		0-2
1	19	Manchester City	12	3	2	7	25	32	2	0	4	15	19	1	2	3	10	13	-7	8	DLLDWL		1-3
1	20	Norwich City	12	4	0	8	16	23	4	0	3	14	10	0	0	5	2	13	-7	8	WLWWLL		0-2
1	21	Swansea Town	12	1	6	5	14	29	0	4	1	8	9	1	2	4	6	20	-15	8	DDLLLW		2-1
1	22	Tranmere Rovers	12	3	1	8	14	26	3	1	2	9	4	0	0	6	5	22	-12	7	LDLLWL		1-3