The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 ASTON VILLA - Sat Jan 20, 1923 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 20, 1923 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON

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

Season:: 1922-23
Referee:: CF Porter
Attendance:: 20,000
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 11 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield United (FA Cup)
League:: Aston Villa
Aston Villa:: Jan 27, 1923

GAME COUNT:
League:: 954 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 638 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 1087 (of 5724)
Total:: 1929 (of 7505)
Played:: 101 years, 3 months, 3 days ago

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

Goals
Jack Spaven
John Green - John Green first goal
Geoff Ball (OG)

ASTON VILLA
Manager: George Ramsay
Prior form: DDDWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Arthur Dorrell

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	40	Sam Hardy	Guest (Aston Villa)
2	D		Harold Bulling
3	D	31	Harry Jones
4	F	27	Jackie Belton
5	M	23	Gerry Morgan
6	F	26	Noah Burton
7	M	23	Sid Gibson
8	F	31	Jack Spaven
9	D		John Green
10	F	31	Walter Tinsley
11	F	31	Henry Martin	Guest (Sunderland)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Cyril Spiers
2	D	Tommy Mort
3	D	Tommy Smart
4	D	Tommy Ball
5	D	George Harkus
6	M	Frank Moss
7	M	Arthur Dorrell
8	M	Dicky York
9	M	Billy Kirton
10	F	Billy Walker
11	F	Ian Dickson

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Jan 20, 1923)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Manchester City
Birmingham City	0-2	West Bromwich Albion
Blackburn Rovers	3-1	Cardiff City
Bolton Wanderers	1-1	Sheffield United
Burnley	2-0	Preston North End
Chelsea	3-0	Newcastle United
Everton	4-0	Stoke City
Middlesbrough	0-2	Liverpool
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Aston Villa
Oldham Athletic	0-3	Tottenham Hotspur
Sunderland	1-1	Huddersfield Town

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST 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	Liverpool	24	17	2	5	49	22	10	1	1	34	11	7	1	4	15	11	2.22727	36	WWWWDW
	2	Sunderland	24	14	7	3	50	33	9	3	0	31	15	5	4	3	19	18	1.51515	35	WDWWWW
	3	Huddersfield Town	24	12	7	5	35	18	8	1	3	19	7	4	6	2	16	11	1.94444	31	DWDWWW
	4	Newcastle United	25	11	8	6	27	19	6	5	2	15	8	5	3	4	12	11	1.42105	30	DDDWWW
	5	Manchester City	24	12	6	6	36	29	9	2	1	27	14	3	4	5	9	15	1.24138	30	LWDWWW
	6	Middlesbrough	24	10	9	5	39	31	8	4	0	29	13	2	5	5	10	18	1.25806	29	WDDDWL
	7	Sheffield United	25	11	7	7	38	31	7	5	1	22	11	4	2	6	16	20	1.22581	29	DWLWWW
	8	Bolton Wanderers	26	10	6	10	36	36	9	4	0	29	8	1	2	10	7	28	1.00000	26	WWLDWL
	9	Burnley	24	10	5	9	40	31	7	3	2	27	11	3	2	7	13	20	1.29032	25	DDDLLL
	10	West Bromwich Albion	24	9	6	9	38	33	7	4	1	29	7	2	2	8	9	26	1.15152	24	LDLWLW
	11	Aston Villa	24	9	6	9	31	33	7	2	3	19	9	2	4	6	12	24	.93939	24	DDDWWL
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	4	10	30	34	6	1	5	20	17	4	3	5	10	17	.88235	24	WWLLLW
	13	Blackburn Rovers	24	7	8	9	30	35	6	5	1	20	12	1	3	8	10	23	.85714	22	LDLWLL
	14	Everton	24	9	4	11	29	37	7	2	3	19	13	2	2	8	10	24	.78378	22	WDLLWL
	15	Preston North End	24	7	7	10	34	39	6	2	4	21	16	1	5	6	13	23	.87179	21	DLDWLW
	16	Birmingham City	25	6	9	10	24	31	5	4	4	14	10	1	5	6	10	21	.77419	21	DLDLLL
	17	Chelsea	24	6	8	10	26	29	2	7	3	14	13	4	1	7	12	16	.89655	20	DLDWDL
	18	Cardiff City	24	8	4	12	34	38	7	1	4	24	14	1	3	8	10	24	.89474	20	WLWLDW
	19	Arsenal	26	8	4	14	40	53	6	2	4	21	13	2	2	10	19	40	.75472	20	LLWWWL
	20	Nottingham Forest	26	6	6	14	25	44	6	2	5	12	13	0	4	9	13	31	.56818	18	LDLLLL
	21	Stoke City	24	5	6	13	26	38	4	5	3	18	13	1	1	10	8	25	.68421	16	LDLLLW
	22	Oldham Athletic	25	5	5	15	25	48	5	2	5	14	16	0	3	10	11	32	.52083	15	DLLLLL

Table after:

	FIRST 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	Liverpool	25	18	2	5	51	22	10	1	1	34	11	8	1	4	17	11	2.31818	38	WWWDWW		2-0
	2	Sunderland	25	14	8	3	51	34	9	4	0	32	16	5	4	3	19	18	1.50000	36	DWWWWD		1-1
	3	Huddersfield Town	25	12	8	5	36	19	8	1	3	19	7	4	7	2	17	12	1.89474	32	WDWWWD		1-1
	4	Newcastle United	26	11	8	7	27	22	6	5	2	15	8	5	3	5	12	14	1.22727	30	DDWWWL		0-3
2	5	Sheffield United	26	11	8	7	39	32	7	5	1	22	11	4	3	6	17	21	1.21875	30	WLWWWD		1-1
1	6	Manchester City	25	12	6	7	36	30	9	2	1	27	14	3	4	6	9	16	1.20000	30	WDWWWL		0-1
1	7	Middlesbrough	25	10	9	6	39	33	8	4	1	29	15	2	5	5	10	18	1.18182	29	DDDWLL		0-2
1	8	Burnley	25	11	5	9	42	31	8	3	2	29	11	3	2	7	13	20	1.35484	27	DDLLLW		2-0
1	9	Bolton Wanderers	27	10	7	10	37	37	9	5	0	30	9	1	2	10	7	28	1.00000	27	WLDWLD		1-1
	10	West Bromwich Albion	25	10	6	9	40	33	7	4	1	29	7	3	2	8	11	26	1.21212	26	DLWLWW		2-0
1	11	Tottenham Hotspur	25	11	4	10	33	34	6	1	5	20	17	5	3	5	13	17	.97059	26	WLLLWW		3-0
1	12	Blackburn Rovers	25	8	8	9	33	36	7	5	1	23	13	1	3	8	10	23	.91667	24	DLWLLW		3-1
1	13	Everton	25	10	4	11	33	37	8	2	3	23	13	2	2	8	10	24	.89189	24	DLLWLW		4-0
3	14	Aston Villa	25	9	6	10	32	36	7	2	3	19	9	2	4	7	13	27	.88889	24	DDWWLL		1-3
2	15	Chelsea	25	7	8	10	29	29	3	7	3	17	13	4	1	7	12	16	1.00000	22	LDWDLW		3-0
3	16	Arsenal	27	9	4	14	41	53	7	2	4	22	13	2	2	10	19	40	.77358	22	LWWWLW		1-0
2	17	Preston North End	25	7	7	11	34	41	6	2	4	21	16	1	5	7	13	25	.82927	21	LDWLWL		0-2
2	18	Birmingham City	26	6	9	11	24	33	5	4	5	14	12	1	5	6	10	21	.72727	21	LDLLLL		0-2
1	19	Cardiff City	25	8	4	13	35	41	7	1	4	24	14	1	3	9	11	27	.85366	20	LWLDWL		1-3
	20	Nottingham Forest	27	7	6	14	28	45	7	2	5	15	14	0	4	9	13	31	.62222	20	DLLLLW		3-1
	21	Stoke City	25	5	6	14	26	42	4	5	3	18	13	1	1	11	8	29	.61905	16	DLLLWL		0-4
	22	Oldham Athletic	26	5	5	16	25	51	5	2	6	14	19	0	3	10	11	32	.49020	15	LLLLLL		0-3