The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 1 COVENTRY CITY - Sat Apr 03, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 03, 1920 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON

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

Season:: 1919-20
Referee:: WO Furness
Attendance:: 7,000
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: Apr 10, 1920

GAME COUNT:
League:: 838 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 227 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 963 (of 5724)
Total:: 1801 (of 7505)
Played:: 104 years, 13 days ago

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

Goals
Jack Armstrong
Jack Spaven

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Harry Pollitt
Prior form: LWDDLW (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	M	34	Harry Lowe
5	D	26	Fred Parker
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	M	33	Robert Firth
8	F	28	Jack Spaven
9	F	24	Jackie Belton
10	F		John Lythgoe
11	F	35	Ben Shearman

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 Apr 03, 1920)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-3	Huddersfield Town
Bury	1-0	Leicester City
Clapton Orient	3-0	Grimsby Town
Hull City	0-0	Bristol City
Lincoln City	0-1	Fulham
Nottingham Forest	2-1	Coventry City
Port Vale	1-3	Birmingham City
South Shields	6-2	Rotherham County
Stockport County	0-0	Blackpool
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Stoke City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-1	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	35	27	5	3	90	27	17	1	0	55	10	10	4	3	35	17	3.33333	59	WLWWDW	Safe
	2	Huddersfield Town	33	20	7	6	71	30	10	4	1	38	9	10	3	5	33	21	2.36667	47	LWWWWD	Safe
	3	Birmingham City	34	19	7	8	72	28	11	3	3	47	14	8	4	5	25	14	2.57143	45	DWWLLL	Safe
	4	Blackpool	36	18	8	10	58	41	11	4	3	36	14	7	4	7	22	27	1.41463	44	WDLWWW	Safe
	5	Bury	35	17	6	12	46	36	13	2	3	30	11	4	4	9	16	25	1.27778	40	WDWWWL	Safe
	6	West Ham United	35	16	7	12	35	34	11	3	4	25	13	5	4	8	10	21	1.02941	39	LWLLWW	Safe
	7	Stoke City	34	17	4	13	54	39	12	2	3	33	11	5	2	10	21	28	1.38462	38	DLWDLW	Safe
	8	Fulham	35	15	8	12	49	44	8	6	3	27	16	7	2	9	22	28	1.11364	38	LLDWWW	Safe
	9	Barnsley	36	14	8	14	52	41	9	3	6	36	21	5	5	8	16	20	1.26829	36	DWDWLD	Safe
	10	Port Vale	36	14	8	14	54	50	10	3	5	31	22	4	5	9	23	28	1.08000	36	LDWLDW	Safe
	11	South Shields	35	13	9	13	46	39	11	4	3	37	14	2	5	10	9	25	1.17949	35	WLLWLD	Safe
	12	Hull City	36	16	3	17	71	66	12	2	4	51	22	4	1	13	20	44	1.07576	35	LLLLLD	Safe
	13	Stockport County	34	13	8	13	49	46	10	3	5	31	21	3	5	8	18	25	1.06522	34	WDDWLL	Safe
	14	Bristol City	34	10	14	10	35	33	7	7	3	24	15	3	7	7	11	18	1.06061	34	LLWWDD	Safe
	15	Leicester City	34	13	8	13	36	48	7	5	5	23	21	6	3	8	13	27	.75000	34	WDDDWW	Safe
	16	Clapton Orient	36	13	5	18	41	53	11	3	4	26	16	2	2	14	15	37	.77358	31	LLWWLD
	17	Rotherham County	35	10	8	17	43	72	8	4	5	27	23	2	4	12	16	49	.59722	28	DLWWLD
	18	Nottingham Forest	36	9	9	18	33	60	7	4	7	18	18	2	5	11	15	42	.55000	27	DLDLLL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	8	9	16	46	63	6	3	7	32	26	2	6	9	14	37	.73016	25	WLLDDL
	20	Lincoln City	36	8	8	20	37	89	7	5	6	22	27	1	3	14	15	62	.41573	24	WDLLLD
	21	Coventry City	35	5	10	20	21	62	3	7	7	10	23	2	3	13	11	39	.33871	20	LWDDLW
	22	Grimsby Town	35	7	5	23	26	64	5	4	9	16	23	2	1	14	10	41	.40625	19	LDLLWL

*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	36	28	5	3	92	27	18	1	0	57	10	10	4	3	35	17	3.40741	61	LWWDWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Huddersfield Town	34	20	8	6	74	33	10	4	1	38	9	10	4	5	36	24	2.24242	48	WWWWDD	Safe	3-3
	3	Birmingham City	35	20	7	8	75	29	11	3	3	47	14	9	4	5	28	15	2.58621	47	WWLLLW	Safe	3-1
	4	Blackpool	37	18	9	10	58	41	11	4	3	36	14	7	5	7	22	27	1.41463	45	DLWWWD	Safe	0-0
	5	Bury	36	18	6	12	47	36	14	2	3	31	11	4	4	9	16	25	1.30556	42	DWWWLW	Safe	1-0
2	6	Fulham	36	16	8	12	50	44	8	6	3	27	16	8	2	9	23	28	1.13636	40	LDWWWW	Safe	1-0
1	7	West Ham United	36	16	8	12	36	35	11	3	4	25	13	5	5	8	11	22	1.02857	40	WLLWWD	Safe	1-1
1	8	Stoke City	35	17	4	14	54	41	12	2	3	33	11	5	2	11	21	30	1.31707	38	LWDLWL	Safe	0-2
2	9	South Shields	36	14	9	13	52	41	12	4	3	43	16	2	5	10	9	25	1.26829	37	LLWLDW	Safe	6-2
1	10	Barnsley	37	14	9	14	55	44	9	4	6	39	24	5	5	8	16	20	1.25000	37	WDWLDD	Safe	3-3
1	11	Hull City	37	16	4	17	71	66	12	3	4	51	22	4	1	13	20	44	1.07576	36	LLLLDD	Safe	0-0
2	12	Port Vale	37	14	8	15	55	53	10	3	6	32	25	4	5	9	23	28	1.03774	36	DWLDWL	Safe	1-3
	13	Stockport County	35	13	9	13	49	46	10	4	5	31	21	3	5	8	18	25	1.06522	35	DDWLLD	Safe	0-0
	14	Bristol City	35	10	15	10	35	33	7	7	3	24	15	3	8	7	11	18	1.06061	35	LWWDDD	Safe	0-0
	15	Leicester City	35	13	8	14	36	49	7	5	5	23	21	6	3	9	13	28	.73469	34	DDDWWL	Safe	0-1
	16	Clapton Orient	37	14	5	18	44	53	12	3	4	29	16	2	2	14	15	37	.83019	33	LWWLDW	Safe	3-0
1	17	Nottingham Forest	37	10	9	18	35	61	8	4	7	20	19	2	5	11	15	42	.57377	29	LDLLLW		2-1
1	18	Rotherham County	36	10	8	18	45	78	8	4	5	27	23	2	4	13	18	55	.57692	28	LWWLDL		2-6
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	8	10	16	47	64	6	4	7	33	27	2	6	9	14	37	.73438	26	LLDDLD		1-1
	20	Lincoln City	37	8	8	21	37	90	7	5	7	22	28	1	3	14	15	62	.41111	24	DLLLDL		0-1
	21	Coventry City	36	5	10	21	22	64	3	7	7	10	23	2	3	14	12	41	.34375	20	WDDLWL		1-2
	22	Grimsby Town	36	7	5	24	26	67	5	4	9	16	23	2	1	15	10	44	.38806	19	DLLWLL		0-3

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