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)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: John Lythgoe (11 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

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

Position days		Record against teams (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	2	-	1	1	3	6	1	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	2	1	-	1	3	2	2	Bristol City (1-2), 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	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Stockport County (0-0)
9		9	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Barnsley (0-1), Stockport County (1-1)
10		10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11		11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	2	12	2	1	-	1	1	1	2	Bury (1-0), Fulham (0-1)
13		13	5	2	1	2	6	7	5	Rotherham County (4-1), Hull City (0-2), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-0), Bury (1-1), Fulham (0-3)
14	15	14	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Port Vale (0-1)
15	24	15	3	-	2	1	0	4	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-4), Leicester City (0-0), Leicester City (0-0)
16	9	16	3	-	1	2	3	9	1	South Shields (0-0), South Shields (2-5), Port Vale (1-4)
17	14	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	10	18	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Clapton Orient (2-1), Clapton Orient (0-1)
19	3	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20		20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	1	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)
22		22	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Grimsby Town (0-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Rotherham United (0-2)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 20,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 4,000
Average League Attendance:: 9,333
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

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

END OF SEASON TABLE (1919-20)

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	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		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		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	-
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		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		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		2-0	0-1

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

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GAMES

League

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

FA Cup

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

Friendly

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

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (12)				Out (13)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Albert 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
Feb 1920	Jack Spaven	Bought			James Lawton	Sold
	James Lawton	Bought		1920	John Derrick	Sold
	John Parker	Bought			John Parker	Sold
	John Wagstaff	Bought			John Wagstaff	Sold
1919	Joseph Orme	Bought			Sticker Banks	Sold
	Lawrence Stapleton	Bought			Sticker Banks	Sold
	Waplington	Bought			Thomas Gibson	Sold
					Waplington	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		John Wagstaff	1			1
GK		Joseph Orme	5	1	1	3
GK		Joshua Johnson	37	10	8	19
D		Fred Parker	36	11	8	17	1
D		Harold Bulling	21	6	5	10
D		Harry Jones	37	11	7	19	3
D		Waplington	1			1
M		Albert Davis	14	5	4	5	7
M		Frank Kirrage	1		1
M		Harry Bedford	5	1	1	3	3
M		Harry Lowe	9	2	1	6
M		Horace Hart	6	2		4	1
M		James Lawton	3		1	2
M		John Parker	5	1	1	3
M		Joseph Mills	28	8	7	13
M		Robert Firth	32	9	5	18	3
M		Thomas Gibson	9	2	2	5	1
F		Ben Shearman	32	9	8	15	1
F		Henry Newbigging	9	1	3	5	1
F		Jack Armstrong	43	11	9	23	1
F		Jack Spaven	13	2	2	9	3
F		Jackie Belton	31	9	4	18	6
F		John Derrick	8	1	2	5
F		John Lythgoe	41	11	9	21	11
F		Lawrence Stapleton	10	2	1	7
F		Percy Barratt	21	3	4	14
F		Sticker Banks	15	3	5	7
		Freeman (1919)
		Hamilton (1919-20)
		Hursthouse
		Rambrook
		Smith (1919)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
11	John Lythgoe	41
7	Albert 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
Home and away victories for the season

1919-20

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