The City Ground

STOKE 0 - 2 FOREST - Sat Jan 24, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 24, 1920 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1919-20
Referee:: AW Scholey
Attendance:: 7,000
League Week:: 24 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 14 14
Opp Before/After:: 5 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 2)
Stoke:: Jan 28, 1920

GAME COUNT:
League:: 825 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 214 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 950 (of 5828)
Total:: 1789 (of 7633)
Played:: 106 years, 7 months, 17 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Robert Firth (10')
Jackie Belton (46')

STOKE
Manager: Arthur Shallcross
Prior form: LLWWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Joseph Johnson
2	D	29	Harold Bulling
3	D	28	Harry Jones
4	M	24	Joe Mills
5	D	26	Fred Parker
6	F	35	Jack Armstrong
7	M	32	Robert Firth (10')
8	M	25	Horace Hart	Debut
9	F	24	Jackie Belton (46')
10	F	27	John Lythgoe
11	F	26	Lawrence Stapleton	Debut

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tom Kay
2	D	Alec Milne
3	D	Billy Twemlow
4	D	George Clarke
5	D	Charlie Parker
6	M	Harry Wootton
7	M	Louis Page
8	M	George Jarvis
9	M	Davie Brown
10	F	Jimmy Martin
11	F	Billy Tempest

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 24, 1920)

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

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	Tottenham Hotspur	24	20	2	2	70	18	12	0	0	41	6	8	2	2	29	12	52	42	LWWWWW
	2	Huddersfield Town	24	15	4	5	55	20	9	2	1	33	6	6	2	4	22	14	35	34	WWWDWW
	3	Birmingham City	24	15	4	5	46	19	9	1	2	31	11	6	3	3	15	8	27	34	WLLWDW
	4	Blackpool	25	13	6	6	45	24	8	3	1	29	8	5	3	5	16	16	21	32	DWDWDL
	5	Stoke	24	14	2	8	43	28	11	0	1	29	5	3	2	7	14	23	15	30	LLWWDW
	6	West Ham United	24	11	7	6	23	22	6	3	3	13	9	5	4	3	10	13	1	29	LWDDDW
	7	Hull City	25	13	2	10	57	49	10	2	1	43	15	3	0	9	14	34	8	28	LLLWLW
	8	Barnsley	25	12	3	10	45	30	7	2	3	31	13	5	1	7	14	17	15	27	WWLLWL
	9	Bristol City	24	8	10	6	25	21	6	4	2	17	9	2	6	4	8	12	4	26	DLDDDL
	10	Fulham	24	10	6	8	33	31	5	4	3	19	13	5	2	5	14	18	2	26	LWDWDL
	11	Stockport County	24	10	5	9	38	29	8	2	2	25	10	2	3	7	13	19	9	25	WLWLLL
	12	Bury	24	10	4	10	31	29	9	1	3	22	9	1	3	7	9	20	2	24	WLLWLD
	13	South Shields	24	9	6	9	26	26	8	3	1	24	8	1	3	8	2	18	0	24	LDWDWL
	14	Nottingham Forest	23	7	7	9	26	33	6	3	3	15	10	1	4	6	11	23	-7	21	WLWWWD
	15	Leicester City	24	8	5	11	22	39	5	3	4	16	17	3	2	7	6	22	-17	21	WWWLWW
	16	Clapton Orient	25	8	3	14	28	39	7	2	3	16	11	1	1	11	12	28	-11	19	DWLDLW
	17	Rotherham County	25	7	5	13	28	55	6	2	4	17	17	1	3	9	11	38	-27	19	LLDLDW
	18	Port Vale	22	7	4	11	31	34	5	2	4	17	14	2	2	7	14	20	-3	18	LDLLLL
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	6	6	12	35	48	4	3	5	26	19	2	3	7	9	29	-13	18	WDLDWL
	20	Lincoln City	25	5	4	16	24	64	5	3	5	16	21	0	1	11	8	43	-40	14	LLWLLW
	21	Coventry City	25	2	7	16	15	54	1	5	6	6	20	1	2	10	9	34	-39	11	WLDWDL
	22	Grimsby Town	24	4	2	18	16	50	3	2	7	9	16	1	0	11	7	34	-34	10	LLLLLL

*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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Tottenham Hotspur	25	20	3	2	71	19	12	0	0	41	6	8	3	2	30	13	52	43	WWWWWD		1-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	25	15	5	5	56	21	9	3	1	34	7	6	2	4	22	14	35	35	WWDWWD		1-1
	3	Birmingham City	25	15	5	5	47	20	9	2	2	32	12	6	3	3	15	8	27	35	LLWDWD		1-1
	4	Blackpool	26	14	6	6	48	24	9	3	1	32	8	5	3	5	16	16	24	34	WDWDLW		3-0
1	5	West Ham United	25	12	7	6	24	22	7	3	3	14	9	5	4	3	10	13	2	31	WDDDWW		1-0
1	6	Stoke	25	14	2	9	43	30	11	0	2	29	7	3	2	7	14	23	13	30	LWWDWL		0-2
1	7	Barnsley	26	12	4	10	46	31	7	2	3	31	13	5	2	7	15	18	15	28	WLLWLD		1-1
1	8	Hull City	26	13	2	11	59	52	10	2	1	43	15	3	0	10	16	37	7	28	LLWLWL		2-3
	9	Bristol City	25	8	11	6	26	22	6	5	2	18	10	2	6	4	8	12	4	27	LDDDLD		1-1
	10	Fulham	25	10	7	8	34	32	5	5	3	20	14	5	2	5	14	18	2	27	WDWDLD		1-1
	11	Stockport County	25	10	6	9	39	30	8	2	2	25	10	2	4	7	14	20	9	26	LWLLLD		1-1
1	12	South Shields	25	9	7	9	27	27	8	3	1	24	8	1	4	8	3	19	0	25	DWDWLD		1-1
1	13	Bury	25	10	4	11	31	30	9	1	3	22	9	1	3	8	9	21	1	24	LLWLDL		0-1
	14	Nottingham Forest	24	8	7	9	28	33	6	3	3	15	10	2	4	6	13	23	-5	23	LWWWDW		2-0
	15	Leicester City	25	9	5	11	25	41	6	3	4	19	19	3	2	7	6	22	-16	23	WWLWWW		3-2
1	16	Rotherham County	26	8	5	13	31	55	7	2	4	20	17	1	3	9	11	38	-24	21	LDLDWW		3-0
1	17	Port Vale	23	7	5	11	32	35	5	2	4	17	14	2	3	7	15	21	-3	19	DLLLLD		1-1
1	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	6	7	12	36	49	4	3	5	26	19	2	4	7	10	30	-13	19	DLDWLD		1-1
3	19	Clapton Orient	26	8	3	15	28	42	7	2	3	16	11	1	1	12	12	31	-14	19	WLDLWL		0-3
	20	Lincoln City	26	5	4	17	24	67	5	3	5	16	21	0	1	12	8	46	-43	14	LWLLWL		0-3
	21	Coventry City	26	2	8	16	16	55	1	6	6	7	21	1	2	10	9	34	-39	12	LDWDLD		1-1
	22	Grimsby Town	25	4	3	18	17	51	3	3	7	10	17	1	0	11	7	34	-34	11	LLLLLD		1-1

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