The City Ground

BIRMINGHAM CITY 8 - 0 FOREST - Wed Mar 10, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Wed Mar 10, 1920 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Birmingham City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: St. Andrews
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-8 LOST

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

Season:: 1919-20
Referee:: LW Fletcher
Attendance:: 15,000
League Week:: 32 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 16 17
Opp Before/After:: 2 2

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 2)
Birmingham City:: Apr 09, 1921

GAME COUNT:
League:: 833 (of 5088)
League Tier 2:: 222 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 958 (of 5830)
Total:: 1797 (of 7635)
Played:: 106 years, 6 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

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

Goal Scorers
Harry Hampton (28')
Harry Hampton (33')
Joe Lane (48')
Harry Hampton (76')
Laurie Burkinshaw (66')
Laurie Burkinshaw (71')
Joe Lane
Joe Lane (86')

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	M	33	Harry Lowe	Debut
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	M	33	Robert Firth
8	F	28	Jack Spaven
9	M	25	Horace Hart	Last game
10	F	27	John Lythgoe
11	F	35	Ben Shearman

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK		Joseph Johnson	28		4	1
2	F	21	Percy Barratt	10		4	1
3	D	28	Harry Jones	82	5	4	1
4	F	24	Jackie Belton	44	11	4	1
5	M	33	Harry Lowe	Debut
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong	363	8	4	1
7	M	33	Robert Firth	119	13	4	1
8	F	28	Jack Spaven	2	1	4	1
9	M	25	Horace Hart	5	1	25	4
10	F	27	John Lythgoe	30	10	4	1
11	F	35	Ben Shearman	23		53	9

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dan Tremelling
2	D	Thomas White
3	D	Frank Womack
4	D	Tom Evans
5	D	Bert Millard
6	M	Joe Roulson
7	M	Laurie Burkinshaw
8	M	Harry Hampton
9	M	Joe Lane
10	F	Jack Whitehouse
11	F	George Davies

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Wed Mar 10, 1920)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	8-0	Nottingham Forest
South Shields	0-2	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Tottenham Hotspur	30	24	4	2	80	22	14	1	0	47	8	10	3	2	33	14	58	52	DWDWWW	Safe
2	Birmingham City	29	17	7	5	56	23	9	3	2	32	12	8	4	3	24	11	33	41	WDDWWD
3	Huddersfield Town	29	17	6	6	63	28	9	4	1	36	9	8	2	5	27	19	35	40	WDDWLW
4	Blackpool	31	15	7	9	53	36	9	3	3	32	12	6	4	6	21	24	17	37	WLDLLW
5	Stoke	31	16	3	12	51	37	11	1	3	31	11	5	2	9	20	26	14	35	WLLDLW
6	Hull City	31	16	2	13	67	55	12	2	2	50	17	4	0	11	17	38	12	34	LLWWWL
7	Bury	31	14	6	11	41	34	12	2	3	29	11	2	4	8	12	23	7	34	WWWDWD
8	West Ham United	30	13	7	10	27	27	8	3	4	17	11	5	4	6	10	16	0	33	WWLLLL
9	South Shields	30	12	8	10	40	31	10	3	2	32	10	2	5	8	8	21	9	32	DWDLWW
10	Barnsley	32	13	6	13	50	39	8	2	6	35	21	5	4	7	15	18	11	32	DLLLDW
11	Stockport County	30	12	7	11	45	38	9	3	3	28	14	3	4	8	17	24	7	31	DWLLWD
12	Fulham	31	12	7	12	42	43	7	5	3	25	15	5	2	9	17	28	-1	31	WLWLLL
13	Port Vale	31	12	6	13	48	47	9	2	5	29	21	3	4	8	19	26	1	30	LWWDWL
14	Leicester City	31	11	7	13	29	48	6	4	5	19	21	5	3	8	10	27	-19	29	LLWWDD
15	Bristol City	30	8	12	10	29	31	6	6	3	20	13	2	6	7	9	18	-2	28	DLDLLL
16	Nottingham Forest	31	9	8	14	32	43	7	4	6	18	15	2	4	8	14	28	-11	26	LLWLLD
17	Clapton Orient	31	11	4	16	33	45	9	2	4	19	13	2	2	12	14	32	-12	26	LDWWWL
18	Rotherham County	32	9	7	16	39	68	7	3	5	23	21	2	4	11	16	47	-29	25	DLLDLW
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	8	7	15	42	57	6	3	7	32	26	2	4	8	10	31	-15	23	DLWWLL
20	Lincoln City	32	8	7	17	35	73	7	5	5	22	24	1	2	12	13	49	-38	23	DWWDWD
21	Grimsby Town	31	6	5	20	22	58	4	4	7	13	19	2	1	13	9	39	-36	17	WWLDLD
22	Coventry City	32	4	9	19	19	60	2	6	7	8	22	2	3	12	11	38	-41	17	LWLLWD

*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	Birmingham City	30	18	7	5	64	23	10	3	2	40	12	8	4	3	24	11	41	43	DDWWDW		8-0
	3	Huddersfield Town	29	17	6	6	63	28	9	4	1	36	9	8	2	5	27	19	35	40	WDDWLW
	4	Blackpool	31	15	7	9	53	36	9	3	3	32	12	6	4	6	21	24	17	37	WLDLLW
	5	Stoke	31	16	3	12	51	37	11	1	3	31	11	5	2	9	20	26	14	35	WLLDLW
	6	Hull City	31	16	2	13	67	55	12	2	2	50	17	4	0	11	17	38	12	34	LLWWWL
	7	Bury	31	14	6	11	41	34	12	2	3	29	11	2	4	8	12	23	7	34	WWWDWD
	8	West Ham United	30	13	7	10	27	27	8	3	4	17	11	5	4	6	10	16	0	33	WWLLLL
1	9	Barnsley	32	13	6	13	50	39	8	2	6	35	21	5	4	7	15	18	11	32	DLLLDW
1	10	South Shields	31	12	8	11	40	33	10	3	3	32	12	2	5	8	8	21	7	32	WDLWWL		0-2
	11	Stockport County	30	12	7	11	45	38	9	3	3	28	14	3	4	8	17	24	7	31	DWLLWD
	12	Fulham	31	12	7	12	42	43	7	5	3	25	15	5	2	9	17	28	-1	31	WLWLLL
	13	Port Vale	31	12	6	13	48	47	9	2	5	29	21	3	4	8	19	26	1	30	LWWDWL
1	14	Bristol City	31	9	12	10	31	31	6	6	3	20	13	3	6	7	11	18	0	30	LDLLLW		2-0
1	15	Leicester City	31	11	7	13	29	48	6	4	5	19	21	5	3	8	10	27	-19	29	LLWWDD
1	16	Clapton Orient	31	11	4	16	33	45	9	2	4	19	13	2	2	12	14	32	-12	26	LDWWWL
1	17	Nottingham Forest	32	9	8	15	32	51	7	4	6	18	15	2	4	9	14	36	-19	26	LWLLDL		0-8
	18	Rotherham County	32	9	7	16	39	68	7	3	5	23	21	2	4	11	16	47	-29	25	DLLDLW
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	8	7	15	42	57	6	3	7	32	26	2	4	8	10	31	-15	23	DLWWLL
	20	Lincoln City	32	8	7	17	35	73	7	5	5	22	24	1	2	12	13	49	-38	23	DWWDWD
	21	Grimsby Town	31	6	5	20	22	58	4	4	7	13	19	2	1	13	9	39	-36	17	WWLDLD
	22	Coventry City	32	4	9	19	19	60	2	6	7	8	22	2	3	12	11	38	-41	17	LWLLWD

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