The City Ground

LINCOLN CITY 1 - 4 FOREST - Thu Dec 25, 1919 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Thu Dec 25, 1919 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Lincoln City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Sincil Bank
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 4-1 (Won)

Season:: 1919-20
Referee:: JT Howcroft
Attendance:: 9,000
Pos Before/After:: 18 15
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
Lincoln City:: Dec 26, 1919

GAME COUNT:
League:: 821 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 210 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 945 (of 5679)
Total:: 1782 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Fred Parker - Fred Parker first goal
Albert Davis
John Lythgoe
Ward (1917) (OG)

LINCOLN CITY
Manager: George Fraser
Prior form: LDLLWL (Old to recent)

Goals:
?

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Joseph Johnson
2	D	Harold Bulling
3	D	Harry Jones
4	M	Joe Mills
5	D	Fred Parker
6	F	Jack Armstrong
7	M	Robert Firth
8	M	Albert Davis
9	F	Jackie Belton
10	F	John Lythgoe
11	F	Ben Shearman

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Thu Dec 25, 1919)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	1-2	Blackpool
Clapton Orient	2-1	Stockport County
Coventry City	3-2	Stoke City
Fulham	2-1	Grimsby Town
Huddersfield Town	7-1	Rotherham County
Leicester City	1-0	Birmingham City
Lincoln City	1-4	Nottingham Forest
Port Vale	0-2	Barnsley
Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	Hull City
West Ham United	2-0	Bristol 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	19	15	2	2	55	16	9	0	0	31	6	6	2	2	24	10	3.43750	32	WDWWWL
	2	Birmingham City	19	13	3	3	40	16	7	1	1	26	10	6	2	2	14	6	2.50000	29	WDWWWW
	3	Blackpool	20	11	4	5	38	21	7	1	1	24	7	4	3	4	14	14	1.80952	26	DDWWLD
	4	Huddersfield Town	19	11	3	5	37	15	7	2	1	22	4	4	1	4	15	11	2.46667	25	WWLLWW
	5	Hull City	20	11	2	7	42	32	8	2	0	29	9	3	0	7	13	23	1.31250	24	WWLWLL
	6	Stockport County	19	9	5	5	31	19	7	2	1	21	7	2	3	4	10	12	1.63158	23	WLWDWW
	7	Bristol City	19	8	7	4	24	17	6	2	2	16	8	2	5	2	8	9	1.41176	23	LLWWDD
	8	Stoke City	19	11	1	7	31	24	8	0	1	19	4	3	1	6	12	20	1.29167	23	WWLLLL
	9	West Ham United	19	9	4	6	19	21	4	2	3	9	8	5	2	3	10	13	.90476	22	WWLDWL
	10	Barnsley	19	9	3	7	40	21	5	2	3	28	12	4	1	4	12	9	1.90476	21	LWWLDW
	11	Bury	19	9	3	7	26	23	8	0	2	18	6	1	3	5	8	17	1.13043	21	LWLWDW
	12	Fulham	19	8	4	7	26	25	4	3	3	17	12	4	1	4	9	13	1.04000	20	LDLWLL
	13	Port Vale	18	7	4	7	27	23	5	2	2	14	8	2	2	5	13	15	1.17391	18	LDWWLD
	14	South Shields	19	7	4	8	16	20	6	2	1	14	5	1	2	7	2	15	.80000	18	WDWWDL
	15	Rotherham County	19	6	3	10	19	35	5	1	3	11	10	1	2	7	8	25	.54286	15	WWDLDW
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	5	4	10	28	34	3	2	5	22	19	2	2	5	6	15	.82353	14	LLLDLW
	17	Clapton Orient	20	6	2	12	20	31	5	1	3	10	8	1	1	9	10	23	.64516	14	LLWLWD
	18	Nottingham Forest	19	4	6	9	18	30	4	3	3	12	9	0	3	6	6	21	.60000	14	DLDLWL
	19	Leicester City	19	4	5	10	16	35	3	3	4	13	17	1	2	6	3	18	.45714	13	LDLDLW
	20	Grimsby Town	19	4	2	13	14	39	3	2	5	8	13	1	0	8	6	26	.35897	10	LLWLDL
	21	Lincoln City	19	3	4	12	15	50	3	3	3	8	13	0	1	9	7	37	.30000	10	LDLLWL
	22	Coventry City	19	0	5	14	4	39	0	4	6	2	17	0	1	8	2	22	.10256	5	LDLDLD

*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	20	16	2	2	59	16	10	0	0	35	6	6	2	2	24	10	3.68750	34	DWWWLW	4-0
	2	Birmingham City	20	13	3	4	40	17	7	1	1	26	10	6	2	3	14	7	2.35294	29	DWWWWL	0-1
	3	Blackpool	21	12	4	5	40	22	7	1	1	24	7	5	3	4	16	15	1.81818	28	DWWLDW	2-1
	4	Huddersfield Town	20	12	3	5	44	16	8	2	1	29	5	4	1	4	15	11	2.75000	27	WLLWWW	7-1
	5	Hull City	21	11	2	8	42	36	8	2	0	29	9	3	0	8	13	27	1.16667	24	WLWLLL	0-4
3	6	West Ham United	20	10	4	6	21	21	5	2	3	11	8	5	2	3	10	13	1.00000	24	WLDWLW	2-0
3	7	Barnsley	20	10	3	7	42	21	5	2	3	28	12	5	1	4	14	9	2.00000	23	WWLDWW	2-0
2	8	Stockport County	20	9	5	6	32	21	7	2	1	21	7	2	3	5	11	14	1.52381	23	LWDWWL	1-2
2	9	Bristol City	20	8	7	5	24	19	6	2	2	16	8	2	5	3	8	11	1.26316	23	LWWDDL	0-2
2	10	Stoke City	20	11	1	8	33	27	8	0	1	19	4	3	1	7	14	23	1.22222	23	WLLLLL	2-3
1	11	Fulham	20	9	4	7	28	26	5	3	3	19	13	4	1	4	9	13	1.07692	22	DLWLLW	2-1
1	12	Bury	20	9	3	8	27	25	8	0	3	19	8	1	3	5	8	17	1.08000	21	WLWDWL	1-2
	13	Port Vale	19	7	4	8	27	25	5	2	3	14	10	2	2	5	13	15	1.08000	18	DWWLDL	0-2
	14	South Shields	19	7	4	8	16	20	6	2	1	14	5	1	2	7	2	15	.80000	18	WDWWDL
3	15	Nottingham Forest	20	5	6	9	22	31	4	3	3	12	9	1	3	6	10	22	.70968	16	LDLWLW	4-1
1	16	Clapton Orient	21	7	2	12	22	32	6	1	3	12	9	1	1	9	10	23	.68750	16	LWLWDW	2-1
2	17	Leicester City	20	5	5	10	17	35	4	3	4	14	17	1	2	6	3	18	.48571	15	DLDLWW	1-0
3	18	Rotherham County	20	6	3	11	20	42	5	1	3	11	10	1	2	8	9	32	.47619	15	WDLDWL	1-7
3	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	5	4	10	28	34	3	2	5	22	19	2	2	5	6	15	.82353	14	LLLDLW
	20	Grimsby Town	20	4	2	14	15	41	3	2	5	8	13	1	0	9	7	28	.36585	10	LWLDLL	1-2
	21	Lincoln City	20	3	4	13	16	54	3	3	4	9	17	0	1	9	7	37	.29630	10	DLLWLL	1-4
	22	Coventry City	20	1	5	14	7	41	1	4	6	5	19	0	1	8	2	22	.17073	7	DLDLDW	3-2

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