The City Ground

SOUTH SHIELDS 5 - 2 FOREST - Sat Nov 15, 1919 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 15, 1919 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: South Shields
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Horsley Hill
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-5 (Lost)

Season:: 1919-20
Referee:: TH Prescott
Attendance:: 8,000
Pos Before/After:: 15 16
Opp Before/After:: 16 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tottenham Hotspur (League Tier 2)
South Shields:: Nov 06, 1920

GAME COUNT:
League:: 816 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 205 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 940 (of 5679)
Total:: 1777 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

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

Goals:
Albert Davis
Albert Davis

SOUTH SHIELDS
Manager:
Prior form: WWLDDL (Old to recent)

Goals:
?
?
?
?
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	John Wagstaff	Only appearance
2	D	Harold Bulling
3	M	Thomas Gibson
4	M	Joe Mills
5	D	Fred Parker
6	F	Jack Armstrong
7	M	Robert Firth
8	M	Albert Davis
9	F	John Lythgoe
10	F	Henry Newbigging
11	F	Ben Shearman

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Nov 15, 1919)

Home	Score	Away
Blackpool	1-1	Fulham
Bristol City	1-2	Stoke City
Clapton Orient	2-1	Port Vale
Huddersfield Town	5-0	Coventry City
Hull City	3-1	Barnsley
Rotherham County	3-1	Grimsby Town
South Shields	5-2	Nottingham Forest
Stockport County	3-0	Lincoln City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Bury
West Ham United	1-0	Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-2	Birmingham City

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	GA	Pts	Current Form
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	13	11	1	1	39	8	6	0	0	20	3	5	1	1	19	5	4.87500	23	DWWWWL
	2	Blackpool	14	9	1	4	32	16	6	0	0	21	3	3	1	4	11	13	2.00000	19	WLWWWW
	3	Birmingham City	13	8	2	3	27	13	6	0	1	22	7	2	2	2	5	6	2.07692	18	DWLLWW
	4	Hull City	14	8	2	4	27	19	5	2	0	17	5	3	0	4	10	14	1.42105	18	WWWLWW
	5	Huddersfield Town	13	7	3	3	24	10	4	2	0	13	1	3	1	3	11	9	2.40000	17	DWDDWW
	6	Bristol City	12	6	5	1	16	8	4	1	1	10	4	2	4	0	6	4	2.00000	17	LDDWDW
	7	Fulham	14	7	3	4	22	14	4	3	1	15	6	3	0	3	7	8	1.57143	17	WDDDLL
	8	Stoke City	12	8	1	3	22	15	6	0	0	14	3	2	1	3	8	12	1.46667	17	WDWLWW
	9	West Ham United	13	6	3	4	14	17	2	2	2	6	7	4	1	2	8	10	.82353	15	DWWWLD
	10	Barnsley	13	6	2	5	28	14	3	2	2	21	10	3	0	3	7	4	2.00000	14	WWWDLL
	11	Stockport County	13	5	4	4	17	11	3	2	1	10	5	2	2	3	7	6	1.54545	14	DLWDWL
	12	Bury	13	6	2	5	14	16	5	0	2	10	5	1	2	3	4	11	.87500	14	LWWWDW
	13	Port Vale	12	5	2	5	18	15	3	1	2	7	4	2	1	3	11	11	1.20000	12	LLLW
	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	4	3	6	18	16	2	1	3	14	9	2	2	3	4	7	1.12500	11	LLLLWL
	15	Nottingham Forest	14	3	5	6	11	17	3	2	3	9	7	0	3	3	2	10	.64706	11	DLLWLD
	16	South Shields	13	4	2	7	8	17	4	1	1	7	3	0	1	6	1	14	.47059	10	WWLDDL
	17	Rotherham County	14	4	1	9	12	28	3	1	2	7	6	1	0	7	5	22	.42857	9	LDLLLW
	18	Leicester City	13	3	3	7	12	29	2	1	4	9	15	1	2	3	3	14	.41379	9	WLDLLD
	19	Clapton Orient	13	3	1	9	12	20	2	1	3	5	6	1	0	6	7	14	.60000	7	LLLLLW
	20	Grimsby Town	13	3	1	9	8	25	2	1	4	4	8	1	0	5	4	17	.32000	7	LLLWLL
	21	Lincoln City	13	2	3	8	11	38	2	2	3	6	13	0	1	5	5	25	.28947	7	DLLWLW
	22	Coventry City	13	0	2	11	4	30	0	1	6	2	17	0	1	5	2	13	.13333	2	LLDDLL

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

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	14	12	1	1	41	9	7	0	0	22	4	5	1	1	19	5	4.55556	25	WWWWLW	2-1
1	2	Birmingham City	14	9	2	3	29	13	6	0	1	22	7	3	2	2	7	6	2.23077	20	WLLWWW	2-0
1	3	Blackpool	15	9	2	4	33	17	6	1	0	22	4	3	1	4	11	13	1.94118	20	LWWWWD	1-1
	4	Hull City	15	9	2	4	30	20	6	2	0	20	6	3	0	4	10	14	1.50000	20	WWLWWW	3-1
	5	Huddersfield Town	14	8	3	3	29	10	5	2	0	18	1	3	1	3	11	9	2.90000	19	WDDWWW	5-0
2	6	Stoke City	13	9	1	3	24	16	6	0	0	14	3	3	1	3	10	13	1.50000	19	DWLWWW	2-1
	7	Fulham	15	7	4	4	23	15	4	3	1	15	6	3	1	3	8	9	1.53333	18	DDDLLD	1-1
2	8	Bristol City	13	6	5	2	17	10	4	1	2	11	6	2	4	0	6	4	1.70000	17	DDWDWL	1-2
	9	West Ham United	14	7	3	4	15	17	3	2	2	7	7	4	1	2	8	10	.88235	17	WWWLDW	1-0
1	10	Stockport County	14	6	4	4	20	11	4	2	1	13	5	2	2	3	7	6	1.81818	16	LWDWLW	3-0
1	11	Barnsley	14	6	2	6	29	17	3	2	2	21	10	3	0	4	8	7	1.70588	14	WWDLLL	1-3
	12	Bury	14	6	2	6	15	18	5	0	2	10	5	1	2	4	5	13	.83333	14	WWWDWL	1-2
	13	Port Vale	13	5	2	6	19	17	3	1	2	7	4	2	1	4	12	13	1.11765	12	LLLWL	1-2
2	14	South Shields	14	5	2	7	13	19	5	1	1	12	5	0	1	6	1	14	.68421	12	WLDDLW	5-2
1	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	4	3	7	18	18	2	1	4	14	11	2	2	3	4	7	1.00000	11	LLLWLL	0-2
1	16	Nottingham Forest	15	3	5	7	13	22	3	2	3	9	7	0	3	4	4	15	.59091	11	LLWLDL	2-5
	17	Rotherham County	15	5	1	9	15	29	4	1	2	10	7	1	0	7	5	22	.51724	11	DLLLWW	3-1
1	18	Clapton Orient	14	4	1	9	14	21	3	1	3	7	7	1	0	6	7	14	.66667	9	LLLLWW	2-1
1	19	Leicester City	14	3	3	8	12	30	2	1	4	9	15	1	2	4	3	15	.40000	9	LDLLDL	0-1
	20	Grimsby Town	14	3	1	10	9	28	2	1	4	4	8	1	0	6	5	20	.32143	7	LLWLLL	1-3
	21	Lincoln City	14	2	3	9	11	41	2	2	3	6	13	0	1	6	5	28	.26829	7	LLWLWL	0-3
	22	Coventry City	14	0	2	12	4	35	0	1	6	2	17	0	1	6	2	18	.11429	2	LDDLLL	0-5

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