The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BIRMINGHAM CITY - Sat Feb 28, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 28, 1920 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Sports Argus - Saturday 28 February 1920

Season:: 1919-20
Referee:: E Pullan
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 30 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 15 16
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Mar 10, 1920

GAME COUNT:
League:: 831 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 220 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 956 (of 5828)
Total:: 1795 (of 7633)
Played:: 106 years, 6 months, 10 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Spaven (75') - Jack Spaven first goal

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Manager: Frank Richards
Prior form: WDWDDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Harry Hampton (35')
Harry Hampton (71')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Joseph Johnson
2	F	21	Percy Barratt
3	D	28	Harry Jones
4	F	24	Jackie Belton
5	D	26	Fred Parker
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	M	33	Robert Firth
8	F	28	Jack Spaven (75')	Debut
9	M	22	John Parker
10	F	26	Henry Newbigging
11	F	26	Lawrence Stapleton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dan Tremelling
2	D	Thomas White
3	D	Frank Womack
4	D	Tom Evans
5	D	Fred Hawley
6	M	Percy Barton
7	M	Laurie Burkinshaw
8	M	Richard Gibson
9	M	Harry Hampton
10	F	Jack Whitehouse
11	F	Billy Morgan

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 28, 1920)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	0-1	Leicester City
Bury	1-0	Stoke
Clapton Orient	1-0	West Ham United
Hull City	0-1	Coventry City
Lincoln City	2-0	Grimsby Town
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Birmingham City
Port Vale	4-2	Rotherham County
South Shields	6-0	Blackpool
Stockport County	2-1	Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Bristol City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-3	Huddersfield Town

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	29	23	4	2	78	22	13	1	0	45	8	10	3	2	33	14	56	50	WDWDWW	Safe
	2	Birmingham City	27	16	6	5	52	20	9	3	2	32	12	7	3	3	20	8	32	38	WDWDDW
	3	Huddersfield Town	28	16	6	6	60	26	9	4	1	36	9	7	2	5	24	17	34	38	WWDDWL
	4	Blackpool	29	14	7	8	50	30	9	3	3	32	12	5	4	5	18	18	20	35	DLWLDL
	5	Hull City	30	16	2	12	67	54	12	2	1	50	16	4	0	11	17	38	13	34	WLLWWW
	6	Stoke	29	15	3	11	48	36	11	1	3	31	11	4	2	8	17	25	12	33	WLWLLD
	7	West Ham United	28	13	7	8	27	25	8	3	3	17	10	5	4	5	10	15	2	33	DWWWLL
	8	Bury	29	13	5	11	39	33	11	1	3	27	10	2	4	8	12	23	6	31	DLWWWD
	9	Fulham	29	12	7	10	40	37	7	5	3	25	15	5	2	7	15	22	3	31	LDWLWL
	10	South Shields	29	11	8	10	34	31	9	3	2	26	10	2	5	8	8	21	3	30	LDWDLW
	11	Barnsley	29	12	5	12	46	37	7	2	5	31	19	5	3	7	15	18	9	29	WLDDLL
	12	Stockport County	28	11	6	11	42	36	8	2	3	25	12	3	4	8	17	24	6	28	LLDWLL
	13	Port Vale	29	11	6	12	44	42	8	2	4	25	16	3	4	8	19	26	2	28	WWLWWD
	14	Bristol City	29	8	12	9	29	29	6	6	3	20	13	2	6	6	9	16	0	28	LDLDLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	29	9	7	13	31	41	7	3	5	17	13	2	4	8	14	28	-10	25	WLLLWL
	16	Leicester City	28	10	5	13	28	48	6	3	5	19	21	4	2	8	9	27	-20	25	WWWLLW
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	8	7	13	40	51	6	3	5	30	20	2	4	8	10	31	-11	23	WLDLWW
	18	Rotherham County	30	8	7	15	35	63	7	3	5	23	21	1	4	10	12	42	-28	23	WWDLLD
	19	Clapton Orient	28	9	4	15	30	43	8	2	3	17	11	1	2	12	13	32	-13	22	DLWLDW
	20	Lincoln City	30	7	6	17	31	71	6	4	5	18	22	1	2	12	13	49	-40	20	WLDWWD
	21	Grimsby Town	29	6	4	19	21	55	4	4	7	13	19	2	0	12	8	36	-34	16	LDWWLD
	22	Coventry City	30	3	8	19	17	59	2	6	7	8	22	1	2	12	9	37	-42	14	LDLWLL

*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	30	24	4	2	80	22	14	1	0	47	8	10	3	2	33	14	58	52	DWDWWW	Safe	2-0
	2	Birmingham City	28	17	6	5	54	21	9	3	2	32	12	8	3	3	22	9	33	40	DWDDWW		2-1
	3	Huddersfield Town	29	17	6	6	63	28	9	4	1	36	9	8	2	5	27	19	35	40	WDDWLW		3-2
	4	Blackpool	30	14	7	9	50	36	9	3	3	32	12	5	4	6	18	24	14	35	LWLDLL		0-6
	5	Hull City	31	16	2	13	67	55	12	2	2	50	17	4	0	11	17	38	12	34	LLWWWL		0-1
	6	Stoke	30	15	3	12	48	37	11	1	3	31	11	4	2	9	17	26	11	33	LWLLDL		0-1
1	7	Bury	30	14	5	11	40	33	12	1	3	28	10	2	4	8	12	23	7	33	LWWWDW		1-0
1	8	West Ham United	29	13	7	9	27	26	8	3	3	17	10	5	4	6	10	16	1	33	WWWLLL		0-1
1	9	South Shields	30	12	8	10	40	31	10	3	2	32	10	2	5	8	8	21	9	32	DWDLWW		6-0
1	10	Fulham	30	12	7	11	41	39	7	5	3	25	15	5	2	8	16	24	2	31	DWLWLL		1-2
1	11	Stockport County	29	12	6	11	44	37	9	2	3	27	13	3	4	8	17	24	7	30	LDWLLW		2-1
1	12	Port Vale	30	12	6	12	48	44	9	2	4	29	18	3	4	8	19	26	4	30	WLWWDW		4-2
2	13	Barnsley	30	12	5	13	46	38	7	2	6	31	20	5	3	7	15	18	8	29	LDDLLL		0-1
	14	Bristol City	30	8	12	10	29	31	6	6	3	20	13	2	6	7	9	18	-2	28	DLDLLL		0-2
1	15	Leicester City	29	11	5	13	29	48	6	3	5	19	21	5	2	8	10	27	-19	27	WWLLWW		1-0
1	16	Nottingham Forest	30	9	7	14	32	43	7	3	6	18	15	2	4	8	14	28	-11	25	LLLWLL		1-2
2	17	Clapton Orient	29	10	4	15	31	43	9	2	3	18	11	1	2	12	13	32	-12	24	LWLDWW		1-0
1	18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	8	7	14	42	54	6	3	6	32	23	2	4	8	10	31	-12	23	LDLWWL		2-3
1	19	Rotherham County	31	8	7	16	37	67	7	3	5	23	21	1	4	11	14	46	-30	23	WDLLDL		2-4
	20	Lincoln City	31	8	6	17	33	71	7	4	5	20	22	1	2	12	13	49	-38	22	LDWWDW		2-0
	21	Grimsby Town	30	6	4	20	21	57	4	4	7	13	19	2	0	13	8	38	-36	16	DWWLDL		0-2
	22	Coventry City	31	4	8	19	18	59	2	6	7	8	22	2	2	12	10	37	-41	16	DLWLLW		1-0

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