The City Ground

SEASON: 1921-22

Prev Season: 1920-21
This Season: 1921-22
Next Season: 1922-23

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Bob Masters
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Cardiff City (A) 1-4)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Jack Spaven (22 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	17 times	9 times	5 times	2 times
Conceded	13 times	7 times		2 times
Won By	14 times	6 times	3 times	1 time
Lost By	4 times	3 times	2 times

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	47	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	12	2	2	1	1	-	4	2	3	Stoke City (1-1), Stoke City (3-1)
3	7	3	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Fulham (0-0)
4		4	3	-	2	1	3	5	2	Leicester City (2-2), Fulham (0-2), Barnsley (1-1)
5		5	4	1	2	1	3	3	4	Leicester City (0-0), West Ham United (2-0), Notts County (1-1), Barnsley (0-2)
6		6	2	1	-	1	1	1	2	West Ham United (0-1), Leeds United (1-0)
7		7	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Derby County (2-1)
8		8	3	2	1	-	3	1	5	Crystal Palace (2-1), Coventry City (1-0), Leeds United (0-0)
9	1	9	2	1	1	-	3	0	3	Derby County (3-0), Notts County (0-0)
10		10	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Clapton Orient (2-0)
11		11	3	3	-	-	6	3	6	Hull City (3-2), Rotherham County (1-0), Clapton Orient (2-1)
12		12	2	2	-	-	2	0	4	Coventry City (1-0), South Shields (1-0)
13		13	3	-	2	1	0	2	2	South Shields (0-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-2)
14	1	14	2	1	1	-	5	1	3	Port Vale (1-1), The Wednesday (4-0)
15	1	15	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Bury (2-1)
16		16	2	2	-	-	4	0	4	Port Vale (2-0), The Wednesday (2-0)
17	1	17	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Bury (1-2)
18		18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19		19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20		20	1	1	-	-	4	1	2	Bradford Park Avenue (4-1)
21		21	3	3	-	-	3	0	6	Hull City (1-0), Bristol City (1-0), Bristol City (1-0)
22		22	3	-	1	2	1	3	1	Blackpool (1-2), Blackpool (0-0), Bradford Park Avenue (0-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Crystal Palace (1-4)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 30,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 8,000
Average League Attendance:: 16,238
Highest Cup Attendance:: 17,300
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 10,000

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 24
Red cards:: 1
Yellow cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1921-22)

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	Nottingham Forest	42	22	12	8	51	30	13	7	1	29	9	9	5	7	22	21	1.700	56
2	Stoke City	42	18	16	8	60	44	9	11	1	31	11	9	5	7	29	33	1.364	52		3-1	1-1
3	Barnsley	42	22	8	12	67	52	14	5	2	43	18	8	3	10	24	34	1.288	52		1-1	0-2
4	West Ham United	42	20	8	14	52	39	15	3	3	39	13	5	5	11	13	26	1.333	48		2-0	0-1
5	Hull City	42	19	10	13	51	41	13	5	3	36	13	6	5	10	15	28	1.244	48		3-2	1-0
6	South Shields	42	17	12	13	43	38	11	7	3	25	13	6	5	10	18	25	1.132	46		1-0	0-0
7	Fulham	42	18	9	15	57	38	14	5	2	41	8	4	4	13	16	30	1.500	45		0-0	0-2
8	Leeds United	42	16	13	13	48	38	10	8	3	31	12	6	5	10	17	26	1.263	45		1-0	0-0
9	Leicester City	42	14	17	11	39	34	11	6	4	30	16	3	11	7	9	18	1.147	45		0-0	2-2
10	The Wednesday	42	15	14	13	47	50	12	4	5	31	24	3	10	8	16	26	.940	44		2-0	4-0
11	Bury	42	15	10	17	54	55	11	3	7	35	19	4	7	10	19	36	.982	40		1-2	2-1
12	Derby County	42	15	9	18	60	64	11	3	7	34	22	4	6	11	26	42	.938	39		3-0	2-1
13	Notts County	42	12	15	15	47	51	10	7	4	34	18	2	8	11	13	33	.922	39		0-0	1-1
14	Crystal Palace	42	13	13	16	45	51	9	6	6	28	20	4	7	10	17	31	.882	39		2-1	1-4
15	Clapton Orient	42	15	9	18	43	50	12	4	5	33	18	3	5	13	10	32	.860	39		2-0	2-1
16	Rotherham County	42	14	11	17	32	43	8	9	4	17	7	6	2	13	15	36	.744	39		1-0	-
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	11	18	44	49	8	7	6	28	19	5	4	12	16	30	.898	37		0-0	0-2
18	Port Vale	42	14	8	20	43	57	10	5	6	28	19	4	3	14	15	38	.754	36		1-1	2-0
19	Blackpool	42	15	5	22	44	57	11	1	9	33	27	4	4	13	11	30	.772	35		0-0	1-2
20	Coventry City	42	12	10	20	51	60	8	5	8	31	21	4	5	12	20	39	.850	34		1-0	1-0
21	Bradford Park Avenue	42	12	9	21	46	62	10	5	6	32	22	2	4	15	14	40	.742	33		4-1	0-1
22	Bristol City	42	12	9	21	37	58	10	3	8	25	18	2	6	13	12	40	.638	33		1-0	1-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 27, 1921	Crystal Palace	A	1-4	Loss	18,000	17	Tinsley (?)
2	Mon Aug 29, 1921	Hull City	H	3-2	Win	14,000	14	Spaven (?), Parker (?), Tinsley (?)
3	Sat Sep 03, 1921	Crystal Palace	H	2-1	Win	16,000	9	Tinsley (?, ?)
4	Mon Sep 05, 1921	Hull City	A	1-0	Win	9,000	3	Spaven (?)
5	Sat Sep 10, 1921	Coventry City	A	1-0	Win	22,000	3	Burton (?)
6	Sat Sep 17, 1921	Coventry City	H	1-0	Win	14,000	3	Parker (?)
7	Sat Sep 24, 1921	Derby County	A	2-1	Win	22,803	3	Spaven (?, ?)
8	Sat Oct 01, 1921	Derby County	H	3-0	Win	28,000	2	Spaven (?), Parker (?), Tinsley (?)
9	Sat Oct 08, 1921	Leicester City	A	2-2	Draw	25,000	2	Spaven (?), Burton (?)
10	Sat Oct 15, 1921	Leicester City	H	0-0	Draw	30,000	2
11	Sat Oct 22, 1921	West Ham United	A	0-1	Loss	20,000	2
12	Sat Oct 29, 1921	West Ham United	H	2-0	Win	16,000	2	Spaven (?, ?)
13	Sat Nov 05, 1921	Notts County	A	1-1	Draw	26,000	2	Boyman (?)
14	Mon Nov 14, 1921	Notts County	H	0-0	Draw	15,000	2
15	Sat Nov 19, 1921	Port Vale	H	1-1	Draw	16,000	2	Spaven (?)
16	Sat Nov 26, 1921	Port Vale	A	2-0	Win	12,000	1	Boyman (?, ?)
17	Sat Dec 03, 1921	South Shields	A	0-0	Draw	10,000	1
18	Sat Dec 10, 1921	South Shields	H	1-0	Win	12,000	1	Spaven (?)
19	Sat Dec 17, 1921	Bristol City	H	1-0	Win	10,000	1	Gibson (?)
20	Sat Dec 24, 1921	Bristol City	A	1-0	Win	14,000	1	Gibson (?)
21	Mon Dec 26, 1921	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	Draw	25,000	1
22	Tue Dec 27, 1921	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	25,000	1
23	Sat Dec 31, 1921	Bury	A	2-1	Win	12,000	1	Bulling (?), Spaven (?)
24	Sat Jan 14, 1922	Bury	H	1-2	Loss	10,000	1	Parker (?)
25	Sat Jan 21, 1922	Rotherham United	A	1-0	Win	28,000		Dennis (?)
26	Sat Feb 04, 1922	The Wednesday	A	4-0	Win	10,000	1	Spaven (?), Parker (?, ?), Dennis (?)
27	Wed Feb 08, 1922	Rotherham County	H	1-0	Win	8,000	1	Burton (?)
28	Sat Feb 11, 1922	The Wednesday	H	2-0	Win	20,000	1	Spaven (?), Parker (?)
29	Sat Feb 25, 1922	Fulham	H	0-0	Draw	15,000	1
30	Tue Feb 28, 1922	Fulham	A	0-2	Loss	23,000	1
31	Sat Mar 04, 1922	Blackpool	A	1-2	Loss	8,000	1	Parker (?)
32	Sat Mar 11, 1922	Blackpool	H	0-0	Draw	12,000	1
33	Sat Mar 18, 1922	Bradford Park Avenue	H	4-1	Win	12,000	1	Spaven (?), Nelis (?, ?), Tinsley (?)
34	Sat Mar 25, 1922	Bradford Park Avenue	A	0-1	Loss	13,000	1
35	Sat Apr 01, 1922	Clapton Orient	H	2-0	Win	12,000	1	Nelis (?, ?)
36	Sat Apr 08, 1922	Clapton Orient	A	2-1	Win	14,000	1	Spaven (?), Nelis (?)
37	Fri Apr 14, 1922	Barnsley	A	0-2	Loss	17,500	1
38	Sat Apr 15, 1922	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	27,500	1	Parker (?)
39	Mon Apr 17, 1922	Barnsley	H	1-1	Draw	25,000	1	Spaven (?)
40	Sat Apr 22, 1922	Stoke City	H	3-1	Win	15,000	1	Spaven (?, ?), Nelis (?)
41	Sat Apr 29, 1922	Leeds United	H	1-0	Win	16,000	1	Burton (?)
42	Sat May 06, 1922	Leeds United	A	0-0	Draw	10,000	1

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 07, 1922	Bristol City	1			A	0-0	Draw	25,000
Wed Jan 11, 1922	Bristol City	1	Y	1	H	3-1	Win	17,300	Spaven (?, ?), Parker (?)
Sat Jan 28, 1922	Hull City	2			H	3-0	Win	10,000	Spaven (?, ?), Dennis (?)
Sat Feb 18, 1922	Cardiff City	3			A	1-4	Loss	9,000	Burton (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 12, 1921	Aberdare	Wales	A	1-3	Loss	4,000	Ronald (?)
Fri May 05, 1922	Boston United	England	A	4-2	Win	-	Nelis (?, ?), Spaven (?), Harrison (? OG)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (2)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	John Green	Bought			Richard Ashmore	Sold
June 1921	Noah Burton	Bought			Sidney Harrold	Sold
March 1922	Patrick Nelis	Bought	£2,000
	William Boyman	Bought
May 15, 1921	Robert Parker	Bought	£1,000
May 31, 1921	Peter Ronald	Bought	£500
Oct 22, 1921	Sid Gibson	Bought

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Alfred Bennett	12	7	3	2
GK		Sam Hardy	34	17	10	7							Joined from Aston Villa at the start of the season
D		Fred Parker	43	21	13	9	1		1
D		Harold Bulling	46	24	13	9	1
D		Harry Jones	45	23	13	9
D		John Green	1		1
M		Joseph Mills	7	4	3
M		Peter Ronald	3	1	2
M		Richard Ashmore	2	2
M		Sid Gibson	31	16	9	6	2
F		George Dennis	13	7	3	3	3
F		Jack Armstrong	41	21	11	9
F		Jack Spaven	46	24	13	9	22
F		Jackie Belton	44	24	11	9
F		Noah Burton	45	24	12	9	5
F		Patrick Nelis	10	5	3	2	6
F		Percy Barratt	1	1
F		Robert Parker	36	19	10	7	9
F		Sidney Harrold	13	6	3	4
F		Walter Tinsley	23	13	5	5	6
F		William Boyman	10	5	5		3

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
22	Jack Spaven	46
9	Robert Parker	36
6	Patrick Nelis	10
6	Walter Tinsley	23
5	Noah Burton	45
3	George Dennis	13
3	William Boyman	10
2	Sid Gibson	31
1	Fred Parker	43
1	Harold Bulling	46
	Own Goals	46

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1921-22

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Bristol City	Sat Dec 17, 1921	H	1-0	Sat Dec 24, 1921	A	1-0
Clapton Orient	Sat Apr 01, 1922	H	2-0	Sat Apr 08, 1922	A	2-1
Coventry City	Sat Sep 10, 1921	A	1-0	Sat Sep 17, 1921	H	1-0
Derby County	Sat Sep 24, 1921	A	2-1	Sat Oct 01, 1921	H	3-0
Hull City	Mon Aug 29, 1921	H	3-2	Mon Sep 05, 1921	A	1-0
The Wednesday	Sat Feb 04, 1922	A	4-0	Sat Feb 11, 1922	H	2-0