The City Ground

SEASON: 1919-20

Prev Season: 1918-19
This Season: 1919-20
Next Season: 1920-21

DIVISION: English Second Division (Tier 2)

MANAGER(s):: Bob Masters
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Bradford Park Avenue (A) 0-3)

Top Goalscorer:: John Lythgoe (11 goals)

Competitive Games:: 43
Competitive Goals:: 43
Goals per game:: 1.0
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 31 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 36.9%

Highest League Attendance:: 20,000 (Huddersfield Town)
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,000 (Blackpool)
Average League Attendance:: 9,333
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

Champions:: West Bromwich Albion
FA Cup:: Aston Villa
Community Shield:

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 4
4-1 (Sat Sep 06, 1919, Rotherham County, Home, League Tier 2)
4-1 (Thu Dec 25, 1919, Lincoln City, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Winning Margin: 3
4-1 (Sat Sep 06, 1919, Rotherham County, Home, League Tier 2)
4-1 (Thu Dec 25, 1919, Lincoln City, Away, League Tier 2)

Most Goals Conceded: 8
0-8 (Wed Mar 10, 1920, Birmingham City, Away, League Tier 2)

Biggest Losing Margin: 8
0-8 (Wed Mar 10, 1920, Birmingham City, Away, League Tier 2)

Clean Sheets:: 10
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1919-20

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	32	6	4	102	32	19	2	0	60	11	13	4	4	42	21	3.188	70	Promoted as Champions	1-1	2-5
2	Huddersfield Town	42	28	8	6	97	38	16	4	1	58	13	12	4	5	39	25	2.553	64	Promoted	1-2	1-2
3	Birmingham City	42	24	8	10	85	34	14	3	4	54	16	10	5	6	31	18	2.500	56		1-2	0-8
4	Blackpool	42	21	10	11	65	47	13	4	4	40	18	8	6	7	25	29	1.383	52		2-0	2-3
5	Bury	42	20	8	14	60	44	14	4	3	35	15	6	4	11	25	29	1.364	48		1-0	1-1
6	Fulham	42	19	9	14	61	50	11	6	4	36	18	8	3	10	25	32	1.220	47		0-3	0-1
7	West Ham United	42	19	9	14	47	40	14	3	4	34	14	5	6	10	13	26	1.175	47		2-1	1-5
8	Bristol City	42	13	17	12	46	43	9	9	3	30	18	4	8	9	16	25	1.070	43		1-2	0-0
9	South Shields	42	15	12	15	58	48	13	5	3	47	18	2	7	12	11	30	1.208	42		0-0	2-5
10	Stoke City	42	18	6	18	60	54	13	3	5	37	15	5	3	13	23	39	1.111	42		0-2	2-0
11	Hull City	42	18	6	18	78	72	13	4	4	53	23	5	2	14	25	49	1.083	42		0-2	0-2
12	Barnsley	42	15	10	17	61	55	9	5	7	41	28	6	5	10	20	27	1.109	40		0-1	2-2
13	Port Vale	42	16	8	18	59	62	11	3	7	35	27	5	5	11	24	35	.952	40		0-1	1-4
14	Leicester City	42	15	10	17	41	61	8	6	7	26	29	7	4	10	15	32	.672	40		0-0	0-0
15	Clapton Orient	42	16	6	20	51	59	14	3	4	34	17	2	3	16	17	42	.864	38		2-1	0-1
16	Stockport County	42	14	9	19	52	61	11	4	6	34	24	3	5	13	18	37	.852	37		1-1	0-0
17	Rotherham County	42	13	8	21	51	83	10	4	7	32	27	3	4	14	19	56	.614	34		4-1	0-2
18	Nottingham Forest	42	11	9	22	43	73	9	4	8	23	22	2	5	14	20	51	.589	31
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	10	22	55	80	8	4	9	41	32	2	6	13	14	48	.688	30		1-0	0-4
20	Coventry City	42	9	11	22	35	73	7	7	7	20	26	2	4	15	15	47	.479	29	Re-elected	2-1	2-4
21	Lincoln City	42	9	9	24	44	101	8	6	7	27	30	1	3	17	17	71	.436	27	Failed re-election	2-1	4-1
22	Grimsby Town	42	10	5	27	34	75	8	4	9	23	24	2	1	18	11	51	.453	25	Relegated	2-0	0-1

Points per win: 2
*Port Vale joined after the expulsion of Leeds City and inherited the eight games already played by Leeds

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	12 times		2 times
Conceded	14 times	9 times	3 times	3 times	4 times
Won By	6 times	3 times	2 times
Lost By	10 times	5 times	5 times	2 times	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	3	-	1	2	4	8	1	Bristol City (1-2), Tottenham Hotspur (1-1), Tottenham Hotspur (2-5)
2		2	5	-	1	4	3	14	1	Bristol City (0-0), Birmingham City (1-2), Birmingham City (0-8), Huddersfield Town (1-2), Huddersfield Town (1-
3		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4		4	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	Blackpool (2-3)
5		5	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Stoke City (2-0)
6		6	4	1	1	2	4	6	3	Barnsley (2-2), Blackpool (2-0), Hull City (0-2), Stoke City (0-2)
7		7	2	1	-	1	3	6	2	West Ham United (1-5), West Ham United (2-1)
8		8	2	-	1	1	0	1	1	Barnsley (0-1), Stockport County (0-0)
9		9	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Stockport County (1-1)
10		10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	1	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	7	12	3	2	-	1	5	2	4	Rotherham County (4-1), Bury (1-0), Fulham (0-1)
13	12	13	4	1	1	2	2	6	3	Hull City (0-2), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-0), Bury (1-1), Fulham (0-3)
14	44	14	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Port Vale (0-1)
15	85	15	3	-	2	1	0	4	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-4), Leicester City (0-0), Leicester City (0-0)
16	35	16	3	-	1	2	3	9	1	South Shields (0-0), South Shields (2-5), Port Vale (1-4)
17	28	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	31	18	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Clapton Orient (2-1), Clapton Orient (0-1)
19		19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	2	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21		21	5	4	-	1	12	7	8	Lincoln City (4-1), Lincoln City (2-1), Grimsby Town (2-0), Coventry City (2-1), Coventry City (2-4)

Not included: Week 1 game against Rotherham County (0-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Bob Masters
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 30, 1919	Rotherham County	A	0-2	12,000	20
2	Mon Sep 01, 1919	Bristol City	H	1-2	6,000	18	Gibson (26')
3	Sat Sep 06, 1919	Rotherham County	H	4-1	12,000	15	Lythgoe (33', 57'), Bedford (52', 67')
4	Mon Sep 08, 1919	Bristol City	A	0-0	12,000	13
5	Sat Sep 13, 1919	Barnsley	H	0-1	12,000	16
6	Sat Sep 20, 1919	Barnsley	A	2-2	9,975	13	Newbigging (8'), Lythgoe (25')
7	Sat Sep 27, 1919	Stockport County	H	1-1	14,000	15	Lythgoe (64')
8	Fri Oct 03, 1919	Blackpool	H	2-0	4,000	11	Firth (71'), Lythgoe (75')
9	Sat Oct 04, 1919	Stockport County	A	0-0	6,000	12
10	Sat Oct 11, 1919	Hull City	H	0-2	10,000	14
11	Sat Oct 18, 1919	Hull City	A	0-2	7,000	15
12	Sat Oct 25, 1919	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	8,000	14	Davis (15')
13	Sat Nov 01, 1919	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-4	5,000	15
14	Sat Nov 08, 1919	South Shields	H	0-0	9,000	14
15	Sat Nov 15, 1919	South Shields	A	2-5	8,000	16	Davis (30', 55')
16	Sat Nov 22, 1919	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	18,000	15	Davis (71')
17	Sat Nov 29, 1919	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-5	28,000	15	Lythgoe (70'), Davis (74')
18	Sat Dec 06, 1919	Clapton Orient	H	2-1	6,000	15	Lythgoe (43'), Belton (87')
19	Sat Dec 13, 1919	Clapton Orient	A	0-1	5,000	16
20	Thu Dec 25, 1919	Lincoln City	A	4-1	9,000	15	Fred 'Yaffer' Ward (2' OG), Lythgoe (25'), Parker (72'), Davis (75')
21	Fri Dec 26, 1919	Lincoln City	H	2-1	15,000	15	Davis (26'), Belton (38')
22	Sat Jan 03, 1920	Bury	H	1-0	7,000	14	Lythgoe (28')
23	Sat Jan 17, 1920	Bury	A	1-1	5,000	14	Belton (40')
24	Sat Jan 24, 1920	Stoke City	A	2-0	7,000	14	Firth (10'), Belton (46')
25	Wed Jan 28, 1920	Stoke City	H	0-2	6,000	14
26	Sat Jan 31, 1920	Port Vale	A	1-4	7,000	15	Jones (62')
27	Sat Feb 07, 1920	Grimsby Town	A	0-1	7,000	15
28	Sat Feb 14, 1920	Grimsby Town	H	2-0	5,000	15	Hart (?), Lythgoe (?)
29	Wed Feb 18, 1920	Port Vale	H	0-1	5,000	15
30	Sat Feb 28, 1920	Birmingham City	H	1-2	6,000	16	Spaven (?)
31	Sat Mar 06, 1920	Leicester City	H	0-0	10,000	16
32	Wed Mar 10, 1920	Birmingham City	A	0-8	15,000	17
33	Sat Mar 13, 1920	Leicester City	A	0-0	10,000	16
34	Sat Mar 20, 1920	Fulham	H	0-3	6,000	17
35	Sat Mar 27, 1920	Fulham	A	0-1	12,000	18
36	Fri Apr 02, 1920	West Ham United	A	1-5	20,000	18	Jones (?)
37	Sat Apr 03, 1920	Coventry City	H	2-1	7,000	17	Armstrong (?), Spaven (?)
38	Mon Apr 05, 1920	West Ham United	H	2-1	10,000	17	Jones (?), Spaven (?)
39	Sat Apr 10, 1920	Coventry City	A	2-4	18,000	17	Shearman (?), Belton (?)
40	Sat Apr 17, 1920	Huddersfield Town	H	1-2	20,000	18	Belton (?)
41	Wed Apr 28, 1920	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	11,500	18	Firth (?)	Safe
42	Sat May 01, 1920	Blackpool	A	2-3	6,000	18	Bedford (?), Lythgoe (?)	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 10, 1920	Bradford Park Avenue	1		A	0-3	9,000

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 09, 1919	Mid Rhonda	Wales	A	1-3	6,000	Derrick (?)
Mon Sep 15, 1919	Sutton Town	England	A	3-2	-	Firth (?, ?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Bob Masters
Sat Aug 30, 1919	League Tier 2	Rotherham County		A	0-2	12,000
Mon Sep 01, 1919	League Tier 2	Bristol City		H	1-2	6,000	Gibson (26')
Sat Sep 06, 1919	League Tier 2	Rotherham County		H	4-1	12,000	Lythgoe (33', 57'), Bedford (52', 67')
Mon Sep 08, 1919	League Tier 2	Bristol City		A	0-0	12,000
Tue Sep 09, 1919	Friendly	Mid Rhonda		A	1-3	6,000	Derrick (?)
Sat Sep 13, 1919	League Tier 2	Barnsley		H	0-1	12,000
Mon Sep 15, 1919	Friendly	Sutton Town		A	3-2	-	Firth (?, ?, ?)
Sat Sep 20, 1919	League Tier 2	Barnsley		A	2-2	9,975	Newbigging (8'), Lythgoe (25')
Sat Sep 27, 1919	League Tier 2	Stockport County		H	1-1	14,000	Lythgoe (64')
Fri Oct 03, 1919	League Tier 2	Blackpool		H	2-0	4,000	Firth (71'), Lythgoe (75')
Sat Oct 04, 1919	League Tier 2	Stockport County		A	0-0	6,000
Sat Oct 11, 1919	League Tier 2	Hull City		H	0-2	10,000
Sat Oct 18, 1919	League Tier 2	Hull City		A	0-2	7,000
Sat Oct 25, 1919	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	1-0	8,000	Davis (15')
Sat Nov 01, 1919	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	0-4	5,000
Sat Nov 08, 1919	League Tier 2	South Shields		H	0-0	9,000
Sat Nov 15, 1919	League Tier 2	South Shields		A	2-5	8,000	Davis (30', 55')
Sat Nov 22, 1919	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		H	1-1	18,000	Davis (71')
Sat Nov 29, 1919	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur		A	2-5	28,000	Lythgoe (70'), Davis (74')
Sat Dec 06, 1919	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient		H	2-1	6,000	Lythgoe (43'), Belton (87')
Sat Dec 13, 1919	League Tier 2	Clapton Orient		A	0-1	5,000
Thu Dec 25, 1919	League Tier 2	Lincoln City		A	4-1	9,000	Fred 'Yaffer' Ward (2' OG), Lythgoe (25'), Parker (72'), Davis (75')
Fri Dec 26, 1919	League Tier 2	Lincoln City		H	2-1	15,000	Davis (26'), Belton (38')
Sat Jan 03, 1920	League Tier 2	Bury		H	1-0	7,000	Lythgoe (28')
Sat Jan 10, 1920	FA Cup	Bradford Park Avenue	1	A	0-3	9,000
Sat Jan 17, 1920	League Tier 2	Bury		A	1-1	5,000	Belton (40')
Sat Jan 24, 1920	League Tier 2	Stoke City		A	2-0	7,000	Firth (10'), Belton (46')
Wed Jan 28, 1920	League Tier 2	Stoke City		H	0-2	6,000
Sat Jan 31, 1920	League Tier 2	Port Vale		A	1-4	7,000	Jones (62')
Sat Feb 07, 1920	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town		A	0-1	7,000
Sat Feb 14, 1920	League Tier 2	Grimsby Town		H	2-0	5,000	Hart (?), Lythgoe (?)
Wed Feb 18, 1920	League Tier 2	Port Vale		H	0-1	5,000
Sat Feb 28, 1920	League Tier 2	Birmingham City		H	1-2	6,000	Spaven (?)
Sat Mar 06, 1920	League Tier 2	Leicester City		H	0-0	10,000
Wed Mar 10, 1920	League Tier 2	Birmingham City		A	0-8	15,000
Sat Mar 13, 1920	League Tier 2	Leicester City		A	0-0	10,000
Sat Mar 20, 1920	League Tier 2	Fulham		H	0-3	6,000
Sat Mar 27, 1920	League Tier 2	Fulham		A	0-1	12,000
Fri Apr 02, 1920	League Tier 2	West Ham United		A	1-5	20,000	Jones (?)
Sat Apr 03, 1920	League Tier 2	Coventry City		H	2-1	7,000	Armstrong (?), Spaven (?)
Mon Apr 05, 1920	League Tier 2	West Ham United		H	2-1	10,000	Jones (?), Spaven (?)
Sat Apr 10, 1920	League Tier 2	Coventry City		A	2-4	18,000	Shearman (?), Belton (?)
Sat Apr 17, 1920	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town		H	1-2	20,000	Belton (?)
Wed Apr 28, 1920	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town		A	1-2	11,500	Firth (?)	Safe
Sat May 01, 1920	League Tier 2	Blackpool		A	2-3	6,000	Bedford (?), Lythgoe (?)	Safe

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 10, 1920	Bradford Park Avenue	1		A	0-3	9,000

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Tue Sep 09, 1919	Mid Rhonda	Wales	A	1-3	6,000
Mon Sep 15, 1919	Sutton Town	England	A	3-2	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (12) - £2,500				Out (12) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Alfred Davis	Bought			Ben Shearman	Sold
	Ben Shearman	Bought	£2,500		Frank Kirrage	Sold
	Fred Parker	Bought			Harry Lowe	Retired
	Henry Newbigging	Bought			Henry Newbigging	Sold
	Horace Hart	Bought			Horace Hart	Sold
	James Lawton	Bought			James Lawton	Sold
	John Parker	Bought			John Parker	Sold
	John Wagstaff	Bought			John Wagstaff	Sold
	Lawrence Stapleton	Bought			Samuel Waplington	Sold
	Samuel Waplington	Bought			Thomas Gibson	Sold
1919	Joseph Orme	Bought		1920	John Derrick	Sold
Feb 1920	Jack Spaven	Bought		1920	Sticker Banks	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		John Wagstaff	England	19	1			1
GK		Joseph Johnson	England		37	10	8	19
GK		Joseph Orme	England	34	5	1	1	3
Defenders
D		Fred Parker	England	25	36	11	8	17	1
D		Harold Bulling	England	28	21	6	5	10
D		Harry Jones	England	28	37	11	7	19	3
D		Samuel Waplington	England	23	1			1
Midfielders
M		Alfred Davis	England	22	14	5	4	5	7
M		Frank Kirrage	England	26	1		1
M		Harry Bedford	England	19	5	1	1	3	3
M		Harry Lowe	England	33	9	2	1	6
M		Horace Hart	England	24	6	2		4	1
M		James Lawton	England	25	3		1	2
M		Joe Mills	England	24	28	8	7	13
M		John Parker	England	21	5	1	1	3
M		Robert Firth	England	32	32	9	5	18	3
M		Thomas Gibson	Scotland	30	9	2	2	5	1
Forwards
F		Ben Shearman	England	34	32	9	8	15	1
F		Henry Newbigging	Scotland	26	9	1	3	5	1
F		Jack Armstrong	England	35	43	11	9	23	1
F		Jack Spaven	England	27	13	2	2	9	3
F		Jackie Belton	England	24	31	9	4	18	6
F		John Derrick	England	27	8	1	2	5
F		John Lythgoe	England	27	41	11	9	21	11
F		Lawrence Stapleton	England	26	10	2	1	7
F		Percy Barratt	England	20	21	3	4	14
F		Sticker Banks	England	30	15	3	5	7

		Freeman (1919)
		Hamilton (1919-20)
		Hursthouse
		Rambrook
		Smith (1919)

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
11	John Lythgoe	41
7	Alfred Davis	14
6	Jackie Belton	31
3	Harry Bedford	5
3	Harry Jones	37
3	Jack Spaven	13
3	Robert Firth	32
1	Ben Shearman	32
1	Fred Parker	36
1	Henry Newbigging	9
1	Horace Hart	6
1	Jack Armstrong	43
1	Own Goals	43
1	Thomas Gibson	9

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Lincoln City	Thu Dec 25, 1919	Away	4-1		Fri Dec 26, 1919	Home	2-1

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Birmingham City	Sat Feb 28, 1920	Home	1-2	Wed Mar 10, 1920	Away	0-8
Fulham	Sat Mar 20, 1920	Home	0-3	Sat Mar 27, 1920	Away	0-1
Huddersfield Town	Sat Apr 17, 1920	Home	1-2	Wed Apr 28, 1920	Away	1-2
Hull City	Sat Oct 11, 1919	Home	0-2	Sat Oct 18, 1919	Away	0-2
Port Vale	Sat Jan 31, 1920	Away	1-4	Wed Feb 18, 1920	Home	0-1