The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 5 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 28, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 28, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-5 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

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

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: FS Milner
Attendance:: 17,927
League Week:: 25 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 4 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tranmere Rovers (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: Apr 01, 1944

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1625 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 888 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1802 (of 5829)
Total:: 2676 (of 7634)
Played:: 87 years, 7 months, 23 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Harold Crawshaw (73')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Harry Storer
Prior form: WLLWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Crawley (52')
Tommy Crawley (80')
Tommy Crawley (85')
Bobby Davidson (72')
Bobby Davidson (90')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	D	25	Reg Trim
3	D	24	John Munro
4	M	25	Thomas Clark
5	M	25	Robert Davies
6	M	23	George Pritty
7	F	21	Arthur Betts	Last game
8	F	27	Jack Fryer
9	F	26	Harold Crawshaw (73')
10	F	27	Jack Surtees
11	F	24	Len Beaumont

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton	169		14	2
2	D	25	Reg Trim	56		42	8
3	D	24	John Munro	80		12	1
4	M	25	Thomas Clark	11		12	1
5	M	25	Robert Davies	46		12	1
6	M	23	George Pritty	6		14	2
7	F	21	Arthur Betts	66	10	14	2
8	F	27	Jack Fryer	8	2	12	1
9	F	26	Harold Crawshaw (73')	17	7	14	2
10	F	27	Jack Surtees	78	18	14	2
11	F	24	Len Beaumont	22	3	17	3

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Morgan
2	D	Jack Astley
3	D	Walter Metcalf
4	D	Billy Frith
5	D	George Mason
6	M	Harry Boileau
7	M	George Ashall
8	M	Bobby Davidson
9	M	Tommy Crawley
10	F	Ted Roberts
11	F	George Taylor

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 28, 1939)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford Park Avenue	1-5	Fulham
Burnley	3-0	Norwich City
Chesterfield	2-1	Bury
Coventry City	5-1	Nottingham Forest
Manchester City	3-2	Blackburn Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	2-2	Millwall
Sheffield United	2-2	Luton Town
Southampton	0-0	Newcastle United
Swansea Town	0-1	Sheffield Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	West Bromwich Albion
Tranmere Rovers	2-2	West Ham United

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	Blackburn Rovers	27	16	3	8	66	40	10	1	3	42	19	6	2	5	24	21	26	35	WWWLLW
2	Sheffield United	25	11	10	4	42	26	5	6	2	20	9	6	4	2	22	17	16	32	LWDDDD
3	Newcastle United	25	13	4	8	44	28	10	2	1	35	9	3	2	7	9	19	16	30	WWWDLL
4	Coventry City	24	13	4	7	38	27	8	2	1	21	6	5	2	6	17	21	11	30	WLLWWW
5	Sheffield Wednesday	24	12	5	7	62	43	7	2	3	31	14	5	3	4	31	29	19	29	WWWLWW
6	West Bromwich Albion	24	13	3	8	62	48	10	0	1	36	16	3	3	7	26	32	14	29	WDLLWD
7	Fulham	24	11	6	7	37	30	8	3	1	22	9	3	3	6	15	21	7	28	LLLLWW
8	Manchester City	24	12	3	9	64	50	8	0	4	38	24	4	3	5	26	26	14	27	WLWWWL
9	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	7	7	40	35	8	5	0	29	14	2	2	7	11	21	5	27	LDLWLW
10	Luton Town	25	12	3	10	49	43	7	3	3	26	17	5	0	7	23	26	6	27	WWWLWL
11	Burnley	26	9	8	9	33	37	9	2	2	21	13	0	6	7	12	24	-4	26	WWLDDW
12	West Ham United	24	10	5	9	44	33	7	3	3	26	13	3	2	6	18	20	11	25	LLWDWD
13	Chesterfield	24	10	5	9	38	36	8	1	2	30	13	2	4	7	8	23	2	25	WWDDLW
14	Bradford Park Avenue	26	8	8	10	45	53	6	5	2	26	19	2	3	8	19	34	-8	24	DDLLWL
15	Millwall	24	8	7	9	38	33	6	3	2	23	12	2	4	7	15	21	5	23	WLDDDL
16	Bury	26	7	9	10	37	45	5	4	5	31	27	2	5	5	6	18	-8	23	LLDDDW
17	Plymouth Argyle	24	9	4	11	31	36	5	3	3	13	7	4	1	8	18	29	-5	22	LLWLLW
18	Southampton	24	7	5	12	34	49	5	3	4	22	20	2	2	8	12	29	-15	19	WDLDDL
19	Swansea Town	24	4	10	10	28	47	3	5	4	19	20	1	5	6	9	27	-19	18	LWWDWL
20	Nottingham Forest	24	5	6	13	30	55	3	3	5	18	21	2	3	8	12	34	-25	16	LWLLDL
21	Norwich City	22	7	1	14	27	54	7	1	3	24	15	0	0	11	3	39	-27	15	LWLLLW
22	Tranmere Rovers	26	4	2	20	28	69	4	2	8	19	28	0	0	12	9	41	-41	10	LLLWLL

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	Blackburn Rovers	28	16	3	9	68	43	10	1	3	42	19	6	2	6	26	24	25	35	WWLLWL		2-3
	2	Sheffield United	26	11	11	4	44	28	5	7	2	22	11	6	4	2	22	17	16	33	WDDDDD		2-2
1	3	Coventry City	25	14	4	7	43	28	9	2	1	26	7	5	2	6	17	21	15	32	LLWWWW		5-1
1	4	Newcastle United	26	13	5	8	44	28	10	2	1	35	9	3	3	7	9	19	16	31	WWDLLD		0-0
	5	Sheffield Wednesday	25	13	5	7	63	43	7	2	3	31	14	6	3	4	32	29	20	31	WWLWWW		1-0
1	6	Fulham	25	12	6	7	42	31	8	3	1	22	9	4	3	6	20	22	11	30	LLLWWW		5-1
1	7	West Bromwich Albion	25	13	4	8	64	50	10	0	1	36	16	3	4	7	28	34	14	30	DLLWDD		2-2
	8	Manchester City	25	13	3	9	67	52	9	0	4	41	26	4	3	5	26	26	15	29	LWWWLW		3-2
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	25	10	8	7	42	37	8	6	0	31	16	2	2	7	11	21	5	28	DLWLWD		2-2
	10	Luton Town	26	12	4	10	51	45	7	3	3	26	17	5	1	7	25	28	6	28	WWLWLD		2-2
	11	Burnley	27	10	8	9	36	37	10	2	2	24	13	0	6	7	12	24	-1	28	WLDDWW		3-0
1	12	Chesterfield	25	11	5	9	40	37	9	1	2	32	14	2	4	7	8	23	3	27	WDDLWW		2-1
1	13	West Ham United	25	10	6	9	46	35	7	3	3	26	13	3	3	6	20	22	11	26	LWDWDD		2-2
1	14	Millwall	25	8	8	9	40	35	6	3	2	23	12	2	5	7	17	23	5	24	LDDDLD		2-2
1	15	Bradford Park Avenue	27	8	8	11	46	58	6	5	3	27	24	2	3	8	19	34	-12	24	DLLWLL		1-5
1	16	Plymouth Argyle	25	9	5	11	33	38	5	4	3	15	9	4	1	8	18	29	-5	23	LWLLWD		2-2
1	17	Bury	27	7	9	11	38	47	5	4	5	31	27	2	5	6	7	20	-9	23	LDDDWL		1-2
	18	Southampton	25	7	6	12	34	49	5	4	4	22	20	2	2	8	12	29	-15	20	DLDDLD		0-0
	19	Swansea Town	25	4	10	11	28	48	3	5	5	19	21	1	5	6	9	27	-20	18	WWDWLL		0-1
	20	Nottingham Forest	25	5	6	14	31	60	3	3	5	18	21	2	3	9	13	39	-29	16	WLLDLL		1-5
	21	Norwich City	23	7	1	15	27	57	7	1	3	24	15	0	0	12	3	42	-30	15	WLLLWL		0-3
	22	Tranmere Rovers	27	4	3	20	30	71	4	3	8	21	30	0	0	12	9	41	-41	11	LLWLLD		2-2