The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 4 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 10, 1920 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 10, 1920 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Sports Argus - Saturday 10 April 1920

Season:: 1919-20
Referee:: H Rylance
Attendance:: 18,000
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 17
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Huddersfield Town (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: May 02, 1921

GAME COUNT:
League:: 840 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 229 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 965 (of 5824)
Total:: 1804 (of 7629)
Played:: 106 years, 4 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jackie Belton (80')
Ben Shearman (86') - Ben Shearman only goal

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Harry Pollitt
Prior form: DDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
George Wynn (33')
Dick Parker (70')
Fred Gibson (75')
Alec Mercer (89')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Joseph Orme
2	F	21	Percy Barratt
3	D	28	Harry Jones
4	M	25	Joe Mills
5	D	26	Fred Parker
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong
7	M	33	Robert Firth
8	F	28	Jack Spaven
9	F	24	Jackie Belton (80')
10	F	28	John Lythgoe
11	F	35	Ben Shearman (86')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	35	Joseph Orme	3		98	18
2	F	21	Percy Barratt	17		5	1
3	D	28	Harry Jones	89	7	5	1
4	M	25	Joe Mills	27		63	12
5	D	26	Fred Parker	33	1	5	1
6	F	36	Jack Armstrong	370	9	5	1
7	M	33	Robert Firth	124	13	5	1
8	F	28	Jack Spaven	9	3	5	1
9	F	24	Jackie Belton (80')	51	11	5	1
10	F	28	John Lythgoe	37	10	5	1
11	F	35	Ben Shearman (86')	30		5	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Mitchell
2	D	Charlie Copeland
3	D	George Chaplin
4	D	Benny Robinson
5	D	Ted Hanney
6	M	Alf Fenwick
7	M	Jimmy Dougall
8	M	George Wynn
9	M	Dick Parker
10	F	Alec Mercer
11	F	Fred Gibson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 10, 1920)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-0	Port Vale
Blackpool	1-0	Stockport County
Bristol City	2-2	Hull City
Coventry City	4-2	Nottingham Forest
Fulham	3-0	Lincoln City
Grimsby Town	2-0	Clapton Orient
Huddersfield Town	4-1	Barnsley
Leicester City	0-5	Bury
Rotherham County	1-0	South Shields
Stoke	1-3	Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United	4-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers

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	37	29	5	3	95	28	18	1	0	57	10	11	4	3	38	18	67	63	WWDWWW	Promoted
2	Huddersfield Town	36	22	8	6	78	33	11	4	1	41	9	11	4	5	37	24	45	52	WWDDWW	Safe
3	Birmingham City	37	22	7	8	79	30	12	3	3	49	14	10	4	5	30	16	49	51	LLLWWW	Safe
4	Blackpool	38	19	9	10	60	42	11	4	3	36	14	8	5	7	24	28	18	47	LWWWDW	Safe
5	Bury	37	19	6	12	50	37	14	2	3	31	11	5	4	9	19	26	13	44	WWWLWW	Safe
6	Fulham	38	16	8	14	51	48	8	6	4	28	18	8	2	10	23	30	3	40	WWWWLL	Safe
7	West Ham United	37	16	8	13	37	37	11	3	4	25	13	5	5	9	12	24	0	40	LLWWDL	Safe
8	South Shields	37	14	10	13	53	42	12	4	3	43	16	2	6	10	10	26	11	38	LWLDWD	Safe
9	Stoke	37	17	4	16	54	45	12	2	4	33	12	5	2	12	21	33	9	38	DLWLLL	Safe
10	Port Vale	38	15	8	15	57	53	11	3	6	34	25	4	5	9	23	28	4	38	WLDWLW	Safe
11	Barnsley	38	14	9	15	56	47	9	4	7	40	27	5	5	8	16	20	9	37	DWLDDL	Safe
12	Leicester City	37	14	9	14	38	50	8	5	5	25	22	6	4	9	13	28	-12	37	DWWLDW	Safe
13	Hull City	37	16	4	17	71	66	12	3	4	51	22	4	1	13	20	44	5	36	LLLLDD	Safe
14	Bristol City	37	10	16	11	36	35	7	8	3	24	15	3	8	8	12	20	1	36	WDDDDL	Safe
15	Stockport County	36	13	9	14	49	48	10	4	5	31	21	3	5	9	18	27	1	35	DWLLDL	Safe
16	Clapton Orient	37	14	5	18	44	53	12	3	4	29	16	2	2	14	15	37	-9	33	LWWLDW
17	Nottingham Forest	38	11	9	18	37	62	9	4	7	22	20	2	5	11	15	42	-25	31	DLLLWW
18	Rotherham County	37	10	8	19	46	80	8	4	6	28	25	2	4	13	18	55	-34	28	WWLDLL
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	8	10	17	48	67	6	4	8	34	30	2	6	9	14	37	-19	26	LDDLDL
20	Lincoln City	38	8	9	21	38	91	7	6	7	23	29	1	3	14	15	62	-53	25	LLLDLD
21	Coventry City	37	6	10	21	24	64	4	7	7	12	23	2	3	14	12	41	-40	22	DDLWLW
22	Grimsby Town	37	7	5	25	26	69	5	4	9	16	23	2	1	16	10	46	-43	19	LLWLLL

*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	38	30	5	3	98	29	18	1	0	57	10	12	4	3	41	19	69	65	WDWWWW	Champions	3-1
	2	Huddersfield Town	37	23	8	6	82	34	12	4	1	45	10	11	4	5	37	24	48	54	WDDWWW	Safe	4-1
	3	Birmingham City	38	23	7	8	82	30	13	3	3	52	14	10	4	5	30	16	52	53	LLWWWW	Safe	3-0
	4	Blackpool	39	20	9	10	61	42	12	4	3	37	14	8	5	7	24	28	19	49	WWWDWW	Safe	1-0
	5	Bury	38	20	6	12	55	37	14	2	3	31	11	6	4	9	24	26	18	46	WWLWWW	Safe	5-0
	6	Fulham	39	17	8	14	54	48	9	6	4	31	18	8	2	10	23	30	6	42	WWWLLW	Safe	3-0
	7	West Ham United	38	17	8	13	41	37	12	3	4	29	13	5	5	9	12	24	4	42	LWWDLW	Safe	4-0
	8	South Shields	38	14	10	14	53	43	12	4	3	43	16	2	6	11	10	27	10	38	WLDWDL	Safe	0-1
	9	Stoke	38	17	4	17	55	48	12	2	5	34	15	5	2	12	21	33	7	38	LWLLLL	Safe	1-3
	10	Port Vale	39	15	8	16	57	56	11	3	6	34	25	4	5	10	23	31	1	38	LDWLWL	Safe	0-3
	11	Barnsley	39	14	9	16	57	51	9	4	7	40	27	5	5	9	17	24	6	37	WLDDLL	Safe	1-4
1	12	Hull City	38	16	5	17	73	68	12	3	4	51	22	4	2	13	22	46	5	37	LLLDDD	Safe	2-2
1	13	Bristol City	38	10	17	11	38	37	7	9	3	26	17	3	8	8	12	20	1	37	DDDDLD	Safe	2-2
2	14	Leicester City	38	14	9	15	38	55	8	5	6	25	27	6	4	9	13	28	-17	37	WWLDWL	Safe	0-5
	15	Stockport County	37	13	9	15	49	49	10	4	5	31	21	3	5	10	18	28	0	35	WLLDLL	Safe	0-1
	16	Clapton Orient	38	14	5	19	44	55	12	3	4	29	16	2	2	15	15	39	-11	33	WWLDWL	Safe	0-2
	17	Nottingham Forest	39	11	9	19	39	66	9	4	7	22	20	2	5	12	17	46	-27	31	LLLWWL		2-4
	18	Rotherham County	38	11	8	19	47	80	9	4	6	29	25	2	4	13	18	55	-33	30	WLDLLW		1-0
	19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	8	10	18	48	71	6	4	8	34	30	2	6	10	14	41	-23	26	DDLDLL		0-4
	20	Lincoln City	39	8	9	22	38	94	7	6	7	23	29	1	3	15	15	65	-56	25	LLDLDL		0-3
	21	Coventry City	38	7	10	21	28	66	5	7	7	16	25	2	3	14	12	41	-38	24	DLWLWW		4-2
	22	Grimsby Town	38	8	5	25	28	69	6	4	9	18	23	2	1	16	10	46	-41	21	LWLLLW		2-0

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