The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Feb 28, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 28, 1920 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1919-20
Referee:: HR Child
Attendance:: 6,000
Pos Before/After:: 15 16
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Mar 10, 1920

GAME COUNT:
League:: 831 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 220 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 956 (of 5724)
Total:: 1794 (of 7505)
Played:: 104 years, 1 month, 28 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Bob Masters
Prior form: WLLLWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Jack Spaven - Jack Spaven first goal

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Frank Richards
Prior form: WDWDDW (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Joseph Johnson
2	F	21	Percy Barratt
3	D	28	Harry Jones
4	F	24	Jackie Belton
5	D	26	Fred Parker
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	M	33	Robert Firth
8	F	28	Jack Spaven	Debut
9	M		John Parker
10	F	26	Henry Newbigging
11	F		Lawrence Stapleton

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 28, 1920)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-1	Leicester City
Bury	1-0	Stoke City
Clapton Orient	1-0	West Ham United
Hull City	0-1	Coventry City
Lincoln City	2-0	Grimsby Town
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Birmingham City
Port Vale	4-2	Rotherham County
South Shields	6-0	Blackpool
Stockport County	2-1	Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Bristol City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-3	Huddersfield Town

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	Status
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	29	23	4	2	78	22	13	1	0	45	8	10	3	2	33	14	3.54545	50	WDWDWW	Safe
	2	Birmingham City	27	16	6	5	52	20	9	3	2	32	12	7	3	3	20	8	2.60000	38	WDWDDW
	3	Huddersfield Town	28	16	6	6	60	26	9	4	1	36	9	7	2	5	24	17	2.30769	38	WWDDWL
	4	Blackpool	29	14	7	8	50	30	9	3	3	32	12	5	4	5	18	18	1.66667	35	DLWLDL
	5	Hull City	30	16	2	12	67	54	12	2	1	50	16	4	0	11	17	38	1.24074	34	WLLWWW
	6	Stoke City	29	15	3	11	48	36	11	1	3	31	11	4	2	8	17	25	1.33333	33	WLWLLD
	7	West Ham United	28	13	7	8	27	25	8	3	3	17	10	5	4	5	10	15	1.08000	33	DWWWLL
	8	Bury	29	13	5	11	39	33	11	1	3	27	10	2	4	8	12	23	1.18182	31	DLWWWD
	9	Fulham	29	12	7	10	40	37	7	5	3	25	15	5	2	7	15	22	1.08108	31	LDWLWL
	10	South Shields	29	11	8	10	34	31	9	3	2	26	10	2	5	8	8	21	1.09677	30	LDWDLW
	11	Barnsley	29	12	5	12	46	37	7	2	5	31	19	5	3	7	15	18	1.24324	29	WLDDLL
	12	Stockport County	28	11	6	11	42	36	8	2	3	25	12	3	4	8	17	24	1.16667	28	LLDWLL
	13	Port Vale	29	11	6	12	44	42	8	2	4	25	16	3	4	8	19	26	1.04762	28	WWLWWD
	14	Bristol City	29	8	12	9	29	29	6	6	3	20	13	2	6	6	9	16	1.00000	28	LDLDLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	29	9	7	13	31	41	7	3	5	17	13	2	4	8	14	28	.75610	25	WLLLWL
	16	Leicester City	28	10	5	13	28	48	6	3	5	19	21	4	2	8	9	27	.58333	25	WWWLLW
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	8	7	13	40	51	6	3	5	30	20	2	4	8	10	31	.78431	23	WLDLWW
	18	Rotherham County	30	8	7	15	35	63	7	3	5	23	21	1	4	10	12	42	.55556	23	WWDLLD
	19	Clapton Orient	28	9	4	15	30	43	8	2	3	17	11	1	2	12	13	32	.69767	22	DLWLDW
	20	Lincoln City	30	7	6	17	31	71	6	4	5	18	22	1	2	12	13	49	.43662	20	WLDWWD
	21	Grimsby Town	29	6	4	19	21	55	4	4	7	13	19	2	0	12	8	36	.38182	16	LDWWLD
	22	Coventry City	30	3	8	19	17	59	2	6	7	8	22	1	2	12	9	37	.28814	14	LDLWLL

*Port Vale joined after the expulsion of Leeds City and inherited the eight games already played by Leeds

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	Status	Result(s)
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	30	24	4	2	80	22	14	1	0	47	8	10	3	2	33	14	3.63636	52	DWDWWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Birmingham City	28	17	6	5	54	21	9	3	2	32	12	8	3	3	22	9	2.57143	40	DWDDWW	Safe	2-1
	3	Huddersfield Town	29	17	6	6	63	28	9	4	1	36	9	8	2	5	27	19	2.25000	40	WDDWLW	Safe	3-2
	4	Blackpool	30	14	7	9	50	36	9	3	3	32	12	5	4	6	18	24	1.38889	35	LWLDLL		0-6
	5	Hull City	31	16	2	13	67	55	12	2	2	50	17	4	0	11	17	38	1.21818	34	LLWWWL		0-1
	6	Stoke City	30	15	3	12	48	37	11	1	3	31	11	4	2	9	17	26	1.29730	33	LWLLDL		0-1
1	7	Bury	30	14	5	11	40	33	12	1	3	28	10	2	4	8	12	23	1.21212	33	LWWWDW		1-0
1	8	West Ham United	29	13	7	9	27	26	8	3	3	17	10	5	4	6	10	16	1.03846	33	WWWLLL		0-1
1	9	South Shields	30	12	8	10	40	31	10	3	2	32	10	2	5	8	8	21	1.29032	32	DWDLWW		6-0
1	10	Fulham	30	12	7	11	41	39	7	5	3	25	15	5	2	8	16	24	1.05128	31	DWLWLL		1-2
1	11	Stockport County	29	12	6	11	44	37	9	2	3	27	13	3	4	8	17	24	1.18919	30	LDWLLW		2-1
1	12	Port Vale	30	12	6	12	48	44	9	2	4	29	18	3	4	8	19	26	1.09091	30	WLWWDW		4-2
2	13	Barnsley	30	12	5	13	46	38	7	2	6	31	20	5	3	7	15	18	1.21053	29	LDDLLL		0-1
	14	Bristol City	30	8	12	10	29	31	6	6	3	20	13	2	6	7	9	18	.93548	28	DLDLLL		0-2
1	15	Leicester City	29	11	5	13	29	48	6	3	5	19	21	5	2	8	10	27	.60417	27	WWLLWW		1-0
1	16	Nottingham Forest	30	9	7	14	32	43	7	3	6	18	15	2	4	8	14	28	.74419	25	LLLWLL		1-2
2	17	Clapton Orient	29	10	4	15	31	43	9	2	3	18	11	1	2	12	13	32	.72093	24	LWLDWW		1-0
1	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	8	7	14	42	54	6	3	6	32	23	2	4	8	10	31	.77778	23	LDLWWL		2-3
1	19	Rotherham County	31	8	7	16	37	67	7	3	5	23	21	1	4	11	14	46	.55224	23	WDLLDL		2-4
	20	Lincoln City	31	8	6	17	33	71	7	4	5	20	22	1	2	12	13	49	.46479	22	LDWWDW		2-0
	21	Grimsby Town	30	6	4	20	21	57	4	4	7	13	19	2	0	13	8	38	.36842	16	DWWLDL		0-2
	22	Coventry City	31	4	8	19	18	59	2	6	7	8	22	2	2	12	10	37	.30508	16	DLWLLW		1-0

*Port Vale joined after the expulsion of Leeds City and inherited the eight games already played by Leeds