The City Ground

BLACKPOOL 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 23, 1912 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 23, 1912 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackpool
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Bloomfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1911-12
Referee:: WJ Heath
Attendance:: 4,000
League Week:: 31 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 7 9
Opp Before/After:: 16 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Glossop North End (League Tier 2)
Blackpool:: Nov 02, 1912

GAME COUNT:
League:: 680 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 69 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 798 (of 5830)
Total:: 1480 (of 7635)
Played:: 114 years, 6 months, 5 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Fred Earp
Prior form: WDWLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

BLACKPOOL
Manager:
Prior form: LLLLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Levy Thorpe
Arthur Wolstenholme

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Jack Hanna
2	M	31	Walter Dudley
3	M	23	Thomas Gibson
4	F	28	Jack Armstrong
5	D	23	Frank Langham	Debut
6	F		George Needham
7	M	25	Robert Firth
8	F	20	John Derrick
9	F	23	Frank Saunders
10	F	28	Bill Hooper
11	F	25	Joe Ford

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tommy Fiske
2	D	Bob Crewdson
3	D	George Dale
4	D	Levy Thorpe
5	D	Joseph Connor
6	M	Arthur Evans
7	M	Richard Cahill
8	M	George Wilson
9	M	Richard Bradshaw
10	F	Arthur Wolstenholme
11	F	Peter Quinn

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 23, 1912)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-0	Leicester Fosse
Birmingham City	4-0	Clapton Orient
Blackpool	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Bradford Park Avenue	0-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bristol City	0-3	Burnley
Derby County	2-0	Stockport County
Fulham	7-2	Leeds City
Glossop North End	5-2	Grimsby Town
Huddersfield Town	1-3	Chelsea
Hull City	1-1	Gainsborough Trinity

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Burnley	31	19	7	5	65	31	12	5	0	43	13	7	2	5	22	18	34	45	WWWWWD	Safe
	2	Chelsea	31	18	6	7	51	29	12	2	2	30	12	6	4	5	21	17	22	42	WLWDLW	Safe
	3	Derby County	29	16	6	7	60	27	11	1	2	45	12	5	5	5	15	15	33	38	LLLWWD
	4	Hull City	30	15	6	9	49	44	11	2	2	33	8	4	4	7	16	36	5	36	WLDWLL
	5	Clapton Orient	29	15	3	11	47	35	12	0	3	34	12	3	3	8	13	23	12	33	WLLLLW
	6	Grimsby Town	32	13	7	12	40	44	8	5	4	23	18	5	2	8	17	26	-4	33	WLWLWL
	7	Nottingham Forest	30	13	6	11	42	35	9	2	4	24	12	4	4	7	18	23	7	32	WDWLWW
	8	Barnsley	28	11	10	7	34	29	8	3	1	21	9	3	7	6	13	20	5	32	DWLDDL
	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	12	7	10	46	29	9	2	4	34	10	3	5	6	12	19	17	31	LLLDLW
	10	Bradford Park Avenue	29	11	8	10	37	34	8	5	1	23	10	3	3	9	14	24	3	30	LLLWWW
	11	Fulham	27	12	4	11	50	43	8	2	3	30	14	4	2	8	20	29	7	28	WLWDLL
	12	Stockport County	29	9	8	12	35	36	7	4	5	23	16	2	4	7	12	20	-1	26	WWWDLW
	13	Huddersfield Town	29	10	6	13	39	49	7	5	3	24	15	3	1	10	15	34	-10	26	LWLLWL
	14	Leicester Fosse	30	10	6	14	35	56	7	4	3	24	14	3	2	11	11	42	-21	26	WWDWLW
	15	Birmingham City	30	10	5	15	43	55	7	3	5	33	29	3	2	10	10	26	-12	25	WLWLWW
	16	Blackpool	30	9	7	14	26	42	8	3	3	19	12	1	4	11	7	30	-16	25	LLLLDL
	17	Bristol City	30	9	5	16	33	52	8	3	3	22	13	1	2	13	11	39	-19	23	LWWLDL
	18	Leeds City	30	9	4	17	38	60	7	3	5	19	19	2	1	12	19	41	-22	22	LWWLDL
	19	Glossop North End	28	4	11	13	27	44	4	8	3	22	16	0	3	10	5	28	-17	19	WLWDWD
	20	Gainsborough Trinity	29	4	10	15	27	50	3	4	7	15	19	1	6	8	12	31	-23	18	LLWDDL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Burnley	32	20	7	5	68	31	12	5	0	43	13	8	2	5	25	18	37	47	WWWWDW	Safe	3-0
	2	Chelsea	32	19	6	7	54	30	12	2	2	30	12	7	4	5	24	18	24	44	LWDLWW	Safe	3-1
	3	Derby County	30	17	6	7	62	27	12	1	2	47	12	5	5	5	15	15	35	40	LLWWDW	Safe	2-0
	4	Hull City	31	15	7	9	50	45	11	3	2	34	9	4	4	7	16	36	5	37	LDWLLD		1-1
4	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	13	7	10	48	29	9	2	4	34	10	4	5	6	14	19	19	33	LLDLWW		2-0
1	6	Clapton Orient	30	15	3	12	47	39	12	0	3	34	12	3	3	9	13	27	8	33	LLLLWL		0-4
1	7	Barnsley	29	11	11	7	34	29	8	4	1	21	9	3	7	6	13	20	5	33	WLDDLD		0-0
2	8	Grimsby Town	33	13	7	13	42	49	8	5	4	23	18	5	2	9	19	31	-7	33	LWLWLL		2-5
2	9	Nottingham Forest	31	13	6	12	42	37	9	2	4	24	12	4	4	8	18	25	5	32	DWLWWL		0-2
1	10	Fulham	28	13	4	11	57	45	9	2	3	37	16	4	2	8	20	29	12	30	LWDLLW		7-2
1	11	Bradford Park Avenue	30	11	8	11	37	36	8	5	2	23	12	3	3	9	14	24	1	30	LLWWWL		0-2
3	12	Birmingham City	31	11	5	15	47	55	8	3	5	37	29	3	2	10	10	26	-8	27	LWLWWW		4-0
3	13	Blackpool	31	10	7	14	28	42	9	3	3	21	12	1	4	11	7	30	-14	27	LLLDLW		2-0
	14	Leicester Fosse	31	10	7	14	35	56	7	4	3	24	14	3	3	11	11	42	-21	27	WDWLWD		0-0
3	15	Stockport County	30	9	8	13	35	38	7	4	5	23	16	2	4	8	12	22	-3	26	WWDLWL		0-2
3	16	Huddersfield Town	30	10	6	14	40	52	7	5	4	25	18	3	1	10	15	34	-12	26	WLLWLL		1-3
	17	Bristol City	31	9	5	17	33	55	8	3	4	22	16	1	2	13	11	39	-22	23	WWLDLL		0-3
	18	Leeds City	31	9	4	18	40	67	7	3	5	19	19	2	1	13	21	48	-27	22	WWLDLL		2-7
	19	Glossop North End	29	5	11	13	32	46	5	8	3	27	18	0	3	10	5	28	-14	21	LWDWDW		5-2
	20	Gainsborough Trinity	30	4	11	15	28	51	3	4	7	15	19	1	7	8	13	32	-23	19	LWDDLD		1-1