The City Ground

BRISTOL CITY 1 - 2 FOREST - Sat Jan 23, 1915 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 23, 1915 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ashton Gate
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1914-15
Referee:: P Sant
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 24 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 17 16
Opp Before/After:: 5 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bury (League Tier 2)
Bristol City:: Sep 01, 1919

GAME COUNT:
League:: 787 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 176 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 911 (of 5829)
Total:: 1597 (of 7634)
Played:: 111 years, 7 months, 29 days ago

Review
First away win in 38 games

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

Goal Scorers
Jackie Belton (15')
Fred Harris (80')

BRISTOL CITY
Manager: George Hedley
Prior form: LLWWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Eddie Burton (58')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	John Powell
2	D	23	Harry Jones
3	M	26	Thomas Gibson
4	F	30	Jack Armstrong
5	D	25	Joe Mercer
6	F		George Needham
7	F	23	John Derrick
8	F	33	Tim Coleman
9	F		Fred Harris (80')
10	F	19	Jackie Belton (15')
11	F	29	Edwin Neve

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Teddy Howling
2	D	John Jones
3	D	Laurence Banfield
4	D	John Nicholson
5	D	Billy Wedlock
6	M	Arthur Moss
7	M	Tommy Broad
8	M	Billy Brown
9	M	Bert Neesam
10	F	Eddie Burton
11	F	Jack Harris

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 23, 1915)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-1	Stockport County
Birmingham City	11-1	Glossop North End
Blackpool	1-0	Leeds City
Bristol City	1-2	Nottingham Forest
Bury	0-0	Preston North End
Clapton Orient	0-3	Hull City
Derby County	1-1	Fulham
Grimsby Town	2-3	Barnsley
Lincoln City	2-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers

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	Derby County	22	15	4	3	46	15	9	1	1	27	5	6	3	2	19	10	31	34	WDWWDW
	2	Birmingham City	21	12	4	5	38	19	9	0	2	24	6	3	4	3	14	13	19	28	WWWWWW
	3	Arsenal	23	12	4	7	48	26	9	1	1	34	6	3	3	6	14	20	22	28	LWWLWW
	4	Huddersfield Town	22	13	2	7	40	23	11	0	2	28	6	2	2	5	12	17	17	28	LWWLWL
	5	Bristol City	21	10	4	7	42	29	8	1	2	30	10	2	3	5	12	19	13	24	LLWWLW
	6	Barnsley	21	11	2	8	24	30	9	1	0	16	5	2	1	8	8	25	-6	24	LWLWWL
	7	Hull City	21	10	3	8	34	33	6	1	3	18	14	4	2	5	16	19	1	23	WWWLWL
	8	Lincoln City	22	9	5	8	29	29	7	1	2	17	9	2	4	6	12	20	0	23	WDWDWW
	9	Stockport County	22	9	4	9	28	27	7	3	1	20	9	2	1	8	8	18	1	22	LLLWWW
	10	Preston North End	21	8	6	7	26	28	6	3	1	15	8	2	3	6	11	20	-2	22	DWLLDL
	11	Fulham	21	9	3	9	31	26	7	0	4	22	12	2	3	5	9	14	5	21	LLDWLL
	12	Bury	21	9	3	9	36	37	6	2	2	21	13	3	1	7	15	24	-1	21	LDLLWL
	13	Leeds City	22	8	4	10	43	34	5	3	3	26	13	3	1	7	17	21	9	20	WLWWLW
	14	Clapton Orient	21	7	6	8	25	26	6	4	1	20	9	1	2	7	5	17	-1	20	DDWLWL
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	8	3	11	34	35	6	2	3	24	8	2	1	8	10	27	-1	19	WWLLLL
	16	Grimsby Town	22	7	5	10	24	43	6	3	2	18	10	1	2	8	6	33	-19	19	WLLLWL
	17	Nottingham Forest	23	6	6	11	29	44	6	5	1	24	16	0	1	10	5	28	-15	18	DDLLLW
	18	Blackpool	21	7	2	12	24	37	4	2	4	17	13	3	0	8	7	24	-13	16	LDWLWL
	19	Leicester Fosse	22	5	2	15	20	56	4	2	5	15	23	1	0	10	5	33	-36	12	LLLLLW
	20	Glossop North End	21	3	4	14	18	42	3	3	4	12	16	0	1	10	6	26	-24	10	WLLLDL

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	Derby County	23	15	5	3	47	16	9	2	1	28	6	6	3	2	19	10	31	35	DWWDWD		1-1
	2	Birmingham City	22	13	4	5	49	20	10	0	2	35	7	3	4	3	14	13	29	30	WWWWWW		11-1
	3	Arsenal	24	13	4	7	51	27	10	1	1	37	7	3	3	6	14	20	24	30	WWLWWW		3-1
	4	Huddersfield Town	22	13	2	7	40	23	11	0	2	28	6	2	2	5	12	17	17	28	LWWLWL
1	5	Barnsley	22	12	2	8	27	32	9	1	0	16	5	3	1	8	11	27	-5	26	WLWWLW		3-2
1	6	Hull City	22	11	3	8	37	33	6	1	3	18	14	5	2	5	19	19	4	25	WWLWLW		3-0
2	7	Bristol City	22	10	4	8	43	31	8	1	3	31	12	2	3	5	12	19	12	24	LWWLWL		1-2
	8	Lincoln City	23	9	6	8	31	31	7	2	2	19	11	2	4	6	12	20	0	24	DWDWWD		2-2
1	9	Preston North End	22	8	7	7	26	28	6	3	1	15	8	2	4	6	11	20	-2	23	WLLDLD		0-0
1	10	Fulham	22	9	4	9	32	27	7	0	4	22	12	2	4	5	10	15	5	22	LDWLLD		1-1
1	11	Bury	22	9	4	9	36	37	6	3	2	21	13	3	1	7	15	24	-1	22	DLLWLD		0-0
3	12	Stockport County	23	9	4	10	29	30	7	3	1	20	9	2	1	9	9	21	-1	22	LLWWWL		1-3
	13	Leeds City	23	8	4	11	43	35	5	3	3	26	13	3	1	8	17	22	8	20	LWWLWL		0-1
1	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	8	4	11	36	37	6	2	3	24	8	2	2	8	12	29	-1	20	WLLLLD		2-2
1	15	Clapton Orient	22	7	6	9	25	29	6	4	2	20	12	1	2	7	5	17	-4	20	DWLWLL		0-3
1	16	Nottingham Forest	24	7	6	11	31	45	6	5	1	24	16	1	1	10	7	29	-14	20	DLLLWW		2-1
1	17	Grimsby Town	23	7	5	11	26	46	6	3	3	20	13	1	2	8	6	33	-20	19	LLLWLL		2-3
	18	Blackpool	22	8	2	12	25	37	5	2	4	18	13	3	0	8	7	24	-12	18	DWLWLW		1-0
	19	Leicester Fosse	22	5	2	15	20	56	4	2	5	15	23	1	0	10	5	33	-36	12	LLLLLW
	20	Glossop North End	22	3	4	15	19	53	3	3	4	12	16	0	1	11	7	37	-34	10	LLLDLL		1-11